Kakuzu held Sasori, whose puppet body had only its upper half left, in one hand as he faced Gua and Kakashi.
Kakuzu was already powerfully built, and with Kakashi and Gua still underage, his size advantage was immediately obvious.
He looked like a giant staring down at two children.
Normally, a situation like this would put tremendous psychological pressure on the two of them.
But Gua and Kakashi remained as calm as ever.
"Why are you wasting your breath on them? These two little brats are vicious."
Hidan came up from behind, swearing. Gua's kick had hit him hard, and his abdomen still ached.
Kakuzu gave him a cold look. "A useless fool like you has the nerve to say that?"
Hidan protested, "How am I useless?
"If you put it that way, then Sasori's useless too,
"isn't he?"
Hidan tried to drag Sasori into the argument and stir things up.
Still dangling from Kakuzu's hand with only half his body left, Sasori turned to give Hidan a disdainful look without saying anything.
After all, he was still in someone else's grip.
"A fall won't hurt you, will it?"
Kakuzu asked Sasori, whom he was holding.
"Oh, no, it won't."
Sasori answered instinctively.
Without the slightest hesitation, Kakuzu hurled Sasori's half-body behind him.
Bang!
The crash was followed by a clatter of wooden framework falling apart.
Who knew where Sasori had landed.
"Then stay over there for now. We'll call you when we're done fighting."
Kakuzu's tone was flat.
Watching Sasori fly away, Hidan's mouth twitched violently.
Kakuzu wasn't human!
If his own head got cut off, Kakuzu would probably treat him the same way.
The thought sent a chill down Hidan's back.
He quietly edged farther away from Kakuzu.
Kakuzu ignored him and casually pointed at Kakashi across from