"Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets! Let me give you a proper demonstration."
As the dust cleared, more than a hundred human puppets appeared behind Sasori.
These puppets made chilling noises, while Sasori himself became a puppet controller, manipulating the hundred-plus puppets with hundreds of threads issuing from his chest.
"This guy doesn't quite look entirely inhuman yet."
Lin Guang's gaze was grave as he spoke.
"That's right. I'm a human who failed to become a doll, neither a doll nor a human."
Sasori spoke with a trace of loneliness in his words.
The Performance of a Hundred People would be his final performance, and the fall of its curtain would also mark the end of his life.
With more than a hundred puppets surrounding him, Lin Guang could only defend passively inside Susanoo.
Lin Guang had yet to unlock Susanoo's complete form, and its movements were very cumbersome.
Meanwhile, Sasori controlled his hundred puppets, constantly using Fire Release, Water Release, and other techniques against Lin Guang's Susanoo, steadily draining his chakra and dōjutsu power.
"If this keeps up, I'll definitely lose. Granny Chiyo, do you have any ideas?"
Lin Guang asked. Without using that, Susanoo was already his last resort.
Judging by his contributions over these three years, Lin Guang had long since qualified for promotion to Konoha Jonin; he simply had not returned to the village to formally complete the ceremony.
"I can use the Performance of Ten Puppets to stall for a while, but I'm no match for him."
Granny Chiyo spoke.
"I can help too!"
Sakura volunteered.
"All right. Please slow Sasori's attacks down for a while, you two. I need time to complete a technique!"
Lin Guang spoke solemnly.
"All right, we'll do everything we can!"
Sakura and Granny Chiyo nodded in response.