"We're here to see Granny Chiyo!"
To avoid trouble, Sasori stepped forward first.
Hearing that they were there to see Granny Chiyo, the Sand shinobi exchanged glances. Then their leader sent Xiao Mian's men to fetch her while he stayed on guard with the others.
Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan made no move to stop them. After all... they had come to discuss business, not capture a tailed beast.
If they had come for a tailed beast, the cannon fodder in front of them would already have been wiped out.
A little over ten minutes later.
A somewhat aged voice rang out.
"Hmm? What do rogue ninja want with an old woman like me?"
Hearing that familiar voice, Sasori immediately looked over and saw Granny Chiyo walking toward them, her face now deeply weathered with age.
When Chiyo approached and saw Sasori, she froze too.
"Young lady... why do you look so familiar?"
"Ahem..." Just then, Kakuzu stepped forward, pointed at Big-Sister Scorpion, and said, "This is Sasori, your grandson."
Chiyo looked utterly stunned. She turned to Big-Sister Scorpion, who nodded.
Chiyo wanted to say, "You're not my grandson," but... her instincts told her that the busty girl before her really was her grandson... no, wait... granddaughter now.
Chiyo stepped forward, her eyes reddening.
"Sasori... I never imagined you'd actually go this far and modify yourself into this."
"You... are you even denying your own sex now?"
As she spoke, Granny Chiyo reached out to touch Sasori's face.
"Hmm? It's warm, and soft too?"
Then Chiyo felt Big-Sister Scorpion's neck, only to find no pulse.
That meant Sasori really did have a puppet body.
Chiyo had never expected Sasori's puppetry skills to become so impressive. The human puppet he had created was completely indistinguishable from a person, and... even its