"I figured that since you grew up in Sunagakure, you probably don't know the laws of our Land of Fire," Yanbai continued. "And you don't seem to listen to Grandmother. While you're here, besides completing my commission, you also need to obey the laws of the Land of Fire. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Laws?" Sasori gave Yanbai a strange look. "I really don't know the laws of your Land of Fire. But what sort of law do you think I'd break?"
"Portrait rights," Yanbai said with a perfectly straight face.
"Huh?" Sasori looked utterly puzzled.
Yanbai continued, "Without the person's permission, you can't use the face of someone who's still alive as a model for a humanoid puppet. None of the puppets you make can have a face deliberately modeled after a living person unless that person has agreed. Understood?"
At that, Sasori looked at Yanbai reproachfully.
Yanbai stared at Sasori. "Do you understand or not?"
Sasori pondered for a moment, then said, "I understand."
After lunch, Sasori didn't leave. He stayed to mooch off Yanbai some more.
Yanbai tried to finish all his work every morning. Apart from the regular monthly Hokage meetings, he was essentially free.
And with time on his hands, he naturally found things to tinker with.
Sasori had stayed to ask about ergonomics. He also asked whether he could attend the Konoha Ninja Academy for further study.
Yanbai thought it over for a long time.
In Yanbai's view, most of the "problem children" in the Shinobi World had become that way largely because of their upbringing.
If Sasori studied various subjects at the Ninja Academy, perhaps his way of thinking would change.
But Sasori was a prodigy of Sunagakure's younger generation. Would letting him study at the Konoha Ninja Academy amount to aiding