Orochimaru smiled dismissively. "You can do that whenever you like."
Sasori fell silent at those words. Their organization forbade members from killing one another. Anyone who broke that rule would be hunted down by every other member.
He could deal with the others, but their leader was a ninja he had no hope of resisting.
That man's power was almost like that of a true god.
Of course, the most important reason was that he wasn't confident he could defeat Orochimaru, whose strength seemed bottomless.
He had fought Orochimaru once before, and the commotion from that battle was precisely what had drawn their leader Pain's attention.
After a pause, Orochimaru looked at Sasori and asked, "What do you plan to do next? Keep fighting, or run away with your tail between your legs?"
Orochimaru's mockery enraged Sasori. He wanted nothing more than to turn him into a human puppet.
But he had to admit that he couldn't defeat the enemies before him. Both manipulating dozens of puppets at once and controlling the Kazekage Human Puppet had consumed vast amounts of his chakra.
He was already at the end of his rope, barely able to protect himself and with little strength left to attack.
Orochimaru had noticed this, which was why he deliberately taunted him. Puppets were the source of a puppeteer's combat strength, and this battle was sure to leave Sasori considerably weaker.
Unfortunately, the Kazekage Human Puppet-the one Orochimaru feared most-hadn't been destroyed.
It seems the Mangekyō Sharingan isn't as powerful as the records suggest. Is that because it hasn't been fully developed?
Meanwhile, with Zou Hyuga's help, Shisui felt much better, though his eyes still stung faintly.
He controlled his Susanoo, swinging its fist toward the Kazekage Human Puppet. Countless particles of iron sand shook under the blow,