When he heard that the human puppet before him was Sasori of the Red Sand, a strange look appeared in Shisui's eyes.
Sasori was the S-rank rogue ninja who had killed the Third Kazekage. Even Chiyo of Sunagakure had returned empty-handed after personally hunting him down, and his bounty on the black market had remained high for years, rivaling that of a village leader.
None of them would ever have imagined that Sasori, who had recently vanished without a trace, was inside Senior Zou's laboratory.
But did Senior Zou have some need for puppetry that had led him to imprison Sasori here?
"Oh, so it's Sasori of the Red Sand."
Oto Uchiha nodded, then looked around the laboratory before asking Zou Hyuga, "You're planning to make your move against Danzo here?"
Zou Hyuga did not deny it. He nodded slightly and looked at Shisui, waiting for his reaction.
Oto was on his side, but Shisui was harder to predict. In the original timeline, Shisui had trusted Danzo right up until his eye was stolen. Only then had he realized the truth, ultimately taking his own life in despair.
Shisui opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.
He simply could not understand why Oto and Zou, who had guided him along his path, would move against another of the village's senior leaders. However serious their disagreements were, surely they did not warrant this.
As though he had seen through Shisui's thoughts, Zou Hyuga smiled and said, "Don't worry. We won't do any harm to Danzo's body. It's just a little experiment. He might even thank us."
At that, Oto Uchiha rolled her eyes, not believing a word of it.
Besides, they were dealing with Danzo, who had targeted the Uchiha Clan time and again and kept his subordinates behind closed doors