Inside the cave, Pakura looked at Sōkyū Hatake. According to what he had said, had things been this way from the start, with no information on Hiruko recorded?
"Within the Anbu, these records are available from the beginning. Just like your records, the information gets collected, Sasori, Elder Chiyo's grandson," Sōkyū Hatake said calmly.
"Impossible! I developed my puppets myself. Not only does my grandmother not know, nobody knows. There's only one person who knows my puppet's name." An exasperated voice suddenly came from inside Hiruko.
"Who would know your identity?" Pakura looked at Hiruko.
"Sōkyū Hatake of Konoha! If it weren't you, nobody would know about my puppet or my identity!" The voice inside Hiruko grew angrier.
Indeed, when Sasori had made Hiruko, his first creation, he had never mentioned it to Chiyo. He had not even told a single person.
Sōkyū Hatake?!
After hearing Hiruko's words, Pakura's eyes trembled.
She was all too familiar with who Sōkyū Hatake was. He was her sworn enemy!
"I certainly didn't expect your information to be missing from every record. Though, come to think of it, when I looked through your records before, there really wasn't anything about this."
Sōkyū Hatake spoke cheerfully. Then a cloud of smoke dissipated, and his true appearance emerged before Pakura and Hiruko.
"Sōkyū Hatake! It really is you!!!" Pakura's entire body tensed the moment she saw him.
On the battlefield, Pakura had faced Sōkyū Hatake many times. She was all too familiar with his figure.
"Sō! Kyū! Ha! Ta! Ke!!!" Compared with Pakura's shock, the voice inside Hiruko was outright furious!
After all, only Sōkyū Hatake could make Sasori sound so angry.
"I can hear you. But I really didn't expect this, Sasori. You actually attacked your village's Kage. That was something I didn't see coming,"