Tenten showed no joy whatsoever after her victory. After putting away the Mecha she wore in a Scroll, she glanced toward Sasori, then ran out of the Exam Arena without looking back.
Neji and Rock Lee called out to her together, but received no response, leaving them rather puzzled.
Seeing this, Anyo sighed inwardly and said to Sasori, "She wanted to win through her own strength. I understand why you did it, but you should have discussed it with her first."
With a complicated look in his eyes, Sasori said, "Kurotsuchi, some things can't be settled through discussion. Back then, my parents didn't discuss it with me before going to the Battlefield either."
Anyo shuddered at those words. In all these years, Sasori had never mentioned it, but it had always been a lasting pain deep in his heart. He had never expected that Tenten nearly getting hurt would make Sasori reopen that old wound.
It seems Tenten holds an even more important place in Sasori's heart than I imagined.
Anyo patted Sasori's shoulder and said, "It's all right. She'll understand."
With that, Anyo's soul left his body and caught up with Tenten as she left.
"Hello, Tenten. It's me. I'm inside your Soul Space." Anyo's Soul Body was vastly different from its former ink-black appearance. Now, it looked no different from a real person.
Tenten recognized him at once. "Oh, how did you get into my Soul Space? What ability is this? Is it a Secret Technique of the Yamanaka Clan?"
"No, it's the Spirit Transformation Technique." Anyo did not hide it and soon began trying to reason with her. "Don't be angry with Sasori. He's afraid you'll get hurt."
"I know," Tenten replied, puffing out her cheeks. "But I'm really unhappy about what he did. It feels like