Sasori installed his core into this puppet.
He looked at Chiyo, who was utterly bewildered.
"I can now transform myself into eternal art, Granny Chiyo. You and this little girl shall become part of my collection."
Crack!
Chiyo's seasoned combat experience allowed her to suppress the emotional turmoil caused by Sakura's apparent death. She unrolled a scroll.
Bang!
Ten puppets were released.
"Sasori, Granny is sorry for what she did. To atone for my mistakes, I will ensure you and your puppets are buried here together."
Chiyo glanced in Sakura's direction. Blood flowed from her chest, soaking the ground spikes.
"A Human Puppet that can use Earth Release? Sasori, you truly are a once-in-a-century genius among Puppet Masters. But..."
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Under Chiyo's control, the ten puppets launched a fierce assault on Sasori.
Countless puppet arts were displayed by Chiyo.
Hidden mechanisms, traps laced with Sealing Technique, and sprayed poisons.
"The Chikamatsu Ten Puppets, huh? The masterpiece of the puppet genius Left Gate. But his work is outdated now."
Sasori laughed maniacally, pulled out a scroll, and used the Summoning Technique.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Hundreds of Human Puppets appeared above him.
Under his control, they easily fended off the attacks of the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets.
Earth Release, Water Release, Ice Release, Swift Release, Nether Release... countless Ninjutsu, manipulated by Sasori, launched an overwhelming assault on the Chikamatsu Ten Puppets.
Just as Sasori said, puppets that relied only on mechanisms and seals were long outdated.
Swish! Swish!
Bang! Bang!
One puppet appeared next to Chiyo's puppet. Its fist's skin turned steel-colored, and with one punch, a puppet was obliterated.
Another puppet, moving like lightning, used its modified puppet blade to slice one of the puppets to pieces.
Ice!
With Ice Release providing auxiliary control and other puppets assisting, Chiyo's puppets were almost completely wiped out by just a few of Sasori's puppets.
"How is this possible?" Chiyo was no longer just surprised; she was horrified.
She was experienced, and her intelligence network had never ceased. Among these hundreds of puppets, she saw Bloodline Limit Ninja that only existed in other countries.
These had once appeared in her intelligence network.
They were all powerful Ninja who had been prominent in other countries.
"Nothing is impossible. This is my eternal art."
Sasori introduced them to her.
"These puppets are my collection, gathered during the years I spent away from the Kazekage Village.
Although the Third Kazekage is my most satisfying creation, he is not my strongest method.
They are all Ninja who possessed secret techniques and Bloodline Limits.
Granny Chiyo, be proud of your former grandson."
"Take your pride to the Pure Land, hmph!"
A female voice rang out.
Sakura, at some unknown moment, had re-entered her Instant Opening state and charged at Sasori with a punch.
Whoosh!
A puppet blocked Sasori, taking the attack for him.
Bang!
The puppet scattered into pieces.
"Naive. Three-Day Barrier."
After the Swift Release puppet substitution, three identical-looking puppets released a barrier, trapping Sakura.
Sakura punched it. After a series of ripples, it shattered under the immense force.
But what greeted Sakura was a large hand reaching out to cover her.
Suck~
Sakura felt her Chakra rapidly disappearing. Her black body quickly receded.
Revealing the exposed succubus markings underneath, which were also quickly vanishing.
"So that's it. Some kind of Sealing Technique and Medical Ninjutsu?"
Sasori instantly deduced many things.
Given that this little girl could instantly extract his poison earlier, it wasn't surprising that she possessed powerful Medical Ninjutsu.
Despair appeared on Sakura's face.
Chiyo still wanted to use a Shuriken or something, to make a dying struggle.
"Lightning Rod."
Boom!
A bolt of lightning descended from the sky, striking directly at the puppet using Nether Release to absorb Sakura's Chakra.
Seeing this, Sasori controlled the Nether Release puppet to release Sakura. His hands emitted a huge suction force, drawing in the lightning.
Bang!
The Nether Release puppet was struck by lightning, its limbs flying apart.
"Who are you?"
Sasori didn't bother with why Nether Release couldn't absorb Ninjutsu. Instead, his gaze fell upon a figure that appeared in the distance.
A green cloak, yellow fur trim, golden hair, dressed in a suit and tie.
He was also wearing leather shoes.
From his build, he was a burly man... no, a young man.
"I finally found you, Destroyer of Nations." Satoru shook his neck.
If you're going to put on a show, go all out.
This was his Transformation Technique.
As he expected, Sasori's hundreds of puppets were all special Human Puppets.
They weren't simple, trash puppets as depicted in the original story.
The things shown in the original story were simply not enough to destroy a country.
Now it seemed the original story depicted him in a state of strong suicidal intent. For some reason, he was now unleashing his full power.
Only now did Sasori's strength make sense.
Otherwise, what could he have shown to be confident in taking down Orochimaru?
In the original story, aside from the Third Kazekage, none of those so-called puppets would have been useful against Orochimaru.
"Do we know each other?" Sasori's face was expressionless as he carefully scrutinized the newcomer.
"My name is Jin. Now do you understand?" Satoru spoke.
"Never heard of you," Sasori said.
"Is that so? Have you forgotten the country you once destroyed so quickly?
But it doesn't matter. Whether you've forgotten or not, my appearance here is to deal with you."
Satoru tilted his head, his neck cracking.
He formed hand seals.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Barrier."
A massive barrier rose, encircling Sasori and all his puppets.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Countless bolts of lightning suddenly appeared, attacking all the puppets.
"An interesting opponent. You will become part of my collection." Sasori remembered. The Land of Embers, that country had the character 'Jin' in it.
"Banyan Release: Absolute Lightning."
One puppet unleashed a massive Ninjutsu. Countless rubber barriers blocked in front of the puppets, deflecting the Lightning Release.
"Wind Release: Desiccation."
Another puppet unleashed black wind, spreading outwards.
The lightning struck by the wind immediately disintegrated like rotten wood.
"Sakura, let's go."
At the crucial moment, Chiyo grabbed the weakened Sakura and left the range of the Wind Release.
From its effects, it was likely a secret technique that disintegrated Chakra.
However, Sasori no longer paid them any mind. Only then could Chiyo rush out of the battlefield, looking at the two fighting inside.
"Sasori actually..."
He had actually created so many Human Puppets, and they could all use the Ninjutsu they possessed in life.
Sakura, having had too much Chakra absorbed, was also physically weak. She looked at the two intensely fighting figures inside, utterly shocked.
So many Bloodline Limits... how many people had he killed? And from Sasori's words, this wasn't even enough to defeat Orochimaru.
Rumble!
"Lightning Pressure Surge."
Just then, that Jin seemed to unleash his trump card attack. Lightning flashed and thunder roared in the sky, and countless natural energies gathered.
It seemed to be condensing a powerful attack.
"This is too interesting. Where did you come from? The Land of Embers didn't have anyone like you.
But it doesn't matter. You just need to become my collection. Wave Release: No Thoroughfare."
Sasori felt the powerful energy and let out a maniacal laugh. One of the female puppets released its ability.
Facing such a powerful Ninjutsu, Sasori also squeezed all the Chakra from that puppet, unleashing its Kekkei genkai.