"Those two... are dolls!?"
Chiyo's eyes widened. Looking closely, she could see that the movements of these two people were indeed becoming much stiffer due to the sand intrusion.
If they were ordinary puppets, these two should be lying on the ground unable to move right now.
However, if they were puppets, it would explain why these two weren't dodging the attacks.
Instead, they stood firmly in front of Hatake Satoru, taking the attacks to protect him.
But their nimble poses and skilled movements didn't look like they were being controlled.
Most importantly, Hatake Satoru's actions didn't seem to involve controlling puppets at all.
"Could it be that you can also make human puppets... but you don't seem to be controlling them."
Chiyo was incredulous. These delicate puppets that looked just like people seemed off.
Also, when they made puppets, they would heavily modify the body, such as putting poison in certain places or installing blades in others.
These two young girls didn't have those modifications. They were just like people holding swords.
Even though puppet masters can perform precise operations, the fewer weapons they have, the more disadvantaged they are. That's obvious.
"I don't have Chakra, so I can't control them. Just understand that they're acting on their own."
"Their orders are to defeat Sasori and protect me."
Hatake Satoru stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"Although I can make them, there's no need. They're useful even if they're made of wood."
"Taking out corpses and modifying them... they're still cute girls. Doing that would be too cruel."
"Apart from your eternally young grandson, no one else would make human puppets, right?"
Although it wasn't impossible, Hatake Satoru had no need to make human puppets.
His unique skills could directly create wooden beauties. Why bother working with corpses?
The modified corpses might not even be as good-looking as these wooden ones.
The two female puppets slowed down a lot. The Third Kazekage took advantage of Hatake Satoru and Chiyo talking to gather a giant sand iron triangular pyramid. The spikes of the pyramid shot towards Hatake Satoru and Chiyo.
"Even though I know you don't have much patience, can't you even wait for a moment?"
Hatake Satoru didn't even look surprised. He casually reached out his hand, and light blue gas instantly gathered in his palm.
The rapidly attacking sand iron pyramid was instantly stopped, firmly frozen in place.
Then, at an almost imperceptible speed, it flew back towards the Third Kazekage himself.
"So fast."
Chiyo's attention was instantly drawn to it. The speed at which the pyramid flew over was already sudden.
After Hatake Satoru raised his hand, it was almost an instant, and the pyramid shot straight towards the Third Kazekage's puppet.
"!?".
Sasori just wanted to interrupt these two people who were almost ignoring him, but he didn't expect Hatake Satoru's abilities to be so strange.
Puppet masters usually fight using puppets. They themselves don't have much ability or means to protect themselves.
Once the main body is hit, it's basically over.
But judging from Hatake Satoru's movements and reactions, this guy might not usually rely on puppets to fight.
What's going on?
Could it be that this guy isn't a puppet master at all!?
If this counterattack was aimed at Sasori, he clearly realized that he couldn't dodge it himself.
And with the size of the pyramid, it wasn't out of the question that he might get hit directly in the "core."
Sasori barely managed to pull the Third Kazekage aside, but the Third Kazekage was still unavoidably hit through half his body.
He was firmly pinned to the wall behind him.
"Tch."
Sasori looked at the Third Kazekage's half-destroyed body and couldn't help but squeeze out a frustrated sound from between his teeth.
From this one counterattack, he could vaguely realize the gap between himself and Hatake Satoru.
But is it real?
Can someone really do this?
Possess both superb puppet-making skills and an almost terrifyingly overwhelming power.
This thing is just unreasonable.
Even though he was quite annoyed with Hatake Satoru, he had to admit that Hatake Satoru's puppet-making skills were superb.
Puppets that don't need to be controlled. Even if Sasori could make human puppets and transform himself into a puppet, he couldn't do that at all.
The eternal end he yearned for should be this kind of puppet body.
Puppets made of wood, acting on their own.
Chiyo opened her eyes wide in disbelief. Did Hatake Satoru even know what he was talking about?
Since they're already puppets, how can they act on their own?
Although instructions are also equivalent to commands, the fact that he doesn't use Chakra threads to control the puppets is already beyond Chiyo's imagination.
Too far away.
Their viewpoints and what Hatake Satoru was saying were too far apart.
If Sasori's ability was stronger than Chiyo's now, she could still see where he was.
But Hatake Satoru's statement was like the difference between the Earth and the Moon.
They couldn't even guarantee a human-like shape for their human puppets, but Hatake Satoru had already started making wood act on its own.
Chiyo even wanted to use puppets to help Hatake Satoru deal with Sasori, but she didn't have any chance to get involved.
Hatake Satoru's puppet techniques were too unfathomable. She couldn't cooperate with him and would only be a bother.
Sasori glanced at the Third Kazekage beside him, who was missing half his body. His iron sand had already begun to subtly flow away.
"I don't understand what's up with you, but those two puppets can't protect you now."
"Although it will use up a bit of Chakra, it's useless to keep it if it gets broken."
If he continued to tangle with Hatake Satoru, he didn't know what strange tricks this guy would come up with.
These iron sands were mixed with Sasori's specially made poison.
As long as Hatake Satoru was injured and poisoned, Sasori would have a chance to kill this guy.
The Third Kazekage suddenly took a step forward, then reached out his palm towards Hatake Satoru. A pipe-like object instantly popped out of his palm.
"That's poison gas!"
Chiyo, who also made puppets, was very familiar with these pipe-like things.
The moment she realized it, she grabbed Gaara beside her and took a few steps back.
"Don't even think about leaving... Iron Sand World Method."
Sasori didn't plan on letting go of anyone, whether it was the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, Hatake Satoru, or Chiyo.
"Pshh—" With a sound, the pipe in front of Hatake Satoru instantly released a burst of purple poison gas.
And in the air, a very dense iron sand, like black thorns, was forming.
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