The tail stinger of Sasori's Hiryūga pierced the body of the Third Kazekage.
The Third Kazekage coughed up a mouthful of blood, widened his eyes, and looked at Sasori in disbelief. "Why? Why?"
"Why? Well, if you're asking me why, I'll make sure you understand before you die."
Sasori unfurled a Scroll and summoned two Puppets: Mother and Father.
"Now, do you know why I'm doing this?"
Seeing the two Puppets Sasori summoned, the Third Kazekage looked utterly confused.
The Third Kazekage knew that these two Puppets were created based on Sasori's Mother and Father.
But what did this have to do with Sasori wanting to kill him?
Seeing the confused expression on the Third Kazekage's face, Sasori became extremely angry. Although his voice remained calm, his anger was palpable. "Still don't get it?
During the Second Shinobi World War back then, if it hadn't been for your negligence, could Konoha have invaded the Land of Wind? If it hadn't been for your negligence, my Mother and Father wouldn't have died at the hands of Konoha's White Fang.
And now, I'm going to make you pay the price for your mistake back then! The price with your life!"
The Third Kazekage's already incredulous look became even more disbelieving.
Is this guy crazy?
Instead of blaming the ninjas from Konoha, he's blaming me.
Back then, he was commanding the battle outside the Land of Wind. Who would've known that Konoha would send people directly into the Land of Wind?
It's not like he could tell the ninjas from Konoha during the battle after Konoha invaded the Land of Wind, 'Hey, you ninjas from Konoha can't kill Sasori's Mother and Father, okay?' How could he say such a thing?
In war, casualties are normal. He was also prepared to sacrifice himself in the battle at that time. No one wants to see their comrades sacrifice, and he didn't intentionally let Sasori's Mother and Father die.
The Third Kazekage angrily shouted at Sasori, "Your Mother and Father sacrificed with honor for the village, and yet you, as their child, have defiled their honor! Sasori! You're unforgivable. Today... cough!"
As the Third Kazekage was speaking, he couldn't hold it in anymore and spat out a large mouthful of blood.
The blood he spat out was obviously black.
In addition, black lines appeared all over the Third Kazekage's body.
These lines were the blood vessels in the Third Kazekage's body, which had turned black due to the highly poisonous substance.
Sasori sneered disdainfully, "What honor? This kind of thing that will fade with time is useless. As I said just now, there's a highly poisonous substance on the tail. If you gather your chakra, it'll only make the poisoning worse and faster."
Sasori stepped out of the Hiryūga, stood in front of it, and gently stroked its head, with a creepy smile on his face. "I hope you're satisfied with my Hiryūga. The human body will eventually decay, rot into a pile of bones, and finally, even the bones will turn into a pile of powder.
And this Hiryūga!
It is the ultimate art that never decays, never rots, and will never disappear. This is the art of eternity!"
The Third Kazekage's body trembled slightly.
Sasori first claimed that the human body would eventually decay, and then stated that the Hiryūga would never decay.
Coupled with the Hiryūga's extremely realistic appearance.
The Third Kazekage was extremely shocked and exclaimed, "Is this... a Puppet you made from a human?!"
Sasori's creepy laughter grew even more eerie: "That's right. This is the art of eternity I created, the human Puppet! Kuidou, I'll take your body. I'll make good use of it to turn you into a human Puppet."
The Third Kazekage felt cold all over, not just because of the poison but also due to Sasori's madness.
The Third Kazekage never expected that the grandson of Chiyo, a highly - respected figure in Sunagakure, would be so crazy.
Just as the Third Kazekage was about to fight to the death, Sasori took the initiative and manipulated the Hiryūga to directly bind and restrain the Third Kazekage with its tail.
As the Hiryūga's tail tightened, the Third Kazekage suffered a great deal.
Moreover, the poison Sasori used was specially made by him. It took effect quickly and was highly toxic.
Sasori even thought that the Third Kazekage's drug resistance was quite impressive to have lasted until now.
However, no matter how impressive it was, it was useless.
As the Hiryūga's tail tightened, its sharp tip pierced the Third Kazekage's skin, allowing more highly poisonous substance to enter his body.
Sasori wanted the Third Kazekage to die in pain.
Now the Third Kazekage was weak all over, and his life played out like a movie before his eyes.
After becoming a ninja, he fought for Sunagakure, putting his life on the line.
After taking over as the Kazekage, he worked like a dog and never dared to slack off even for a second, hoping that Sunagakure would thrive under his leadership.
However, it was ridiculous that he didn't die at the hands of the enemy, but instead at the hands of someone he trusted.
The Third Kazekage thought of what Kamishiro had warned him again.
If he had listened to Kamishiro's words back then, would there have been a different outcome today?
But there was no "if". This was the truth, the truth that he was about to die.
After the flashback stopped, the Third Kazekage closed his eyes, his whole body went limp, and he completely lost his life.
Sasori glanced expressionlessly at the Third Kazekage's body and then stuffed it into the Hiryūga's body.
When putting the Third Kazekage into the Hiryūga, a piece of paper fell to the ground.
Sasori stepped forward and picked up the paper on the ground.
Looking at the content on the paper, Sasori slightly squinted his eyes: "Kamishiro... Is it that kid?"
Previously, in the whole of Sunagakure, only Sasori could make unique Puppets.
Since the Third Kazekage discovered Kamishiro's talent in making Puppets, Kamishiro slacked off and made two Puppets to deceive the Third Kazekage.
Right in front of Chiyo, the Third Kazekage praised the Puppet made by Kamishiro. So Chiyo showed this Puppet to Sasori.
After Sasori saw it, he thought it was a bit interesting.
Most Puppets were hollow inside to hold things like various mechanisms. This made it impossible to perform very delicate movements when controlling the Puppet.
However, the Puppet made by Kamishiro was not hollow. It had a skeletal structure inside its body.
The existence of the skeletal structure allowed for extremely delicate manipulation of the Puppet.
But that was about it. There was nothing else that caught Sasori's attention. It was no match for his Puppets.
Now, his human Puppet could also achieve a high level of delicacy because the human body itself had a skeletal structure.
When it came to making Puppets, if he claimed to be second, no one would dare claim to be first!
"Humph, so he went to Konoha as an undercover agent?"
Sasori groped around the body of the Third Kazekage and successfully found Kamishiro's letter.
Then Sasori took out a blank Scroll and started writing, imitating the handwriting on Kamishiro's letter.
After finishing writing, Sasori casually discarded the Scroll on the blood - stained sand.
Sasori took one last look at Sunagakure behind him, turned around, and controlled Hiryūga, disappearing into the desert.