"Don't just stand there! Run!" Kakashi shouted, charging directly at Deidara.
"I'm Sasori of the Red Sand - Eight Waves of Senbon!" Sasori, controlling his puppet Hiruko, opened its mouth, spitting out countless venomous needles aimed at Kakashi.
"Nani?!" Kakashi was startled as the poisonous needles reached him almost instantly.
"Kakashi!" Guy and the others cried out in alarm.
Suddenly, a black shadow flashed past, and a puppet in a white robe appeared before Kakashi—it was the Father puppet Sasori Mother and Father puppets!
Sasori narrowed his eyes at Chiyo.
Chiyo spoke calmly, "Kakashi, chase after the one riding the clay bird. I'll handle my grandson..."
"You old hag!" A deep voice growled from Sasori.
Meanwhile, the five clones from the Five-Seal Barrier trap sprang forward, attacking Guy's team.
"They're just clones!" Guy scoffed. "Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
He immediately kicked at the clone of himself.
Bang! Their legs collided with a heavy impact.
"Nani?!" Guy exclaimed in shock. "That movement...?"
Neji engaged his own duplicate as well. Both of them exchanged blows using Gentle Fist techniques.
"They have the same appearance, the same strength... even the same moves?!" Neji muttered, frowning.
However, for Lee and Tenten...
Tenten swiftly summoned two swords, tossing one to Lee, then unsheathed her own blade and called out, "Scatter, Senbonzakura!"
Instantly, countless slender, gleaming blades scattered like cherry blossom petals, tearing through Tenten's duplicate effortlessly.
The duplicate Tenten rummaged frantically through her scrolls, unable to replicate Senbonzakura, and was torn apart by the myriad blades.
Meanwhile, Lee grasped the long sword, posed sharply, and shouted, "The Third Gate—Open!"
Chakra surged violently around him as he bent his left arm, blade angled upwards, and steadied it with his right hand underneath, aiming at his duplicate.
The duplicate Lee hesitated for a moment—this wasn't by the book! Still, programmed without thought, the clone charged Lee with a fist raised.
Lee smirked, slashing forward with force: "One-Sword Style—Thirty-Six Pound Phoenix!!"
Countless arcs of wind slashes roared towards the clone. In an instant, it was shredded without leaving even a trace.
Guy, Neji, and Sakura: "..."You two are just hanging out together!
If Naruto had been present, he wouldn't have been surprised at all. After all, no matter how sophisticated ninjutsu was, it couldn't possibly replicate the sword styles of One Piece, let alone a Zanpakutō like Senbonzakura—clearly a fake in this world.
"Lee, Tenten, go support Kakashi!" Guy ordered, locking into combat again with his own clone.
"Guy Sensei !" Lee hesitated, looking worried.
"Fool!" Guy found time to flash a thumbs-up. "Run toward youth!"
"Yes!" Lee shouted, and with a sharp whoosh, he sprinted away.
Tenten covered her face helplessly, about to follow, but found Hiruko blocking the cave entrance. Furious, she yelled, "Bastard! Do you think I don't exist?!"
In an instant, Sasori tail lashed out, intercepting Tenten.
"I heard you've been living in seclusion for some time, Chiyo-baasama," Sasori said, turning toward her.
"I only wanted to see my adorable grandson again," Chiyo said, taking two steps forward and pulling out a long string of kunai from inside her robe.
Chakra threads shimmered from her fingertips as she manipulated the kunai to float midair. She shouted, "Puppet Technique: Operated Blades!"
The row of kunai shot towards Sasori.
Sasori tail swung out, blocking the attack. Chiyo's hands blurred again, and the spinning kunai shot forward once more, embedding into Sasori cloak with a tearing sound, though only shallowly.
"Nani?" Tenten gasped. The kunai can't pierce him completely?!
"If you keep resisting, there's no other choice," Sasori said coldly, then suddenly ripped apart Sasori robe, revealing a mechanical puppet shaped like a giant scorpion.
"Together with that little girl beside you... you'll both become part of my collection, Chiyo-baasama!"
"What is that?!" Tenten and the others gasped.
"That's a human puppet!" Chiyo said gravely. "This is Sasori's method for overcoming the weaknesses of a puppet master. His most prized work—Hiruko, also known as Crimson Shell!"
"This Crimson Shell..." Chiyo started to explain its origin and uniqueness.
"Enough talk!" Sasori interrupted sharply. "Eight Waves of Senbon!"
Sasori unleashed another hail of poisonous needles toward Chiyo and Tenten.
The two dodged quickly, avoiding the deadly barrage.
"Where's Sasori weak spot?" Tenten shouted, throwing several meteor hammers toward him. The scorpion-like tail simply knocked them aside with ease.
"Look at the armor on his back!" Chiyo yelled while evading. "Break it open to reveal the real body!"
Tenten: "..."Why don't you come and do it yourself then?!
"Hmph. So you noticed," Sasori thought, narrowing his eyes.
He extended his modified left arm.
"Careful!" Chiyo screamed. "That mechanism isn't part of the original Crimson Shell!"
Multiple gun barrels protruded from Sasori's left arm.
"Secret Red Technique: Iron Sand Machine Gun!"From the barrels, a hailstorm of high-speed bullets burst forth toward Chiyo and Tenten.
Chiyo instantly manipulated her puppet Mother to form a shield: "Puppet Technique: Mechanical Shield Seal!"
Tenten's eyes widened as she struggled to defend herself. She called forth Senbonzakura again, the scattered blades forming a protective wall in front of her.
The whirling bullets clanged against the steel petals, forcing Tenten to retreat step by step.
After ten seconds, Sasori frowned at his gun barrels, now glowing red-hot and warping from the heat.
"Tch. Men and their toys... unfortunately, this Gatling can't be used more than once," Sasori muttered, withdrawing the useless mechanism.
Both Chiyo and Tenten exhaled shakily; the amount of chakra they had burned through to defend against that barrage was staggering.
"Damn it! You're too arrogant!" Tenten shouted, dispersing the remaining Senbonzakura petals.
"Nani?!" Sasori's eyes widened as his tail swiped at thin air, hitting nothing.
"Scatter—Senbonzakura!"
The countless invisible blades slashed mercilessly at Sasori, instantly dismantling the puppet in a shower of broken parts!
"Tch!" A black-robed figure jumped out from the collapsing puppet remains.
"Is that Sasori's real body?" Tenten exclaimed in disbelief.
"Hmph... finally showing yourself," Chiyo said, smiling thinly. "For the sake of seeing my adorable grandson, I suppose even twenty years of hatred can be put aside?"
Sasori slowly dropped the remains of his black cloak, revealing a youthful boy with piercing red hair and cold, unfeeling eyes.
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