After Uchiha En met up with Kakashi, who was dressed as an ordinary Ninja, and Baki at the Village entrance, they left Konoha together.
Baki seemed very reserved along the way. He had also participated in the Battle of Mount Kikyo, where Uchiha En's performance left a deep impression on him—forcing a long-established Kage-level expert to retreat at such a young age.
The Ninja World has always respected strength, so Baki naturally dared not show any disrespect toward Uchiha En.
"Baki, does your Third Kazekage possess the Magnet Release Bloodline Limit?"
Uchiha En's sudden question startled Baki. He quickly nodded and replied, "Yes, Lord En, Magnet Release is what Third Kazekage-sama excels at the most."
"I have never met your Third Kazekage before, but recently, in a small town southeast of your Land of Wind, I encountered a strange Puppeteer.
A Puppet controlled by this fellow possessed a special Magnet Release Bloodline Limit. The Puppet's use of Magnet Release was extremely subtle; I almost suffered a great loss due to my momentary lapse in attention.
Moreover, this Puppet looked exactly like a living person. Later, when I returned to the Village and learned a bit more, I found out this type of Puppet is called a Human Puppet, made from human beings.
The person who was turned into a Puppet was also highly skilled in the Magnet Release Bloodline."
Uchiha En stopped halfway through his sentence. Some things don't need to be fully stated; leaving half unsaid is enough for others to draw conclusions.
Sure enough, Baki fell silent immediately after hearing Uchiha En's words.
As the saying goes, one knows one's own affairs best. As far as Baki knew, only Elder Chiyo's grandson in the entire Ninja World had mastered the Puppet Technique at the Red Secret level, capable of converting the deceased into Human Puppets with Chakra Cores.
In other words, Sasori is the only Puppeteer capable of creating Human Puppets.
Because Human Puppets retain the Chakra Core, they can completely preserve all the Ninjutsu and Bloodline Limits the person possessed in life.
And the Third Kazekage's disappearance happened precisely because he went to pursue the rogue Ninja, Sasori.
The Puppet Uchiha En encountered could perfectly utilize the Magnet Release Bloodline, making Uchiha En quite wary.
A Magnet Release Ninja with such strength in life—Baki couldn't think of anyone else besides the Third Kazekage.
Thinking of this, a terrifying idea formed in Baki's mind.
"Lord En, if I may ask presumptuously, what did the Puppeteer and the Puppet you saw look like?"
Uchiha En described the appearances of Sasori and the third kazekages puppet to Baki.
Baki sighed upon hearing this; his conjecture had been confirmed.
As for whether Uchiha En was lying to him, Baki felt it was unlikely.
First of all, other Villages might only have some basic intelligence about Human Puppets, but they definitely wouldn't know the core information about Human Puppets. Since this involves Red Secret Technique level technology, few people in the Hidden Sand Village even know about it.
The fact that Uchiha En could describe so many details about Human Puppets meant he must have truly seen the Third Kazekage's Human Puppet.
And the only person in the entire Ninja World capable of making Human Puppets is Sasori, not to mention the Third Kazekage disappeared while pursuing the rogue Sasori.
Everything matched up now.
(P.S.: Sasori is the only Puppeteer capable of creating Human Puppets according to the original work's setting. Other Puppets, no matter how human-like, are not Human Puppets.)
Thinking of this, Baki couldn't help but speed up. This news was too important; he had to immediately inform Rasa and Chiyo.
Baki increased his pace, and Uchiha En and the others also hurried along. A day later, the three arrived at the Hidden Sand Village.
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