As Mai Shiranui poured out all the distress in her heart to Rasa.
The frown that had been faintly creasing her forehead suddenly relaxed, and she returned to her original enthusiastic and cheerful appearance.
Half an hour later.
Rasa and the other three stopped at a desolate village.
Mai Shiranui looked at the deep mountain in the distance with some fear and took a deep breath:
"Lord Kage, this is the place."
Rasa nodded and said calmly:
"Good, you three stay here and stand by."
Mai Shiranui looked at Rasa in surprise and said hesitantly:
"Lord Kage, are you going alone?"
Although as the captain of the Shadow Guard, this Kage must be very strong.
But going alone to face an unknown enemy seemed a bit arrogant in Mai Shiranui's opinion.
"It doesn't matter."
After saying this, Rasa activated Sage Mode, and his whole person disappeared instantly.
Mai Shiranui stared dumbfounded at the spot where Rasa vanished.
Bang!
A few seconds later, the ground where Rasa originally stood suddenly sank twenty centimeters out of thin air.
A huge air current followed, followed by a piercing roar.
Watching this exaggerated scene, Mai Shiranui swallowed her saliva.
There were many taijutsu ninjas in the Well Ninja Village, and she herself was a taijutsu ninja.
But she had never heard of a ninja with such exaggerated taijutsu.
I'm afraid even the legendary Third Raikage was only about this level?
Relying on his speed, Rasa flew into the deep mountain in the distance within a second.
The bird calls and beast sounds that could originally be heard around disappeared after Rasa entered the deep mountain.
It seemed that the naturally keen birds and beasts were deterred by the aura emanating from Rasa.
Ten seconds later.
Rasa had searched the entire outer forest and entered deeper.
Inside a certain cave in the deep mountain.
Although the dry ground had been deliberately cleaned.
One could still vaguely see a large amount of strange liquid that had turned black and merged with the ground.
On the left and right sides of the cave, there were a large number of two-meter-high iron racks standing on the ground, looking extremely spectacular.
On the left, every iron rack had a ninja who had lost their life, with skin color turning strange, hanging on it.
From the slightly rising and falling chests of the ninjas hanging on the iron racks on the right, they were obviously still alive, just in a coma.
In the middle of the cave, there was a huge stone table, and a naked ninja lay flat on the stone table.
Next to the stone table, there was a strange-looking old man.
The old man swiped lightly with a scalpel, and the ninja's belly was immediately cut open with a neat line, but no blood flowed out.
Looking at the ninja who had been bled in advance and just died completely.
Sasori of the Red Sand controlled Hiruko without pause, quickly and deftly removing all organs from the ninja's body.
Just as Sasori was about to remove the ninja's heart, he suddenly stopped his movements and looked at the outside of the cave with a solemn expression.
The perception of strong individuals was not weak; the stronger the ninja, the keener their perception.
Hiruko murmured in a hoarse voice:
"The Well Ninja Village cannot have such a strong person. Reinforcements from the Sand Ninja Village?"
Immediately afterwards, Hiruko shook his old and ugly head, denying:
"Such powerful Chakra, even the Third Kazekage couldn't achieve this during his lifetime. The Sand Ninja Village cannot have such a strong person."
"Maybe it's just..."
As soon as Hiruko's voice fell, a large number of explosions came from outside the cave!
Hearing this explosion, Sasori hidden inside Hiruko frowned tightly.
It seemed that this strong person was clearly coming for him.
He waved his hands, and the hundreds of puppets on the left iron racks immediately moved, all blocking the cave passage.
Boom!
Sasori only heard a loud noise, and the human puppets blocking in front of him turned into scrap metal in an instant!
A large amount of blown-up dust and fragments of human puppets flew around inside the cave.
The comatose ninjas who were still alive on the right iron racks.
Were instantly scratched with wounds by these human puppet fragments blown by the strong wind.
Sasori didn't have time to care about this.
He controlled Hiruko, retreating quickly while resisting the fist wind attacking him.
Sasori retreated dozens of steps in a row, barely resisting the incoming fist winds.
Crack!
A slight cracking sound reached Sasori's ears.
Immediately afterwards, as if it were a chain reaction, continuous cracking sounds came from all directions.
In less than a breath, in the blink of an eye.
Sasori found that the extremely sturdy Hiruko had actually shattered completely!
Sasori, who looked only like a teenager on the outside, stood blankly on the shattered Hiruko.
He, who had long lost his emotions, actually felt the emotion of fear after a long time!
Hiruko was one of his proudest works. After his careful crafting, its defense was amazing.
But now, without even seeing the enemy's shadow, just a few fist winds from the enemy.
Not only easily destroyed his hundreds of human puppets but also shattered his strongest defense that he was proud of!
"Oh my, it seems the greeting was a bit violent."
Suddenly, a gentle male voice came from outside the cave.
Sasori frowned and looked at the cave passage.
In the dusty cave passage, a man wearing a trench coat and a mask walked in with a relaxed expression.
"Shadow Guard?"
"When did the Sand Ninja Village have a strong person like you?"
Sasori frowned at the man dressed as a Shadow Guard.
He thought constantly in his mind, and finally ruled out the Shadow Guard members he had an impression of one by one.
"Lord Sasori of the Red Sand has left the village for more than a year. It is normal not to know many things."
Sasori was not surprised that his identity was recognized by the man in front of him.
But what surprised him was that the other party seemed to have guessed his identity long ago.
"Who exactly are you?"
Rasa silently took off the mask on his face, showing a kind smile on his gentle face.
Before he could speak, Sasori's somewhat voiceless words came:
"Rasa?!"
"When did you have this kind of strength??"
Sasori looked at Rasa with a loss of composure, completely unlike the calm and unhurried manner when facing the protagonist team in the original work.
Of course, he knew this person, Rasa.
The personal disciple of the Third Kazekage, a taciturn man.
Although his strength was good, it was just good.
It was absolutely impossible to improve to this level within half a year!
Rasa looked at the composed Sasori, narrowed his eyes, and said:
"People always improve, especially when there are heavy burdens on their shoulders."
Sasori also returned to his usual elegance and calmness at this time.
A bright smile appeared on his handsome face, agreeing:
"Not bad. If I guess correctly, hiding the disappearance of the Third Kazekage was also your decision, right?"
Seeing Rasa nod, Sasori's smile became brighter.
"Then do you know that I was the one who sold the intelligence of the Third Kazekage's disappearance to the Underground Exchange?"
Rasa raised his eyebrows slightly. This was something he hadn't expected.
Originally, he thought that the major ninja villages were magically powerful and found out through various clues.
Unexpectedly, it was Sasori who sold the intelligence.
Seeing Rasa's eyebrow-raising action, Sasori felt more excited in his heart.
As long as one is still human, there will be a mentality of wanting to show off.
Sasori was still half-human now, so he naturally retained this mentality.
Especially facing an enemy like Rasa who showed strong strength, he wanted to show off even more.
"Not bad, not bad. Fourth Kazekage Rasa, you are qualified to join my collection."
"The Third Kazekage was made into a human puppet by me. If his disciple, the Fourth Kazekage, is also made into a collection by me, it must be a pleasing thing!"
"Don't worry, I will make you into one of my proudest works!"
After Sasori finished this sentence, he looked forward to seeing the surprise and fear on Rasa's face.
But to his disappointment, Rasa's face was very calm, as if he had known this for a long time.
Sasori frowned slightly and directly took out a scroll with a large character "Three" written on it.
"Don't believe me? It doesn't matter. As long as you see your master again, you will understand."
Bang!
The smoke dissipated, and a man looking in his thirties floated in mid-air out of thin air.
Rasa looked at the Third Kazekage who had been made into a human puppet and nodded calmly:
"Okay, can we fight now?"
Looking at Rasa who remained calm after seeing the Third Kazekage human puppet.
Sasori could clearly feel that he was not pretending to be calm.
So his frown deepened. Why did Rasa seem to know all this long ago?
Sasori, feeling increasingly uneasy inside, attacked first directly.
He manipulated the Third Kazekage's human puppet to directly cast Magnet Release.
A large amount of black Iron Sand gushed out of the Third Kazekage's mouth.
The Iron Sand danced constantly around and changed shape, erecting countless black spikes soaring into the sky in the cave, covering the surroundings, forming an area beneficial to Sasori.
This was the Iron Sand World Method that the Third Kazekage once used to awe the ninja world!
This Iron Sand World Method was a super strong Bloodline Limit secret technique integrating offense and defense enhancement, range restriction, and large-scale killing.
"Magnet Release: Iron Sand Wings!"
With a light shout from Sasori.
The surrounding Iron Sand immediately gathered behind the Third Kazekage, forming a pair of pitch-black wings.
With a slight movement, the Third Kazekage shuttled back and forth in the Iron Sand needle jungle like a nimble butterfly.
The wings behind him began to sprinkle pieces of Iron Sand feathers.
Half of the feathers fell on the ground, and half floated in mid-air.
Once these black feathers touched someone, the Magnet Release attached to them and the highly toxic poison modified by Sasori could paralyze the ninja and make them lose combat effectiveness.
After doing all this, Sasori breathed a sigh of relief, looking triumphantly at Rasa who was watching silently.
Although he didn't understand why this guy didn't stop him in these few seconds.
But now everything was arranged properly. He occupied the geographical advantage, and the advantage was his!
Rasa finally spoke at this time:
"Done?"
After saying this, Rasa vanished from the spot instantly!
Sasori was shocked all over and just wanted to manipulate the Third Kazekage.
Only to see that the iron spikes in the straight line ahead were all shattered by invisible things, broken into pieces!
Just as his eyes saw the iron spikes shattering, he felt a pain in his chest!
Sasori didn't have time to think much. Just as he made a move, he was sent flying by immense monstrous strength!
He retreated constantly in mid-air, vomiting blood constantly from his mouth.
Sasori barely looked down, only to find that his chest had caved in a large area!
If he hadn't already modified his body into a half-human puppet, he would probably be dead already!
Just as these thoughts flashed through his mind.
Sasori's body was suddenly punched by an invisible thing from above.
The whole person fell directly from the high-speed moving mid-air to the ground!
Bang!
A human-shaped pit more than ten meters deep appeared instantly on the hard ground!
The Third Kazekage flying in mid-air lost the owner's control and fell abruptly from mid-air.
Rasa stood above the human-shaped deep pit, nodding with satisfaction.
All this sounded long, but actually, it happened within just two seconds.
From the beginning, Sasori had no chance of winning.
Whether it was Bloodline Limit, Genjutsu, or Taijutsu, Rasa was comprehensively stronger than Sasori.
If he wanted to.
He could have used the Eternal Mangekyō directly from the beginning to control the unguarded Sasori.
But Rasa didn't do so.
He wanted to test how many moves his Taijutsu needed to subdue a Kage-level expert like Sasori who didn't specialize in Taijutsu.