"Why do you also have Magnet Release!"
Sasori of the Red Sand's mouth and nose were hidden behind a black cloth, leaving only his eyes exposed. His voice sounded hoarse, like an old man who had not spoken properly in years.
Ryūjin, however, already knew the truth.
The figure standing in front of him was not Sasori's real body. It was Hiruko, the puppet Sasori used as a disguise. The real Sasori had always been hidden inside it.
Of course, Sasori himself had already turned his own body into a puppet long ago. That was common knowledge among those who knew him well.
"Rasa taught me," Ryūjin replied calmly.
Technically, he was not lying. His Magnet Release had indeed come from Rasa through the Sign-in System.
"Obito, you were right. If this person were turned into a puppet, he would become the most perfect work of art in the world."
Sasori ignored Ryūjin completely and spoke to Obito instead, his tone filled with excitement.
"Hurry up and hide. Don't stay exposed in his line of sight. It's too dangerous," Obito warned in a low voice, his expression extremely serious.
"Hehehe. Obito, you're worrying too much."
Sasori sneered and stopped talking. At the same time, he continued to control the countless fine needles in the sky and launched another fierce attack toward Ryūjin.
But it was useless.
Every single needle was blocked by the layer of gold dust above Ryūjin's head.
Then, suddenly,
"Kamui."
Crack!
Hiruko's body was instantly cut in half.
"Baka! This idiot, this moron! I already warned him! He still dared to jump out in front of Ryūjin. He's just looking for death!"
Obito could not hold back anymore and cursed out loud in anger.
Sasori was supposed to be a powerful trump card, yet he had been destroyed before he could even show his real strength.
Crack!
However, what Obito did not expect was that Hiruko's body suddenly exploded, and a figure jumped out from inside.
No, more precisely, it was a child.
Obito froze for a moment before finally realizing the truth. The Sasori he had been working with all this time had only been a puppet. His real body had been hidden inside Hiruko from the very beginning.
But there was something even more shocking.
Why did Sasori look like a child?
His appearance did not match his age at all.
Several questions flashed through Obito's mind, but this was clearly not the time to think about them.
Swish swish swish!
The moment his real body was exposed, Sasori immediately summoned several puppets to surround himself.
A chill ran through his heart.
What was that just now? His Dōjutsu? How terrifying.
If Sasori still had a normal human body, he would have already broken out in a cold sweat.
Obito had warned him many times before about how dangerous Ryūjin was. It turned out that he had not exaggerated at all.
"I want to see how strong your Magnet Release really is!"
Sasori snorted coldly. Chakra threads appeared on his ten fingers as he controlled the Third Kazekage human puppet and once again released a rain of Iron Sand needles toward Ryūjin.
"Magnet Release against Magnet Release? Yeah right. That sounds fun."
Ryūjin clapped his hands together casually, his expression completely relaxed.
A thick layer of gold dust formed instantly in front of him and blocked the incoming attack. At the same time, countless golden needles condensed behind him and shot straight toward Sasori.
"This level..."
Sasori's eyes widened again.
Ryūjin's Magnet Release actually looked even stronger than Rasa's.
Facing the endless rain of gold dust needles, Sasori did not dare to be careless. He immediately gathered Iron Sand in front of himself to form a defensive wall.
But the difference between them became obvious in an instant.
Ryūjin completed his control almost instantly, while Sasori's defense was still forming and full of gaps. Before it could fully take shape, many of the gold dust needles had already pierced through.
In a hurry, Sasori controlled another puppet and forced it to block in front of him.
Clang clang clang clang!
In the blink of an eye, that puppet was riddled with holes and turned into useless scrap.
Whoosh!
Using the chance created by that puppet, Sasori quickly used the Body Flicker Technique several times in a row and finally escaped Ryūjin's attack.
In their first real confrontation, Sasori had been completely defeated.
"Don't fight him head on! Find a chance to support me instead! He's not someone you can handle alone!"
Obito shouted loudly from the side. That was a lesson he had learned the hard way.
"Shut up!"
Sasori's pride could not accept Obito's words at all. He shouted back angrily.
How could someone like Obito understand his art?
Obito was furious. Sasori really was a useless teammate.
Boom boom boom!
At that moment, an enormous amount of gold dust surged into the air and formed several giant hands that grabbed directly toward Sasori.
Compared to this level of Magnet Release, Sasori's puppet attacks looked completely useless.
He could only dodge left and right while controlling the Third Kazekage puppet to counterattack, but the results were minimal.
After all, that Magnet Release did not belong to him personally. It was only being used through a puppet. Compared to Ryūjin, the difference was obvious.
Seeing this, Obito did not waste any more time arguing. He directly rushed toward Ryūjin with a kunai in his hand.
Those giant gold dust hands were completely useless against him. Using Kamui's phasing ability, he passed straight through the gold dust and appeared in front of Ryūjin in an instant.
Cling clang!
The sound of ninja tools colliding echoed again.
Only then did the pressure on Sasori finally decrease.
And at the same time, his pride also took a heavy blow.
Even though he did not want to admit it, Sasori understood very clearly that no matter how many tricks he used, they would not be effective against Ryūjin's Magnet Release.
Even his strongest techniques, the four scrolls he had prepared, seemed unreliable against an opponent like this.
For now, he had no choice but to cooperate with Obito.
After making his decision, Sasori left several puppets behind as a distraction. Then he flew away on the Third Kazekage human puppet and disappeared into the forest nearby.
"That guy is completely unreliable."
Obito could not help complaining again while continuing to fight Ryūjin.
After talking so confidently earlier, this was the result? Sasori had barely shown himself before being beaten into retreat.
Now Obito had no choice but to face Ryūjin alone.
Meanwhile, hidden inside the forest, Sasori quietly watched the battle while thinking about a way to deal with Ryūjin.