In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Akatsuki's cave stronghold

At this moment, the place was a complete mess.

Countless rubble and puppet fragments were scattered everywhere.

In the very center, to avoid Granny Chiyo's sealing technique, Sasori shot the [Regeneration Core] out of his main body. Sasori, who had already changed into a puppet body, was pierced in the heart of the [Regeneration Core] by the two puppets, 'Father' and 'Mother'.

"How boring. But I'm almost unable to move. Before that, I'll do something useless as a reward for defeating me. Little girl, you're eager to know about Orochimaru, aren't you? Ten days from now, at the Tenchi Bridge in Kusagakure. Where will you go?"

Watching Sakura's life energy being partially diverted by Chiyo's "Turning Body Around" to heal her fatal wound, Sakura learns from Chiyo that this ninjutsu was prepared to revive Sasori's parents.

As Sasori's consciousness gradually faded, just like in the original story, he revealed information about Orochimaru before his death.

"What happened?"

Sakura was taken aback and quickly pressed for an answer.

"I have spies among Orochimaru's subordinates, and I'll meet them there."

As he said this, Scorpion's voice gradually weakened.

The two puppets, 'Father' and 'Mother', which had plunged the knife into his regeneration core, seemed to lose their support and slowly collapsed as Scorpion's life gradually faded away.

Having learned about Orochimaru, Sakura ignored Sasori and turned to Granny Chiyo, saying, "Granny Chiyo, it's all over. You're really amazing."

Granny Chiyo lay on the ground, shaking her head dejectedly. Just as she was about to reveal the truth about Sasori holding back, a dark figure suddenly appeared silently between Sakura and the Sasori puppet, supporting the regeneration core puppet.

The figure in black was dressed in a red-cloud-patterned black robe, with neat, short black hair and a Konoha headband with scratches on its head. It was none other than Chiya from before.

"Sakura, watch out behind you!" Granny Chiyo shouted urgently upon seeing this, and at the same time, she raised her hands with all her might, fiddled with her index fingers, and used chakra threads to stick to the blades falling from the Sasori [Hundred Puppet Manipulation] puppets around her, and attacked Chiyo's back.

Upon hearing this, Sakura turned around abruptly, and upon seeing who it was, her pupils immediately contracted.

Normally, Sakura would have been too scared to move.

But now, having just "defeated" Sasori, a fellow member of Akatsuki, she is bursting with confidence and feels that she has truly become stronger.

I don't know where the courage came from, or perhaps it was out of concern for Karin and Chinatsu.

A powerful punch slammed towards Qianye.

boom--

The earth trembled, dust rose, and countless small pebbles rolled down from the top of the cave.

"Oh dear, little girl, have you become so arrogant because you think you've defeated Scorpion that you've lost sight of yourself?"

Suddenly, Qianye Youran's voice rang out from the thick smoke.

"How could this be?" Sakura's pupils dilated suddenly, her face turned pale, and disbelief shone in her eyes.

The smoke dissipated.

The figures of Chiya, Sakura, and Sasori were revealed.

Sakura's powerful punch was caught by Chiya with one hand from the front, rendering her unable to move.

Chiya's other hand supported Sasori's puppet, his palm resting on the regeneration core pierced by the knife. A special blue light emanated from his palm, which was the divine medical ninjutsu he obtained by saving the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, Fu.

As long as a person is not completely dead, they can be revived by consuming about ten calories of chakra.

It takes fifty calories to die in one day.

Two days after death, 100 calories were consumed.

With each additional day that follows, the chakra required for resurrection will increase exponentially.

The ninja tools controlled by Chiyo seemed to be blocked by some invisible force, frozen in mid-air.

Qianye snorted coldly and was instantly flung away, scattering to various parts of the cave.

"Of course! With your insignificant strength, how could you possibly harm me? If it weren't for Granny Chiyo controlling you with her puppet show, and Sasori facing his only family member as his enemy, do you think you, or even Granny Chiyo, would still be alive today?"

Qianye said calmly.

"Damn it, I'm asking you what happened to Chika and Karin-senpai?" Sakura roared, gathering all her strength as she swung her other fist at Chiya.

"It's impolite to launch a sneak attack before asking any questions." With a slight exertion of force from his right hand, a cracking sound rang out, and Sakura's hand bone shattered. Her punch came to an abrupt halt, and she couldn't hold back, collapsing to her knees and screaming, "Ah!"

"You bastard, what exactly did you do to Chika and Karin-senpai?" Sakura's voice trembled, her face was pale, and large beads of sweat the size of soybeans appeared on her face. The intense pain in her wrist almost made her faint.

Just then, Chiyo's voice suddenly rang out from Sakura's figure, "Enough, Sakura, this isn't a shadow clone, it's the real body. Since the real body is here, that means the shadow clone should have been defeated. Those two girls should be safe now."

Her previously low spirits instantly lifted, and she stared intently at the scorpion's regeneration core.

As if witnessing something incredible, their pupils widened, radiating an incredulous light.

"You've figured it out already?" Chiyo released Sakura, kicked her unconscious, and shoved her into Chiyo's arms.

"Yes, but I'm very curious about your purpose in doing this. It's worth expending so much chakra to join such a terrorist organization after slaughtering the Sarutobi and Shimura clans. You don't seem like the kind of person who would help your comrades."

Chiyo nodded. Having developed resurrection and medical ninjutsu like "Reincarnation of Oneself," she naturally recognized that Chiyo was using some kind of medical ninjutsu to revive Sasori.

"It only consumed a mere ten chakra units, which is nothing to me. Besides," Chiya turned around and pulled the blade from Sasori's regeneration core, using his other hand to extract the toxins from it, "such an excellent puppeteer will never appear again. It would be a real shame if he died like this. I still need him to make toys for my daughter."

"Daughter?" Grandma Chiyo was taken aback.

"Yes. My daughter." Qianye nodded.

Suddenly, the puppet, which had been motionless, began to move. Scorpion slowly awoke, and before him came a familiar figure. "Where am I?"

"Oh, are you awake?" Qianye said with a smile.

Sasori glanced at Chiyo, who was holding Sakura across from him, then looked down at the regeneration core in his chest. Sensing the gradually recovering chakra, he asked hesitantly, "Chiyo, why?"

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to save you. It's just that if you die, my daughter won't have any toy puppets left," Qianye replied.

"For your daughter?" Scorpion pursed his lips, a rare smile appearing on his face. "That's really like you, valuing your family above all else."

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