Sasori's expression was grim. He hadn't expected Uchiha En to cut his Chakra threads instantly. Uchiha En's speed just now had surpassed his reaction time.
"As far as I know, Konoha has two Ninja famous throughout the Ninja World for their speed: one is the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and the other is Uchiha En, who forced Kitsuchi to retreat at the Battle of Mount Kikyo.
Minato Namikaze is easy to recognize with his blonde hair, so it seems you must be Uchiha En?"
"That's right, it's me!" Uchiha En admitted his identity openly without trying to conceal it.
After confirming that the person before him was Uchiha En, Sasori's expression grew even gloomier.
Speed-type Ninja are a great counter to Puppeteers. Sasori, the strongest Puppeteer who mastered the Red Secret Technique, was well aware of this. However, a member of the Hyuga Clan was right there, and one whose Byakugan seemed quite special, possibly even a member of the legendary Hyuga Main Family.
Therefore, Sasori did not want to give up just yet.
At this time, Sasori had not yet converted his own body into a puppet; he was only carrying a few mechanisms with him.
Sasori secretly opened a small box filled with Poison Senbon and shot them directly at Uchiha En while he wasn't paying attention.
Unfortunately, Sasori's small actions were meaningless before Uchiha En's Sharingan.
Uchiha En swept his nodachi, knocking the Poison Senbon onto the ground.
Seeing that Uchiha En had blocked his surprise attack, Sasori's expression inevitably worsened.
The fact that Uchiha En could react in time at such close range and evade his unexpected attack further proved that Uchiha En was difficult to handle. Sasori was now contemplating retreat.
Uchiha En also noticed from Sasori's demeanor that he no longer wanted to continue the entanglement.
"Uchiha En, you win this time! That Hyuga Clan member is lucky to have you protecting her. The next time we meet, I will definitely turn her into a puppet." After speaking, a puff of purple smoke erupted from Sasori's feet.
This smoke clearly contained potent venom. Sasori intended to use the poisonous smoke to temporarily force Uchiha En and Asana back, creating an opportunity for himself to escape.
But Uchiha En didn't want to give up the third kazekages puppet so easily. He immediately activated his Mangekyo Sharingan, summoned Susanoo to block the poisonous smoke, and slashed at Sasori, who was picking up the third kazekages puppet.
Sasori's expression changed drastically. It was his first time seeing Susanoo; a technique that could solidify such a massive amount of Chakra was truly beyond his imagination.
Having no choice, Sasori abandoned the third kazekages puppet and rolled away, evading Susanoo's slash.
"Damn you, Uchiha En, remember this!" After uttering his threat, Sasori hastily fled.
Uchiha En originally wanted to pursue him, but Asana walked over and said, "En, forget it. We've already achieved our goal."
As she spoke, a blue ball of Chakra appeared in Asana's hand.
The ball of Chakra entered the body of the third kazekages puppet, and moments later, the third kazekages puppet floated up on its own.
With a single thought from Asana, the third kazekages puppet would launch an attack according to her will.
"Did it work?" Uchiha En asked.
"Yes, the effect of these eyes controlling puppets is much better than I imagined, and this Sasori's puppet-making skill is also incredible.
This Human Puppet retains 70 to 80 percent of the Third Kazekage's former strength, barely qualifying it as a Kage-level expert." After saying this, Asana waved her hand, and the third kazekages puppet flew in front of her. Asana casually put the puppet away.
"We've got the puppet. Next, we need to deal with some small trouble; people are coming from that direction," Uchiha En said, pointing north.
"It's people from the Hidden Sand Village. I guess the commotion from our fight with Sasori just now was a bit too loud and drew them over," Asana said after scanning the area with her Byakugan.
"Shall we escape?"
Asana nodded. She also didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble by interacting with the people from the Hidden Sand Village.
Uchiha En formed hand seals and summoned the Lightning again, flying away directly before the Sand Ninja could arrive.
"We have the puppet. Should we return to the Village now?" Uchiha En asked.
"I haven't completed my mission yet!"
"I almost forgot, you came out here on a mission. What is your mission?" Uchiha En asked.
"The mission is simple to explain. A spy the Village had infiltrated into the Land of Lightning obtained some intelligence. Hokage-sama had a relatively small number of Anbu Ninja available, so he handed this task to Teacher Orochimaru to help out, and I just took the mission from there."
"Going to the Land of Lightning? Perfect, I've also been thinking about going to the Land of Lightning recently."
Hearing this, Asana turned her head to look at Uchiha En. She knew Uchiha En was currently collecting Tailed Beast Chakra.
Previously, Uchiha En had taken a mission related to the Seven-Tails, plus the Eight-Tails horn he traded from Orochimaru, and the Chakra of the Ichibi and Five-Tails obtained during the Battle of Mount Kikyo.
Counting them up, Uchiha En already possessed the Chakra of four Tailed Beasts.
Asana then asked with a strange tone, "En, you aren't planning on going after the Two-Tails, are you?"
Uchiha En didn't deny it, replying with a smile, "I'm still missing the Chakra of the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Six-Tails, and Nine-Tailed. If I get the chance, I definitely need to obtain all of their Chakra."
"Making a move on the Two-Tails inside the Land of Lightning, En, you have some nerve," Asana couldn't help but complain.
"Don't worry! I'm not stupid; I won't attack directly."
Just as Uchiha En had said, he certainly intended to collect all the Tailed Beast Chakra.
According to Uchiha En's previous thoughts, the Two-Tails Chakra was not a high priority, as the Two-Tails always stayed in Kumogakure.
Moreover, after the Third Great Ninja War, Kumogakure's high-level combat power only lost the Third Raikage. They still had Killer Bee and the Fourth Raikage, two Kage-level experts.
Especially Killer Bee, the most perfect Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. The power unleashed by a perfect Jinchuriki is much greater than that of the Eight-Tails alone.
Even if Uchiha En used Susanoo, he wouldn't gain much advantage against a fully Tailed Beast-transformed Eight-Tails, let alone with the Two-Tails and the Fourth Raikage present.
According to Uchiha En's original plan, his first choice was the roaming Four-Tails, followed by the reborn Three-Tails, and then the Six-Tails, because he had the informant Ujiha in Kirigakure, making intelligence on the Six-Tails easy to obtain. The Two-Tails would be last.
As for the Nine-Tailed's Chakra, he would simply collect it during the Night of the Nine-Tails. Uchiha En coincidentally had some plans he wanted to execute during the Night of the Nine-Tails.
However, since Asana was now going to the Land of Lightning to execute a mission, there was no time like the present. He might as well see if he could find an opportunity to obtain the Two-Tails' Chakra.
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