"We're here to see Granny Chiyo!"
To avoid trouble, Sasori stepped forward first.
Hearing that they were looking for Granny Chiyo, the Sand Ninja exchanged glances. The lead Sand Ninja then sent a subordinate to find Granny Chiyo, while he and the others remained on guard.
Seeing the Sand Ninja's actions, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Hidan did not stop them. After all, this time they were here to discuss business, not to capture a Tailed Beast.
If they were here to capture a Tailed Beast, these cannon fodder would have been gone long ago.
Ten-odd minutes later.
A somewhat aged voice rang out.
"Hm? What do renegade ninja want with an old woman like me?"
Hearing the familiar voice, Sasori immediately looked over and saw Granny Chiyo, her face already very old, walking towards them.
When Chiyo stepped forward and saw Sasori, she was also startled.
"Little girl, why do you look so familiar to me?"
"Cough, cough, cough." Just then, Kakuzu stepped forward, pointed at Yujie Sasori, and said, "This is Sasori, your grandson."
Chiyo's face showed shock upon hearing this. She then looked at Yujie Sasori, who nodded in response.
Chiyo really wanted to say, 'You're not my grandson,' but her intuition told her that this big-chested girl in front of her was indeed her grandson... no, wait... now she should be called her granddaughter.
Chiyo walked forward, her eyes red.
"Sasori, I didn't think you'd go this far, transforming yourself into what you are now."
"You... you're even denying your own gender now?"
As she spoke, Granny Chiyo's hand reached out to touch Sasori's face.
"Hm? It's warm, and soft?"
Then Chiyo touched Yujie Sasori's neck, but found no pulse.
This indicated that the Sasori in front of her truly had a puppet body.
Chiyo never imagined that Sasori's puppet technology would be so advanced now. The human puppet he created looked completely indistinguishable from a real person, and even the body was just like a living one.
"Truly worthy of being my grandson... no, my granddaughter," Chiyo thought proudly.
Sasori did not refuse Chiyo touching him.
However, Granny Chiyo saying he was denying his own gender made Sasori a bit speechless.
Nevertheless, seeing Granny Chiyo in her current aged state, Sasori felt a stir in his heart.
Before, when using a puppet body, although he was alive, his emotions were gradually extinguished.
But ever since he started using the body Naruto created for him, Sasori found his emotions gradually returning.
It was precisely because he had emotions that seeing Granny Chiyo's current appearance made him feel a deep sense of melancholy.
"We can talk about returning to Sand Ninja Village later! I came to see you this time for something else."
Granny Chiyo heard this, first looked at Kakuzu and Hidan, then said, "Alright, come with me!"
With Granny Chiyo's word, the Sand Ninja guards naturally no longer obstructed them.
Upon arriving at Granny Chiyo's residence, Sasori stated the purpose of his visit.
"Granny Chiyo, I hope you can teach me the Reanimation Jutsu."
"Reanimation Jutsu? What do you want with that incomplete jutsu?"
Chiyo asked, somewhat confused.
Chiyo knew the Reanimation Jutsu well; the price for performing that jutsu was the caster's life.
Chiyo's question made Sasori fall silent.
After a few minutes of silence, Sasori said in a deep voice, "I want to try to revive my parents!"
"No."
Hearing that Sasori wanted to use Reanimation Jutsu to revive his parents, Chiyo flatly refused. She thought Sasori wanted to sacrifice his own life to save them, but that was simply impossible.
"Sasori, I understand your desire to see your parents. In fact, I also wish to see my son and daughter-in-law, but... Reanimation Jutsu cannot revive people who have been dead for so long."
"I know."
Sasori had already heard information about Reanimation Jutsu from Orochimaru.
"Reanimation Jutsu alone cannot revive people who have been dead for a long time, but... if combined with other jutsu, there's a chance. So... I want to try!"
Seeing that Granny Chiyo still wanted to refuse, Sasori continued, "Don't worry, Grandma! I wouldn't joke with my own life!"
Hearing Sasori call her Grandma, Granny Chiyo instantly broke down.
"Alright... Sasori... I can give you the Reanimation Jutsu, but I must be present when you revive Iki and Rokusho."
Sasori did not refuse Chiyo's request.
"Okay... I'll inform you then!"
After discussing the Reanimation Jutsu, Sasori looked at Kakuzu.
Seeing this, Kakuzu stepped forward and said to Granny Chiyo, "Elder Chiyo, I came here this time to discuss a business deal with Sand Ninja Village!"
"Business?" Chiyo was somewhat curious.
What kind of business could be done in Sand Ninja Village? Sand Ninja Village was poor in resources, had very few specialties, and was quite impoverished.
If it weren't for the Fourth Kazekage Rōsa's ability to manipulate gold dust, their village might have had to close down.
"The business I want to do is this!"
As he spoke, Kakuzu pulled out a virtual helmet from the spatial backpack he was carrying!
"This is called a virtual helmet, and it's incredibly popular throughout the Land of Fire right now!"
Kakuzu then began to describe the functions of the virtual helmet.
Chiyo, who had lived for nearly a century, naturally understood the power of this virtual helmet.
This virtual helmet was definitely a powerful tool that could increase the overall strength of a Ninja Village.
Most importantly, if this thing truly came from the Land of Fire, they really had no choice but to buy it.
The reason was simple: Konoha was powerful, and their Sand Ninja Village absolutely could not stand still.
Every war, Konoha was considered the fuse, because Konoha's resources were simply too abundant.
Abundant water resources, abundant arable land and farmland—these were all things Sand Ninja Village yearned for, and it was precisely because of this that wars broke out again and again.
Chiyo had lived for nearly a hundred years and had a very clear understanding of the entire Ninja World.
She knew that war was unavoidable, not because the great Ninja Villages loved war, but for survival.
Time would cause the populations of the major Ninja Villages to gradually swell, but the survival resources provided by the Daimyo were limited. In order to survive better, they could only wage war.
If a war was lost, the population could be reduced; if won, resources could be acquired.
But... if Konoha became too strong, war would lose its meaning.
What meaning could a war with a 100% chance of losing have?
Therefore... Sand Ninja Village also had to acquire the virtual helmet.
After thinking everything through, Chiyo looked at the virtual helmet Kakuzu was holding and said, "I'd like to try the effect of this virtual helmet first."
"No problem!" Kakuzu nodded and then began to teach Chiyo how to use the virtual helmet.