Takumi rushed out, not only to get away from the revolting Chiyo,
But also to take the fight away from them, to avoid catching them.
Judging by Sasori's puppets, the fight would definitely be widespread.
Maybe not in destructive power compared to those spectacular Ninjutsu,
But whether poisoned needles, shuriken, or various puppet weapons, they would cause large-scale casualties.
So, he had to put distance between himself and Kakashi and the others.
He was confident he could dodge it all, but they might not.
And Sasuke was in a daze, with no ability to evade at all.
Although Sasuke was always looking for chances to challenge him,
Who said he, Takumi, was magnanimous and took care of him like this?
Of course, if not for the sake of Mikoto, he definitely wouldn't indulge Sasuke like this.
Moreover, smashing Sasuke's pride with a punch when he got too pleased with himself was actually quite satisfying.
With him around, he had at least stopped Sasuke from several suicide attempts.
But this time, he almost didn't watch closely enough, and Sasuke would have been finished here.
Luckily, he saved him at the crucial moment.
Otherwise, the fun would have really started.
And Itachi would definitely erupt.
Either Konoha would explode, or the Akatsuki would explode.
If the Akatsuki exploded, he would be happy to see it.
But if Konoha exploded, that wasn't what he wanted.
Even for the sake of stabilizing Itachi, Sasuke couldn't die now.
As he thought, Takumi's gaze didn't leave the puppets Sasori was controlling.
The moment he rushed forward,
Sasori immediately controlled the puppets to unleash a barrage of attacks.
All kinds of shuriken, poisoned needles, etc., filled the sky.
It's even more exaggerated than Tenten, who owned a ninja tool shop.
Fortunately, Sasori had accumulated these things himself.
If he had to buy them with money, Kakuzu would probably fight him.
After all, it's too wasteful.
"Oh no!"
Chiyo's expression immediately became gloomy.
She saw that Takumi suddenly rushed out to prevent the attacks from affecting them.
But she still thought Takumi was too reckless.
This kind of all-encompassing attack, even she couldn't guarantee one hundred percent evasion.
Although the speed Takumi had just shown was fast, the attacks were too dense.
This wasn't something you could dodge just by being fast.
You had to find gaps to evade in a very short time. Unless you possessed the Sharingan's dynamic vision, it was fundamentally impossible to track the trajectories of all the attacks.
After all, a person only has two eyes; the range they can see is limited.
Facing omnidirectional attacks, dodging them all was simply impossible.
If she were controlling him, she could observe the overall situation from a distance and increase the probability of dodging.
But rushing directly into the center of the attack like Takumi, this kind of behavior in her eyes was completely suicidal.
However, what happened next far exceeded her imagination.
Takumi didn't display the extremely fast speed he had shown before.
He bathed in the hail of attacks, his body twisting like a snake, sinuous and boneless, dodging all the attacks while standing still.
Chiyo even saw him close his eyes!
He seemed to know where the attacks would land in advance, dancing his way through them all.
"So handsome~"
Sakura couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, her gaze unable to move away from Takumi.
Her eyes had already turned into heart shapes.
Chiyo was dumbfounded. She completely hadn't expected anyone to be able to do this.
"What else would you expect from Takumi?"
Kakashi revealed a smile. Takumi always brought him great surprises.
For Konoha to produce a genius like Takumi was truly a great blessing for the village.
He could already envision the day Takumi would become Hokage.
When that day came, Konoha would undoubtedly become great again!
"I wish he were from our Sunagakure."
Baki's words were full of envy. For an Elite Jonin like him to say this was enough to prove how much he coveted Takumi.
Unfortunately,
This was ultimately just a wish.
Suddenly, he thought of a possibility and looked up at the top of the large pit.
His disciple, Temari, was standing up there.
He remembered that Temari seemed to have special feelings for Takumi.
'If Temari could marry Takumi, even if she married into Konoha, it would be hugely beneficial for Sunagakure.'
'It would mean the alliance between Sunagakure and Konoha would be unbreakable.'
Thinking of this, he felt an itch in his heart.
'But the kids were still too young now.'
'It wasn't the time to discuss marriage yet.'
Seeing Takumi dodge all the attacks, Sasori was not surprised.
He had personally witnessed the entire process of Takumi's battles with other Akatsuki's members.
He knew that relying on this level of attack to defeat Takumi was impossible.
But one always has to try.
After all, people aren't always able to maintain their focus.
And he had been defeated by Takumi once before.
Although he hadn't gone all out that time, it couldn't really be considered a true victory or defeat.
So he thought, maybe Takumi would be careless because of it.
Now it seemed, this was just Sasori's delusion.
As an Elite Jonin, Takumi always maintained a high level of attention.
He fundamentally wouldn't underestimate an opponent just because he had defeated them before.
"It seems it's still not enough."
Sasori sighed and was just about to reach for the scroll behind him when...
"Sasori, don't you even greet me when you see me?"
After her shock, Chiyo finally found an opportunity between attacks to greet Sasori.
"Hmm, Granny Chiyo."
Sasori withdrew his hand. He originally didn't plan to say much to Chiyo; after all, he had been gone for twenty years and had long lost any feelings for the village.
"It seems you still remember me."
Chiyo's gaze softened, then became resolute again. "Why did you defect back then? And he is our village's next Kazekage. By doing this, do you really have no feelings left for the village at all?"
Chiyo pointed at Gaara, who lay lifeless on the ground.
The previous fighting had still affected Gaara.
He now had quite a few poisoned needles stuck in him.
Fortunately, Gaara currently had no signs of life; his blood wasn't flowing.
The poison merely remained on the surface and hadn't penetrated deep into his body.
Before saving him, treating the wounds first would eliminate the risk of poisoning.
And even if he were poisoned, with Takumi there, dealing with it would be simple, wouldn't it?
"Why did I defect from the village?"
Sasori seemed to hear something incomprehensible and couldn't help repeating it.
Then, he took out a scroll and said, "This is the reason I defected."
Bang!
White smoke emerged.
A puppet instantly appeared beside Sasori.
"What?!"
Chiyo and Baki's eyes immediately widened.
The puppet Sasori summoned was actually the Third Kazekage!
"The Third Kazekage?"
Chiyo looked at Sasori in disbelief. Back then, the Third Kazekage's disappearance had left Sunagakure leaderless.
To resolve the internal chaos, they had to divert conflicts externally.
This was also the catalyst that led to the Third Shinobi World War.
But Chiyo never imagined that it was her precious grandson, Sasori, who had assassinated the Third Kazekage!
"I think you should know why I defected."
Sasori said calmly.
Although he didn't say it outright, the puppet of the Third Kazekage explained everything.
Having assassinated his own village's Kage, Sasori had no choice but to defect.
And the fact that he could conceal it for so long proved how strong his concealment skills were.
All these years, he definitely used the Third Kazekage puppet in battle more than once.
Yet no news ever leaked, which meant that everyone who saw the Third Kazekage puppet died by his hand.
Perhaps many of his human puppets were obtained this way.