Hidan immediately started yelling, "Did you go to a hair salon? You changed your hairstyle! Do you know we've all been fighting here waiting for you to come back?"
"Stop shouting."
Kakuzu pulled Hidan back. "How much did it cost?"
As the one in charge of money, Kakuzu's instincts immediately told him that the stylist who could give Konan such a capable haircut, without making her lose her original temperament, definitely wasn't an ordinary barber.
People like that usually charge a lot.
So Kakuzu usually took care of his own hair.
Anyway, he always kept it covered with his hood, so no one could see it anyway.
"It was free."
Konan knew what Kakuzu was asking and answered simply, then looked at the others. "If you have any more nonsense to ask, wait a moment."
"I'm going to report the results of my investigation now."
As soon as she said this, Kisame, who had wanted to say something, immediately shut his mouth and took two steps back.
A faint hint of grievance was vaguely visible in his shark-like eyes.
Everyone else had spoken.
But when it came to him, he wasn't allowed to?
This was too unfair.
"How is Sasori-danna?"
Deidara immediately rushed up, asking impatiently, "Was he abused? How is his mood? How is his condition?"
From Deidara's attitude, it was clear that Sasori staying behind alone to let him escape had left a tremendous impact on Deidara's heart.
The two of them were also among the closest in the Akatsuki.
"Don't interrupt."
Pain warned, then looked at Konan and said, "Speak. Tell us the specific situation, describe everything in detail."
Konan nodded, then told them everything she had seen.
Everyone listened silently to her narration. Several times someone wanted to press for more, but Pain suppressed them with his eyes.
It took a full half hour for Konan to finish reporting.
"So, you're saying that Konoha didn't get any information from Sasori, right?"
Pain grasped the key point and asked, "If that's the case, then we need to consider how to rescue him."
"Wait, I think we need to be cautious about this."
Kakuzu held an opposing view. "Although Sasori didn't reveal our information as you said, his current treatment is very suspicious."
"He's Konoha's enemy, yet not only was he not executed, he was even given a certain degree of freedom in public."
"This is really hard to imagine. Perhaps he has already reached some kind of secret agreement with Takumi."
"We must observe for a period of time, confirm Sasori's complete innocence, and only then consider rescuing him."
Kakuzu's words were clear and logical and very rational.
"I agree with Kakuzu's view."
Konan said quietly, "This observation isn't enough to make too many judgments. If I could talk with Sasori alone, I should be able to get more information."
Of course, Konan just wanted more reasons to go to Konoha.
"What are you all talking nonsense about!"
Deidara said excitedly, "Of course we have to rescue Sasori-danna! If you won't go, I'll go alone!"
"Don't be impulsive."
Itachi said calmly, "What can you do alone? You'd just be wasting manpower."
"You!"
Deidara glared at Itachi. He was already unconvinced by Itachi, so how could he possibly listen to him?
"Alright, stop arguing."
Pain frowned slightly. "In that case, let's all go together."
"Seeing is believing, and I need to confirm whether he still has the will to walk with us."
Pain felt something was not simple.
Just now, he had only paid attention to whether Sasori had betrayed them.
But carefully considering Konan's words, it indicated that Sasori had a certain degree of freedom of movement.
And with Sasori's strength and identity as a puppeteer, if he wanted to escape, even Takumi would probably have a hard time stopping him.
"Wait one night first."
Pain said, "Everyone disperse for now. If Sasori doesn't show up tonight, then we'll go find him tomorrow."
"Wait, why wait one night?"
Deidara didn't understand.
But the others seemed to understand Pain's meaning and turned to leave.
"Hey! Wait! Explain it to me!"
Deidara felt isolated.
Actually,
He wasn't the only one who didn't understand.
Hidan, who also didn't get it, just didn't care.
The others had figured it out.
They generally knew how strong Sasori was.
For a puppeteer skilled in concealment, escaping after being given a certain degree of freedom would be a piece of cake.
They all knew this night was the time given to Sasori.
If Sasori escaped from Konoha, one night would be enough for him to reach Amegakure.
Although it would take a long time to travel from Konoha to Amegakure,
A Shinobi moving at full speed could cover it in a few hours.
Only Deidara, this youngster, and Hidan, this idiot, didn't understand.
The others had naturally thought of this situation.
However,
This night in Amegakure was very calm.
This night in Konoha was also very calm.
Only Sasori's heart was not calm.
"One, two, three..."
Sasori lay in bed, silently counting the Anbu around him. "Six Anbu in total, two squads?"
Only two squads of Anbu. If he wanted to leave, it would be easy.
After all, there were no restraints on him, no Sealing Technique limiting his movement.
He was completely free.
"What is that guy thinking?"
Sasori found he increasingly couldn't understand Takumi.
'He went through all that effort to capture me, and it really was just to make me open a barber shop?'
This situation was too absurd.
He couldn't believe it.
But that's how it was.
Takumi had no intention of extracting any information from him.
And he even went out of his way to help him attract customers.
Due to the time lost from construction, the actual working hours were only one afternoon.
But in that one afternoon, with his speed of cutting dozens of people's hair at once, he actually gave haircuts to over a thousand people.
That number was more than all the barbers in Konoha combined.
The thing he understood least was that before leaving, Takumi actually returned the repaired Third Kazekage puppet to him.
He had checked; the Third Kazekage puppet's Magnet Release still worked.
He thought it was completely destroyed after being blown up, but he didn't expect Takumi to repair it, and he felt the control over Magnet Release was even better.
Truly unfathomable!
However, he also found a Four Symbols Seal inside the Third Kazekage puppet.
The seal was placed very obviously.
There was no intention to hide it.
This was also a kind of warning from Takumi,
Telling him not to attempt to use the Third Kazekage puppet against him or to destroy Konoha.
Otherwise, the seal would immediately activate, completely sealing the Third Kazekage puppet away.
Sasori also had no intention of fighting anymore.
He had been cutting hair all day.
Although it seemed very busy, with his ability to multi-task, while manipulating the puppet hands to cut hair, he was also thinking about one thing.
Takumi had said something to him.
Did he really have to be so loyal to the Akatsuki?
He certainly wouldn't betray his companions.
No matter what kind of torture he endured, it meant nothing to him.
His puppet body felt no pain.
And his personality wouldn't casually reveal others' secrets.
Although he didn't necessarily consider everyone in the Akatsuki as companions, he also wouldn't reveal their information.
However, Takumi's words also made him ponder.
"Do I still have an obligation to go back?"