Chapter 760 Another World

“You’ve connected your Chakra threads to mine, Kankuro. You’ve improved.”

“It’s an honor to receive praise from Sasori of the Red Sand.”

After a moment of disorientation, what reached Sasori’s ears was not his companion’s voice, but a somewhat strange conversation.

The content of the conversation was normal, just typical polite exchanges.

But what was strange was that one of the voices was Sasori’s own, yet Sasori hadn’t spoken.

“Hm?! Another Sasori? Is it a clone?”

Kankuro was about to release his puppet scroll when he noticed the Sasori who had suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and he quickly dodged backward in fright.

The Edo Tensei Sasori frowned slightly as he looked at the ‘himself’ who had suddenly appeared. “What kind of trick is this?”

“Who knows? We’ll find out if we blow him up.”

Deidara said with an indifferent laugh.

Bang!

Kankuro quickly activated the puppet scroll with the character ‘Sasori’ written on it, and a puppet extremely similar to Sasori appeared before everyone’s eyes.

“Interesting.”

Sasori crossed his arms, observing both sides with interest. It was quite something to see two versions of himself as soon as he transmigrated.

“Kankuro, right? Are you with Uzumaki Naruto’s side?”

Sasori asked.

For Sasori, there were two objectives for this trip: one was to help Uzumaki Naruto fight, and the other was to collect useful techniques or materials.

According to Uzumaki Naruto’s reaction earlier, his counterpart in Uzumaki Naruto’s world was Uzumaki Naruto’s enemy, so Kankuro, as ‘Sasori’s’ enemy, was very likely an ally.

Also, Uzumaki Naruto was a Konoha Ninja, and Sasori saw several Ninja wearing Konoha uniforms in Kankuro’s squad.

“Nonsense, who exactly are you?”

Kankuro cautiously watched Sasori, controlling his puppets with both hands.

Since Sasori hadn’t attacked, and Sasori and the Edo Tensei Sasori didn’t seem to be on the same side, Kankuro was a bit confused about the situation for a moment.

Whoosh!

“How dare you impersonate Sasori-senpai! Watch me shatter you with my art!”

Deidara casually kneaded two clay bombs and threw them at Sasori.

Bang!

Sasori took out a scroll and summoned a puppet that somewhat resembled the Third Kazekage.

His previous Third Kazekage Human Puppet had been shattered, and this was a new puppet Sasori made using the Human Puppet’s Chakra core along with other materials.

This puppet incorporated the Ninja World’s most advanced Chakra techniques, so it was no exaggeration to call it the crystallization of Puppet Ninjutsu and scientific Ninja tools.

“Magnet Release: Iron Sand Wall!”

Sasori waved his hand lightly, and the puppet quickly condensed Chakra, creating a thick Iron Sand wall to block the clay bombs.

“You call these fireworks for children art?”

Sasori mocked, looking at the undamaged Iron Sand wall.

“That’s the Third Kazekage-sama’s Iron Sand Magnet Release! How can this be?”

Kankuro’s pupils suddenly contracted. The Third Kazekage’s Human Puppet should have been destroyed, and its appearance didn’t quite match either.

“My art isn’t children’s fireworks, it’s explosions! Art is an explosion!”

Deidara was furious. He had to admit that the fake Sasori in front of him was just as annoying as Sasori.

“This puppet…”

The Edo Tensei Sasori looked at the puppet Sasori summoned, his confusion growing.

“Only perfect things that can be passed down for a long time are art. To consider fleeting things like explosions as art, you’ll probably never grasp true art in your entire life.”

When it came to artistic views, Sasori seriously mocked him.

“Damn it!”

Hearing his art being denied, Deidara was extremely angry and immediately prepared to give this ‘fake Sasori’ something big.

“C2 Dragon!”

Deidara controlled the mouths on his palms, devouring clay and rapidly creating a giant white flying dragon.

He then quickly jumped onto the giant dragon and controlled it to fly into the sky.

“His explosive clay’s weakness is lightning!”

Kankuro quickly spoke when he saw this.

Although he didn’t know whether the person in front of him was friend or foe, since the other party could help deal with the enemy, at this moment, they could be teammates.

“Lightning, huh.”

Sasori’s finger moved slightly, controlling the puppet to fly towards Deidara.

“Magnet Release: Iron Sand World Method!”

Sasori controlled the puppet’s Chakra core to unleash a massive amount of Chakra, directly using a wide-range Iron Sand Magnet Release, creating a crisscrossing field of Iron Sand spikes in the sky.

Deidara hadn’t expected this ‘fake Sasori’ to be so strong, and in his carelessness, both his body and the clay dragon beneath his feet were pierced by the Iron Sand.

“Tch, what’s the use? I’m immortal now.”

Deidara said indifferently.

As an Edo Tensei, he possessed an immortal body, so even constant self-detonation wouldn’t harm him.

Of course, Deidara would definitely not do that.

Self-detonation was his ultimate art.

If he used his ultimate art all the time, could it still be called ultimate art?

“Lightning Release: False Darkness!”

Sasori chuckled, lightly moving his right index finger. The puppet’s right palm opened, firing an activated Ninjutsu scroll.

A large amount of lightning shot out from the scroll. Since iron conducts electricity, Deidara and his giant dragon were instantly shocked, rendering Deidara’s attempt to use explosive clay to blast through the Iron Sand and escape ineffective.

“This level of Iron Sand Magnet Release, it’s indeed the Human Puppet I modified from the Third Kazekage. The Chakra is identical to mine, and the operating method is similar. This guy is practically another me.”

The Edo Tensei Sasori frowned deeply, utterly perplexed.

Sai and Kankuro seized the opportunity, working together to force the restrained Deidara into a puppet with a sealing function.

“Art is an explosion! When I get out, I’ll definitely show you my ultimate art!”

The trapped Deidara still harbored resentment towards the ‘fake Sasori’s’ words, wanting to prove his art.

“Sasori-senpai, quickly defeat that fake and rescue me.”

Deidara could only place his hopes on the Edo Tensei Sasori.

In his eyes, everyone else besides him and the Edo Tensei Sasori was useless.

“Do you agree with his so-called explosion art theory?”

Sasori asked, looking at the Edo Tensei Sasori.

“Mere explosions, of course, cannot be considered art.”

The Edo Tensei Sasori replied indifferently.

Deidara:!!!

It felt like his Sasori-senpai had more in common with the ‘fake Sasori’ than with him, his teammate.

“However, he is, for now, my teammate.”

Immediately after speaking, the Edo Tensei Sasori used Chakra threads to manipulate Shin, feigning an attack on Kankuro, but actually attacking the trapped Deidara.

Bang bang!!

Several thick Iron Sand giant spikes pierced Shin’s body, stopping his advance.

“As a Puppet Master, you don’t even have puppets anymore? You’ve truly fallen to rock bottom.”

Sasori lamented.

Controlling Ninja could never be as smooth as controlling puppets; it simply couldn’t bring out the Puppet Master’s manipulation skill.

The Edo Tensei Sasori’s expression darkened.

If it were anyone else, it wouldn’t matter, but to be defeated by an imposter exactly like himself, and then mocked by the imposter, was truly unbearable.

“Friend, please leave this person to me.”

Sai said to Sasori with a serious expression.

He wanted to settle things with his brother himself.

At this moment, Omoi took advantage of Shin being bound by the Iron Sand and once again cut the Edo Tensei Sasori’s Chakra threads, preventing the Edo Tensei Sasori from controlling Shin any further.

Kankuro, meanwhile, controlled his puppet, attacking the Edo Tensei Sasori, hoping to use the opportunity to seal the Edo Tensei Sasori as well.

Bang bang!

Several Iron Sand spikes were inserted in front of Kankuro’s puppet.

“As payment for my help, don’t interfere with our battle. Also, please temporarily return the puppet to him. It’s too boring to defeat a Puppet Master without puppets.”

Sasori said to Kankuro.

Kankuro’s face flickered, and he began to think seriously.

“Don’t worry, that puppet of yours, in my eyes, is a puppet only used by poor, country Puppet Masters. I won’t steal it.”

Seeing Kankuro hesitate, Sasori offered reassurance.

Kankuro’s face twitched, but after thinking it over, he still withdrew his Chakra threads.

This ‘fake Sasori’ was quite strong, and there was no need to cause unpleasantness with him over something like this.

After all, the ‘fake Sasori’ had already helped them seal the troublesome Deidara, clearly an ally.

Moreover, he had more than just this one puppet; he had other puppets that could continue fighting.

Sasori threw the puppet towards the Edo Tensei Sasori, who expressionlessly shot out Chakra threads and precisely caught his Human Puppet.

No matter who this ‘fake Sasori’ was, he was going to teach him a profound lesson. How dare he say his greatest masterpiece was a puppet only used by country Puppet Masters.

“Scroll: Blazing Hell!”

The Edo Tensei Sasori moved all ten fingers, controlling his puppet to extend its palms, which contained flamethrower pipes.

Immediately after, Edo Sasori’s Chakra erupted, activating the hidden flame scroll within the puppet, causing the puppet he controlled to instantly spew a large amount of high-temperature flames.

“Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!”

Sasori calmly wiggled his fingers.

The puppet quickly formed hand signs, its shoulder opened, firing a blue scroll, and a large amount of water gushed out from the scroll, extinguishing the flames while also washing away Edo Sasori and the puppet.

Whoosh!

Although he was at a disadvantage in the first wave of confrontation, Edo Sasori was not in a hurry; he quickly counterattacked, controlling his puppet to rapidly approach ‘Fake Sasori’s’ puppet.

Due to his familiarity with Magnet Release and his exquisite puppet mastery, Edo Sasori’s puppet successfully dodged all incoming Magnet Release attacks and managed to get close.

Edo Sasori moved all ten fingers, simultaneously controlling the spiral blades on both sides of the puppet’s body to attack, and applying Chakra to the pointed steel cable in the puppet’s abdomen.

His attack plan was simple: the spiral blades were a feint, and the real killing move was the freely extendable pointed steel cable.

Seeing this, Sasori moved several fingers at once, and a hole appeared in the palms of the puppet’s hands.

Immediately after, Sasori controlled the puppet to activate wind-attribute Chakra, and two azure light blades extended from its palms.

Swish!!

As the azure light flashed, Edo Sasori’s puppet’s spiral blades instantly broke, and the pointed steel cable extending from its chest was also severed.

“What is this?”

Edo Sasori was a little surprised.

“Shinobi Sect technology.”

Sasori smiled faintly.

Actually, the technical content of this technique was average, not even as good as powerful Ninjutsu scrolls.

It was just about equipping good Chakra weapons onto puppets.

In Sasori’s opinion, true technological breakthroughs would only occur when Chakra weapons usable by ordinary people could be created.

After assessing his strength in Naruto’s world, Sasori went all out, quickly defeated Edo Sasori, and retrieved the puppet, returning it to Kankuro.

“Who exactly are you?”

Edo Sasori couldn’t help but ask.

When fighting this ‘Fake Sasori,’ he truly felt like he was fighting himself; many of the opponent’s habits were identical to his own.

Upon hearing Edo Sasori’s question, everyone present, even Kabuto, who was performing multi-line operations, perked up.

“I am Sasori.”

Sasori replied calmly.

Edo Sasori frowned tightly, “Are you a Ninja created by that Orochimaru using my genes? I really should have killed him earlier.”

If the opponent was the real Sasori, then what was he?

“Do you think that Orochimaru fellow has that kind of ability?”

Sasori scoffed with a laugh.

“Indeed.”

Edo Sasori nodded; normally, Orochimaru wouldn’t have that technology.

“You can think of me as a different outcome of yourself, like two identical trees planted in two different places; the two trees will certainly become different due to different environments.”

Sasori explained.

He discovered that Edo Sasori’s puppet mastery was actually not inferior to his, perhaps even slightly stronger.

However, in terms of puppets themselves, Edo Sasori’s were far inferior and could not be compared to his puppets, which were equipped with numerous advanced Chakra technologies.

Although Sasori spoke cryptically, Edo Sasori believed him.

If it was another him, then being defeated by him was perfectly normal.

“Tell me about your life.”

Sasori asked.

He was a little curious how Edo Sasori had ended up so miserably, not only dying but also being summoned and controlled as a puppet.

“The year I was born…”

“You don’t have to start that early.”

Sasori listened for a while, and when he found it similar to his memories, he told Edo Sasori to skip ahead.

During the process, Kabuto tried to control Edo Sasori to launch an attack, but all attempts failed, as Edo Sasori’s body was firmly controlled by Magnet Release Sand Iron, so Kabuto could only temporarily give up on Edo Sasori, as there were many other Edo Ninja he needed to control.

Sasori and Edo Sasori conversed for a while, discovering that their life trajectories began to diverge after their defection, or more precisely, after Sasori participated in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament.

Sasori participated in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament, was captured by Nagato because he wanted revenge, and was forced to start working for the Shinobi Sect.

Edo Sasori’s side, however, had no Shinobi Sect, so he naturally couldn’t participate in the Youth Martial Arts Tournament and instead wandered around until he was found by the Akatsuki Organization.

“Without the Shinobi Sect, I would actually die at my grandmother’s hands.”

Sasori sighed inwardly.

He believed that at that time, both Edo Sasori and Chiyo would have been in great pain.

“In exchange, it’s time for me to hear about your life, isn’t it?”

Edo Sasori said.

“The first half is pretty much the same as yours, except you joined the Akatsuki Organization, and I joined the Shinobi Sect.”

Sasori didn’t hide anything and simply recounted it.

“Shinobi Sect, Nagato…”

Edo Sasori showed a look of surprise.

Even with some speculation in his heart, Edo Sasori was still very surprised when he actually heard Sasori recount the story of another world.

Beyond their world, there was actually another similar world, also with Nagato and Konan, and Sasori, but on the other side, it wasn’t the Akatsuki Organization, but the Shinobi Sect.

Hearing that Sasori fought Chiyo for the Shinobi Sect and defeated Chiyo, Edo Sasori was speechless for a moment, wondering if he and his grandmother were destined to duel.

Although both were battles, the outcome for the other him was clearly better; neither the grandparent nor the grandchild died.

“Did I make the wrong choice…?”

Edo Sasori was momentarily lost.

Both were Sasori, but the Shinobi Sect Sasori was clearly doing much better than him.

Not only was his technology stronger than his, but other aspects of his life were also better.

Where exactly did he fall short compared to the Shinobi Sect Sasori?

“Another world, how is that possible!”

Not only Edo Sasori, but everyone who heard Sasori’s words was shocked.

Kankuro’s Chakra threads in his hand trembled, and Kabuto, who was controlling the Edo Ninja, made a control error.

This fact was simply too astonishing; Kabuto would rather believe Sasori was a clone.

“How long do you intend to be controlled by others? You are, after all, ‘me’.”

Sasori spoke, interrupting Edo Sasori’s thoughts.

Sasori didn’t want Nagato and the others to see this Edo Sasori; it would definitely become a dark chapter in his history.

Since the Edo Ninja controlled by Edo Sasori could break free on his own, there was no reason Edo Sasori couldn’t.

“That’s right, if a puppet master is controlled, it’s over; it’s like losing one’s soul…”

Kankuro also followed up, speaking his mind.

He greatly respected Edo Sasori’s skill as a puppet master and couldn’t bear to see Edo Sasori reduced to such a state.

Edo Sasori’s face showed a look of surprise, followed by a faint smile.

Yes, he was Sasori of the Red Sand, the strongest puppet master; he was the one who controlled others, not the other way around.

He had already lost in puppet techniques, but he couldn’t lose in other aspects as well.

Moreover, the experiences of the Sasori from the other world had already proven much.

As Edo Sasori’s inner thoughts changed, his body rapidly turned white, and numerous cracks appeared on his body.

“I have some things at my base in the Land of Rivers; if you’re interested, go and get them.”

With that, Edo Sasori disappeared from everyone’s sight, leaving only the deceased used for the Edo Tensei.

“I can go take a look after the war ends.”

Sasori thought to himself.

Edo Sasori was much older than him, so there might be some research that could help his puppets.

As for the issue of outdated puppets, this was mainly due to the technological gap between the two worlds.

Moreover, Edo Sasori’s puppets were actually not bad; calling them backward puppets from the countryside was just to reassure Kankuro.

“Sasori? We’re going to continue the surprise attack; do you want to come along?”

Kankuro asked tentatively.

He wasn’t sure if another world truly existed, or what was going on with the Sasori in front of him.

But it was the Fourth Shinobi World War now, and Sasori was an extremely powerful puppet master, so having him as a teammate would be ideal.

“I didn’t come alone; I have other teammates, and I need to meet up with them first.”

Sasori shook his head, declining Kankuro’s invitation.

Muzuki had said to prioritize gathering once they arrived, so Sasori had to find the main group first.

“Who are they? Where are they? I can contact headquarters to help you find them; our Allied Shinobi Forces have a total of eighty thousand Ninja, so it’s definitely faster than you searching on your own.”

Seeing Sasori say he had teammates, Kankuro quickly continued to ask.

If Sasori’s teammates had similar strength to Sasori, then it would be a considerable boost for the Allied Shinobi Forces.

“Nagato, Kakuzu, Uchiha Obito…”