Sakura!
Granny Chiyo!
Are you okay?
Can you still move?
Oh? You're worrying about other people even with this wound?
Sasori... How...?
Don't tell me...
So that's it.
If you're a Medical Ninja,
you should understand the situation you're in.
Shut up!
You're a courageous girl.
But how long can you hold on?
She's...stopping the bleeding and healing herself with a sword stuck in her.
She's skilled.
Granny Chiyo, I'm okay.
So hurry up and take the antidote.
Sakura.
It looks like the poison is starting to take effect.
Of course, this sword is also poisoned, you see.
My body's getting numb from the poison,
so I can't control my Chakra very well.
Impossible Dream
So that's the antidote.
Why?
Granny...Chiyo.
I can't believe how everyone chooses death for the sake of others...
How stupid...
I won't let go.
This girl's got...incredible strength.
Granny Chiyo!
It's futile to have a strength contest with her, huh?
Then...
Die!
Wh-What?
You lowered your guard at the end, Sasori.
What?
Now you can't move.
Am I right?
Although you may have the body of a puppet,
you use Chakra, so you need a part that's living...
That's your weakness.
And just that part from your left chest is missing from that shell.
Here!
It was probably right before the Jutsu was completed.
You switched... to a different puppet.
The body of a puppet is basically just a doll.
Your real body...
is that chest part that produces Chakra.
Sakura!
This is not good.
In any event, I've got to pull out this sword while closing the wound.
Hang in there.
Just a little more.
It's futile. I pierced a vital point.
She'll soon be dead even without poison.
She's lost too much blood.
Since you're also a Medical Ninja,
I aimed for a spot you can't easily heal.
I've already finished first-aid treatment with Medical Ninjutsu.
What I'm doing right now isn't Medical Ninjutsu.
What?
I'm giving her my own life energy.
Don't tell me...
It's a Reanimation Ninjutsu!
A Reanimation Ninjutsu.
It's a Jutsu I spent years creating originally for you...
one that only I can use.
With this Jutsu...
life can even be breathed into puppets.
In exchange for the life of the caster that is...
Sasori.
But in hindsight, it's a dream that won't be realized...
How stupid...
Have a safe trip.
It...It can't be...!
Damn you... White Fang of the Leaf!
Grandma Chiyo!
Are Mom and Dad back?
They're not?
W-Well, your mom and dad were suddenly sent on another mission...
It looks like they won't be back for a little while.
I just heard from them and they want you to wait with me for them to return.
Can you wait, Sasori?
Yeah.
How stupid.
When did you grow senile, Grandma?
Sakura, are you okay?
Yes.
What about you, Granny Chiyo?
That's strange.
I thought the caster of that Reanimation Ninjutsu or whatever was supposed to die
in exchange for breathing life into someone dead.
Sakura's wound was severe, but she wasn't dead...
So I got off without serious injury.
That's unfortunate.
I'd stop that.
This body doesn't even feel pain.
The more you hit me, the greater the pain in your fist.
Women sure like to do stuff that's pointless.
I won't feel anything even if my blood-related grandmother should die.
My heart is just like this body.
Up until now I've killed hundreds, thousands of people.
She'd be the same as one of them.
Things are simpler that way.
Just what do you think a person's life is to you?!
What do you think a relative is to you?!
Come on... Is that what a Shinobi should be saying?
Why?
Why can you only think like that...?
Sakura...
That's enough.
But...!
It was the evil customs and teachings of Hidden Sand Village that made him what he is.
Granny Chiyo.
Do you want to have a body like this?
If you did,
you'd probably somewhat understand what I'm talking about.
This body won't decay and it's not bound to a span of life.
A puppet can be recreated over and over again.
I can create as many people as I want with puppets.
If you want, that is...
It's not just about increasing the amount.
A collection is all about quality.
What the hell are you?!
I'd venture to say
I'm a human who couldn't completely become...a puppet.
I'm a puppet,
but an incomplete puppet possessing a living core.
I'm not a person... nor am I a puppet.
I'll soon stop moving.
Before that, I think I'll do something pointless...
It's your reward for defeating me.
You wanted to know about Orochimaru, right?
At midday in ten days, go to the Tenchi Bridge located in the Village Hidden in the Grass!
What do you mean?
I've got a spy working... as one of Orochimaru's subordinates...
I was supposed to rendezvous... with him...there...
It's over, Granny Chiyo.
Excellent work.
No. I was the one who should've... been defeated.
What?
Sasori read my final attack.
But for some reason, he didn't dodge it.
A slight opening was revealed.
Could it be that he...?
Kakashi Sensei, aren't you ready yet?
It's about ready now.
That's the thing you were talking about before?
That's right. It's my new Sharingan.
Let's go, Naruto!
Right!
Granny Chiyo!
I'll heal you now!
But this won't be an ultimate solution.
I've got to do something...
about the poison that entered her body...
I used up all of the antidotes I made with the ingredients
that could be procured in the Hidden Sand Village.
If I make arrangements right now
and have the ingredients transported to the Hidden Sand Village...
we just might make it in time.
Let's hurry back to the village.
I'll make another antidote immediately...
No...
Why?!
We've finished what we were supposed to do.
We need to return to the village and neutralize the poison immediately...
More importantly...
I've still got...
something I must...do.
A new Sharingan...
What is it?
Kakashi Sensei... It's okay if you fail.
I'll make sure I settle things in the end!
Right...
If your turn comes around...
Right!