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Seeing Guy getting so close, Sasori used 'Iron Sand Drizzle,' unleashing a barrage of iron sand bullets at Guy. However, with his speed and fast reflexes, Guy easily dodged these iron sand bullets.
Guy closed in on Sasori even further. Sasori, realizing this, created an iron sphere around himself and the Third Kazekage puppet.
Observing the iron sand sphere, Guy began punching rapidly in the air, generating fireballs that struck the iron sand sphere with precision and power, a technique known as 'Morning Peacock.' Soon, the iron sand sphere was destroyed, revealing the Third Kazekage puppet and Sasori. Guy recognized this as an opportunity to completely destroy the Third Kazekage puppet. Without wasting any time, he delivered powerful punches to the puppet, reducing it to pieces. However, this gave Sasori ample time to retreat backward, avoiding the full force of Guy's attack.
But how could Sasori be faster than Guy, who was in the 'Sixth Gate' state? Guy landed on the ground with ease and, at incredible speed, appeared in front of Sasori, delivering a powerful punch to his face. Sasori attempted to defend himself by launching poisonous needles at Guy, but these needles couldn't even get close to Guy's body, as he was enveloped in a protective green aura.
Guy succeeded in landing a punch on Sasori's head, causing it to explode. However, to Guy's surprise, this Sasori turned into sand—a 'Sand Clone.'
Sasori finally appeared at a quite far distance from Guy, having lost one of his most precious and prized creations. Although Sasori was disappointed with the result, he decided to accept it. Now, if he wanted to win, he was left with only one move that could potentially harm all the people present.
By now, Sakura had injected the antidote into Tenten and was currently healing Tenten's injuries. Tenten, who might have succumbed to Sasori's poison, remained alive.
Lee remarked to Sakura, "Now that you have the antidote, we don't have to worry about being poisoned by this guy. We can fight freely without any constraints."
Sakura replied, "No, we can't be reckless. I only had two antidotes—one I used just now when I got poisoned, and the second was used on Tenten to save her from death. I didn't mention it because we can't reveal the exact number of antidotes for this poison. We want our enemies to think we still have antidotes." Sakura cautioned everyone not to get injured in the slightest.
Everyone nodded and agreed with Sakura's strategy, deciding not to rush into things.
At this time, Sasori retrieved a scroll and opened his Akatsuki robe. He then opened the right chest compartment of his puppet body, from which a multiple chakra threads emerged. These threads attached to the scroll, and soon, more than 100 puppets materialized, each connected to those chakra threads.
"Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets," Sasori declared. "With this move, I was once able to destroy a whole country without a problem," he added, pride evident in his voice.
However, at that very moment, everyone sensed something and turned around. They observed a circular piece of ground flying toward them in the air, with Jiryoku, Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji standing on it.
Soon, they all landed, and Chiyo inquired, "Where is Gaara's body?"
"His body is with Naruto. They will be coming in a few minutes. Since there was a battle with the Akatsuki, they stayed behind to collect any clues if they can find any," Shikamaru explained.
Everyone nodded in agreement with Shikamaru's explanation, and Jiryoku, while facing Sasori, remarked, "It seems you all were unable to defeat this lump of junk."
"Alright, let's finish him quickly. I have to leave soon; I have work to do," Jiryoku stated.
Chiyo asked, "Aren't you going to fight him?"
"No, after all, you all have been fighting for so long, and suddenly I come and take your credit. It doesn't seem right, so you guys fight," said Jiryoku.
"What are you talking about? We won't receive any reward for this," said Sakura.
"But it will be added to your achievements, right?" said Jiryoku.
"I know, but defeating him is the priority now. If you can defeat him instantly, it would be very good for us," said Sakura.
"Even Guy-Sensei will not be able to hold on for long in his 'Sixth Gate' form," said Neji.
"Is this the opinion of all of you?" asked Jiryoku.
"Yes," said Sakura while healing Tenten.
"Yeah, I also don't have any problem," said Lee, sitting exhausted.
"I also don't want to fight my grandson, and if possible, I don't want to kill him with my own hands," said Chiyo.
With Chiyo's agreement, everyone else also accepted Jiryoku's proposal.
"As you wish, I just wanted to test my new abilities," said Jiryoku while walking in the direction of Sasori.
Sasori's face became solemn after seeing Jiryoku. Sasori thought, "I could hope to escape from this situation if only Jiryoku didn't arrive here, but in front of this beast, it is impossible for me to leave now. His sensory abilities are so powerful that fooling him is also impossible."
Sasori asked Jiryoku, "Where is Deidara? Did you kill him?"
"No, he escaped while I was distracted fighting that so-called 'intern' of yours," said Jiryoku.
Sasori felt relieved after hearing this. Although both of them were cold towards each other, in this world, only they could understand each other's thoughts and talk about art.
"This time, you will die for sure by my hands," said Sasori.
"Really? What gives you such confidence?" said Jiryoku, opening his eyes for the first time since he gouged them out in childhood.
(A/N: I know some of you might think that I nerfed Guy completely, but remember there are his students whom he needs to protect. When he opened the 'Sixth Gate,' he decimated Sasori. Also, as a writer, I can take this much liberty, and I want Jiryoku to kill Sasori.)
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