His fingers flipped through the pages quickly, his eyes fixed on the dense text and charts above.
Very soon, Sasori realized that these materials were filled with a large amount of highly specialized content. To him, they were almost like a heavenly book, obscure and hard to understand.
However, just by skimming those unfamiliar terms, Sasori's sharp mind began to run at high speed, rapidly linking them together.
As he read further, Sasori's emotions grew more and more stirred.
Finally, when he seemed to catch certain key information, he could not help blurting out in shock, "Could it be… this is?"
Chiyo gave a slight nod, giving him a clear answer, "That's right. The Fourth Hokage of Konoha, Namikaze Minato, was revived through this very technology."
As soon as her words fell, there was a crisp "tap," and the papers in Sasori's hand slipped from his fingers and fell to the ground.
Sasori's face was full of disbelief. His lips trembled as he muttered to himself, "Impossible! How could the dead possibly come back to life?"
Sasori abruptly stood up. His body trembled slightly from overwhelming emotion, his face filled with shock and disbelief.
The voice that came from deep in his throat seemed to be choked by something, carrying a trace of hoarseness and shaking, "How is that possible? How could that be…"
Yet within those seemingly rejecting words, there was also a faint light of hope that could not be hidden.
He could not help but wonder whether Grandma Chiyo had been deceived.
After all, through the long years of waiting, every so called "hope" that appeared had eventually burst like a bubble, leaving behind only deeper and sharper despair.
For someone who had been waiting for his parents to return for more than twenty years.
That longing to be reunited with his family had long turned into a deep obsession, clinging to his heart like a shadow.
In the ninja world of the past, filled with blood and slaughter, a technique to bring the dead back to life was nothing but a fairy tale.
At least, as far as Sasori knew, he had never heard of such a miraculous method.
Because of that, although he had always desperately wished in his heart to bring his deceased parents back to his side, he had never truly set foot on the path of searching for such a forbidden technique.
His parents' departure was like a wound that could never heal, deeply branded onto his tormented heart.
At this moment, Grandma Chiyo's words were like a sharp blade, stabbing straight into that scar that had been sealed away for so long.
"What's written here only goes as far as cloning a human body. Even if it wakes up in the end, it won't be the same person as before!"
Although Sasori had reached the peak in the field of puppet making, his knowledge in other areas such as life sciences was extremely limited.
Perhaps it was because of all the suffering and misfortune he had experienced in childhood.
That when faced with such a sudden claim of "revival."
He seemed at a loss, as if he had even lost the courage to believe.
Chiyo could deeply understand the turbulent emotions surging in Sasori's heart at this moment, but she still remained calm and slowly said, "That's right. I personally saw Namikaze Minato revived, and also Hatake Sakumo, the man who killed your parents with his own hands."
"What? Hatake Sakumo? The White Fang of Konoha? How could he… he was revived too?"
Sasori's eyes widened, and a chilling killing intent burst out from his pupils.
It was this man who had cruelly taken the lives of his beloved parents, making him wait through countless days and nights for two people who would never return.
Back then, as a child, he had been powerless to avenge his parents. And when he finally gained enough strength, that hateful White Fang had already taken his own life.
Now, upon hearing that the White Fang had returned from the dead, the first thought that rose in Sasori's heart was to kill!
At this moment, Chiyo, who was standing nearby, spoke up at the right time, "Are you really going to give up the chance to bring your parents back, just to kill Hatake Sakumo?"
Her words were like a bucket of icy water poured straight over Sasori.
In an instant, he froze as if struck by lightning, and the rage and killing intent in his chest gradually calmed.
Even so, a trace of hesitation still lingered in his tone, "Can you be certain that the Fourth Hokage and Hatake Sakumo were truly revived?"
"Could it be that they never actually died back then?"
Chiyo had already carefully verified and confirmed these key details beforehand, so her answer was firm and decisive, "Absolutely certain!"
"I have repeatedly confirmed that the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, and the White Fang of Konoha, Hatake Sakumo are revived."
"Their appearances are exactly the same as they were back then. In other words, they should have been revived only recently."
"Based on the materials currently in hand, if we are to carry out the plan, we only need to prepare part of your parents' remains in advance to begin the early stage preparations."
Grandma Chiyo paused slightly, and a trace of emotion surfaced in her voice as she sighed softly, "All these years, I have kept their bodies well preserved."
Hearing this, Sasori's heart trembled violently. He quickly bent down to pick up the scattered papers from the ground and eagerly scanned through them again.
However, regrettably, the materials in his hands only contained the first half.
The crucial steps after successfully cloning a person were not included.
"How could this be… the specific steps afterward aren't here!"
Sasori's tone clearly carried deep hesitation and uncertainty.
His heart was full of fear, afraid that if he accepted this plan with all his hope, what awaited him in the end would only be another empty joy.
Grandma Chiyo looked at her grandson with tenderness and slowly said, "Don't worry too much, child. Being able to reach this step already means enough. As for the subsequent process, I am confident."
Sasori stood there quietly, silent for a long, long time, as if time itself had frozen.
At last, as though he had made up his mind, he took a deep breath and asked, "Then what exactly does Konoha want us to do?"
Grandma Chiyo narrowed her eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and replied, "Their goal is to recruit us to join their side."
"Recruit?", Sasori fell silent when he heard that word. He was someone who had come from Sunagakure.
He had never imagined that after being a rogue ninja for so many years, there would come a day when he would be recruited.
What was even more unexpected was that the one extending the olive branch was Konoha, now at the height of its power and strength.
"That's right. I have already agreed to them. I came this time to persuade you to join as well."
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