After a grueling exchange, Sakura finds an opening. Using her enhanced strength, she delivers a devastating punch that shatters the Hiruko shell, forcing Sasori ’s true form to be revealed for the first time.

Inside the cave, Sakura and Chiyo face off against the hunchbacked, armored figure of Sasori . Chiyo reveals a shocking secret: the figure they see is not Sasori ’s true body, but rather a puppet named that Sasori controls from the inside.

The puppet is a walking fortress, equipped with a poison-coated iron tail and hidden projectile launchers.