75 -=Enlightened puppeteer=-
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A/N: Read 10 chapters ahead in my P a T r E o N
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Rimuru and Sasori walked through the deserts of the land if wind
"Remind me why I accepted to come with you?" Sasori asked rhetorically as he had to walk through yet another sandstorm
Meanwhile every piece of sand was avoiding Rimuru, as if to mock Sasori
"Because it was either me or Tobi?
also, why so salty? got some sand on your joints?" Rimuru explained poorly and mocked Sasori as well
"Sigh..." Sasori sighed, but his puppet face couldn't express any emotions
"man, you're too serious, it will be worth it, I promise" Rimuru persuaded
"I highly doubt that" Sasori said immediately
"Seesh... have some faith in me, will ya?"
Sasori didn't answer
"C'mon... don't be like that"
"..."
"Tch, so be it then
anyway, we are almost there, just 5 more minutes and we get there"
"This better be worth my time, or I will turn you into a puppet"
"Hahaha, like you could" Rimuru laughed the threat off
"Wanna see if I can or not?" Sasori taunted
"Nah, I'm good
is you want to play, Tobi is always there"
"Ugh..." Sasori would have an ugly expression right now, if he actually could have expressions
...
"And, here we are!" Rimuru said in a cheerful tone as he and Sasori stepped into Roran
"...You wanted to show me a city?" Sasori asked
"Of course not, idiot..." Rimuru looked at Sasori as if he was a fool
"You..." Sasori was angry, but decided to listen
"...You see those people?" Rimuru pointed at the 'people' of Roran
"Yes, what about them?" Sasori at first glance didn't find anything unusual
"Are you blind? take a closer look" Rimuru insisted
"Sigh... Fine
they seem norm-..." Sasori stopped his talking mid sentence
"See? I told you would like this place!" Rimuru said in a proud tone
"...How are those puppets moving without chakra strings?" Sasori was immediately interested
"Have fun out there, just remember your mission is to save some princess girl I don't really know about
but you can study those puppets in the meantime, just go find and keep her safe, okay?" Rimuru explained as if it was a true mission, but Sasori didn't know that there was no actual mission
"Sure" Sasori answered not taking his eyes off of the puppets
'Seesh... anyway, I did my part and brought help for that girl, now it is her luck if Sasori actually saves her or not'
Rimuru thought as he entered his shadow
<You know you could just one shot the bad guy and save her, right?>
'Oh yeah? and what's the fun in that?
Who knows, maybe Sarah can bring some humanity to Sasori?'
<Or Sasori can turn her into a killing machine>
'Either way, it will be interesting to see'
Rimuru thought while grinning
<Your thoughts are as creepy as your face>
'... Your tongue is as acid as you are annoying'
<... as if. I am the least annoying thing on the world>
'... [Great sage] was so nice, how can it have evolved into such a bad mannered skill?'
<I blame the only constant of the equation, You>
'...'
<...>
While Rimuru and Ceres where bickering like the kids they basically are
(Because Rimuru has less than 10 biological years, and Ceres has barely been 'born')
One of the dormant-ish skill cores cracked
*crik crak*
It begun to have cracks all over it, until
*shatter*
It broke and just like with Ceres, a new Manas was born
This time, it was Manas:Karin
'Oh? what happened?' Rimuru noticed something, but couldn't put a finger on what
<Manas:Karin, just 'woke' up>
'Ohhhh, nice!
Hey, Karin. How is it going?'
Karin<Yawn~ Good mornin master~> In a sleepy voice, the newly awakened Manas said
'This master stuff again...
Good morning Karin, albeit it is way past midday now... is everything alright?'
Karin<Huum, everything seems to be working properly... Ceres-senpai, can you help me check again?> Karin said, still sleepy
<Okay...
scanning...
...
complete
no irregularities found>
(Notice, when there is a name before the <> it means it is either Karin, or Cooper in the future, speaking
I will fix that by giving them bodies later, but for now, try to not be confused)
Karin<Hmm~, Nice... yawn~ I am going back to sleep then> The newly awoken Manas said and went back... but we all know skills cant sleep, so she was just lazying around for now
'Okay then...' Rimuru said
<She is probably with low energy, as most energy is being used to evolve Cooper, right now>
'Really? I don't even feel my energy dropping'
<It is only excessive energy that is being used>
'But then, couldn't she use MY energy?'
<Probably, but I am managing the energy right now to accelerate Cooper's awakening
even if she didn't use the same energy being used on the process, there is a limit of how much energy can be used constantly without annoying you>
'Annoying me? why would I be annoyed?'
<Chakra drain, it sucks>
'If you say so...'
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Back at Roran, Sasori defeated some puppets to take them to examine, but before he went away, he saw his protection target falling from some tower
'Sigh... I just wanted to go dismantle those puppets...
but instead of improving my skills, I will need to babysit that girl' He thought as the girl fell dangerously close to the ground
At the last moment, chakra strings softened her fall
"Ah? ah! I... I am alive?" She looked around in a daze
"Yes, yes you are. now shut up while I dismantle these puppets" Sasori said, he thought Sarah was the one who issued a mission, so he was going to be professional about it
professional, but not polite
Meanwhile, Sarah was looking at him weirdly, it seems like Rimuru's strange theories wouldn't happen, sadly
"Uhh... thank you?"
"I am just doing my job" Sasori answered as he started to dismantle some puppets, and get more and more surprised about them
'This is an incredible opportunity to improve my art, Rimuru that bastard finally did something right!' He thought