Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-26104757-20160518080649/@comment-26104757-20160518140942

Thekillman wrote: I'm also with PropheticIsan, there's no way an old lady like that would surpass Kakashi's physical abilities. She needed Sakura to fight Sasori and to evade the needles.

You're misunderstood.

Sakura needed her; though the task was extremely difficult, both in timing and percision — Chiyo successfully evaded every poisoned needles as well as operating Sakura in the same manner.

This level of performance rivals Kakashi significantly so, proving she'd exceed the generic norm of a shinobi — keeping up with him.