Chapter 189 The fight begins
Chapter 189 The fight begins
"What's wrong, senior? Isn't our procedure to first drive that woman away, then beat that puppeteer into submission and make him obediently join our organization?"
Seeing Uchiha Shisui's face suddenly turn extremely pale, Deidara asked in confusion. He was quite looking forward to the opportunity to test his new "art" that he had been practicing for a long time, and was already eager to try it out.
Although Menma, the leader of the [Jin] organization, did not appear in person, Konan made a decision the moment she saw Shisui and the others—to give up recruiting Sasori of the Red Sand as a pawn.
After all, there are plenty of rogue ninja in the ninja world; there's no need to directly clash with the [Jin] organization over this. Her sharp gaze swept over the members of the [Jin] organization.
Uchiha Shisui... Konoha's "Shisui of the Body Flicker"—was his disappearance not due to death, but because he joined the [Jin] organization?
And that one... is Deidara, the disciple of the Tsuchikage Onoki and a Explosion Release ninja.
The one in the back should be Zabuza Momochi, the "Demon" from Kirigakure.
As for the last "girl" with delicate features... Konan didn't recognize her identity because Haku was still unknown in the ninja world, and... she mistook Haku's gender.
In the distance, atop a bare, wind-eroded rock pillar, a strangely shaped figure stands silently, observing the standoff from afar.
This strange creature's body was made up of two halves, and its head had leaves on either side resembling giant Venus flytraps.
The head in the middle was bizarrely black on one side and white on the other. He was wearing the same black robe embroidered with red clouds as Konan, a style worn by the Akatsuki.
"Looks like things aren't going well... and there's some troublesome guy messing things up. I need to go and let him know."
He whispered in a strange tone. Then, as if merging into water, his body silently sank into the rock pillar beneath his feet, disappearing completely from sight.
On the battlefield, Xiao Nan's figure began to transform into countless white paper scraps, flying swiftly towards the distant horizon like cherry blossoms scattered by the wind—she decisively chose to leave the battlefield.
"What the hell? They just ran away like that? How boring!" Deidara watched Konan's departing figure, pursed his lips in disappointment, and then immediately turned his battle-ready gaze back to his only opponent in the arena—Sasori of the Red Sand.
Sasori surveyed the uninvited guests before him: the blond boy, eager and ready to fight; Uchiha Shisui, with a bewildered expression and sharp eyes; Momochi Zabuza, who was silent but already in a fighting stance; and the pretty "girl."
He let out a dull, displeased voice, "Hmph, I didn't expect to become such a sought-after target? After [Akatsuki], now it's [Jin]? You guys chased away the high-quality 'material' I just had my eye on, it's really... very unpleasant."
"【晓】? What's that?"
Deidara was unfamiliar with the name, but he waved it off nonchalantly. "But let's deal with all that nonsense later! Now that the troublesome guy's gone, why don't you just join us..."
Before Deidara could finish speaking, Shisui reached out and pressed down on his shoulder, abruptly ending the conversation. Shisui gave him a calm look that said, "Leave it to me," and then stepped forward.
Scorpion, who had been repeatedly disturbed and targeted, was clearly extremely impatient and coldly interrupted Shisui's possible explanation.
"I have absolutely no interest in joining your so-called organizations! However... you lot seem like decent 'material.' Since that woman has escaped, then... you'll become my new collection!"
Scorpion's ten fingers suddenly danced! Around the Third Kazekage puppet suspended in the air, the pitch-black iron sand gathered wildly once more, instantly condensing into several giant iron sand needles as thick as an adult's arm, shimmering with an ominous glow!
The next moment, these giant needles, which contained terrifying penetrating power and magnetic force, shot towards Shisui and his group as if they were launched by an invisible giant crossbow!
"Okay! Let's fight! I'll go first, senior!"
Deidara shouted excitedly and leaped onto the back of the clay dragon circling low in the sky. The clay dragon flapped its enormous wings, carrying Deidara as it rapidly ascended, dodging the incoming iron sand needles. He had plenty of confidence in the strength of his companions below, which would allow him to gain air superiority for the time being!
"Zabuza-san, Haku, be careful! Absolutely do not get hit by any attacks!" Shisui's voice rang out calmly and swiftly. Having participated in the Third Shinobi World War, he knew the combat habits of puppeteers well—they would coat almost all their weapons and mechanisms with deadly poison that would kill on contact with blood!
Zabuza nodded steadily. As a "demon" who had fought his way out of the Blood Mist, he knew this common knowledge, even though it was his first time encountering a puppeteer.
call out!call out!call out!
The three figures blurred almost simultaneously as they used a skillful teleportation technique to dodge to the side and back like ghosts, narrowly avoiding the giant iron needles deeply embedded in the sand where they had just stood.
After a period of careful guidance from Uchiha Shisui, Zabuza and Haku's proficiency and speed in Body Flicker Technique have significantly improved.
Meanwhile, high in the sky, Deidara had already reached into the ninja tool pouch at his waist. The peculiar mouth in his hand began to greedily chew on the explosive clay inside.
After a simple shaping process, dozens of tiny white clay spiders, no bigger than a fingernail, were quickly created. Deidara grinned and scattered these little spiders, like seeds, towards the area where the scorpion was below!
The clay spiders landed silently on the sand, and then immediately moved their tiny limbs, crawling at an astonishing speed from all directions toward Scorpion's Scorpion and the Third Kazekage puppet!
Scorpion looked down at the small, white objects that were clearly explosives rapidly approaching, a cold assessment flashing in his eyes.
Just as the first batch of clay spiders were about to reach the point where the scorpion could feel the explosive art.
Deidara suddenly formed a hand seal with his fingers together high in the air and let out a short, sharp shout.
"drink!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions erupted instantly at Sasori's feet and around him! Sand was violently thrown up, forming a small area of smoke and fumes! Deidara fired the first shot of his attack! He was trying to probe and disrupt Sasori's defenses in this way.
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