Worthy of His Nurturing

Land of Earth, outskirts of Iwagakure.

Scorpion had arrived. He had come to find Deidara.

Although Obito had assigned him the task of recruiting Deidara,

Scorpion had no intention of bringing Deidara into the Moon Organization.

After finding a goal in life, Scorpion's emotions had gradually grown richer over the past two years.

Though he had been arming himself and earning money, he now possessed a strong sense of purpose.

Scorpion had also been in frequent contact with Chiyo.

And during days like these, Scorpion often recalled the time he had spent with Deidara.

After defecting from Hidden Sand Village, Scorpion had not formed ties with anyone.

Only Deidara had been particularly close to him. When he learned that Deidara was still alive,

even without Obito's orders, he would have come here.

But Iwagakure had many guards, and its barrier was properly arranged.

Forcing his way in would have been too dangerous, and unnecessary.

Iwagakure also had a Mission Hall. In addition to Stone ninja, other ninja came here to accept and submit missions as well.

Using a humanoid puppet, Scorpion arrived at the Mission Hall and posted a mission to deliver a letter to Deidara.

Since Deidara had been brought back by the Uchiha, he only needed to leave a letter.

The letter contained ordinary greetings, but Scorpion had left a coded message within it.

Years ago, when he and Deidara had teamed up, they naturally had secret codes for contacting each other.

Scorpion was not sure how long it would take Deidara to notice the code.

Still, he went to wait at the place they had agreed upon.

Recently, Iwagakure had been fairly peaceful. Cloud Village and Hidden Mist Village were locked in heated conflict, and neither had anything to do with Iwagakure.

And Deidara, who had been