"Big brother, why don't you come to the Hidden Stone Village? Neither the Hidden Sand Village nor Obito would dare cause trouble there."
"The old man likes art too. He'd definitely welcome you, big brother."
What Deidara said was both right and wrong.
As far as Ōnoki was concerned, he would certainly welcome Scorpion, but definitely not because of art. It was because of Scorpion's strength.
Ordinary rogue ninjas were despised by everyone, while powerful rogue ninjas were prized wherever they went and constantly courted.
It was just that rogue ninjas of that caliber were very difficult to win over.
After all, someone like Scorpion could accomplish more on the battlefield than ten or twenty jonin.
Scorpion's eyes shifted slightly as he genuinely felt Deidara's goodwill. "Deidara, I appreciate the offer. The main reason I joined the Moon Organization was to use the organization's resources to gather intelligence on Konoha."
Deidara nearly understood at once. "Big brother Scorpion, you mean intelligence about the Fourth Hokage's resurrection, right?"
Scorpion did not hide it from Deidara. "That's it."
"Unfortunately, there hasn't been any progress."
"Our Hidden Stone Village also has a large number of intelligence agents searching for that information, but so far, none of it has been useful."
"Still, big brother Scorpion, you could look into Radiance Hidden Village's intelligence."
Scorpion found that strange. "Why?"
Deidara answered, "When our Hidden Stone Village was carrying out a mission in the Land of Rivers before, we noticed a sudden change in the weather and went to investigate."
"At Hall, the Sacred Land of the Land of Rivers, Konoha's people and Obito were fighting over the legendary Spear of Heaven."
"Although the exact details of the battle are unclear, our spies found out afterward—"
"It was originally Konoha ninjas carrying out a mission, but