Villagers of the Land of Fire Now

Land of Wind.

A row of buildings had been erected along the windy, sand-filled coast, with ten massive machines placed beside them.

Relevant piping and other supporting facilities had already been installed around the ten machines.

A huge triangular windmill stood near each machine, slowly turning.

"Dust Release, Explosion Release!" Deidara shouted in a low voice.

With a wave of his hands, a large amount of dust scattered into the enormous pit before him.

Deidara formed hand seals, practicing his ability to delay explosions.

After all, it was very difficult to sense Chakra on these dust particles.

Once he mastered delayed explosions, his Explosion Release would have much more room for manipulation.

The pit before him had already been blasted more than three hundred meters deep.

Just getting those dust particles to drift down to the bottom took quite some time.

If Ōnoki's Dust Release pursued overwhelming attack power, then Deidara's Dust Release pursued absolute control.

After waiting for all the dust particles to reach the bottom of the pit, he moved his hands. The particles floated up as though blown by the wind and arranged themselves in order.

Then—

"Art is Explosion! Detonate!"

Buzz!

All the Dust Release particles erupted into white spheres of light one meter in diameter.

In an instant, they dug the underground area even deeper.

Cold sweat covered Deidara's forehead. Dust Release itself did not consume much, but controlling it to this extent consumed an enormous amount.

Kurotsuchi thoughtfully wiped Deidara's sweat away, then took out a water flask and handed it to him.

Deidara took the flask and gulped down several mouthfuls.

"Whew... The depth is about right. Kurotsuchi, arrange for the others to tidy up the pit walls."

"Got it, Brother Deidara!"

Kurotsuchi's leadership ability was quite good. After all, she was qualified