Kurotsuchi walked in somewhat bashfully, clutching the corner of Deidara's clothes. "Big Brother Deidara."
A familiar feeling welled up in Deidara's heart, and the strange sensations he had felt earlier quickly vanished.
After all, ever since Kurotsuchi could remember, she had always followed him around like this.
Seeing the unease in Kurotsuchi's expression, Deidara reached out and patted her head.
"Will you marry me?"
Kurotsuchi nodded, her face red.
Seeing how smoothly things were going between the two of them, Ōnoki felt somewhat relieved as well.
"Alright, you've lived together for so many years already."
"What's there to be embarrassed about?"
"I'll register you two in a couple of days. Deidara, you'll have to call me Grandpa too."
It would have been better if Ōnoki had said nothing. Once he did, Kurotsuchi became even more embarrassed and hid behind Deidara.
Deidara had also returned to his usual uninhibited self.
"Hmph, old man, don't even think about it. I'm not calling you Grandpa."
"Kurotsuchi, let's go."
Like a young bride, Kurotsuchi followed behind Deidara and left.
"Brat!"
Ōnoki snorted lightly.
As long as his goal had been achieved, that was enough.
Although Deidara could be somewhat unreliable, he was not a heartless or ungrateful person.
Dust Release, the Kekkei Tōta secret technique that had remained unchanged in his hands for decades, had been innovated by Deidara in just a few years.
His future achievements would definitely surpass his own by far.
Having held power in Iwagakure for so many years, Ōnoki was fundamentally a very conservative person.
Ever since his last conversation with Senyo, he had noticed that Deidara held no guard against Uchiha Senyo.
He did not even possess the slightest hostility.
This made Ōnoki extremely wary. After all, when Uchiha Senyo had first risen to prominence, it was precisely