"Not good! Senior Sasori! Get out of the way!"
Deidara's expression changed drastically, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out across his forehead.
He had sensed the terrifying power contained within the Exploding Tag. That power seemed capable of tearing the entire world apart.
He did not dare hesitate. He quickly shoved both hands into his pockets, his fingers deftly kneading clay.
At the same time, the mouths on his hands frantically chewed the clay, trying to create enough Clay Clones to deal with the crisis before him.
However, with the situation so urgent, Deidara simply had no time to consider whether the Clay Clones had fully taken shape.
Relying only on years of combat experience and instinct, he rapidly molded two huge lumps of clay into his own form, then threw them without hesitation toward the Nuclear Tag that was about to explode.
"Clay Clone!"
With Deidara's shout, the two Clay Clones shot toward the Nuclear Tag like arrows loosed from a bow.
Sasori was not idle either. He knew the situation before him was critical and that he had to give it everything he had to resolve the crisis.
The moment his opponent had first drawn out the Exploding Tag, Sasori had already activated his Puppet Technique and taken complete control of him.
However, he had never imagined that the Exploding Tag in his opponent's hand would inexplicably fly toward him!
This caught Sasori off guard, but he did not panic. Instead, he calmly considered how to respond.
Coming from the backward Shinobi World, where had Sasori ever seen technology from the Empire?
He immediately controlled Hiruko to defend against the Nuclear Tag.
Unfortunately, the paper-like Nuclear Tag slipped through like a fish entering water, and Hiruko failed to intercept it.
Feeling the Exploding Tag that