"Spirit Manipulation Technique..."
Watching the two comical, adorably clumsy clay dolls stagger and lurch toward him, Hyuga Kagami's expression darkened slightly.
This technique looked like child's play, but it was actually extremely dangerous.
In the original timeline, Deidara had used this technique to force Sasuke—who possessed the Chidori Stream capable of countering Earth Release ninjutsu—into a panicked, miserable retreat.
Hyuga Kagami remembered this technique so clearly because his Earth Clone Technique had mastered nearly all of Deidara's Explosion Release techniques, including C0 Self-Destruction. Yet no matter how he tried, he simply could not grasp this Spirit Manipulation Technique.
A technique that required such bizarre thought processes could be said to have been tailor-made for an art maniac like Deidara.
Soon, amid the pattering of footsteps, the two clay dolls charged faster and faster. By the time they were about to reach Hyuga Kagami, they had nearly attained the speed of ordinary Jonin.
Hyuga Kagami's thoughts shifted, and he came up with an idea. He then pretended to know nothing about the technique and met them head-on with Chidori.
Whoosh...
Using his hand like a blade, he instantly sliced one clay doll in half at the waist with Chidori's enhancement. Then he spun around and kicked the other clay doll flying.
At that moment, the clay doll Hyuga Kagami had split in two rolled across the ground. Its severed halves each transformed into an independent clay doll and lunged at him separately.
Before long, the clay dolls Hyuga Kagami had cut apart kept multiplying—one became two, two became four, four became eight. In just a few blinks, they filled the entire arena.
Seeing this, Deidara, who was controlling the clay dolls, laughed loudly. "Haha, behold my art!"
At this point, Hyuga Kagami had no time to pay attention to Deidara. Being