Kurotsuchi, sitting atop the Clay Bird, watched the streaks of lightning shooting into the sky in the distance and showed a trace of apprehension. "The one fighting over there should be Darui from Kumogakure, right?"
"Yeah."
Deidara nodded.
Among all the examinees taking part in the Chunin Exams this time, Darui of Kumogakure was the only one capable of using Lightning Release ninjutsu this powerful. There was an eighty or ninety percent chance that the one fighting over there was Darui.
Deidara was now filled with curiosity about who had forced Darui into such a predicament.
Unlike Deidara's excitement, Kurotsuchi hesitated as she sensed the violent Lightning Release chakra dispersing through the air. "D-do we really have to go over there?"
Lightning Release's restraint over Earth Release was extremely pronounced.
During the Third Shinobi World War, the Third Raikage had once single-handedly held off over ten thousand Iwagakure ninja. He fought for three days and three nights before finally dying of exhaustion.
As an Earth Release ninja from Iwagakure, Kurotsuchi instinctively disliked and feared any powerful Lightning Release ninja.
Deidara curled his lips dismissively. "If you don't want to go, I'll toss you two here and head over myself!"
"You...!" Kurotsuchi glared fiercely at Deidara, then said, "You promised Grandpa you'd take care of me. Don't you dare go back on your word!"
"What a pain."
Deidara muttered under his breath.
Kurotsuchi asked again, "By the way, haven't you always wanted to fight a powerful Sharingan user? I remember there's an Uchiha participating in these Chunin Exams too. Why aren't you going after him?"
Deidara answered casually, "That brat Second Pillar doesn't even have the Mangekyō Sharingan. What fun would there be in fighting him?"
On the ground.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura were racing through the Forest of Death.