"Dragon Tongue was stunned as she stared at the scene."
The shock in her heart was indescribable.
No matter when, the formidable strength Hyuga Sho displayed would always make others submit.
She shook her head hard, driving the irrelevant thoughts from her mind.
"Is he, is he dead?"
She was referring to Hidan.
Of course... he wasn't.
Something fell to the ground.
"That hurts... bastard!"
Steam and blue smoke billowing from his body, his clothes blasted to shreds, Hidan crawled up from the ground.
"Hm?"
Hyuga Sho glanced at him.
To some extent, this was the first opponent who had been able to withstand his Storm Release: Energy Wave Cannon with nothing but his physical body.
Hidan's build looked well-proportioned, not particularly muscular.
He could only be considered a conventional ninja like Kakashi.
He should be the type who leaned toward speed.
But he had actually taken the Energy Wave Cannon head-on?
"Hey, hey, you bastard! I'm going to sacrifice you to Lord Jashin!!"
Blood vessels surfaced in Hidan's eyes.
It seemed... it really had hurt.
"..."
Seeing that Hidan was fine, Konan breathed a sigh of relief.
As for Deidara, who had worked with Hidan several times, his attention was focused elsewhere.
"What was that ninjutsu that went 'boom~'?!"
Deidara's eyes widened in shock at Hyuga Sho's Energy Wave Cannon.
"Someone besides me has actually mastered a similar form of art?! Hey, Konoha's guy, do you also think art is an explosion in a single instant?"
Out of a sense of kindred spirit between artists, Deidara asked the question.
"..."
Hyuga Sho shifted his gaze from Hidan and looked toward Deidara.
In terms of age.
Hidan and Deidara were still just children.
Yes.
Both of them were younger than fourteen-year-old Itachi.
They were completely just a pair of brats.