Art Is Explosion!

Art Is Explosion!

Deidara still had no idea what had happened outside Sunagakure.

But the Jinchuriki was far more troublesome than he had imagined.

Not only could his opponent fly, but the sand swirling around him had already blocked Deidara's attacks countless times.

Even sneak attacks from blind spots were defended against, as if the sand possessed a will of its own. It infuriated him.

He had already boasted that he could deal with the Jinchuriki alone.

If Kisame arrived later, wouldn't that just mean he was slapping himself in the face?

Just then, Deidara suddenly looked down, and a sly smile spread across his face.

He stuffed a large amount of Explosive Clay into the mouths on his palms and chewed it, while gazing at the Jinchuriki and shouting, "I heard you've had a pretty hard time here. In that case, you probably don't care whether these people live or die, right?"

C3: No. 18 ready. Requesting an airdrop!

Whoosh!

The Explosive Doll, which grew from small to large, was casually thrown down by Deidara. Its target was not the Jinchuriki, but all of Sunagakure.

Once it exploded, countless people in Sunagakure would surely be killed or injured.

In the original story, Gaara had expended a massive amount of chakra to protect the village, using an Empty Sand Barrier to block Deidara's C3: No. 18. That had also planted the seeds of his defeat later.

But the Gaara of this era had no such sense of responsibility!

He wasn't the Kazekage, after all, nor had he undergone a transformation under Naruto's persuasion.

Everyone feared and hated him.

Destruction?

Then let it be destroyed!

"Sand Binding Prison!"

Gaara, who was focused solely on killing Deidara, wore a savage expression as he directly manipulated the sand to surge toward Deidara from