Let the Kunai Fly for a While

About three hundred meters above the Forest of Death, a white clay Giant Bird with a wingspan of over five meters was gliding steadily.

Deidara stood on the bird's back, his right hand raised to his brow like a lookout, his short golden hair streaming backward in the high-speed wind.

The Iwagakure forehead protector on his head sat crookedly, giving him a careless, unruly air.

"Oh—I see it! It's over there!"

He pointed excitedly toward the center of the forest, where a gray-black tower stood tall, its spire especially conspicuous above the sea of trees.

"That's the destination for the second exam! Heh heh, looks like we're the first ones here! Mm!" Deidara's tone was full of confidence, even a little carried away.

He controlled the clay Giant Bird and adjusted its course slightly, flying straight toward the tower without the slightest concern for any enemies that might be in the forest below—or rather, he simply did not care.

"Deidara, before that, we still need an Earth Scroll."

A voice came from behind him.

Ōnoki Void stood behind Deidara to the right. The short, light-brown-haired boy had little expression on his face, but his gaze was very serious.

He reached into the ninja tool pouch at his waist and took out a scroll, white silk cloth marked with a black "Heaven" character.

"What we have is the Heaven Scroll. According to the exam rules, we need to gather a Heaven and Earth pair to pass."

Void continued, "Also, flying over now makes us too obvious. Any team down below only has to look up to see us."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Deidara waved dismissively, his golden ponytail swaying in the wind.

"Those guys will all have to head to the tower in the end anyway. We can just