"Deidara?" Kurotsuchi was very surprised.
Although Deidara was Ōnoki's disciple, Kurotsuchi actually had not had much to do with him. She had gone to the Land of Stars when she was seven or eight, and what she knew about this rising star came only from the occasional mentions in her father's letters home, saying how talented the boy was.
But because of Deidara's willful personality and his mad pursuit of explosion art, he was always stirring up trouble everywhere and getting locked up by Ōnoki.
Now Kurotsuchi had never expected Deidara to appear here. For a moment, she thought of the explosions in the village just now. Could that have been Deidara's diversion too?
"Why are you doing this?" Kurotsuchi did not go out directly. Instead, she questioned Deidara in return.
She was not truly deprived of her freedom. As the Tsuchikage's own granddaughter, as long as she wanted to, she could say a few bad things about the Land of Stars and leave this place easily enough.
She simply did not want to go against her own heart.
Hearing her question, Deidara picked at his ear and said impatiently, "Didn't I tell you already? This village is really boring, mm!"
"So I want to go to the Land of Stars and pursue the art of explosions. And you should be the person in the village who understands the Land of Stars best. It's that simple, mm~"
When he mentioned the art of explosions, Deidara's eyes shone. He recalled the Chunin Joint Exams in Konoha half a month ago, the battle between Asura and the two mysterious enemies who had descended from the sky, and that final, terrifying explosion that devoured heaven and earth and left Konoha trembling.
The collision between Spiraling Ring and Amenosubaruhoshinomikoto: Ryugu, that magnificent, dazzling art