"Where are they, Tobi?"
Deidara widened his eyes and scanned the endless darkness of the night.
"How are Kisame and the others doing?"
"Senior Deidara, head one li northeast and you'll see them!"
"Tobi, don't try to fool me about this. If they're not there when we get over, I'll make sure you experience the greatness of art!"
Deidara steered the white bird through the endless darkness, speeding ahead.
After traveling three or four hundred meters, Deidara spotted a pair of eyes glowing red in the night.
He would never forget those eyes.
He had dreamed of blowing Uchiha Itachi to smithereens for ages, to wipe away the humiliation of being defeated by a single glance.
"Tobi, I didn't know you had such good eyesight. You can see them from all the way over here."
"But judging by how Kisame and the others look, they don't seem seriously injured at all!"
"And that brat standing in the middle must be Ye Fan."
"What? So that brat's already been captured by Kisame and the others? What a wasted trip!"
"I was planning to show him the greatness of art, but it looks like I won't get the chance!"
Deidara grumbled on and on, his voice full of dissatisfaction and disappointment.
"Tobi! Tobi!"
After talking for ages with no response from Tobi, Deidara grew even more annoyed and jabbed him hard.
The pain finally snapped Tobi out of it. He quickly put his act back on, swayed from side to side, and said:
"Senior Deidara, it looks like Senior Kisame and Senior Itachi haven't captured Ye Fan. It seems more like they've defected!"
Deidara shot him a sidelong glance. "Tobi, you must still be asleep. How could those two kill-without-blinking types defect? The Akatsuki Organization is the perfect place for them to