The Fourth Kazekage

"Could it be that we've managed to shake this guy off? Never mind! Sasori and Gaara are inside, let's charge in together," Shiyu said.

"Looks like this is it. I'll take care of this Taiseki blocking the entrance, haha!!" Xiao Xing suddenly punched the boulder blocking the entrance, smashing it to pieces instantly.

"I really see Tsunade's shadow in this child," Chiyo remarked.

Shiyu exclaimed in surprise, "This guy's strength is truly astounding, it's in no way inferior to mine back then."

The three men knew that the commotion at the door had attracted the attention of the enemy inside, so they decided to stop hiding themselves.

"It's been so many years, Grandma. You seem to have aged a bit more," a voice said.

"Scorpion? Is that you?" Chiyo called out as well.

"Gaara is innocent, why attack him?" Chiyo asked.

"Could it be that your goal is really to capture the Tailed Beast?" Chiyo also questioned loudly.

"Did Shiyu say this? You really know everything. You were indeed a member of Akatsuki Organization, but the leader said your goals are completely different from ours, so he doesn't acknowledge your identity." Scorpion of the Red Sand's voice appeared again.

"Ha, are you talking about Pain, Tobi, or Zetsu?" Shiyu asked directly.

"Of course it's Pain. Why would Tobi be the leader? And Zetsu is even less likely. It seems you can't tell who the organization members are at all." Sasori also expressed his difficulty.

Both sides are stalling for time; Sasori is trying to complete the Nine Dragons Seal, while Shiyu is trying to find Sasori's location.

"There!" Shiyu reflexively threw out an Explosive Tag, which was quite abrupt. Immediately afterwards, the cave was blown open with a "bang!"

The scorpion's location was now completely exposed.

"Amazing, you were right. Deidara was actually bypassed by these people," Sasori said.

"There's no other way. You go and hold off the three of them, and I'll continue to complete the seal." Even Jue had no other choice.

"Ha, wouldn't it have been better to do this earlier?" Scorpion said.

"I was supposed to be gathering information for you guys earlier," Jue explained. "They're yours now. Just buy me one more minute."

Scorpion nodded and said, "One minute, no problem."

Then Sasori came out, revealing his true form, which greatly surprised Chiyo.

"Scorpion, how is it possible that your appearance hasn't changed at all? Are you immortal?" Chiyo asked.

Before Scorpion could answer Chiyo, Shiyu responded.

"This guy has transformed himself into Human Puppet, thus possessing an infinite lifespan and never aging."

Chiyo also showed a shocked expression.

"Scorpion! Have you even lost your humanity?" Chiyo said to the expressionless Scorpion.

"Hmph! What do you know, old woman? By the way, the Fourth Kazekage should have been poisoned by my specially made poison, right? Logically speaking, you should be going to detoxify him right now, what are you doing here? However, since you're here, it means he's already dead, right?"

Xiao Xing made a face and said, "Hehehe! I'm sorry to tell you some bad news, you red-haired monster: Rasa's poison has been cured by my brother Shiyu."

"Him? Are you sure?? This poison of mine is very difficult to cure." Sasori frowned. He was extremely confident in his poison; even Tsunade might not be able to cure it.

"Ha, I can tell from your expression that you already believe it!" Xiao Xing stuck out her tongue again.

"Where is Gaara?" Chiyo asked directly.

"You won't see him unless you defeat me, he's behind me." As Scorpion was speaking, another voice rang out.

"You guys are infuriating! You bypassed me and came straight here!" A blond young man rode a large white bird, circling above the cave. Because the cave was very high and large, his voice echoed.

"Deidara!" Shiyu shouted, then nodded to Xiao Xing and Chiyo.

"Scorpion! Leave it to us, you handle the other one."

Then Shiyu took to the air, startling Deidara who saw that Shiyu could also fly.

"This doesn't make sense! How can this guy fly? He doesn't have wings! Forget it! Let's just kill him first!"

"I'll get my revenge for last time!" Deidara then threw countless small white birds from his hand.

The little birds quickly flew towards Shiyu, and then Deidara held up two fingers and said, "Art is an Explosion! Drink!!!"

Immediately afterwards, the white, Explosive Clay all detonated.

"You're not going to kill him so easily, are you? You were so arrogant before!" Deidara asked.

"Of course not." Shiyu appeared on the giant bird that Deidara was riding without anyone noticing.

Shiyu then locked Deidara behind his back, saying, "You're not the only one who can explode."

Immediately afterwards Shiyu unleashed a massive burst of lightning, ultimately triggering an explosion.

In an instant, a plume of black smoke enveloped the area.

"Bang!" A hole was blasted open in the top of the cave, and sunlight instantly shone through it into the interior.

With a "whoosh," a black figure leaped out of the cave and landed just outside.

"This guy! He actually used Shadow Clone to create Lightning Release!" Deidara's Akatsuki robes were completely burned, and even much of his yellow hair was burned off. All that was left of Deidara was his pants.

"The biggest weakness of your Explosive Clay is that it is countered by Lightning Release. Now that I know this weakness, why shouldn't I use it?" Shiyu's true form reappeared behind Deidara.

"Damn it!" Deidara immediately used several somersaults to create distance between Shiyu.

However, before Deidara could turn around, Shiyu had already Teleportation behind Deidara.

"Chidori Stream!" Shiyu unleashed a full-body Chidori, Chidori covered his entire body and exerted absolute suppression on Deidara beside him.

"I'm asking you a question. What reason would I have not to suppress you with Lightning Release?" Shiyu asked.

Deidara then said in anguish, "Damn it! If you're a hero, don't use Lightning Release!"

"If you hadn't known my weaknesses, I wouldn't have been defeated by you!"

"You can only rely on Lightning Release! If..."

Before Deidara could finish speaking, Shiyu shut down Chidori Stream, and Deidara immediately jumped back, creating distance between himself and Shiyu, but his entire body was still paralyzed.

"Ha, they seem to be having a lot of fun inside. I won't disturb them for now. If I kill you too soon, I'll just get bored. Since you're not convinced of your defeat at all, I won't use Lightning Release from now on."

"Real?"