A Peaceful Letter?

Land of Earth.

Whenever the sky was clear, Houka's group traveled aboard Super Whirlwind Style Two. If it rained rocks, they rode Deidara's giant clay bird instead. They spent more than half of each day on the road.

That day, they had already reached the heart of the Land of Earth and were only two days away from Iwagakure.

"Let's rest for a while." Houka had Super Whirlwind Style Two fly beneath a cliff face before dismissing the summon.

After landing, everyone stretched their limbs and quickly settled down to rest.

After casually eating something, Deidara leaped to the top of the cliff and looked in the direction of Iwagakure.

He still remembered how Kurotsuchi had suddenly come to him back then, saying she wanted to teach Uchiha Houka a proper lesson and avenge her late master-uncle Haitō. In the end, once he had gone, things became what they were now.

Deidara was filled with complicated emotions.

After some thought, he took out a bit of Explosive Clay and stuffed it into the mouth on his left palm. After a round of chewing, it spat out an especially ugly little swallow.

Then Deidara wrote a brief letter, stuffed it into the little swallow's mouth, and released it.

The little swallow flapped its wings twice and flew toward Iwagakure.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Obito suddenly appeared behind him, watching him warily. "Are you tipping off Iwagakure?"

"Hmph, ugly bastard. You can't afford the price of insulting an artist, yeah!" Deidara haughtily flicked his golden ponytail and jumped straight off the cliff.

"Damn it, bastard! Who are you calling ugly?!" Obito gritted his teeth, immediately focusing on his own face.

Deidara ran swiftly down the cliff face, turning back to glance at Obito midway. Ugh, what an eyesore, what an eyesore.