Uchiha Kō's voice rose several decibels, "What! Bastard! Who is it! Han or Roshi! You son of a bitch, Roshi killed him!" Uchiha Kō's eyes were filled with killing intent. Using Tailed Beast Bomb within the Land of Fire, damn it, how dare you!
Ōnoki's lips curled into a smile. He said, "Lord Owl, this is also my fault. It was Roshi Roshi who questioned and rejected my idea of immediately sending troops to attack Kumogakure. He dragged me out for two hours, and now we've parted on bad terms. But I've already sent troops to attack Kumogakure."
"At the same time, Iwagakure will also regard him as a rogue ninja and will no longer protect him. In a fit of anger, Roshi said on the spot that he would take action by himself to help those Mist Ninja and prove to us that he was right! It's all my fault!" Ōnoki sighed.
However, because of his words, Uchiha Kō was originally furious, calmed down for the first time. He narrowed his eyes, pondered Ōnoki's words, and finally smiled, "Alright, Lord Tsuchikage, I know what to do. But I need to confirm one thing with you: Roshi is indeed a rogue ninja of Iwagakure, no longer under Iwagakure's protection, right?"
Uchiha Kō's voice was filled with killing intent, and even though they were thousands of miles apart, Ōnoki could feel it through his smartphone. He smiled and said, "Yes, Owl-kun. If he does anything wrong in the future, it has nothing to do with Iwagakure. You can handle it as you see fit. But the Tailed Beast..." Ōnoki frowned again.
Uchiha Kō cursed the old fox inwardly, but he said, "I can't guarantee that, because I might just kill this guy directly. You can forget about getting the Tailed Beast. However, I, Uchiha Kō, owe you a favor."
"Hey! What are you saying, Lord Hokage? Iwagakure and Konoha are brother villages, why are you being so formal?" Ōnoki chuckled. Tailed Beast? So what if he doesn't have them? What he needs is an obedient Jinchūriki, not a useless person who uses that power to challenge him all day long!
"Okay, that's settled, Ōnoki. After this battle, I'll treat you to drinks. Konoha will waive customs duties on Iwagakure for ten years." With that, Uchiha Kō hung up the phone, Ōnoki's smile stretching almost to his ears.
At this moment, a blond-haired man and a long-legged loli walked over. "Old man/Grandpa." Ōnoki was taken aback when he heard this. He quickly stood up with a smile. At this moment, he no longer seemed to be the ruthless and decisive Third Tsuchikage, but a master, an old man.
"Hehe, Kurotsuchi, what brings you here to see your grandpa today?" The Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, was all smiles. One of them was his granddaughter, Kurotsuchi, and the other was his most prized disciple Deidara.
Deidara possesses three types of chakra: wind, earth, and fire, and his comprehension is even higher than his own. At this moment, Ōnoki is even grooming him as his successor, and plans to teach him all the techniques of Dust Release when he gets older.
Most importantly, his granddaughter Kurotsuchi really likes Deidara. Although they're still children now, won't they develop feelings for each other over time?
"Master, look, I've figured out something interesting." Deidara's eyes lit up, and he opened his hand, revealing a small white clay spider that was looking around in bewilderment.
"Huh? What's this?" Just as Ōnoki was about to touch it, he saw Deidara's lips curl up, his right index and middle fingers raised, and he muttered, "Karts!"
The spider instantly perked up and charged at Ōnoki. Ōnoki was taken aback and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart. Then he formed hand Hand Seals and thrust them towards the ground, shouting "Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!" A solid stone wall rose from the ground, but the spider was not afraid and charged towards the Earth Style Wall.
Then, with a loud bang!, it exploded.
The high-ranking officials of Iwagakure had just left were startled. What the hell was that sound? The Lord Tsuchikage! Even the Anbu were alerted, and a group of ninjas rushed into the Tsuchikage's office.
All they could see was dust filling the room, obscuring their view. They could vaguely make out a figure throwing something and chanting, "Katz, crack! crack!" Then came bursts of Kakkō and the sound of explosions.
After the figure disappeared and the dust slowly dissipated, everyone could see the situation inside: Deidara, Kurotsuchi, and... the blasted Earth Style Wall, and an old man covered in dust.
"Cough cough! Deidara! I'm going to teach you a lesson today! Where did you learn these crooked tricks that you dare to use on your master! You bastard!" Ōnoki gritted his teeth, grabbed Deidara by the collar, ignored the expressions of the high-ranking officials present, picked up Kurotsuchi, and left the scene.
Everyone kept their eyes down, wanting to laugh but not daring to, and could only hold back until Ōnoki left. Then, someone suddenly burst out laughing, which triggered a chain reaction. "Hahahaha!"
Who would have thought that Lord Ōnoki would be so thoroughly humiliated, especially by his own student? Speaking of which, what method did Deidara use just now? Was it Explosive Tag? No, where would Explosive Tag get such power to blast through the Earth Style Wall personally cast by the Lord Tsuchikage!
At that moment, Deidara's wailing echoed from the back mountain of Iwagakure. "I call you Clay Player, I call you Bomb Master, I call you Disrespectful, I call you Mischievous!" Ōnoki gritted his teeth and huffed and puffed, raising his hand to slap Deidara's bottom with each sentence.
"Ouch! Ouch! You old geezer, you'll regret this, I'm telling you! You don't understand, explosions are art! Besides, what's wrong with playing with clay? I didn't play with Kurotsuchi!" Deidara was furious. He was already five years old and had even developed a new ninjutsu, and now he was telling this to the old man? Why was the old man acting like this?
Ōnoki was stunned. What did this kid say? He played with clay but not Kurotsuchi? He wants to play with Kurotsuchi too! Damn it! Explosions are art? Screw you, Dust Release is art!
"You brat, you're always talking nonsense. I don't know where you learned that from, and you even want to play with Kurotsuchi..." Before Ōnoki could finish speaking, his granddaughter pulled him back, saying, "It's not that Deidara can't play with Kurotsuchi."
Upon hearing this, Ōnoki nearly fainted. It wasn't that he hadn't considered having Deidara marry his granddaughter, but... wasn't she too young? Wasn't it inappropriate?
However, he quickly realized that what the two children meant by "playing" was probably playing games together, and it seemed that he was the one who was being indecent.
However, that's not important. "Then you brat, you bombed your master, how are you going to settle this score!" Ōnoki glared at Deidara, his beard bristling. Deidara gritted his teeth and said, "Art explodes!" Then, he summoned a small bird from somewhere, which flew towards Ōnoki.
Ōnoki's lips twitched, and he unleashed his Rock Fist Technique, punching Deidara's little bird. But just before the punch landed, Deidara shouted, "Karts!" Boom!
Ōnoki was blasted back two steps. He had been careless and hadn't dodged, allowing the little guy to pull a fast one on him. But it didn't matter... Ōnoki resumed his discipline of his apprentice.
The sounds of explosions echoed throughout the back mountain. Deidara, his eyes filled with hatred, muttered to himself, "This is outrageous! This is outrageous! Old man, just wait! One day, I'll show you the art of explosions! It's no less impressive than your so-called Dust Release!"
However, Deidara never imagined that he would eventually die at the hands of Sasuke Uchiha. Although his master didn't say anything, he wanted to kill Sasuke Uchiha the moment he saw him to avenge his disciple.
In Ōnoki's eyes, Deidara was his most outstanding disciple. Even if Deidara didn't learn his Dust Release Explosion Release, he would still acknowledge him and want him to take over the position of Tsuchikage.
Unfortunately, on the day he learned that Deidara had been killed by Sasuke Uchiha, he didn't say a word. He locked himself in his room, tears streaming down his face, his eyes vacant, repeatedly saying, "Deidara, Master was wrong. Master also thinks the art of explosion is beautiful. Deidara, I won't force you to learn Dust Release anymore. Come back. As long as you come back, Master will support all your research into Explosion Release ninjutsu. Master is willing to give you money so you can spend it as much as you want. Master was wrong."
Humans aren't plants or trees; how could they be without feelings? Besides, how could Ōnoki remain unmoved after nearly ten years of master-disciple relationship with Deidara? At this moment, although Ōnoki didn't approve of the Explosion Release ninjutsu, he was still surprised by Deidara's strength.
Just that move, without knowing Deidara's strength, even a Jonin would have been blown to pieces. However, this is not the righteous path he recognizes. Only Dust Release is the righteous path, and the ninjutsu that Deidara should learn in the future!
Then I'll hand over the position of Tsuchikage to him and make him the most honored person in Tsuchikage Village! But for now, I still need to give him a good talking-to. It's lucky that they bombed me this time; if they had bombed someone else, they might have been blown to smithereens!
Kurotsuchi kept pleading, her little face covered in tears, "Grandpa, Grandpa, hit me instead of Deidara, it hurts him!"
"Hehe, it's alright, Kurotsuchi Sister Kurotsuchi, it doesn't hurt." To show his masculinity, even though his buttocks were red and swollen from Ōnoki's beating and he was covered in sweat, he didn't make a sound.
The Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, was secretly overjoyed. "Good lad," he thought, "So patient at such a young age; he's destined for greatness." Finally, he snorted, "For the sake of your junior sister pleading for you, your master will let you off this time. Remember, never use Explosion Release ninjutsu in the village again!"
After saying that, Ōnoki threw down a bottle of medicine, turned around and left. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Ōnoki leave. In fact, Ōnoki did not go far, but was observing the two little ones from a distance.
He felt a pang of heartache, after all, this was his own disciple, and he had been a bit too harsh with him. He was starting to regret it, but as his master and the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, he had his own pride and his own dignity, and he wouldn't allow himself to apologize to his disciple.
This master and apprentice are truly cut from the same cloth. One is incredibly stubborn and refuses to explain himself to his disciple. The other leaves Iwagakure without a word to train in Explosion Release and joins the Akatsuki to pursue his art.
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I'm trying to fill in the gaps in Deidara's storyline, and I feel it makes a lot of sense. What do you guys think?
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