Dust Release Broken

"Deidara! You're still young, with a boundless future ahead of you! Don't act rashly!" Han hurriedly tried to persuade him. Though he disliked Deidara's eccentric personality, he could not let the other man throw his life away. Ōnoki was right—such a genius ninja as Deidara was one of Iwagakure's future pillars. Among Iwagakure's younger generation, there was no second person who could become Kage-level. Even Kitsuchi, the Third Tsuchikage's own son, had enjoyed the best possible conditions, personally taught and cultivated by Ōnoki for years, yet had only reached the level of an elite jonin before exhausting his potential and being unable to advance any further.

It could not be helped. The talent requirements for a Kage-level powerhouse were simply that harsh. Without extraordinary opportunities, there was no way to break through that barrier. Even Roshi and Han, both bloodline-limit ninja, had only barely become Kage-level through the power of Tailed Beasts, and each had their own flaws. For Kitsuchi to become Kage-level, he would have to master secret techniques like Dust Release or the Light-Weight Rock Technique. Unfortunately, limited by his talent, he had never succeeded.

Precisely because Kage-level powerhouses demanded such exceptional talent, Konoha—where strong individuals emerged one after another—was called the cradle of geniuses, drawing the envy of every major ninja village. Yet all of that had been made possible by the Senju Clan's intermarriage plan, something the other villages could not replicate. Now that Konoha had begun reforming and its ninja population had greatly increased, geniuses who had once appeared only once in a thousand or even ten thousand would emerge continuously. Konoha would gather them in and incorporate them into its system, and there would be more and more future Kage-level powerhouses.

Thus, Han might suppress Deidara over matters of power and politics, but he