After a moment of silence, Uchiha Gen suddenly realized that this seemed—actually feasible?! Still, that probably wasn't the main reason Pain had summoned Itachi to the projection meeting.
"And then...?"
Itachi stopped walking. "Go support Sasori and the others and capture the Two-Tails..." He turned toward Gen as he spoke. "What do you think?"
"Lead the way."
After hearing the news, Uchiha Gen suddenly remembered something. He still seemed to owe Deidara a pair of glasses...
Meanwhile, on the battlefield, the Two-Tails, Matatabi—a massive feline demon whose entire body seemed to be made of blue flames and black markings—held fire in her mouth before spitting out a Flame Rat Ball!
The mouse-shaped flame shot from her mouth and split into a mass of blue homing fireballs, hurtling toward the white giant bird in the sky!
The attack covered too wide an area. With nowhere to dodge, the Clay Giant Bird could only self-destruct. Thick smoke filled the sky, and Deidara used the smoke from the explosion to hide!
"Damn it!"
Leaning against a tree, Deidara quietly gritted his teeth. The Two-Tails was indeed here, but this time, Kumogakure had deliberately set a trap!
Several Jonin capable of using Lightning Release Ninjutsu had been hiding some distance away from Yugito Nii.
She herself had deliberately ventured into an isolated area, intending to cut off their retreat completely! The instant Deidara and the others appeared, she underwent Tailed Beast Transformation and fired a blast of blue flames into the sky!
If that had been all, Deidara and the others would have had nothing to fear. The problem was that Sasori still hadn't fully replenished his puppets after the last battle. Losing the Third Kazekage Puppet in particular had dealt a serious blow to his strength.
The clay Deidara used was also