"You guys are slow." Deidara sat on a stone pillar with one leg dangling in the air and grumbled.
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki lay beside a pile of rubble. Her wounds, which had begun to heal, had been torn wide open again, and her hair lay strewn across her face. If not for the barely perceptible rise and fall of her chest, she would have looked genuinely dead.
Sasori glanced at her and asked, "Did she wake up once?"
"Yeah. She nearly caught me off guard just now. Good thing Tobi was there..." Deidara sounded rather disgruntled. If Tobi hadn't arrived in time, he might have taken a swipe from her claws. The Two-Tails' claws were no joke!
Yugito Nii looked half-dead now because Deidara had blasted her once he recovered his wits, then thrown in several vicious kicks to vent his anger.
"Hehehe, you're too kind, senpai~" At that, "Tobi" tugged at his cuffs with both hands, squirming bashfully beside him as he spoke.
"..."
Seeing this, Uzumaki Reikawa couldn't help regretting that he had no camera. If he could photograph Obito acting like this, then pull it out when he was pretending to be Madara, that would be especially entertaining.
Still, after what had happened before, he actually dared to show up in front of him. Was he really not afraid Reikawa would blow his cover on the spot?
Once everyone had arrived, Pain's gaze lingered on Lingchuan for an extra moment. He quickly looked away again, however, so no one noticed anything unusual.
Kakuzu spoke up directly. "Since we have enough people now, Hidan and I will go track down the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki."
"Huh? You still haven't caught her? You're a little slow~" Deidara teased from the side. After all, Kakuzu and Hidan were now the only team