A few days later, Land of Wind somewhere.
In the gloomy sky, a huge clay bird flew quickly through the clouds.
On the back of the bird, three figures are sitting or standing in different postures
Deidara was sitting cross-legged at the front, with his hands folded across his chest and a look of displeasure on his face.
His arm, which was reattached by Kakuzu, moved a few times and looked at the mouth in the palm of his hand.
"Really... that bastard Xie, he asked for leave when he asked for leave."
He couldn't help but mumble, his tone full of dissatisfaction.
"Obviously he is my partner, but now it's better that he went off to do some new puppet research and left me here alone.
And let a newcomer like Tobi take over, what on earth is that guy Pain thinking?"
"Deidara-senpai, please don't say that~"
Tobi squatted behind him, holding his knees with his hands and speaking in a lively tone.
"I'm very powerful! I will never hold back my seniors!"
"Shut up."
Deidara cursed without looking back, but there was no more anger in his tone.
After spending the past few days together, he has become accustomed to Tobi's noisy personality.
Although annoying, at least it is easier to get along with than the cold and boring gourd like Scorpion.
Kisame sat on the tail of the giant bird, with the huge Samehada lying across his knees, looking at the sky in the distance without saying a word.
There was no expression on his shark-like face, only his vertical pupils occasionally moved, scanning Desert below.
"Speaking of which..."
Deidara suddenly spoke, and his tone became a little complicated.
"That guy Scorpion, what happened that day?"
He recalled the scene he saw when he returned to the temporary base that day.
The rain was pouring down, and the whole sky was gray.
The temporary base has been completely turned into ruins, with caves collapsed, trees broken, and signs of bombing everywhere.
And in the center of the ruins, Scorpion stood there, motionless.
There were countless pieces of puppets scattered around him.
Those fragments were densely packed and covered the entire ground, as if they had experienced a tragic war.
Beside Scorpion, two puppets, one on the left and one on the right, hugged him quietly.
The two puppets, one male and one female, have exquisite shapes and lifelike faces, but they also have a sense of simplicity from the past.
In front of Xie, a rickety old woman was pierced through the chest by the sharp blade in Xie's hand. Her body hung stiffly in the air, lifeless.
But there was a strange smile on her face.
He didn't know what happened, nor why the old woman appeared here, nor why she died in the hands of Scorpion.
All he knew was that when he returned to the base, what he saw was such a strange picture.
Xie stood there, looking up at the sky, letting the rain wash over his puppet body.
The rain slid down his cheeks, dripping onto the ground and causing small splashes.
At that moment, Deidara suddenly felt that something seemed to be flowing in Xie's eyes that were always emotionless.
Is it sadness?
No!
But he quickly dismissed the idea.
Scorpion is a puppet.
The puppet has no emotions.
"You're back."
Scorpion's voice was calm, as usual, without any emotion.
"Hmm... hmm."
Deidara scratched his head, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Xie didn't look at him, but just lowered his head, looking at the two puppets and the old woman whose chest was penetrated.
There was silence for a long time.
Then, he raised his hand, pulled out the sharp blade from the old woman's chest, and let her fall to the ground.
Then, he put away the two puppets alone, and also put away the scattered fragments on the ground.
Those puppet fragments turned into streaks of white mist and were put into the scroll by him.
Finally, he knelt down and sealed Chiyo's body alone in a scroll.
"I'm going to ask for leave from the boss."
Xie stood up, looked at the scroll in his hand, and walked past Deidara.
"New puppets... take time."
Deidara stared at his back blankly, opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Scorpion walked some distance and suddenly stopped.
"Right."
He didn't look back, just turned his face slightly.
"Is your arm repaired? That's good.
Don't die, kid."
After saying that, he continued to walk forward and soon disappeared into the rain.
Deidara stood there, looking at the disappearing figure, with mixed feelings in his heart.
"What are you doing..."
He muttered something in a low voice, scratched his head, turned around and walked into the ruins.
The memory is over.
Deidara stood on the giant bird, looking at the endless Desert in front of him, still thinking about what happened that day.
Brother Scorpion... what are you thinking about?
He couldn't figure it out and simply stopped thinking about it.
"Forget it, forget it."
He waved his hands as if to dispel some annoying thoughts.
"Anyway, that guy asked for leave, so the boss asked Tobi, a field worker, to step in, and asked Kisame to follow him. It's really making a fuss out of a molehill."
Kisame leaned on the tail of the giant bird. Hearing this, he glanced at him, and the corners of his mouth curved into something that seemed like a smile but not a smile.
"The leader is worried that you will fail again."
"... Can you shut up."
Kisame didn't speak anymore, just continued to look into the distance.
Tobi squatted behind Deidara, looked left and right, and suddenly spoke.
"Senior Deidara, are we going to catch One-Tail?"
"Otherwise? Come on a trip?"
"But didn't you fail last time?"
Deidara's face darkened instantly.
"Say it again?"
"It failed."
"... I've tolerated you for a long time."
"Eh? Deidara-senpai, do you want to hit me? No--!"