"The moment of confrontation with the Akatsuki is fast approaching. Who in the Akatsuki will be the first to die?"
Li Yu stroked his chin, recalling the plot.
"It seems like I wasn't involved at all before the Akatsuki attacked Konoha!"
"Forget it, let's just wait for things to develop quietly."
Kakashi's battle raged from dawn till dusk, leaving both sides breathless. In the end, Naruto used his talk-no-jutsu to reveal the ending of Icha Icha Paradise, causing Kakashi to cover his ears and close his eyes, thus obtaining the bell.
Meanwhile, in the Sunagakure, two uninvited guests appeared, dressed in black robes with fiery clouds on the background. Guided by a Sand Village spy, they successfully infiltrated the Sunagakure.
These two are Sasori of the Red Sand and Deidara, a member of the Akatsuki who loves the art of explosions.
At night, Deidara rode a giant bird and landed directly on the Kazekage Building.
"Infiltration successful"
Deidara had just landed and raised his head when he saw Kazekage, the Gaara, standing in front of him with his arms crossed.
That's the end of it.
The sand inside the gourd behind Gaara was stirring restlessly, constantly leaking out and dripping onto the ground.
Deidara immediately leaped high into the air, mounted his giant bird, and dodged the continuous onslaught of sand.
Gaara drove the sand in a frenzied pursuit, while Deidara, riding a giant bird, dodged and weaved, but seeing that he couldn't catch up after a long time, he stepped on his own sand and flew into the air.
At this moment, Deidara noticed that he hadn't finished chewing the clay in his hand, so he started chatting with Gaara, who had caught up with him.
"Oh, what a convenient Jinchūriki!!"
"But you're really good at recognizing me."
"That's because there are no such birds in this desert."
"I see"
At this moment, many people in the village noticed that two people were floating in the sky above the village, confronting each other. One of them was their Kazekage.
Deidara took a few pictures of Gaara. Gaara very unhappy. "It's so late at night, and you giants didn't even give me proper lighting or use beauty filters!"
"That's perfect, then I won't have to bother looking for you."
Gaara raised his hands, and a large amount of sand erupted from the ground of the village, spewing into the air like a volcanic eruption.
Deidara kept talking to stall for time while preparing Clay Bomb, while I was also preparing sand on the ground. The two of them chatted to prolong the time, each with their own ulterior motives.
"They really have the advantage of location, this is really troublesome!!"
A large amount of sand gathered into a giant Shukaku claw, which reached out to grab Deidara in the air.
"Boom!"
Sand flew everywhere as the claws were blasted, but they reformed in mid-air and reached out to grab Deidara, who was flying around wildly.
"Boom boom boom"
Deidara tried using the Clay Bomb again, but found it wasn't very effective. So he created two exceptionally fast birds, which sped past his claws and flew towards Gaara.
"Explosion!" Deidara Hand Seals.
"Boom!"
A massive explosion engulfed Gaara's entire figure in Kakkō, followed by a huge plume of smoke.
According to the principle of "no harm from smoke," when the smoke dissipates, a sand ball remains.
While Deidara was staring blankly, a large amount of sand appeared behind him and enveloped him.
" Sand Binding Prison "
Gaara observes the external situation using his third eye outside the sand sphere.
This is really tricky.
Deidara, controlling the giant bird, tried to fly out of the sand's embrace, but crashed headfirst into the sand, where it swirled around and enveloped him into a giant sand ball.
The ninjas on the ground immediately launched into a barrage of mindless praise.
"As expected of Lord Kazekage."
"As long as Lord Kazekage is here, there's nothing to worry about in this village."
A loud explosion shattered the Sand Ninja's illusions.
Deidara burst out from within, Gaara wouldn't give Deidara a chance. Sand entangled his ankles, and Gaara intended to throw him back into the sand ball.
Deidara said he didn't want to go back to the palace, because if he did, he would be castrated.
He quickly threw out a clay owl and rode it away.
What followed was a sand attack in the air. Deidara dodged in mid-air, but in one moment he couldn't dodge in time, Deidara left hand got entangled in the sand.
Deidara remained calm, pulling out a clay centipede with his other hand and attempting to blast the sand apart.
"Ha"
Hand Seals and shouted, but the smoke dissipated without any effect.
" Sand Binding Coffin "
Gaara made a single, remote squeeze, and the sand enveloping Deidara suddenly exerted force, crushing his entire arm.
Upon seeing this, the Sand Ninja on the ground cheered collectively.
"It was a success!"
"Wow, Lord Kazekage!"
Despite losing an arm, Deidara continued to analyze Gaara's abilities.
Gaara's absolute defense sand is special; it contains a large amount of Chakra, and the sand that crushed his arm was precisely the sand from Gaara's defense.
Deidara unleashed his trump card, pulling out a clay doll from his pocket and throwing it. The clay doll grew larger in the air before falling to the ground.
Gaara knew immediately that things were going badly.
"Boom!"
The explosion was far more massive and deafening than any of the previous ones combined, with Kakkō Amaterasu most of the village.
The expected destruction of the village after the explosion did not occur. Instead, a huge sand shield covered the village, absorbing the damage from the blast.
This consumed a large amount of Gaara 'Chakra, causing him to gasp for breath.
At that moment, a clay bird silently appeared in front of the gap in Gaara's absolute defense.
With Deidara's triumphant roar, another powerful explosion occurred in the air.
"Boom!"
Smoke and Kakkō once again engulfed Gaara's Kazekage. When the smoke cleared, the sand sphere remained intact, Gaara promptly used sand to plug the gap.
Deidara didn't give Gaara a chance to react, and Hand Seals again.
" Art is an Explosion!!"
The sand sphere where Gaara was located twisted and deformed, and a violent explosion occurred inside.
It turns out that when Deidara's arm was crushed by sand, he mixed in Explosive Clay, first using his trump card to destroy the village upon landing, thus attracting Gaara to use a large amount of sand to protect the village.
Then another explosion at close range forced Gaara to retract the sand he had crushed Deidara's arm to plug the gap in his defense.
Deidara had everything under control, and taking this opportunity, he launched another explosion, causing immense damage to Gaara.
The sand ball fell away, revealing Gaara's figure. Seeing Gaara's finger twitch, Deidara was so frightened that he immediately retreated.
However, Gaara did not launch an attack, but instead slowly moved the sand shields floating above the village away.
As the Kazekage, he was constrained in battle, and in order to protect the village, he had to expend a large amount of Chakra.
The Sand Ninja, who were stationary on the ground, also launched an attack, firing a rain of arrows into the air with powerful crossbows to buy Gaara time, but unfortunately, they couldn't do any damage to Deidara.
The sand in the air was moved outside the village, Gaara immediately fainted and fell from the sky. Deidara caught him, and that's how Gaara was taken away.
The Sand Village immediately dispatched ninjas in pursuit. Kankuro led his men to the village exit only to find the ground littered with corpses.