Hinata, Stop Pretending

However, the way she dodged was somewhat beyond his expectations, because he had not clearly seen how she had managed to evade it.

After that strike missed, Kurama Mutsu appeared about five meters away.

Having revealed herself again, Kurama Mutsu seemed a little shaken as she patted her chest.

Sasori did not immediately launch a second attack. Instead, after muttering, "Interesting," he actually stopped looking at Kurama Mutsu.

After letting his gaze linger briefly on Hinata's group, he walked straight toward Deidara.

Seeing Sasori approach, Deidara said excitedly, "Senior Sasori, why did you attack without giving me a heads-up? I want in too."

Still standing on the stairs, Kisame Hoshigaki said, "This is really interesting."

Then he turned to Itachi Uchiha and said, "Itachi, what do we do next? If this really ends like this, it'll be a little disappointing."

He then looked at Kurenai Yuhi's group and Hinata's group before continuing, "And now, it seems that if we want to leave, some people might not agree."

Of course, he was merely expressing that he did not want to leave in such a dull manner. In the end, he simply craved battle. Otherwise, if they wanted to leave,

no one could really stop them.

Itachi Uchiha had remained calm from beginning to end. Hearing Kisame Hoshigaki's words, he did not answer directly. Instead, he turned to Deidara and nodded at him.

Deidara immediately seemed to understand something and said excitedly, "Hehe, as expected, only Senior Itachi understands me, yeah."

As he spoke, one hand rummaged through his pocket for something.

The others might have been confused, but Kisame Hoshigaki, also a member of the Akatsuki Organization, had already revealed a delighted smile.

Sasori, meanwhile, muttered quietly, "Sure enough, once there are more people, they all turn into lunatics."

At that