Hinata, Stop Pretending

At the moment the Shadow Clone vanished, the object that had fallen to the ground bounced up, then began expanding in midair like a balloon being inflated.

In an instant, it swelled to an exaggerated size. Then, blinding white light burst forth from it, followed by, within one thousandth of a second—

The surrounding area was completely engulfed by white light.

Even from far away, they could hear the earth-shaking explosion. Then, crimson flames spread outward from the inn, leaving not a blade of grass growing within nearly a hundred meters.

All that remained were broken walls and rubble. Only after a long while did the intense heat gradually fade.

By then, Hinata and the others had already moved far away from that area and were standing on a fairly high vantage point.

From here, they could clearly see everything that had happened at the original location.

Hinata was utterly speechless. Although Deidara was not particularly outstanding in terms of strength, when it came to causing destruction, Pain might have been the leader of the Akatsuki Organization, but Deidara was probably second in command.

Was he really using bombs so casually? Although Hinata was confident that, with sufficient preparation, she could have directly withstood that explosion—

There was no need for that. If she could simply dodge it, why insist on taking it head-on?

On the other side, Konoha's group was not so fortunate. They had been closer to Deidara and had also reacted the latest.

Although they had avoided the direct impact of the explosion, the aftershock still severely injured the elite jonin named Futu Yuanye.

Fukawa Masashige's face was filled with anger. After all, Futu Yuanye was right behind him.

Though furious, he did not do anything reckless.

Futu Yuanye was only seriously injured, not dead. Given enough