Liyan Pit, Land of Wind.
Like a tireless missile launcher, Han kept firing rocks the size of millstones.
The Hidden Sand Village's pursuit immediately ground to a halt.
Those rocks packed too much power. No one could take them head-on.
Pakura could only watch helplessly as Iwagakure withdrew.
Their ambush had been on the verge of success.
If Rasa had cut off the enemy's retreat, they could have wiped out the Iwagakure force.
And with his gold dust helping to block them, they would at least have stopped more of them from escaping.
Instead, Rasa had been drawn away.
Once the battle ended, the Hidden Sand Village shinobi began gathering their comrades' bodies.
There were no smiles on their faces.
Looking at the many Hidden Sand Village bodies strewn across the ground, Pakura felt fury blaze inside her.
"Where's Rasa!?"
The Hidden Sand Village shinobi exchanged looks, then several pointed in the same direction.
Only then did Rasa, a kilometer away, finally arrive on his Gold Dust Sand Cushion.
Rasa landed and saw the other Hidden Sand Village shinobi staring at him. He was displeased as well.
"What are you staring at me for!? Was I supposed to leave that airborne Akatsuki member alone?"
"And let him drop bombs from the sky!?"
The Hidden Sand Village shinobi looked at one another, unsure how to respond.
"So... did you catch him?"
Zhengye slipped in the barbed question from the side.
Rasa's face darkened instantly.
"That kid is Deidara from Iwagakure. He's only in his teens right now."
"Seems the Fourth Kazekage isn't all that strong. He couldn't even catch a brat like that."
Deidara's intrusion had been unexpected, but Rasa, a veteran Kazekage, had still failed to take down a child.
That was embarrassing, to say the least.
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