At the border of the Land of Earth.
The Twin Eyes joined forces to fling Zhengye into the air, and he struck Deidara's Clay Bird with a clean Lightning Spear.
Deidara and Han both went into free fall.
Han kicked hard off the wreckage of the Clay Bird and plunged toward the ground.
Deidara hid on the other side of the wreckage as he fell with it.
He stuffed a lump of explosive clay into his mouth to mix it and said indistinctly:
"Other people might be scared of you, but I'm not, hm!"
He spat out the explosive clay and began putting the finishing touches on its shape.
By then, he was already close to the ground.
Suddenly, a question reached his ears:
"Deidara, do you know what true art is?"
At those words, Deidara instinctively poked his head out.
"Art is an explo-"
A pair of Sharingan met his eyes.
Thump, thump...
Deidara thought he heard a heartbeat, then his vision went black, and he knew nothing more.
"Whoosh..."
Zhengye flicked his hand, and a kunai trailing steel wire wrapped around Deidara.
Planting a foot on a treetop, he gave it a yank.
Just before Deidara hit the ground, Zhengye hauled him back up and left him hanging from a tree.
The sudden jerk sent Deidara's head slamming into the trunk with a dull thud.
When he came to, fury welled up inside him. He dangled in midair like a caterpillar, swinging back and forth.
"Damn you, Uchiha Zhengye! You cheated!"
"That doesn't count!"
"We're having a rematch!"
"You've desecrated art! I'll show you what true art is!"
Deidara struggled incessantly, shouting at the top of his lungs.
Zhengye shrugged. "This is a battlefield. You're only alive because I went easy on you."
"Are you sure you want