Deidara's Aerial Battle

In the vast, empty underground cavern, dust from the Wood Dragon's brutal impact still lingered in the air.

Deidara sat atop Hiruko's massive puppet arm, staring at the Five-Seal Barrier boulders that had been smashed into powder on the ground. He was practically frantic.

His carefully arranged defensive art had been crushed to pieces by a rotten chunk of wood before even a single self-detonating trap could go off in front of outsiders.

That move had seriously sent his blood pressure through the roof.

"You bastards, are your brains full of rocks? You don't understand the elegance of art at all!" Deidara pointed at the three below and cursed furiously, his expression wildly exaggerated.

"You actually destroyed my masterpiece in such a barbaric, vulgar way. Absolutely unforgivable, yeah!"

Chenshu Senju watched the furious blond youth above without expression, his hands in his pockets. He could not even be bothered to waste the effort of mocking him.

Making a few clay bombs and babbling about art every day—this guy was clearly beyond saving with terminal chuunibyou.

Deidara suddenly thrust both hands into the ninja tool pouch at his waist. The mouths in his palms rapidly wriggled and chewed.

A few seconds later, he pulled out two handfuls of chewed white clay. His hands flashed through seals before he violently flung them downward.

More than a dozen palm-sized white clay birds instantly formed in midair. They rapidly expanded, flapping their tiny wings as they glided through the air in strange arcs.

These Explosive Clay Birds were incredibly fast, diving straight toward Chenshu Senju and the other two on the ground with shrill whistles through the air.

"Die! Let me show you my art of explosion up close, yeah!" Deidara laughed maniacally from above.

Facing the swarm of bombs descending from every direction,