"Dust Release: Infinite Annihilation!"
Deidara crossed his hands over his chest, forming a spherical orb of light between them.
A streak of white light spread out from within, shooting forward in a cylindrical beam toward the mountain range.
A circular tunnel fifty meters in diameter was instantly carved through the mountains ahead.
It stretched a full thousand meters long.
What did that mean? In the Original Timeline's Fourth Shinobi World War, even Ōnoki could only reach a range of one hundred meters.
Not to mention that this one had a diameter of fifty whole meters.
"Phew... phew... phew..."
"How about that, Natsuki! This is my dazzling art!"
Deidara panted heavily, his forehead drenched in sweat.
After learning that Natsuki wanted Naruto and Sasuke to clear the mountains, he had immediately wanted to show off.
Still, Natsuki had to admit that he was genuinely surprised.
Deidara was damn impressive.
For an ordinary person to possess such powerful Chakra, his reputation as a genius truly wasn't undeserved.
Natsuki extended a hand and generously gave Deidara a thumbs-up.
"As expected of a true artist!"
"I, Uchiha Natsuki, acknowledge this brilliance!"
Though Natsuki found those words a little cringeworthy, they were exactly what Deidara wanted to hear.
The look on Deidara's face made it clear just how pleased he was by those words.
If Deidara had a tail, he would have spun himself straight into the sky.
Sasuke also wanted to show what he could do. "Master, it's my turn!"
Naruto hurriedly chimed in, "Master, me first! Me first!"
"Me first!"
"Me first!"
They were both eighteen already, but around Natsuki, they still acted like children, bickering back and forth.
Natsuki found it amusing. "All right, all right, stop arguing. Do it together. This is no small project."
The mountain range before them was