Worthy of His Training

Land of Earth, outskirts of Iwagakure.

Sasori had arrived. He had come to find Deidara.

Although Obito had assigned him the task of recruiting Deidara,

Sasori had no intention of bringing Deidara into the Moon Organization.

After finding a purpose in life, Sasori's emotions had gradually grown richer over the past two years.

Though he had been arming himself and earning money, he now possessed a strong sense of purpose.

Sasori and Chiyo had also remained in frequent contact.

And during such days, Sasori often recalled the time he had spent with Deidara.

After defecting from the Sand Village, Sasori had formed no bonds with anyone.

Only Deidara had been particularly close to him. When he learned that Deidara was still alive,

even without Obito's orders, he would have come.

But Iwagakure had many guards, and its barrier had been properly set up.

Forcing his way in would have been too dangerous, and unnecessary.

Iwagakure also had a mission hall. Besides Stone Village ninja, other ninja came to accept and hand in missions as well.

Sasori used a Humanoid Puppet. After arriving at the mission hall, he posted a mission to deliver a letter to Deidara.

Since Deidara had been brought back by the Uchiha Clan, he could simply leave him a letter.

The letter contained ordinary greetings, but Sasori had left coded words within it.

Years ago, when he and Deidara had teamed up, they naturally had their own secret code for contacting each other.

Sasori was not sure how long it would take Deidara to notice the code.

Still, he went to wait at the place they had agreed upon.

Recently, Iwagakure had been fairly peaceful. The Cloud Village and Mist Village were fighting fiercely, and neither had anything to do with Iwagakure.

Deidara, who had been