Uchiha Shunichi knew nothing about the affairs between the Rock Ninja and Akatsuki. At the moment, he was on his way...
Because of Deidara's threat, Pakkun had dispelled the Summoning Technique. As a result, Uchiha Shunichi and Karin could only head toward the location Pakkun had mentioned earlier.
The Fire Temple being attacked was a major blow to the daimyo's prestige, so the daimyo had dispatched quite a few people to handle the matter. Uchiha Shunichi had encountered several of them along the way. None were particularly strong, perhaps barely reaching the level of Special Jonin?
Compared with the Five Great Shinobi Villages, other places also had experts, but they were few and far between, with virtually no presence to speak of.
But precisely because of that, once they accepted a mission, they would complete it at any cost!
"Lord Shunichi, Team 7 does not seem to have encountered a powerful enemy. Based on the coded marks they left behind, they should be pursuing the enemy..." Karin discovered a coded mark Kakashi had left in a part of the forest.
"Mm, I understand. It may not be necessary anymore, but let's keep moving..."
Uchiha Shunichi nodded. Finding a mark Kakashi had left here proved that they had not encountered Nagato for the time being.
Other than an enhanced version of Nagato, it seemed that no one in the Shinobi World at this stage could instantly defeat Team 7.
Deidara... probably could not do it either! Even with a trap laid out, his explosions only had a chance of succeeding. Proper ninja would not give Deidara that much time to perform Ninjutsu.
Then again, perhaps he could. After all, Deidara seemed to have mastered Dust Release now.
"Lord Shunichi, someone's coming!" Karin's expression suddenly changed as she looked toward the depths