"It looked like a very artistic battle had taken place here, but before a true artist like me, it was still nothing worth seeing!" Deidara cried.
Tobi applauded and cheered. "As expected of Deidara-senpai! While no one is getting in our way, let's hurry and finish the mission!"
"Hmph, you're a hundred years too early to be telling me what to do!" Deidara snorted.
Just as Deidara was about to use clay bombs to blast out the Three-Tails, a White Zetsu suddenly emerged from the ground.
White Zetsu said, "You're late, Tobi, Deidara. The Three-Tails has already run off."
"What? It ran away before I even got to display my art!" Deidara was extremely dissatisfied, looking furious.
Tobi continued clowning around. "It ran away, Deidara-senpai! This is bad, it ran away again!"
"Shut up, Tobi! Believe it or not, I'll stuff your mouth full of something!" Deidara's face twisted with rage as he asked White Zetsu, "Where did the Three-Tails go?"
"Over there. We've been following it the whole time, so don't worry!" After pointing out the direction, White Zetsu smiled and sank back underground.
"Goodbye, Zetsu-senpai!" Tobi waved happily in farewell.
By then, Deidara had already made a clay bird. Seeing Tobi still moving so slowly, he frowned. "Hey, Tobi, get on. We need to chase it."
"Oh, coming! To think I'd be fortunate enough to ride on Deidara-senpai's work of art—I'm so happy." Tobi climbed aboard. He wore an orange spiral mask, but his delighted voice made him sound genuinely thrilled.
Deidara proudly raised his chin. "Of course. Tobi, you're twenty thousand years too early to understand my art!"
The white clay bird flew after Isobu.
Meanwhile, on the road back to Konoha, Hinata came up beside Naruto and timidly asked, "Um, Naruto!"
"Hmm? What is it,