[When mentioning Kakuzu next, Sasori's voice also carried a rare, mockingly playful tone.]
["Deidara, you would never guess what kind of earth-shattering stunt that fellow Kakuzu pulled later."]
["Oh?" Deidara was currently flipping the meat on the stone slab, immediately raising his head at those words, his blue eyes filled with curiosity.]
["What else could that old miser do? Don't tell me he finally saved up enough money to buy the entire Bounty Station, huh?"]
[Sasori poured himself a cup of wine and downed it in one go, only then speaking unhurriedly:]
["A year ago, that guy accepted an astronomical commission from Kumogakure to assassinate Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha all by himself."]
["Pfft—cough! Cough, cough!"]
[The mouthful of wine Deidara had just taken straight out sprayed, splashing onto the scorching stone slab and stirring up a burst of sizzling white smoke.]
[He didn't care to wipe it, violently leaning forward, his eyes wide as saucers, his voice pitching up several degrees:]
["Who?! Who did you say?! Naruto Uzumaki?! Is it that Naruto Uzumaki who was fighting like a monster in the Fourth Shinobi World War?! Huh?!"]
[Sasori let out an electronic sound akin to a snicker: "Unless you also know a second person named Naruto Uzumaki who is furthermore worth Kakuzu taking action himself."]
[Deidara maintained his forward-leaning posture, stunned for several seconds, the expression on his face slowly transforming from extreme shock into an incredulous sense of absurdity.]
[Finally, unable to hold back any longer, he burst into an earth-shattering roar of laughter:]
["Wahahaha! Hahahaha! Kakuzu! Hahahah! I really didn't see that coming, un!"]
[He laughed so hard he hammered the table, bringing the entire private room along with it to seemingly vibrate.]
[Hardly catching his breath from laughing, Deidara wiped the tears of mirth from the corners of