Ōnoki lowered his head, his face tight with pain. He still felt guilty about it. Deidara, however, took it in stride. "Master, it's all right. As long as I can pursue art, I can put up with anything else!"
Even as Deidara spoke, his eyes never left the scroll. He kept studying it closely.
Ōnoki could not tell whether to be pleased or worried. In the end, he could only sigh and leave.
Chapter 765: A Willing Catch
Once everything was arranged, Uchiha Yin returned straight to Konoha. Deidara might be from Iwagakure, but Yin was not worried that he would disobey. Anyone devoted to something to that degree was bound to see it through.
Still, Yin wanted to tell Kurotsuchi. The matter should have remained strictly secret, but Deidara was her senior apprentice. Yin did not want her to misunderstand someone from her own village, especially him.
With that in mind, Yin made a rare visit to Kurotsuchi's training ground. A long time had passed since she came to Konoha, but she still trained in the same place: the Forest of Death.
That patch of forest had practically become hers. As Yin followed the route from memory, he sensed Kurotsuchi's Chakra from afar. It was nothing like the feeble power she had possessed when she first arrived. She was now nearly strong enough to be an excellent Ninja.
But Kurotsuchi had never taken a school exam in Konoha, so she had no Forehead Protector. And since she lived in Konoha, it was unclear which village's protector she should be given.
Yin made no attempt to hide his presence, so Kurotsuchi noticed him at once. She had no idea who was approaching, only that the person carried a power she could not resist. She immediately took a defensive stance and