Aboard the Sky Ninja supply ship, Kisame gazed into the distance.
"Well, well. We've really found something incredible."
Even the straightforward Kisame couldn't help marveling at the black silhouette where the sea met the sky.
Deidara's eyes widened.
"My god, what is that? An island? There are actually islands this far out to sea?"
Sasori spoke in a low voice.
"At that size, I doubt you can call it a small island anymore. It's practically a small continent."
"What should we do next?"
"I know! Now it's time for me to show off my art!"
Deidara spoke excitedly.
"I'll bring my art to everyone on that island and let them experience its beauty."
"Shut up, Deidara. That stuff of yours isn't art at all. True art is eternal beauty."
After taking a jab at Deidara's art, Sasori asked,
"Can we still contact Boss Nagato and the others?"
Kisame took out his phone, which he had carefully wrapped in a waterproof pouch.
"No. We're too far from the Shinobi World Continent now. There's no signal."
"If phones won't work, what about ninjutsu?"
"Right, we still have ninjutsu."
Only then did Kisame remember that they still had ninjutsu.
Before phones came along, everyone in the Akatsuki had communicated through ninjutsu.
Deidara raised his hand and countered,
"But our old method of contacting each other mainly relied on Boss Nagato's Rinnegan and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, didn't it? Boss Nagato doesn't have either of those anymore."
"Tch. That's true."
Now they were all stumped.
They had finally tracked down the enemy's lair, only to discover that they couldn't contact their boss.
"Deidara, if you went alone, could you fly back on a Clay Bird?"
"It'd be tough, but I could try. I'd probably fail, though."
While they were discussing how