"I never expected Iwagakure to have something like this happen too. Fine! I'm willing to help you." Ye Liang agreed to Kurotsuchi.
A few days later.
After collecting the bounty on Hanzō the Salamander, Ye Liang met up with Kurotsuchi again. However, they did not head straight for Iwagakure, instead taking a detour.
"You said your senior brother rescued you. Is he strong?"
"Of course! My senior brother is Deidara!"
"Oh? Then I want to meet him even more." Ye Liang smiled.
Meanwhile.
Beside a cliff in the Land of Earth.
Several strange figures clad in Red Cloud Cloaks arrived there.
"This is the place, right?" the Shark-faced Man muttered as he walked toward a small wooden house.
Bang!
The moment the door opened, a shower of sparks rushed straight at the Shark-faced Man's face.
"Fuck! What the hell is this?"
The instant he finished speaking, a deafening explosion rang through the entire valley.
The wooden house's front door exploded!
"Motherfucker! Is this how you welcome guests?" The Shark-faced Man shook off the dust. He had instinctively stepped back just now, so he was not injured.
Inside the wooden house sat a blond-haired youth. He was quiet, sitting peacefully on the porch as though detached from the world.
The Shark-faced Man immediately walked over.
"Hey, kid, where's the owner of this place?" He touched the nearby furniture. There was not a speck of dust on it; clearly, the owner had been here all along.
"The owner? Why are you looking for the owner here?"
"Nothing much. We just want to invite him to join our Akatsuki. Your owner can't have gone far, right?"
"Ha, that's true." The youth nodded.
Suddenly!
He mysteriously stuffed a very soft Clay Doll into the Shark-faced Man's hand, one made from pure white clay.
"Oh,