"It's all right. Uchiha Hikari will go with you, which will also guard against the enemy bringing in reinforcements. Uchiha Hikari's strength has grown rapidly over these past three years. Even I'm surprised."
Pain said.
On the surface, he seemed to be speaking up for Lin Guang, but Pain was also keeping his own guard up.
Although Uchiha Hikari had done nothing to betray the organization in the past three years, she had shrouded herself in a thick veil of mystery.
No one in the Akatsuki could uncover Uchiha Hikari's background, and at one point, she had purchased a batch of balloons and rubber balls.
Those things shouldn't have been of any use to a ninja, should they? Even if they were used for training, they could only be used to practice ball-related ninjutsu.
Put that way, Uchiha Hikari's ninjutsu did bear some resemblance to that of the white-haired man Pain remembered. In any case, there was definitely something wrong with this Uchiha Hikari.
"Fine, fine! I just hope Uchiha Hikari doesn't catch me in her ninjutsu."
Deidara said.
Lin Guang snorted at that. "Naturally, I wouldn't make such a basic mistake."
Logically speaking, Lin Guang and Deidara had already completed several missions together, so Deidara shouldn't still have been so wary.
But tonight's mission was simply too important to allow even the slightest mistake.
Moreover, when Lin Guang had proposed going with him, Deidara had felt a bad premonition.
It was as though something would go terribly wrong if he went on this mission with Lin Guang.
"Uchiha Hikari doesn't have a teammate assigned to her yet. There's nothing wrong with her coming along with us."
Sasori spoke up.
"Fine. Since Master Sasori and the boss both say so, we'll bring you along. Just don't cause us any trouble!"