The blond youth was tall and slender, with regular features.
Unfortunately, long bangs covered half his face, making him look eccentric and willful.
Even his black robe could hardly suppress his distinctive air.
This was Deidara, the former young prodigy of Iwagakure.
He possessed a Kekkei Genkai and used a unique clay ninjutsu.
Beside Deidara followed an ugly "freak" with a hunched back and a metal tail extending behind him.
This person, or rather this thing, was Sasori of the Red Sands' puppet vessel, Hiruko.
Sasori of the Red Sands' true body was hidden inside Hiruko. He was a puppet master through and through.
Perhaps he could be called the most outrageously powerful master of the Puppet Art in the original Naruto story.
In fact, Sasori of the Red Sands was so obsessed with puppets that he had even turned his own body into one.
He had originally been a prodigy of Sunagakure and Granny Chiyo's grandson.
But after a series of upheavals, he had deserted Sunagakure and subsequently brought the village no small amount of trouble.
Sasori of the Red Sands had entered the Akatsuki through his Puppet Technique. The fact that Pain, or rather Nagato, had selected him spoke volumes about his mastery of it.
After all, the high-ranking members selected by the Akatsuki were almost all S-Rank Missing-nin.
Sasori of the Red Sands was no exception. His Puppet Art excelled in two respects: numbers and variety.
Facing such formidable enemies, with Orochimaru's duo also watching hungrily from the sidelines, Ye Chen dared not let his guard down.
Deidara charged onto the battlefield first. Without a word, he raised his hand and reached into his shoulder bag.
He scooped out a large quantity of white material. Chakra quietly circulated within his body, and the white material in his