Accompanied by Deidara's deranged laughter, several white clay insects of various shapes crawled out of the shadows and gathered around the three.
Then Deidara shouted, "Ha!"
Before his voice faded, the clay insects began exploding one after another.
Boom-boom-
The flames of the explosions instantly engulfed the three, their tremendous force making it feel as though an earthquake were underway.
A moment later, the smoke and dust cleared.
When he saw the scene before him, Deidara, who had still been laughing wildly, abruptly fell silent.
After enduring the barrage of clay bombs, the three had not changed in the slightest. Their clothes were clean and tidy, and even their hair remained undisturbed!
The sight left Deidara questioning everything. Were his bombs really that weak?
But when he saw the soil beside the three that his bombs had obliterated, he breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed there was nothing wrong with his bombs.
The three were now standing on a circular platform three meters in diameter, while the surrounding soil had been blasted several meters lower by the bombs!
At this sight, the Akatsuki members' earlier indifference vanished, replaced by curiosity and caution.
They had no idea how the three had evaded the bombs.
But they knew one thing: these three were extremely troublesome!
In fact, they recognized two of the three: Konoha's Copy Ninja, Kakashi Hatake, and one of the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya!
The entire Shinobi World acknowledged how difficult those two were to deal with.
But clearly, neither of those two had blocked the bombs. It had been the unknown young man standing slightly ahead of them.
This man was clearly no ordinary figure. Though each of them was proud and arrogant, they knew they could not treat Deidara's bombs as casually as he had.
Yes, being able