Deidara broke off his communication with Pain, his expression grim.
He wanted to rescue Sasori, but the leader would not let him.
He wanted to stay, but that was not allowed either.
It was as though the leader was certain he would ruin things.
Protection?
He did not need protection!
At worst, he would die here.
Perhaps it was precisely because the leader knew what dangerous thoughts and actions Deidara might entertain that he had ordered him to leave first.
With Pain backing the order, Deidara finally stopped threatening the mysterious fellow before him.
"I want to know exactly what your plan is. How are you going to save Big Brother Sasori?"
"Classified."
"..."
Deidara grew angry. "So that's how you're going to play it?!"
Tobi felt helpless. He had not even figured out how to rescue Sasori, and even if he had, he could not tell Deidara.
Deidara had no idea how much of a risk Tobi had taken to drag him back.
Besides, the battle over there had already ended. He had to hurry back immediately.
"Stop fooling around! I'm telling you one last time, I will get him out. Now leave!"
Under Tobi's firm insistence, Deidara finally left in resentment, taking along the Explosive Clay he had hastily made.
As for whether he had mixed Yellow Liquid into it, nobody knew.
Heaven knew, Tobi had never imagined such a coincidence could happen-that the two sides would actually meet here, and even be "fighting over" the Three-Tails.
They were all "on the same side." How could they "kill their own"!
He had wanted to intervene several times during the fight, but there had been no good opportunity.
Fortunately, Shinji did not seem to intend to kill them,
and had even let Deidara go instead.
That gave him the