"What happened here?"
"We found an enemy, but he's extremely difficult to deal with. Hurry and help Lord Tsuchikage!"
"All right, Demolition Corps, follow me!"
Ōnoki's perseverance seemed to have paid off. The Demolition Corps arrived first!
Iwagakure's Demolition Corps differed from the ANBU of the various villages. It was an organized unit unique to Iwagakure.
Not only were all its members elite Iwagakure ninja, but every one of them also possessed either the Explosion Release kekkei genkai or a secret technique related to explosions.
Even at its peak, it had only managed to gather twelve members, so it had always been one of Iwagakure's trump cards, repeatedly producing remarkable results in battles against fortified positions.
Its lack of fame came down to its small numbers and the village's reluctance to use it.
Once a member died, finding a replacement in a short time was extremely difficult. They might not find a suitable candidate even after several years. Every death truly meant one fewer member.
Thus, successive Tsuchikage had later avoided deploying the Demolition Corps on missions whenever possible.
But with one Shinobi World War after another, Iwagakure had no choice but to send the Demolition Corps out on missions whenever a critical moment came.
Yet the more difficult the missions, the more likely they were to be extremely dangerous. Extreme danger meant death, and members dying meant the Demolition Corps kept shrinking without replacements, creating a vicious cycle.
During the years Ōnoki had led Iwagakure, the Iwagakure Demolition Corps' name had nearly been forgotten by the shinobi world.
He had also considered rebuilding the Demolition Corps and putting it to use.
But after exhausting every avenue and searching for years, he had only managed to restore its membership to six.
One of them, Deidara, was his student. He