Whoosh!
Gaara's body hurtled downward like a shell fired from a cannon, accelerating, accelerating relentlessly toward the ground.
Deidara, who had already escaped on his giant bird, did not turn back to retrieve Gaara's corpse. Now that he had lured them out of the base, there was no need to keep carrying Gaara.
As it happened, letting him fall like this was a pretty good choice!
So Deidara let Gaara's corpse plummet without sparing it another glance.
Right now, he was more concerned with Shihōin Naraku, who was rapidly approaching!
Deidara had figured it out by now. The blade of light that had severed the giant bird earlier must have come from Shihōin Naraku!
"Gaara!"
Seeing Gaara about to crash into the ground from the sky, leaving not even an intact corpse, Naruto Uzumaki roared in fury and raced over on all fours like lightning.
Boom!
The ground abruptly caved in as Naruto leaped high into the air, stretching out both arms to catch Gaara in his embrace.
At such an outrageous speed, although Naruto caught Gaara at the last moment, he could no longer control himself and was instantly flung away.
Bang!
Crash...
Naruto fell from the sky like a meteor and smashed straight into the forest, breaking countless plants and trees along the way and even plowing a long trench through the ground.
"Hahaha, what a chance! Hmm!"
Watching Naruto crash so hard that he was left dazed and unable to get up for quite some time, Deidara immediately realized this was a good opportunity to finish him off. He hurriedly urged his giant bird closer while rapidly molding Explosive Clay in his hands.
"Roar-"
Just as Deidara was about to succeed, thunder suddenly exploded across the horizon, and a deafening roar sent ripples through the air.
"Hmm?"