Pain dispelled the Magic Lantern Body Technique, and everyone disappeared one by one. Then the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was also dispelled.
Only Sasori, Deidara, and Gaara's corpse remained at the base.
"It's coming!"
"Hmm." Deidara nodded and reached into his ninja tool pouch.
The boulder sealing the gate was struck from the outside with a powerful electric current, shattering into pieces. Kakashi, Chiyo, Naruto, and Sakura then blocked the gate.
"Too late?" Kakashi spotted Gaara lying on the ground at a glance.
Gaara...
When Naruto saw that Gaara had stopped breathing, he was instantly enraged. The enemy had severed the bond between the two villages that he had worked so hard to build, and he could not tolerate it.
"Ah...!!"
Enraged, Naruto lay sprawled on the ground, red Chakra overflowing from his body, forming Tailed Beast Cloak that made him look exactly like a little fox.
"Is it the power of the Tailed Beast triggered by emotions? I wonder if Lord Jiraiya's method will work."
Kakashi was very worried that if she really went berserk, he wouldn't be able to control her.
Sakura secretly sized up Naruto, "This is the Tailed Beast hidden inside Naruto, how terrifying."
Chiyo didn't care about any of that. Having lived for so long, what strange things hadn't she seen? Her mind was focused on her grandson.
"Scorpion."
Scorpion was slightly surprised. "Grandma Chiyo, I didn't expect you to come all this way in person. Didn't you stop asking about village affairs?"
"It's perfectly reasonable for an elderly person to want to see their grandson."
"Hmph, don't think that just because you're my mother-in-law, I'll go easy on you. Wouldn't it be better to just stay quietly in the village?"
"Your personality hasn't changed at all, Sasori."
call out...
Naruto, clad in the Tailed Beast Cloak, charged forward at incredible speed, his sharp claws sweeping across the air with a sharp, explosive sound.
"This kid's pretty good."
Sasori manipulated Hiruko to leap far away, while Deidara threw out Clay Bird and jumped onto it, Hand Seals with one hand. " Art is an Explosion, drink!"
Naruto missed his target. Just as he was about to make a move, he noticed something strange wrapping around his feet. Looking down, he saw it was a white centipede.
boom...
" Naruto!!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise.
"Haha... I'll show you what I'm capable of, hmm."
Deidara stood atop the flying bird, raising his hands in celebration, when a voice rang in his ear, "You're celebrating too soon, Lightning Blade!"
Sizzle... Sizzle...
An arm crackling with lightning pierced through Deidara's chest. Deidara looked down and exclaimed, " Kakashi of the Sharingan!"
"Using his teammates to draw the opponent's attention while he sneaks around to launch a surprise attack from behind—what a cunning fellow."
Sasori quickly analyzed Kakashi's fighting style; usually, this kind of enemy is very difficult to deal with.
"That's right... Hmm? This is... a clone!"
Kakashi opened his eyes and found that the target he had killed had turned into a white clay figure. He hurriedly tried to get away, but found himself stuck.
"Oops!!"
"You've been tricked! I hate people with Sharingan the most! Drink up!"
Deidara's figure emerged from the ground. Just now, when Naruto rushed over, he activated ' Hiding Like a Mole Technique ' to hide underground and created Clay Clone to lure the enemy.
Kakashi seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on him.
"Huh? Why didn't it explode...?"
This stunned not only Deidara but also Kakashi, who then suddenly realized, "I see."
Click!
Lightning crackled on his arm, shattering the Clay Clone. He then casually plunged his hand into the body of the flying bird beneath his feet, and just as he had predicted, the bird instantly shattered.
"Hmph, looks like I've met my match."
Deidara understood what was going on, turned to look at the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was unharmed from his centipede explosion, and immediately felt that things were going to get complicated.
"Old man!"
"Understood." Scorpion replied, opening his mouth to spew out a cluster of poisoned Senbon, aimed at... Sakura Haruno.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
"Ah... you despicable bastard."
Kakashi was about to assume a defensive stance when he realized the opponent's attack path was off. He quickly tried to return to help, knowing that Sakura, as a medical ninja, was the team's safety guarantee.
Moreover, Old Man Kakashi didn't just like this student; she was Naruto's 'Rin'.
"Your opponent is me."
Deidara tossed a bunch of grasshoppers into his hands. These grasshoppers bounced incredibly well after landing and swarmed towards Kakashi.
Boom boom boom...
After two minutes of continuous bombardment, the dilapidated walls were revealed, and Kakashi used Earth Flow Rampart to encase himself.
On the other side, facing Sasori's Senbon Poison Needles, Chiyo used Chakra Threads to control Sakura and dodge the attack. Sasori was about to launch another attack when he discovered that Naruto had come to kill him.
Bang!
Scorpion Tail struck Naruto's stomach, but encountered immense resistance. "Such strong defense."
Naruto paused for a moment, then grabbed Scorpion's tail with both claws, roared, and forcefully threw Hiruko away, just as it was about to crash into the mountain wall.
Thud...
Hiruko disappeared, and Sasori appeared before everyone.
Chiyo's heart sank when she saw Sasori's appearance. She said sadly, "He really hasn't grown up at all. He looks exactly the same as when he left the village."
We're doomed.
"Hasn't grown up?" Sakura Haruno seemed to realize something, secretly surprised: 'This guy has turned himself into a puppet too.'
"It seems that Yue was right, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is indeed extraordinary."
With overwhelming strength, speed, and defense, Hiruko was like a toy in front of her, meaning that ordinary puppets were simply no match for her.
Without hesitation, Sasori brought out his strongest Human Puppet, the Third Kazekage.
Chiyo saw the Third Kazekage and her eyes widened. "It really was you, Sasori."
When the Third Kazekage disappeared, Sunagakure searched the entire village but found no clues. They even thought he had been assassinated by someone sent by an enemy country, which led to the start of the Shinobi World War.
Sasori had no time for catching up with an old woman; he turned to Deidara and said, "Attack!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The Iron Sand, solidified into Senbon spikes, was as dense as rain; this was an aerial attack.
Iron Sand Drizzle!
On the ground, Deidara coordinated by creating a bunch of small spider bombs for support, while the two targeted Kakashi, Chiyo, Sakura.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is clearly a tough nut to crack, so let's just leave him be.
"So much?"
Kakashi was a little panicked. The previous wave of grasshoppers had already given him a headache, and now these little spiders were swarming over like waves.
His hands quickly Hand Seals, lightning flashed, and instantly transformed into the head of a fierce tiger.
" Lightning Tiger Massacre "
The explosive lightning destroyed all the earth-style Chakra fused within the spider swarm, preventing it from exploding.
Kakashi managed to defend against the Spider Bomb, but he couldn't simultaneously defend against the widespread barrage of Iron Sand Drizzle.
Ding ding ding...
At the critical moment, two puppets stood in front of Kakashi and Sakura, each using their hands to unleash Chakra shields to block the attack of the iron spikes.
Chiyo herself deployed her shield using a puppet mechanism modified with her right hand.
Scorpion's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at the two puppets, thinking to himself, "That old woman has gone to great lengths to deal with me."
roar...
Three tails appeared behind Naruto, and a roar caused Sakura Haruno, who was standing near the cave entrance, to retreat.
Upon seeing this, Sasori immediately manipulated the Third Kazekage Human Puppet, condensing Iron Sand into a cylinder and launching it at Naruto's body.
Due to his age, his consciousness became blurred after Tailed Beast Transformation. He possessed power but fought only on instinct, unable to make effective counterattacks.
Boom boom boom...!!
After more than a dozen collisions, the cave roof could no longer withstand the pressure and collapsed, revealing the clear sky outside.
Upon seeing this, Deidara immediately conjured a white bird, and the two of them quickly jumped onto it.
"Don't even think about escaping." Kakashi swiftly drew a Kunai, imbued it with lightning Chakra, and hurled it at the white bird.
call out...
clang!
The Third Kazekage Human Puppet extended its right arm and cleaved the Kunai with its large sword.
"Haha... you've got no chance. Art is an Explosion, drink!" Deidara laughed triumphantly, forming a hand Hand Seals with one hand.
Kakashi felt a bad premonition when he saw Deidara about to detonate another bomb. The crucial question was, where was his opponent's bomb?
"When? Could it be...?"
Deidara seemed to emerge from underground during their first encounter.
A tremor ran beneath his feet, and Kakashi instinctively activated the Body Flicker Technique, flashing past Chiyo and Sakura, grabbing them and plunging headfirst into the river outside the cave.
Boom boom boom!!!
The cave was blown up beyond recognition.
Glug... Glug...
Sakura surfaced from the river and drank several mouthfuls, while Kakashi and Chiyo also surfaced.
" Kakashi-sensei, Naruto is still inside."
"Yes, I know, don't worry about him."
Naruto in his Tailed Beast Transformation is no longer human; a few rocks can't kill him. Kakashi knows this very well.
Splash...
A noise came from inside the pile of rocks.
A huge rock was pushed aside, revealing Naruto hiding underneath. Beneath him, Gaara's body lay quietly.
Naruto!
The three rushed to Naruto's side and found that he was not even hurt. Instead, he regained consciousness and shed his Tailed Beast Cloak.
" Gaara, he..."
Naruto looked at the lifeless Gaara, hating his own powerlessness, and slammed his fist into the ground in anger. "Damn it!"
Chiyo looked at Gaara and fell silent; it seemed none of the Kazekage of Sunagakure had a good ending.
After the death of the former Jinchūriki, Bunpuku, she suggested to Rasa that the One-Tail be sealed inside Gaara. Rasa eventually agreed, and she personally performed the sealing technique.
"How pathetic."
It's unclear whether he's referring to Kazekage or himself.
Chiyo, who had spent her entire life worrying about Sunagakure, didn't know what the Sunagakure should do next. They had lost two Kazekage in succession, and now they didn't even have Tailed Beast.
It might end up like a small village like Amegakure.