In the azure sky, a large white dove soars through the air.
"Grandpa, let me start the game."
Deidara reached into his ninja tool pouch and began making a bomb.
Sasori glanced at the Allied Shinobi Forces below, who were standing ready for battle. As expected, they were a mixed force from the Five Great Shinobi Villages.
"I hate waiting for people, hurry up and get started."
"That's good."
Deidara grabbed a handful of clay, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed a few times, and spat out a doll—a miniature version of Deidara.
It contains countless microscopic spider bombs invisible to the naked eye, with an extremely large range.
C4 Garuda
" Art is an Explosion, drink!"
Buzz...
Just then, a tiny figure flew out from the allied forces below, followed by an oval-shaped white light enveloping the doll, and then nothing more.
When Deidara saw who it was, he immediately cursed, "You old bastard, how dare you ruin my art! I won't let you get away with this!"
"A flying ninja? Ōnoki of Both Scales." Sasori guessed the identity of the person who made the move.
Despite his short stature, Ōnoki was the backbone of Iwagakure, possessing the most advanced Earth Release Ninjutsu in the Shinobi World, as well as the only Kekkei Tota: Dust Release Kekkei Tōta.
To put it simply, Dust Release is turning everything into dust.
" Deidara, let's split up."
"Um."
Most of Akatsuki's core rogue ninja came from the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Despite their swaggering and domineering presence outside, their fighting strength drops drastically when they encounter someone from their own village whom they know well.
This illustrates the importance of intelligence.
The scorpion jumped off the white dove's back, its glider popping out from behind it, and plunged headlong into the jungle.
Don't assume that puppets can't fly; quite the opposite is true.
The golem is a multi-functional combat unit that can handle various complex combat scenarios; the jungle is the best battlefield.
The Performance of a Hundred Puppets was originally intended for use against ordinary ninjas on the battlefield. Sasori once used this Kinjutsu to destroy a small country, so its destructive power goes without saying.
The original plan was to use Deidara's air superiority to bombard the Allied Shinobi Forces, but now this guy is in big trouble.
Boom boom boom...
Ōnoki and Deidara engaged in a chase.
" Deidara, you've gone down the wrong path, but it's not too late to turn back."
"Stop talking nonsense, you old fool, I'm going to kill you today."
"If you have this ability, why did you run away? You used to like to jump around and fight, but you haven't improved at all."
Do you still want to come out and embarrass yourself?
"Damn it, how come the old man is even faster than in his prime? At this rate, there's no chance of a counterattack."
Whether the Clay Bomb transforms into a small bird or some other animal, the prerequisite is that it must be close to the enemy. Ōnoki is very fast and can easily avoid the blast radius.
The clever old man is difficult to deal with.
In a daze, a tall, leggy girl in a red dress suddenly appeared in front of me.
puff...
Kurotsuchi punched through Deidara's body, only to find her hand stuck to the ground. "So it really was a clone?"
"Drink!"
boom...
The clone exploded along with the giant bird, while Deidara himself emerged from behind a cloud atop a white dove.
Seeing that Kurotsuchi was unharmed and blocking their way again, he frowned.
" Deidara, please, just die already, stop causing trouble for the village."
" Deidara, you can't escape today. You who like to talk about art are nothing but a little kid who likes to play in the mud. You've never grown up."
Within the Akatsuki, they're probably just tools being used by others.
Ōnoki and Kurotsuchi, grandfather and granddaughter, took turns psychologically tormenting Deidara; one was his master, and the other was his junior sister.
"Damn it!! No one can deny my art."
Deidara threw out two twin-winged birds that flew towards Kurotsuchi and Ōnoki. They were faster than the little birds, and Kurotsuchi had no time to dodge, so she had no choice but to use Ninjutsu.
Water Release: Water Horn Technique
It spews out a trumpet-shaped stream of water to envelop the two-winged bird, absorbing the explosive energy to the maximum extent possible.
boom...
For a moment, the air was thick with mist, severely obscuring visibility.
On the other side, Ōnoki was much simpler. He stretched out his right hand, creating a giant rock hand, and crushed the flying two-winged bird.
"Oh no, he's trying to run! Chase him!"
"Tch! I thought he was going to fight us to the death. How cunning!"
Whoosh!
Deidara swooped down towards the Allied Shinobi Forces below. "If I can't handle the two of you, surely I can handle this bunch of trash?"
He tossed a handful of small spiders from the air.
Tremble, fear, be afraid, drink in my art!
Boom boom boom...
For the ninjas who were still fighting with Kunai, this wave of air-dropped bombs took dozens of them down on the spot.
"It's not over yet? Detonate the bomb, drink!"
A spherical bomb suitable for medium to close range throwing, with a fast attack speed, like Shuriken or Kunai, it dives low and explodes wherever it flies.
" Lava Release: Lava Release: Quicklime Congealing Technique "
Kurotsuchi caught up, spewing out grayish-white concrete from its mouth in an attempt to capture Deidara and his giant white dove.
However, Deidara always managed to easily evade the white dove's agile movements.
Looking at the horribly destroyed ninja force below, Ōnoki frowned deeply. "We can't let Deidara cause any more trouble."
The jungle was eerily quiet now, after the earlier shouts of battle.
" Earth Release ·Tuliuyu"
The earth-attribute version of the Senbon Rain Technique that he spews from his mouth has an extremely large attack range, making it virtually impossible to dodge.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The giant white dove, its mount, was instantly riddled with quills and plummeted to the ground.
Sizzle... Sizzle
Several Lightning Release ninjas were already poised to strike. The Allied Forces had shared information about Deidara, and they knew they could subdue him with Lightning Release.
"Was the intelligence leaked? Damn it, don't underestimate me."
Just before hitting the ground, Deidara leaped and plunged headfirst into the earth, creating a hole and disappearing from sight.
Kurotsuchi hurriedly said, "It's the Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique! Quickly use Lightning Release!"
Lightning Release: Earth Flow.
The current traveled downwards along the ground, but whether it hit anything is hard to say.
Ōnoki flew over, glanced down at the hole in the ground, and said, "It's too late. Kurotsuchi, you fly up and track it. I'll go see what's going on over there."
"Okay, Grandpa."
When Ōnoki arrived in the jungle, he saw severed limbs and blood splattered, soaking the leaves.
A red-haired boy was tidying up the puppets nearby.
"So you're Sasori, the genius puppeteer of Sunagakure?"
"You found us so quickly, did you kill Deidara?"
Sasori stopped what he was doing. The Third Tsuchikage was old, but his fighting strength was by no means weak.
Ordinary puppets won't work, just use my latest creation.
He took out a scroll from his back and unfolded it in his hand; the character 'half' was written on it.
Thud...
A puff of white smoke flashed by, and Hanzo's Human Puppet stood suspended in Hanzō, connected to Sasori's hand via Chakra Threads.
"This is..."
Ōnoki's eyes widened suddenly, and the face seemed increasingly familiar. He quickly retreated.
" Hanzō was actually killed? How is that possible? In the Land of Rain, who could possibly kill him?"
Hanzō's mask had been removed, and he had been transformed into Human Puppet. His stiff face still retained its original appearance, with the scar on his right cheek standing out prominently.
Clang!~
The Human Puppet's arms spread out, each revealing a sharp scythe coated with venom, resembling the two arm blades of a mantis.
"Come on, old man, this is my latest work."
"Kid, you're pretty arrogant."
Ōnoki clasped his hands together and projected a white cube from his palms, which enveloped Sasori and his puppet.
Dust Release: Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique
Wherever the white light enveloped, everything turned to dust, matter was broken down into atoms, and the surrounding trees and rocks all disappeared.
A chilling aura came from behind him, Ōnoki didn't hesitate to throw a punch behind him.
Swordsmanship: Combined Slash
Earth Release: Rock Fist Technique
The scythe was blocked by Ōnoki's Rock Fist, Human Puppet's mouth suddenly opened, spewing out a Senbon poison needles.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
At such close range, Ōnoki had no chance to dodge and was covered in thorns, instantly turning into a pile of yellow mud—it was Rock Clone.
"Hmm?" The scorpion's main body realized something was wrong and a rope shot out from its abdomen.
The rope's tip was incredibly sharp, embedding itself in the trunk of a nearby large tree, using the force to propel the person off the ground.
boom...
The spot where he stood just now seemed to have collapsed under immense pressure; Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique.
"Did they hide underground?"
The ground churned, slowly coalescing into a rock giant. Ōnoki stood atop the rock giant's head, hands behind his back, looking at Scorpion standing on the tree trunk, feeling extremely troubled.
"This guy has also transformed himself into a puppet; his entire body is covered in poison, so he can't be approached easily."
Click... click
The Hanzo puppet's arms deflected dozens of armor plates, runes lit up, and countless small hands were summoned.
" Thousand Hands Manipulation "
A slender arm descended from the sky, attacking relentlessly. The rock giant raised its arm to block, but the small hand's attacks failed to break through its defenses; instead, many of its arms shattered.
"Scatter"
Clang clang clang...
The remaining hundreds of arms, like bamboo shoots, filled the space. Sasori Hand Seals with one hand: " Fire Release: Explosive Flame Formation "
Countless Explosive Tag emerged from the puppet's arms, rapidly spreading downwards along its forearms.
Ōnoki glanced at the array of Explosive Tag surrounding them; even the rock giant would be blasted to pieces by this continuous, three-dimensional explosion.
"You've got some skills, Dust Release Dust Release: Detachment of the Primitive World Technique."
Boom boom boom...
Before the violent explosion could spread, it was enveloped and swallowed by the white cube.
Seeing this, Sasori twitched his fingers and took down the Water Release scroll from his back. After the white light dissipated, he immediately activated High-Pressure Water Release and cut over.
Pfft!!
The rock giant's two arms were severed by the waterline, and Ōnoki hurriedly took flight. Despite his age and frequent complaints of back pain, he was actually exceptionally agile.
Like a fly hovering and buzzing, no matter how the two high-pressure water lines try to intercept it, they always miss by just a little bit.
"The old man's pretty good, let's try this."
Without hesitation, Sasori switched to the Fire Release scroll ' Flame Prison Formation '. The steel pipe in his palm no longer spewed out high-pressure water jets, but high-temperature flames with a larger attack area.
"They have quite a few tricks up their sleeves; they're really going to kill me."
Ōnoki dared not show off his flying skills again and hurriedly climbed to avoid being roasted. Suddenly, he felt dizzy and almost fell out of the air.
"My body feels a little numb. Is there something poisonous in the air?"
My vision blurred, and looking down, I saw the half-Zang puppet standing behind the scorpion with its mouth slightly open, constantly exhaling pale purple poisonous smoke.
"I never expected that I, an old man, would actually... this bastard!"