" Nanako, focus all your attention on sensing the underground to the east! Let me know immediately if anyone is there! I'm sensing the west!"
Didaze spoke to Nanako Uzumaki beside him.
This little one has incredibly strong perception; even Didaze isn't much better Nanako.
"Yes!"
Although Nanako Uzumaki didn't quite understand why they were doing this, she still focused all her senses on sensing.
Meanwhile, Kakuzu was roaming the land.
A dozen minutes later
"Teacher, there's an unidentified creature moving forward underground to the east!"
Nanako suddenly opened her eyes and said to Didaze!
"Good!"
" Explosive Clay: Giant Bird!"
" Shadow Clone Technique!"
"You three hurry up there, the upcoming battle might affect you!"
Didaze had his Shadow Clone control the Giant Bird, carrying the three little ones to an altitude of ten thousand meters.
" Kakuzu..."
Didaze's eyes flashed with a fierce killing intent.
"This is... Didaze's aura?"
Didaze sensed Kakuzu, and consequently, Kakuzu also sensed Didaze.
"Hmph, I'm hundreds of meters underground, what can Didaze do to me?"
Kakuzu was initially somewhat afraid of Didaze, is now completely unafraid and even somewhat disdainful of him.
" Saiken, channel your Chakra into it!"
After creating a prototype of Number 18, Didaze instructed Saiken to inject Chakra into it.
"Clear!"
A mature female voice rang out, and then a large amount of Six-Tails Chakra was injected into the prototype of Android Number 18!
" C3: Enhanced Form: Strong Acid Number 18!"
This is a brand new Clay Bomb formed by Number 18 absorbing a large amount of Saiken's Chakra!
It retains the original explosive power while adding strong acid, making it significantly more powerful than the original Number 18!
" Clay Giant Bird!"
Didaze sculpted Clay Giant Bird, which then quickly took to the air!
"Burst!"
After taking off, Didaze immediately launched Strong Acid Number 18!
"Boom! Zzzzz!"
A tremendous roar resounded, followed by a sickening corrosive sound.
Almost instantly, the land turned into a deep crater!
Meanwhile, Kakuzu sensed this deadly threat and hurriedly channeled a large amount of Chakra into the deeper underground!
Although venturing deeper underground would be extremely taxing for Kakuzu, he would likely die here if he didn't go in.
"How did his strength increase so much!"
Kakuzu was horrified.
How much time has passed?
"It didn't explode!"
Didaze stared intently down below, his expression somewhat grave.
"Never mind, I was originally planning to use this as a trump card."
Didaze began rapidly sculpting clay.
However, unlike other clay sculptures, this one is extremely dense!
They even used ten times the amount of clay to create a Clay Bomb!
The Clay Bomb was quickly shaped into a simple sphere.
But this seemingly ordinary round ball weighs nearly ten pounds when held in your hand!
" Clay Bomb: Heavy Explosive Bomb!"
Didaze tossed the ball in his hand to get a feel for it before hurling it directly towards Kakuzu!
A tremendous light appeared.
underground
"Ah!!!"
At that moment, Kakuzu was underground, suddenly felt himself enveloped by a vast expanse of light; the previously dim underground suddenly became incredibly bright!
"Is... is this even possible for a human to achieve...?"
The three little ones stared blankly at the huge white light emanating from the ground, somewhat bewildered.
"Phew... Heavy Explosive Bomb are really tiring."
Didaze was also a little tired after finishing with the Heavy Explosive Bomb.
This thing is far more powerful than Number 18, but it has one major drawback.
That means it consumes a lot of Chakra.
If it were the previous Didaze, even using all of his Chakra wouldn't have been enough to deal with this Heavy Explosive Bomb.
However, because of the Six-Tails, the Heavy Explosive Bomb now consumes about 20% of Chakra to be used.
Didaze rode the Clay Giant Bird and swooped down, sensing Kakuzu's presence, and flew towards that place!
"Uh... ah..."
At this moment, a Earth Grudge Fear arose from Kakuzu's body.
After one Earth Grudge Fear emerged, another one followed in Earth Grudge Fear succession.
Soon, two Earth Grudge Fear emerged from Kakuzu's body.
Because the Heavy Explosive Bomb bomb causes continuous damage, it's not something that Kakuzu can survive with Kakuzu one Earth Grudge Fear.
Kakuzu was lucky; he survived using only two Earth Grudge Fear.
But his luck wasn't very good either, because his earth-elemental heart came out.
" Kakuzu, I spared your life last time, and you still dare to come to Iwagakure to seek death this time!"
After Didaze came down, he saw Kakuzu on the ground.
" Explosive Clay: Two-Winged Bird!"
Didaze conjured Two-Winged Bird to distract Kakuzu, buying himself time to create other bombs!
" Earth Grudge Fear: Water!"
Kakuzu quickly Earth Grudge Fear to block it, and then opened a scroll!
The scroll was opened, and inside was a heart!
This heart belongs to the other member of the stealth duo.
Kakuzu brought him along in case of unforeseen circumstances, and now it seems things have come to this.
Kakuzu quickly stuffed his heart back into his body!
"His approachability has decreased significantly..."
Kakuzu's heart tightened.
The best heart is one that is already in place; that's why Kakuzu doesn't store his own heart.
However, these two people's hearts were so good that even Kakuzu, who never stored hearts, had to store them.
Earth Release: Hiding Like a Mole Technique!
Kakuzu was too afraid to fight Didaze now and quickly burrowed into the ground again to escape!
This time, Chakra Kakuzu all his chakra to escape at his fastest speed!
" Explosive Clay: Giant Bird!"
Seeing Kakuzu fleeing at high speed, Didaze quickly threw the Clay Giant Bird he was riding in the direction Kakuzu was running!
"Well..."
Kakuzu felt himself being attacked again, but luckily, this time he was hit by a wind-attribute Earth Grudge Fear.
Kakuzu didn't dare look back, and fled as fast as he could, taking the damage!
"This old bastard isn't fighting me this time..."
Didaze could only watch helplessly Kakuzu escaped, since it was no longer an easy task for him to pursue.
The Clay Bomb has a wind-up animation before it can be created, and Kakuzu is running away at top speed, the Clay Bomb that can break through the ground won't have time to be created.
"Never mind..."
Didaze watched Kakuzu flee without looking back, knowing that he had left a deep impression of fear in Kakuzu's heart, and that Kakuzu would probably not dare to provoke him again.
And just as Didaze had predicted, Kakuzu was now utterly terrified of Didaze.
He didn't know why Didaze had become so much stronger so quickly, but he knew he was lucky to escape this time; the next time they met, it might be different.
Kakuzu is now terrified of Didaze.
Didaze's growth rate has exceeded his expectations.