Chapter 166 Deidara Arrives
"I am...Pain, the god of the new world!" The six puppets surrounded Han completely.
At this moment, King Mu also noticed the eyes of the newcomers through Han's perspective.
"These are...the old man's eyes! Not good! Han, run!" King Mu shouted a warning.
"Run?" Han was stunned. In his memory, his Tailed Beast companions had never been so panicked.
"Although I don't know how he obtained this power, these eyes are definitely not something we can contend with!" King Mu said, "So, run!" "
Is that so? But I feel like we can't escape." Han looked at the six people who had surrounded him and said with a bitter smile.
"Does your Akatsuki organization really have to be enemies with Hidden Stone Village? How much commission did Takigakure give you? Hidden Stone Village can offer more." Completely blocked from retreat, Han could only try to negotiate.
"How arrogant you are! You great nations have never cared about the lives of people from small countries, have you?" Pain said coldly, slowly raising his hand. "Feel the pain of small nations, Shinra Tensei!"
"Wait!" Han shouted, but a tremendous repulsive force followed, followed by a series of explosions.
Yamanaka Inoichi, hiding in a cave, sensed the commotion and his face grew increasingly terrified. Nara Shikaku panicked at his expression; what had his old comrade seen?
The explosions gradually subsided. In Yamanaka Inoichi's perception, the chakra fluctuations of the Hidden Stone Village Jinchuriki were disappearing at an incredible speed, along with his life force. The smoke from the explosions slowly dissipated
, and the orange-haired youth at the head of the group, carrying the nearly dead Han in one hand, turned to look in the direction of the cave where the Konoha group was hiding.
In that instant, Yamanaka Inoichi broke out in a cold sweat. For a fleeting moment, he felt as if his ancestors were waving at him.
Fortunately, they merely nodded in their direction before turning and leaving with the Five-Tails' Jinchuriki.
Inside the cave, Yamanaka Inoichi breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed to the ground. Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Asuma quickly helped him up.
"What did you see?" Shikaku asked hastily after helping him up.
"Six people, and they took down the Five-Tails' Jinchuriki in just three minutes," Yamanaka Inoichi said, wiping the sweat from his brow. "Each of those six people possessed an aura no weaker than a Tailed Beast."
"Six people?" Nara Shikaku asked, his face showing disbelief. He took a deep breath and asked, "Are you sure they only took three minutes to defeat the Hidden Stone Village Jinchuriki?"
"That's right," Yamanaka Inoichi replied. "And they even discovered my presence at the end, thankfully they meant us no harm." "
Defeating a Jinchuriki in three minutes, even if there were six of them, that's no less powerful than the Hokage," Nara Shikaku pondered. "Even the Hokage, without using the Mangekyou Sharingan's genjutsu, would have to put in considerable effort to defeat a perfect Jinchuriki."
"That's true, even I know the Hokage doesn't know genjutsu, he definitely couldn't have defeated a Jinchuriki so quickly," Asuma said at this moment.
As Asuma's words fell, all eyes in the cave turned to him.
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Everyone, including Sarutobi Yuki, looked at each other speechlessly. Asuma scratched his head, unsure of what those looks meant.
"Um, young master Asuma, please don't say that in front of the Hokage again," Sarutobi Yuki said, organizing his thoughts before speaking to his young master.
"Of course I won't say that in front of him, I'm not stupid," Asuma said nonchalantly.
"Enough of this nonsense, let's think about who those six people are," Yamanaka Inoichi said.
"If I'm not mistaken, those six people should all be from Akatsuki," Nara Shikaku analyzed. "Right now, besides us, there are three other forces on this battlefield: Hidden Stone Village, Takigakure, and Akatsuki. And among them, only they have the ability to use Hidden Stone Village's Jinchuriki."
After Shikaku finished speaking, Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza's expressions also became serious.
"Uh, why does everyone look like that?" Asuma asked, somewhat puzzled. "Isn't Akatsuki our ally?"
"They are allies, that's true." Yamanaka Inoichi, hearing this, was also somewhat helpless and could only patiently explain to the young master of the Sarutobi family, "However, you've heard about Akatsuki's achievements recently. Their 'Angel' and that 'Undead' on the front lines are completely comparable to the weaker Kage among the Five Great Nations. And now, they actually have six more even stronger members. This is not good news for us. After all, they are mercenaries, and no one can guarantee that they won't become our enemies next time."
"This... then what should we do?" After Yamanaka Inoichi's explanation, Asuma understood the seriousness of the matter and turned to Shikaku to ask.
"This matter is no longer something we can decide. We should go back first and explain the situation to the Hokage as soon as possible so that he can make the decision," Nara Shikaku said.
"Everyone, pack up. We're heading back to Konoha. Be extremely careful along the way. Don't let anyone discover our tracks. Understand?" Shikaku instructed.
"Yes!"
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The news of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki's disappearance quickly reached the Earth Shadow's office.
Upon receiving this news, Onoki instinctively suspected that Uchiha Touhuan was behind it. After all, apart from the Mangekyou Sharingan, no one in the ninja world could render a Jinchuriki incapable of fighting in such a short time. The fact that the village ninjas found no trace of the Tailed Beast transformation when searching along Han's route further confirmed this.
However, before he could even take the initiative to video call Uchiha Touhuan to question him about this matter, the Akatsuki organization at the front line announced that they were responsible for the incident.
"What exactly is the Akatsuki organization trying to do!" Onoki slammed his fist on the table. "Do they want to drag the Land of Rain into this war?"
"Get Hanzo to me. I want to ask them what their plans are!"
After Onoki issued the order, it took a long time for the person in charge to report back: "Lord Earth Shadow, we have sent many calls to Amegakure, but they have not responded."
Onoki slammed his fist on the table, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the urge to go to war with the Land of Rain. The Land of Waterfall alone was already giving him a headache, but at least he could still maintain the initiative in the war. However, if he rashly declared war on the Land of Rain, the course of the war would be completely out of the Land of Earth's control.
"Send someone to contact the Akatsuki and ask them what conditions they want for him to release him. Also, bring Roshi back to me. The Akatsuki have their eyes on our Jinchuriki, so we can't let him continue to roam around outside."
"Oh no! Earth Shadow-sama!" Before Onoki could finish speaking, there was a sudden commotion outside the door.
Onoki looked closely and saw that it was the man he had sent to keep an eye on Deidara. Could it be that Deidara had blown up somewhere in the village again?
"Oh no, Earth Shadow-sama, that kid Deidara disappeared early this morning, and then we found this in his house." The Jonin hurriedly handed a note to Onoki.
After taking the note, Onoki only glanced at it before his blood pressure started to rise uncontrollably.
[Old man, I'm going to pursue true art. Don't look for me unless it's important!]
"Does this brat know what he's doing?" Onoki shouted excitedly, but due to his excitement, he strained his back when he stood up.
Seeing this, the others in the Earth Shadow's office rushed forward to support their leader.
Once Onoki had recovered, one of them asked, "Earth Shadow-sama, what should we do with this? Should we just label Deidara a rogue ninja?"
"Rogue ninja? That brat isn't even a ninja anymore, what kind of ninja is he rogue for!" Onoki cursed. "Send men to search for that kid's whereabouts, and bring him back as soon as you see him! That kid shouldn't have gone far."
"Yes, sir!" Everyone in the Earth Shadow's office obeyed in unison.
However, Onoki was also overwhelmed by the series of bad news. He seemed to have forgotten that his disciple could fly, and quite fast at that. In the short time it took, he might have already flown beyond the borders of the Land of Earth.
In the sky above the Land of Fire, a large clay bird soared, and on its back, Deidara spread his arms, feeling the wind that represented freedom brushing past him.
"Whoosh!" Deidara cheered. "Little brother, have you missed me? Your big brother is here!"
A day later, the clay bird in the sky landed in a small town near Konoha. After landing, Deidara quickly ate something and continued his journey towards Konoha.
After the Land of Fire moved its capital to Konoha, the village naturally couldn't be completely surrounded by walls like before, leaving only one or two exits. Of course, the old walls weren't demolished either, since the core area, including the Daimyo's palace and the Hokage Building, was inside the old walls. So, Deidara had no trouble moving freely in the outer commercial district. However, when he tried to enter the core area, he was stopped by Kotetsu and Izumo.
"Kid, you can't just go in here. Where are your parents?" Kotetsu asked patiently after stopping Deidara.
"My parents aren't here, but my little brother is inside," Deidara said.
"Your little brother?" Izumo frowned.
"Naruto Uzumaki! Your Fifth Hokage's disciple!" Deidara said casually.
"Naruto's older brother?" Kotetsu looked shocked.
Ever since Naruto officially inherited the Uzumaki clan's name and was taken in as a disciple by Touhuan Uchiha, his true identity had gradually spread throughout Konoha's ninja circles. Now, almost every Chunin-level or higher ninja in Konoha knew that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son.
Although everyone had been keeping this a secret under Kakashi's instructions, they had all spontaneously changed their address for Naruto to "Young Master Naruto."
Now, a boy a few years older than Naruto had come to Konoha, claiming to be Naruto's older brother. More importantly, this kid had blond hair, which made the two begin to suspect that perhaps the Fourth Hokage had made some mistake in his youth?
It has to be said that Deidara's blond hair was indeed very misleading. Seeing this, Kotetsu politely said to Deidara, "Wait here a moment, I'll bring him to you."
"Okay, thank you very much, brother," Deidara said.
Although he was second only to the top dog in Hidden Stone Village, Deidara was very well-behaved after arriving in Konoha. Mainly, he wanted to learn real art from Uchiha Touhuan, so naturally he had to be polite.
However, after entering, Kotetsu didn't go to the Ninja Academy to find Naruto, but went directly to the Hokage Building to report.
"What did you say? A blond guy claiming to be Naruto's older brother is at the entrance of the core area?" Uchiha Touhuan almost spat out the tea he had just drunk when he heard this.
Kotetsu didn't know who Naruto's "big brother" was, but how could he not?
"Bring him to me… never mind, I'll go myself," Uchiha Touhuan said, getting up from his desk and addressing Kotetsu who had come to report. "
This kid's a dangerous element. Don't be fooled by how much fun Uchiha Touhuan had with blowing up Hidden Stone Village back then; now that he's in Konoha, we'd better keep a close watch on him.
" "Hokage-sama, that child?" Kotetsu asked hesitantly.
"Don't overthink it. That child has nothing to do with the Fourth Hokage. He's just a friend Naruto made outside," Uchiha Touhuan replied.
"Yes!" Kotetsu nodded and hurried towards the entrance to the inner circle with Uchiha Touhuan.
Upon arriving at the entrance, Uchiha Touhuan saw Deidara squatting at the gate, listlessly kneading his clay. His heart tightened immediately, and he quickly went up to greet him, "Deidara."
"Hokage-uncle! You're here!" Deidara looked up and saw Uchiha Touhuan, his face instantly lighting up with joy. He greeted Uchiha Touhuan with a bright smile.
"Why are you here all alone? Does your teacher know you're here?" Uchiha Touhuan asked.
"I was so bored in Hidden Stone Village, so I thought I'd come find Naruto. As for whether the old man knows, I think he probably does by now," Deidara said with a grin.
Uchiha Touhuan took a deep breath. He was now experiencing just how troublesome those mischievous kids in the ninja world could be. Your village is at war right now, and you just sneaked out to play by yourself?
(End of Chapter)