Chapter 103: The Battle for the Hidden Sand Village's Top Puppet Master!
At the same time, a massive amount of sand began to gather around Gaara.
"Shield of Sky Sand!"
This Ninjutsu consumes a significant amount of Chakra to create a giant sand wall to block aerial attacks; its hardness is such that even Deidara's C3 Number 18, which can destroy the Hidden Sand Village, cannot break it.
In the next second, Gaara controlled the surrounding sand to form an indestructible Shield of Sky Sand, blocking all those lethal C3 Bombs.
Boom!
Rumble!
For a time, the sounds of explosions and impacts echoed one after another, and the entire scene was exceptionally intense.
"Gaara!"
Temari looked at the scene in the sky with worry.
She knew well that using this move would consume an enormous amount of Gaara's Chakra.
After the smoke cleared, Gaara's figure appeared before everyone.
Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, secretly cheering for Gaara and believing that victory was within reach.
However, no one expected the situation to take a sudden, shocking turn.
Just as everyone was joyfully expecting Gaara to defeat Deidara in one go, an accident occurred.
With a loud bang, the once indestructible Shield of Sky Sand was instantly blown to pieces. Gaara himself suffered a heavy blow, being blasted dozens of meters away and crashing heavily onto the ground.
"What happened?!"
Temari's face instantly turned pale!
Didn't Gaara block all those bombs? Why did a bomb still manage to injure him!
Not just Temari,
even the other Hidden Sand Village Ninjas couldn't tell what had happened.
Why was Gaara suddenly injured!
"Heh, you almost blocked it!"
Deidara glanced at the fallen Gaara and finally smiled.
It turned out that as early as when his arm was torn off, Deidara had secretly mixed explosive clay into that sand.
Because Gaara had to use all his strength to protect the Village, he had to mobilize a vast amount of sand to fend off the enemy's assault.
As a result, the sand he used for defense naturally became mixed with quite a bit of sand containing explosive clay.
In the end, this hidden explosive clay directly caused Gaara to be injured by the blast!
"Gaara!!"
Seeing this, Temari was so nervous that her heart was in her throat.
"Wind Release: Great Sickle Weasel!"
Seeing Deidara intending to take Gaara away, Temari immediately stepped forward to stop him.
But her strength was too far below Deidara's.
It was impossible for her to save Gaara.
"What's going on!"
At that moment, Kankuro finally arrived.
He had been in the underground research lab and hadn't noticed the commotion outside.
Kankuro only came out after the final massive explosion.
"Gaara has been captured!"
Temari said, pointing in Deidara's direction.
"Kankuro, you go after him! I'll go to Konoha for reinforcements!"
Just then, the massive sand wall above everyone slowly moved outside the Village.
Even in his heavily injured state, Gaara didn't forget to protect the Hidden Sand Village.
"Gaara!"
Seeing this, Temari was completely moved to tears.
But she didn't forget to go to Konoha to seek reinforcements!
After receiving Temari's order, Kankuro immediately gave chase with his puppets.
He truly believed he could handle an enemy of this caliber.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the village entrance.
Sasori watched as the sounds of explosions in the Hidden Sand Village gradually faded, knowing Deidara's mission was complete.
"I really underestimated this guy!"
Sasori said indifferently.
"Big brother Sasori, hurry up!"
Deidara called out to Sasori from atop the clay bird.
The two then left the Hidden Sand Village on the bird.
Only the Hidden Sand Ninjas remained on the ground, relentlessly pursuing them.
"It looks like you're in a bit of a sorry state!"
After getting on, Sasori glanced at Deidara.
He had lost an entire arm.
"This doesn't affect anything; I just didn't expect that guy to be so strong!"
Deidara spoke with an air of indifference.
He could just reattach a new hand later anyway.
The two flew through the sky while the Sand Ninjas on the ground pursued them relentlessly.
Because of Deidara's Chakra consumption, their speed wasn't particularly fast.
"Stop at that place ahead."
Sasori said calmly.
Since these people were so ungrateful, he would give them a lesson.
On the ground, Kankuro was truly anxious.
He chased all the way, not even daring to rest.
Thanks to his familiarity with the environment... he finally intercepted Sasori and Deidara.
"To think you could keep up with the speed of the giant bird!"
Sasori watched Kankuro quietly.
"I remember now, doesn't this Jinchuriki have a few siblings? Was his name Kankuro or Kanshiro? I can't quite remember!"
He recognized Kankuro not because of his looks.
But because he heard one of Gaara's siblings was a puppet user.
When it came to puppets, Sasori was the ultimate authority!
It was a good chance to see for himself today.
But what Sasori didn't expect was that his attitude would enrage Kankuro.
"Put Gaara down!"
Kankuro pulled out his three puppets to surround the opponent.
Karasu (Attack Puppet), Kuroari (Capture Puppet), and Sanshouuo (Defense Puppet).
Sasori looked at these three puppets thoughtfully.
Why did they feel a bit familiar?
It seemed like they were toys he had made when he was three years old.
Probably, Sasori couldn't remember clearly either.
Because these puppets were too low-level, Sasori's impression of them was a bit fuzzy.
Would you remember your toys from when you were three?
"Go, Karasu!"
Seeing this, Kankuro immediately controlled Karasu, intending to snatch Gaara back from Deidara's hands!
"Hiruko: Back Tail Stinger!"
In the next second, a steel scorpion tail extended from the demon-face opening on the back of Sasori's hiruko, slamming Karasu heavily to the ground with a flick.
"I told you, your opponent is me!"
Sasori said expressionlessly.
At the same time, the steel scorpion tail behind him kept extending.
"And you, don't just stand there watching like an idiot. Leave quickly, don't get in the way!"
Sasori said to Deidara in the sky.
At this point, Deidara had lost too many clay bombs and too much Chakra; he needed to go back and replenish.
"Then I'll be going first, Big Brother Sasori!"
Deidara didn't hesitate and left on the bird.
Kankuro wanted to stop him, but was struck hard by the tail behind hiruko.
As a result, Kankuro could only watch helplessly as Deidara took Gaara away.
"It seems I have to quickly finish off this guy before I can give chase!"
Kankuro, perhaps caught in a Genjutsu or something, actually thought about finishing Sasori off quickly.
How laughable!
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