Chapter 32

Naruto is looking for a solution towards Kakashi, who has been chasing Deidara for a while but seems helpless at the moment due to his flying abilities.

"I have a plan, Naruto, stay calm and wait for an opportunity now!".

Kakashi wrapped his hand around his left eye, reassuring Naruto that all his hopes were pinned on this eye.

"There's only one last clay left, I should follow Sasori's advice and bring more clay!"

Deidara put his hand in the ninja pouch, but a troubled look appeared on his face when he saw the amount of clay left.

"It's time to retreat. "

After making his decision, Deidara lowered the height of the bird and changed the direction of flight, flying towards the forest on the right side of the canyon.

"Now is the time!".

"Kage Bunshin no Justu!!".

Seeing Deidara lower in height, Kakashi shouted at Naruto, who hurriedly made a handprint, smoke rose from around him, and countless Naruto appeared.

"Kamui!!".

"Huh?".

Kakashi didn't waste any time either, his hand wrapped around his left eye, and the pattern in his eye changed.

"What is this?".

Poof!!

"Ahhh!!

After Deidara lowered his height, he suddenly frowned, and a bad premonition welled up in his heart, but before he could do anything, the space around his left arm opened.

Before Deidara could figure out what was going on, a heart-rending pain struck, his left hand exploded, blood splattered, and his screams echoed.

"Go for it!!".

However, this was not the end, Naruto's doppelganger grabbed the real Naruto and threw him in the direction of the falling Deidara.

Whoosh!!

"Rasengan!!".

Boom!!

Naruto whizzed through the air and flew towards the falling Deidara on his clay bird's back, and the angry cry fell into his ears, Naruto appeared in front of him with a blue orb in his hand.

"Ahhh!"

The Rasengan smashed into Deidara's stomach, and he screamed again and felt the sharp pain, blood gushed out of his mouth, and a spiral pattern appeared on his stomach.

Whoosh!!

Deidara shot down from the bird's back at an alarming speed towards the forest below.

"I have Gaara!!".

Naruto didn't care about the falling Deidara and hurriedly caught Gaara from the bird's claws.

Naruto hugged Gaara, jumped off the bird's back, and soon landed on the branch of a tree.

"Naruto, we don't have time, come with me, we have to catch him!".

Naruto wanted to check on Gaara, but Kakashi approached him and reminded him that he couldn't let Deidara escape.

"But .....".

"Hehe, you're looking for me, I won't go back unless I kill you two!".

Naruto wanted to argue, but his words were interrupted, and a voice fell into the ears of Kakashi and Naruto, and Deidara, who had lost his left arm, oozed blood from his mouth and a spiral pattern appeared in front of them.

"He can still move!".

Kakashi was shocked to see Deidara, his injuries should have incapacitated him a long time ago, how could he still walk.

"Let me show you the real art, C3 !!".

Deidara didn't care about Kakashi's shocked expression, and immediately took out the remaining white clay from the ninja pouch and immediately took a bite.

Deidara spat out white clay, and it quickly gathered to form a huge white statue twenty meters tall and equally wide, with white arms.

"Haha, Katsu!!".

Whoosh!!

Deidara immediately made a handsign, and the statue spread its arms and rushed towards Kakashi and Naruto.

"My chakra...!".

Kakashi silently looked at the white statue, his chakra was no longer enough to use Kamui again, and he could only watch as the statue made of bombs approached them.

Naruto was busy taking care of Gaara, and it was too late to attack.

Buzz.

Whoosh!!

Seeing Naruto and Kakashi's helpless appearance, Deidara laughed and made a handprint to detonate the dragon, but at that moment, a popping sound rang out.

There was a slicing sound, and purple and green energy suddenly enveloped the dragon, slicing it neatly through the middle, stopping it from exploding.

"Impossible!!".

Buzz.

"You!!".

Seeing his statue being cut in half but not exploding, Deidara shouted, refusing to believe it, but a purple light flashed in front of Deidara, and the next moment, he found himself lifted, one hand around his neck, yellow eagle-like eyes meeting him.

"Let go... I!!".

In the dense woods, Deidara's cry of pain shattered the silence, and he could no longer remain calm in the face of those eagle-like eyes.

The grip on his neck was like a pincer, and he had no doubt that his opponent only needed a slight squeeze for his neck to be crushed.

"Shingen!".

Naruto and Kakashi finally came to their senses and shouted in surprise as they looked at the figure who held Deidara in the air like they were holding a rag doll.

Whoosh!!

"Shingen, about…"

"Kakashi-sensei!".

They hurried closer to Shingen, and just as Kakashi was about to ask about Sakura, a shout interrupted him, and some figures flickered through the trees. It was Sakura and Chiyo, who returned to the battlefield after delivering the final blow to the badly wounded Sasori.

But this was just the beginning, following Sakura and the others, four more figures arrived on the battlefield, and it was Guy's team.