Chapter 164: Deidara's Arrival
Chapter 164: Deidara's Arrival
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"I am... Pain. God of the new world!" The Six Paths puppets closed in, completely surrounding Han.
At this moment, Mu King also noticed the eyes of the newcomer through Han's perspective.
"These are... the old man's eyes! Not good! Han, run quickly!" Mu King loudly reminded.
"Run?" Han was stunned upon hearing this. In his memory, his Tailed Beast companion had never been so panicked.
"Although I don't know how he obtained this power, these eyes are absolutely not something we can contend with!" Mu King urged. "So, run quickly!"
"Is that so? But why do I feel like we can't escape?" Han looked at the six individuals who had surrounded him and said with a wry smile.
"Must your Akatsuki organization be enemies with our Iwagakure? Whatever commission Takigakure gave you, our Iwagakure can offer a higher price," Han, his escape route completely blocked, could only attempt to negotiate.
"How arrogant you are. You major powers have never treated the lives of people from small countries as anything significant, have you," Pain said, his face cold, slowly raising his hand. "Experience the pain of small countries! Shinra Tensei!"
"Wait!" Han roared, but an immense repulsive force struck him, immediately followed by a series of explosions.
Hiding in the cave, Yamanaka Inoichi, sensing the commotion over here, had an increasingly terrified expression on his face. His expression made Nara Shikaku also panic. What on earth had his old comrade seen?
The sound of explosions gradually subsided. In Yamanaka Inoichi's perception, the Iwagakure Jinchuriki's chakra fluctuations were diminishing at an incredible rate, and along with it, his life force.
The smoke from the explosions slowly cleared. The orange-haired youth at the head of the group held the barely breathing Han in one hand, then turned to look towards the direction of the cave where the Konoha group was hiding.
In an instant, cold sweat dripped down Yamanaka Inoichi's back. In that brief moment, he felt as if he saw his ancestors waving at him.
Fortunately, the other party merely nodded towards their direction, then turned and left with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki.
Inside the cave, Yamanaka Inoichi, after sighing in relief, collapsed onto the ground. Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Asuma, seeing this, quickly rushed forward to help him up.
"What on earth did you see?" Shikaku asked quickly after helping him up.
"Six people. They dealt with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki in just three minutes," Yamanaka Inoichi said after wiping the sweat from his forehead. "The aura of each of those six individuals was no weaker than a Tailed Beast's."
"Six people?" Hearing this, Nara Shikaku also showed an expression of disbelief. After taking a deep breath, he asked, "Are you sure they dealt with Iwagakure's Jinchuriki in just three minutes?"
"Correct," Yamanaka Inoichi confirmed. "Moreover, the other party eventually discovered my presence. Thankfully, he bore us no ill will."
"To deal with a Jinchuriki in three minutes, even if there were six of them, this strength is not inferior to Lord Hokage's," Nara Shikaku pondered. "Even Lord Hokage, without using the Mangekyou Sharingan's genjutsu, would have to expend considerable effort to deal with a Perfect Jinchuriki."
"What are you saying? Even I know the Hokage can't use genjutsu. He definitely couldn't deal with a Jinchuriki that quickly," Asuma interjected at this point.
As Asuma's words fell, all eyes in the cave converged on him.
Including Sarutobi Yukiya, everyone looked at him with speechless gazes. Asuma scratched his head, not understanding what everyone's looks meant.
"Um, Young Master Asuma, please never say that in front of Lord Hokage in the future," Sarutobi Yukiya organized his words, then said to his clan's young master.
"Of course I wouldn't say that in front of him. I'm not stupid," Asuma said carelessly.
"Let's stop talking about these pointless things and first think about who those six people really are," Yamanaka Inoichi said.
"If I'm not mistaken, those six should all be from Akatsuki," Nara Shikaku analyzed. "On this battlefield currently, besides us, there are three other factions: Iwagakure, Takigakure, and Akatsuki. And among them, the only ones who would attack Iwagakure's Jinchuriki and possess this capability are them."
After Shikaku finished speaking, the expressions of Yamanaka Inoichi and Akimichi Choza also turned grave.
"Uh, why does everyone look like that?" Asuma asked, somewhat puzzled. "Isn't Akatsuki our ally?"
"They are allies, yes," Yamanaka Inoichi also sounded somewhat helpless upon hearing this. He could only patiently explain to this young master of the Sarutobi family, "However, you've also heard about Akatsuki's achievements during this period. Their 'Angel' and that 'Undying One' on the front lines both possess strength comparable to the slightly weaker Kage of the Five Great Nations. And now, they actually have six even stronger individuals. This is not good news for us. They are mercenaries, after all. No one can guarantee they won't become our enemies next time."
"This... then what should we do?" Asuma, under Yamanaka Inoichi's explanation, also understood the severity of the matter and turned to ask Shikaku.
"This matter is now beyond our ability to decide. Let's return first. We must report the situation here to Lord Hokage as soon as possible and let Lord Hokage make the decision," Nara Shikaku said.
"All units, pack up! Prepare to return to Konoha! Be extremely cautious along the way; our tracks must not be discovered by anyone! Understand?" Shikaku commanded.
"Yes!"
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The news that the Five-Tails Jinchuriki was missing soon reached the Tsuchikage's office.
Upon receiving this news, Onoki instinctively suspected Uchiha Douhuan was responsible. After all, besides the Mangekyou Sharingan, no one in this ninja world could incapacitate a Jinchuriki in such a short time. And the fact that the village ninjas found no traces of Tailed Beast Transformation along Han's route of movement further confirmed this.
However, before he could proactively make a video call to Uchiha Douhuan to question him about this, Akatsuki on the front lines publicly announced their organization was responsible for this incident.
"What exactly does Akatsuki want!" Onoki slammed the table forcefully. "Do they want the Land of Rain to also get involved in this war?"
"Connect me to Hanzō! I want to ask him properly what exactly their Land of Rain is planning!"
After Onoki's order was issued, a long time passed before the person in charge of this matter reported back: "Lord Tsuchikage, we've sent many call requests to Amegakure, but the other party has not responded at all."
Onoki slammed the table heavily, took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the urge to directly declare war on the Land of Rain. Dealing with just the Land of Waterfall was already giving him a massive headache. At least he still maintained the initiative in the war. But if he rashly declared war on the Land of Rain as well, then the form of the war would be completely out of their Land of Earth's control.
"Send someone to contact Akatsuki. Ask them what conditions they want to release him. Then, call Roshi back for me. Now that Akatsuki has targeted our Jinchuriki, we can't let him continue wandering outside anymore."
"Not good! Lord Tsuchikage!" Before Onoki could finish speaking, a commotion suddenly came from outside the door.
Onoki focused his gaze. Wasn't this the person he had assigned to watch Deidara? Could it be that Deidara had blown up some other part of the village again?
"Not good, Lord Tsuchikage! That kid Deidara disappeared early this morning! Then we found this in his house." The Jounin hurriedly handed a slip of paper to Onoki.
Onoki took the paper. Just one glance, and his blood pressure shot up uncontrollably.
[Old man, I'm off to pursue true art! Don't look for me if it's nothing important!]
"Does that bastard brat know what he's doing?" Onoki roared furiously. But due to being overly agitated, Onoki threw out his back when he tried to stand up.
The others in the Tsuchikage's office, seeing this, quickly rushed forward to support their Tsuchikage.
After Onoki recovered somewhat, one person finally asked, "Lord Tsuchikage, how should this matter be handled? Should we list Deidara as a rogue ninja directly?"
"Rogue ninja? That bastard brat isn't even a proper ninja yet! What kind of ninja is he defecting from!" Onoki cursed. "Send people to search for that kid's tracks! If found, capture him immediately! That kid probably hasn't run far yet."
"Yes!" Everyone in the Tsuchikage's office accepted the order in unison.
However, Onoki was also muddled by the successive bad news. He seemed to have forgotten that this disciple of his could fly, and quite fast at that. By now, he might have already flown out of the Land of Earth's borders.
In the skies above the Land of Fire, a large clay bird soared with flapping wings. On the bird's back, Deidara spread his arms, feeling the wind of freedom brushing past him.
"Woohoo!" Deidara cheered. "Little Bro! Did you miss me! Your Big Bro is here!"
One day later, the clay bird in the sky landed in a small town near Konoha. After landing, Deidara simply ate a quick meal and then continued towards Konoha.
After the Land of Fire relocated its capital to Konoha, Konoha naturally couldn't be completely surrounded by walls like before, leaving only one or two exits. Of course, the previous walls weren't demolished either; after all, the core area containing the Daimyo's palace and the Hokage Building was within the previous walls. Therefore, Deidara had unobstructed passage through the outer commercial district. However, when he tried to enter the core area, he was stopped by Kotetsu Hagane and Izumo Kamizuki.
"Kid, you can't just go in here. Where are your parents?" Kotetsu stopped Deidara and asked patiently.
"My parents aren't here, but my little bro is inside," Deidara said.
"Your little bro?" Izumo Kamizuki frowned.
"Uzumaki Naruto! Your Fifth Hokage's disciple!" Deidara stated casually.
"Young Master Naruto's older brother?" Kotetsu's face showed shock upon hearing this.
Ever since Naruto formally inherited the Uzumaki clan name and was accepted as Uchiha Douhuan's disciple, his true identity had gradually spread among Konoha's ninja circles. Now, basically any ninja at Chuunin level or above in Konoha knew that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son.
Although everyone, under Kakashi's instruction, was keeping this secret well, everyone had spontaneously started addressing Naruto as Young Master Naruto.
And now, a child a few years older than Naruto had arrived in Konoha, claiming to be Naruto's older brother. More importantly, this kid also had a full head of yellow hair. This couldn't help but make the two suspect: could it be that the Fourth Hokage made some mistake in his youth?
It had to be said, Deidara's yellow hair was indeed very misleading. Seeing this, Kotetsu politely said to Deidara, "Wait here for a moment. I'll go bring him to see you."
"Alright, then thank you very much, big brother," Deidara said.
Although back in Iwagakure he acted like he was number two only to heaven, after arriving in Konoha, Deidara was very well-behaved. Mainly because he still wanted to consult Uchiha Douhuan about true art, so naturally, he had to be a bit more polite.
However, after Kotetsu entered the gate, he didn't go to the Ninja Academy to find Naruto but went straight to the Hokage Building to report.
"What did you say? A blonde kid claiming to be Naruto's big brother is at the core district gate?" Uchiha Douhuan, upon hearing this, almost spat out the tea he had just drunk.
Kotetsu didn't know who Naruto's 'good big brother' was, but how could *he* not know?
"Bring him to me... No, forget it, I'll go myself," Uchiha Douhuan stood up from his desk and said to Kotetsu, who had come to report.
This kid was a dangerous element. Don't be fooled by Uchiha Douhuan watching him bomb Iwagakure with amusement back then; now that this kid was in Konoha, he had to be strictly guarded.
"Lord Hokage, that child?" Kotetsu, seeing this, hesitated before speaking.
"Don't overthink it. That child has no relation to the Fourth Hokage. He's just a friend Naruto met outside," Uchiha Douhuan said.
"Yes!" Kotetsu nodded and hurried towards the core district gate with Uchiha Douhuan.
After Uchiha Douhuan reached the core district gate, he saw Deidara squatting at the main entrance, bored and starting to knead his clay. His heart immediately tightened, and he quickly went forward to greet him: "Deidara."
"Hokage Uncle! You're here!" Deidara looked up and saw Uchiha Douhuan, his face instantly lighting up with joy. He greeted Uchiha Douhuan with a radiant smile.
"Why did you come here alone? Does your teacher know you came here?" Uchiha Douhuan asked.
"Isn't it because Iwagakure village was too boring? So I thought of coming to find Little Bro Naruto. As for whether the old man knows, I think he should know by now," Deidara said grinningly.
Uchiha Douhuan took a deep breath; he now also experienced just how much of a headache a naughty child from the ninja world could be when they acted up. Your village is currently at war, and you just sneak out alone to play?
(End of Chapter)
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