Meeting Again
"Ugh~"
Akamaru collapsed on the ground, reverting to his original form and losing consciousness.
"That Hyuga brat got away, huh." Deidara's expression was displeased.
Those three Konoha Village brats used the Transformation Jutsu to deceive him, which was quite disgusting. He wasted a lot of unnecessary time, especially with that Aburame brat; those bugs ate his reconnaissance spiders, causing him to waste half an hour before finding the culprits.
Perception-type ninjas are such a pain.
"Sasori, my man, we..." Deidara was about to tell his partner to temporarily give up chasing Orochimaru when he heard a whistling sound rapidly approaching from a distance.
He reached out and adjusted the binoculars on his eyes. After clearly seeing who it was, a troublesome expression appeared on his face, and he said, "It's Konoha Village's Lin Ke."
That brat who could easily defeat Sasori, even he would admit that the opponent was on the same level as him. Otherwise, he wouldn't have run away last time.
What's more, Lin Ke is also accompanied by the One-Tail Jinchuriki, which would make things very troublesome if they fought.
"Sasori, my man, let's retreat." He made a calm judgment. Without his Original Body and many puppets, Sasori couldn't help him much in battle. Now that he saw the opponent also possessed the ability of high-speed flight, he wasn't confident he could kill the opponent.
Mainly, there was no need.
Although his personality could be crazy at times, he was extremely calm in battle. It was too difficult to win against Lin Ke, and even if he won, he probably wouldn't be able to kill or take him away.
Moreover, Orochimaru might be nearby. If they really fought, it would be even more annoying to have that disgusting snake take advantage of them.
"No." Sasori stared intently at the approaching Earth Dragon. He had finally found Orochimaru's whereabouts. If he ran away again, who knew if that guy would disappear for several years again.
Maybe this was his only chance. Even if he couldn't get the Original Body and experimental data from Orochimaru, he had to take Lin Ke's Five Elements Sealing.
He wouldn't allow any mistakes in his plan, the chance to completely transform his art—
Absolutely couldn't let it go! "Sasori, my man..." Deidara sensed something was wrong. His partner wasn't usually this crazy. Now, his performance was somewhat similar to his own madness when facing art.
"Roar!"
The wind surged, and the Earth Dragon stopped abruptly. Lin Ke stood on the dragon's head, his arms crossed, the wind blowing his ear-length short hair. He said expressionlessly, "We meet again, Sasori of the Red Sand."
His gaze swept over Inuzuka Kiba and Aburame Shino lying on the ground, and Yuhi Kurenai on the back of the bird.
Not bad, he arrived in time. He hadn't completely wasted the Earth Dragon he had created using a large amount of Chakra. However, having hostages in the opponent's hands was a bit tricky.
But it didn't matter.
Shadows fell from the Earth Dragon one by one, arriving on the ground and wandering in the shadow-filled forest in two-dimensional form.
"Hmm... So you didn't even remember my name?" The mouths in Deidara's palms kept chewing clay, and his expression looked very unhappy.
"Although I really don't want to interrupt you," the figure wrapped in a Venus flytrap popped its head out of the ground, its black and white face both showing a smile, and said, "But you guys should be done playing around, right?"
Deidara, who recklessly blew up the entire Capital of the Land of Rivers, and Sasori, who dragged Deidara around the world chasing Orochimaru.
'Leader' was already very dissatisfied.
The exposure of Akatsuki was secondary, after all, they had long been prepared to stand on the stage. Using the games between the great powers to appear should be pretty good.
But inexplicably chasing Orochimaru, and knowing they couldn't win yet insisting on fighting Lin Ke, was a bit too willful. Akatsuki wasn't an organization with strong constraints, but it wasn't a place where everyone could do whatever they wanted.
That's why it received the order to urge the two to leave.
"Tch!" Deidara made an unhappy sound. He was the one who first thought of retreating, but hearing someone else's order made him feel very unhappy. But he still honestly kneaded out the C2 Dragon.
"Sasori, my man, should we deal with the Konoha Village captives?" he asked.
"Swoosh!" The shadows acted in unison, using the guise of attacking to snatch Yuhi Kurenai from the back of the bird. Immediately afterward, the bird exploded violently.
*"Boom!"*
The shadows rushed forward one after another to block the aftermath of the explosion for Team 8 and the dog, with more than fifty shadows unable to rise again at once.
Sasori, who jumped to a distant tree branch, took off the ring on his hand and threw it to the black and white-faced Zetsu, saying, "You can leave."
"..."
Zetsu seemed a little surprised, caught the ring, and quickly merged into the earth, without any intention of entanglement or persuasion.
Deidara, who had just landed, was stunned. He was going to go to this extent. Even if it meant betraying the organization, he would pursue art. A touched expression appeared on his face, and then he very calmly stepped on the dragon, preparing to run away.
[Internal strife? Strange]
Lin Ke looked at the three people opposite him, and when he saw Sasori throw out the ring, he felt more and more that the plot had changed.
I have to try to find Hermit Purple when I get back to see what Orochimaru is up to. He seriously suspected that the source of such a drastic change in the plot was Orochimaru.
"Don't die, Sasori-dono." Deidara offered his heartfelt blessing, forming hand seals as the C2 Dragon spat out a smaller flying dragon, rushing towards the Earth Dragon at top speed. He roared, "*Katsu!*"
"*Boom!*" After the huge explosion and dust settled, Rashomon was gradually revealed, unscathed.
"Creak..."
Uchiha Fugaku was the first to walk out, followed by the expressionless workaholic Maki.
As the explosion began, Deidara had already ridden the C2 Dragon into the high sky.
Lin Ke glanced at the departing Deidara, not intending to chase after him. Although that guy could be dealt with, the self-destruction power of C0 was quite considerable. Under that kind of all-round explosion, he couldn't protect the lives of his companions and subordinates.
His purpose in coming here was just to rescue his companions. He could deal with the Akatsuki another day.
Moreover, with Zetsu's appearance, Obito might also be lurking somewhere nearby, peeping. It would be really troublesome to try to keep them here.
It would be better to concentrate on dealing with Sasori. This time, with the Byakugan and the Sharingan, there was no way that core-switching ability had no weaknesses.
Capture or kill Sasori of the Red Sand...
"Looks like it's just you left." Lin Ke said condescendingly. He didn't plan to take action himself. Even if the shadows had lost about half of their numbers, there was still another half that could continue to fight.
To besiege a Puppet Master who had lost a large number of puppets, if he still needed to charge into battle himself like last time, wouldn't it be a waste of all the little brothers he had developed?
The three subordinates each guarded a direction. Uchiha Fugaku opened his Three Tomoe Sharingan, and Maki was also ready for battle.
"Bang!"
Sasori tore off the Black and Red Cloud Robe on his body, revealing a body full of mechanisms. He opened the scrolls in both hands, and the only Human Puppets he had left that could be used for battle were summoned, puppet strings spreading from the cavity in his chest.
I need to find a way to get close to him to get that Seal...
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