"Grandpa, why are you so emotional? I'm already dead anyway, it's okay if you kill me again."
Deidara stood with his hands on his hips, laughing cheerfully.
After dying once, all the Akatsuki members became more relaxed in their attitude, although they were actually already very eccentric from the start.
"Yeah! Big Brother Deidara, weren't you killed by Sasuke?"
"Hush! That was a sacrifice for art. Don't say I was killed, don't just talk nonsense!"
Deidara immediately panicked, hurriedly denying it.
"Kurotsuchi, don't let your guard down! He's not the Deidara you know anymore. He was revived with Edo Tensei, now who knows who's controlling him!"
Onoki grumbled angrily, reminding her in a loud voice.
At first, he didn't realize, but after closer inspection, he found the strangeness.
Clearly, Deidara and the others didn't have the aura of life, and their eyes were different from ordinary humans, clear signs of Edo Tensei.
Back when the Second Hokage was still in power, he had seen this forbidden Edo Tensei technique. He was just too angry, so he didn't recognize it immediately.
"Huh? Really Edo Tensei? Why is his personality still the same as Big Brother Deidara? Doesn't look like he's being controlled?"
Kurotsuchi hesitated, because Deidara's attitude was nothing like someone being controlled.
"Don't be fooled by appearances! This disobedient disciple, look at his explosion just now, killed everyone! Including Akatsuchi who was in the fortress..."
Onoki scolded loudly.
Actually, no matter how many other people Deidara killed, Onoki wouldn't be sad.
Even if he could kill several Kage from other villages in one attack, Onoki would secretly be happy; it could greatly weaken the strength of other villages. But unfortunately, Akatsuchi, who was inside the fortress, seemed to have also evaporated in the explosion.
For Onoki, who greatly valued family, this was a heavy blow and made him very angry.
"Hmm? Akatsuchi was there too? Didn't see him? He likes to stick with grandpa, why not this time? Maybe he also died in my art explosion, what a pity... But grandpa doesn't need to be sad, I'll take you to meet him soon! Who told grandpa to always underestimate my explosion art..."
Deidara had no regrets at all; in certain respects, he was similar to Orochimaru.
Deep down, he desperately wanted recognition from his teacher but was also aware of how unlikely it was.
So the only way was to defeat his teacher with his own jutsu, defeat him fairly! Surpass him!
"Insolent brat, how dare you, do you think you're the strongest in this world? Kurotsuchi, you retreat, I'll be the one to finish off this disobedient disciple!"
Onoki created an earth clone, carrying Kurotsuchi away, ignoring his granddaughter's protests and shouts.
Because Onoki understood very well, the next battle was not Kurotsuchi's level; she would only make him more restrained.
Here, the difference was clear.
Deidara at the age of 12 already had the strength equivalent to a Kage; Sasori killed the Kazekage and fled at the age of 15, also already possessing Kage-level strength...
While Kurotsuchi, who was almost 17, had only reached Jonin level, the difference was huge.
In Konoha, perhaps only Kakashi, who became a Jonin at the age of 12, was more of a genius, a rare talent once every few decades.
No wonder Onoki made Deidara a candidate for Tsuchikage and trained him seriously. Unfortunately, he only focused on educating his abilities and neglected character and mental education, the bitter fruit Onoki was now tasting.
A well-raised disciple was actually lured into Akatsuki, more annoying than a daughter running away with someone!
Deidara didn't stop Kurotsuchi's escape; after all, his junior apprentice wasn't his target.
He only wanted to defeat Onoki, to prove his art was superior.
Saying that, Deidara put another lump of clay into the mouth on his chest, starting to gather energy for C0 again.
With the immortal Edo Tensei body, he certainly had to take advantage of the unlimited explosion. He didn't believe Onoki could withstand his 'Infinite Explosion Jutsu'!
But he had just begun to gather energy when Onoki had already completed the seals for Dust Release.
A few seconds later, Dust Release was ready first, directly engulfing Deidara, disintegrating Deidara, who was still gathering energy, into molecules!
"Damn..."
Deidara disintegrated in confusion; this was the first time he had been hit by Dust Release completely.
Back when he was alive, no one dared to take Dust Release with their bare body.
Soon after, Deidara recovered again thanks to the nature of Edo Tensei, 'coming back to life'.
Without Edo Tensei, he might have been completely dead this time.
Although C0 was strong, its energy gathering time was slower than Dust Release, a fatal weakness in the face of Dust Release...
"Hmph! To be able to recover even after being disintegrated by Dust Release? That forbidden technique created by the Second Hokage is truly outrageous!"
"Deidara, without Edo Tensei you would be dead! Keep yelling about art, you still can't win against my Dust Release. Give up! You disobedient disciple..."
Onoki criticized while boasting.
Clearly, Dust Release was the strongest technique!
"Damn it, damn it! I can beat you even without explosions!"
Deidara was angry; even without C0, his secret techniques like C4 and C3 were not to be trifled with. As long as there was no lightning element suppressing him, he could still defeat this old geezer!
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On the other side, the revived Sasori was also fighting Danzo.
Although most of his puppets were destroyed in the explosion; but just like Deidara, he also kept many spare puppet scrolls in Deidara's clay bird.
Now with the additional puppets, his strength hadn't dropped much.
Although he couldn't quickly defeat Danzo, he could at least hold him off until Izanagi ran out.
Once Danzo's Izanagi was exhausted, he just had to ask Deidara to self-destruct again. Directly finish off this tumor called Danzo!
Meanwhile, Danzo was getting increasingly frustrated; his goal was to escape as quickly as possible, but he was trapped by Sasori.
Sasori now didn't have his top puppets; his strength was only equivalent to an ordinary Kage.
With Izanagi, Danzo should have been able to easily defeat him with a damage-exchange tactic.
But the problem was, his opponent wasn't afraid of death thanks to Edo Tensei either!
Danzo's Wind Release techniques, even if they killed the opponent, the opponent could quickly recover; except for the weakness of sealing techniques, it was almost like an invincible Izanagi. This made it impossible for Danzo to truly defeat Sasori unless he used "Shiki Fujin" or something similar.
Other sealing techniques were difficult to seal Sasori, who was protected by many puppets.
And as they fought, in the distance, Kakuzu, who had already swallowed the Raikage's heart, began to move closer, preparing to join the battle.
Seeing this, Danzo became even more anxious, panicking in his heart.
If one more enemy was added, today would truly be dangerous!
He might even die of exhaustion here!
So Danzo decided to shout at Onoki in the distance:
"Tsuchikage!"
"Hokage, what is it?"
Onoki had also noticed Danzo's arm full of Sharingan; although disgusted and contemptuous, they were now the last allies.
He had to suppress his disgust and cooperate to defeat the enemy first.
"I have a secret technique to seal both of them, I need your help!"
"Oh? What do I need to do?"
"Look over here!"
Onoki reflexively looked at Danzo, directly meeting Danzo's right Mangekyo eye!
The strongest Genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami!