Chapter 314: From Kazekage to Rogue Ninja
Even Guren, who prided herself on her Crystal Release being the number one defense in the world, didn't choose to tank it. Instead, she used Earth Release to dig a hole and quickly jumped in.
Genma Shiranui also led the remaining Konoha ninjas to hide in the hole.
The One-Tails and Four-Tails were truly enraged now, recklessly firing their Tailed Beast Bombs at each other.
A work of art that Deidara had been dreaming about for days was freshly baked.
The two super-dense chakra balls collided in mid-air, held for two seconds, and then with a deafening "BANG," the heavens and the earth tore apart!
A javelin-like white pillar of air shot up into the clouds, followed by a shockwave that swept out in all directions from the center of the exploding Tailed Beast Bombs.
The crowd's screams were completely drowned out by the explosion. Countless ninjas who couldn't dodge in time were sent flying by the shockwave. Numerous buildings were toppled like toys.
After the shockwave came billowing thick smoke. The explosion was too violent, and hot waves carrying dust and smoke spread everywhere. The Yang-attribute chakra in the Tailed Beast Bombs had a burning property, and the scarlet flames instantly turned the Sand Village into a sea of fire.
"Whoa! This is also true art! Although it's still a bit inferior to my art, it's already very beautiful! Did you see that, Big Brother Sasori?" Deidara was so excited he was dancing on the back of the clay bird.
Sasori had to push him several times to wake him from his reverie.
"Let me remind you, Pain told us to keep an eye on the jinchuriki. That kid from the Sand Village is about to die now."
Gaara was indeed about to die.
To protect the villagers, at the last moment of the Tailed Beast Bomb explosion, he had seized control of his body, abandoned his own defense, and created countless sand shields to protect the Sand Village ninjas and villagers. But he himself had taken the brunt of the impact from the explosion.
Even for a jinchuriki in Tailed Beast form, taking such a hit head-on without any defense was a bit too much.
Large chunks of sand were falling off Shukaku's body. Normally, he could replenish it, but now his injuries were too severe, and his body was constantly shrinking. Facing the Four-Tails' stormy onslaught, he was struggling to defend himself, on the verge of collapse.
With the Four-Tails' current violent state of mind, once Gaara was defeated, he would be crushed to death.
Deidara, watching from the sidelines, was particularly conflicted. What would happen if Gaara were killed?
Gaara's death itself didn't matter, but if the One-Tails were to be reborn, the Akatsuki would have to wait several more years.
Sasori's joining the Akatsuki was just a diversion in his long life, or at least that's how he saw it.
He had no loyalty to this organization. He was no longer human; besides human puppets, nothing else held any attraction for him.
This kind of turtling was unbearable for Deidara. What he wanted was the attention of the masses, to display his art in front of everyone, not to hide in some place like a turtle for years on end.
"Forget it, I'll save this kid!" After saying this, Deidara felt a strange feeling in his heart, but he still rolled up his sleeves and started making bombs on the spot.
Just as Shukaku was pierced by the Four-Tails' heavy fist and Gaara completely fainted, reverting from his Tailed Beast form, Deidara made his move.
He used the mouths on his palms to eat the explosive clay, then added chakra and spat it out again.
Facing the enraged Four-Tails, his judgment was still extremely precise. He immediately used his ultimate technique.
C4: Karura!
A clay doll that looked very much like himself slowly descended in front of the Four-Tails.
The raging gorilla, without a second thought, tore the crappy thing to shreds. Then, a large number of microscopic clay spiders, invisible to the naked eye, entered the Four-Tails' body through the air. Following Deidara's explosive shout, countless clay spiders detonated inside the Four-Tails.
The dense swarm of clay bombs completely enveloped the Four-Tails. Taking advantage of the red-furred gorilla's continuous retreat, Deidara's giant clay bird swooped in, its two claws grabbing the unconscious Gaara. With a beat of its wings, it flew far away.
When it heavily injured the One-Tails, Shukaku, the Four-Tails itself was also injured. Coupled with the internal explosion Deidara had just played on it, the violence in the Four-Tails' heart quickly subsided, and the jinchuriki Rōshi regained control of his body.
Seeing the ruin-like Sand Village, the wandering monk was stunned. Damn it, what am I doing?
Realizing something was wrong, he didn't have time to think. It was impossible to surrender and wait for the Sand ninjas to press charges. There was no question: RUN!
He also ran away.
Akatsuki had appeared and saved Gaara. A whole bunch of people saw it.
There was already a group of hardliners who disliked Gaara for various reasons. Now that the village was in ruins, they immediately sent a letter demanding that the Third Tsuchikage explain the Four-Tails Jinchuriki's destruction of the Sand Village.
The Third Tsuchikage had the Will of Stone learned to his very marrow. The old man wasn't even afraid of Konoha, so how could he be afraid of the lowest-ranked Sand Village? Think whatever you want, I won't respond to any of it! Come and fight me if you have the guts!
The Sand Village truly didn't dare to mess with the Stone Village. In their view, Konoha ninjas could fight but were reasonable, often appearing somewhat weak. Stone Village ninjas could also fight, but they were unreasonable! There was no room for discussion!
Unable to find an external cause, the Sand Village could only look for an internal one.
Gaara, who had been "saved" by the Akatsuki, became the scapegoat.
With Gaara unable to be present and unable to offer an explanation, several of the Sand Village's elders and clan heads jointly announced the formation of an Elder Council, which would temporarily manage the village's various affairs.
Their first order of business was to define the nature of the events that had occurred in the Sand Village over the past few days, or rather, to shift the blame.
Who to blame?
The Third Tsuchikage's attitude was, I don't care who you are, if you dare to come, I dare to crush you!
And Konoha? In truth, what Konoha did was not flawless. Although Ebizō was still a living fossil underground, if one wanted to find evidence, some could eventually be found. But again, ninjas are not detectives, and often the truth is not important.
The Sand Village, it had to be said, was also a village that was incompetent in external wars but an expert in internal strife.
The power that originally belonged to the Kazekage was quickly carved up. To shirk responsibility, the Elder Council pushed all the blame onto Gaara.
The Elder Council determined that it was Gaara who had colluded with hostile forces from outside the village, causing irreparable damage to the Sand Village. The Elder Council revoked his position as Kazekage. They even declared Gaara a rogue ninja!
Gaara recovered from his injuries in Akatsuki's care, only to receive the news that he had become a rogue ninja.
For a moment, his feelings were extremely complicated.
Nagato was quite interested in this red-haired little brother. He saw Gaara's potential and the confusion in his heart.
After observing in secret for two days, he controlled Pain to explain to Gaara the ideals Yahiko had when he founded Akatsuki.
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