[Stone Country battlefield]
After Senku revealed a bit of his power, Sasori and Kakuzu had already acknowledged his strength.
At this moment, the Five-Tails' jinchuriki, Han, was still continuously bombarding in this direction.
Both Kakuzu and Sasori turned to Konan, "What do we do this time?"
Konan had clearly already communicated with Senku on the way here.
She looked in the direction of the Five-Tails jinchuriki and said to the two, "Assault Iwagakure."
"All we need to do is deliver Senku right next to Han."
"Hiss…"
Kakuzu was a bit shocked, 'This isn't Konan's style at all. She trusts Senku this much?'
"Kakuzu, you harass from the front. I'll provide support from the air. Sasori, you'll use the Third Kazekage puppet to deliver Master Senku over there."
Sasori thought for a moment. Seeing the full confidence on Konan's face, he nodded and replied, "Since that's the case, I have no problem."
Everyone then looked at Kakuzu.
With so many hearts in his body, if he didn't even dare to harass from the front, how could he still be a bounty ninja?
"No problem. Let's set off now."
After finishing their discussion, Sasori pulled out the scroll of the Third Kazekage and summoned it, manipulating the Iron Sand to unfold into a pair of giant wings.
Sasori leapt onto it first, and Master Senku also jumped up nimbly.
The Iron Sand wings flapped, lifting with tremendous power and soaring into the sky.
Kakuzu had already advanced ahead toward the Iwa position.
Behind them, a pair of enormous wings also spread out from Konan's back, as she flew toward the Rock formation.
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"That should be about it. Looks like the Sand don't dare come over."
Doing this kind of repetitive, boring work, Deidara was practically dozing off.
After all, there wasn't even a fight. On Iwa's side, they were just washing the ground with Tailed Beast Bombs, forcing the Sand to retreat from this territory, while the Sand only dodged.
Han had already spat out dozens of Tailed Beast Bombs, and was somewhat tired now.
He took a few deep breaths, and his chakra quickly recovered.
Hearing Deidara's words, Han spoke seriously, "The Sand may very well send out members of Akatsuki. No one knows what kind of schemes they're plotting."
"As our scout-nin, you must carry out your mission properly."
Deidara yawned, "Huuuh… yeah yeah, got it got it."
Suddenly, his eyes widened, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
Then he froze for a moment, "ENEMY ATTACK!"
"Kakuzu is launching a frontal assault, Konan is coming from above."
"Red Sand Sasori is flying over with the Third Kazekage puppet's ability."
"And there's also a monk on the Third Kazekage puppet."
Deidara's eyes lit with excitement. His hand already dipped into his clay pouch, shoving clay into his mouth to chew.
'Finally, I have a chance to show my art! Hm!'
Han was dumbfounded, 'What is this? Four people daring to charge into our force of over a hundred? Are they insane?'
But before Han could react, the enemy was already upon them.
Kakuzu, as the frontal decoy, naturally had to bring enough firepower.
From his body, the Earth Grudge Fear tendrils suddenly transformed and flew outward.
They split into Fire-Wind and Lightning-Water elemental masks.
Massive chakra began to gather.
The Fire and Wind ones each unleashed Fire Release and Wind Release, overlapping.
Combined Ninja Art: Scorching Wind Wild Wave!
A sea of flames surged toward the Iwa side.
But with so many Rock ninja, they naturally countered with Earth Release jutsu.
Kakuzu's Lightning and Water masks simultaneously launched another combined technique.
Lightning-Water Bombs!
Water projectiles crackling with electricity shot continuously into the Rock formation, stirring up massive chaos.
Flying alone in the sky, Konan's speed was naturally the fastest.
She had already approached the high platform in the center of Iwa's forces.
At this moment, five clay owls came diving at Konan at high speed.
Her gaze swept once and locked onto Deidara nearby. A flash of surprise crossed her face before vanishing.
Clearly, she recognized this demolition brat.
Clay owls like these, fast and nimble, might trouble other shinobi.
But for Konan, their threat was essentially zero.
She only waved her hand, and in an instant, it began raining explosive tags.
No matter how the owls turned and circled, the tags always stuck to them.
Then—
BOOM!
They exploded into blossoms of smoke and flame.
'So even Konan is this strong?"
Deidara frowned in thought. It seemed like he didn't have any jutsu that could deal with her.
Against someone even more mobile than him, who handled explosions better than him, he was no match at all.
'Looks like Rengoku was right. I only know Earth Release explosives, far too one-dimensional.'
'I have to go back and force the old man to teach me Dust Release. Yeah!'
Getting thwarted several times only made Deidara believe Rengoku's words even more.
He watched as Konan showered explosive tags through the sky, detonating all around below. He had no idea what she was aiming to do.
But Sasori was flying straight at Han, clearly targeting the jinchuriki.
"Kinda dangerous… in this situation, I'd better not join the mess."
Deidara didn't provide cover or anything. He just pulled his clay bird higher, retreating backward.
He wanted to see just how strong Akatsuki really was, four people daring to assault their hundred-man unit.
Especially with a jinchuriki among them.
Deidara's retreat wasn't unreasonable. After all, below was full of Rock ninja. Small bombs were useless against Konan, big ones would hurt his own allies.
Han looked at the chaotic Rock forces, his rage boiling.
He had already realized, the enemy's target was him.
"Damn it! Do they think I'm an easy target?"
Behind him, the beast-head image of Kokuo appeared again, as a Tailed Beast Bomb immediately fired straight at Konan in the sky.
Konan had already noticed when he started forming it.
BOOM!
The Tailed Beast Bomb exploded in the air with a dull thunderclap.
The massive shockwave swept downward, sending many people stumbling.
Not far behind Konan, the Iron Sand wings of the Third Kazekage puppet were also scattered apart.
Though Sasori quickly manipulated the puppet to reform the wings, their altitude had already dropped considerably.
They had entered the range of the jinchuriki's attacks.
Han's chakra erupted all over his body, and he instantly entered Version 2.
Leaping from the ground, he lunged straight at Sasori.
"ROAR!"
A beast-like scream burst forth. The tails of his chakra cloak lashed like giant whips, striking toward Sasori.
Sasori lifted his puppet upward, dodging to the side.
But at that moment, Master Senku had already leapt down from above.
Hands forming seals, he thrust out a palm.
A massive sealing mark spread out, forcing Han's tailed-beast cloak to rapidly retreat back into his body.
Han's heart jolted. The enemy actually specialized in sealing jutsu.
Chakra exploded violently from him, and his whole body transformed into the full form of the Five-Tails, Kokuo.
Kokuo landed on the ground, swinging its five white tails as it charged straight at Master Senku.
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