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Chapter 189: The Fight Begins
"What's wrong, senpai? Isn't our plan to first drive away that woman, then beat the puppet guy into submission so he'll obediently join our organization?"
Seeing Uchiha Shisui's expression suddenly turn extremely ugly, Deidara asked in confusion. He'd been looking forward to testing the new "art" he'd been training for so long and was already eager to try it out.
Although the Ember organization's leader hadn't personally appeared, the moment Konan saw Shisui and the others, she'd already made her decision—abandon recruiting Sasori of the Red Sand as a chess piece.
After all, there were plenty of missing-nin in the shinobi world. No need to directly clash with the Ember organization over this. Her sharp gaze swept across the several Ember organization members.
Uchiha Shisui... Konoha's "Shisui of the Body Flicker." So the rumors of his death weren't true—he'd actually joined the Ember organization?
And that one... was Tsuchikage Onoki's disciple, the Explosion Release user Deidara.
The one in back should be Kirigakure's "Demon" Momochi Zabuza.
As for that last one with the delicate features, that "girl"... Konan didn't recognize their identity. Haku was still unknown in the shinobi world, and moreover... she'd mistaken Haku's gender.
In the distance, atop a bare rock pillar eroded by wind and sand, an extremely peculiar figure stood quietly, observing this confrontation from afar.
This strange person's body was composed of two halves joined together, with leaf-like structures resembling giant Venus flytraps growing from either side of his head.
The head in the middle presented the bizarre appearance of being half black and half white. He wore the same black robe embroidered with red clouds as Konan—the Akatsuki organization's uniform.
"Looks like things aren't going smoothly... troublesome people are interfering. I need to inform him."
Zetsu muttered in his strange tone. Immediately after, his body sank into the rock pillar beneath his feet as if melting into water, completely disappearing without a trace.
On the battlefield, Konan's figure began transforming into countless pure white paper sheets, scattering toward the distant horizon like cherry blossoms blown by wind—she'd decisively chosen to withdraw from the battlefield.
"What's with that? She just ran away? How boring!" Deidara watched Konan's departing figure and clicked his tongue in disappointment, then immediately redirected his battle-hungry gaze toward the only remaining opponent on the field—Sasori of the Red Sand.
Sasori surveyed these uninvited guests before him: the blonde kid eager for battle, Uchiha Shisui with his startled yet sharp-eyed expression, and beside them Momochi Zabuza and that delicate-featured "girl" who, though silent, had already assumed battle stances.
He emitted a muffled, displeased voice. "Hmph, didn't expect I'd become such a sought-after target? After Akatsuki, now Ember? You drove away the quality 'material' I just spotted. That's really... quite unpleasant."
"Akatsuki? What's that?"
Deidara found the name unfamiliar, but he waved his hand dismissively. "Whatever, we can deal with that messy stuff later! Since the annoying one's already run off, you might as well just join us..."
Before Deidara could finish, Shisui beside him pressed a hand on his shoulder, forcibly cutting off the conversation. Shisui gave him a steady look that said "let me handle this," then stepped forward.
And Sasori, who'd been repeatedly interrupted and treated as a target, was clearly extremely impatient. He coldly cut off whatever Shisui might say.
"I have absolutely zero interest in joining any of your so-called organizations! However... you few look like pretty decent 'materials.' Since that woman ran away, then... you can serve as my new collection pieces!"
Sasori's ten fingers suddenly danced! Around the Third Kazekage human puppet floating in the air, that pitch-black iron sand gathered wildly again, instantly condensing into several massive iron needles as thick as human arms, gleaming with an ominous dark light!
In the next moment, these needles containing terrifying penetrating power and magnetic force shot explosively toward Shisui's group like projectiles launched from invisible giant crossbows!
"Ooh! Fighting time! I'm going first, senpai!"
Deidara shouted excitedly, leaping onto the back of the clay dragon circling at low altitude. The clay dragon's massive wings beat powerfully, carrying Deidara into a rapid climb, avoiding those incoming iron sand needles. He had confidence in his companions' abilities below—this way he could seize air superiority first!
"Zabuza-san, Haku, be careful! Absolutely don't let any attack touch you!" Shisui's voice rang out calm yet urgent. Having participated in the Third Shinobi World War, he knew puppet masters' combat habits well—they almost always coated all their weapons and mechanisms with deadly poison!
Zabuza nodded calmly. As the "Demon" who'd killed his way out of the Bloody Mist, though this was his first encounter with a puppet master, he knew this basic knowledge.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
All three figures became blurred almost simultaneously, using skilled Body Flicker Technique to dodge like phantoms toward the side and rear, narrowly avoiding those iron sand needles that plunged deep into the sand where they'd just been standing.
After this period of careful instruction from Uchiha Shisui, both Zabuza and Haku's proficiency and speed with Body Flicker Technique had improved significantly.
At the same time, Deidara high in the air had already reached his hand into the ninja tool pouch at his waist. That peculiar mouth on his hand began greedily chewing the explosive clay inside.
After simple molding, dozens of white clay spiders only as large as fingernails were rapidly created. Deidara grinned and scattered these little spiders like seeds toward the area below where Sasori stood!
The clay spiders landed silently on the sand, then immediately moved their tiny legs, crawling at astonishing speed from all directions toward Sasori and the Third Kazekage human puppet!
Sasori looked down at these white things rapidly approaching, obviously explosives, cold assessment flashing through his eyes.
Just as the first batch of clay spiders was about to reach the range where Sasori could experience explosive art—
Deidara high in the air suddenly formed a hand seal with his fingers together, letting out a sharp shout.
"Hah!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Chain explosions instantly erupted at Sasori's feet and around him! Sand was violently thrown up, forming a small area of explosive smoke! Deidara had fired the first shot of the attack! Attempting to probe and disrupt Sasori's defenses with this method.
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