Deidara also sensed it. Riding on his clay bird, he looked back.
The lens of his left eye rapidly zoomed in, already filled with lightning.
"It seems Sasori-nii has encountered a formidable enemy. I wonder if he can handle it?
Well, never mind. I should focus on how to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
Deidara watched Kakashi and Naruto chasing below, a smile on his lips.
His hands opened, spitting out clay, which transformed into countless tiny grasshoppers and fleas, and he threw them down towards Kakashi and the others.
"First, I'll separate Copy Ninja Kakashi and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Witness my art."
...Sasori unrolled his last scroll, and countless runic formulas extended from it, absorbing all the puppets present.
This included both damaged and undamaged puppets.
"While I don't agree with Deidara's instantaneous art, I'd much rather collect your body as my most satisfying possession.
I hope you don't die from this technique."
Sasori wore a puppet-like smile.
After absorbing all the puppets' Chakra, the scroll activated the final stage of the Puppet Forbidden Jutsu.
The scroll, which had absorbed all the puppets' Chakra, had eighteen blank spaces among its long runic script. At that instant, corresponding names appeared.
Black, White, Red, Blue... Just as Satoru's Lightning Release was completed, Sasori's Ninjutsu was also completed.
The Chakra within his core was being consumed at an extremely rapid rate.
Eighteen massive puppets appeared, heavily surrounding Sasori.
"Hmph."
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The lightning orb in the sky unleashed countless yellow lightning bolts, their thickness comparable to a man's confident girth.
Rumble!
The sound of thunder echoed incessantly.
Satoru watched Sasori's actions on the other side, raising an eyebrow.
"What kind of puppet secret technique is this?"
He had never heard of it. This was likely Sasori's last scroll, his ultimate trump card.
From Sasori's operation, Satoru deduced that he had probably integrated the Chakra natures of all the puppets into a single technique. It was likely a Forbidden Jutsu on the same level as his Divine Thunder Palace.
Divine Thunder Palace was a Lightning Release Sage Art he developed out of boredom after successfully developing the Limitless Mode.
He had developed a powerful Sage Art for every ordinary elemental Ninjutsu, and this was the one for Lightning Release.
It was on the same level as Earth Return.
He hadn't expected Sasori to be confident in resisting such a city-destroying Ninjutsu.
It seemed he hadn't underestimated him.
He knew that, based on Sasori's performance in the original work, although many netizens joked about his battle being one of the most spectacular, in terms of visual and mechanical presentation, Sasori didn't possess nation-destroying power. He was merely a multi-Naruto who used various mechanisms and hidden weapons.
He wondered what effect this technique he was now displaying would have.
Just then, facing Satoru's Divine Thunder Palace, Sasori's eighteen puppets unleashed their power.
A massive amount of Chakra erupted from the eighteen puppets surrounding Sasori.
Boom!
Centered on Sasori, a giant Chakra aggregate erupted.
In just an instant, a pillar of light, reaching straight into the sky, appeared from Sasori's center point.
"Hmph, a deeply hidden guy.
And you, weren't you against Deidara's instantaneous art?
What are you doing?!"
At the moment of that Chakra explosion, Satoru had many thoughts.
If Konan had used this move when recruiting, he would have only been able to offer the so-called sixteen billion explosive tags.
The thought was just a fleeting one.
His clone disappeared in the collision of the two Forbidden Jutsu.
He had originally planned to release his last Ninjutsu, pretend to use a Forbidden Jutsu, and die here.
Now, he didn't need to.
Rumble!
Bang!
..."Summoning Technique."
Chiyo and Sakura, who had fled far away, also felt that surge of energy.
Sakura, who had recovered most of her Chakra with soldier pills, took advantage of the aftershock to use the Summoning Technique.
A giant slug enveloped her and Chiyo.
Just as it was completed, the aftershocks of the explosion reached them.
Even just the aftershocks created a scene so destructive that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say mountains and rivers were overturned... "Hmm? What's that?
Ah... Eight Gates, Gate of Life, open."
Might Guy was still fighting his clone. He had been worried about Sakura's situation, but the sudden fluctuation he felt made him look over.
Immediately, he activated the Eight Gates, his eyes rolling back. He temporarily kicked away the clone and then ran in the opposite direction.
The ground continuously swept, chasing after Might Guy... "Hmm? Gate of Injury, open."
Lee was completely stunned. His battle experience told him he had to run fast.
Then, he erupted, performing the same technique as Might Guy, temporarily kicking away the clone and running in the opposite direction.
His eyes also rolled back, and his legs spun like fire wheels.
"Run!"
...Huh?
Neji's Byakugan noticed it first, knowing his Instantaneous Body Technique wouldn't be fast enough to escape.
His battle experience kept him at a distance from the clone.
He used a tactic to make the clone use Rotation with him.
Both of them spun at the same time.
However, Neji didn't collide with him but retreated a few steps.
Just then, the aftershocks of the explosion arrived, first impacting the clone Neji. Neji, due to his tactical victory, managed to let the clone block part of the force... Tenten also noticed it.
Her eyes also rolled back, scared to death by that energy.
She was relatively close to the source.
Ignoring the clone, she quickly retreated and pulled out the Ninja Tools she had developed over the years.
First, she summoned Ninja Tools suitable for defense, such as a meteor hammer, a giant shuriken, and an iron gate, placing them in front of her.
Then, from her Ninja Tool pouch, she pulled out ten small scrolls.
"Summoning Technique: Ten-Layered Earth Wall."
Even Tenten felt a pang of heartache. These were Earth Release Ninjutsu that Sensei Satoru had helped her with for a lot of money and sealed into summoning scrolls using Sealing Technique.
The time spent on them was considerable.
Furthermore, after using these ten Earth Release defense scrolls, she would only have ten Lightning Release, ten Water Release, ten Fire Release, and ten Wind Release scrolls left.
If it weren't for the lack of time, she would have used them all.
Why the heartache? Money wasn't the main issue; it was mainly the hassle of making them.
Bang! Bang!
Spatial-Temporal Ninjutsu was fast. As soon as Tenten finished the Summoning Technique, ten Earth Walls immediately stood in front of her... "Another suicidal fellow."
Zetsu was surprised by the power of the Ninjutsu, but he didn't feel much emotional fluctuation internally.
Such mutually destructive Ninjutsu were truly numerous throughout the Ninja World's millennium, with some even more powerful than Sasori's.
The Ten-Tails could even affect the weather of an entire continent.
The Six Paths Sage could create the moon.
And under his schemes, most of the individuals who developed such Forbidden Jutsu died without being able to pass them down.
Sasori and that unknown fellow would probably also die this time.
Even if they didn't die, they would be made to die.