Sasuke flicked his blade in a flourish, a faint showy aura spreading around him.
"Burrowing rat who only dreams of flying— from the moment I opened my Sharingan, your fate was already sealed."
Deidara clenched his teeth. "Damn it—"
What he couldn't stand most was people showing off in front of him, whether it was Itachi or Sasuke.
He tore open his shirt, revealing a mouth on his chest, making Kairen, who was hiding in the dark, think a bit more.
One mouth on Deidara's hands, one on his chest— three mouths in total.
Whoever follows him wouldn't be blissed out to death!
Sasuke ignored the other's impotent rage and continued, "Where is Uchiha Itachi?"
Deidara stuffed the clay from his hands into his chest and chuckled.
"Now I'll let you see real art."
Sasuke frowned. "What are you planning to do?"
"Heh heh… I'm going to self-destruct and blow you to ashes."
Black lines appeared all over Deidara's body, making him look ferocious beyond compare.
"Hey! Deidara, I've got something good for you."
A voice came from the forest, and then a young man with sky-blue eyes and silver-white hair walked out.
It was Kairen.
After bringing Konan back to the palace, he rushed here without stopping, to the place where Deidara and Sasuke were fighting, all to save Deidara's life.
Seeing Kairen walk out, Deidara shouted, "Kairen, get out of here! My C0 self-destruct has a blast radius of 10 kilometers!"
Nagato was right— Deidara is actually a pretty decent companion; at least he won't stab you in the back.
Back then he defected from Iwagakure because the village didn't recognize his art.
Kairen smiled, flashed to Deidara's side, and handed him a blueprint.
Deidara was puzzled by Kairen's behavior, but still took it properly.
The moment he looked at it, he was hooked.
"Nuclear bomb?!"
"One shot to wipe out a city!"
"What kind of art is this?!"
Deidara was completely immersed in the pinnacle of the age of hot weapons. Looking at that blueprint was like looking at a beauty— he directly forgot about Sasuke, whom he had hated just moments ago.
And his behavior made the audience puzzled.
[Kurotsuchi: "What is he doing? It feels like something terrifying."]
[Ōnoki: "This brat loves playing with bombs— that thing up there must be a super-powerful explosive."]
[Six-Tails: "Come save me, I've been caught up by the Demonic Statue!"]
[Shukaku: "Damn, that fierce? The Demonic Statue has started grabbing the tailed beasts."]
[Six-Tails: "Yeah, this new Rinnegan host is too strong— wait—"][]
[Shukaku: "?!"]
[Nine-Tails: "Stop talking. It's already croaked."]
[Shukaku: "What should I do now? Gaara, come save me!"]
[Gaara: "Hmph!"]
...
The Land of Rain.
Obito lowered his hand signs, the single Rinnegan in his pupil staring coldly at the Demonic Statue.
"Second one. Zetsu, the next."
"Got it!"
After transplanting the Rinnegan, Obito discovered that this eye matched him extremely well, even surpassing Nagato, letting him command the Demonic Statue at will.
With the Demonic Statue's high mobility, Obito went straight into capturing tailed beasts without stopping.
The tailed beasts could run fast, but how could they be faster than his Kamui?
He glanced at the leisurely Kairen, and at the wary Sasuke beside him.
"This guy— is he trying to use Sasuke?"
"Whatever. While he's still relaxed, I'd better hurry and grab back the escaped tailed beasts."
...
Kairen and Sasuke stood on opposite sides— one carefree and indifferent.
The other aloof and cold, yet secretly vigilant about all of Kairen's moves.
The audience noticed a trait.
[Ōnoki: "Damn, the vibes on these two are so similar. They both give me the urge to punch them."]
[Fourth Raikage: "Me too. Not talking anymore— I'm going to catch the Two-Tails."]
Sasuke revealed his three-tomoe Sharingan and stared coldly at Kairen.
"Tell me— where is Uchiha Itachi?"
Kairen pointed to the sky.
Sasuke looked up. Words from Uchiha Itachi appeared on the firmament, giving the location where he was waiting for Sasuke to come cut him down.
Sasuke snorted, sheathed his ninja blade, and walked toward that place.
But Kairen blocked his path.
With that hot-blooded youth's temperament, how could the second young master possibly detour?
Sasuke folded his arms and snorted at Kairen. "Move."
Kairen smiled. This young man's personality really was extremely similar to his— he almost thought it was his and Mikoto's.
Kairen also folded his arms and squinted. "Are you teaching me how to do things?"
Deidara suddenly shouted, "Crap, the self-destruct won't stop— Kairen, run!"
Black lines flowed all over Deidara's body, moving toward a small black sphere in his chest that contained unimaginable power.
Kairen smiled helplessly, stepped aside to clear Sasuke's path, walked to Deidara's side, gathered Lightning-attribute chakra in his hand, and precisely destroyed his technique formula.
After a few seconds, the abnormalities on Deidara's body stopped and he returned to normal.
Deidara let out a breath. "Before I see new art, I don't want to die."
He was completely conquered by nuclear bomb art now, just waiting to replicate that kind of art.
After Kairen made way, Sasuke used several Body Flickers and left.
Kairen followed. Deidara followed too, and said beside Kairen,
"How do you make this nuclear bomb ninjutsu?"
Kairen thought for a moment, produced a book in his hand, handed it to Deidara, and reminded him:
"As long as you thoroughly study this ninjutsu scroll, you'll be one step closer to this super explosive ninjutsu."
"Oh!"
Deidara took the book from Kairen and looked at the title.
"'Junior High Physics'— I've never seen this kind of ninjutsu manual."
Kairen spouted nonsense. "This is a very niche ninjutsu. The knowledge inside is very profound— you need to be ready for a long campaign."
"And the manual I gave you is the entry-level version. There are many advanced versions after this."
Deidara scratched his head, a bit troubled.
"I didn't expect nuclear bomb ninjutsu to be this hard to learn."
Kairen lied. "Of course. It's a ninjutsu that can destroy the entire planet. If you could learn it easily, that'd be a problem."
Deidara nodded, then showed a determined look. No matter how hard this ninjutsu was, he had to master it.
Because he loves art.
Deidara opened "Junior High Physics," and just the first chapter broke his defenses.
"Damn, sound and phenomena…"
...
Sasuke quickly regrouped with his three lackeys, and Naruto's group also found Sasuke.
Naruto shouted at Sasuke, "Sasuke, come back to the village with me!"
Sakura also gazed at Sasuke with deep affection.
"Sasuke, come back!"
Sasuke frowned, muttering that this was troublesome.