Ino had a guilty conscience, and when she unexpectedly encountered Lee, she felt a little uneasy.
She immediately felt her mindset was wrong. What was there to be afraid of? Her true self was here now, not her black-robed, red-clouded cloak persona. As long as she didn't use Clay Bombs, there wouldn't be any problems.
Not only was she not afraid, but she also had an information advantage, combining the strengths of several. In this day and age, no one understood explosions better than Ino. No! One!
She said to Shikamaru, "This explosion is suspicious. Let's get out of the city quickly. If things go wrong, we'll immediately return to the Land of Fire."
This was the standard way of thinking for a Ninja on a mission; everything was mission-first. Forget about an explosion, even if the moon fell from the sky, theoretically, they would still have to focus on their mission. Ninjas were precisely that kind of tool.
Shikamaru and Choji obeyed orders unconditionally. Naruto couldn't quite contain his curiosity; he was very interested in the sudden explosion. Seeing the peaceful small town enveloped in smoke and the residents panicking, he really wanted to help the weak, defeat strong enemies, and gain everyone's approval. Thankfully, he hadn't attended the Ninja Academy for nothing; he still knew the basic Ninja rules. As a Genin, he had to obey his captain's orders at this time.
The four, along with That Country's young lord, hastily left This Country's capital. Though called a capital, it was at most a town. The route was in chaos, with Clay Bomb explosions echoing one after another, thick smoke billowing, and men, women, and children fleeing in panic. The previously orderly market and the lively eating contest site were completely engulfed in confusion.
"Where is the enemy?"
"Did you see the enemy?"
"Where should we run?"
Naruto kept asking questions along the way.
Ino pointed to the sky, signaling him to look for himself.
Ninjas with the ability to fly were extremely rare nowadays. Shikamaru had a blind spot in his thinking and hadn't considered that the enemy might be in the sky. He quickly turned his head to look.
It was too far to see clearly, only a white, fuzzy object flying in the sky, with what appeared to be two black dots on it.
"I can't see clearly. Are those black dots the enemy?" Choji tried hard to open his eyes wider, but unfortunately, his eyes were too small to see clearly.
Ino had absorbed the pure Dojutsu Power from Uchiha Shisui's right eye. Although it hadn't caused a qualitative change, her eyesight was much better than before, especially her right eye. At this moment, she also felt a little curious. Hearing Choji's question, she pushed back her bangs and looked far into the sky at that figure with her right eye.
As if sensing something, Deidara, standing on the clay giant bird, also looked in their direction.
Deidara's bangs were on the left, covering his left eye, while a certain Female Ninja, who preferred not to reveal her real name, had her bangs on the right, covering her right eye.
The object on Deidara's left eye was a miniature telescope, not a combat power detector. However, precisely because it was a telescope, he could see very clearly.
He saw Ino's blonde bangs from afar. Ino also saw Deidara with her own eyes for the first time.
Both sides felt uncomfortable immediately, an inexplicable surge of irritation.
"Just a few small fries, let your flesh and blood become part of my art!"
Deidara flicked his hand, and a dense swarm of clay spiders flew towards Ino's direction.
"Hmph, how dare he underestimate me." Such weak Clay Bombs made Ino very displeased, feeling she was being looked down upon. She spread her arms, and colorful bubbles appeared in the air, their surfaces coated with a thin layer of grease.
Deidara and Ino simultaneously formed a "Tiger" hand sign.
"Hah!"
"Crack!"
Countless clay spiders and bubbles collided in the air. Earth Release counters Water Release, but Ino's bubbles contained oily Chakra, so they weren't completely restrained by the elemental counter.
Explosions erupted one after another. Some Clay Bombs didn't hit the bubbles but were still detonated one by one. Finally, there was a sky full of fire, and the continuous explosions made the residents of This Country dizzy. Some elderly people knelt on the ground, clutching their heads and wailing.
The intense light from the explosions made both combatants look sideways. Deidara was slightly surprised, never expecting that he would encounter such an enemy just by casually coming on a mission with Sasori-sama.
The Second Tsuchikage had died with the Second Mizukage. The Third Tsuchikage, as the Second Tsuchikage's disciple, had told Deidara about some of his predecessors' deeds. Many of the Second Mizukage's skills had been forgotten in Hidden Mist Village, but as his enemies, Iwagakure and Deidara still remembered his Water Release Secret Technique and the series of explosion Ninjutsu that followed.
Deidara was deeply impressed by the Second Mizukage's Water Clone Explosion Ninjutsu. He had previously thought it a great regret in life that he couldn't experience it firsthand, but now his luck had come!
"Hahahahaha! Could it be a Ninja from Hidden Mist Village? My luck is truly too good." Deidara stood on the back of the clay giant bird, so excited he was dancing, like a child who had found a new toy.
Sasori-sama, also "standing" on the clay giant bird, didn't utter a sound, nor did he want to speak.
In his opinion, his neurotic companion would vent for a while and then return to normal.
"Hmm?" Sasori was startled, suddenly realizing the clay giant bird was accelerating. He asked, "Deidara, what are you doing? We still have a mis—"
Mid-sentence, he saw the pursuers behind the clay giant bird.
He saw a blonde Fat Ino burst out of the smoke and dust, a smile on her lips, with a large amount of Water Release Chakra surging within her body, and a layer of hot oil on her skin. The hot oil continuously heated the Water Release Chakra inside her, and the steam made this blonde Fat Ino's body swell dramatically and provided extremely strong mobility. Not only could this thing fly, but its flying speed was also extremely fast!
"What the hell is this thing?!" Sasori-sama instinctively felt that this Ninjutsu was extraordinary and very deadly. He quickly asked his companion.
Deidara was both angry and anxious. As an explosion fanatic, he had heard the Third Tsuchikage talk about Steam Impurities Explosion several times and was deeply impressed. Now, seeing Fat Ino, he felt an extreme sense of danger.
He ordered the clay giant bird to accelerate, trying to shake off this big bomb.
He didn't expect this thing to fly so fast, and the distance between them was rapidly closing.
At this moment, he completely ignored Sasori-sama's question, focusing on making his clay figures!
"How dare you underestimate my art!"
"I won't let you off!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
He kept spouting threats, then used the mouths on his palms and the clay from his Ninja tool pouch to sculpt a doll.
He constantly looked back, calculating the explosive power and radius of Steam Impurities Explosion, manipulating the clay giant bird to maneuver and maintain distance as much as possible.
To increase the explosive power, he continuously took Clay Bombs from his Ninja tool pouch, frantically enlarging the doll's size and increasing its Earth Release Chakra capacity. Afterward, his expression turned quite ferocious. With a flick of his finger, the clay doll became enormous, spreading its arms and colliding head-on with Fat Ino.
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