Uzumaki Naruto: "Keep it up, everyone! You must defeat that arrogant guy!"
Haruno Sakura: "Idiot Naruto, don't say things like that at a time like this."
["It's useless."
Deidara controlled the flying bird, easily dodging these arrows in the air.
But having dodged the first wave, there was a second wave.
This made Deidara very impatient.
"I told you it's useless..."
Boom!
Just as Deidara dodged another arrow, a sudden explosion caused him to reveal a look of surprise.
Looking back at the remaining arrows flying toward him, all of them were covered in Explosive Tags.
"Truly annoying."
And right at this moment, Gaara had moved all the sand out of the Hidden Sand Village. Finally, his physical strength was exhausted, and he lost consciousness. His body could no longer maintain its floating state in the air and plummeted toward the ground.
Seeing this scene, Kankuro on the ground turned pale with fright and immediately ran toward the direction where Gaara was falling.
"Quick, protect Gaara!" Seeing this, the Kazekage also immediately ordered.
Arrows shot toward Deidara like mad.
But it was still useless, and as Deidara got closer and closer to Gaara, the ninjas below became hesitant, not daring to attack for fear of harming Gaara.
Thus, Deidara easily captured Gaara, coiling him up with the bird's tail feathers.
"Mission accomplished."
Just as Deidara was preparing to leave with Gaara, another stream of sand suddenly attacked.
Only, unlike Gaara's, the sand attacking him this time was golden.
"So you still made a move. Are you really not afraid of death?"
At this time, the Kazekage was stepping on Gold Dust, flying in the air, trying to snatch Gaara back.
"Heh~ To dare make a move while poisoned, you really don't value your life."
"What?"
"Lord Kazekage is poisoned? When?"
"How is that possible? How could Lord Kazekage be poisoned?"
Hearing Deidara's words, the Sunagakure ninjas below had looks of disbelief.
After all, when it came to using poison, no one could surpass them in Sunagakure.
Because of their resources, Sunagakure could not compete with other Ninja Villages. Therefore, to increase their power, they specifically delved into poison and Puppets.
One could say Sunagakure was the most ninja-like of the Five Great Ninja Villages.
For them, things that could be solved with poison would not be handled personally.
And then, this tactic was used on their Kazekage.
Pfft~
Suddenly, Rasa, the Kazekage confronting Deidara, spat out a mouthful of black blood.
This reminded Deidara of the conversation with Sasori before the mission.
"Speaking of which, I'm naturally not afraid of the Jinchuriki, but if a Kazekage is added to the mix, it'll be troublesome."
"Do not underestimate the Jinchuriki; they are very troublesome. As for the Kazekage, there's no need to worry. I have already secretly poisoned him; he won't dare to act."
"As expected of the old man, you've thought of everything. Although I don't know how you did it, I'm not that curious. But what if the Kazekage actually makes a move?"
"No matter, the poison in his body will make him unable to move for a period of time. If he forces a move, it will only deepen the toxins in his body until he dies. If he truly seeks death, try your best to leave him an intact corpse."
"???"
Deidara looked at Sasori—you're probably making things difficult for me, Deidara.
It's not like you don't know my abilities. Asking me to leave an intact corpse, are you serious?
"If possible, I hope you can bring back the Kazekage's corpse. I will transform him into a Human Puppet, making him another of my masterpieces."
"Those Puppets of yours again." Deidara immediately understood. "Understood. If there's a chance, I'll bring back the Kazekage's corpse!"
Flashback ends!
Deidara looked at Rasa, thinking about how to bring this gift to the old man.
It seemed he was a bit low on Clay.
But it didn't matter; the sand below wasn't unusable.]
Rasa: "Dammit, what exactly does your Akatsuki organization want? Why are you targeting the Hidden Sand Village?"
Rasa: "The poison on me was actually planted by you. Wait, since I've already been poisoned, doesn't that mean..."
Rasa suddenly realized something was wrong.
Deidara: "Hahaha~ Art is... an explosion!"
Sasori: "Although a lot of intelligence has been leaked, we also learned about the Jinchuriki's information, so it's not a loss. Most importantly, the mission must be completed before even more intelligence is leaked."
Sasori: "Although there was a small accident, the timing is just right."
Land of Wind, Hidden Sand Village.
This Ninja Village situated in the boundless Desert was currently suffering an unimaginable attack.
And the attacker was exactly the Deidara who appeared on the Sky Screen.
Only this time, Deidara was fully prepared. Not only did he prepare enough Clay, but he also flew high up, continuously bombing the Ninja Village from above.
At this moment, Rasa stared gloomily at Deidara, who had turned into a white speck in the sky.
Before today, he had absolutely not discovered that he had been poisoned!
This was an extremely complex hybrid poison.
The individual components were not toxic, and it was very difficult for the Host to detect them. Moreover, after entering the human body, they would remain in a latent state.
Once all the components of the poison had fully infiltrated the body, it would immediately trigger a chain reaction, causing massive damage to the human body.
If he hadn't immediately sensed something was wrong and made an emergency treatment, he probably would have died the instant the poison erupted.
But even so, it had become very difficult for him to take action.
Just as Sasori said, the poison in his body was barely suppressed now. Once he acted, it would erupt again. Over time, he would be killed by this poison.
This was simply a deadlock!
And this also created a dangerous situation where Gaara was the only person in the entire Hidden Sand Village capable of fighting.
Because others simply couldn't fly and were unable to intervene in a battle of this level!
[No matter how unwilling he was, Rasa could only watch helplessly as Deidara left.
Because the Hidden Sand Village had already lost its Jinchuriki, they couldn't afford to lose him as the Kazekage as well.
Otherwise, the Hidden Sand Village would be in danger.
Deidara flew further and further away with Gaara, gradually disappearing into the night sky.
After Rasa landed back on the ground, he spat out another mouthful of blood, and his body fell toward the ground.
"Father, how are you? Father!"
"Father!"
Temari and Kankuro hurriedly rushed forward to support him.
"Contact Konoha. We must... bring Gaara back!"
Looking at his son and daughter, Rasa raised a hand and forced out one last sentence.
As soon as he finished speaking, Rasa fell unconscious in Kankuro's arms.
Overnight, the Hidden Sand Village lost its Jinchuriki, and the Kazekage fell into a coma from poisoning.
For a time, the entire Hidden Sand Village was in a state of extremely oppressive atmosphere.]