Chapter 143: Blondie + Blondie = ?
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Inside the Iwagakure office, Onoki pondered for a long time before looking up at Han and asking, "If the Nine-Tails appears in the village, can you and the Five-Tails handle it?"
Hearing Onoki's question, Han closed his eyes, apparently going into the seal space to ask Mu King this question.
After a while, Han opened his eyes and reported factually to Onoki, "Cannot handle it. Mu King said even adding Son Gokū, the two of them together are not enough to fight the Nine-Tails alone. The Nine-Tails is the strongest among them."
"Is the Nine-Tails that strong?" Onoki said in disbelief.
Honestly, he found it somewhat hard to accept. Why, when they are all Tailed Beasts, couldn't his village's two combined deal with the Nine-Tails alone?
"However, Lord Tsuchikage, Mu King also told me that the Nine-Tails has the worst temper among them. So, unless the seal breaks, he cannot achieve Tailed Beast Transformation either," Han added at this point.
Onoki was stunned upon hearing this. If that was the case, then the threat of the Nine-Tails was actually not worth worrying about. After all, based on the personality Uchiha Douhuan displayed, he probably wouldn't do something like using his own disciple, the legacy of the previous Hokage, as a one-time bomb.
However, after figuring this out, Onoki suddenly became furious again: "Does that Uchiha Douhuan disregard us Iwagakure completely? Daring to parade around a Jinchuriki incapable of Tailed Beast Transformation all over the world! Isn't he afraid we'll snatch the Nine-Tails?"
One must know, the current Nine-Tails Jinchuriki could be said to be in his most vulnerable stage, having neither mastered the Tailed Beast's power nor possessing sufficient strength for self-protection. Their Iwagakure village absolutely had the capability to forcibly seize the Nine-Tails' power.
But, thinking of Uchiha Douhuan's Complete Body Susanoo, Onoki could only force himself to calm down.
It seemed Uchiha Douhuan really did have the capital to parade a young Jinchuriki around the world.
"Lord Tsuchikage, then what should we do now?" Han asked at this point.
"Keep an eye on Uchiha Douhuan, and that Jinchuriki brat," Onoki gritted his teeth. "In short, we cannot let any problems happen to that brat in Iwagakure village! And you, hurry back now, don't expose yourself within the village's sight."
"Yes!" Han nodded, accepted the order, and departed.
"Sasuke, Neji, let's go out and play! It's rare to come to Iwagakure; we haven't even looked around properly yet."
After Uchiha Douhuan's group arrived at the inn, the restless Naruto immediately proposed an invitation to go out and play.
"Naruto, this is someone else's village after all. It's better not to wander around randomly. Besides, if Teacher finds out, he might get angry," Neji advised.
"Aww, Neji, don't be such a spoilsport! Let's sneak out secretly; he won't know," Naruto said. "Sasuke, what about you?"
"I'm not going either," Sasuke shook his head.
"Sigh, so boring. Then I'll go out alone," Naruto finished speaking, then directly sneaked out of the inn by climbing through the window.
And all of this was under Uchiha Douhuan's watch. Watching Naruto's sneaky figure disappear into the night, Uchiha Douhuan also chuckled mischievously, thinking.
[I wonder what kind of trouble this kid can stir up in Iwagakure?]
Just as Naruto quietly slipped into Iwagakure's commercial district, in another corner of the village, a small explosion sounded, and the main door of a building burst open.
"Hmph, think this kind of thing can hold me?" Deidara looked back arrogantly at the door of the room where Onoki had confined him, then swaggered towards the inner part of Iwagakure village.
"Wonder where that uncle from today lives? Really want to discuss the topic of art with him again," Deidara thought while strolling through the village with his hands clasped behind his head.
After Deidara walked onto the main street, he quickly completed the 'street purification' action. Upon seeing his figure, the villagers within Iwagakure all avoided him like the plague.
It could be said that despite clearly not being a Jinchuriki, yet managing to achieve Jinchuriki-level treatment within the village, Deidara was arguably the first in history.
Soon, on the entire commercial street, only Naruto, the newcomer who didn't yet understand the rules of Iwagakure, remained.
Naruto looked blankly at the surrounding crowd scattering like birds and beasts, still unaware of what had happened. However, the next second, another blond head entered his line of sight.
These two blondes, one big and one small, thus locked eyes on this commercial street that had been bustling with people just a second ago.
"Hey, kid, where are you from? How come I haven't seen you in the village before?" Deidara approached Naruto and asked.
"I'm not originally from this village. I'm from Konoha; I just arrived here today with my teacher," Naruto replied.
"Konoha?" Deidara's eyes lit up upon hearing this. That uncle today who acknowledged his art seemed to be Konoha's Hokage, right?
"You're from Konoha? Then do you know the Hokage?" Deidara quickly asked.
"Yeah, he's my teacher," Naruto nodded.
"You're that Hokage uncle's student? Then do you have any research into art?" Hearing this, Deidara immediately perked up and asked.
"Art?" Naruto also became confused hearing this. But then he thought, his past graffiti on the Hokage Rock should count as art, right? So he nodded, "Understand a little."
"Is that so? Great!" Deidara clapped his hands together sharply upon hearing this. "Let's go! Let's research true art!"
Naruto was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, but before he could react, Deidara had already slung an arm around his shoulder, leading him towards the Tsuchikage Rock.
"That uncle said the best form of art is destroying the most beautiful things for people to see. The most beautiful thing in the village should be the rock face the old man often talks about, the one housing the Stone Will, right?" Deidara said while pulling Naruto along.
Soon, Naruto was dragged by Deidara to the base of Iwagakure's Tsuchikage Rock.
Deidara rubbed his hands together eagerly and said to Naruto, "Come on, let's work together and create the most perfect art!"
Naruto was stunned upon hearing this and said somewhat hesitantly, "Isn't this bad? This is your village, after all."
"What's there to fear! I'll cover for you if anything happens! Bro is the Third old man's disciple," Deidara patted his chest, assuring Naruto.
With that, Deidara crouched down and began mixing his explosive clay.
As for Naruto, hearing Deidara say all this, he simply crouched down as well, watching his big brother work.
Although Naruto didn't even know the other person's name at this point, for some unknown reason, he felt a strong connection with this big brother who seemed a couple of years older than him.
"Don't just watch, give some suggestions," Deidara suddenly looked up and said to Naruto.
"Suggestions?" Naruto looked at the increasingly large lump of clay in Deidara's hands, assuming the other just wanted to add something to the rock face. Recalling his past graffiti experiences, he proposed, "Big brother, don't you think this color is a bit too monotonous?"
"Color monotonous?" Hearing Naruto's words, Deidara pondered thoughtfully. Right, the explosion dust and smoke he created each time did indeed have a somewhat singular color. "Indeed, that's true."
Deidara nodded, agreeing with Naruto's suggestion. "Color... let me think how to solve that."
As a genius in explosives, Deidara thought for a moment and recalled the different colored lights emitted when various metal powders encountered flames. His eyes instantly lit up.
"Got it!" Deidara suddenly slapped his palm, then rummaged through the sealing scroll he carried.
Soon, Deidara took out some metals, then threw Naruto a file used for grinding explosives. "Help me out, get some powder off these metals."
"Oh, okay," Naruto nodded and started helping Deidara busily.
Through the efforts of the two, soon, various metal powders were ground out. Deidara mixed them into the clay, then nodded with satisfaction.
Subsequently, Deidara stuffed this large lump of clay entirely into his mouth, chewed a few times, then formed consecutive hand seals.
Soon, a bird flew out from Deidara's mouth, flying unhurriedly towards the statue of the Third Tsuchikage above their heads.
Just as this large clay bird approached Onoki's rock face, Deidara suddenly roared explosively.
"Exploding Clay! Explosion! Katsu!"
"Huh?" Naruto was instantly startled hearing Deidara's words, looking at Deidara in disbelief.
However, Deidara had already put on a cool expression, turned his head, and started walking forward; after all, real men never look back at explosions.
"Boom!" A violent explosion echoed through the night sky of Iwagakure. This night, under the watchful eyes of everyone in Iwagakure, colorful fireworks bloomed upon Onoki's statue, brilliantly illuminating the entire village.
Naruto beside him was completely dumbfounded, his mouth agape, staring blankly at this scene.
Wait, this art big brother spoke of was *this*?
"What are you spacing out for?" Deidara saw his little brother still愣 (lèng - stunned/frozen) in place, immediately turned back, grabbed Naruto, and ran, instructing while running, "You run first! If caught, just give them my name! My name is Deidara!"
However, before Deidara could finish his sentence, both he and Naruto were tackled and apprehended by the Iwagakure Anbu who had arrived instantly upon hearing the commotion.
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Inside the Iwagakure office, Onoki looked at the two blondes before him, his blood pressure soaring. Especially Deidara, who maintained an indifferent posture, chattering incessantly, "Everything was done by me alone! Why did you grab my little bro?"
Soon, Uchiha Douhuan, having received the news, was also politely invited by an Anbu member to the Tsuchikage's office.
"Yo, what happened here?" Upon entering the Tsuchikage's office, Uchiha Douhuan asked knowingly.
Right now, the Joint Chunin Exams were imminent. It wasn't just Uchiha Douhuan as the only leader from another ninja village present in Iwagakure. And under the watchful eyes of many, Onoki's rock face had been bombed. It could be said that tonight, Onoki had lost a great deal of face.
(End of Chapter)
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