Seeing Deidara already rushing in this direction, and Gaara already preparing to move away from the village, Naruto said, "Then I'll go see his companion."
On one side was Deidara, with a severed arm and little Chakra left, and on the other was Gaara, his condition fully restored and even buffed by Shukaku. Naruto didn't think there was much of a problem and decided to go meet Akatsuki's Jade Woman Sasori of the Red Sand.
"Wait a minute, Naruto, if possible, I hope that person can be dealt with by the Sand Hidden Village's forces as much as possible." Gaara looked at Naruto seriously.
Gaara made this request not only because Sasori of the Red Sand was a Sand Hidden Village defector, but also because this battle was very important for re-establishing the Sand Hidden Village's confidence, something that outside help couldn't bring.
"Alright, then I'll play support. It looks like they're already fighting over there." Naruto decided to give Gaara some face, but it's reasonable for support to steal a kill, right?
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The reconnaissance team that Kankuro had sent out earlier had already discovered Sasori. Mainly, the other party didn't intend to hide. Rather than waiting foolishly alone, it was better to attract some ninja over to let Deidara resolve things as quickly as possible.
Sasori didn't like waiting, because the last thing his parents said before they went out was to tell him to wait obediently at home. As a result, he hadn't been able to wait for anything for so many years.
"What the hell is that Deidara doing?" Sasori flicked away a Sand Ninja with the tail behind him, saying impatiently.
At this time, Sasori was hiding his true body inside a puppet. This puppet was called Hiruko and was made from a living person.
During battle, it moved on all fours, with thick armor on its body and a freely retractable tail on its back, coated with deadly poison. It really looked like a scorpion.
However, his whole body was covered by the Akatsuki's robe, and on the outside, he looked like a short, fat, hunchbacked old man.
A dozen Sand Hidden ninja stood in a row, watching him warily. Several impatient people who rushed up first had already fallen.
"Is Deidara that guy's name? Maybe he's already dead?" Kankuro's voice came from behind, and the Sand Ninja breathed a sigh of relief, making way for a path.
Chiyo's Granny, Temari, and Kankuro walked over side by side, looking directly at Sasori. They had already received the information provided by Naruto's friendship.
Chiyo's Granny's eyes were complicated. The person opposite her was her once-proud grandson, whom she originally thought would inherit her mantle and become the Sand Hidden's trump card. She never expected that he would eventually defect.
Temari and Kankuro cautiously observed this seemingly hunchbacked guy, especially Kankuro. The other party was known as the genius puppet master Sasori of the Red Sand, and only a puppeteer could understand how powerful this guy was.
At this time, Sasori only had Chiyo's Granny in his eyes. She was his only relative. Now that she was his enemy, he didn't know if he could bring himself to do it, but he didn't mince his words:
"Still alive, old hag? I heard you retired a long time ago."
Chiyo's Granny pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's been twenty years since we last met. You have to understand that an old woman wants to see her grandson."
Sasori said disdainfully, "That kind of thing is worthless. Considering that I've been waiting for so long, can you obediently hand over the One-Tail Jinchuriki?"
"What did you say?" Temari unfolded her fan, and Kankuro took out his puppet.
Chiyo's Granny also prepared for battle, saying, "That's our Sand Hidden Village's Kazekage. No matter what, we can't just hand him over to you."
"Since you choose to resist, then don't blame me. Become my collection along with those little brats." The tail behind Hiruko moved, ready to attack at any time, the tip of the tail flashing with the unique light of poison.
"Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!"
While the two sides were looking for flaws in each other, Naruto broke the stalemate.
The reason he didn't appear with the others just now was to enter Sage Mode first. Although he was already very skilled, he still needed a few minutes. He couldn't do it as quickly as Minato for the time being.
Gu Zhan
As an entrance technique, the Rasenshuriken was handsome and strong enough. As long as it hit, the battle could basically be declared over. As for whether or not he was playing support, what was wrong with support initiating the team fight first?
Everyone said that the Chidori's sound was very noisy, but this move wasn't much better. The Rasenshuriken, carrying wind-attribute Chakra, tore through the air with a sharp noise, whistling towards Sasori's location and suddenly exploding.
After losing Naruto's control, the highly compressed Chakra expanded into a large sphere with a radius of two or three meters, with countless tiny Chakra threads violently cutting everything within range.
Irresponsibly speaking, it was a bit like Neji releasing Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven there, but the power far exceeded Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.
Even the sand on the ground was cut into tiny dust invisible to the naked eye, surrounding the area like a yellowish-brown mist.
"What powerful Wind Release!" Temari herself was a Wind Release ninja, and she knew many Ninjutsu with a range far exceeding this move, but none of them had the destructive power to this extent.
The well-informed Chiyo's Granny was also surprised. Is this the Fourth Hokage's son? What an amazing young man.
Kankuro and a group of Sand Ninja behind him opened their mouths wide, looking at the gradually subsiding Chakra storm, and asked uncertainly, "This... did it succeed?"
Naruto, with his pupils turned sideways, rolled his eyes. First, there was so much smoke, and second, there were you idiots asking such questions. How could it have succeeded?
Sure enough, Temari waved her fan, and a gentle breeze blew away the smoke and dust just right, without stirring up the sand on the ground.
Only a hemispherical pit was left in the distance, but Sasori's shadow was nowhere to be seen.
"Underground!" Naruto's Sage Mode perception was very sensitive. In terms of subtle perception of movements, this thing was much more useful than Kagura Shingan, and it was a passive skill.
Even though his eyes didn't see it, his mind clearly knew how Sasori had sneaked underground and how he had extended his tail to try to attack.
Sure enough, a tail pierced the ground, attacking Naruto.
Naruto didn't panic and dodged calmly. He even had the mind to be curious. It was obvious that the tip of the tail was stained with venom, but why didn't it pick up any dust in the process of piercing the ground? It was still so dazzlingly purple.
If you touched this thing, you'd probably have to go back to Konoha for help immediately. Thinking about it that way, there didn't seem to be anything to be afraid of?
Sasori took advantage of the situation to pursue, controlling the tail to stretch, bend, and try to inject the strange liquid into Naruto's body.
Of course, Naruto refused, dodging left and right. Seeing him pushing his luck, he raised his hand and slapped out. Strangely, even though the two didn't make contact, the tail was knocked away.
Frog Kata, manipulating the Natural Energy near the palm to attack, the effect was like the arm being extended, able to achieve the effect of hitting a cow through a mountain.
As a top student of Mount Myoboku, Naruto quickly learned to apply this move, which was unexpectedly effective against things that couldn't be directly touched.
At the same time, the others weren't just watching. Kankuro controlled his improved version of the steel Crow—Three Eyes, a humanoid puppet with four arms, to help resist.
Temari waved her fan, and a dozen wind blades hit the tail, making the sound of striking iron.
Chiyo's Granny instructed the Sand Ninja who were still stunned behind her, "Don't you hurry up and take your injured comrades back! Leave this place to us."
"Yes!" A person who looked like a squad leader responded and quickly moved the wounded away with his subordinates.
Sasori knew that the sneak attack had failed and that such simple attacks would be difficult to work, so he emerged from the ground.
Naruto was happy the moment he saw him. His clothes were torn
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