"Intruders... these outfits, Akatsuki?"
Gaara stood in front of Deidara, carrying a sand gourd as tall as himself on his back.
"Seems the infiltration didn't go smoothly, so we'll switch to a hard attack, hm."
Just as Deidara finished speaking, a stream of yellow sand curled towards him, the sand seeming to come alive, aiming to entangle him.
The yellow sand reached Deidara, accompanied by the roar of breaking wind.
Bam, a bullet sliced through the sand, causing it to splatter. The sand that was wrapping around Deidara fell to the ground, coiling towards Gaara, who looked up at the sky.
"Two intruders."
The yellow sand floated up, forming a sand shield beside Gaara, defending against Su Xiao's bullets.
Su Xiao put away the sniper rifle from above; the sniper rifle wasn't effective against Gaara, as the sand was quite different from Jiraiya's hair—it could significantly reduce the bullet's kinetic energy.
