Sasori retorted to Deidara with a nonchalant barb, "As expected, your art is completely unreliable. Come, let us study the eternal art together."
Deidara pointed to the fragments on the ground and said, "Didn't your puppet also vanish in an instant? That instant is art. Hmm."
This kind of argument had long become a daily occurrence for the two of them. If the occasion wasn't wrong, they might have already started fighting.
Watching Gaara flying over from not far away, Deidara once again controlled the bird beneath him to fly into the air, "Sasori-danna, the situation isn't good, let's retreat first."
"It won't be that easy to leave." Gaara arrived soon after, landing beside Naruto. After surveying the battlefield, the sand around him began to stir restlessly.
The two sides stood facing each other, looking ready to clash at any moment. Since a team fight should have someone teleporting in, the Shadow Clone (that was sent back to the village to deliver the venom and gas samples) teleported over, also bringing the urgently made antidote and Sakura, who was responsible for after-sales service.
The clone handed the antidote to Naruto, then proactively rushed towards Sasori to offer his head, a behavior that would usually be reported.
After landing, Sakura twitched her nose and immediately said, "There are trace amounts of toxins in the air. It won't have much effect in the short term, but it could be fatal in the long run."
"Perfect, Sakura Bro, can you check if I'm poisoned?" With a reliable medical ninja around, Naruto felt much more at ease.
If he remembered correctly, the entire Sunagakure Village's medical ninja team couldn't solve Sasori's poison even after three days of research, but Sakura could handle it alone in no time. This was what a qualified healer was.
Perhaps he had accidentally inhaled a bit of poisonous gas when opening Hiruko's shell earlier, which Sakura detected.
But Sakura said with puzzlement, "Strange, with the amount of toxins accumulated in your body, you should feel somewhat uncomfortable. Is your toxin resistance that good?"
"Maybe it's related to Sage Mode? Then do I still need the antidote?" Naruto didn't know if it was due to his own constitution, Sage Mode, or the Nine Tails Chakra? Having too many buffs could be a problem.
"Just to be safe, let's have a shot." Sakura picked up a syringe and jabbed it into Naruto's arm, her movements very skilled. Naruto didn't even have time to react.
After completing the injection, Sakura distributed the remaining antidote to everyone present. Actually, Naruto was quite curious if a doctor giving Gaara an injection would be considered an attack, and then the sand would automatically protect its master...
Sasori was actually very surprised when he saw Sakura distributing the antidote. He made the poison himself, and he knew very well how complex its composition was. Making the corresponding antidote was even more complicated than making the poison itself. Konoha was actually able to make the corresponding antidote so quickly.
Could it be that Princess Tsunade took action? It seems that today, not to mention capturing the Tailed Beast, it will be difficult to return alive. In that case...
"Deidara, besides the One Tail, the Nine Tails Jinchuriki is also here. I will leave my last art here. You go, if you can get away."
Sasori used a Chakra thread to pull out a scroll from his back.
Deidara first glanced at the so-called Nine Tails Jinchuriki, then looked at Sasori in surprise, "Sasori-danna, you..."
Sasori ignored him and unfolded the scroll on his own, looking at Chiyo's Granny and saying, "A puppeteer's ability depends on the number of puppets they can control.
And Sunagakure Village's Chiyo's Granny is one of the best. Legend has it that she had a unique skill, Finger Technique: Chikamatsu's Ten Puppets, but even I have never seen it.
So, today, let me show you my unique puppet technique, Red Secret Technique: Puppet Performance of a Hundred Puppets!"
Sasori opened the lid on his right chest, and countless Chakra threads extended from the hollow, connecting to the hundred puppets in the scroll, arranging them in an orderly manner in the air like a wall of people.
"How is this possible?" Kankuro was already stunned. This couldn't be explained as a high-end operation by a big shot, but rather that the big shot wasn't playing the same game as him, right?
Even Temari and Gaara were somewhat moved. Even though they didn't know puppet techniques, they had only seen Kankuro control three puppets at the same time, which was already a very talented puppeteer. So what did it mean to control a hundred at the same time?
Chiyo's Granny took out a scroll from her sleeve, "You have reached this level. This is a technique that I personally banned. Since it has come to this point, I can't care about so much anymore."
Only three people on the scene didn't react much. Two of them were Naruto and Sakura. Only a hundred? What was there to be shocked about? Could it be that some people hadn't seen thousands of Little Blondies?
The other one was Deidara, who was preparing to run away after taking a quick look at Sasori's collection.
The Akatsuki didn't go in for melodramatic routines. Now that Sasori had made his decision, Deidara would seriously consider his escape route.
At worst, he'd make a Clay bomb in his image and send these people away, just to commemorate the guy who always disagreed with him.
While Sasori's hundred puppets surged towards the six opponents, Deidara quickly flew into the sky.
"Tch, always talking about eternal beauty being art, and in the end, it's still fleeting."
Watching the puppets being smashed in the distance, Deidara was silent for a moment, then looked up at the sky: "I never thought I'd admit your art one day, Sasori Bro, hmm."
Before he could be sentimental for long, Deidara suddenly heard a piercing sound behind him, and without even turning his head, he tilted the bird under his feet to the left.
"Chi!" A Rasenshuriken cut through the air and flew past.
Deidara turned his head and saw the Nine Tails Jinchuriki with a pair of Chakra wings growing out of his back, following about a hundred meters behind, with a disappointed expression on his face.
Sasori's hundred puppets were basically no problem with Gaara and Shukaku there, and with Chiyo's Granny and Temari assisting, Sakura Bro was temporarily left there to prepare for first aid in case of an emergency.
Naruto was responsible for chasing the fleeing Deidara, with Nine Tails Chakra, Peacock Mystical Method, and a mini-map, which was very suitable for pursuit.
Perhaps his desire to survive was too strong, Deidara's flying speed was not slower than Naruto's at all.
Naruto occasionally tried to interfere with Rasenshuriken, but it basically had no effect.
Occasionally, he also tried to get close with Flying Thunder God Kunai, and then Naruto knew that this clay-playing guy also carried ninja tools with him, and his throwing skills were also good, basically giving Naruto no chance.
When pushed, Deidara would reluctantly take back a small piece of Clay from the bird under his feet and reshape it to send to Naruto.
Then Naruto casually threw it into the Kamui Dimension with a Space-Time Barrier. Yes, the Kamui Dimension already had Naruto's mark and Minato's mark.
If necessary in the future, he could send Tenten's and Genma Squad's marks in as well.
After Kakashi called Naruto over during one of his Kamui training sessions, Naruto confirmed that the Kamui Dimension could be traveled back and forth with Flying Thunder God, so Naruto announced that this Kamui Dimension was now owned by Konoha!
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