59: Chapter 59 The Clash Between Aerial Combat and "Art"High in the sky, the air currents are turbulent.
Deidara sat cross-legged on the back of a giant white clay bird, the wind whipping his golden ponytail wildly.
He rested his chin on his hand, his gaze sweeping over the cocoon-like object tightly wrapped in sand beside him.
One-Tailed Jinchūriki.
It's very quiet.
The mission was completed even more smoothly than expected.
This uneventful hunt left him feeling somewhat bored, and even his interest in setting off the clay had waned.
Suddenly, several fluctuations of chakra emanated from below.
Deidara turned his head to the side, and the miniature telescope on his left eye automatically adjusted its focus, capturing the scene on the ground.
Three small black dots.
It was rapidly weaving through the dense canopy, relentlessly pursuing his flight path.
"Konoha's pursuers?They're here pretty fast, hmm."
Deidara let out a soft hum.
He reached into the ninja tool pouch at his waist.
The mouth in the palm greedily swallowed a clump of explosive clay, chewed it, mixed it with chakra, and then spat it out.
Several palm-sized white spiders took shape in his hand.
"Perfect."
He casually tossed the spiders down and watched them fall to the ground under the pull of gravity.
"To add some excitement to this dull journey home."
ground.
Kakashi ran in the lead, while Puck sprinted along the tree trunk in front of him, his nose twitching.
"Right above!"
As soon as Parker finished speaking, the cover of the woods came to an end.
My vision suddenly opened up.
Under the blinding sunlight, the enormous white bird cast a large shadow as it glided at a speed that appeared slow but was actually extremely fast.
Immediately afterwards, Kakashi saw the small white dots falling.
It's not just a few.
There are dozens.
They stretched out their limbs in mid-air, came to life, and pounced precisely in the direction of the three people.
"spread!"
Kakashi shouted sharply and forcibly changed direction.
Boom boom boom boom boom!
The explosions continued in succession.
The flames instantly engulfed the tree trunk where they had just landed, and a wave of heat mixed with wood chips rushed towards them, the shockwave making the air tremble.
Before the dust had settled, Sakura's figure burst out from the side.
She smashed a flying boulder with a single punch, her green eyes filled with anxiety.
"Damn it!He's in the sky, there's no way I can hit him!"
At this distance, physical techniques are completely ineffective.
Dozens more clay spiders fell.
This time, Deidara clearly anticipated their movements.
The spiders began to split in mid-air, turning into smaller bombs that blocked all paths of advance.
Sakura gritted her teeth, frantically gathering chakra at the soles of her feet.
She wanted to use her superhuman strength to force herself to jump into the air.
A hand stopped her.
Kakashi stood in front of the students, his once dead fish eye now incredibly sharp.
"Don't be impulsive.That's a C1-level decoy bomb.You can't use it for leverage in the air, or you'll become a sitting duck."
He reached out and pulled up his headband.
The crimson Sharingan was revealed.
The three magatama spun wildly, quickly merging into one, and a black windmill pattern appeared in the pupil.
Kaleidoscope Sharingan.
Since physical attacks can't reach it, let's use space-time ninjutsu to snap that guy's neck.
Chakra was rapidly accumulating in his left eye.
"Divine power."
Just one second before space was about to distort.
A hand shoved in from the side.
He pressed down on Kakashi's wrist, which was about to form a hand seal.
Naruto Uzumaki.
He stood beside Kakashi, looking up at the sky.His sharply defined face showed no tension, as if he were watching a boring silent film.
"Kakashi-sensei."
Naruto's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly pierced through the roar of the explosion.
"Save your breath."
Kakashi froze, his chakra buildup forced to stop.
"Naruto?Not now."
"This level of acrobatics," Naruto interrupted him, his gaze still fixed on the smug figure high in the sky."You don't even need your eyes.Save your chakra, or you'll end up in the hospital again."
Juggling?
Kakashi watched as the rain of death fell from the sky.
That's an explosive ninjutsu from an S-rank rogue ninja; a slight mistake could result in complete annihilation.
In this brat's mouth, it actually became a circus act?
[Ding!You have received 3500 "Speechless" items from Kakashi Hatake!]
[Ding!You have received 2800 "Surprised" items from Sakura Haruno!]
High in the sky.
Deidara looked down at the chaotic cloud of dust and laughed so hard he almost fell over.
"What's wrong?Not running anymore?Then die!Drink!"
He formed a mudra with his hands.
More spiders fell.
The quantity has doubled.
It was everywhere.
He intended to use this intense barrage to completely crush these annoying insects.
Naruto took a step forward.
He did not form hand seals.
They didn't even adopt any defensive stance.
He simply raised his right hand, fingers spread, palm facing the white deathly figures falling from the sky.
An extremely cold aura erupted without warning.
It's not the kind of gradual cooling.
Instead, it's a more domineering rule that directly deprives people of calories.
The air within a radius of 100 meters instantly froze.
"Ice Release: Ice Crystal Prison Wall".
Naruto uttered these words softly.
Click!
A deep blue light exploded.
A massive ice wall rose from the ground.
No.
That's not a wall.
Those are wildly growing glaciers, frozen waterfalls flowing upstream.
It spread upwards at a speed that defied the laws of physics, instantly engulfing half the sky.
The clay spiders, still falling and still baring their fangs, all froze the moment they came into contact with the blue halo.
The detonation command has been issued.
But there was no explosion.
Because even the violent, exploding chakra inside the clay was completely frozen by this extreme cold.
Hundreds of white spiders, encased in transparent, solid ice, resemble exquisite, ironic specimens.
A massive iceberg stretches across the sky, reflecting.The blinding sunlight completely blocked out Deidara's bombardment.
Deidara's smile froze on his face.
He remained in that hand seal posture, his fingers slightly stiff.
"Drink!Drink!Drink!"
He shouted three times in a row.
No response.
His art has fallen silent.
"How is this possible."
Deidara stared wide-eyed at the ice wall that emanated a chilling aura.
"That's my C1 clay.how could it be contaminated by something like this."
[Ding!You have received 12,000 [Shocking] items from Deidara!]
[Ding!You have received 11,500 "Unbelievable" items from Deidara!]
Naruto did not stop.
With a stomp of his foot, he sped up the steep ice wall.
As if walking on flat ground.
He moved at high speed on the ice, his orange figure transforming into a streak of light that shot straight into the sky.
Until we were eye to eye with that giant clay bird.
Naruto stood atop the ice peak, hands in his pockets, looking at Deidara, who was staring blankly, from a distance of several dozen meters.
That kind of gaze.
Deidara is very familiar with him.
That was Itachi's gaze towards him.
That was Orochimaru's gaze upon him.
That is the disdain of the strong for the weak, for ants, and for so-called "art".
"Is this what you call art?"
Naruto's voice drifted over on the cold wind, carrying an undisguised mockery.
"Make a few clay figures, just to make a sound?"
"This kind of thing doesn't even qualify as child's play."
boom.
The string of reason in Deidara's mind snapped.
His face turned a deep purplish-red, veins bulged on his forehead, and his mechanical eye spun wildly.
What he cannot tolerate most is anyone insulting his art.
Deny his explosion.
"You bastard.how dare you look down on my art."
"I'm going to blow you to ash!Yeah!"
Deidara roared and frantically reached for his ninja tool pouch with both hands.
Before he could even take out the clay.
Naruto moved.
He clasped his hands together.
Water molecules in the air obeyed the command and instantly condensed.
Countless sharp, gleaming ice needles formed behind Naruto, densely packed like a rain of arrows ready to be unleashed.
"go."
Naruto pointed a single finger at the spot.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The ice needles shot out like a torrential rain, tearing through the air and emitting a sharp whistling sound.
Deidara was terrified and quickly spun the giant bird around.
Puff!Puff!Puff!
Ice Thousand Bones is moving too fast.
Although the giant bird made evasive maneuvers, its enormous size prevented it from completely escaping the barrage of attacks.
One wing was instantly pierced, becoming riddled with holes.
The giant bird lost its balance and lurched violently in the air.
Deidara clung awkwardly to the protrusion on the bird's back, his body swaying wildly as he nearly fell.
"Damn it!Damn it!Damn it!"
He cursed as he manipulated the clay bird to barely maintain its balance.
That's too fast.
Moreover, those ice spikes are imbued with extremely cold chakra.Once they are scratched, the muscles near the wound will instantly die, and even the sense of pain will be frozen.
Who exactly is this blond kid?
This level of ice release, this level of control over chakra nature transformation, is something that ordinary ninjas simply cannot achieve!
[Ding!You have received 15,000 [Frenzy] from Deidara!]
[Ding!You have received 13,000 [Frustration] from Deidara!]
Naruto remained atop the towering ice wall.
The wind blew the hem of his clothes.
He looked down at the disheveled Deidara as if he were looking at a trapped beast struggling in a snare.
"Shall we continue?"
Naruto asked casually.
"Your bird can barely fly anymore."
This is a cat playing with a mouse.
An overwhelming force of absolute power.
Deidara, panting heavily, stared intently at the towering figure.
There was no fear of the Akatsuki members in those azure eyes.
Only indifference.
It's just boring.
This attitude is more painful than killing him.
"You look down on me."
Deidara gritted his teeth, his voice trembling as he squeezed it out from between them.
"They look down on my art."
"Since that's the case."
He suddenly pulled a scroll from his pocket.
Break the seal.
A large lump of special black and white clay appeared in my hand.
This is his most treasured possession.
Incorporate chakra.
The eerie doll shape rapidly expanded and grew larger, emanating a terrifying aura that sent chills down one's spine.
C3·No.18.
This was his original masterpiece intended to destroy the small village.
That would be enough to raze this entire forest, along with the two Konoha ninja below, to the ground.
"Since you're so eager to see."
Deidara's face broke into a maniacal, twisted smile, a kind of desperate, fanatical grin.
He raised the rapidly growing puppet high and aimed it at Naruto below.
"Then I'll show you what true, ultimate art is!"
"Art is—"
"explode!"
The camera freezes on this moment.
Deidara's face, distorted by extreme anger and fanaticism, filled the entire frame, and in his hand, the doll representing destruction was emitting a blinding white light.
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