Akatsuki's plan to capture tailed beasts was going, but all the members were not in a hurry.
This plan had a time limit of three years, and the preliminary operation was only to survey the information.
And in the desert, two figures were strolling in the flying dust.
"I don't know what the leader is thinking. He wants us to investigate Hollow. He is just a monster with the strength of Jonin. It is a big fuss." Deidara spread out his hands and said helplessly, "No matter what kind of monster it is, it is useless in front of my art."
Deidara, the apprentice of Ohnoki, the Sandaime Tsuchikage of Iwagakure, later became a rogue ninja.
Deidara was a bold and cruel person with his personality.
He was obsessed with his art of explosion. To prove his art, he could do anything.
His teammate, Sasori, the grandson of Chiyo and an advisor to Sunagakure, also has a fanatical pursuit of art.
However, the art he pursued was an eternal art, which was against the art of explosion.
Therefore, Sasori and Deidara often quarreled.
Such a combination was rather interesting.
In the face of Deidara's arrogant words, Sasori snorted coldly and expressed a rare thought like Deidara: "It's just a Jonin-level monster."
The two of them quickly saw the outline of Sunagakure. After a disguise, they quickly sneaked into Sunagakure.
They were originally strong experts of Kage-rank, so it was naturally easy for them to sneak into a Ninja Village.
Their goal was to gather information about Shukaku.
After gathering all the intelligence of the tailed beasts, Akatsuki would officially enter the stage of capturing tailed beasts.
Returning to Sunagakure once again, Sasori's originally calm eyes had a rare trace of fluctuation.
He was once Sunagakure's Ninja.
When he was young, Sasori's parents were "Hatake Sakumo" on a mission. He could not bear the loneliness in his heart. Under Chiyo's guidance, he learned the puppet technique and made his parents into puppets.
After planning for a long time, he assassinated Sandaime Kazekage and betrayed Sunagakure.
From then on, Sunagakure's top battle strength was one less.
Looking at Sunagakure who had not changed much from his memory, his eyes revealed a look of reminiscence.
He vaguely remembered that when he grew up in Sunagakure, Chiyo had concealed the cause of his parent's death and told him that they would eventually return home.
But when he found out that his parents had died by accident, he made his parents into puppets and began to feel resentment because of Chiyo's deception.
In addition, at such a young age, he had already revealed his excellent talent as a puppeteer. The children in the same village treated him as a freak, not playing with him, and even humiliated him with words.
In the end, it led to his rebellion village.
"Let's go. Let's go and see the current Kazekage." Sasori's eyes regained their coldness and he said lightly.
It was said that the newly appointed Kazekage was less than 16 years old, but he had the strength of Kage-rank and was very loved in the village.
Sasori really wanted to see what kind of scenery the miserable Jinchuriki in his childhood had now.
They were completely unafraid of being discovered. One was a genius puppet master that could directly assassinate the strongest Kazekage and another that had participated in various terrorist attacks. He was also called the Genius Ninja.
They were already adept at concealment and assassination, so they naturally wouldn't make any mistakes.
...
At the same time, in Kazekage's office.
Gaara was seriously dealing with official business, and Shukaku was sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, looking unhappy.
"Hey, little brat, I want to go out and play. Call the stupid Puppet Master from yesterday. He is quite interesting."
Gaara handles official business without raising her head
It was indeed difficult for him to get involved in politics at his age. Although he had the help of his trusted subordinates, he could not do anything. He had to learn how to deal with official business during his free time.
Gaara helplessly comforted Shukaku. "Shukaku, just stay here for a while longer. You spent too much money yesterday. Don't think that I am Kazekage. I can't afford to spend so much money."
"Little brat, you are too much! How did I spend the money? I only bought a little toy. Hmph! If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have stayed here!" Shukaku snorted, pouting with an unconvinced look.
"You buy it, buy it, don't tip it. When others praise you, you want to give all the money. Kankuro's savings have been taken out by you to reward. He wants to save money and marry a woman. Look, he doesn't dare to come here now." Gaara looked up and said even more helplessly.
Hearing this, Shukaku's face blushed, knowing that he was wrong, he could only defend himself helplessly: "Isn't this uncle protecting Sunagakure, what's the matter with some money for fun? Hmm?" Suddenly, Shukaku's expression Become solemn, the little ears in the blond hair trembled
"We have visitors?"
Looking at Gaara's puzzled gaze, Shukaku stood up and revealed a brilliant smile, "Two Kage-level powerhouses have appeared in the Hidden Sand Village. I'm going to play with them."
After saying that, he used Shunpo to disappear from Gaara's sight.
"I'll go too!" Gaara's body stiffened as he hurriedly shouted.
His heart was extremely heavy.
How could Sunagakure attract the attention of two Kage-rank powerhouses?
...
"What a tattered village." Walking on the street, Deidara hugged his shoulders and snorted softly.
"Oh? tattered? Don't worry, you'll become part of the rundown soon." A childish voice suddenly sounded, and Deidara and Sasori turned their heads quickly, only to see a bright and cheerful little boy, barely reaching their waists, smiling at them. He tugged at their clothes with his small hands and looked up at them with innocent eyes.
"Big brothers, let's play together, okay?"
The little ears in the blond hair on the little shota's head even shook mischievously.
Such a cute little shota did not make Sasori and Deidara feel a trace of cuteness. Instead, it was a bone-chilling coldness.
"How is this possible? How did this child get close to us?"
"Why didn't I notice at all? When did Sunagakure have such a strong expert, Kage-rank?"
"Big brothers, can we play together?" Seeing that the two did not respond, Shukaku spoke again, but there was a hint of threat in his tone.
Sasori and Deidara looked at each other and followed Shukaku.
Shukaku walked in the front, and they fell behind.
Seeing how defenseless Shukaku was, they looked at each other again.
"Kibaku Nendo - Bakuhatsu."
"Shikomi Kugutsu: Shinshin Happa."
The next moment, the two of them moved together.
Deidara used the clay explosion, while Sasori had the Puppet Master called Hiruko use Ninjutsu.
From the mouth of a puppet named Hiruko, ultra-high-density poisoned needles and spikes are launched directly toward every lethal point behind Shukaku.
The sudden change caused the villagers to cry out in alarm. Gaara also immediately arrived and ordered Ninja to evacuate the crowd.
"Hey, the two of you don't understand." However, something that shocked Sasori and Deidara even more happened. The ground shook, and a wall of sand rose from behind Shukaku, blocking all attacks.
Shukaku's tender voice came from behind the wall.
"Since that's the case, all of you can go to hell."
"Boom." The wall of sand suddenly fell, and the sand inside scattered heavily. With a loud noise, it fell to the ground and splashed in all directions like a fairy scattering flowers.
"Be careful!" Deidara clapped his hands on the ground, summoned the clay owl, and flew directly into the sky.
Sasori controlled the puppet to shoot out countless poisonous needles to shoot down the sand that was flying toward him.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sand that had been shot down exploded.
The continuous, ear-piercing explosions brought up a large amount of smoke.
If Sasori and Deidara allowed the sand to fall on their bodies, they might directly be smashed to pieces.
"Shukaku doesn't hold back." Gaara cursed in his heart, controlling the sand to guard against the splashing sand.
Before Sasori and Deidara could catch their breath, the condensed sand gathered at the speed of light as if it had a life of its own, instantly condensing into a huge civet cat.
"Shukaku" Sasori and Deidara exclaimed, their eyes filled with shock.
The monster condensed from the sand looked the same as Shukaku.
"Roar!" Shukaku roared and clawed at the two of them.
"'C2: Bakuretsu Hiryu." Deidara used the clay bomb to create a giant dragon. The giant dragon spat out the clay bomb from its mouth.
"Kibaku Nendo: Chisai Tori."
Deidara used a steady stream of bombs, which landed on Shukaku and exploded violently.
Sasori decisively used Suna Bunshin to leave the battlefield.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Endless explosions rang out continuously. The scene was very imposing. For a time, smoke and dust mixed.
"Who are these two people? Why did they sneak into Sunagakure?" Gaara's expression was ugly as he looked worriedly in the direction of Shukaku.
Right now, his strength was not enough to fight against the real Kage rank. He could only rely on Shukaku.
According to what Shukaku said, the current him was far stronger than ordinary Kage-rank, but he had nothing to say.
Shukaku was a very arrogant brat.
After the explosion, half of Shukaku's body was blown off, but countless grains of sand rushed toward Shukaku again, filling him up.
In the desert, Shukaku had too great an advantage.
"Retreat." Deidara and Sasori did not dare to make a big fuss. Both of them boarded the clay owl and prepared to temporarily retreat.
However, it was clear that Shukaku had no intention of letting them escape.
In the wild sand.
He laughed wildly, and a yellowish-brown Zanpakutō suddenly appeared in his hand.
"Dance wildly, Sunaarashi!" Along with Shukaku's sharp cry, the wind and sand in the entire world seemed to have a life of their own as they swept toward Deidara and Sasori, surrounding them in circles.
They were like birds in a cage, unable to fly even with their wings inserted.
"What kind of power is this?" This was the first time in their lives that Deidara and Sasori felt fear.
"If this goes on, we might all be left here! Damn it, when did Sunagakure have such a monster?"
They cursed non-stop.
"C3: 18." Deidara's eyes became crazy and he roared.
Chakra burst out of his body and used the highest level of Chakra to make a puppet with the explosive clay, falling to the village below.
With his crazy laughter, he said,
"Let Sunagakure be buried with him!"
"Despicable guy!" Shukaku cursed angrily. He had no choice but to condense the sandstorm above the village and form a huge shield.
Boom! Boom! Boom! The explosions continued.
Taking advantage of the decrease in the surrounding sandstorm, Deidara and Sasori used all their trump cards. They used Ninjutsu to strike out a hole and then fled pathetically.
After flying for an unknown period of time, they only stopped when Chakra was rapidly decreasing in his body. Their faces were filled with shock.
"What kind of monster is that guy"
Deidara gasped for breath and said.
In this short battle, his consumption was undoubtedly the greatest.
Sasori, who was at the side, did not consume much energy.
However, his puppet did not have much of a way to deal with these sandstorms.
It could be said that he had been restrained in this battle.
If not for Deidara, he might have been exhausted to death.
"He can control the weather, and that sword." Recalling the details, they shuddered.
If it was a life-and-death battle, they might not lose to Shukaku.
But one had to know.
In battle, intelligence was of utmost importance.
They knew nothing about Shukaku's abilities.
The opponent's simple ninjutsu has made them tired of blocking.
It was hard to guess if Shukaku had even more terrifying trump cards.
After all, Deidara and Sasori were both experts of Kage-rank, so they naturally had trump cards, but there was no need to use them directly.
If they could leave, then so be it.
They looked at each other, and they could see the seriousness in their eyes.
Sunagakure was far more terrifying than what the intelligence had described.
"Hey, since when did your Sunagakure have such a powerful little brat? Have you seen him before?" Deidara asked while gasping for breath.
Sasori shook his head.
He had never seen the blond boy before.
"Go back and report to the leader. Sunagakure is not simple." Deidara said with hatred.
The completion rate of their commission had always been 100%, but now it was broken.
"Their target is Konoha Village, right? Do you think there might be similar monsters within Konoha?" Deidara suddenly spoke, his tone carrying a hint of schadenfreude.
...
At the same time, in the distance outside of Konoha Village.
Two figures in black and red robes are approaching Konoha.