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Hidden Rain Village.
Pain flashed up to the top of a high tower, accurately locating the figure of "Obito" sitting at the tip.
"Obito, bring Deidara and Sasori back," Pain instructed.
"I told you to call me Madara!" Obito replied irritably. "Wouldn't it be better to have them capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki as well?"
"Don't bargain with me, Obito!" Pain said coldly. "Uchiha Sasuke has appeared, and standing behind him is Uchiha Kaito. Kaito's methods are too strange. I don't want Deidara and Sasori to fall in such a place."
"I understand." Obito turned to look at Pain. "This time, I'll follow your orders."
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Land of Rivers.
Although the cave they were in was quite spacious, Sasuke's Fire Style jutsu filled it with flames, and waves of intense heat rolled through the air.
Kakashi instantly formed hand seals, slamming his palms to the ground.
"Earth Style: Earth Wall!"
Several thick earthen walls, carved with dog faces, rose in front of Sasuke, blocking the flames and the heat on the side where Deidara and Sasori were.
"Did we get them?" Naruto raised his head, staring at the sea of red flames.
"Not sure, don't let your guard down," Kakashi stood up.
"But there's no place to hide in this cave, the heat alone is terrifying," Sakura said, looking at Sasuke's back.
"Young lady, it's best not to underestimate the enemy," Chiyo observed, squinting her eyes. "Even in such a situation, there are many ways to escape."
"Indeed," Kakashi agreed. "If it were me, I would use Earth Style to hide underground."
Just then, the sound of earth breaking came from behind them.
"Hahahaha... As expected of Kakashi, you're absolutely right."
The group turned around to see Deidara emerging from the ground near the cave's entrance, laughing wildly.
"What about Sasori?" Chiyo glanced at Deidara, still looking gravely at the flames slowly dying down.
"Sasori is different from me," Deidara quickly created another clay bird and jumped onto its back. "He's no longer afraid of high temperatures, hm."
As the flames finally extinguished, the group could see the situation inside the cave clearly.
A giant black metal sphere stood quietly on the ground.
"That's the Third Kazekage's Iron Sand Jutsu," Chiyo's expression grew even more serious. "Sasori, you really did such a thing."
"I told you, this is my most treasured masterpiece."
Sasori's voice rang out as the black Iron Sand slowly dispersed, revealing the scene inside.
Standing beside him was a new puppet, shaped exactly like the Third Kazekage of the Sand Village.
"That is?" Kakashi glanced at Chiyo.
Chiyo sighed. "That is the forbidden technique strictly banned in the Sand Village, Human Puppet. It's made from the corpse of a ninja, and it can even use the jutsu they had in life."
"That's right! After skinning the body, washing away the blood, and removing the organs, various mechanisms are added to complete the artwork."
Sasori, with excitement in his voice, jumped onto Kakashi's Earth Wall along with his puppet of the Third Kazekage.
"Besides the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, all of you will become part of my new collection!"
"Hahahaha! You're surrounded by us now, hm!" Deidara, perched on his clay bird, hovered in the air above the group, looking down at them.
"It's a pity we need to capture the Jinchuriki alive, hm." He looked at Naruto regretfully, then raised his hands and scattered countless white clay spiders.
"Let's see how you handle this."
At the same time, Sasori opened his mouth wide, and countless senbon needles shot out rapidly.
Sasuke exchanged a glance with Kakashi, and in an instant, their figures crossed paths.
"Lightning Style: Chidori Senbon!"
Sasuke's hand lit up with electricity again, and with a wave, countless needles made of lightning flew out, pinning Deidara's clay spiders to the ground.
"Earth Style: Earth Wall."
Kakashi used Earth Style again, though the Earth Wall this time was much thinner than before, but it was just enough to block Sasori's poison needles.
Meanwhile, Sasuke, surrounded by electric arcs, leaped into the air, his Sharingan spinning rapidly. The pattern in his eyes turned into a six-petaled flower as he locked eyes with Deidara.
"Not good!" Deidara's face changed instantly.
"Magnet Style: Iron Sand Drizzle!"
Sasori, controlling the Third Kazekage puppet, formed hand seals, and waves of black Iron Sand surged up, instantly forming countless needles that rained down upon the group.
"Amaterasu!"
Sasuke's Mangekyo Sharingan began spinning, and black flames ignited on Deidara's body.
"Kamui!"
Kakashi suddenly opened his left eye, which also revealed a Mangekyo Sharingan. The space in front of him began to twist, and countless Iron Sand needles were sucked into the spatial vortex.
"Damn it!"
The black flames on Deidara's body spread to the clay bird beneath him, and he began to fall back toward the ground.
Kakashi turned his attention to Sasori, the space vortex twisting faster. Sasori's body instantly shattered, and a black figure jumped out from within.
No good.
The space vortex gradually faded as Kakashi clutched his left eye, his breathing becoming labored.
"Hehe, just like Itachi's black flames, it looks like Deidara is about to be taken down too."
A mocking voice suddenly echoed from mid-air.
A figure wearing a black cloak and an orange mask with a single eye hole appeared, waving toward Deidara.
"Hey, need some help, Deidara-senpai?"
"Damn it! What are you doing here, Tobi?!"
Helpless against the black flames, Deidara glared furiously at the taunting "Obito."
"Tobi!"
Sasori's voice was also filled with a threat.
"Alright, alright, I get it."
"Obito" flashed to Deidara's side. Their eyes met briefly, as if they were communicating some message.
Then, the same spatial vortex appeared in the air, and Deidara's body rapidly vanished, leaving only the still-burning black flames behind.
At the same time, a flash of white light appeared as Sasuke's blade passed straight through "Obito's" body.
"Obito!"
Kakashi, staggering, stood up and stared intently at the masked man.
"What? You're that bastard Obito?!" Naruto angrily pointed at "Obito," controlled by the blood puppet technique.
"Hm? Who's Obito?" Obito shrugged. "I go by Tobi!"
"Sasori-senpai," Obito's figure disappeared and reappeared next to Sasori's true body. "The leader has ordered that capturing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki will be left for last. You can retreat now. Do you need a lift?"
"Hmph, let's go then." Sasori retracted the Third Kazekage puppet.
The spatial vortex appeared again, and Sasori's figure began to fade away.
"Sasori!" Chiyo raised her hands, sending several kunai flying toward him.
"You bastard! You won't escape!" Naruto charged forward with a Rasengan in hand.
"Whoa, close one."
Sasori disappeared, and both Chiyo's kunai and Naruto's Rasengan passed harmlessly through Obito's body.
"You're really leaving like that, Sasori?" Chiyo murmured as she stared at the spot where Sasori vanished, her old body becoming even more hunched.