Deidara lay paralyzed on the ground, stubbornly saying, "Tch! Zetsu, you really love to meddle, hmm!"
White Zetsu said, "Tsk tsk, even with your whole body paralyzed, you still have the energy to talk? Sasori, you should make a new poison, one that specifically treats stubbornness..."
Sasori rolled his eyes at him, took out a bottle of antidote from his pocket, and poured it into Deidara's mouth. He then summoned Hiruko again and hid inside it.
To be honest, without Zetsu's appearance, Sasori and Deidara might have both perished.
Sasori would have been blown up, and Deidara would have been poisoned...
No matter how stubborn they were, reality was clear.
"Regardless of the process, at least the Jinchūriki capture was successful. Let's go back..."
...
Land of Lightning.
On a deserted island, there were many abandoned high-rise buildings.
This was the hiding place of the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii.
She had long, ash-brown straight hair tied into a braid that reached her waist, and her face was cold, like a proud queen who kept people at a distance.
Because she harbored the Two-Tails, Matatabi, inside her, she didn't want to cause trouble for the villagers who were prejudiced against her, so she always hid in this remote place to practice. She often accepted the missions assigned by the village without hesitation.
"Whew..."
Yugito had just completed an A-rank mission. After a simple meal, she went to the training ground to continue her practice.
She aspired to be like her fellow villager Killer B, a perfect Jinchūriki who could fully control his tailed beast. She envied Killer B but also disliked him.
She hated how Killer B could befriend his tailed beast and get along so well with it.
Deep down, Yugito resented the tailed beast inside her, which was why she could only transform into her tailed beast form but couldn't perfectly control it.
Both she and Matatabi were proud and neither would submit to the other.
"I will use my own strength to forcibly control the tailed beast. Dream on if you think I'll lower myself to become its friend like Killer B!"
"Whoosh!"
Just as she made up her mind, a red scythe suddenly came flying toward her.
"Who's there?"
Yugito nimbly leaped up, easily dodging the scythe's attack.
She looked back and saw two men in black cloaks with red clouds slowly approaching her.
They were none other than the Akatsuki's immortal duo, Hidan and Kakuzu.
"Beautiful lady, would you come with us? We need to borrow the tailed beast inside you."
Hidan frivolously took out the Jashin necklace hanging around his neck and kissed it:
"This is the first time I can't kill my target. Kakuzu, wait a moment. I need to sincerely pray to God and hope he forgives my sin this time..."
Yugito sneered, "Hmph! Assassins aiming for my tailed beast again?"
She was used to it.
Over the years, she had often encountered assassins like the ones in front of her.
All for the sake of capturing the tailed beast.
"You really aren't afraid of death, huh? I'll just follow my usual routine and kill you both!" Yugito shouted fiercely.
She raised her hand, about to launch an attack, but noticed that neither of the two men in front of her was paying her any attention; they were chatting amongst themselves.
"Hidan, you're always like this. If you're going to fight, just fight. Isn't it troublesome?"
"I can't help it, Kakuzu. The precepts are so strict, I have to follow them!"