Chapter 529: Explosive Duo
Soon, Su Xiao and Sasori arrived at the field camp. From the fire that had been extinguished and had long since cooled down, it was clear that Sasori and Deidara had stayed here for at least two days.
— What is our current mission? Su Xiao asked.
— It's quite a troublesome task to intercept and eliminate the daimyo of the River Country, " Sasori replied in a slightly displeased tone. He hated missions with waiting and then eliminating the target.
It was only from this mission that one could understand that Akatsuki was acting outside of all laws. Every village and country had a rule that it was forbidden to kill daimyos of other countries. Of course, this rule affected the daimyos of medium-and small-sized countries, which included the River Country.
But Akatsuki didn't care. As long as they were paid to complete a particular task, they didn't care what rule they had to break to do it. If they are asked to destroy a small country and are offered a sufficient amount of money, they will even do it, if, of course, they are confident of successfully destroying this small country.
After all, Nagato would dare to attack Konoha head-on later, so killing the daimyo of the River Country was out of the question.
— And you've just been waiting all this time?
— According to the reports of our spies, the daimyo of the River Country will pass this way, and that's why we've been waiting for him in this place for two days now.
Akatsuki was run by very ideological, but not stupid people. No one was going to take another risk when the risk itself could have been avoided.
— You'll be responsible for keeping his guards at bay.
— I can kill everyone from an ultra-long distance, we won't even need to announce ourselves, which will significantly reduce our risks.
— Sasori looked at Su Xiao with a puzzled expression.
— You'll find out soon enough. If his security isn't very good, we won't even have to fight, " Su Xiao said as he lit the fire, then took out some food and started heating it on the bonfire.
— This... Well, I hope you do well, " Sasori said. He wanted to know about Su Xiao's abilities, after all, the three of them would have to work together in the future.
*Whew~*
A large white bird with a wingspan of about three meters suddenly flew over nearby. This large bird seemed to be made of white clay.
A large bird swooped down, and a short, blond guy jumped down from it.
This blond guy had one eye covered by his flowing hair, and the other eye was open as the other part of his hair was pulled back in a ponytail. On his forehead was the Iwagakure protector[1].
Deidara, who had previously gone to collect clay, returned. Although Deidara was an S-level shinobi, he was only 19 years old.
Deidara stepped forward and looked Su Xiao up and down. When he finished examining it, all he said was a dry "Hmm" that seemed to indicate that his judgment was correct.
— Yes, he will act with us in the future, " Sasori raised his eyes and looked at Deidara. Although they were comrades, they had different ideas and different understandings of what " art " is.».
Sasori aspired to the "art of eternity", and Deidara aspired to the art of the moment, " the art of explosion».
— Deidara, " he said, and nodded at Su Xiao. If it wasn't for his track record, Deidara would have been a simple and straightforward guy. The reason why he became a rebel was mainly because of his explosive abilities, if you take his toughness out of consideration, of course.
— Byakuya, " Su Xiao said and nodded back.
Deidara's nose twitched and he looked at Su Xiao carefully.
— It smells like gunpowder, but... Strange smell, bomb?..
Bubtney looked at Deidara as if he'd just seen another madman.
— Su Xiao raised his hands and white spiders immediately began to crawl out of his cuffs. Sasori on the side was a little surprised, and Deidara jumped back.
— Do you know this old man, Oonoki? Deidara asked and looked at Su Xiao intently.
The third Tsuchikage, Oonoki, was a Deidara master. If it wasn't for some of Deidara's actions, he would have been able to become the Fourth Tsuchikage in the end.
Compared to Deidara's talent, the talent of Oonoka's granddaughter, Kurotsuchi, was much worse. If Deidara had stayed in the village, then the Fourth Tsuchikage would definitely have ended up being him and not Kurotsuchi.
Oonoki was a very strict teacher, and it just so happened that the fearless Deidara was afraid of only one person — Oonoki.
— No, " Su Xiao said, and the spiders gathered into one large spider, causing Deidara's brow to furrow even more.
— This... Taking a cautious step forward, Deidara didn't touch him, but even so, he understood something. "Still a bomb. A little similar to mine, but the texture is completely different... How did you create something like this? Deidara asked with great interest.
— Sixty-five percent gunpowder, twenty-five percent rare soft metal... Su Xiao briefly introduced the ingredients for making his bombs to Deidara.
— Metal? You can add metal to the bombs?
— Yes, but this requires good control, and the nature of the metal must be soft and unstable, because this will positively affect the power of the explosion..
— This makes sense, but it is better to choose clay, your kind is too expensive and it is clearly inconvenient to replenish supplies.
Su Xiao spent some time discussing bombs with Deidara...
Sasori only took one look at the two of them and decided that he would need to be more careful in the future. One fan of explosions was already a big threat, but now there were two of them.
— Look, " Su Xiao said and threw an intermediate alchemy bomb. Deidara hesitated for a moment, but caught it anyway.
— And what's the point? Deidara gripped the alchemy bomb and examined it with interest.
— You will be able to control it after you infuse chakra into it.
— Deidara's expression clearly indicated that he didn't believe it, since his clay bombs couldn't be controlled by other people.
But the alchemy bomb in his hands changed shape and turned into a snake first, then a bird.
— The control is easier, " Deidara muttered with burning eyes and looked at Su Xiao as if he wanted to extract the formula of this bomb out of him.
Su Xiao looked at the white bird floating in the air. This bird was created from his bomb. He tried many methods, but he couldn't get them to fly.
— How did you do it?
— Did what?
— Made her fly.
Deidara smiled and didn't say anything, and Su Xiao didn't ask. After all, this was the first time they had met, and it was clearly not worth sharing such knowledge with everyone they met.
— Get ready, the daimyo of the River Country will pass through this path in half an hour — " Sasori's deep and hoarse voice interrupted the discussion between Su Xiao and Deidara.
Although Su Xiao and Deidara met for the first time today and had different personalities, there was no friction between them.
— Show me your abilities, I want to see it in person.
Su Xiao nodded and looked around for a higher ground.
— What are you looking for? Deidara asked.
— Command height.
— A commanding height? You mean high ground?
— Yes.
Deidara reached into his pocket, took out a specially treated clay, took a bite out of it, and chewed slowly.
A few seconds later, Deidara spat out a clay bird.
The palm-sized clay bird quickly turned into a large bird with a five-meter wingspan.
Deidara jumped on the big bird, and the big bird quickly flew up.
— Is there any place higher than the back of a bird flying in the sky?
[1] A head protector made of fabric with a metal insert indicates that a shinobi belongs to a particular village. The metal plate is engraved with the symbol of a hidden village. Such armbands have been worn since the time of Otsutsuki Asura, but no engraving was used on those armbands..
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