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Chapter 550: Guy

Inside the cave.

With the exception of Bubtni and Deidara, who often exchanged glances with each other, the cave was completely silent.

After they had had enough of the peek-a-boo, they started playing rock-paper-scissors, and whoever lost had to slap themselves.

From Deidara's angry eyes, it was clear that he really wanted to win back, but time after time he failed.

Bubtney had a smug expression on his face. God only knew how his dog paws mimicked scissors, but every time Deidara put paper against his scissors, he immediately slapped himself in the face.

The corners of Kisame's mouth twitched violently. While Deidara was having fun with this dog, he could only stand still, even though he wanted to join them. Stupidly standing still was really too boring.

Payne had already looked at Deidara three times, but Deidara pretended not to notice his gaze and was having a great time with Bubtni, and even Conan couldn't help it.

Sasori looked at Deidara again and turned away. He seemed to be ashamed of being in the same group as a person who was being beaten by a dog...

— Are you cheating?! After receiving a few more slaps, Deidara finally couldn't help but exclaim, causing Bubtney to give him a disdainful look.

— Shut up, " Payne said immediately, and Deidara shut up, looking offended.

Su Xiao also felt that Akatsuki seemed a little wrong now, and that it was because of the Babble that she had become like this.

But one man and one dog didn't make the cave so boring, and Payne didn't say a word against their games..

After two days and two nights like this, on the third day, everyone in the cave started to have back pain. Su Xiao, on the other hand, had been sitting on the giant finger almost from the very beginning of the ritual. In any case, nothing depended on him — only the rings were important in this ritual..

After tossing Deidara a hamburger, Su Xiao took out a meat skewer and began to satisfy his hunger.

— I want to eat something too, " Kisame said, but the chakra threads suddenly dimmed.

— Stop, " Conan said suddenly, and opened her eyes to look unconsciously at the sleeping Bubtni, drool dripping from its mouth. His 45 charisma points weren't just a simple decoration. Without them, he would most likely have been kicked out of the cave long ago, despite his relationship with Su Xiao.

— Enemies from the River Country have appeared.

— Payne wasn't surprised by this. Kidnapping Shukaku wasn't something that could be ignored.

The Land of Rivers was located between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. Above it was the Rain Country, and below it was the boundless ocean.

They couldn't come to Hidden Rain Village to seal One-tail, and they couldn't try to do it in the Fire Country's territory, since it was considered Konoha's territory, and naturally they couldn't do it in the Wind Country's territory.

In fact they could only attempt it in the Land of Rivers.

— One, two...  Closing her eyes for a while, she soon continued, " Only four people. If the information is correct, then this is the Jonin group, led by Maito Gai, a shinobi from Konoha.

— Who is he? Payne had never heard of the man and looked at Itachi.

— A Jongin from Konoha, well developed physically and very strong. We shouldn't underestimate him.

— Oh, it's that berserker, " Kisame said. He had already fought Guy before.

No one else spoke. Everyone waited for the order.

— I want to go, " Deidara said.

— And I, I have a personal grudge against this guy, " Kisame said.

— Kisame is the best fit, even if something goes wrong, he can leave.

Payne nodded and sent Kisame out to meet the enemy, and soon the cave was quiet again.

But ten minutes later, Conan's eyes opened again. — Another group, also from Konoha.

Everyone looked at Deidara.

— Where did you catch Gaara, in Konoha?

— In the Hidden Sand Village, how could Gaara even go to Konoha? Deidara replied after a few moments. They caught Gaara in the Village of Hidden Sand, but instead of shinobi from this village, people from Konoha came to them.

— It is ok. Hidden Sand Village sent their men after us, but all their groups suffered heavy losses, " Sasori said.

— Deidara and Byakuya, they're chasing your group too hard this time, Deidara, you must have dropped a bomb on Hidden Sand Village before retreating, " Payne said in a slightly displeased tone.

— Well, jinchuuriki was pretty strong... Deidara said.

— That's why I said from the beginning that your abilities aren't suitable for a sneak attack. If it wasn't for Byakuya covering for you, we would have been exposed in the beginning, " Sasori also seemed to be a little unhappy that Deidara dropped the bomb before leaving.

— Heh~... Sasori's brother's puppets just aren't good enough.

Deidara wasn't a whipping bag. He immediately responded to Sasori's attack with a counterattack.

— What did you say?

— And what?

Sasori and Deidara looked at each other intently.

— Enough! Payne said, and snorted. "Who's going?" Payne looked around as he asked the question.

— I'll go, " Deidara said. He wanted to pass the time and vent his anger.

A pair of blood-red eyes looked at Deidara, causing him to be a little puzzled.

— I'll go, since the people from Konoha have come again, " Itachi said. Deidara snorted slightly and didn't say anything else.

— Payne immediately agreed with Itachi's suggestion.

— Itachi's group is so hardworking, " Su Xiao said. Leaving Kisame was a perfectly normal move, but Itachi was getting worse and worse every day, and even with his own eyes, he couldn't use them so easily anymore.

— That's okay, after all, I know the people from Konoha better — " he said, folding his hand seals and his phantom stopped showing signs of life.

Su Xiao smiled and didn't say anything else. Perhaps Itachi's body was already on the edge, and it was because of this that he wasn't going to hide anything anymore.

With Itachi and Kisame gone, the cave was quiet again.

An hour later, Kisame's phantom came to life again.

— Lost?

Kisame's defeat was a matter of course. Considering his opponents, it was a surprise that he was able to hold out for an entire hour.

— Yes, this is a very strong group... Kisame seemed a little upset, after all, he had already lost to the same person twice, even though this time he was only trying to stall for time.

Su Xiao glanced at Kisame, and his eyes clearly said that if Maito Gai had gone all out, you would have been dead by now.

If Maito Guy had opened the seventh gate, he might even have been able to severely injure Payne, though he would have died in the end a little later.

Su Xiao didn't doubt Maito Guy's strength at all, and there was no way he wanted to fight such a guy. Even without opening one of the gates, he was very strong, and after opening it, he reached a completely different level.

Maito Guy was a true shinobi. Other popular and strong shinobi became strong because of their blood or genes, but Guy was different. He didn't have any "noble" blood or good genes. He just trained constantly and never stopped training, even now.

Guy didn't attract much attention in the early stages of the story, until he was eventually forced to open the "Eight Gates".»[1].

[1] Eight Gates (я, Hachimon) - 8 special tenketsu in the system of chakra channels that limit its flow through the body in order to reduce consumption and increase the "service life" of certain organs. Through intense physical training, you can learn the technique to open these gates. This will allow you to surpass the physical limitations of the body and get a huge increase in strength, but due to the harm and danger to the user's life, this technique is considered forbidden.