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No one knew what technique Deidara was preparing to use.
But the way he spoke, it sounded like a farewell.
This left Scorpion with an unsettling feeling.
Although Scorpion never acknowledged Deidara's form of art, he had to admit that the man's explosive techniques were immensely powerful.
If this lunatic was hiding some kind of earth-shattering secret technique, it wouldn't come as a surprise.
At such a close distance, Deidara's explosion would undoubtedly affect him.
And to make things worse, Scorpion was still immobilized by the Mingshen Gate. Right now, all he could do was stare at Deidara with a pained expression.
Damn it.
If he ended up dying because of Deidara's explosion, all the brilliance of his life's work would be reduced to nothing.
But just as the situation reached a critical momentā
Deidara's emotions were clearly reaching their peak.
Naruto, however, didn't even spare him a glance.
Instead, he charged toward Kisame, a Rasengan in his hand.
Kisame's eyes widened in surprise. He quickly raised his hand and formed a seal.
"Hahā¦ is this technique aimed at me?" he chuckled. "Interesting."
Deidara had been ready to self-destruct, but when he saw that Naruto wasn't even targeting him, he froze.
"Huh?"
His blood-boiling determination was doused in cold water.
Naruto's figure rapidly closed in on Kisame.
Kisame remained cautious and continued forming hand seals.
The gap between them narrowed quickly.
By then, Kisame's ultimate technique was readyāa massive chakra-infused shark lunged toward Naruto.
But Naruto wasn't fazed in the slightest.
Is this the technique that absorbs chakra?
What's the principle behind it?
Something similar to Wood Style?
Noā¦
It's probably not as powerful as that.
But it didn't matter to him.
A smirk formed on Naruto's lips, and in the blink of an eye, he vanished.
The massive shark chomped down on empty air, crashing into the dense forest behind them.
It swallowed entire sections of trees, uprooting them and sending waves of wet sand flying.
But Naruto's true formā
Had suddenly appeared right above Deidara.
"Whatā?!"
Deidara had already abandoned the idea of using his final technique.
But in that instant, Naruto struck him with a Rasengan straight to the head.
The Rasengan was massive, nearly the size of a Tailed Beast Bomb.
Its power was immeasurable.
Deidara lost consciousness instantly.
His body was engulfed in a blinding white light, and a massive craterānearly fifty meters in diameterāwas blasted into the desert.
The sandstorm caused by the explosion raged into the sky.
At the very center of the destruction, Deidara lay motionless, his life slipping away.
He had wanted to use his final technique, but it was too late.
His body had suffered irreparable damage.
Directly struck by the Rasengan, his life force drained away.
Even moving his fingers felt impossible now. There was no chance to unleash any last-minute secret technique.
"Uzumaki Naruto..."
Blood dripped from Deidara's lips as he glared at Naruto, his voice trembling with anger.
"You despicableā¦ villain!"
Naruto hovered in the air, using the Super Light-Weight Rock Technique, and looked down at Deidara.
"It's not despicable," he corrected. "It's not cunning. You're just too stupid."
But to be fair, it wasn't entirely Deidara's fault.
He had no idea Naruto had placed a Flying Thunder God mark on him.
And he didn't know that Naruto could even use the Flying Thunder God Technique in the first place.
Without prior knowledge, the technique was practically impossible to guard against.
A ninja's offensive capabilities were high, but their defensive abilities were fragile.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was the perfect way to exploit that weakness.
When Naruto had first made contact with Deidara, he had already marked him.
His earlier skirmish with Kisame had been a distraction.
His true goal had always been Deidara.
Now, with Deidara's broken body lying in the sand, Naruto knew there was no chance he could still be alive.
If he were, with his personality, he would have been screaming insults by now.
Naruto turned his gaze toward Kisame and Itachi.
"Now, it's your turn."
Itachi was silent for a moment before speaking.
"The situation isn't in our favor. We should retreat."
Kisame's eyes widened slightly.
"If we retreat now, both Scorpion and Deidara will die."
"There's no other choice," Itachi replied. "Under my MangekyÅ, Uzumaki Naruto has at least five times the chakra that you and I combined possessā¦"
Kisame fell silent.
He understood what Itachi meant.
"I can absorb chakra, but I can't even touch him," Kisame admitted. "His speed is too fast."
"Even escaping won't be easy."
"ā¦Unless you use my chakra."
Kisame was known as the Tailless Tailed Beast because of his massive chakra reserves.
Although part of it came from his ability to absorb chakra, his natural reserves were also enormous.
Otherwise, he wouldn't look soā¦ shark-like.
His chakra was leagues beyond an average ninja'sā
Even surpassing Itachi's by a wide margin.
Itachi remained silent for a moment before nodding.
"There's no other way."
Their objective had shifted.
They were no longer aiming to capture Naruto.
They were now focused on escaping with their lives.
Kisame watched Naruto's golden figure soaring through the air, his heart pounding.
"What kind of monster is he?!"
The sheer power Naruto displayed was on a completely different level.
With Lightning Release Armor, Super Light-Weight Rock Technique, and the full force of Kurama's chakraā
It would have been unreasonable if he hadn't been able to defeat Scorpion and Deidara so swiftly.
Uchiha Itachi didn't hold back.
He activated his ultimate defense.
Red chakra surged around him.
A colossal form materializedā
The legendary Susanoo.
It wrapped around Itachi and Kisame, shielding them from any further attacks.
Kisame, standing inside Susanoo, looked around in awe.
"So this is Susanooā¦ Incredible."
For a moment, he even had the illusion that they stood a chance against Naruto.
But that was just an illusion.
Reality was different.
Naruto stared at Susanoo, unfazed.
He slowly raised his hand.
His palm opened upward.
A massive amount of chakra began to condense.
A black sphere flickered into existence above his palm.
Around it, something resembling a planetary ring began to form.
Naruto had compressed an overwhelming amount of chakra into a single, spiraling mass.
With Kurama's chakra enhancing it, the technique took on a golden hue.
Since they were fighting near Sunagakure, Naruto had to restrain himself.
He couldn't unleash his full power.
Even this Big Spiral Wheel Rasengan wasn't his limit.
Butā
It would be more than enough.
The battlefield fell silent.
A storm was about to break loose.
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