Chapter 654 Miscalculation

It is a desert area about ten kilometers away from the northern sand dunes.

A team of more than 30 sand ninja troops is advancing rapidly on the desert.

The leader is an adult male under thirty years old, with white cloth strips hanging down around his head to prevent sand, his right eye is covered by excessively long hair, and he has a goatee on his chin.

He is full of energy, his eyes are like eagle eyes, sharp like knives, pointing directly at people's hearts.

He was at the forefront of the team, and he took out a map from time to time, quickly scanned it, and referred to the surrounding terrain.

"Captain Yura, isn't this operation a bit too fussy? We actually asked us to go to the northern sand dunes to respond at this time."

A sand ninja chasing up, couldn't help complaining to the captain with a goatee, Yura.

You know, the days of border guards are boring and hard.

Especially the days of confrontation with the kingdom of ghosts are even more difficult.

No one wants to add another heavy burden to themselves at this time.

"what do you mean?"

Yura asked without turning his head.

He walked forward dully, not talking much.

This is also in line with the image in the minds of the subordinates.

As a young jounin deeply trusted by the fourth generation of Kazekage Rasa, Jounin Yura is probably second only to a direct confidant like Maki in the mind of that Kazekage Rasa.

If it weren't for this level of trust, Luo Sha would not have let him handle the important task of guarding the border.

"I mean Gaara, Maki-san Shinobu is making a bit of a fuss about this matter."

Sand Shinobi behind him said.

"Maybe. But it's okay to be careful. The importance of Jinzhuriki to the village is self-evident... It's okay if things don't happen, but if they happen, we can't escape the blame. As ninjas, we must take all unexpected factors into account."

Yura has a serious face.

"As expected of Captain Yuliang, he is always so cautious and careful. No wonder Kazekage-sama asked you to supervise the military affairs of the border."

The sand ninjas who followed showed admiration.

"Well, because if you don't pay attention, things will become very troublesome. As far as my personal work is concerned..."

Yura said this meaningfully.

"Okay, let's speed up. It's just a simple reception job, it shouldn't take long."

Yura's speed suddenly increased, and she took the lead and rushed to the front.

"yes!"

Sand Shinobi behind him also ran quickly, chasing Yura's back.

Suddenly, Yura, who was running at the forefront, seemed to have touched some mechanism. The whole person was knocked down by the rope that suddenly appeared under his feet, his body rolled out, and there was a click sound of some kind of device being activated.

"Be careful, there is an ambush!"

Yura, who rolled out, changed his expression suddenly, and shouted at Sand Shinobi who was chasing up from behind.

Those sand ninjas saw this scene and realized that the battle was coming, and their nerves tightened.

I saw the originally quiet and unusually quiet sand layer around, and without warning, a large number of kunai were shot out, and there was a conspicuous detonating talisman hanging on the kunai's ring handle.

"Get out!"

Noticing this scene, Sha couldn't help but panicked.

If it's just Kunai, it's not difficult to defend.

But if the detonation symbol is attached to Ku Wushang, it is also a very deadly attack for a ninja.

In this case, you must not fight hard.

Without any hesitation, they flew around, keeping a long distance apart, so as not to let the detonating talisman affect them.

However, the moment they fell from mid-air to the sand, the sky-high flashes and flames, as well as the deafening explosion, sprayed from the sand to the sky without warning, swallowing their bodies in the blink of an eye.

This seems to be the beginning of a chain.

The landmines that had already been ambushed under the sand began to activate simultaneously.

As a result, this desert has become an extremely dangerous explosion minefield.

The flames, flashes, and explosions lasted for half a minute before slowly dissipating.

"Damn it... ah ah ah!"

Followed by screams.

A sand ninja was covered in blood, looking at his broken left leg, even though he gritted his teeth, the sound of screaming still leaked from the cracks in his lips.

If this continues, he will either die from pain or lose too much blood before the rescue team can wait.

Amidst the dense dust, a figure slowly walked over.

is Yura who is unharmed.

His face was calm, and even after seeing such a miserable situation for his loyal subordinates, his face was not shaken in the slightest.

"Captain Yura, save...help me..."

Lying on the sand, losing his left leg, and covered in blood, Sand Shinobu had tears of pain in his eyes, and stretched out his trembling palm towards Yura who was walking.

Standing still in front of him, Yura held out her hand to him.

Before Sand Shinobi showed the happy smile of rebirth after the catastrophe, Yura's palm went over his outstretched hand for help, and stretched towards his neck.

"Yu, Captain Yura..."

Sand Shinobi trembled.

Only then did I realize something was wrong.

Why in such a violent explosion, the opponent was still unscathed?

Why is the look in his eyes as cold as ice at this time?

The idea came to his mind.

Before he could think for too long, Yura's hands grabbed his neck.

Sand Shinobu's arm and the only remaining right leg began to struggle, twist, and finally returned to calm.

The eyeballs turned white upwards, covered with ferocious bloodshot eyes.

Maintaining this horrible death state, there is no movement in the body.

"Next, it's time to meet Master Xie..."

Yura turned her head and looked towards the sand dunes in the north.

"This guy... I remember that there was information about this person in the information sent by Iwain's Dokage..."

Temari looked at Didara who had already fought against Gaara, and immediately recognized Didara's identity.

Because during the confrontation with the ghost country two years ago, people from this organization once captured Gaara once, and Didara was one of the members of the organization that captured Gaara.

Because I saw through the blasting unit of the opponent who was from Iwain, and it was Sain who had signed a covenant with Iwain. Therefore, when Sain asked for information from Iwain, Iwain did not make things difficult. Instead, he generously handed some information about Didara to Sain. I guess I also hope that Sha Yin can deal with the ninjas in his own village on his behalf.

What's more, the organization Didara belonged to made Ohnoki extremely angry. The two tailed beasts that have been lost in a row are inseparable from the organization that Didara belongs to. Therefore, even for former disciples, Onoki, who is Tsuchikage, no longer covers up.

"Don't be careless, this guy's blasting ability is very strong, and he will basically be finished if he is touched."

Kankuro controlled it with Chakras, put away the shield on the back of the salamander puppet, and locked his eyes on Didara who appeared in midair and attacked them.

Iwagakushi's information, as Sagakushi's jounin, he has naturally read it.

Knowing Didara's various abilities, he is well aware of the power of that clay explosive.

It is simply not advisable to confront with flesh and blood.

In addition, the opponent has a strong ability to dominate the air, and is an ultrlong-range offensive ninja. When an ordinary ninja encounters the opponent, it is estimated that they can only passively withstand the explosive attack and fail miserably in the continuous retreat.

"Leave it to me, I will cooperate with Gaarsama's attack from the sky."

About four or five meters to the left of Kankuro, a sand ninja quickly operated the flying ninja tool folded behind his back, unfolded the wings, and prepared to take off. Cooperating with Gaara's long-range ability, he jointly attacked Didara, who has the ability to dominate the air.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for Gaara alone to pose a direct threat to Didara.

This kind of ninja with air supremacy, even if the villages have flying ninjas, it will still not be easy to deal with them.

However, just as he unfolded the wings of the flying ninja on his back, and was about to take off, a thin steel wire wrapped around his neck from behind.

"Well"

Painful moans came intermittently from his throat.

Following the sound of the trachea being cut off, the sand ninja with air combat capability tilted his head to the right and fell on the sand.

Kankuro was taken aback when he saw this.

The body turns sharply and sweeps backward.

A figure wearing the same black background and red cloud as Didara appeared.

Red short hair, looks younger than him, about fifteen or sixteen years old, looks immature and outrageous.

But those cold eyes without emotion, like a machine, made Kankuro shudder directly.

I feel that what I am facing is not a human being, but a machine without human emotions.

"You, you are..."

Kankuro stared wide-eyed, a drop of cold sweat squeezed out of his forehead, and subconsciously took a step back.

Based on instinct, the chakras on the fingers started to operate, and the salamander puppet with all four limbs on the ground rushed to the front, unfolded the shield on its back, and blocked between itself and the red-haired boy.

As if by doing so, you can bring yourself a negligible sense of security.

The red-haired boy who appeared was none other than Scorpion.

He didn't care about the sand ninja who was strangled to death by himself with a wire, but set his eyes on Kankuro, the young puppeteer, lingered on him for a moment, and finally fixed his eyes on the sansho puppet, showing a faint smile of nostalgia.

"It's really quite a nostalgic familiar face. I can't imagine that after so many years, there are still people using this kind of puppet from the old era."

Kankuro pursed his lips and said nothing, but his slightly trembling fingers betrayed his superficial composure.

The eyes fixed on the whole body of the scorpion, not daring to take a step away from the scorpion.

Facing such a legendary puppet master, even if the other party didn't take out any puppets to operate, the sense of oppression made Kankuro feel that his heart was being held tightly by someone and might stop beating at any time.

This kind of immersive feeling of involuntary life and death made Kankuro extremely annoyed.

But had to force myself to calm down.

Because once you lose your composure, you are really not far from death.

"Hoo"

Kankuro took a deep breath, and the nerves that had been tense all over his body relaxed slightly, allowing his body to be in the best fighting state.

"Calm down?"

"Of course, you better not underestimate me. To be honest, I have wanted to fight a legendary puppeteer like you for a long time. It is a fateful choice that you and I meet here, Scorpion of Red Sand!"

After finishing speaking, Kankuro took off the other scroll on the back without hesitation, and spread it out on the sand in an instant.

boom!

Two spread out scrolls, each rising a cloud of white smoke.

Two brand new puppet dolls stand on both sides of the salamander.

Located to the left of the salamander, is a deformed puppet with three eyes, four arms, and two legs.

The one on the right side of the salamander is an ant-shaped puppet, which resembles the head of an ant, with red antennae and six arms. The torso is slightly enlarged, as if it exists for predation.

The two puppets are the crow and the black ant.

Same as Sanjiao Fish, they are a series of puppet dolls.

Integrates attack, capture and defense.

is the highest artistic masterpiece among the hidden sand puppet troops.

A red scorpion is branded on the bodies of the three puppet dolls as a conspicuous mark.

"Use the puppet I made to deal with me? I advise you to run away quickly. It's rare to meet such an interesting junior like you."

Scorpion issued a speech similar to advice.

In today's world where ninjas dominate the mainstream, puppet masters, as a partial industry among ninjas, basically only retain a complete inheritance in Shaying Village.

But even in Sha Yin Village, the industry of puppet masters actually shows signs of being lonely.

As far as Xie knew, the puppet army in Hidden Sand Village was not as prosperous as it used to be. There are very few puppet masters who can be the successors.

"This is unforgivable! After all, I have always wanted to challenge you, the so-called genius puppeteer!"

After Kankuro finished speaking, the two puppet puppets, the crow and the black ant, rushed out like lightning, and attacked the body of the scorpion from the left and right sides with a floating movement that humans could never do.

However, the scorpion just turned its body slightly to one side, and then lowered its head slightly.

The surprise attack of the crow and the black ant narrowly missed the body of the scorpion.

"It's not over yet!"

Kankuro flexibly pulled the chakra with his fingers, and the movements of the crow and the black ant suddenly changed in mid-air, turning around and launching the second round of charge.

And the crow opened its mouth, and a small white ball engraved with the word 'poison' flew out.

boom!

The white ball exploded, and the lavender mist quickly spread, covering the scorpion and the surrounding sand.

Whizzing!

Kunai penetrated the air, and the crow puppet with offensive ability began to open the organs in its body.

As if to show off his skills, the crow's attacks followed one after the other, seamlessly, without any lag, coupled with the smooth operation, even in the eyes of the scorpion, it is enough to be called 'excellent'.

but-

Scorpion slightly lowered his eyebrows.

The black ants that were good at catching disappeared, and the sand under their feet began to float.

The ant-like head of the black ant rushed out quickly, and a black hole opened up in its torso at some point, facing the scorpion's body.

Facing the unexpected attack of the black ants, the scorpion continued to dodge to the side in a small range, easily avoiding the surprise attack of the black ants.

Those launched kunai did not hit the scorpion.

A light breeze blows in, comfortably playing with Scorpion's red hair, spotless.

"Let the crow use exaggerated offensive skills to attract attention on the bright side, and then let the black ants wait for the opportunity to attack from below... Very good technique, it seems that it is not following the script."

"But unfortunately, there is still no way to touch you."

Kankuro pulled back the two puppets of crow and black ant, and stood on both sides of the puppet of salamander, facing off from the scorpion.

"Have you given up?"

Scorpion asked.

"It's a good idea. With me here, don't even think about attacking Gaara!"

Kankuro said firmly.

"Really? Well, let's stop here. I don't like waiting for others, and I don't like others waiting for me. Don't worry, the battle will end soon."

Scorpion smiled slightly, raised the index finger of his right hand slightly, and a scroll fell directly into Scorpion's hands.

The scroll was spread downwards, and the interesting word 'three' on the scroll could already be seen.

"do not move."

The voice suddenly came from behind.

A Kunai frame was under the scorpion's neck, and the sharp wind attribute chakra was wrapped around it, stopping his next move.

is Mackey.

His face was icy cold at this time, revealing a strong killing intent.

Scorpion's eyes rolled back a bit, and the smile on his face narrowed slightly.

"Does the wind escape instantly?"

"Don't move. I know that you are the grandson of Elder Chidai, and was once a puppet genius of Sand Hidden, but the weakness of the puppet master will not change. At this distance, I can kill you at any time."

Maki said so, but his expression did not relax.

If there is any abnormality in the scorpion, even if he tries to offend the retired elder Chidai, he will execute the scorpion immediately.

On the other hand, Kankuro heaved a sigh of relief.

Then he smiled at the scorpion and said, "Sorry, the reason why the crow made an exaggerated attack was not just to create an ambush space for the black ants. Moreover, I didn't say that I would deal with you alone."

Rather, as a puppet master, knowing who the other party is, to deal with Xie alone, no matter how you look at it, you have a brain problem.

That's just death.

"Yeah?"

"Then, let me, Kankuro, end the era of genius puppet masters!"

Kankuro suppressed his excitement, raised his finger, and the black ant flew away from the ground, its torso was wide open, revealing a large dark hole, and its six arms stretched like vines, embracing the body of the scorpion.

Boom!

The violent explosion resounded in the air.

Accompanied by flames and explosions, countless grains of sand poured down from the sky like torrential rain.

Ignoring the sand and rain falling wildly around him, Gaara just maintained a calm attitude, grasping the void with his hands, remotely controlling the sand gathered by him, forming a huge wave on the desert, and continuing to attack Didara from the front with overwhelming attacks.

"Although the speed is not very fast, this defensive power is not a joke. My bomb can't be broken from the front. Hmm."

Driving the huge white flying dragon under his feet, Didara looked at the sky-covering dust rushing in front of him. It would be a lie to say that he didn't find it difficult.

The more he fights Gaara, the more Deidara knows that this one-tailed Jinchuriki is definitely not a ninja who becomes stronger by relying solely on the power of the tailed beast.

But he himself is a powerful ninja.

Even, he has never used the power of Yiwei until now, all he uses is his own chakra.

A protracted battle is not good for me. Didara instantly judged this.

Although his chakra belongs to the category with more, Gaara's chakra is more unfathomable than his.

Therefore, if it becomes a protracted battle and consumes to the end, he will definitely be the one who loses the battle.

However, if you want to defeat Gaara, you must open a gap in his defense without dead ends.

If Gaara's absolute defense cannot be opened, the battle will definitely become an anxious and protracted battle.

This seems to have become an autistic endless loop.

This is what Deidara is troubled with.

Right at this moment, a sharp breath approached.

surprised Didara.

Before he had time to observe, he quickly drove the white dragon under his feet to move upwards, distanced from the sharp breath.

It was a vacuum blade shining with white light.

Gliding and flying by rubbing the wings of the white dragon.

If he had taken a step late, one of the white dragon's wings would have been cut off, causing him to lose his balance and fall on the sand.

"It's so dangerous, I almost got caught."

Didara squinted his right eye, and observed the movement on the sand with the miniature monocular telescope worn on his left eye.

In the picture observed by the micro-telescope, Temari unfolded the three-star fan in his hand, and the vacuum blade that flew into the sky was released by Temari using the three-star fan to use the wind escape.

"The vacuum blade made by Feng Dun actually flew such a long distance. Is that woman also a long-range ninja? It's really troublesome. Hmm."

Making a decisive decision, Didara formed a mudra with one hand, and the white dragon under his feet immediately spit out two white falcons.

"Get rid of this woman first, and then deal with Jinjuriki."

Two white falcons made of clay pull out two white lightning bolts in the sky and rush to the ground.

Temari's face panicked, while using the three-star fan to quickly fan towards the sky, rolling a large number of vacuum blades, and at the same time stepping back quickly.

"Art is a blast! Drink!"

In the air more than ten meters away from Temari, fierce flames suddenly set off.

The ferocious shock wave generated by the concentrated explosion fluctuated instantly.

Boom!

The shock wave from the explosion did not hit Temari.

A sand wall blocked Temari's top, and a large hole was recessed backwards, but it could withstand the terrifying impact of Didara's clay explosives.

Temari is fortunate to survive the catastrophe. If Gaara hadn't defended her for a while, the consequences just now would have been disastrous.

"This guy's ability is too dangerous."

Temari gritted his teeth and stared at Didara in the sky.

After facing each other head-on, I have a better understanding of the danger of Didala.

Even if the opponent's clay explosive is blocked in the air, if the explosive is allowed to approach the body, the shock wave generated by the explosion can shatter the bones in the human body, which will also cause terrifying damage.

"Um?"

Seeing Gaara block the attack for Temari without hesitation, Deidara became thoughtful.

Immediately, an unexpected smile appeared on his face.

"This guy doesn't look like the cold-blooded and ruthless guy described in the information provided by Bai Jue. What a strange Renzhuli."

Generally speaking, the relationship between Jinchuriki and the ninjas in the village is extremely bad.

Even the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki of Iwagakure Village are the same.

They are just poor guys who are being watched by the top management of Yan Yin.

When you need them, release them to deal with the enemy.

When they don't need it, conduct thorough supervision, so that they lose the power to choose their lives.

Forced to bear the cold violence policy given by the village.

While guarding the village, he is also hated and feared by the villagers.

Renchuriki is a distorted existence created by Ninja Village based on this distorted background.

Because of this, the ninjas of Ninja Village will ignore the death of Jinchuriki.

And Jinjuriki also ignores the death of his companions and feels no sadness.

But Gaara's actions at this time made him feel that the other party was slightly different from ordinary Jinjuriki.

Is it because of the family affection that cannot be parted?

still

Although he didn't know what was going on, Didala felt that this was an opportunity.

"However, if you accidentally blow up Jinchuriki to death, there is nothing you can do about it. I hope the leader will not blame you. Hmm."

While driving the white dragon to dodge Gaara Sako's Deidara, he whispered these words.

When dealing with Gaara, you can't be merciful.

Intuition tells Didara that if he limits himself because he cannot kill Jinchuriki, he is likely to be killed by Gaara.

Driven by this idea, Didala reached out to the ninja bag.

When the palm was stretched out, a white doll made of clay was held by Didara's palm.

"So, it's time for my art grand opening!"

After finishing speaking, Didara threw the white doll in his hand towards the sand, aiming at Temari and the other sand ninjas on the sand.

boom!

The rapidly falling white puppet suddenly enlarged several times, enough to compare with the main torso of the white dragon.

And as the weight increases, the falling speed of the white doll also increases.

"That is-"

Temari and the others were taken aback, their faces pale.

If this huge creature is also an explosive, it is hard to imagine the scale and power of the explosion.

Just when they were about to retreat, the enlarged white puppet burst into a terrifying trembling from inside.

Ripples began to ripple in circles in the sky, and began to expand in all directions.

The white puppet spread its arms around the body, like an eagle spreading its wings, and stretched its two arms like the wings of a bird to the limit, embracing this vast and endless desert.

Before it exploded, the terrifying wind pressure crushed it from above, and Sand Shinobi, who wanted to escape, was directly immobilized by his legs, and could only watch the white dolls fall on top of their heads.

Desperate.

die.

Artis a blast!

Boom

Like a white meteor blooming over the desert, it released a strong white aurora, shining on the sky and the earth.

The deafening roar continued, and the white light circle distorted the air and light and shadow in the void, encroaching on the territory of the sky.

The sand layer covering the sky and the sun is facing the sky, with a width of hundreds of meters, holding the sky.

Successfully stopped the white exploding circle of explosion.

"Ha ha!"

Didara laughed heartily when he saw this scene.

"He actually blocked my C3 No. 18 head-on. This guy is really capable. However, the game of siblings loving each other is all over!"

In the miniature telescope of Deidara's left eye, Gaara, who blocked C318, was already out of breath, and the dark circles around his eyes seemed to be getting worse.

Blocking this round of explosions also consumes a lot of energy.

A small falcon quickly broke through the air, and while the rest of the sand ninjas were still in shock, it rushed to Gaara from a blind spot.

That's a reserved explosive bomb.

This time just comes in handy.

However, the clay bomb approached Gaara's body so easily, and Didara suddenly noticed something was wrong.

I always feel that I have overlooked something.

A flash of light flashed in my mind.

Wait, where's his special sand? Didara suddenly thought of this question.

If he remembers correctly, in the information provided by Baijue, it shows that Gaara has a part of the special sand. Compared with the sand controlled by nature, the speed of that part of the sand is unbelievably fast, and it will subconsciously protect Gaara.

Known as 'absolute defense'!

Where did his 'absolute defense' go? Didara thought of this question.

Before thinking for too long, Didara's finger turned cold, and he looked at his left arm.

A mass of sand seemed to have life wrapped around his left arm at some point, and was quickly eating away at his body through his left arm.

Compared to those sands that are naturally manipulated, this part of the sand is mixed with a pungent **** smell and has a sense of life.

Oops, this is the specially made sand used for 'absolute defense', has it been waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack? Deidara secretly yelled that it was not good.

The opponent, like himself, was planning a sneak attack.

but-

This is nothing more than repaying injury with injury.

Just when Didala thought so, there was no explosion sound from Gaara.

Realizing something was wrong, Deidara glanced at Gaara's position, and his eyes widened.

I saw Gaara holding a miniature device similar to a generator in Gaara's hand, emitting a fine current visible to the naked eye into the surrounding air.

And the small clay falcon he released to attack Gaara unexpectedly landed at Gaara's feet at some point, unable to flap its wings, and lost its ability to explode.

(end of this chapter)