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"Is that Sasuke?!"
Kakashi turned his head toward the source of the lightning spear.
"I never expected to see you in such a sorry state, Kakashi."
From a distance, Sasuke smirked, his right hand gripping the lightning spear twisting slightly as Chidori Sharp Spear slashed horizontally, forcing "Killer B" back.
The lightning spear in Sasuke's hand retracted, arcs of electricity crackling around him as he instantly appeared beside Kakashi.
"Well, thanks for the assist, Sasuke," Kakashi said with a wry smile. "What brings you here?"
"Just passing by."
Sasuke replied nonchalantly before turning his gaze elsewhere.
"Are you all heading to the Five Kage Summit?"
"That's right."
Kakashi struggled to sit up.
"Need help?"
Sasuke glanced at Tsunade, who was surrounded by puppets, and asked casually.
"Sasuke, I need you to protect Kakashi and Tokuma," Tsunade said sternly, nodding at Sasuke before glaring furiously at Sasori. "Leave the fighting here to me."
"Understood."
Sasuke had no objections.
"Uchiha Sasuke." Sasori's expression darkened.
Meanwhile, Deidara, lying battered on the ground, had been caught in the aftershock of Tsunade's earlier earth-shattering punch and was now barely clinging to life.
"Looks like… there's no chance left… Sasori… let me…"
With trembling hands, he slowly pulled open the front of his robe, revealing the stitched-up incision over his heart.
"You idiot!"
Sasori extended chakra threads from his fingertips, latching onto Deidara's body to stop him.
"Don't… try to stop me…" Deidara coughed up another mouthful of blood, mustering all his remaining strength to resist Sasori's control. "My final… art…"
"Tch."
While maneuvering his puppets to fend off Tsunade's relentless assault, Sasori used his only free hand to unfurl another scroll.
Boom!
A cloud of white smoke erupted, scattering countless paper fragments.
The fluttering sheets coalesced, revealing Konan's figure amidst the chaos.
Sasori discarded the scroll and spoke bluntly. "Mission failed. Get us out of here!"
Konan surveyed the battlefield with a frown before nodding.
"Trying to run?!"
Tsunade roared in fury. Ignoring her injuries, she smashed through "Fū" and "Utakata" with two consecutive punches, charging straight at Konan.
"Stay here and die together!!"
"I'm just a paper clone."
Konan's body dissolved into countless sheets of paper. The remaining "Killer B" and "Yugito" immediately moved to intercept Tsunade.
Meanwhile, white paper swirled around the barely breathing Deidara, lifting him into the air.
Konan, now only her upper half remaining, spread massive paper wings from her back. With one hand gripping Sasori's collar and the other guiding Deidara's floating body, she soared upward.
Sasuke, arms crossed, watched them ascend and asked again, "Want me to help stop them?"
"Then I'm counting on you!!"
Tsunade shattered "Yugito" with another punch but found herself entangled by "Killer B", whose body suddenly sprouted razor-sharp blades.
"You heard her?" Sasuke smirked. "Time to get serious!"
"Hahahaha…"
An abrupt laugh echoed from above. Everyone looked up to see Suigetsu leaping down from the towering snow-capped fir trees, his Executioner's Blade slicing through the air toward Konan.
"Tch."
Sasori, still dangling from Konan's grip, scowled. Tilting his head back, he unleashed a barrage of hidden weapons from his mouth.
Just as Suigetsu seemed ready to recklessly tank the projectiles, Neji materialized in front of him.
"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!"
A rapidly spinning sphere of chakra deflected both the incoming weapons and Suigetsu's descending blade.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Suigetsu bellowed in outrage.
Neji ignored him. As the rotation ceased, he planted a foot on the flat of the Executioner's Blade, using the momentum to launch himself higher, chasing Konan's retreating form.
"You damn Byakugan bastard!!" Suigetsu, kicked backward by Neji's maneuver, cursed furiously.
"Idiot Suigetsu! Those projectiles are poisoned!!" Karin, who had leaped out from behind a lower tree branch, punched Suigetsu's foot upward. "Go again!!"
By now, Tsunade—having sacrificed her own well-being—finally destroyed "Killer B". As she regenerated her injuries, she glanced upward.
"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!"
Neji, now above Konan, activated his technique once more. The force of the rotation sent Konan and her two companions plummeting downward.
"Perfect! Water Release: Violent Water Wave!!"
Below, Suigetsu's arms bulged monstrously as he swung the Executioner's Blade upward in a devastating arc.
Konan flapped her wings to evade, while Sasori blasted flames from both hands—one aimed skyward, the other downward.
Suigetsu's face paled. He hurled his blade to block momentarily while his hands flew through seals.
"Water Release: Water Wall!!"
Above, Neji had no choice but to use Revolving Heaven for the third time.
Seizing the opportunity, Konan's wings beat frantically, accelerating past Neji and ascending into the sky.
Karin, who had already secured a spot beside Sasuke, clicked her tongue in frustration. "These two! Useless men!!"
"Bastards!!"
Tsunade chopped down a fir tree with a single strike, hefted the massive trunk, and hurled it at Konan.
With a boom, Konan's paper clone disintegrated entirely.
The papers enveloping Deidara scattered, sending both him and Sasori into freefall.
"Hah… cough… hahaha…"
Deidara, mustering the last of his strength, laughed weakly. He yanked open the stitches on his chest and shoved a lump of explosive clay into the mouth embedded there.
"Behold… my ultimate art!!"
"Deidara, you fool!"
Sasori reached out to stop him again but hesitated.
"…Forget it."
He had no more cards to play. This was the end.
What a shame…
He couldn't help but feel bitter.
Princess Tsunade's abilities had proven far more troublesome than anticipated, completely countering his puppetry.
His newest masterpiece had been destroyed before it could achieve its destined glory.
How infuriating…
The others, unsure of Deidara's intentions, watched warily as his chest-mouth chewed the clay.
"No!! He's going to self-destruct!!" Karin, hypersensitive to chakra fluctuations, screamed in panic. "Sasuke!! Stop him!!"
"No need." Sasuke remained unmoved. "Neji, it's your turn."
"Got it."
Neji, descending from above, had already analyzed the flow of chakra within Deidara's body. An explosive surge was spreading from his heart throughout his entire system.
Grey markings spread across Neji's face as he formed sword-hand seals, striking the air in rapid succession.
"Sage Art: Gentle Fist—Remote Point Striking!"
Needle-thin chakra projectiles shot from his fingertips, piercing precise tenketsu points on Deidara's body and sealing his chakra pathways completely.
"Guh—!!!"
Deidara convulsed, blood spraying from his mouth before he crashed lifelessly to the ground.
"This moron!"
Seeing Deidara's kamikaze attempt fail so spectacularly, Sasori swiftly changed tactics.
A rope shot from his abdomen, latching onto a distant tree branch. With a sharp tug, he swung himself away.
"DIE!!!"
Tsunade's voice thundered as an enormous shadow loomed over Sasori.
A massive tree trunk smashed down onto him with catastrophic force, crushing his body instantly.
Sasori's form shattered beyond recognition.
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