Chapter 288: Withering

The air in the coastal area is already humid, and there have been several heavy rains in Tanokuni recently, which makes people a little more irritated.

Deidara took a sip of tea and sighed comfortably, only then did she feel a little less thirsty. After looking at the silent Red Sand Scorpion, he focused his attention on the rain curtain, which shrouded the city in a heavy rain, making the scenery seem somewhat blurry, but apart from being in a daze, Deidara didn't know what to do next.

The Red Sand Scorpion has been a bit reticent since he killed the sand ninja such as Ebizo and Kankuro who were chasing after him after he plundered Iara.

There is no shortage of malicious speculation that Deidara may have been a little devastated because he was almost killed by Chiyo in the end, and found that the "eternal art" he had always believed in was so fragile.

There are also a few soldiers with swords at their waists in the teahouse, seeing that Deidara, who has taken off the hat, is wearing a renegade forehead, he does not dare to be presumptuous, and he talks in a low voice, and the teahouse guys secretly complain not far away, this kind of war is in chaos, business is already difficult to do, and since it has opened today, he has only met two groups of guests, either soldiers or traitors, and he doesn't even have the courage to collect the accounts.

"When will this battle be over?" Xu saw that Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion were relatively quiet, and several soldiers at the other table couldn't help but talk much louder, and a young man put down the tea bowl and said with a sad face, "The farm work at home has been delayed, and the food and salary cannot be paid." ”

"It's a question of whether you can win or not, and you still want to end the war?" When a companion next to him heard this, he sneered, but his tone was also very bitter.

"It's miserable to lose, and I've heard that when those in the south take a city, they kill all the men and distribute the women and their belongings to the soldiers." One said worriedly.

"Yes, I also heard that the soldiers over there sometimes eat human flesh, so they all carry their backs and bear waists, and they also sacrifice live people to the devil, and the sword can't hurt them, so the ninjas and samurai invited by the lord and the daimyo can't beat them." Another man chimed in.

Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion couldn't help but look at each other when they heard the soldiers talking, and Deidara almost laughed. The information they have is naturally not comparable to ordinary soldiers, and the major ninja villages did not participate in the civil war in Tanokuni because of Nara Shikamaru's deterrent power in the ninja world, and as for some other lame goods, most of them were blocked by former Konoha ninjas such as Li Luo, Hinata Ningji, and Akido Dingji. This is also the reason why there is absolutely no doubt that Yijiao and this war have the figure of Nara Shikamaru behind him.

The Jedi General has told Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion that Shikamaru is proficient in space ninjutsu, and if he misses a blow, the two of them will have to find a way not to make Shikamaru unable to avoid the war, and if they can find out the main connection between this war and Yijiao and Shikamaru, it is likely to seize Shikamaru's weakness.

"Let's go, I'm afraid I won't get any information here." The Red Sand Scorpion said disdainfully, this place has not been affected by the war for the time being, and most of the news people receive is false, all from some rout troops who are full of lies and shirk responsibility, or from the false news transmitted by those in power, demonizing the southern army led by Uesugi Seiji, and there is no useful information that the two need

Deidara nodded, picked up the hat on the table, and left the teahouse with the red sand scorpion one after another, and walked into the rain, as for the tea money, it was naturally left behind, and the two wanted criminals did not demolish this shop, it was already the luck of the owner of the teahouse.

The guys on the side watched Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion leave, and they didn't even dare to ask, and the soldiers at the other table saw the two leaving, and several people glanced at each other, and slapped the knives they were carrying on their waists on the table, and the sound of conversation couldn't help but be a little louder, very lively.

The teahouse guy cleaned up the table that Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion had used before, and sighed, he really didn't know what to do next.

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Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion came out of the teahouse, and they sped up their journey, and the two rode the giant bird that Deidara changed with clay to cross the border of the country of Tanokoku, which was much faster than walking, until they reached the area controlled by Uesugi Seiji, and then changed to walking, preparing to wait for the opportunity to arrest a priest of the Yi religion and interrogate the information.

When the balance of war tilted towards Uesugi Seiji's Southern Army, the Yi priests had much less pressure on the battlefield and focused more on the people's livelihood, and food production after the war was naturally the top priority, and Shikamaru set the tone for the development of the Yi religion from the bottom, and many priests were in the villages to help the peasants.

Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion were about to find a village, but it wasn't easy, the devastation of war was not easy to recover, and in this remote area where weeds were common, they only found a smoke that showed that people were living.

Deidara, who was walking side by side with the Red Sand Scorpion, suddenly froze and slowed down, and the Red Sand Scorpion noticed the abnormality of his companion and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

Compared to the short figure of the puppet "Scarlet Amber", now surrounded by weeds, the red sand scorpion's vision is also blocked, but in contrast to him, Deidara can see a man in front of the two of them in a wood, leaning against a tree, holding his hands on his chest, standing in place with his eyes closed, as if waiting for someone.

"It's Nara Shikamaru." Deidara took a closer look at the man's appearance and said in disbelief. The person who came was young, with long hair and a shawl, dressed in a black kimono, calm and relaxed, I don't know if it was affected by the deeds of Shikamaru that he heard, so the psychological effect, Deidara just looked at Shikamaru's posture and look, and felt that he had a calm temperament that was very different from his immature appearance.

"It's finally here." When Deidara saw Shikamaru at the edge of the woods, Shikamaru also found Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion wearing a red cloud trench coat on a black background, the south of the country of Tian is full of Yi believers, as long as one person has seen the whereabouts of the two, Shikamaru will know, he knows that he is carrying an eight-tailed bull, he must be a member of the arrest list in the Xiao organization, but he is limited by intelligence, he can't know the progress of "Xiao", so he can only wait for the arrival of the other party.

Now that the capture of the Eight Tails has begun, I am afraid that the plan to capture Naruto Uzumaki has also been put on the agenda by "Akatsuki", Shikamaru thought about this, and at the same time stood up straight, and suddenly rushed forward towards Deidara and the Red Sand Scorpion, suddenly turned around and threw a few kunai behind him, nailing the several clay spiders that had made a detour behind him to the ground at some point.

Bang!

A deafening explosion accompanied by a wave of heat came from behind, but Shikamaru was already out of the killing range of the detonating clay, and he didn't stop and rushed towards the enemy at a rapid speed.

Shikamaru was halfway through, a layer of pitch-black chakra appeared on the surface of his body, and at the same time, a dark red chakra appeared outside his body, vaguely forming the appearance of eight tails, and the chakra erupted from under his feet, driving his body to rush forward like a cannonball.

Black Magic. Absolutely loud!

Shikamaru's figure rushed straight through, and the meadow under his feet was even lifted by the huge chakra, and the broken weeds fluttered in the air.

Deidara's pupils shrank, and she quickly jumped away, and at the same time reached into her right hand into the ninja bag, and the big mouth in her palm was desperately chewing on the clay.

The red sand scorpion residing in the puppet "Scarlet Amber" is not as agile as Deidara, "Scarlet Amber" faced the impact of Shikamaru, fortunately, the red sand scorpion jumped out of the "Scarlet Amber" in time, and in mid-air, he took out a scroll from his arms and shook it open, accompanied by a burst of green smoke and a faint explosion sound, a humanoid puppet has appeared, and was carried on the back by the red sand scorpion.

The humanoid puppet was dressed in a gray robe, with long hair on its head, and its orange-yellow pupils occasionally turned, as if this puppet still contained life, and it was one of the favorite works of the Red Sand Scorpion, a human puppet made of the third generation of Wind Shadow in Sand Hidden Village.

Shikamaru ignored the red sand scorpion first, and first reflexively pushed the lower abdomen of Deidara, who was not far away from him, but was blocked by the other party's arm, and at the same time jumped back to open the distance.

Swish!

As soon as the Red Sand Scorpion's feet landed, it threw the human puppet of the third generation of Kazekage towards Shikamaru, and the sharp blade that popped out of the human puppet's arm was faintly glowing with a layer of purple liquid, apparently smeared with venom.

Just in time! Shikamaru sneered when he saw this, and pounced on it, avoiding the sharp blade on the human puppet's arm, the spiritual energy covering the surface of his body was enough to offset its damage, and his right hand pressed on the human puppet's chest with a palm.

White Magic!

Shikamaru, who is transplanted from the cells between the thousand hand pillars, has already mastered the wood escape, but compared to Tianzang, the ability of the deer pill that can use natural energy is very different from it, and the most significant point is naturally the control of life energy.

Shikamaru's ability is just to restrain the red sand scorpion that uses the wooden puppet, and a stream of life energy is transmitted from the palm of the deer pill from the human puppet, under the manipulation of Shikamaru, all parts of the human puppet actually sprout branches and block the joints, but in a moment, in the shocked gaze of the red sand scorpion, one of his most proud collectibles became a ball of twisted wooden lumps, fell to the ground, and became a waste product.

"He'll escape!" The Red Sand Scorpion stepped back again and again, and said loudly to Deidara, Shikamaru's previous performance had made him raise his vigilance to the highest, and Shikamaru, who had mastered Mu Dun and life energy, had undoubtedly completed his puppeteer, which made him feel a little nervous, his puppet, including the main body, was made of wood, and if he was lightly touched by Shikamaru in the previous way, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Deidara didn't have time to slander the fragile "art" of the red sand scorpion, and with a wave of his hand, he threw a bird made of clay, and the palm-sized bird burst into a cloud of green smoke in midair, and under the effect of the chakra, it swelled into a giant bird large enough for two people to ride, waving its wings and floating in the air.

After Deidara jumped on the giant bird, he raised his hand and threw several two-winged birds that had been made at Shikamaru, and the clay birds with two pairs of wings flew through the air at a fast speed, crashing into Shikamaru's back, but unfortunately when he was about to touch Shikamaru, he was blocked by a thick octopus tentacle that appeared on his waist, although it burst out with a burst of fire, but it did not hurt Shikamaru.

Swish!

Shikamaru ignored Deidara's attack, still focusing on the Red Sand Scorpion, throwing the seal-style kunai around the three grips at the opponent.

The Red Sand Scorpion knew the power of Shikamaru's spatial ninjutsu, and now he was worried about being close to Shikamaru, so he retreated again and again, and at the same time took off his windbreaker, revealing the puppet mechanism on his body, and then opened the palms of both hands, aiming at several kunai with one hand, and aiming at the direction of Shikamaru with the other, and with the energy provided by the scroll that sealed the ninjutsu behind him, he spit out two scorching flames.

If it is a high-pressure * water * gun, Shikamaru still needs to dodge one or two, but at this time, the red sand scorpion chooses to spray flames, and the "shadow on the surface of Shikamaru's body is sufficient" to deal with it, so it condenses the chakra on the palm of his hand, and several streams of energy continue to rotate, gathering in a round ball, and then through the change of the nature of the "yin" attribute, under the manipulation of Shikamaru, a huge chakra shuriken is formed, which spins quickly in his palm, and then is thrown by Shikamaru towards the red sand scorpion.

In Shikamaru's perception, the chakra shuriken that broke away from his body was surrounded and replenished by natural energy, so that the chakra contained in it dissipated at an extremely slow speed, and the red sand scorpion that was caught off guard was cut in two by the invincible chakra shuriken before it had time to dodge.

Shikamaru, who understands the mystery of the Red Sand Scorpion Ninjutsu, naturally won't stop, but at this time, Deidara has already come to the rescue, although in order to prevent accidental injury to the Red Sand Scorpion, he did not use the powerful tricks of "Garuda" and "Eighteen", but it also changed a lot of two-winged birds themselves to attack Shikamaru.

White Magic. Iron pear wood!

Shikamaru was determined to kill the Red Sand Scorpion first, and pressed his palm on the ground without looking back, and with the transportation of Chakra, several wooden strips suddenly broke through the ground behind him and on the side, overlapping layer by layer, and branching out at a speed visible to the naked eye, countless branches were connected and entangled, forming a wooden wall to block Shikamaru's side. At the same time, Shikamaru's other hand was divided with five fingers, pointing to the red sand scorpion that was temporarily unable to move because it was cut in two by the chakra shuriken.

Although Tianzo's wood escape technique cannot be compared with the original Hokage Thousand Hands Pillar, it has also provided a lot of help for Shikamaru to master the ability of wood escape, and some of the wood escape skills Shikamaru is now handy, only to see that his five fingers have turned into slender wooden strips, and he quickly grabbed the red sand scorpion.

The Red Sand Scorpion was cut in two, although it did not hurt the body, but it was unable to resume its action at the first time, watching the wooden strip of Shikamaru's finger change touch the puppet he was sheltering in, and quickly separated the regeneration core on the puppet's chest from the puppet, but this is tantamount to a change in the situation, and the Red Sand Scorpion, which has not had time to summon more puppets from the scroll, is like a fish without water at this time, after Shikamaru uses the wooden escape to destroy his puppet and destroy the scrolls that follow, his death has become a foregone conclusion.

"How do you gather information!?" Seeing this, Deidara couldn't help but grit her teeth and muttered, "Big Brother Scorpion, I'm sorry!" ”

Deidara shoved a large mass of detonating clay into his mouth, and controlled the birds to climb into the air, while he himself chewed the clay desperately, while his hands were sealed, and he snorted, and then opened his mouth to spit out the clay from his mouth, until he formed a huge clone that matched his appearance.

*.Garuda!

Shikamaru sensed Deidara's movements and hurriedly controlled Chakra, and two jet-black spiritual energies emerged from behind him, forming two huge wings, enveloping his entire person into a round ball, tightly wrapped.

Almost at the same time as Shikamaru's action was completed, the deidara clone that mixed clay and chakra expanded and exploded, and countless nano-scale bombs that could not be seen by the naked eye were scattered in the air in a short period of time.

"What is this!?" Deidara has a miniature telescope installed in his left eye, and he can see the situation in the distance, and at this time, he saw Shikamaru wrapped in spiritual energy into a black ball, and he couldn't help but froze for a moment, wanting to use "No. 18" to blow up Shikamaru, but Shikamaru had quietly rolled below him at some point.

Swish!

The spiritual energy that wrapped Shikamaru's whole body suddenly opened, and Shikamaru's whole person rushed towards Deidara from below like a cannonball, and the two wings of spiritual energy changes behind him continued to wave, increasing his upward momentum.

He can even fly!? Deidara's pupils shrank, and she was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly detonated the bombs, and the nano-scale bombs that could not be detected by the naked eye exploded one after another, but unfortunately the surface of Shikamaru's body was shrouded in a layer of chakra, and these bombs were blocked out of the body one after another, and they did not have an effect on Shikamaru.

Laugh at!

Shikamaru transformed a slender energy blade with one hand, and sliced open the bird where Deidara was sitting, and when he saw Deidara jumping down from the bird and losing his place in the air, he combined his fingers to form a seal, and with the seal left when his palm touched Deidara's arm before, he used "Black Magic. Shifang" escaped through the space and appeared behind Deidara, who was not used before, because there was a giant bird made of clay at Deidara's feet at that time, and he was worried that he would be hindered and could not kill with one blow, causing trouble, but now is a good time.

Seeing Shikamaru disappear from sight, Deidara sensed that it was not good and wanted to move, but he noticed that his chest was cold, and a pitch-black sword had pierced his heart from behind him, leaking out from front of him.

Rumble!

Shikamaru stabbed Deidara's chest with a knife made of spiritual energy, but he still refused to give up, driving the opponent's body to fall to the ground like a cannonball, making a loud noise and stirring up a burst of dust and mist.

By the time the dust and fog cleared, Deidara, who was crushed by Shikamaru, was already dead and couldn't die anymore.