On an uninhabited island near the main island of the country of waves, the mixed primeval forest is inhabited by countless poisonous insects and beasts, making this a forbidden area for life.

In this forbidden area of life that ordinary people would never actively step into, Scorpion and Deidara appeared here.

Dressed in the same style uniform with red clouds on a black background and rings on their fingers, they stopped in front of a mountain wall.

Deidara glanced at the smooth mountain wall, then made a gesture with one hand.

The mountain wall in front of him immediately began to melt, revealing a walkway for people to walk.

"You can go in, Big Scorpion. Well. ”

With this done, Deidara led the way ahead and took the lead into the cave inside the mountain wall.

The scorpion followed.

As the two entered, the mountain wall behind them began to glue together, taking on the shape it had taken before the seal was unsealed.

From the outside, it's just an ordinary mountain wall.

In the cave inside the mountain wall, there is a secret space, where some food and water are stored, as well as medicines and other things, and even a lot of ninja equipment is prepared, which can be called a small base.

But judging from the traces of the cave opening, it should have been less than a month since the construction of this small base.

It is probably certain that the human pillar force will be active in the territory of the country of waves, so let's temporarily open a base here in advance, so that the members of the organization can hide their tracks here as much as possible.

After all, many areas of the country of waves are now monitored by the ninjas of the country of ghosts, and if you go to the main island, it is easy for the ninjas of the country of ghosts to find traces.

In terms of aggressiveness, the country of ghosts is on a par with the country of thunder, and it has always adopted a very tough style of acting externally.

Shortly after the two entered, the clods of dirt on the ground began to bulge slightly, and a white humanoid creature slowly emerged from the dirt with a grin.

"It's white."

Deidara was no longer surprised to see this scene.

Since joining the Xiao Organization three years ago, he has gradually learned that the core members of this organization are basically a group of 'anomalous' humans.

Whether it's a physical abnormality, a felony committed while defecting, or something like him, artistic values and ordinary people can't share the same.

Discovering the art of beauty from the explosion, Deidara also thinks that his taste is different from that of ordinary people.

It is precisely because of the abnormality that it is a kind of aesthetics.

He also developed a rare sense of identity with the organization, and considered it an artistic embodiment of 'beauty'.

Compared to the kind of place in Yanyin Village that does not know how to appreciate the beauty of his art, Xiao Organization is a paradise of art for him.

"Good afternoon, both of you."

Bai Jue greeted the two with a smile.

"Don't talk nonsense, where is the human pillar force?"

The scorpion asked straight to the point.

He knows very well Bai Jue's chattering character, if he waits for the other party to open the conversation, he will probably be able to talk all day long.

Rather than chattering with Bai Jue here, he wanted to complete the task as soon as possible, and then leave the country of waves and find a quiet place to continue his research on puppet art.

"On the main island of the country of waves, I'm locking down the other party's position."

"You should have come here before us, why, hasn't the trace of the human pillar force been locked?"

There was impatience in the scorpion's voice.

"It was stirred up by the people of the Thunder Light Regiment, and the human pillar force shifted its position."

Bai Jue said regretfully.

"Thunder Light Regiment?"

"That's right, they're bounty hunters hired by the Wave Country Peasants' and Workers' Regiment."

"I've heard of their names, and the members of them either hold arcane arts or possess the Blood Inheritance Limit. How could they clash with the human pillar force? ”

The scorpion wondered in his heart, could it be that the people of the Thunder Light Regiment also wanted to obtain the tailed beast?

If so, then the action needs to be more deliberate.

"Ninjas who infiltrate the country of waves inexplicably will definitely be monitored and suppressed by local ninjas. Moreover, Konoha also noticed it. ”

"That's a complicated situation."

Konoha, the Thunder Light Regiment, the Oni Country, or the fourth force intervened.

Now Xiao is also going to insert a hand in it, that is, the melee of the five forces.

Fortunately, these four forces are not yet aware of the fact that Xiao is involved.

That means he and Deidara have more room to operate.

"Yes, the leader of the situation here already knows, and he told the two of you to stand by for the time being, waiting here for the best time to make a move. There is only one chance, and once you fail, it is not so simple to succeed next time. ”

After listening to Bai Jue's narration, the scorpion swept the food and water in the base, and understood what the meaning of these food and water was here.

He is half-human, half-puppet and does not need food or water to sustain his life.

Bai Jue's body is special, and it needs sunlight and water to replenish life energy.

The food and water in the base were prepared for Deidara.

The other party is still human flesh and blood, and cannot do without the supply of food and water.

"This shot is based on Deidara's explosive ninjutsu, and the raid starts from the sky. How to do it is up to you to discuss. If you need anything, feel free to explain it to me, and I will prepare it for you. Not only that, but the leader also asked for a new batch of clay from Orochimaru. ”

"The leader is really well prepared, huh."

Deidara nodded in satisfaction.

His Explosive Ninjutsu is related to clay and can be used in land and air combat, making it versatile.

The only demand is that a lot of special clay is needed.

Ordinary clay can't carry his 'art' at all.

Orochimaru he knew, Xiao's logistics technician, although he was a rather disgusting guy, but the other party's research ability Deidara was recognized.

In addition, Beryuhu and the scorpion who teamed up with him are also half researchers, but compared to Orochimaru's omnipotence, both of them are outstanding in a certain field of research.

"Then let's prepare well, and prepare more C3 and Eighteen."

The scorpion glanced at Deidara and spoke to him.

"That thing is very troublesome to prepare, and when you use it, it consumes a lot of chakra."

Deidara looked helplessly at the scorpion.

His explosive ninjutsu is divided into four levels: C1 to C4.

C1 clay artifacts have the weakest abilities, such as clay spiders, white birds, flying cranes, two-winged birds, grasshoppers, etc.

C4's clay artifacts may not be amazingly destructive, but they are a killer for ninjas who can't see through C4's attack patterns.

As for the C3 level clay craft, it is the ultimate sublimation version of C1, and the explosion power is very terrifying.

But because of this, it is not only cumbersome to make, it cannot be made on the spot, it can only be prepared in advance, and when it is used, the chakra consumed is also very exaggerated.

With the amount of chakra he had in his body, it wasn't enough to use C3 Eighteen many times.

"That's okay, I'll use the Spore Technique to parasitize your body, and when you run out of chakra, I'll replenish the chakra for you."

Bai Jue looked at Deidara and said.

"In that case, I wouldn't mind letting you appreciate my art a little more, huh."

Deidara had a smile on her face.

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and make it, if the mission fails, I'll destroy all your clay."

The scorpion said irritably.

"Don't worry, Brother Scorpion, there's still time."

For the scorpion's maverick and irascible personality, Deidara has been accustomed to it for many years, and his immunity is very thorough.

"Then you two prepare here, I'll continue to collect intelligence and lock down the whereabouts of Ren Zhuli."

Bai Jue saw that there was no more business of his own here, so he didn't get involved in the conversation between the two of them, and disappeared into the dirt.

"This guy is still so mysterious."

Seeing Bai Jue disappear, Deidara shook her head and came to a box containing the special clay that Bai Jue had said.

Opening the box and taking out the packed clay, Deidara found an open space and began to make her own artwork out of clay.

When the scorpion saw Deidara start working, he didn't bother, and found a place to stay quietly.

Unlike young ninjas like Deidara, who likes to lose things and lose everything, he is in the best state to fight whenever and wherever he wants.

"Speaking of which, Brother Scorpion, our mission this time is to capture a few tails?"

Deidara, who was making clay, suddenly remembered something and asked.

The scorpion glanced at him and replied, "It's Erwei, she is a female ninja from Yunyin Village." ”

"That's right."

"Don't think that the other party is a woman, and just take it lightly. Yunyin Village has mastered the cultivation method of the perfect human pillar force, although I don't know if the human pillar power of the second tail has completed the cultivation of the perfect human pillar force, but the strength is definitely not comparable to the ordinary human pillar power. ”

The scorpion warned Deidara.

Wild tailed beasts, although their strength is furious, for ordinary ninjas, no matter how many comes, it is a dead end.

But as long as you master the method of targeting, the wild tailed beast is actually the easiest to deal with.

In addition, it is easy to capture the strength of the human pillar that has not grown.

The cultivation of human pillar power has always been one of the top priorities that many ninja villages attach great importance to.

This is not only a question of how many resources to invest, but also to ensure that Renzhuli is loyal to Shinobi Village.

If you cultivate a human pillar force that is hostile to your own village, it will only outweigh the losses.

The most difficult to catch is the third type, where the power of the human pillar and the tailed beast begin to resonate, approaching the perfect human pillar force.

This kind of human pillar power is not only strong in itself, but also can use the power of the tailed beast to make its own strength to a higher level, which is difficult to target with the sealing technique.

Even the illusion of writing wheels is difficult to deal with this kind of human pillar force.

Yunyin Village has mastered the cultivation method of the Perfect Human Pillar Force, and the Two-Tailed Human Pillar Force must have also received this kind of training.

Therefore, if the two-tailed human pillar force is treated as an ordinary human pillar force, he and Deidara will definitely suffer a big loss for this.

"Really? I see, it looks like we need to prepare a few more C3 18s. It's the writing wheel eye again, and it's the human pillar force. Well. ”

"It's for the best. But now it's just a small fight, and when the agreement with the country of ghosts ends, it won't be so easy to catch the tailed beast at that time. ”

The scorpion said in a solemn tone.

"Brother Scorpion, you seem to be very concerned about the affairs of the Ghost Country, have you ever had conflicts with them in the past?"

Deidara looked at the scorpion curiously.

"That was about seven or eight years ago, when the organization was still short on staff, and Beryuhu had just joined. I fought him, as well as Orochimaru, because of an accident. ”

The scorpion satisfies Deidara's curiosity and begins to recount the past.

"So, what was the result?"

"There was no result, because the chief suddenly intervened, so it was just a hasty exchange, and neither side used all their strength. But all under the premise of hiding the back hand, the three of us were jointly suppressed by the other party. ”

"Isn't that just losing? Brother Scorpion, you're really a bit dishonest when it comes to winning or losing. Well. ”

Hearing the scorpion's tone of displeasure, Deidara felt that the other party was deliberately hiding the embarrassment of her failure, so she laughed.

"Deidara, do you want to die?"

The scorpion's tone suddenly became low and terrifying.

The pale eyes were bloodshot.

"Well, don't mind, Big Scorpion. I'll help you get revenge in the future, with my art. Well. ”

Deidara didn't care about the threat of the scorpion.

If the other party really wanted to do it, they would have started to launch poisonous hidden weapons a long time ago.

obviously takes care of him so much, but he still has to pretend to be ruthless.

In this regard, he thinks that the big brother of the scorpion has a very cute personality.

Only in the exploration of art, the two have had disagreements, and the dispute has not been concluded until now.

"Hmph, then I'll see. If you can win the other side, then I'll admit that your explosion is also a kind of art. ”

In the scorpion's opinion, Deidara wants to fight a ninja of Hinata's level, but she is still much more tender.

Even if you use the so-called C4 killing move, you will be seen through by the other party's white eyes and lose its effect.

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It's boring.

Naruto sighed like this more than once in his heart.

Sitting on the shore next to the bridge construction site, at the end of the day, I sit here in a daze, and eat when I get to dinner, basically there is nothing else to do.

It is impossible to help on the construction site because it is necessary to prevent samurai and ruffians who may come over at any time to disrupt the normal operation of the construction site.

Moreover, with the popularization of industrialization, most of the construction tools used on the construction site are machinery, and they no longer rely purely on manpower.

Ordinary manpower is not only inefficient in the face of mechanized tools, but also easy to make mistakes in the process.

Unless it's a ninja force dedicated to the construction industry, you can keep up with the machinery.

But Naruto didn't know how to build bridges, nor did he know how to operate those large and complex machines, so he could only sit on the shore and stare dryly.

But compared to him, the rest of the people don't have this realization.

Kakashi enjoyed this rare leisurely time.

Over the years, he has been busy with the business in the shadows, and he has long been too busy to open the pot.

Leading the seventh class, except for the necessary time, he was basically too lazy to move.

After all, no one knows how long he will be able to be the instructor of the seventh class.

As for Sasuke, he devoted himself to the practice of thunder escape, and he couldn't waste any time in order to take revenge on Itachi.

Sakura also has her own things to do, and when she doesn't have a job, she stays not far from Sasuke, carefully reading the medical books brought out from Konoha to deepen her understanding of medical ninjutsu.

"Kakashi-sensei, isn't there anything meaningful to do?"

Naruto walked over and glanced at the Intimacy Heaven in Kakashi's hand.

I'm reading this unhealthy forbidden book again. Naruto slandered in his heart.

"What are you going to do that is meaningful?"

"The ......"

Being asked by Kakashi like this, Naruto didn't know what to say.

"Forget it, I see you haven't planned your future well, really, you obviously said that your dream is the Hokage's rhetoric, but you don't have a long-term plan at all."

Looking at Naruto's plea for help, Kakashi sighed.

Naruto grinned, not embarrassed at all.

"Sure enough, Kakashi-sensei, you're the best."

"Don't come to this set...... Speaking of which, you've completed your tree climbing training, right? ”

Kakashi asked, closing "Intimacy Heaven".

"Yes, that's right, I'm already proficient."

"In that case, let's try treading water."

"Treading water?"

Naruto tilted his head, then remembered something.

In the past, when Sasuke was picking up garbage on the river, he used to stand on the surface of the water without his body submerged in the water.

"It seems that you also know what to do next, treading water is a higher level of ability than climbing trees, and practicing it well can make your foundation more solid."

"However, I've done the practice of climbing trees, and it's not difficult to tread water, right? Isn't there a more powerful ninjutsu? For example, Sasuke's ninjutsu, which can spit fire and discharge electricity. ”

Every time he saw Sasuke being able to spit fire and discharge, he was envious.

Because it's so handsome.

If he can also learn this trick, he will definitely be able to attract Sakura's attention and feel his handsome side.

“……”

I didn't even lay the foundation, so I thought about learning the more advanced attribute Chakra Nature Change.

That's a lot more difficult than finely manipulating chakra.

"In short, you do a good job of treading water first, and when you learn to tread water, I will teach you other things."

Kakashi looked at Naruto helplessly.

Think of it as a reciprocal favor to that man.

If Naruto had been left for so long, sooner or later he would have been raised by Konoha and wasted.

"Well, I only need to learn how to tread water in one fell swoop."

Naruto said dissatisfied.

"Hey, you'd better not underestimate the trick of treading water."

The soles of the feet are the least likely places in the human body to gather chakras, and if you want to learn to climb trees and tread water, you must control the amount of chakra you release, and maintain it at all times, and every action must be just right. Every point that is more than one point minus will lead to failure.

It took Naruto a few days just to climb a tree, treading water was more difficult than climbing a tree, and with Naruto's shoddy chakra control, it was estimated that it would take a week to hone.

After all, it is many times more difficult to make subtle adjustments to chakras than to simply condense chakras.

At the same time, it is also the basis for ninjas to become stronger.

As long as you can master the two skills of climbing trees and treading water, it will be much easier to learn the art of escape in the future than to get started directly, and it will save a lot of chakra, and it can also maintain the power of the art of escape.

"Yes, got it."

Naruto said weakly.

"Now that you know, call Sakura over, she doesn't seem to have learned how to tread water yet."

"Yes."

At the mention of Sakura, Naruto ran out energetically.

"Really, this guy changes his face faster than he can turn a book. However, the atmosphere is a bit too cozy. ”

It's like a quiet prelude to a storm.

Kakashi glanced at the calm surrounding scene, and said to himself.

At the same time, he also looked at the location of the Thunder Light Regiment, except for the leader Chino sitting on the railing looking at the sea, the rest of the people were nowhere to be found, probably to deal with the rats in the shadows.

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"Damn!"

Beginning to train on treading water, Naruto couldn't remember the first time he had fallen into the water.

Each time, it becomes a soup chicken that swims from the sea to the shore and repeats the same thing.

Although he didn't know what discouragement was, it seemed that it was easy to tread water, but it was more difficult than climbing a tree.

Although Kakashi told him some tips for quickly mastering the skill of treading water, Naruto was still in the jerky stage of how good he was at treading water.

"It doesn't seem that difficult."

On the other side, Sakura's voice of joy was heard.

Naruto turned his head to look and saw Sakura firmly on the sea, where she walked briskly without any obstructions.

"That's amazing, Sakura! She is worthy of the woman I fancied! ”

Naruto was surprised, and at the same time happy in his heart, even happier than he had learned to tread water.

"Uh......"

Sakura, who was still very happy, suddenly didn't know what to say.

It's good to be praised by others, but when you are praised by Naruto, you always feel weird in your heart.

She wanted Sasuke's approval more than Naruto.

However, seeing that Sasuke was still doing thunderous exercises not far away, and didn't notice the scene on his side, he couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, Kakashi walked over and said with a smile, "It seems that Sakura, who is one step closer to the Hokage now, is much better than someone who can only talk big." ”

"Kakashi-sensei, don't you sow discord here, okay?"

Sakura looked at Kakashi speechlessly, in a way, Kakashi was also an instructor with a bad personality.

Then, she saw Naruto, who had an unwilling face, not saying a word, gritting his teeth and continuing to walk towards the sea, doing the practice of treading water.

"It's all your fault, Naruto must be very disappointed right now."

At first, Sakura hated Naruto a lot, because in the past, when she was in school, the other party not only had poor grades, but was always naughty and mischievous, disrupting the order of the class, and it was difficult not to be disgusting.

But after getting acquainted with it, I felt that Naruto was not so unreliable.

It's just that because of the lack of common sense, people think that he is very incompetent.

Since I was a child, I didn't feel the father's and mother's love that others had, and that's why the other person became like this.

"It's nothing, if it's the Hokage, this setback won't defeat him. Don't underestimate this kid's toughness. ”

If he had been discouraged here because of this setback, Naruto would have been defeated by all kinds of gossip in the village all these years.

From the perspective of mental nature, he felt that Naruto was more suitable for the cultivation of natural energy than Sasuke.

Sometimes it's too serious, and it can make the vision narrower.

Hate ah...... Kakashi sighed inwardly, and from this point of view, he didn't seem qualified to talk about Sasuke.

Only the Avenger understands the pain and bitterness in the heart of the Avenger.

Any laugh is a forced smile.

From the moment of hatred, it is already different from the life that normal people are going to go.

Therefore, he wanted to know more than Naruto's future what choice Sasuke would make after he learned the truth about the extermination in the future.