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Boom!!!
With a deafening explosion, the clay clone enveloping Tsunade and the giant clay bird detonated simultaneously, painting the snowy field crimson with flames.
"Hokage-sama!!"
Kakashi, who was receiving treatment from the small slug, immediately tried to stand up in panic.
At that moment, the massive slug blocking their path suddenly split apart. A figure shot forward like lightning, reaching the laughing Deidara in an instant and driving a fist into his chest.
"The same trick won't work on me twice!"
Deidara's vision was filled with Tsunade's face, marked with green curse-like patterns.
A violent shockwave erupted, sending Deidara flying backward at high speed. He crashed through several large trees before finally slamming into the snow.
"You're next."
Tsunade retracted her fist and turned to face Sasori, who stood on the other side.
Sasori stared at her impassively and asked, "Hey, Deidara, are you finally dead?"
"Cough… cough…"
In the distance, Deidara weakly moved his limbs, struggling to pull his head out of the snow.
"Got careless… cough… Not dead yet… cough… but close… yeah…"
He lay on his back, blood gushing from his mouth as he spoke.
"Tch." Sasori frowned. "Annoying."
"If you dare attack me, be prepared to die."
Tsunade clenched her fists and dashed toward Sasori.
"Flame Emission!"
Sasori raised his hands, and scorching flames erupted from the pipes in his palms.
Tsunade abruptly halted her charge and stomped the ground.
The tremendous force caused the earth to upheave, blocking the flames for a brief moment. As the fire melted through the rock and soil, Tsunade swiftly retreated.
At the same time, the slug, moving in perfect sync, opened its mouth.
"Tongue Tooth Sticky Acid!"
A tidal wave of corrosive acid spewed forth, covering the area where Sasori and Deidara stood.
Sasori ceased his flames and leaped back, extending his right hand to manipulate Deidara's body with chakra strings, pulling him out of the acid's range.
With that, the two sides were fully separated.
"Pfft!!!"
Deidara spat another mouthful of blood. "Sasori… my organs… probably got punctured by broken ribs… yeah…"
"After this, I'll turn you into a perfect piece of art, Deidara," Sasori replied calmly, retracting his chakra strings.
"Bastard…" Deidara collapsed again. "Before I die… I'll take all of you… with me…"
Sasori ignored him, reaching behind his back to retrieve his fourth scroll while opening a compartment on the right side of his chest.
"I hadn't planned to use this here."
He unfurled the scroll, and several figures swiftly emerged, positioning themselves in front of him.
"This is—!"
Tsunade's eyes widened in shock at the sight of the six new human puppets.
Though she didn't recognize all of them, some familiar faces instantly revealed their identities in life.
"My art knows no limits!" Sasori's lips twisted into a grotesque smile. "This is my latest and greatest masterpiece!"
Chakra strings extended from his chest, connecting to the six puppets.
"Secret Technique: Jinchūriki Formation!"
He gazed at the seven figures before him and sighed regretfully. "A shame I couldn't complete the set of nine before unveiling them."
"So, these are the jinchūriki who died after having their Tailed Beasts extracted," Tsunade muttered, bracing herself.
Even Deidara was stunned. Lying in the snow, he turned his head to look at the puppets and spat bitterly, "To think… the leader actually…"
"To think the leader entrusted me with such high-quality materials?" Sasori finished coolly. "Don't act so surprised, Deidara. This is his recognition of my art."
"Hmph!" Deidara, despite his condition, sneered defiantly. "You could never have collected all nine anyway, Sasori. The Three-Tails' jinchūriki died long ago… pfft…"
"You should stop talking, Deidara."
Sasori's voice darkened as the six human puppets sprang into action.
"Killer B," wrapped in dazzling lightning, extended blades from his body and spun forward in a whirlwind of attacks.
At the same time, "Hān," clad in red armor, released steam from his body and charged with a mighty punch.
"Tch."
Tsunade realized the dire situation but had no choice but to meet them head-on.
"Perfect!" Sasori manipulated the puppets with fervor. "A debut like this deserves an opponent of your caliber!"
Next, "Rōshi," armored in Lava Release, joined the assault.
Tsunade swung her fists, wreathed in green senjutsu chakra, but Sasori's puppets moved fluidly, taking turns to engage and retreat, refusing to clash directly.
Not just these three—the remaining puppets seized openings to attack from afar.
"Yugito" spat searing fireballs, "Utakata" blew explosive bubbles, and "Fū" scattered poisonous scales. Even Tsunade, enhanced by senjutsu, was momentarily suppressed.
"Damn it!"
Enraged, Tsunade slammed her fist into the ground.
The snowfield split apart violently, rocks and dirt flying in all directions.
Sasori leaped back, maneuvering his puppets to evade.
Seizing the brief respite, Tsunade shattered "Rōshi" with a single punch.
"Hah! I knew you and I were incompatible!!"
Sasori's eyes flickered with irritation as "Yugito" and "Utakata" abruptly turned, launching fireballs and bubbles toward Kakashi and Tokuma in the distance.
"Katsuyu!"
Tsunade shouted, simultaneously striking at "Hān."
"Understood."
The giant slug shielded Kakashi and Tokuma with its body, enduring the flames and explosions.
Meanwhile, "Hān's" steam-powered fist collided violently with Tsunade's.
"Crack!"
Tsunade's advance was halted, and "Hān's" arm shattered.
"Heh."
Sasori suddenly smirked. Tsunade whirled around just in time to see "Killer B," crackling with lightning, dart past Katsuyu, twin blades raised to slash Kakashi and Tokuma.
"Kakashi! Tokuma!"
Tsunade lunged forward to intervene, but the one-armed "Hān" blocked her path again, his remaining fist propelled by steam toward her face.
"Get out of my way!!!"
Tsunade charged recklessly, obliterating "Hān's" other arm.
But in that split second, "Killer B's" blades had already sliced through the small slug that leaped up to protect Kakashi and Tokuma, now mere inches from their bodies.
Kakashi struggled to activate his dōjutsu, "Kamui," but the poison coursing through his veins disrupted his chakra flow.
So this is how it ends…
He watched the descending blade with resignation.
"Screeeech—!!!"
The piercing cry of a thousand birds erupted as a brilliant lightning spear shot from afar, severing "Killer B's" sword at the last possible moment.
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