Deidara looked at the bird beneath his feet with some disdain. Perhaps it seemed lifelike to others, but in his eyes, it was full of flaws and not artistic at all.
It was all Kisame's fault for not keeping an eye on Six Tails, causing him to suffer. Otherwise, he might as well use this defective product to blow up that shark-faced bastard. Deidara's expression gradually became unrestrained.
Watching the Kirigakure ninjas gradually gathering, Kisame ignored Deidara's complaints, grinned, and said, "It's about time to retreat."
"Huh? Haven't we captured Six Tails yet?" Deidara questioned.
Kisame pointed to the Squad Leader, who was carrying Utakata and retreating into the crowd, and said, "It doesn't look like it will be easy to get him, and this much Chakra is enough."
Deidara looked at Samehada, which seemed to be suffering from indigestion, understood the situation, and made another large bird for Kisame to stand on.
After Kisame got on, he joked, "You wouldn't be thinking of using this to blow me up, would you?"
"Believe it or not, I'll really blow you up, you bastard!" Deidara roared and jumped on as well. If it weren't for the fact that this bastard was seriously injured, he would definitely make him swim back himself.
The two rode the new flying bird into the air and flew away, while the defective product dived down and detonated before the Mist Ninja's Lightning Release Ninjutsu could hit it.
However, it was too far from the crowd, and it was almost like setting off a large firework.
"Defective products are indeed not to be trusted, hmm." Deidara clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction and turned to look at Kisame. "Those guys don't seem to have any tricky characters either. Hey, you wouldn't be unable to bring yourself to attack your former comrades, would you?"
"Who knows?" Kisame glanced back and sat quietly on the bird's back, resting. 'Someone like me, with hands stained with the blood of my comrades, probably won't have a good ending, right?'
After Deidara and Kisame left, the higher-ups organized the rescue of the wounded and sent two squads to track them, but they were flying so fast that they didn't have much hope.
Afterward, patrol teams were added around the village, which led to Genichi encountering the Mizukage and his party returning to the village.
After listening to Genichi's account of the whole affair, everyone's face was covered with gloom. Just two people attacking the village made everyone angry at their audacity and grateful that it wasn't Pain who had come.
Yagura opened his mouth, "I see, Ao he..."
Silence fell on the deck for a moment, and Yagura didn't continue, but the speed of the boat under his feet increased again.
...
When Yagura returned to Kirigakure, he saw a scene of devastation. Although some people were already cleaning up, it would probably take some time to restore it to its original state.
This was a minor matter. What really pained Yagura was the sacrificed ninjas and the civilians who were affected.
The destructive power of people like Deidara was simply too strong. If he hadn't been worried about blowing up Utakata, Kirigakure probably wouldn't be much stronger than Cloud Village now.
Yagura was thinking that perhaps he should have brought Utakata along earlier, so that at least the village wouldn't have been destroyed.
"Mizukage-sama..." Mei Terumi called out with some concern. She knew that since being freed from control, Yagura had been blaming himself, attributing all the bad things in the village to himself. Now that the village had become like this, it must be even harder for him.
"I'm fine." Yagura took a deep breath and said, "Tally the number of casualties and prepare for the funeral."
The Squad Leader, who had come to greet them specifically after hearing the news, said, "The list has been sent to the office, and the memorial service is being prepared."
Yagura nodded and asked, "How is Utakata's condition?"
The Squad Leader replied, "He is still unconscious, and his disciple Hotaru is taking care of him."
Yagura said, "Go see Utakata first. After the memorial service, Zabuza and I will go to see the Daimyo. Mei Terumi will stay in the village to prepare for battle. We must get this debt back from Akatsuki!"
"Yes!"
...
The affairs of Kirigakure are set aside for now, Naruto has already embarked on a journey to the Daimyo's residence with Minato.
This time they are within the Land of Fire, so Minato only brought the Shadow Guard. Kakashi and the others stayed in the village, those who should prepare for battle are preparing, and those who should rest are resting.
As for Naruto, he insisted on tagging along to see the world, he is very interested in this person who doesn't have much strength but has great power.
Moreover, Naruto is also curious, the Guardian Ninja Twelve have disbanded, and Konoha hasn't sent him bodyguards, so why hasn't anyone tried to assassinate him?
Naruto asked, "Old Dad, how many times have you met the Daimyo?"
"Hmm..." Minato thought for a moment and said, "I met him once before becoming Hokage, once after the end of the Third Shinobi World War, and then once after that Chunin Exams."
Naruto continued to ask, "So you only communicate when something big happens?"
Minato replied, "Not really, I report the village's mission volume and income to the Daimyo about every three months, and at the end of the year, I have to count the number of ninjas of each level. After all, the Daimyo needs to understand the village's military strength in order to determine how much military expenditure to allocate, but most of these are communicated through letters."
"Oh, I understand, it's like quarterly reports, annual summaries, and budget applications." Naruto felt that it was just that communication was not convenient enough, otherwise there might be monthly reports, weekly reports, or even daily logs.
"That's what I mean." Minato casually praised, "These terms are good, let's call them that from now on."
Uh... Naruto felt that Old Dad's focus was a bit off, and asked, "What kind of person is the Daimyo?"
"That's hard to say, the feeling he gives me is that he's a very amiable person, probably because Konoha and the Daimyo have always had a good relationship." Minato has a good impression of the Daimyo, because he basically doesn't interfere with Konoha's affairs, and he is always quick to subsidize military expenses. Who doesn't like a major shareholder who gives a lot of money and does little work?
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa, who died with lingering resentment, was envious to the point of crying. If the Land of Wind's Daimyo had been a little more generous, he wouldn't have had to gamble with his own life.
The Fire Capital is not far from Konoha. At Naruto's and Minato's speed, they set off in the morning and arrived in the afternoon.
The Fire Capital looks very prosperous, but it's not the same style as Konoha. The roads here are wider, and the buildings are several stories higher than those in Konoha. It should be said that it looks more—modernized compared to Konoha?
It's just that horse-drawn carriages are still running on the road, and the era of automobiles seems to be a long way off.
Naruto had come to the Fire Capital with others to carry out missions, and even secretly abducted the Hyuga Clan's young ladies to go shopping.
Of course, Naruto sincerely wanted to bring the elder young lady, but the younger young lady clung to her sister and insisted on following, acting like a spoiled brat.
This kind of thing happened more than once, and Naruto had no choice but to fill her stomach with all kinds of delicious food first, and then send her back.
He wondered if it was because Naruto and Hinata spoiled Hanabi too much, which led to this girl becoming more and more gluttonous, drooling as if she saw a zookeeper whenever she saw Naruto.
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