The explosions naturally came from Deidara's Explosive Clay.
The chaotic battle in Konohagakure had ended and now entering the cleanup phase.
The reason Deidara was still fighting wasn't because he had encountered any powerful enemies; rather, Deidara's method of "helping" Konoha clear out invaders was to simply throw C1 explosive spiders and birds from the air toward the ground below.
This kind of aerial firepower coverage was indeed the most effective way to clear out ninja's and resolve battles quickly.
However, Deidara was throwing them quite casually—he couldn't care less about whether he might accidentally injure Konoha shinobi who's still fighting, or blow up any important buildings.
Joke's on them—he'd even bombed his own village in the past, so why couldn't he bomb Konoha?
Although Deidara also had blond hair and blue eyes, although he also had a red-haired best friend from Sunagakure, although he also considered a Sharingan-wielding Uchiha as his rival, and although there was also a pervert in his organization who covered his face and used space-time eye jutsu...
Deidara wasn't the kind-hearted Ashura reincarnation, Uzumaki Naruto
If Konoha villagers dared to morally blackmail him or curse at him, Deidara would only respond with an even bigger explosion.
So, Deidara felt absolutely no psychological pressure.
But just because Deidara felt no pressure didn't mean others felt the same.
While Kakashi was helping out everywhere, he noticed the massive commotion caused by Deidara.
Deidara's efficiency was indeed much higher than his, with the only flaw being the excessive amount of accidental injuries.
As Deidara flew in the sky, Kakashi followed below, dealing with potential friendly fire situations.
During this process, Kakashi unexpectedly discovered that throwing senbon imbued with some Raiton chakra could actually disable the other party's explosives, making things much more convenient afterward.
Relying on the precise perception of his Sharingan, Kakashi continuously threw senbon infused with Raiton, disposing of those unnecessary clay bombs.
Deidara naturally noticed Kakashi's actions and recognized the Ninja World Celebrity immediately, Hatake Kakashi.
After things were mostly resolved, Deidara directly jumped down, hoping Kakashi would practice with him using Raiton.
Mainly because in Akatsuki, only Kakuzu could practice with him, and Kakuzu was often very busy counting money.
For example, among the several counter-measures against Raiton he had thought of, only one had been tested with Kakuzu earlier—the rest were still just theoretical concepts.
Kakashi didn't refuse either.
After all, the other party had come to help, and it was reasonable to fulfill a small request after assisting them.
Moreover, he knew his opponent's clay could be countered by Raiton, so there wasn't much immediate danger.
After Kakashi agreed, the two moved to a relatively deserted ruin and began their duel.
The earlier explosion heard by Tsunade and the others had been the result of their clash.
So, if Raiton countered clay, why did the clay still explode?
"Haha, Hatake Kakashi, taste my Lightning Rod! Hmm!"
The Lightning Rod Technique was a Doton technique developed by Deidara himself.
The high-density chakra Earth Release lightning rod would attract the enemy's Raiton chakra attacks, ultimately diverting the electricity into the ground to dissipate, ensuring the safe activation of the Explosive Clay.
The only drawback of this move was that it had to be used close to the ground, preventing aerial assaults like before, because a lightning rod had to be physically connected to the earth.
Kakashi dodged left and right, swiftly maneuvering through the ruins while contemplating a countermeasure in his mind.
With the lightning rod in place, unless he used a wide-area sweeping attack to completely destroy the Explosive Clay inside and out in one go, it would be impossible to prevent the Raiton from being diverted by the rod.
If he used such a massive jutsu, the chakra consumption would be too high.
It would be better to try something tactical.
Kakashi touched his left eye.
"Raikiri!"
Seeing the Explosive Clay closing in on him, Kakashi suddenly spun around, severed the lightning rod connecting the clay to the ground, and swiftly threw a Raiton-infused senbon to detonate and neutralize the clay.
Kakashi panted heavily.
This was only a temporary measure, usable just once.
The idea of cutting the lightning rod seemed clever, but if he hadn't caught the opponent off guard, Deidara could have simply detonated the bomb manually while Kakashi attacked the rod.
Should he try Katon?
Kakashi suddenly realized that while large-scale Raiton attacks consumed too much chakra, Katon was different.
Although Katon couldn't neutralize the opponent's attacks or necessarily incinerate the Explosive Clay, if it could trigger an early detonation via heat, it would still be a viable solution.
Deidara and Kakashi now stood on opposite sides of a large ruin.
"It seems the Copy ninja Kakashi is nothing special after all. Well, one last time, then! Hmm! Let Konoha witness my magnificent art!"
Deidara hurled a large mass of Explosive Clay deep into the ruins.
Kakashi quickly formed hand seals and spewed an enormous fireball into the ruins.
"Hmm? What's that smell? ... Oh no!"
Just as Deidara was about to admire his art with satisfaction, he sniffed the air and his expression changed drastically.
Back in his childhood in Iwagakure, before he had mastered Explosive Clay, he had once taken an Exploding Tag and secretly tossed it into a house while the Tsuchikage, Onoki, was using the toilet.
That day, the house exploded due to the ignition of methane gas.
That day, Onoki was forced to use Jinton to atomize the flying shit before it hit him.
That day, Deidara's ass hurt terribly from the punishment.
Experienced as he was, Deidara immediately realized something was wrong—these ruins were actually sitting atop Konoha's central septic tank.
'Run!'
Summoning his clay bird at the fastest speed ever, Deidara shot into the sky and fled in a trail of smoke.
'Hmm?' Kakashi was somewhat puzzled. 'Why did he just leave like that?'
The next second, Kakashi witnessed the second most terrifying scene of his life.
If the thing that had been chasing his ass earlier resembled Mokuton: Cutting Technique, then this was Mokuton: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees!
BOOM—
Kakashi seemed to see the most horrifying scene from the Konoha Crush.
In an instant, Kakashi's visible eye widened, and his gaze became extremely resolute.
"I will protect Konoha!"
Kakashi's Sharingan began spinning rapidly, the three tomoe merging to reveal the Mangekyo Sharingan.
The future Sixth Hokage now demonstrated his true Will of Fire!
Under the full power of Kamui, the explosion was completely transferred right at its inception!
This transfer technique rivaled Minato's when he transfer a Tailed Beast Bomb using Hiraishin.
After executing this move, Kakashi collapsed from exhaustion, having saved the village from a disaster far smellier than Orochimaru!
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Meanwhile, in the Kamui Dimension.
Fortunately, this time Obito wasn't eating curry again.
He was currently sparring with Guruguru.
Yes, he was training too!
During periods without opportunities to take action, he would conduct special self-training regularly to keep his combat skills from getting rusty.
"Hmph, foolish Kakashi."
Obito sensed the premonition of the Kamui Dimension opening again and sneered coldly behind his mask.
This time, he had made preparations in advance.
He had finished his curry rice outside the dimension!
Obito calmly stepped back a few paces, crossing his arms, ready to see what trash or treasure Kakashi had sent him this time.
A shuriken? A rock? Another shit?
'Eh?'
'What's that bright light? And that... smell?'
BOOM——————
A massive methane explosion detonated inside the sealed space of the Kamui Dimension.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH————!!!!"
The masked man let out a piercing scream.
This scream was even more miserable than when he was burned by Amaterasu in the original story!
Guruguru, who had been blown away by the explosion, climbed up.
Looking at the Kamui Dimension—which was now filled with the collective shit of Konoha villagers—he clapped his hands.
"Wow! A swimming pool!"
Guruguru dove in and began doing the butterfly swimming in the pool of shit excitedly!
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