74: Chapter 74 Capture"President, that big turtle.seems quite timid?"
Shuiyue lay hidden behind the bushes and muttered to herself.
They had been lying in wait and observing for two days.As the intelligence records indicated, this place was sparsely populated, and they had sensed the massive, mountain-like chakra of the Three-Tails flowing at the bottom of the lake more than once.
But this guy stubbornly refused to fully surface, occasionally surfacing for a breath of fresh air, only to quickly retreat back into the deep water like a thief.
"They're afraid of getting beaten up."
Naruto chewed on a blade of grass and said with amusement, "This unlucky guy is probably among the most reborn of all the tailed beasts.Every time he revives, he doesn't have a good ending.How can he not be cautious?"
Deep in the lake, Mio Isobu was very depressed.
As a tailed beast that has been extracted and reborn multiple times, it has long lost the world-destroying arrogance of its predecessors.
Now, it's more like a seasoned homebody tortoise that just wants to stay in its shell and sleep peacefully.
Unfortunately, the tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease.
It finally found a beautiful lake with plenty of chakra to recuperate, but recently it has been constantly harassed by some annoying little bugs.
Recently, its one eye has been twitching wildly.It has been vaguely sensing several shadowy figures watching it.Although it has not quite figured out their exact locations, it has a feeling that something bad is about to happen.
It secretly took another breath, its claws slid slightly, and it hid even deeper.
Who knew, that wouldn't work either.Two guys wearing black trench coats with red cloud patterns came straight for it!
"Art is an explosion!Drink—!"
Deidara stood atop a giant clay bird, his sleeves billowing out, and countless clay spiders and grasshoppers rained down on the lake like hail, turning the lake into a boiling cauldron.
Isobu felt dizzy and lightheaded.Although its thick tortoise shell had amazing defensive capabilities, it couldn't withstand the continuous barrage of firecrackers.
It roared angrily, stirring up towering waves, and its three huge tails thrashed wildly as it vented its emotions, but Deidara always managed to dodge them with his agile flight.
What's even more distressing is that Sasori, controlling Hiruko, has his fingers flying across the screen, with chakra threads connecting dozens of uniquely shaped puppets that continuously fire poison needles and kunai from all sorts of tricky angles, attempting to bind its limbs with iron chains and restrict its movements.
These attacks don't do much damage, but they're extremely annoying, sticking to it like glue, preventing it from focusing on the flies in the sky or diving into deeper waters to escape.
"Why do I always end up getting beaten up, stabbed to death, and having firecrackers set off?"
Isobu felt that his life as a tortoise was difficult.
It wanted to run, but its escape route was completely blocked by those damned puppets.
It wanted to hit him, but couldn't reach the freak flying around.
How frustrating!So incredibly frustrating!What did it ever do to deserve this?
Although the Three-Tails is tough and has a huge amount of chakra, it was in poor condition when faced with this targeted and unreasonable bombardment, and quickly fell into a passive position.
The battle lasted less than half an hour before the Three-Tails finally fell into a disadvantageous position.
It was dazed and disoriented by Deidara's explosive clay, its massive body entangled by layers of specially made steel wires shot out by the scorpion puppet.Finally, it let out a mournful cry and crashed into the shallow water, losing its ability to resist.
"Done!" Deidara snapped his fingers, manipulating the clay bird to lower its altitude and swinging out more steel cables to bind the paralyzed Three-Tailed Beast into a dumpling.
"Those Akatsuki guys are really efficient." In the dense forest, Naruto clicked his tongue, stood up, and brushed the grass clippings off his clothes."It's our turn to be the robbers."
Shuiyue was already getting impatient, gripping the explosive blade and his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
Just as Deidara was humming a tune and riding his clay bird back home triumphantly.
"This road is blocked, you two!"
Naruto, with his hands in his pockets and leaning against an old tree trunk, appeared abruptly with Suigetsu on the path that Deidara was bound to take as he dragged the Three-Tails.
Deidara and Sasori, who was controlling Hiruko, both paused at the same time.
"Naruto Uzumaki?"
Deidara's smile vanished instantly, his face turning extremely grim.The shadow of being chased by his own C4 last time hadn't completely faded yet!
"What the hell are you doing here?Trying to ruin my good time again?"
"Look at what you're saying,"
Naruto pouted, looking completely innocent."Do you own this lake?You're allowed to cause trouble here, but I'm not allowed to come and sightsee?"
His gaze swept over the three turtles, which were tied up like dumplings and were barely alive."Hey, this big turtle you caught is of good quality.You guys have worked hard to keep it so docile."
"Put your things down, you can leave now.I'll take care of this troublesome thing for you."
Deidara's hair practically stood on end as he pointed at Naruto and yelled, "This is my artistic creation!You think you can steal it?Dream on!And get lost if you know what's good for you!"
Naruto wasn't annoyed, and looked at him with a smile: "Deidara, I said you can't even beat me, so why are you trying to act tough with me?"
"And what future do you have following Akatsuki?Is there enough research funding?Is there enough explosive material?"
He opened his palm, his face sincere, "How about joining our Apocalypse Chamber of Commerce?I'll invest in an 'Explosion Research Institute' for you, with no upper limit on funding!"
"The latest explosive clay and chakra-conducting metal—just give me a list, and my guild can get them for you!We even have a dedicated testing ground; feel free to blow them up!If you break anything, it's on me!And you'll even get a share of the profits!"
Deidara was stunned and subconsciously swallowed.
No budget cap.materials provided directly.these conditions.seem.quite tempting, don't they?
But he immediately shook his head, forcibly suppressing his dazed state: "Stop.stop with that!I don't believe your nonsense!Brother Scorpion, make your move!"
Silent as a statue, Scorpion, with a chilling, heavy metal voice, said, "You're courting death."
With a slight flick of his finger, dozens of puppets scattered and flew out, rushing towards Naruto and Suigetsu!
"Suiyue, the puppet ninja is yours."Yes.
"Let me see if your explosive blade ninjutsu has improved."
"Hehe, just you wait and see, Chairman!"
Shuiyue had been eager to try for a long time.With a wild laugh, she unleashed a burst of explosive blade spray!The explosive tags engraved on the blade instantly activated, emitting a dangerous red light!
"Exploding Blade Ninja Art: Hair-Piercing Strangulation Death!"
He brandished his broadsword and charged directly into the horde of puppets!The moment his broadsword struck a puppet, it triggered a violent explosion!
Boom!Boom!Boom!
The flashes of explosions lit up one after another!
The fragile puppet was blown to pieces like paper by the terrifying power of the exploding blade, with parts flying everywhere!
Shuiyue's water transformation technique perfectly negates most physical attacks and the aftershocks of explosions, making her thrive among the puppet horde and allowing her to kill with great enthusiasm!
"Haha!Awesome!These pieces of junk are nothing compared to this!"
Scorpion's brows furrowed as he hid behind the Scarlet Amber.
He realized that Shuiyue's characteristics countered his ordinary puppet swarm tactics.
"That's interesting."
He said coldly, his fingers changing the hand seal.
He summoned a puppet draped in a black cloak with a cold and stern face—the Third Kazekage Puppet!
The appearance of this most powerful puppet immediately changed the course of the battle.
It hovered in mid-air, its hands forming a mudra, and massive magnetic sand surged out like a black wave!
"Magnetic Release: Iron Sand Rain!"
Countless fine iron needles shot towards Shuiyue like a torrential rain!
Extremely large range, extremely fast speed!
Suigetsu swung his explosive blade to parry, and although the explosion dispersed some of the iron sand, there was simply too much of it, and it was too densely packed!Some of the iron sand even adhered to his explosive blade and body, severely affecting his movements and chakra flow!
"Magnetic Release: Giant Iron Sand Needle!"
Immediately afterwards, an enormous sand-iron spear materialized, exuding a strong sense of oppression, and pierced straight into Shuiyue's chest!
Shuiyue's expression changed drastically.He hurriedly used water transformation technique to avoid vital points, but his shoulder was still grazed, taking away a large amount of "water flow," making him grimace in pain.
The attack range of the Explosive Blade becomes somewhat cumbersome when facing such long-range, precise attacks.
"So it's still a bit of a stretch?"
Naruto watched the battle from the sidelines, stroking his chin."After all, the opponent is Sasori of the Red Sand."
He watched as Suigetsu was gradually suppressed by the Third Kazekage's puppets and forced into a passive defensive situation.He then glanced at Deidara in the air, who was staring intently at him because Sasori had relaxed his grip slightly after attacking.
"Alright, that's enough for the warm-up."
Naruto stretched, took a step forward, clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking, and his aura was ready to be unleashed!
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