In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

Chapter 74 New Mission

One of them had dark blue hair, a shark-like face and skin, sharp teeth, and golden eyes. A blade wrapped in bandages on his back was particularly eye-catching.

Perhaps because of his appearance, he looks much older than his actual age.

The other person looked rather young, even younger than Itachi Uchiha and Chiya himself.

She was probably around twelve or thirteen years old.

He had long, dark blonde hair, his left eye was covered by his hair, which hung down to his face. His hair was tied in a topknot, and at first glance, he looked like a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) even more so than Obito.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, these two should be Kisame, the only one in the later stages of Naruto who honestly performs hand seals, and Deidara, who likes to shout that art is Patrick Star.

As Qianye sized up the two of them, they were also sizing up Qianye.

Kisame's Samehada emanated a unique mix of disorder, unease, and excitement, causing a bead of cold sweat to bead on his forehead. He thought to himself, "What a terrifying guy. Just standing here is enough to make Samehada react like this. This is the first time I've ever seen anything like it."

Meanwhile, the naive Deidara rested his chin on his hand, scrutinizing Chiya from head to toe for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

Before Pain could answer, Deidara spoke first:

"Hey, is this the legendary Phantom God Qianye, the one who wiped out the clan? He doesn't look that impressive. Hmm."

"It doesn't have any special abilities, nor does it have a bloodline limit like the Sharingan. It's just ordinary genjutsu. Is it really that powerful? Hmm."

Upon hearing this, the scene instantly fell silent. Konan, Pain, Kakuzu, Sasori, Zetsu, and even the newly joined Kisame all looked at Deidara as if he were an idiot.

However, Deidara was still unaware of this and continued to look at Chiya with disdain.

"Why don't you try and see?"

Chiya was still worried about not having a reason to give him and Kisame a mirage.

Upon hearing this, he flicked his right sleeve, and the Zanpakuto Kyoka Suigetsu appeared in his hand out of thin air. Under everyone's gaze, he whispered in his heart: Shatter, Kyoka Suigetsu!

"That's enough, Chiya. Deidara's mistake was unintentional. Don't worry about it."

However, before he could make a move, Payne stopped him.

Deidara's abilities are key to capturing the Tailed Beasts in the future.

And unlike Kakuzu, he doesn't have five lives.

If we really let him fight Qianye, he might not even know how he died.

"Hehe, leader, I was just joking with him. How could I possibly bear to hurt this inexperienced little brother?" With the Kyoka Suigetsu release ceremony complete, Chiya naturally had no interest in continuing to fool around with Deidara. Sheathing his blade, he said.

"Who do you call little brother?" The words "little brother" were undoubtedly grating to Deidara's ears, so his tone was not very nice.

Sasori, who was standing to the side, couldn't sit still any longer and quickly spoke up to scold, "That's enough."

He didn't want his teammates to die so early.

"Hmph." Deidara still respected Sasori, and upon hearing Sasori's words, he turned his head away with a rather arrogant air.

The farce is over.

Pain began to introduce Chiya one by one: "This is Itachi's new partner, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and the second wielder of the greatsword Samehada."

"Nice to meet you." Upon hearing this, Kisame politely stepped forward and greeted Chiya.

Chiya nodded slightly, and then Pain said, "As for that person just now, he was Deidara, the apprentice of Onoki, the third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure in the Land of Earth."

"I won't say anything more. Enough of the small talk. Chiya, you will accompany Sasori and Deidara to the Land of Wind to hunt down Orochimaru."

At this point, Pain's Rinnegan flashed, and his expression suddenly turned cold: "Akatsuki will not tolerate traitors. This time, you must make sure he is killed."

"It seems that Obito has already told Pain about my deliberate letting Orochimaru go. Is this a warning to me?" Chiyo sneered inwardly and nodded, "No problem, leave it to me. Perfect timing, I want to try out my newly learned ninjutsu."

"But then again, I still haven't found my team members?"

Payne nodded: "That's the second thing I wanted to tell you."

"The negotiations between Kirigakure and Sunagakure have concluded. In a few days, Pakura, the Scorching Release user, will be dispatched to the Land of Water by the Fourth Kazekage under the pretext of carrying out a secret mission."

"After you kill Orochimaru, ride Deidara's clay bird to the Land of Water. Sasori and Deidara will accompany you. You'll have plenty of time."

"Let's set off then." With that, Qianye turned around and walked out of the temple first.

Sasori and Deidara followed closely behind.

"Itachi, Kisame, you two go to Kusagakure." Pain said to Itachi and Kisame with his back to them as he watched Chiya and the others leave.

The latter two nodded slightly, and Kakuzu spoke up, "So, what about my teammates?"

"You'll have to wait a bit longer," Payne said thoughtfully.

Three days later, in the Land of Wind, at the Great Sand Dune in the East.

The vast desert is ravaged by sandstorms.

Chiya, Sasori, and Deidara, dressed in red cloud-patterned black robes and wearing wind chime hats, stood in the sandstorm.

Behind them, the yellow sand was trodden with two deep footprints and a furrow plowed by the leech puppets, but before long, it was buried by the blowing sand.

Directly in front of them was a depression, where a huge, disc-shaped sand dune rose abruptly, and in the distance, one could vaguely make out an entrance to a hole.

"This godforsaken place is disgusting. It's all sand, nothing but sand," Deidara complained.

"Stop complaining, we've arrived." Scorpion turned to look at Chiya. "So? Is that stinky snake in there?"

"I could indeed sense his chakra." Qianye nodded. He erected an invisible protective aura around his body, preventing the wind and sand from getting any closer to him.

Deidara confidently declared, "In that case, let's blow it up with my art."

"That won't do. The leader's orders are to make sure he's killed. If you blow him up like this, Orochimaru will probably immediately use his summoning technique to escape. Besides, he's already discovered us." Chiya casually threw out a few kunai, and countless sand snakes immediately emerged.

They all wandered towards the sand dunes.

Before long, the three arrived at the entrance to the sand dunes.

Orochimaru had been waiting here for a long time.

"Oh dear! I never expected Pain to send even Chiya-kun to kill me. I thought it would be Itachi." Orochimaru was slightly surprised to see Chiya and the other two arrive, but he did not show any fear on his face.

"If you're not a filial son, then I'm truly sorry, Snake Uncle—no, I should call you Orochimaru now. I'm sorry, although I have no grudge against you, the leader has issued a kill order, so I have no choice but to ask you to die," Chiya said calmly.

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