The Tenseigan started from the Hyuga main family.

Deidara gritted his teeth, waved his right hand, and a clay bird shot out to launch a probing attack.

Although Akatsuki's orders were to capture Jinchuriki alive and bring them back to base, Deidara no longer cared about that.

Just as the Clay Bird was about to reach Gaara, a massive sand claw emerged from Gaara's body with incredible precision. With its five fingers closed, it pinched the Clay Bird between its two fingers as if catching a firefly with its bare hands.

"drink!"

Deidara gave a low shout, and flames rose up, but caused no damage.

"who are you?"

Deidara shouted as he looked at Gaara, who had opened his eyes again.

"I've already seen my old friend Sasori; he's the least patient person to wait for others. So, are you ready to face Shukaku's true power?"

Before Deidara could answer, the rising yellow sand flowed into Gaara's body like water.

That is……

Under Deidara's gaze, a giant raccoon suddenly took shape.

Its head is jet black with a pair of small horns, its body is covered in blue cursed markings, and its single tail stands upright on its back, all of which clearly indicate its identity.

One tail, the sand-dwelling Shukaku!

"Impossible. Only the Hidden Cloud Village knows the method to train a perfect Jinchuriki, right?"

Deidara was from Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village), so he naturally had dealings with the Jinchuriki of the Four-Tails and Five-Tails. After joining Akatsuki, he gained a lot of information related to Jinchuriki, knowing that Kumogakure (Hidden Cloud Village) possessed a perfect Jinchuriki who could fully control the power of the Tailed Beasts.

"Although it's different from the perfect Jinchūriki, it's meaningless to you now, isn't it?"

Hinata Zetsu's voice emanated from Shukaku's body, and then the yellow sand that had been hovering in the sky surged up, transforming into a giant wave more than ten feet high, which rushed towards Deidara with an unstoppable momentum.

Deidara was terrified and hurriedly tried to escape by manipulating the giant clay bird. However, the sand waves were extremely fast, and the huge shadows quickly enveloped Deidara below.

"How could I have failed in a place like this..."

Before he could finish speaking, Deidara was already engulfed by the sandstorm.

"Grand burial in the desert layer, sealed!"

The sand waves enveloping Deidara suddenly rose up, forming a huge three-tiered sand tower. Runes of incantation appeared on the surface of the sand tower, interlocking with each other to form an airtight seal.

The yellow sand that had coalesced into Shukaku separated again, forming a massive platform that blotted out the sky, supporting the sand tower and blocking the view of the many sand ninja below.

Gaara casually grabbed a handful of yellow sand, and the mark of the Flying Thunder God was already outlined on its surface.

The next moment, another figure appeared beside Gaara, none other than Hyuga Sawatatsu.

Chapter 102 The Scorpion's Disheveled Escape

"How long am I supposed to wait?"

Sasori of the Red Sand, standing before the narrow passage, already sounded somewhat impatient.

"what is that?"

Just then, a massive platform rapidly approached the narrow passage from high above, causing Scorpion's pupils to shrink.

That idiot Deidara not only failed to capture the One-Tailed Jinchuriki, but also fell into his hands.

Although Sasori's artistic views were completely different from Deidara's, he still highly recognized his companion's strength; otherwise, he wouldn't have allowed him to rush into Sunagakure alone to capture a Jinchuriki.

Bang!

As the smoke rose, puppets appeared around Fei Liu Hu, assuming a defensive stance.

As the platform hovered before the narrow pass, Scorpion, still unable to see any enemy, glanced at the large group of Sand Ninja rushing towards them in the distance. Suddenly, Hiruko's scorpion tail extended, spanning over twenty feet and piercing into the yellow sand of the platform. Then, using the force of the scorpion tail's contraction, it pulled Hiruko onto the platform.

"Deidara..."

As soon as Sasori stepped onto the massive platform, he sensed Deidara's chakra aura from the enormous sand tower in front of him.

Instead of immediately trying to rescue his companion, Scorpion manipulated two puppets to search for traces of the enemy.

boom!

Just then, the entire platform began to tremble violently, and a dark shadow approached steadily through the billowing dust.

First, a claw with blue stripes emerged from the smoke, and then Shukaku's massive body appeared before Sasori.

The One-Tailed Jinchuriki has gone berserk?

This was the first thought that popped into Scorpion's mind.

Immediately, when Sasori saw the figure standing on top of Shukaku's head, he was completely stunned.

"Tsk tsk, the infamous Sasori of the Red Sand, is he now reduced to such a few human puppets?"

Hinata Zechen looked down at Sasori with a slight smile and spoke.

"Hyuga Sawatatsu, it's you!"

Scorpion's words were filled with gritted teeth, and he launched an attack almost without thinking.

Giggle...

More than ten puppet figures simultaneously raised their arms, revealing various puppet mechanisms such as poison gas bombs, poison needles, and kunai, which shot towards Hyuga Zechen.

Roar!

Faced with the overwhelming attack, Shukaku opened its maw, and a dazzling light burst forth, a hurricane carrying a large amount of yellow sand gushing out.

Amidst the raging storm, the puppet's attacks vanished without a trace, and the storm continued to sweep towards the scorpion.

hateful!

Pulled by chakra threads, the five human puppets gathered together, their chests opening simultaneously to reveal a steel cylinder from which blue chakra surged forth, forming a massive shield.

Puppet Technique: Mechanical Light Shield Seal.

The violent storm crashed against the light shield, causing the clothes of the five human puppets to flutter loudly in the wind, and they were forced back little by little under the immense pressure.

When the storm subsided, the blue light shield was still there, which relieved Scorpion.

The next moment, a huge black shadow loomed overhead, and Shukaku's massive body rapidly approached during the raging storm. Shukaku raised its claws high and slammed them down forcefully forward.

Oops!

Scorpion was startled. He pulled back with both hands at the same time, trying to control the puppet to retreat and dodge.

However, Shukaku was clearly faster. Its massive claws crashed down like Mount Tai, crushing all of Sasori's five puppets into pieces.

Hiruko suddenly raised her left arm, and a cylindrical machine gun shot out, leaving a long trail of air behind it, shooting towards Hyuga Sawatatsu, who was located above Shukaku's head.

As the machine guns closed to within a few feet, cylindrical projectiles shot out from the exposed holes. Each time a projectile opened, several poison needles were revealed, raining down haphazardly towards Hyuga Zechen.

At the same time, three more puppets leaped high into the air, their limbs separating from their bodies and floating in the air. Poisonous thorns extended from the tips of their fingers, while sharp blades extended from their arms and thighs, all mixed with poisonous needles and aimed at Hyuga Zechen.

"Didn't you already use all those tricks when we fought last time?"

Faced with the dense barrage of attacks, Hyuga Zechen revealed a slight smile. Shukaku's massive tail, slightly smaller than its body, extended forward, forming a shield in front of Hyuga Zechen.

Chi Chi!

These sharp blades and poison needles, coated with deadly poison, were densely embedded in Shukaku's tail. Apart from a few specks of yellow sand sliding off where they landed, they did not harm Shukaku in the slightest.

"Damn it, if the Kazekage puppet were still around, Shukaku would be nothing..."

Scorpion in the Hiryu Koko was furious and already had the idea of ​​retreating.

As a puppeteer, Scorpion's skill level depends entirely on the quantity and quality of the puppets he wields.

These newly created human puppets were only Jonin-level in life, which would be more than enough to deal with ordinary opponents, but they appeared weak and powerless when facing Hyuga Sawatatsu and Shukaku.

If they were to use their own puppet, they could manage for a while. However, having already suffered a loss once, Sasori was unwilling to take such a big risk for the Akatsuki's mission.

Once the body's regeneration core is shattered, then it's truly over.

Having thought this through, Scorpion had made up his mind.

Another puppet leaped up, its outstretched forearm suddenly detaching, revealing a dark mechanism at the elbow. Amidst the billowing white mist, four purple spheres shot out, two towards Shukaku and two towards Hyuga Sawatatsu.

Before the purple sphere even hit its target, it exploded in mid-air, spewing out a thick cloud of poisonous mist that enveloped both Hyuga Sawatatsu and Shukaku.

Without hesitation, Scorpion leaped off the platform, dragging the remaining puppets with him as they plummeted downwards.

"attack!"

While Sasori was still in mid-air, a group of Sand Ninja who had already arrived below the platform drove strange ballistae and fired crossbow bolts with explosive tags at Sasori.

The Akatsuki uniform on Sasori allowed the Sand Ninja to immediately distinguish friend from foe.

"Damn it, you annoying bunch!"

Faced with the attack, the Akatsuki's trench coat suddenly fell off, revealing the hideous demon mask behind Hiruko.

Pulled by the chakra threads, the demon mask suddenly rose up, forming a giant shield that deflected all the incoming crossbow bolts to the side.

boom!

The explosive tag attached to the crossbow bolt triggered an explosion, but when the smoke cleared, Hiruko was still unharmed.

Hiruko is a master of both offense and defense, with defensive capabilities even surpassing those of the Salamander Puppet. It's just that very few enemies can force Sasori to such a point.

"Go to hell!"

Forced to flee from his enemy, Sasori had been harboring a burning rage. These attacks from the Sand Village forced him to abandon any remaining sentimentality towards the village.

Fei Liu Hu's jaw suddenly fell off, and a dense barrage of poison needles and stingers shot out from his mouth. Anyone whose skin was even slightly pierced by the poison needles immediately collapsed to the ground.

go!

After venting his anger, Scorpion stopped and ran wildly toward the exit.

However, just as they were about to enter the narrow passage, a large amount of black iron sand poured down from the sky, blocking the only passage.

"This time, you won't escape again, Scorpion."

Gazing at the Wind Shadow Puppet appearing high in the sky, and hearing Hinata Zechen's voice behind him, Sasori's heart sank to the bottom.

Chapter 103 The Vanishing Wave of Longing

"Isn't it incredibly moving to see your most perfect work of art again?"