Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Although the Nine-Tails wouldn't die, the intense pain still made it feel humiliated, as it was being bullied by a child who was only ten years old.

Moreover, he was beaten in front of everyone, a humiliation he had never experienced in all his years.

However, the more it cursed, the harder Yu Ming slapped it.

Yu Ming patted Naruto on the shoulder and laughed, "See? That's how you discipline him, like you're taming an animal. Make him remember your ruthlessness and let him know that if he doesn't obey, he'll get whipped, and it will hurt a lot."

If other Jinchuriki who could perfectly control their Tailed Beasts heard Yu Ming say this, they would be furious.

The reason they can get along harmoniously with the tailed beasts is because they have opened their hearts to them; it certainly cannot be achieved through whipping.

However, if Yu Ming had a tailed beast inside him, he might also use this method to tame it.

After all, a tailed beast is a weapon, and that's how it is for Yu Ming.

However, this kind of thinking is too villainous, so Naruto definitely wouldn't like it.

So he quickly grabbed Yu Ming and said, "Yu Ming, stop! Although I can't control the Nine-Tails' power right now, I will definitely gain its approval in the future. But approval gained in this way is not genuine. I hope I can gain the Nine-Tails' full approval."

Yu Ming smiled and said, "I knew you would say that, but it's alright. You have your own way of doing things. If I had this nine-tailed fox, I would have tamed it by now."

Yu Ming glanced at Kurama and said coldly, "Kuama, I don't care how much you hate humans, but I don't like irrational things appearing in front of me. If I see you in front of me and you affect Naruto, I'll come in and beat you up."

Upon hearing this, Nine-Tails wanted to roar in anger, but under the lash of more than a dozen whips of lightning around it, Nine-Tails could only howl in pain.

Her eyes were filled with hatred as she looked at Yu Ming, but Yu Ming didn't care. There were plenty of people who hated him, so what was the Nine-Tailed Fox?

After leaving Naruto's consciousness space.

Only a moment had passed outside.

The reason why Naruto's tailed beast cloak disappeared in an instant was also due to this reason.

Although Nine-Tailed Fox hated Yu Ming, it didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him anymore.

Because the Nine-Tails really couldn't threaten Yu Ming. Even if it went out, it still wouldn't be a match for Yu Ming. The massive amount of chakra in Yu Ming's body was something it couldn't defeat.

Because it was the first time it had ever seen anything in the ninja world with more chakra than the Sage of Six Paths, Hamura Otsutsuki, and Hashirama Senju.

Even Madara Uchiha's chakra wasn't as much as Kurama's.

Although Kakashi didn't understand what had happened, he knew that Yu Ming had suppressed Naruto's emotions.

Naruto glanced at Yu Ming.

"Yu Ming, thank you."

Yu Ming smiled slightly and looked at Deidara sitting on Gaara's lap.

"Deidara, a genius ninja from Iwagakure, whose clay has explosive effects, and who was also a disciple of the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki. I'm a little curious. Logically speaking, you were Onoki's only disciple and should have been the future successor to the Tsuchikage. Why did you defect?"

Although Onoki was a bit strict with Deidara, it was only because he wanted him to become stronger.

The Second Tsuchikage was probably just as strict with Onoki back then.

After all, the Stone Will of Iwagakure is clearly designed to cultivate very strict leaders.

It's probably because Onoki had too high expectations of him.

However, as Onoki's only disciple, he will definitely be the future Fourth Tsuchikage.

This guy defected when he was only ten years old. I don't know why he did it. If he had been in Iwagakure with Onoki's guidance, his strength wouldn't be so low now.

He was already quite talented; otherwise, he wouldn't have been accepted as a disciple by Onoki.

Chapter 216 Deidara, C2 Dragon

Deidara frowned upon hearing Yu Ming's words. "You mean that rigid old man? Humph, he would make me the Tsuchikage? Are you kidding me?"

Deidara was somewhat afraid of Onoki, and also disliked him.

Yu Ming calmly said, "If you stay in Iwagakure, who can compete with you? Besides, you are his only disciple. Don't you understand what that means? His rigidity is only because that's how his original teacher taught him. The spirit of Iwagakure is the Will of Stone."

"The previous generation was very rigid about passing on the Tsuchikage's skills to the next generation. The Second Tsuchikage, Mukuro, was also a powerful person, but he was very strict with his disciples. Do you think your teacher had an easy time under the Second Tsuchikage? If it had been easy, how could he have learned Dust Release?"

Upon hearing Yu Ming's words, Deidara seemed to ponder them.

However, he had no choice but to join Akatsuki back then, since he was no match for Itachi Uchiha.

Naturally, there was no way to resist.

Now that Yu Ming is saying these things, although he has some understanding of them, there is no longer any chance for him to understand.

He can no longer return to Iwagakure.

"It's no use saying anything now, but the fact that you know about these things shows that you've done a lot of research on Iwagakure."

Even Kakashi wasn't entirely clear on these matters, and he didn't understand why Yu Ming knew this information.

I never expected that Deidara was actually a disciple of the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure.

Yu Ming was right. If Deidara had stayed in Iwagakure, he would probably be the Fourth Tsuchikage by now.

It's unlikely that Onoki, who is already over seventy years old, is still serving as the Tsuchikage.

After all, Deidara's strength had indeed reached the level of a Kage.

If he had stayed in Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) and received strict guidance from the Third Tsuchikage, his strength would have been much greater than it is now.

Deidara was only about twelve or thirteen years old when he left, which would be considered as having just graduated from the Ninja Academy to others. And now he is only eighteen years old.

To possess Kage-level strength at such a young age is truly terrifying.

In Iwagakure, probably no one of his generation has such high talent.

Given his age and abilities, he is certainly capable of becoming the Tsuchikage.

Therefore, Deidara did miss his best opportunity, and joining Akatsuki was probably the thing he regretted most in his life.

Of course, it's also possible that he doesn't regret it at all, after all, he was pursuing the art of explosion.

And he has always wanted to challenge Itachi Uchiha.

Hearing Deidara's doubts, Yu Ming remained calm and smiled, "I know a little, but if we're talking about weakness, your Iwagakure isn't much better off than our Konoha. The Third Tsuchikage was still in his position at that age, probably because of your defection, there wasn't a suitable replacement."

Deidara frowned, feeling that Yu Ming knew far too much about their Iwagakure village.

She knows far more than he does.

"Stop talking nonsense, Yu Ming, right? I heard you defeated Uchiha Itachi. I've always wanted to challenge him. Now that you've defeated him, I'll try to see if I can defeat you."

As he spoke, he threw the mud spider he had already made at Yu Ming.

In an instant, both sides entered a state of combat.

Dozens of small clay spiders jumped toward Yu Ming.

Chiyo frowned and warned, "Kid, be careful, these things can explode."

Dozens of spiders leaped toward Yu Ming.

However, just as these spiders were about to touch Yu Ming...

Countless bolts of lightning suddenly erupted from Yu Ming's body.

"Sizzle~"

"Boom!"

Around Yu Ming, dozens of clay spiders were struck by countless arcs of lightning.

It emitted a loud, explosive sound.

However, under the effect of Yu Ming's Lightning Release, the clay spider was completely reduced to ashes without even exploding.

This is how Lightning Release counters Earth Release.

Deidara's clay bombs are actually, strictly speaking, Earth Release, not a bloodline limit, because the clay he uses is a type of clay that explodes. It is a secret technique, but not a bloodline limit, and certainly not an explosion release.

Deidara was completely stunned. "This guy's control over lightning release is quite impressive."

The lightning that Yu Ming just released was indeed quite exquisite.

The lightning strike was so precise that dozens of clay spiders, each the size of a thumb, were completely hit.

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It's incredibly precise; lightning jutsu is already very active, making it very difficult to control.

But Yu Ming could control lightning jutsu with such subtlety; it was simply unimaginable.

Putting everything else aside, the precision with which Yu Ming manipulated the Lightning Release technique alone is enough to confirm that his strength is at the Kage level.

Even Chiyo exclaimed, "This chakra manipulation ability is even stronger than that of Slug Woman."

Kakashi already knew that Yu Ming's control over chakra was terrifyingly precise.

So there's nothing strange about it.

However, Sakura and Naruto were also quite surprised.

Because they had all undergone training that required precise manipulation of chakra.

That is truly the most difficult training to master, even more difficult than mastering a ninjutsu.

.............

Yu Ming looked at Deidara and calmly said, "It seems we really have to make a move."

Originally, Yu Ming didn't really want to take action, but Naruto suddenly unleashed the Nine-Tails' chakra, so Yu Ming had no choice but to act even if he didn't want to.

Deidara became serious upon hearing Yu Ming's words.

Looking at Yu Ming, Deidara quickly made clay bombs.

"It seems I have to use my ultimate move right away, otherwise I'll definitely get entangled by this guy. This guy's strength is indeed a bit too strong. So many C1 Clay Spiders were rendered duds by his Lightning Release. It seems I have to use C2, or even C3."

Deidara is terrifying because his C3 attack can even destroy a large ninja village.

The most powerful C0 self-destruction can even trigger an explosion with a radius of 10 kilometers.

This power is terrifying; even a Tailed Beast Ball might not have this level of destructive force.

Of course, if this kind of explosion were used, Deidara would be doomed.

Therefore, this belongs to the ninjutsu that Deidara used to perish together with his opponent.

Deidara now believes that using C2 should allow him to escape.