Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

He then slowly read out the information he had obtained from Orochimaru.

"'Jade Maiden' Sasori, and 'Azure Dragon' Deidara, right?"

"Oh?"

The head of the Hiruko puppet turned towards Sasuke at an eerie angle. "Kid, you actually know our codenames?"

“That makes sense, after all, Orochimaru has been by your side the whole time.” Sasori quickly realized this.

But Deidara's focus was clearly different from Sasori's. He snorted and emphasized with a forced smile.

"It should be 'Azure Dragon' Deidara and 'Jade Maiden' Sasori, hmm."

Chapter 139 When did you develop the illusion that you could defeat me? (Taking a day off)

"Oh my, who do we have here? It's Sasori and Deidara."

Orochimaru had somehow appeared behind Sasuke, his snake-like eyes scanning Deidara and Sasori back and forth, a familiar, hypocritical smile on his face.

"Long time no see, you two."

"Orochimaru...you dare to show your face in front of us again, huh?!"

The moment Deidara saw Orochimaru, the smile on his face froze, replaced by anger.

His reaction was so intense, and there was a reason for it.

When Orochimaru defected from Akatsuki, the leader ordered him to be eliminated, and Orochimaru was the one responsible for carrying out this mission.

However, Orochimaru was like a slippery eel, and Deidara had tried to track him down several times over the years but failed, which he considered a great humiliation.

Deidara's thoughts raced as he turned to the puppet beside him and whispered, "Lord Sasori, this guy is yours now, hmm."

Hiruko looked up at Deidara, her voice hoarse: "Oh? Aren't you going to do it yourself? That's not like you."

"Stop joking!"

Deidara curled his lip. "I can handle that Uchiha brat. After dealing with Orochimaru for so many years, don't you know how disgusting he is? He's such a pain in the ass!"

"..."

Scorpion remained silent for a moment, seemingly weighing his options, before finally nodding in agreement.

Orochimaru took it all in, his smile unchanged, but he subtly turned his head and cast an inquiring glance at Sasuke beside him.

Sasuke nodded slightly.

"Then I won't disturb your enjoyment any longer."

After receiving permission, Orochimaru chuckled softly and disappeared into the shadows behind him, with Sasori following closely behind.

Only Sasuke and Deidara remained atop the ruins.

"Alright, those troublesome guys are finally gone."

Deidara cracked his knuckles and looked Sasuke up and down. "So, Uchiha brat, you should have guessed why we've come looking for you, right?"

"An invitation?" Sasuke uttered the word casually.

"That's right, our leader is quite interested in you, hmm."

Deidara raised his chin slightly. "If you agree, I can take you to see the leader and officially make you one of us."

Sasuke looked at him calmly and asked in return, "What if I don't agree?"

"Hmm...that's such a shame."

Deidara feigned regret and sighed dramatically, "The leader said that if we don't accept the invitation, then we can only..."

"I've made you part of my magnificent art, hmm."

He shrugged, seemingly regretful, but the excitement in his eyes was impossible to hide.

Then, as if he had thought of something, Deidara's face lit up with an expectant smile.

"However, personally, I really hope you can join us."

He tilted his head and winked at Sasuke, "That way, I can see Itachi Uchiha's unhappy expression every day!"

Deidara's tone turned unfriendly at the mention of Itachi. He pouted and complained, "If I hadn't been tricked by those damned eyes of his back then, I would never have joined this organization."

"Although this organization is quite interesting, hmm."

Sasuke listened quietly, a cold smile appearing on his face.

"Get out of my sight with your pile of boring mud, and I might let you off the hook."

"......ha?"

Deidara's smile froze. "Get out of my way?"

And you even said my art is just boring mud?!

An unnamed rage surged up his head.

"You bastard..."

Deidara gritted his teeth, staring intently at Sasuke's face, which bore a striking resemblance to Itachi's, and laughed in a fit of rage.

"As expected of Itachi's younger brother... those eyes, and that identical arrogance..."

"He's just a bastard who acts arrogantly here because he has a bit of blood!"

He suddenly reached his hands into the clay bags on either side of his waist.

"Since you're so eager to die..."

The eerie mouth in Deidara's palm began to chew on the white clay. "Then I'll grant your wish!"

Let's test him with C1-level chakra first, hmm.

Deidara sneered inwardly, and with a flick of his wrists, dozens of spiders made of white clay took shape. They moved their slender limbs and launched themselves toward Sasuke.

Sasuke simply watched quietly, without even making a move to draw his sword.

"drink!"

With a low, excited shout from Deidara, the explosion and roar instantly engulfed Sasuke's figure.

Smoke and dust filled the air, completely enveloping the area.

"Hmph, vulnerable."

Deidara curled his lip, his face showing a look of utter disdain.

Then the smoke and dust slowly dissipated.

Sasuke remained standing quietly in the same spot, without even changing his posture.

In front of him, a thin layer of black flame flickered silently, blocking all the previous explosions.

Sasuke's eyes slowly emerged from the dissipating black flames.

Is that all?

The ability to generate bombs with bare hands is interesting, but that's about it.

This calm was more damaging to Deidara than any verbal taunt.

"You bastard!"

Deidara's temples bulged with veins, and he decided to stop testing the waters.

The mouth in the palm chewed rapidly, and an even larger clay spider was spat out, pouncing towards Sasuke.

However, Sasuke didn't even use Indra's flames again. Just as the clay spider was about to get close, he turned to the side and kicked the spider in the abdomen.

The force was not great, but it was extremely skillful.

"drink!"

Deidara is about to detonate.

The clay spider tumbled through the air and flew back at an extremely fast speed.

"What?!" Deidara was shocked.

The clay spider exploded in front of him.

Deidara leaped backward in a disheveled manner, his face covered in dust, and his eyes became serious.

"A boring trick."

Sasuke's voice came from the other end, full of impatience, "If this is all you've got, then this farce should end now."

"What do you know? Explosions are the highest art! Hmm!"

Deidara reached into the clay bag again, pouring his immense chakra into it without reservation, and quickly kneaded the large chunks of clay into shape in his palms.

A gigantic, white clay dragon with a ferocious appearance appeared before Deidara.

He leaped and landed steadily on the dragon's head, looking down at Sasuke with his arrogant expression returning.

"Let me show you my true art, C2 Dragon!"

"Hmph, finally you've come up with something decent?"

Deidara stood atop the menacing C2 dragon head, his arrogant expression returning.

"You should feel honored to die under the power of my perfect creation, hmm!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the dragon's jaws snapped open.

"Explode the clay!"

Instead of the expected explosion, countless palm-sized white clay birds whistled out of the dragon's mouth.

They traced eerie arcs in the air, swooping down on Sasuke from all directions.

Every bird contains enough chakra to blast rocks into dust.

However, despite the unavoidable bombing, the black figure on the ground remained motionless.

This disregard made Deidara's brow twitch violently.

"...a trivial skill."