Escape From Konoha

Perhaps being stimulated by Yiji's domineering and thorny words, Deidara immediately stopped laughing:

"It seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess is very confident in defeating me. Hmm."

He admitted that Kazuki was very powerful, and it could even be said that Uchiha Itachi, whom he had always wanted to defeat, might not be her opponent.

But today is different from the past. Compared with the past, his art has grown significantly. Even if he faces Yi Ji, he does not think that he will lose the battle.

Yiji ignored the slight sarcasm in Deidara's tone, and just continued to say with a smile in an indifferent tone, as if commenting on a trivial matter:

"So, what's your choice? Do you want to continue working here, or do you want to use your art to make a career?"

Deidara snorted and replied: "Don't use such an obvious way to provoke me. Faced with any challenge, as an artist, I will not retreat and will definitely stay with you to the end. Yes."

"In other words, you agreed, right?"

"Yes, although you are powerful, it does not mean that my art will be inferior to others. However, before that, can you really make the decision?"

Deidara looked at Kazuki with suspicious eyes.

He knew that Ichiki had an extraordinary status in the Kingdom of Demons. Not only was she the princess given by the previous generation of witches in the Kingdom of Demons, but her other identity was also extraordinary.

Her family spans the three fields of the Demon Country: military, government and business, and they all hold high positions in them. They can be described as having a prominent status.

But no matter what, he is an S-class defected ninja named by Iwagakure himself, and a dangerous fugitive who joined Akatsuki. The conditions offered by Kazuhime can be described as generous, which can really make the senior officials of the Demon Country relent. ?

"Don't worry, at least there is no problem with the military. As for the subsequent impact of recruiting rebel ninjas... Iwagakure's wanted order is not feasible in our country of ghosts."

"Is it already premised on my joining?"

"Of course, I still have this confidence."

Hearing Ichiji's unabashed confidence and arrogance made Deidara feel strongly rebellious.

In any case, this gambling battle is an excellent opportunity that can only be encountered but cannot be sought.

Rather than being bound by boring things like organizations and countries, he wanted to study art by himself without any worries.

And such freedom can only be regained by defeating Yi Ji.

So, he must win.

"In that case, please unlock the restrictions on my chakra. In addition, I need enough clay."

Deidara demanded.

Since it was a gambling fight, he naturally had to fight it in full strength.

Whether it's the restoration of chakra, or the special clay for making bombs, he must complete it before the gambling battle begins.

Yiji nodded, thinking that Deidara's demands were not too much. Even if the other party didn't say anything, she would let others arrange it.

If Deidara in his prime was not defeated, even if he defeated him, it would be meaningless to Kazuki.

So, Ichiki clapped her hands, and the ninja from the Kingdom of Oni who was standing guard outside the door came in.

"Take him down to rest."

After saying that, Ichiji glanced at Deidara again.

"I will prepare what you want in the evening and deliver it to your room. You have twenty-four hours to prepare, which should be enough for you to recover your chakra and physical strength."

Deidara nodded in agreement, followed the ninja from the Kingdom of Ghosts down, and began to recharge his batteries.

…

The day passed quickly.

In the Kingdom of Ghosts, at the eastern entrance of a forest in the south, Kazuji leads all the members of the Thorn Team to gather here.

In addition, Deidara, whose complexion and physical strength had returned to peak condition, also came as requested.

All the shackles on his hands and feet were removed, and his clothes were refurbished. In the ninja tool bags on both sides, bulging clay was stored according to Deidara's requirements, so that he could display his 'art' to his fullest.

Deidara stood at the entrance of the forest, looking at this huge forest with lush trees. He looked extremely satisfied with this huge battlefield where a fierce battle was about to take place.

He was originally worried that the battlefield designated by Yiji would not be enough for him to fight to his heart's content, but now it seems that his worries are obviously unnecessary.

"This is where we will fight next. I would like to ask first, are there any extra rules for this competition? Yes."

Before the battle began, Deidara felt it necessary to ask clearly about the prerequisite rules for this battle.

Yi Ji glanced at him and said: "There are no so-called rules. Both sides can use all means to defeat their opponents. Well... there are rules, and the only rule is that the two of us can't do anything before we decide the winner. Leave this forest. How about, if you have any requests, you can make them now."

"I have no requirements. This kind of unrestricted battle is in line with my wishes. There is no need to change it."

Deidara shook his head.

"Since you have no objection, just put this thing on."

Yi Ji reached into her pocket and quickly took out a black ball no bigger than a finger. Judging from the neat and precise lines on it, it was some kind of very precise instrument.

She handed over the black ball, and Deidara took it without knowing why, and looked at it doubtfully in his hand.

"This is……"

Yiji touched the small black instrument in her right ear with her finger, which was exactly the same as the black ball instrument in Deidara's palm.

"This is an earbud-type communicator. It will be automatically attached to the skin and will not fall off during the battle. In a minute, one of my team members will notify both of us at the same time through this communicator that the battle has begun."

"In that case, I'll take the first step. Hmm."

After hearing this, Deidara unceremoniously pulled out a ball of clay from his ninja bag, chewed it in his palm, then threw it away and spit out the clay in his palm and mouth.

A huge white bird appeared in front of Deidara. Deidara jumped up and jumped firmly onto the back of the white bird.

"I'm waiting for you in front, Your Highness Princess."

After saying that, Deidara left a confident smile. The white bird under his feet flapped its wings vigorously and flew out quickly. In the blink of an eye, it reached high altitude and soon turned into a small black dot in everyone's eyes.

Ichiki watched Deidara fly into the distance, and without saying a word, he materialized part of the chakra in his body, forming six huge blue transparent wings behind his back, and the soles of his feet slowly lifted off the ground.

When her body was several meters high in the air, Yiji turned to the members of the Thorns team and said, "I leave the referee's job to you. I'll come as soon as I can."

The understatement made people think that she was just going to stroll on the street and buy a piece of clothing.

Then, Ichiji turned into a black dot in the eyes of everyone in the Thorn Team, and rushed into the sky, chasing Deidara.

After Yiji left, everyone in the group couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, even standing next to this captain, with their jounin strength, they felt a lot of pressure.

The chakra that was so abnormal that it showed out naturally seemed to freeze the space near the body, and even breathing began to become unsmooth.

They could only guess one thing, their captain was starting to get stronger again.

As for how much stronger they have become, they don't have an accurate idea in their minds.

With their realm, it is impossible to see clearly where the upper limit is.

"How long do you think that explosive escape boy can last in the captain's hands?"

one person said.

He is the Arashi Dun ninja in the team.

In his opinion, the winner of this gambling battle was determined from the beginning, and there was no suspense at all.

"Although the captain is very strong, if it enters the tug-of-war stage, it will take more than three minutes. After all, the opponent is a ninja with the ability to control the air, and ninjutsu also has extremely strong destructive power, which should not be underestimated."

Another person spoke.

"More than three minutes? Are you looking down on him a bit? I think two minutes is about right."

"Two minutes is a bit too long. I think the captain will resolve the battle within one and a half minutes."

The rest of the people also joined the discussion. Although the times given were different, the results were very consistent. There was no doubt that Yiji would win this battle.

From the beginning, this battle was not equal at all in their eyes.

…

"Sharingan... try to avoid being approached by her. If you fall under the illusion, things will be very troublesome."

Deidara stood on the back of the white bird, flying towards the west of the forest while thinking about how to proceed in the next battle.

If your opponent has the Sharingan, you must first avoid close combat to avoid being disturbed by illusions.

Although he had suffered from Itachi in the past and had strengthened his illusion resistance for a period of time, the power of the Sharingan was too abnormal, and his illusion resistance might not be 100% effective.

This is a fight for freedom, and there can be no sloppiness.

"In addition, I remember that she can also use the technique called Susanoo to launch the summoned flame giant sword as an arrow from a long distance, and perform ultra-long-range explosions. The power of the explosion is not at all compared to my C3·No. 18 Weak...we must focus on guarding against this move."

The corner of Deidara's eye glanced behind him. Although the battle had not officially begun, the figure of Kazuhime flying towards him with chakra wings was still clearly visible.

"Did you catch up so quickly?"

A smile appeared on Deidara's lips.

He had already increased the flying speed of the white bird to the limit, but it was still pulled closer. This only meant that the opponent's flying speed was faster than his clay white bird.

And the chakra that was about to burst out of his body made Deidara feel even more frightened.

"I have only seen this intensity of chakra from the leader. He is truly worthy of being a princess. It seems that it will be a very long and hard battle for me. Hmm."

A trace of cold sweat broke out on Deidara's forehead, because he was frightened by Ichiji's overwhelming torrent of chakra.

However, even so, there was no fear in Deidara's eyes.

Rather, because of the other party's strong strength, his mood became even more exciting.

If he could defeat an opponent of this level, his art would surely be elevated to a higher level.

Deidara reached into his ninja tool bag and began to swallow the clay to create a bomb.

At this moment, Yiji, who had been chasing him at a constant speed behind him, suddenly accelerated, sweeping out a brilliant blue trail in the sky, and rushed straight towards him.

The earbud communicator next to Deidara's ear also happened to hear a hoarse voice first, and then a "battle begins" was shouted.

Deidara didn't hesitate and threw the chewed clay backwards.

Bang bang!

Two huge eagles that were as big as the white birds under their feet emerged from the smoke. They spread their wings and blew away the white smoke. At the same time, the white eagles also flew out like two sharp white arrows and came straight towards Yiji.

Ichiji could tell that this was a decoy bomb, a bait deliberately released by Deidara to test her actions.

Unfortunately, she has no intention of prolonging this battle into a tug-of-war.

Although even if it enters the tug-of-war stage, she will definitely win in the end, but no matter what kind of battle it is, in her eyes, such a battle is just a child's game.

As a result, Yiji's figure suddenly paused in the air, and the six wings behind her also floated quietly, emitting a faint blue fluorescence.

Yi Ji looked at the two white falcons getting closer and closer to her, raised her arms expressionlessly, and then slashed them into the void like a samurai wielding a sword, cutting through ice and snow.

I saw a huge sword covered with lava, appearing from the void at the same time as Yiji's arm fell.

The terrifying impact that suddenly burst out directly hit the two white falcons that had no time to dodge, turning them into ashes in the flames.

It looks like a child wielding a dangerous weapon that is disproportionate to its own size, but it is strangely able to wave the dangerous weapon like an arm to destroy all invading enemies.

The empty void was immediately ignited by the flames on the giant sword, turning into torrents that began to spread in all directions, rapidly engulfing Deidara's position.

Oops! Looking at the flames coming towards him, Deidara suddenly felt something bad.

This hand can ignite the fire escape in the void, which really opened his eyes.

But this is not the time to admire the opponent's exquisite fire escape. If these torrents of flames that flow regularly form a blockade in the air, it will be too late to escape.

Without thinking, Deidara drove the white bird under his feet to continue flying forward, trying to get away from the approaching flames as quickly as possible.

However, a clear and sweet sound, accompanied by the spreading flames, spread in the void.

This strange sound made Deidara freeze up. His eyes widened in surprise, looking for the source of the sound in the void that was starting to burn.

"Is this...singing?"

Yes, it's singing.

And it was a singing voice that Deidara had never heard before, but with an extremely beautiful melody.

Loud and ethereal, it gives people a sense of illusory beauty that is far away yet close at hand.

On the surface of the skin, it seemed as if a beautiful girl was gently stroking it with delicate fingers, bringing a somewhat wonderful touch, so that the whole soul seemed to be sublimated and the brain was emptied.

Deidara forgot about the dangers of the spreading flames and watched helplessly as the flames blocked his surroundings and surrounded the place with water. He stood indifferently on the back of the white bird.

The expression of dementia and obsession was vividly displayed on Deidara's face.

In a daze of consciousness, Deidara seemed to see a goddess walking out of the sun, with her long beautiful hair flying in the golden flames, and the six wings of light behind her also shining with the golden light of the sun. The heaven and earth are dotted into a beautiful golden world.

It became the center of the world in front of Deidara.

Like the goddess of the sun, she exudes a noble and sublime aura.

Then, the goddess who walked out of the sun pointed at him with her arm and cast a sharp and majestic look. Deidara's heart trembled suddenly, and an unprecedented sense of guilt arose in his heart, making him feel The impulsive thought of kneeling down to confess one's sins.

Immediately, a pain that seared his soul suddenly woke him up.

Deidara was horrified to find that he was in a sea of ​​lava-colored fire at some point.

"Illusion!?"

Deidara realized this when it was too late.

Before Deidara could react, the endless waves of fire began to spit out ferocious tongues of fire, crazily squeezing and eroding toward the center.

In the sky above the forest, under the compression of the endless fire waves, a huge fireball shining with the color of lava soon appeared, like a small sun, releasing an extremely dazzling light.

Ichiki, who was floating in the air with six blue chakra wings, quietly looked at the huge fireball created by her fire escape. Her eyes were calm, and she just slowly closed her mouth that released the song, and began to sense with her magic chakra. Deidara's situation in Fireball.

After a while, feeling that Deidara's chakra began to weaken at an exaggerated speed, Ichiki immediately dismissed the lava sword in her right hand and formed a seal with her hands.

"untie!"

The huge fireball surrounding the void collapsed from within in an instant. After the last flame merged into the void, the originally giant fireball disappeared without a trace under the control of Yiji, as if it had merged with the void.

A figure covered with scorch marks and sparks, lost consciousness and began to fall powerlessly from the sky towards the forest. The identity of the figure could be vaguely identified, it was Deidara.

Being continuously roasted by high-temperature flames in the flame cage, Deidara's consciousness and body had reached their limits. At this time, even staying awake was a luxury.

Seeing Deidara fall, the chakra wings behind Ichiji vibrated slightly, making a whistling sound in the sky. In the blink of an eye, he rushed above Deidara, and grabbed the collar behind his back with one hand to stop him. He continued to fall.

Then without hesitation, Yi Ji glanced at the unconscious Deidara, pulled his collar behind his back, and turned to fly towards the east entrance of the forest.

At the east entrance of the forest, Hinata took off the black beak mask. At this time, she kept her Byakugan open and had a panoramic view of the battle between Kazuhime and Deidara.

When she saw Ichiki with Deidara in a coma with severe injuries rushing back towards them, Hinata closed her Byakugan directly and stopped wasting chakra.

"The results are out. It seems that we all guessed wrong. From the beginning to the end of the battle, the captain spent less than half a minute."

As Hinata's voice fell, everyone else's faces showed surprise.

Although they knew that the final winner of this battle must be Yi Ji, the time the battle took was far beyond their expectations.

They had made various guesses before, but the closest guess was just to reduce the fighting time to about one minute. No one would have expected that the time of this battle would be compressed into less than half a minute by Yi Ji.

"In addition, in this battle, the captain only used two techniques. One was a barrier technique developed by combining the Uchiha Fire Formation and Fire Release, and the other was a sound illusion technique stimulated by senjutsu chakra. This The result, although a bit exaggerated, is understandable.”

Hinata said.

These two techniques, no matter which one is used alone, will give the enemy a huge headache.

Using the two together, the battle was resolved within half a minute. In Hinata Aoi's opinion, it might be the result of Kazuhime showing mercy.

At least according to her Byakugan observation, the chakra in the huge fireball formed in the air was only partially compressed, and that state was by no means the limit.

If you guessed correctly, the final appearance of that move is to compress the flame and finally completely detonate the internal space of the flame, causing a fatal blow to the blocked enemy.

It's not just a move used to trap enemies.

Hinata was sure of this.

Their captain was not only born with a monster-like physique and chakra, but also had extremely terrifying talents in the field of technique development.

With such advantages added up and all concentrated in one person, Hinata Aoi could not imagine what kind of ninja would be born in the future.

The new Ninja God? Hinata thinks this is very likely.

"So, that explosive escape boy will be our colleague next, right?"

Someone interrupted Hinata's thinking and spoke.

"Who knows, his personality is a bit troublesome. I hope he can be more responsible in the future."

Not everyone in the Thorns team welcomes newcomers like Deidara.

According to Deidara's obsession with the art of explosions and his extremely egotistical character, he doesn't seem like a teammate who can get along well with him. Under normal circumstances, it will definitely cause internal disagreements.

"What does it matter? At least his ability is better than most of us. Iwagakure and Sunagakure will probably have some opinions."

Another person said with a smile.

Deidara is not only a rebellious ninja of Iwagakure Village, but also a rebellious ninja who captured the first jinchūriki of Sunagakure. If these two villages learn that Deidara has joined the Demon Country, they are likely to have a conflict with the Demon Country. Diplomatic conflict.

However, neither the speaker nor the others took this matter seriously.

The conflict between the Kingdom of Ghosts and these two villages has not happened for a day or two. The most they can do is criticize it with public opinion or threaten them verbally.

Just as they were talking, Ichiki with Deidara appeared in their field of vision and flew towards them quickly.

Landing in front of everyone in the Thorns Team, Yiji casually threw Deidara in her hand. A member of the Thorns Team skillfully stepped forward to catch Deidara, preventing Deidara from falling to the ground.

"Take him back for treatment, and then he will be our colleague. I hope you can get along well."

Yiji announced this unilaterally.

"Captain, what if this guy..."

Someone raised a question.

Ikki knew what the other party was worried about. It was difficult for a guy like Deidara, who had a perverse personality and was a rebellious nin, to have any discipline. However, it was precisely because of this that Ikki felt that Deidara had the value of training.

The explosive escape possessed by the opponent has good development potential. If you cultivate it carefully, it will definitely be a huge help in the future.

Whether it's Hatake Kakashi or Uchiha Sasuke, they are all her opponents on the road to promotion.

The Thorns Group must grow and cannot be limited to just one group. It must find more capable ninjas to become its subordinates.

Therefore, in the face of the doubts of the team members, Yiji just calmly replied: "As long as I am here, that kind of thing will never happen. Go back now, and then wait for him to wake up and start running-in training."

"yes."

Under the leadership of Yi Ji, everyone in the Thorn Team responded and left closely behind.