"If we meet a dust storm, the best choice is to stay here and wait,"
"Dust storms in this season don't last long. If we go out rashly, we'll only gradually lose our sense of direction."
"Getting lost here and dying of dehydration wouldn't be surprising."
Temari stayed in the rock cave with Naruto and the others, calmly explaining the situation to them.
Although it had been a while since she had experienced a dust storm, Temari still had measures to deal with this kind of thing.
Thinking about it, it was thanks to Hatake Satoru.
Although the greening project was unbelievable, once it was done, it directly reduced the number of dust storms in the entire Sunagakure Village.
Temari almost lost it when she encountered a dust storm in the desert outside.
Although she seemed calm on the surface, Temari had been somewhat anxious ever since she learned that Gaara had been kidnapped and Kankuro had chased after the enemy.
After all, Gaara and Kankuro were also her younger brothers, in addition to their identities as Kazekage and ninja.
Now that their situation was, to put it bluntly, a matter of life and death, how could she not be worried?
"Damn it, why is this happening!"
"Gaara can't wait that long."
Naruto looked impatiently at the wind and sand outside, frowning involuntarily.
This wind and sand seemed to be deliberately blocking them, and now they were trapped here and could not move at all.
"Well, the most anxious person right now should be Temari, stop complaining."
Kakashi waved his hand at Naruto from the side, telling him to calm down as soon as possible.
Then he looked outside with his usual sleepy eyes. He had noticed earlier that there seemed to be an eagle circling nearby.
It seemed to be carrying a small backpack, like the eagles that Sunagakure often used to deliver messages.
This eagle looked like it was coming to find them, but because of the dust storm, it couldn't get too close to them.
But it was a little strange that an eagle would come specifically to find them at this time.
After all, both eagles and pigeons should have fixed locations for delivering messages.
Sending the eagle directly seemed strange, as if the messenger knew they would be trapped here.
"It's better if there aren't such strange things..."
Kakashi muttered almost inaudibly.
The people, each with their own thoughts, sat anxiously in the rock cave, constantly watching the seemingly endless dust storm outside.
...
"We're finally leaving Sunagakure's territory."
Gaara's body was wrapped in the tail of the giant bird, and bits of sand were constantly falling from Gaara's face.
Although Deidara's clay was almost used up, he still had the Chakra to maintain the giant bird.
Deidara looked at the forest almost in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief. The blood on his chest and severed arm had stopped.
Medicine and poison were one. Sasori was good at using poison, so stopping the bleeding was not difficult.
Although the wound was still throbbing, at least Deidara wouldn't die from excessive blood loss.
After that, he still had to extract Shukaku's Chakra, which was definitely not an easy task.
"I don't like waiting for people, and I don't like being waited for, hurry up."
Sasori, in his puppet Hiruko, spoke in a gloomy voice, moving forward with a rustling sound.
The wind from Sunagakure swept past the beard that covered his lower face, revealing the constantly opening and closing mouths underneath, which were divided into several parts.
Deidara shrugged, unfazed, and said to Sasori.
"Really, don't you think about who caused the delay for so long?"
"We're even on that point."
Sasori retorted without mercy.
Deidara caused such a commotion in Sunagakure Village, and also fought with Gaara for a long time, wishing he could blow up the entire Sunagakure Village for everyone to watch.
Sasori fought a long battle with the Sunagakure ninjas who came out to chase them.
After all, although he was a missing-nin who had disappeared for a long time, he subtly experienced a feeling of legacy continuing from Kankuro, who possessed his puppet.
This clashed with his aesthetic of eternal beauty, and he naturally enjoyed this feeling.
They continued to walk through the forest, extending to the cliff at the end of the forest.
Below was a flowing river, and opposite was a giant rock with sealing paper attached to it. In front of the giant rock was a crimson torii gate blocking the water.
The two walked across the water. Deidara made a hand sign in front of the giant rock, and the "forbidden" paper talisman on the giant rock suddenly flashed red.
"Rumble--"
The giant rock made a rumbling sound and trembled for a while before slowly rising, creating a splash of water.
The rolling river water poured into the inside.
However, there was a semicircular shore inside that basically blocked all the river water from entering.
Using the Illusionary Dragon Nine Sealing Method, the person who was only an illusion and standing inside turned his head to look at Deidara and Sasori walking in against the light.
"You're late, get ready immediately."
Pain, showing his Rinnegan eyes in circles, looked at them with some dissatisfaction.
As Pain's words sounded, the giant rock behind them slowly fell down.
"Because the Jinchuriki was more powerful than expected, yeah."
Deidara unconsciously rubbed the wound on his chest. Gaara's attack almost killed him.
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Pain's illusionary body pressed one hand on the ground, and the entire huge empty cave trembled. Then, a hideous face gradually appeared from the ground.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, covered in eyes and with shackled hands stretched out, was a giant statue.
No matter how you looked at it, this thing was quite spectacular. In the darkness, it seemed quite terrifying.
"Okay, let's gather."
Pain's illusionary body made a hand sign, and the illusionary bodies of the Akatsuki members all stood on the ten fingers of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Originally, they only had nine people because Orochimaru was missing.
But now, because Sasuke was involved, they pulled him up as well.
Although Sasuke's current strength was a bit different from that of a formal Akatsuki member, this kind of Tailed Beast extraction technique was just a waste of Chakra, so it didn't matter much.
When Deidara jumped onto the finger of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he made a face at Sasuke.
Sasuke rolled his eyes speechlessly and ignored him.
Pain told them a few words about the safety of their real locations, and then asked Zetsu to set up scouts outside to prevent pursuers from catching up.
The ten fingers of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path lit up with a bright green light, and then its hideous mouth opened, and the scrolls inside slid to the side.
Revealing the light blue gas inside, forming several dragons that drilled out.
"Sealing Technique, Illusionary Dragon Nine Sealing Method."
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