A head popped out from the rustling trees, looking like a teenage girl.
Her sleeves were rolled up, a white towel was draped around her neck, and a few fallen leaves were resting on her head.
She looked like a resident living nearby, drawn over by the commotion.
Judging by her appearance, she seemed to be from the Land of Earth.
After all, the most obvious thing was the patch of clay still on her face.
Sasori knew how attention-grabbing Deidara's explosions were, so he deliberately walked a distance into the depths of the forest.
If they went a little further in the other direction, they could probably reach Konoha.
But even after going so deep into this location, they still managed to attract someone.
This person probably wasn't even in the Land of Earth before.
A large area around here had been directly flattened, with a bunch of exploded craters scattered around.
And they were all dressed in strange clothes, looking like a bunch of weird terrorists.
The two Akatsuki members, ah, but now they are (former) Akatsuki members, immediately prepared to kill the person to silence them and destroy the evidence.
It's better to avoid trouble, leaving a living person might cause problems later.
Deidara directly lifted up his Akatsuki robe that was hanging to the side, revealing the tool pouch that had been hidden underneath.
Sasori also presented a defensive posture.
Although Sasori wasn't very willing to use his real body to fight, it was clear that there was nothing more suitable around.
He could control Karna, but Karna moved on its own, and it was harder to control that way.
But dealing with someone who looked like just a normal person shouldn't require so much effort, right?
"What are you two doing~?".
Hatake Satoru couldn't help but crouch down behind Sasori and Deidara.
He reached out and tapped each of them on the head, then grabbed them by the backs of their collars and lifted them up.
They already looked like bad people, and now these two were using a threatening attitude towards someone else.
They haven't found anything yet, and they already want to kill someone for fun?
There's no need for that.
"Huh... huh?~!"
Deidara was someone who adults always had trouble with.
Most people couldn't control his ability to fly on his big bird, and he always had the advantage when it came to escaping.
But now, at the age of nineteen, he was being lifted up like a child.
Deidara's mouth on his palm was still chewing clay, and he turned his head in disbelief to look at the man behind him.
So fast...?
Hatake Satoru was just next to them, but as soon as they were in a fighting stance, this person lifted them both up, one on each side.
If they really fought this guy, his almost terrifying speed would be hard to deal with.
And during the movement, they could barely feel any change in his presence.
Right, now that he thought about it, he didn't feel any hint of a third person's presence when the Karna puppet came over.
It wasn't that he was hiding, but that this person hadn't been there at all.
Even though they hadn't really fought him, these strange, subtle details made him feel uneasy.
"Leaving her alive will bring trouble."
Sasori turned his head and frowned at Hatake Satoru, complaining.
Hatake Satoru wasn't like them, he didn't want to kill everyone he saw.
But weighing the pros and cons, it would be better to kill this person.
Hatake Satoru whispered something in Sasori's ear, and the expression on Sasori's face twitched slightly, and he sighed helplessly.
"Ah, I understand."
"Hey! Why are you two whispering! Are you hiding something from me after all? Damn it!"
"And put me down!?"
You might be showing off, but we're the ones who are embarrassed!
Deidara felt like he was being directly excluded when he saw them whispering to each other.
And it was really strange to be lifted up like this.
Judging from his voice and facial features, Hatake Satoru couldn't be much older than him.
Being lifted up like this by someone who was looking down on him was embarrassing!
Sasori was already used to being carried around, but this was the first time Deidara had been lifted up since he was over five feet tall.
Besides feeling more and more awkward, there was hardly any other feeling.
Sasori rubbed his head, a little annoyed.
They probably weren't hiding anything from Deidara, but it was really hard to say.
The clay they promised earlier... neither of them actually knew where that clay was located.
This girl seemed to be a technician from the Land of Earth, and Hatake Satoru wanted to use her to get information.
But this guy was saying things that had no basis at all.
Was he confident about getting the clay?
Sasori couldn't help but sigh softly. Sometimes he really didn't know if this guy was good at fooling people, or just unreliable.
He did things way too casually.
Hatake Satoru made a "poof" sound and then let go of the two of them.
He said to the girl, who was looking at them with a blank expression.
"There was a sudden explosion here, and we were curious, so we came to take a look."
Hatake Satoru gave a very gentle smile.
As expected, the girl hiding in the bushes immediately blushed.
"Eh, ah, it's nothing... I also wanted to see what the explosion was about, so I came to have a look, and then I saw you."
When the girl saw Hatake Satoru's smile, her eyes froze, and then she quickly looked away.
She didn't expect to see a handsome guy of this level here!
Most of the people in the Land of Earth were traders, and although there were many people coming and going, handsome guys were still rare.
Mostly, it was just vulgar, greasy old men coming and going.
Although she hadn't noticed it before, this person was really quite handsome when he smiled.
A slender and tall body, dazzling silver hair, with a feeling like a warm spring breeze.
The girl walked out of the bushes, pulled off the towel around her neck, and wiped the clay off her cheeks, trying to look as clean as possible.
"I'm Han'nyu, I live in the forest nearby."
"As you can see, I'm a person who makes ceramic."
Han'nyu said, walking up to Hatake Satoru and reaching out her hand.
The other two people on the side had question marks popping up over their heads. Were they being completely ignored?
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