"Ah..."
Hoshigaki Kisame's mouth curled into a smile: "Maybe! Anyway, you wouldn't abandon your teammates, right? If the leader found out..."
"Hmph!"
Deidara crossed his arms and lifted his head, pouting: "What kind of stupid rules did that Uehara come up with? You guys don't have anything worth saving anyway..."
"Alright, Deidara."
Sasori was controlling the Fourth Kazekage Puppet to fly with them while manipulating the Third Kazekage Puppet to block attacks from behind.
Hearing Deidara's complaints, Sasori couldn't help but glance at him amid his busy work: "If you have time to complain, why not help me out!"
"Got it, got it..."
Deidara tossed out clumps of clay bombs, mumbling: "Why hasn't that Uehara guy come yet..."
"Should be soon, right?"
Hoshigaki Kisame touched his chin and grinned: "Orochimaru is such an arrogant traitor, surely the leader won't allow this to happen, right?"
"But what can he do..."
Deidara shook his head and sighed. Suddenly, he thought of something, brightened up, and said: "Why don't I try to take care of Orochimaru? I have a ton of explosive art, definitely enough to handle that bastard!"
"You stay put!"
Sasori couldn't help but furrow his brows. He turned to the others: "Hey, someone call Uehara Naraku with the Radio Snail? Find out if we should go confront Orochimaru or retreat!"
While the Akatsuki members were dodging the Tree World Birth, Orochimaru clearly noticed these jumpy folks, and his eyebrows furrowed.
Honestly, Orochimaru really disliked those Akatsuki guys.
Especially now that Akatsuki's leader is Uehara Naraku, and Sasori of the Red Sand, who looked very senior, were all people who had hunted him back in the day.
"Hmph, a bunch of idiots!"
Orochimaru furrowed his brow, and a Truth-Seeking Ball floated up from his hand, suddenly flying towards the Akatsuki members!
This time, he showed no mercy!
The speed of the Truth-Seeking Ball was many times faster than when it attacked Jiraiya earlier, leaving the Akatsuki members no time to react!
To stop the Truth-Seeking Ball, someone must endure its attack and find a way to carry it far away from this area...
But the time was so short that they didn't even have time to decide who should go die, after all, not just anyone can jump a little farther with a Truth-Seeking Ball...
Perhaps this is Akatsuki's quirk...
Facing this attack, everyone instinctively thought about who to send to die.
Just at this moment...
Hidan suddenly stepped onto a golden sand cushion, leapt into the air, and rushed towards the Truth-Seeking Ball, even turning to make a face at the Akatsuki members!
"If you had time to discuss, you bunch of jerks would push me to die anyway! I won't take this insult, I'll go myself!"
That Hidan... got clever before dying!
Just as all the Akatsuki members were amazed, someone suddenly appeared beside Hidan, grabbed Hidan by the collar, and tossed him back onto the sand cushion.
It was Uehara Naraku!
"I'm still alive! What are you showing off for?"
Uehara Naraku casually scolded Hidan and then turned, kicking the incoming Truth-Seeking Ball back!
After resolving the crisis of Akatsuki's extinction with one kick, Uehara turned to look at the people behind him: "And you guys, why are you flying around here instead of escaping?"