Root Headquarters.
"With that old relic Hiruzen's personality and methods, he definitely won't let that Uchiha brat go! Looks like obtaining the Transforming Pill won't be easy…"
Danzō closed his eyes, familiarizing himself with the power of the freshly obtained Rinnegan.
The Transforming Pill—
He must obtain it.
Hidden Stone Village.
"Sasuke? Never heard of him."
Ōnoki looked puzzled at this so-called Sasuke.
"Grandfather, Sasuke is in the same generation as Konoha's Nine-Tails jinchūriki. He's the most gifted rookie of their year—the final surviving bloodline of the Uchiha clan. He's participating in the Chūnin Exams right now."
Kurotsuchi explained matter-of-factly.
Hidden Cloud Village.
"Hahahaha! The strongest Hokage in Konoha's history risked his life just to seal Orochimaru's arms—only for Orochimaru to get killed by that kid Sasuke?! Looks like Hiruzen really is the strongest Hokage!"
The Fourth Raikage A roared with laughter in his office, completely ignoring the dignity a Kage should have.
Hidden Sand Village.
"Sasuke killed Orochimaru? We'll need to pay close attention to him."
Chiyo knew Orochimaru's strength all too well.
After all, Orochimaru had quietly assassinated their Kazekage.
Hidden Mist Village.
"This little handsome guy isn't bad."
Mei Terumi licked her lips, no one knowing what exactly she was imagining.
...
Pure Land.
[Uchiha Mikoto: Sasuke is amazing!]
[Uchiha Fugaku: Of course. He is my son, after all.]
[Uchiha Madara: That Deidara—what bottom-feeder does he think he is? When I'm resurrected, I'll play with him a bit… sigh, another task added to my revival to-do list.]
[Uchiha Izuna: Nii-san! With great power comes great responsibility!]
...
"As expected of my descendant. Just… hopefully he won't repeat the old path."
The Sage of Six Paths was overall quite satisfied with Sasuke.
...
The footage continued.
["Ah! He's so fast!"]
[Tobi climbed up from the ground as if completely unharmed.]
[Sasuke looked at Tobi in surprise. "This guy…!"]
[He had hit Tobi head-on with the Kusanagi Sword and knocked him down—yet Tobi was totally fine.]
[Deidara: "Mm! I'll start with C1 level clay to test your skills!"]
["Tobi! Fall back!"]
["Yes!"]
...
Rain Country, Akatsuki Base.
"See? I'm fine!"
Tobi shouted proudly.
Hidan: "Didn't you get hit and fall down? Why are you fine? Tell us what ability that was!"
Tobi: "Actually I didn't get hurt. I was acting. Hahaha… good performance, right?"
Of course he wouldn't reveal the truth—
It was nowhere near time for him to expose himself.
...
The footage continued.
[Deidara fired numerous clay bombs at Sasuke, and Sasuke countered them with lightning-style ninjutsu.]
[All the clay bombs were blocked. Tobi panicked seeing many of them land around him as well.]
["Wait! Deidara-senpai! Don't shout 'Drink!' yet!"]
[Deidara glanced at Tobi and grew annoyed.]
[Just then—]
["Behind you! Senpai, behind you!"]
[Somehow, Sasuke had already appeared behind Deidara, launching an attack.]
[Deidara, unable to dodge, tossed a fresh clay bomb.]
["Hah!"]
[Boom!]
[A huge explosion erupted where Deidara stood. Smoke engulfed the area, obscuring everything.]
["Ah! Deidara-senpai! Did you blow yourself up?!"]
["Boohoohoo! You were strict, but a good senior!"]
["Deidara-senpai, I won't forget you!"]
Tobi's voice was full of grief—deep, dramatic, earth-shattering grief.
...
Rain Country, Akatsuki Base.
"Deidara-senpai, boohoohoo, you died so miserably!"
Tobi lunged forward to hug him.
"Tch! Like hell I'd go down that easily! Mm! And stay away from me! Mm!"
Deidara was confident he wouldn't die in such a pathetic way.
Still… he felt strangely touched by Tobi's dramatic mourning.
Maybe…
Tobi wasn't that annoying.
Deidara found himself warming up to him.
The footage continued.
[Deidara burst out of the smoke. "Didn't I say you're too noisy?! Mm!"]
["Ah, so you're still alive?" Tobi replied with deep disappointment.]
[His sadness vanished instantly—replaced by pure letdown.]
...
"Mm?! Tobi!? Mmm!!"
Deidara glared at Tobi, furious.
Any goodwill he had just developed toward Tobi evaporated instantly.
"Uh…"
Tobi had no idea how to explain himself.
Right now he hated the scroll intensely.
How was he supposed to keep up his fool-act around Akatsuki after this?!
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