Chapter 496: Deidara

Oh! Is it Pain?

As the distance closed, Dong Shilang saw the other's appearance clearly.

He also identified his enemy this time.

Go!

Although I don't know what's gotten into Pain, he ran over to cause trouble for me.

But Dong Shilang had no intention of sitting and waiting for death.

With his soft shout.

His shadow reflected on the mountain eagle's back began to twist and deform continuously, then formed a simple sketch resembling a bird.

As the bird outlined by the shadow took shape, it immediately gained life, leaping out of the drawing and becoming a colossal creature with a wingspan of thirty meters.

It lunged toward the strange bird in the distance.

Is this... Shadow Imitation Technique?

Seeing this, Dong Shilang's companion You and another dark section member both widened their eyes.

Especially You, who is very sensitive to ninjutsu, understood the Super Beast Imitation Drawing that Dong Shilang used.

But drawing with shadow instead of ink, he had never seen such a thing before.

And... when did the Hokage learn the Shadow Imitation Technique?

Dong Shilang, you can obviously fly yourself, so why did you summon me?

Seeing this, the mountain eagle that had been flying honestly in the sky refused to comply.

They can use ninjutsu to transform into flying creatures, and even summon themselves to rush along—this is just too underhanded.

I'm currently busy taking care of the kids at home.

... There's no time now to discuss this with you.

Unsatisfied with the mountain eagle, Dong Shilang curled his lip and directly ignored its complaints.

Isn't this obvious?

Using the Super Beast Imitation Drawing to rush along, it's not like I still need to personally control it and need a guide; why would I personally exert myself when there's a guide bird?

You, don't overthink it; another enemy is coming.

He turned his head to remind the You beside him; this guy didn't know what he was thinking again, staring blankly at himself.

Yes!

You, who had just been wondering how the Hokage could know the Shadow Imitation Technique, finally shifted his gaze away from Dong Shilang after his reminder.

He looked toward another black dot in the distance.

Cree!

A sharp cry rang out; the large bird that had locked onto Dong Shilang, seeing the flying creature lunging at it, let out a loud cry.

Then it frantically flapped its wings a few times, speeding up, pulling its wings back, and dashed toward Dong Shilang's position at extreme speed.

Because it was too fast, a drifting cloud that had floated over beside it hadn't even approached before being pushed aside by the wind pressure from its side.

As for the flying creature transformed by ninjutsu, it was simply ignored.

Really... astonishing speed.

Watching the figure in the high sky that resembled an arrow more than a bird, Dong Shilang sighed, then shifted his gaze to look at another approaching figure.

And the bird drawn by Dong Shilang, as his gaze shifted, seemed to receive a signal and likewise let out a loud cry.

Then it fearlessly lunged toward the high sky.

Pfft!

As the two drew near, the Archaeopteryx easily pierced the opponent with its huge beak.

This is...

Originally hiding in a tree hollow, Changmen, who had been observing Dong Shilang's every move through his spirit beast's perspective, suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

What's wrong, Changmen?

Meanwhile, Xiaonan beside him began to ask with some concern.

Nothing much, the Fifth Hokage really isn't that simple.

As his words fell, the Archaeopteryx that had been in the high sky, resembling an arrow charging toward Dong Shilang, suddenly lost control.

In the air it began to tumble violently, completely losing its balance.

He actually fused sealing technique into his ninjutsu; truly worthy of being the Hokage, really not easy to deal with.

He had just seen clearly that the ninjutsu-transformed flying creature pierced by his controlled Archaeopteryx didn't just vanish, but turned into a series of black talismans.

Covering the Archaeopteryx's entire body, it not only immobilized the Archaeopteryx but also severed his connection with it.

This guy... is Didala?

Ignoring the Archaeopteryx, Dong Shilang turned his gaze toward another figure in the distance.

After a brief recognition, he already identified the other's identity.

It was Xiaodi, who had just recently joined the Dawn Organization.

Hahaha!

To let the Hokage witness my art just thinking about it gets me excited!

Far away, Didala sat on the back of a not-so-large white owl, looking at Dong Shilang's group in the distance.

Excited, his eyes shone.

Go!

Suppressing his excitement, Didala directly reached his hand into the pouch at his waist.

A strange chewing sound came from his waist pouch, then he kneaded his hands a bit and tossed them into the air.

"Since you're the Hokage, then let you properly witness my art!"

As he moved his hand, a large flock of strange creations, resembling both swans and flying birds, appeared in the sky.

However, these chakra creations all have four wings.

"The leader's summoned beast is utterly useless; you should just look at my art, huh!"

As his words fell, this group of chakra creations he made charged toward Dong Shilang and the Perched Mountain Eagle.

"Even if you're the Hokage, but in the sky, it's my turf."

"This time I will surely make you marvel at my art!"

While saying this, Deidara raised his index finger with one hand, quietly watching these little cuties he had created as they approached the Perched Mountain Eagle.

"Useless, it's just some simple Wind Release; it can't possibly drive away my work."

The Perched Mountain Eagle naturally wouldn't just let those white things approach it; it spread its massive wings, unleashing a fierce wind pressure.

It lunged forward, smashing into those incoming small things, and moreover mixed in were numerous tiny wind blades that cut several of the half-formed explosive clay flying birds into pieces.

And it itself, riding the recoil from that wind pressure, shot off into the distance.

However, Deidara didn't care about this at all; instead, under his control, those clay flying birds with four wings each became as if they'd been injected with chicken blood.

They closely followed behind the Perched Mountain Eagle, gradually narrowing the distance between them.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Seeing this, Itachi, who was serving as a guard, naturally would not sit and wait for death.

Standing on the Perched Mountain Eagle's back, he directly launched a Great Fireball at those strange ninjutsu behind him, probing the opponent's strengths and weaknesses.

"Hahaha!"

"Useless, these arts are all carefully designed by me; your probing attempts are completely ineffective."

Deidara paid no heed to Itachi's probing.

Indeed, just as he said, those clay flying birds simply didn't care about Itachi's Great Fireball.

Ps: I'm not feeling well, after barely typing two chapters I got a terrible headache, that's all for today~