Chapter 1009: Acting School vs. Su Xiao

"The Fourth Shinobi World War... are you serious?"

The Tsuchikage had already discovered that the situation was wrong. What the enemy said before might all be smoke bombs, and the final declaration of war might be the key.

"See you on the battlefield next time."

Obito stood up, and the tomoe in his right eye began to rotate. Obito, Su Xiao, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Amu gradually twisted in everyone's sight and ultimately disappeared.

The space vortex disappeared, and the four Kage began to discuss the matter of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Not long after, Kurotsuchi carried Deidara back.

"Brother Deidara, you should thank me. I solved the face problem for you."

Kurotsuchi smiled a bit playfully.

"Mm (Hmm)."

Deidara nodded. He was currently packed in a cloth bag, which was indeed too shameful. As an S-rank missing-nin, he could die, but he couldn't lose face in front of other Akatsuki members who were also villains.

"Kurotsuchi, remove the Lime Binding Jutsu on his mouth."

The Tsuchikage wanted to ask Deidara about information on the Akatsuki organization. Other Kage were present, so this was a good opportunity. Even if Deidara was a missing-nin from the Hidden Stone Village, he was also a member of the Akatsuki organization.

The cement on Deidara's mouth was removed.

"Old man, you guys are too despicable, actually using the fact that I'm not good at dealing with Lightning Release to deal with me."

Deidara was captured because the Tsuchikage and others knew him too well. His Explosion Release belonged to a branch of Earth Release, and Lightning Release countered Earth Release of the same level.

"It's you who didn't master your craft well."

The Tsuchikage walked up, looking at Deidara with a complex gaze.

"You almost escaped."

"What do you mean?"

Deidara was clearly confused.

"Akatsuki organization member Bai Ye, he should be your companion, right?"

"Who is Bai Ye? Never heard of this person."

Deidara's eyes were full of doubt. Akatsuki organization members all had one common point, and that was being hard-headed. Kakuzu was besieged before he died, but he didn't reveal any information about the Akatsuki organization. Before Hidan was buried alive, Shikamaru intended to get information about the Akatsuki organization from his mouth, but Shikamaru only got a burst of cursing and laughter.

Nagato, Uchiha Itachi, Kisame, Sasori—some of these people were dead, some were still alive, but without a doubt, they were all hard-headed.

And now, Deidara would face the Tsuchikage's interrogation.

"Stop playing dumb. I might as well tell you, just a moment ago, Bai Ye threatened us with an unknown ninjutsu. If you were present, he would very likely have threatened us to let you go."

Hearing this sentence, Deidara's mentality somewhat collapsed.

"Unknown ninjutsu?"

"Mm, it should be a type of explosive with great power."

"Really? Let me go see him. That guy actually developed an explosive that can threaten four Kage; that must be art! Hmm!"

"Oh? Just now you said you didn't know Bai Ye."

"Intermittent amnesia, hmm."

"..."

The Tsuchikage sighed inwardly. He actually wanted to protect Deidara. As long as Deidara revealed information about Akatsuki, other ninja villages wouldn't be able to take Deidara away from his hands. Although Deidara would spend the rest of his life in the Hidden Stone Village's prison, if a major change occurred in the ninja world, it wasn't impossible for Deidara to regain his freedom.

No matter what evil deeds Deidara had done, he was still the disciple of Onoki of the Two Scales, his most intelligent disciple, and the orphan of his subordinate.

If Deidara hadn't been too rebellious and hadn't disregarded the lives of others when pursuing art, the candidate for the Tsuchikage position wouldn't have been Kurotsuchi, but Deidara.

"Deidara, having your brain invaded by a genjutsu ninja isn't pleasant. Why be stubborn?"

The Tsuchikage seemed to have aged even more. Although he was a ninja and the Tsuchikage, after getting old, he would always reminisce about the past. He would often think of that young ninja who was good at Earth Release and had once stood in front of him, shouting: 'Lord Tsuchikage, you go first, I'll block the Sand's pursuers for you.'

"Oh? Preparing to let them invade my brain? Old man, you can let them try. When the time comes, it will only be... Bang!"

Deidara wasn't afraid of death. He was very curious about one thing now, and that was what kind of explosive Su Xiao had developed.

"Tsuchikage, why not hand this missing-nin over to us in the Leaf? I have a way to make him open his mouth."

Brother Danzo spoke up, seemingly very interested in Deidara.

"Morino Ibiki..."

The Tsuchikage thought of a special jonin of the Leaf. That was a ninja with a face full of scars and a gloomy expression. Morino Ibiki's strength wasn't outstanding, but his interrogation techniques were very famous. No matter how hard-headed they were, once they reached his hands, they would reveal information and only beg for a quick death.

Deidara's smile began to stiffen. He was indeed not afraid of death, but that didn't mean he wasn't afraid of being interrogated. Although he could guarantee he wouldn't reveal any information, the process would be worse than death.

Cold sweat seeped from Deidara's forehead.

"Many thanks for the good intentions of the 'Acting' Hokage. Deidara is proficient in Explosion Release. If he self-destructs, the power would be enough to raze the Leaf to the ground 'again'."

The pronunciation of 'Acting' and 'again' in the Tsuchikage's mouth was slightly higher. The meaning was obvious: you are an Acting Hokage; if I give you face, you are the Hokage; if I don't give you face, you are just a deputy, and you might step down at any time. Moreover, the Leaf was just razed; if it isn't built well, do you want to be razed to the ground again?

"Is that so."

Brother Danzo was worthy of being an old schemer; his expression remained normal, without the slightest psychological fluctuation due to the Tsuchikage's words.

Deidara lowered his head. He could see that Onoki of the Two Scales was protecting him, protecting him without involving the interests of the Hidden Stone Village. Onoki of the Two Scales was the Tsuchikage; he wouldn't let personal emotions affect the ninja village. This was very different from the Raikage. This might be the reason why he could still serve as Tsuchikage at the age of 79.

Deidara was clear about one thing, and that was that the Akatsuki organization would come to save him. Not to mention that the Akatsuki organization was in urgent need of combat power, his teammates in the same squad were still alive.

Just as the four Kage were discussing the ownership of Deidara, Deidara spoke up.

"Hey, have you considered this situation? After I'm captured, information about the Akatsuki organization might leak. If any ninja village takes me away, guess what other Akatsuki members will do? Attacking a ninja village is just a common occurrence for us. Which side of you is prepared to imprison me? Even if you don't imprison me in a ninja village, they will stare at the ninja village you are in."

"Just a bunch of missing-nin. When they betrayed the ninja village they were in, they would betray you too. You are just being foolishly loyal."

Brother Danzo looked up at Deidara.

"Might as well try and see."

Deidara stopped speaking. Several Kage were skeptical about whether the Akatsuki organization would rescue Deidara, but they didn't know that Deidara was definitely a hot potato—no, an explosive potato.

In the snowfield outside the Snow Wind Mountain, the space vortex surged. Su Xiao, Obito, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and Amu appeared out of thin air.

"This plan was very successful. Thank you for your hard work."

Obito nodded to Su Xiao.

"Not handing the Raikage's head to Danzo?"

Su Xiao didn't believe Obito had forgotten such a key matter.

"Doing that doesn't have much meaning. Sasuke's Sharingan can use Susanoo, and its cultivation value is very high. I plan to let him have a real battle with Danzo. As for the Raikage's head, return it to its owner."

Obito took the Raikage's head out of the Kamui space. He had also prepared to hand the Raikage's head to Danzo before; that was indeed a good plan, but he changed his mind temporarily.

As for why Su Xiao didn't hand the Raikage's head to Danzo personally, the reason was very simple: he had attacked the Leaf. No matter how much Danzo wanted this head, as long as it was sent from Su Xiao's hands, Danzo definitely wouldn't accept it. This would damage Danzo's reputation in the Leaf.

"It's yours."

Su Xiao didn't take the Raikage's head. This thing had no use for him; he couldn't obtain the information in the Raikage's memory through this head.

"My target is Danzo."

"Terumi Mei."

"After the matter is done, we will meet at the stronghold in the Land of Fire."

Su Xiao and Obito acted separately; their targets were different.

Not long after parting with Obito, Su Xiao suddenly heard a cry for help.

"Help..."

"Help... me..."

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang pricked up his ears and looked at Su Xiao.

"Just the sound of the wind, no need to pay attention."

Su Xiao took out an alchemical raven. He planned to use this thing to track Terumi Mei and take action after Terumi Mei left the vicinity of Snow Wind Mountain.

"Help me!"

This time the shouting was closer. A woman wearing a milky-white cotton cloak and a hood ran over. The woman was wrapped entirely in the cotton cloak. By the looks of it, her stamina attribute wasn't high, not enough to withstand the low temperature of the snowfield.

Contractors naturally wouldn't be this weak, and this woman wasn't a civilian of the Naruto world. There was only one possibility: this person was very unlucky and had entered the open-type world as a worker.

There were 157 contractors who entered the Naruto world this time, not including Su Xiao and that outsider. Besides these 157 contractors, there would be many workers.

Su Xiao often saw workers in derived worlds, just didn't interact much.

The woman in the cotton cloak ran over quickly. Behind her, several samurai from the Land of Iron were in pursuit. As the woman ran, she saw Su Xiao and immediately cast a pleading look for help.

Su Xiao noticed the woman's gaze; it was a pair of bright black eyes, like two black gemstones.

"Big boss, help me."

The woman shouted, but she didn't run toward Su Xiao immediately; she seemed to fear Su Xiao somewhat. This is normal; workers might be blackmailed when encountering contractors in a derived world. As for things like sexual assault, it is very rare. Even if workers are weak, they can use items. If pushed too far, workers will also fight back desperately.

For example, Xia almost used all her assets to get a light-gold quality item. That kind of item was enough to kill a contractor of the same level as her in seconds.

Su Xiao didn't pay attention to the female worker. He neither planned to save the other party nor would he take the initiative to blackmail the other party. As the saying goes, if others don't offend me, I don't offend others.

Those samurai also saw Su Xiao. Their footsteps slowed down, which meant they recognized Su Xiao. But these samurai's footsteps only slowed for a moment before they immediately chased after the female worker quickly.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao's eyes narrowed. These samurai recognized who he was, but even so, they still chose to chase the female worker. There were several possibilities: the female worker had done something that caused the Land of Iron to suffer heavy losses, or she had stolen something extremely important from the Land of Iron, important enough that these samurai didn't have time to find trouble with Su Xiao.

The female worker soon ran far away. There was some helplessness in her eyes. After running for a full half hour and confirming she was far away from Su Xiao, she suddenly stopped.

"This method seems a bit stupid. Sure enough, I'm not good at planning."

The 'female worker' took off her hood. Those black gemstone-like eyes looked at the several samurai chasing after her. A short-handled battle scythe appeared in her hand. This short-handled battle scythe was about 50 centimeters long, the blade flashing with a dark green cold light, and five gemstones were embedded in the grip. These gemstones were actually all of gold quality.

"Blood · Fragrance."

Swish~

The 'female worker' disappeared from where she was, snow splashing. Almost instantly, those several samurai were stunned in place.

Patter, patter...

Pieces of flesh fell to the ground. With just one strike, all six samurai were cut into pieces of flesh. Even more bizarre, the blood of these samurai was floating in mid-air.

This blood surged toward the short-handled battle scythe in the 'female worker's' hand and was soon absorbed by the battle scythe.

"Gluttonous guy, I can barely afford to feed you."

The 'female worker' put away the short-handled battle scythe, her red lips pursed, seemingly thinking about some strategy. Soon, she looked at the several samurai swords on the snow. ===== CHAPTER 1010 =====