bookpower Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Deidara: Konan’s Art is Superior to Mine!
Chapter 199: Chapter 199: Deidara: Konan’s Art is Superior to Mine!
Chapter 199: Deidara: Konan’s Art is Superior to Mine!
The Dance of the Shikigami was a jutsu that Uchiha Akira found quite fascinating. It allowed him to turn his body into countless pieces of paper-a technique so unique that not even the Sharingan could copy it. Like the secret arts of the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans, this jutsu belonged to the realm of Yin-Yang Release rather than the five basic nature
transformations.
With his body transformed into paper, Akira resembled a whirlwind of scattered sheets, rising into the sky.
"What the...?" Konan's eyes widened in disbelief as she watched the paper storm form in front of her.
She immediately recognized the jutsu-it was her signature technique. But how could Akira use it? This jutsu was supposed to be hers alone, exclusive to her.
In the air, the sheets of paper came together, reshaping into Akira's form. However, his body was clearly marked with numerous cracks-folds where the sheets had stacked on top of one another-showing that Akira was not in his flesh-and-blood form but was instead composed of countless pieces of paper.
Behind him, the paper gathered into the shape of wings, making Akira look like an angel as he hovered in midair.
"Big Sis Konan, what's this guy to you?" Deidara called out from atop his clay bird, his face filled with shock. The jutsu Akira was using was a clear trademark of Konan's.
"I have no connection with him! This must be the work of his Sharingan-it's an absurdly powerful eye technique!" Konan answered, her gaze locked on Akira's Mangekyō Sharingan. "Again with these blasted Sharingan powers..." Deidara muttered darkly.
He had joined the Akatsuki after being defeated by Itachi's Sharingan. Now, seeing Akira's Mangekyō in action brought back those memories, and his expression grew grim. He raised his hand, sending a barrage of clay birds flying toward Akira.
"So... am I being underestimated?" thought Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, feeling somewhat annoyed. Deidara had been fighting him moments earlier, but the moment Akira showed up, Deidara had shifted his attention to Akira, ignoring Rasa entirely.
It was as though Rasa wasn't even worth the effort anymore. A Kazekage, one of the five Kage, standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world, being disregarded like that?
"Chidori Stream!" Akira called out, summoning a surge of lightning across his body. The violent crackle of electricity exploded outward from him, engulfing the incoming clay birds.
As the lightning made contact with the clay, the birds lost their energy and fell lifelessly from the sky.
Lightning Release countered Earth Release, and while Deidara's clay bombs were a secret technique, they still fell under the category of Earth-style jutsu. Akira's lightning nullified them instantly.
Akira's eyes turned toward Deidara, and with a single motion, he extended his hand.
A spear of blue lightning, the Chidori Sharp Spear, shot out from his palm, stretching over thirty meters as it hurled toward Deidara.
Deidara dodged as best he could, but his bird was not so lucky. The lightning spear struck the clay creature, sending Deidara and his mount spiraling down from the sky.
Even in his base form, Akira's strength was among the best of Kage-level ninjas. He had effortlessly taken down Deidara with a single attack, showcasing his overwhelming power.
"You shouldn't expect mercy either," Konan said, despite being cornered. A small smile crept
onto her lips.
"Huh?" Akira's instincts flared, sensing that something was off.
"This entire area is rigged with thirty thousand paper bombs. Enjoy!" Konan smirked as her words landed like a bombshell.
Akira's Sharingan caught sight of the shift in the landscape. The ground beneath them was not solid earth-it was covered in paper bombs. The entire area was rigged to blow.
So that's why she let herself fall! She lured me down here on purpose! Akira thought, cursing himself for not noticing sooner.
Thirty thousand paper bombs? How much money had she wasted? Not even Tsunade was this reckless with resources.
Before Akira could react further, the fuses on the paper bombs ignited. A massive chain of explosions rocked the battlefield, shaking the very ground itself.
The deafening booms drew the attention of everyone nearby. The sheer force of the blasts was enough to temporarily deafen those close by.
"Akira... he... he'll be okay, right?" Naruto asked, his voice filled with panic as he watched the
colossal explosion unfold.
It wasn't that Naruto doubted Akira's strength, but the sheer scale of the explosion was terrifying. Even for someone as powerful as Akira, surviving a blast of this magnitude seemed
impossible.
"Ha! Big Sis Konan! Amazing! This is real art!" Deidara shouted, his voice filled with awe as
he watched the thirty thousand paper bombs detonate.
Deidara always claimed that art was an explosion, but even he had to admit that Konan's
mastery of explosive art surpassed his own.
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