"Really ugly..."
Akihara Kagura even specifically pointed at little Karin, giving an example: "Look, your clay spider almost made our kid cry ugly tears."
"That's from fright! Fright!"
"That's because she's too timid!"
Deidara, angry and defensive, wouldn't allow anyone to call his masterpiece ugly: "It can run, crawl, jump, and its explosion power is immense. Do any of you who are obsessed with sheer strength even understand what a true work of art is?"
"Got it."
Akihara Kagura leaped back a few steps, leaving the clay spider in front of Deidara: "Then blow it up for us, let us see your artwork!"
"Do you take me for a fool?"
Deidara looked at Akihara Kagura as if he were looking at an idiot: "If I blow it up now, it would only kill myself!"
Akihara Kagura spread his hand open, seriously explaining: "But through your death, someone who doesn't understand art comes to see the essence of art. You will have realized your artistic value; your death isn't a true death..."
Akihara Kagura stared at Deidara and continued: "You will forever live in my heart. I will always remember that there was once an artist named Deidara who sacrificed his life to let his artwork shine."
"..."
Deidara felt himself slightly moved.
However, the blonde youth quickly snapped back, instantly becoming more irritable: "Don't take me for a fool; although I'm ready to give my life for art, dying for such art is worthless!"
"This guy isn't stupid."
Akihara Kagura glanced back at little Karin, then at Deidara, who was lying immobilized on the ground, and praised: "He has a brain, quite smart."
"Yeah."
Little Karin wiped her tears and nodded hurriedly.
"Let me go, I'm going to fight you all!"
Deidara was so angry he wanted to perish together with Akihara Kagura!
If he hadn't yet developed that super terrifying jutsu, he would have wanted to self-destruct on the spot, dragging Akihara Kagura with him to the underworld!
"Let's see if there's someone easier to trick..."
Akihara Kagura paid no more attention to Deidara's roars and turned to look at the captured Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han: "Have you seen a white-haired man in The Hidden Rock Village? With one Sharingan, a normal eye, a nose, a mouth, two arms and two legs..."
"Are you talking about... Kakashi Hatake of Konoha?"
The Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han immediately recalled from his mind the names in The Hidden Rock Village's intelligence book, remembering a well-known man.
"You've met?"
Akihara Kagura looked at him surprised.
"I have a brain too."
The Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han looked at Akihara Kagura with a somewhat serious expression and asked: "Has Kakashi Hatake infiltrated The Hidden Rock Village?"
"Yes."
Akihara Kagura nodded and revealed Kakashi Hatake's purpose: "He came to The Hidden Rock Village to meet you, wanting to know some information about Uchiha Obito."
"That man..."
Anger immediately flashed in the eyes of the Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han!
"Yes, that man."
Akihara Kagura slowly nodded, continuing to ask: "Our objective is the same, it's to catch Uchiha Obito as soon as possible."
"If I tell you what I know..."
The Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han glanced at the group of Hidden Rock Anbu Ninja suspended in the air and then at Deidara lying on the ground: "Can you release everyone present?"
"Say it first."
Akihara Kagura raised his hand, manipulating a vine to move, indicating that the initiative was in his hands: "I might consider whether to kill them."
"I don't know what information you want."
The Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han shook his head and frowned: "Because he suddenly appeared before me, and I thought he was an enemy invading the village and instantly fell into a genjutsu..."
The Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han recalled his experience: "When I came to my senses, I had already been captured for failing to assassinate Lord Tsuchikage."
"No information at all..."
Akihara Kagura frowned, pressing further: "Did anyone else appear beside Uchiha Obito? Did he say anything significant?"
"No."
"Nothing at all?"
"Nothing at all."
"Alright then."
Akihara Kagura felt somewhat dissatisfied.
This time Uchiha Obito didn't leave any clues, the Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han knew nothing, so how could they continue to let Kakashi Hatake trace Uchiha Obito?
"Can you let us go now?"
The Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han spoke his innermost thoughts.
"Not really."
Akihara Kagura shook his head and said: "You guys send someone back to the village to report, tell The Hidden Rock Village to hand over Captain Kakashi, and then I'll release everyone."
"Let Deidara go back."
The Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han glanced at Deidara.
"No way."
Akihara Kagura took a look at Deidara, who was still lying on the ground shouting about fighting, and said: "If I let this guy out, he'd definitely want to fight me..."
"Brother Deidara!"
A little girl's voice echoed in the forest: "Brother Deidara! I've come to play with you! When did you have such a big forest here?"
"The messenger is here."
Akihara Kagura and the Five-tailed Jinchuriki Han exchanged glances.
In an instant, both of them realized who should go to report, and coincidentally, an appropriate messenger had arrived.
This little girl who came to play with Deidara is named Kurotsuchi, the granddaughter of the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, and from a young age, she has been Deidara's little follower.