Akihara Kagura slowly stood up and looked at the Five-Tailed Jinchuriki Han charging towards him: "Why don't you use the power of the Tailed Beast? Is the Tailed Beast inside you scared?"
As Akihara Kagura spoke, he raised his fingers.
Trees seemed to come alive as their roots and vines spread continuously throughout the forest, closing in on the man wearing red armor.
"..."
The Five-Tailed Jinchuriki Han had to stop.
A white tail suddenly burst out from his back!
"Flying Thunder God Jutsu…"
"And the power of the Wood Release Bloodline…"
After harnessing the Tailed Beast Chakra, the Five-Tailed Jinchuriki Han could feel his power further enhancing, yet he still felt at a disadvantage.
Defeating the Wood Release Ninja is difficult!
Escaping in front of a Flying Thunder God User is even harder!
The armor on the Five-Tailed Jinchuriki Han rumbled alive, sounding like a small train engine, steam suddenly gushed out from the armor!
Using the tremendous propulsion of the steam explosion, the Five-Tailed Jinchuriki Han charged towards Akihara Kagura, smashing countless blocking vines and roots along the way!
Eventually…
The sullen man was forced to stop in front of Akihara Kagura!
Vines entwined together, deadlocking around his waist and body, quickly absorbing his Chakra!
The tail behind the Five-Tailed Jinchuriki Han quietly vanished, his body gradually slumped, and his hands drooped weakly.
"Don't touch him."
Deidara's voice suddenly came through.
The blond youth lay on the ground with a sinister killing intent on his face: "If you don't let us go, I will kill this red-haired brat!"
"..."
Karin trembled and stood under a tree.
Because a clay spider was on her head, Deidara had somehow released this clay spider and even used it to control Karin.
"I know your Instant Body Jutsu is fast…"
Deidara's face broke into a smile as he weakly forced himself to speak: "But…let's bet whether I'll make it explode first, or if you can save her first?"
"How old are you?"
Akihara Kagura posed a strange question.
"I'm nine years old…"
Deidara instinctively responded.
"Already nine years old…"
Akihara Kagura looked at Deidara somewhat dazedly, then his eyes showed contempt: "Do you think bullying a six or seven-year-old kid isn't excessive?"
"I…"
Deidara's momentum instantly faltered, and he reacted, retorting: "You look over ten years old, weren't you just bullying me?"
In an instant!
Taking advantage of Deidara's distraction, Akihara Kagura's figure disappeared from the spot, reappearing next to Karin, and reached out to grab the clay spider on her head!
"You fell for it!"
Deidara's eyes flashed with delight!
Because his initial target wasn't Karin but Akihara Kagura who wanted to save her, what good was bullying a child?
Deidara had deliberately set a verbal trap during their dialogue, enticing Akihara Kagura to choose to save her before the clay exploded!
In fact, besides saving her, another choice to stop the clay explosion from harming Karin was to instantly kill Deidara, who was controlling the clay bomb!
Just as Deidara looked delighted to trigger the clay spider explosion, Akihara Kagura appeared before Deidara the moment he caught the clay spider!
"You…"
Deidara sneered indifferently and continued: "Do you think I'd be afraid to perish with you?"
"No, look…"
Akihara Kagura shook his head, deliberately crouched down, and placed the small clay spider before Deidara, saying something that directly broke Deidara's defense.
"This spider is so ugly…"
"I'm going to fight you!"