[Ding! Your simulation evaluation this time has reached A.]
[You can choose 1 reward from the following:]
[1. The experience of using the Eight Gates Formation]
[2. A lifetime of trained Armament Haki]
[3. A lifetime of accumulated Chakra amount]
'I choose the second one.'
Takumi didn't hesitate at all.
The second was his originally determined goal.
The third didn't need consideration.
He died early to begin with, and his talent for Ninjutsu was extremely low, so his Chakra amount simply wasn't enough.
Not to mention that after using the Eight Gates Formation, his body was ruined, and he couldn't refine Chakra anymore.
The first one did make Takumi a bit tempted.
After all, the Eight Gates Formation means opening the final gate.
This experience is a rare thing.
The aftereffects of the Eight Gates Formation are no joke.
This is truly a powerful ability that can only be used once in a lifetime.
After using it, the body is directly ruined, and you might even die on the spot.
It depends on how long you keep it open.
If he could have this experience, perhaps in the future, when forced to use the Eight Gates Formation, he could use it more freely.
But he was just thinking about it.
With only one choice, he certainly had to choose the better one.
After confirming the selection, Takumi immediately felt his body covered with an invisible layer of armor.
Undoubtedly, this was naturally Armament Haki.
Then, numerous techniques for using Armament Haki surged into his mind.
For example, the basic Armament Haki hardening.
Another example was the Ryuo he had been yearning for, which allows hitting from a distance.
The essence of Ryuo is to gather the body's Armament Haki to one point, increasing the thickness and hardness of the Armament Haki to enhance power.
In essence, it seems relatively simple.
But in practice, it is very difficult.
Because making the Haki flow is very hard, and also requires some knacks.
Before mastering it, achieving a long-range hit is very difficult.
But once successful, the power will improve by many levels.
However, the strongest Haki is still Conqueror's Haki infusion.
Unfortunately, Takumi hasn't had the chance to encounter Conqueror's Haki yet.
Naturally, there's no possibility of learning Conqueror's Haki.
"Now I'm fully prepared."
Takumi looked up to orient himself. "First, go save people."
He didn't need to pay attention to Kabuto.
What was more important now was saving Guren and Yukimaru.
Although his main purpose in coming here was to prevent the Akatsuki from taking the Three-Tails,
His secondary purpose was these two people.
If he knowingly let them die without saving them, that would be letting down the system.
After carefully identifying the direction, Takumi immediately rushed over.
Before, he might have needed to grope carefully.
But now that he had a general grasp of the location, he didn't need to hold back excessively.
Seizing the time was now the most important thing.
In the sky not too far away,
Deidara, who was being wrapped in paper and flown towards the Land of Rain by Konan, suddenly woke up.
He opened his eyes blankly, but all he saw was darkness.
After all, he was completely wrapped in paper.
He didn't know what had happened; his first reaction was to use a clay bomb to break free.
Boom!
After an explosion, Deidara's figure fell from the sky.
Konan turned back, watching Deidara's falling figure being saved by a clay bird, showing no intention of moving.
"What's going on?"
Deidara flew up, his expression extremely ugly.
He had remembered what happened before.
It was Tobi, the one he hadn't been particularly wary of, who had knocked him unconscious from behind.
He never imagined that Tobi would do such a thing to him.
"You are no match for me."
Konan said calmly.
What she said was also the truth.
Although Deidara could use clay bombs, this was not a difficult to solve problem for Konan.
Konan's movement was just too agile.
To rely on clay bombs to harm her, Deidara had to use his final method, performing an extremely wide-range explosion.
"That Tobi, just what kind of guy is he?"
Deidara's expression was gloomy.
Even if he was careless, he now knew that Tobi was not right.
Being able to silently knock him unconscious, although partly due to his own lack of vigilance,
Being able to do this, Deidara also understood that Tobi was not just some nobody.
"Now is not the time for you to know."
Konan deliberately spoke mysteriously. "Until he personally explains it, knowing too much is not a good thing for you either."
"Are you underestimating me?"
Deidara felt his heart filled with anger.
Whether it was the indifferent look in Itachi's eyes back then, or Konan's unconcerned look now, it all seemed to say he was an insignificant fool.
For the proud Deidara, this was an unbearable humiliation!
"Go to hell!"
He recklessly threw out a large number of clay bombs.
Boom, boom, boom, boom...
A series of explosions shook the sky.
The sky was filled with the smoke and dust of the explosions.
Deidara stood on the clay bird, panting heavily.
The outburst just now had used up most of his clay.
If he were on the ground, this outburst could have easily destroyed a forest.
Even in the sky, the explosion smoke permeated a very wide area.
When the wind blew away the smoke, Konan was long gone from the spot.
Deidara didn't think Konan had died just like that.
Just as Konan herself had said,
Deidara was no match for Konan.
Although very unwilling, Deidara had to admit this fact.
In the Akatsuki, facing Kakuzu, Hidan, Sasori, and others, he was confident he could win, or at least die together with them.
But against the others, he had no certainty of victory.
Especially against someone like Konan, who mastered strange secret techniques, he was completely helpless.
And strictly speaking, both of them were into explosions.
He used clay bombs, while Konan used explosive tags.
If well-prepared, Deidara was confident he wouldn't lose to anyone.
But obviously, he wasn't fully prepared now.
And after the anger-fueled outburst, he didn't have much clay left.
Fortunately, it seemed Konan had left.
Otherwise, if Konan returned, he might not be able to defeat her.
Konan, meanwhile, was hiding in the forest below.
She looked up silently at Deidara.
All of this was deliberate on her part.
Deliberately appearing at that time, deliberately acting in a way that might expose Obito's identity.
But everything she did was flawless.
If it were a suspicious person, they would certainly have become very suspicious of Obito, playing the role of Tobi, at that moment.
But Deidara was still too simple; he didn't think much about it.
However, Deidara's attitude had made Obito doubtful, worried that Deidara might betray the Akatsuki.
This wasn't the first time Deidara had shown such a situation.
Especially with Sasori as a precedent, Obito now found it increasingly hard to trust the others in the Akatsuki.
After all, the establishment of the Akatsuki was based on Pain's powerful strength.
As for loyalty, there certainly wasn't much.
So, to avoid too many complicated situations, Obito could only choose to knock Deidara unconscious and have Konan take him away.