"Sand Hand!"
On the ground, a large amount of sand rose up, turning into large hands reaching for Deidara. Gradually, Deidara was at a disadvantage. He not only had to find ways to counterattack, but also had to try his best to dodge the sand, which was a sharp contrast to Gaara's relatively relaxed situation.
But if this continued, his Chakra would soon be used up, and he was no longer able to dodge the sand as easily as he had at the beginning.
Suddenly, an arm rushed towards him, and Deidara raised his hand and threw several exploding bombs at it.
"Art is an explosion, hah!"
Deidara shouted loudly, immediately blasting a huge hole in the sand arm. Taking advantage of the sand not having recovered yet, he hurriedly flew out.
However, Gaara reacted quickly. As soon as Deidara escaped, stone slabs appeared all around, covering him without explanation. Instantly, a large amount of sand gathered on his left arm.
"Sand Binding Coffin!"
Gaara squeezed his hand tightly without expression, instantly tearing off Deidara's left arm. Blood splattered, but it wasn't noticeable in the night.
"Huff... huff... that was close." Deidara endured the pain and quickly dodged far away, confronting Gaara from a distance.
"This is troublesome, I don't have much clay left." Deidara looked down with a twisted face, "Doesn't this damn place even have any earth?"
"Damn it, um, no, this guy isn't a perfect Jinchuriki yet. There's no way he's okay controlling so much sand. Right, he's almost out of Chakra, um."
Deidara's eyes lit up, preparing for one last desperate attempt. He took out two different-sized clay dolls from his pocket. He didn't believe that Gaara, as the Kazekage, would disregard the lives of the people below.
"Go, C3, No. 18!"
Deidara's face was twisted as he immediately threw the larger doll. After leaving Deidara, the doll quickly grew larger, creating a sense of shock, and headed straight for the ground below.
"Damn it!"
Gaara was surprised. He had already guessed the opponent's intention, but he was the Kazekage and couldn't ignore it. Without time to think, he immediately raised his hand, causing the sand on the ground to gather together, forming an extremely large sand defense wall.
Sand Defense Wall!
"Art is... an explosion!"
Boom!
A deafening explosion echoed above the village, and a mushroom cloud slowly rose up. Soon, the smoke cleared, and the sand blocks making up the defense wall were broken and riddled with holes.
"Hehe." Deidara revealed a victorious smile and threw the last human-shaped clay doll at Gaara.
"Damn it!"
Gaara hurriedly used his sand shield to wrap himself up, but he didn't have much Chakra left...
Bang!
Another earth-shattering loud noise. A large piece of Gaara's sand shield shattered, and Gaara himself became somewhat weak. Although he wasn't injured, he was almost out of Chakra.
"Huff..."
Gaara breathed lightly, struggling to use his last bit of strength to move the sand he had just raised into the sky away from the village. If this amount of sand fell, the heavy weight would destroy everything below.
With great difficulty, Gaara completed the task, using up the last bit of Chakra he had. He could no longer hold on and fell headfirst towards the ground.
A cloud of dust splashed up, and Gaara was already unconscious.
"That was close…"
Deidara breathed a sigh of relief. He was out of clay, which meant he couldn't fight anymore, but luckily he had won.
Deidara forcefully threw Gaara onto the back of a bird, controlling it to move away from Sunagakure Village.
Neji watched the whole drama from an outsider's point of view without interfering. In fact, the outcome was clear when Deidara threw out the human-shaped clay doll.
This night was very uneasy. Sunagakure Village suffered a major change. Gaara was captured, and even several elders died. But now there was no time to grieve, they had to quickly rescue Gaara.
Afterwards, Granny Chiyo temporarily handled the affairs of Sunagakure Village, requesting aid from Konoha and sending out Anbu to pursue the enemy at the same time.
The next morning, Neji's door was knocked on. The person who came was Temari. When she saw Shion wrapped in a barrier, she understood what was going on, but she didn't lose her mind.
She knew that this matter had nothing to do with Neji, and he had no obligation to help. Although Sunagakure and Konoha were allies, Neji had left Konoha two and a half years ago.
"Neji, I'm here this time to make a request on behalf of the entire Sunagakure Village, help us get Gaara back." Temari took a deep breath and said.
Neji looked deeply at Temari, secretly praising her in his heart. She was a smart woman, no wonder she was likable. If she came in and immediately questioned or cried, Neji would definitely kick her out. As it was, she had earned Neji's approval.
"I'll accept this request, but I'm only agreeing because of you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Neji disappeared, leaving Temari alone, stunned and blushing, not knowing what she was thinking.
Neji had already left something on Gaara that allowed him to clearly sense Gaara's location. His goal was to intercept and release Shukaku completely after Shukaku was extracted. As for Gaara, with Chiyo around, he didn't need to worry.
So, agreeing to retrieve Gaara and earning some goodwill in the process was a win-win situation.
...
A few days later, in a dark hall, a huge skeletal statue of the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was located in the center, with several platforms distributed around it.
"Haha, Deidara, how did you lose an arm?" Hidan laughed loudly.
"There's no helping it, this Jinchuriki is very strong." Deidara said helplessly, he almost lost his life there.
"Black Zetsu, give me a few arms first." Deidara looked at his empty left arm and said.
"Okay, but you really are miserable. Let's just leave it like this for now, I'll give them to you after the sealing is complete, haha." Black Zetsu looked at Deidara's amputated arm, finding it amusing.
"Alright, stop talking, hurry up and seal the One-Tail." Pain ordered.
Immediately, the nine people jumped onto their respective platforms and shouted together: "Sealing Technique, Nine Dragon Phantom Sealing Formation."
However, everyone was a little curious as they looked at Deidara, wondering how he was making hand seals, making Deidara's face turn dark.
Getting back to the point, the Akatsuki organization began using the sealing technique at the same time. Instantly, Gaara floated up, his mouth wide open, his face pale white, and red particles continuously poured into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"This sealing will take three days." Pain said, then stood still. The others also began to chat.
However, they didn't notice that another person had appeared in this hall at some point.
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