Konoha: Starting the Game as Yoriichi

Sasori was shocked by the speed and sharpness of Kusuo's swordsmanship. That sword aura, beyond imagination, was like a strike from a god—terrifyingly powerful.

Ever since joining the Akatsuki, he had traveled the ninja world on missions. What strange and bizarre Kekkei Genkai or ninjutsu abilities had he not seen? Even powerhouses on the level of a village Kage, like the Third Kazekage, had died at his hands with resentment.

He finally understood why Itachi Uchiha and Tobi had remained silent that day. When faced with such a monster, anyone would have their worldview shattered.

Previously, Sasori had been dismissive of the fact that Kisame Hoshigaki had died at the hands of a child much younger than him. He had assumed it was simply because Kisame was too weak and unworthy to be their comrade. Now he realized he had been too arbitrary. He didn't understand the principle that there was always someone better, a heaven beyond the heavens.

These days, you could never underestimate anyone.

"Deidara, this guy is very strong. You must be careful when facing him," Sasori said in a low voice, reminding his partner. An opponent this strong was worthy of them both taking him on together.

However, "C2! Dragon!" came an excited shout.

Deidara had already pulled out an extra-large lump of exploding clay from his pocket. The large mouth in his palm chewed with big mouthfuls, and a ferocious white clay dragon was born. The C2 Dragon bomb circled around Deidara, then flew in the direction he pointed.

Whoosh.

Its speed was extremely fast, kicking up a howling sandstorm. A clay dragon dozens of meters long... its explosion would definitely not be small. Sasori was even standing quite close. It was imaginable that once it detonated, he would also be caught in the blast.

"That bastard!" he cursed angrily. Not bothering to watch the clay dragon's attack, Sasori of the Red Sand's figure shot backward. At the same time, a mixed sound of mechanics and chakra fluctuations was heard, and then he emerged from the body of his Hiruko puppet. Various prosthetic limbs and spider-like tentacles grew from his back. These tentacles helped him stand in the air, looking down on the battlefield below.

Kusuo, however, was not flustered. He had already seen it. Deidara's explosive art would be very effective against ninja with limited attack range. It could completely shut down pure taijutsu users or those who could only use ninjutsu like the Great Fireball. If their methods were too monotonous, he could just stand back and continuously throw exploding clay bombs, wearing down the opponent until they died. Most critically, Deidara could even fly in the air, dropping bombs on you from above. How could an ordinary person play with him? There was no way to fight.

Unfortunately, "You ran into me," Kusuo said. "That's really unlucky for you."

With a light laugh, Kusuo casually swung his blade twice. A cross-shaped sword aura instantly slashed out. It was imbued with golden lightning; the sword aura was like electricity itself.

SWISH! SWISH!

The sound of two cuts was heard. The dozen-meter-long giant dragon was directly cut into three sections.

BOOM!

The dragon, its main body damaged, roared and exploded. In an instant, the scene was filled with flying sand and dust. The ground revealed a spiderweb-like network of cracks, and the pungent smell of something burning filled the air. The terrifying shockwave of the explosion swept across the land, kicking up waves of sand. The sand, surging like ocean waves, rolled layer upon layer, only stopping at Kusuo's feet.

"Idiot," Sasori softly mocked Deidara's reckless move, very dissatisfied with his rash attack just now. If he hadn't reacted in time, he might have been caught in an undeserved disaster. If it weren't for the fact that there was a powerful enemy on the battlefield that they had to deal with together, Sasori of the Red Sand would have already settled the score.

He raised his hands high. Countless fine chakra threads were attached to them. A surge of blue chakra flowed out, and the violent power of a Kage-level expert instantly pulled out a full hundred puppets.

Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets!

"Deidara, I'll feign an attack. You fly up and support me!" Sasori shouted in a low voice to Deidara, his hands turning like flowers. Immediately, a full hundred puppets charged towards Kusuo in unison.

Each puppet's hands held either a blade, fired sharp shuriken, or spat high-temperature flames. In short, they were strange and varied, with all sorts of abilities. This was Sasori's trump card. Once used, its power was world-shaking.

The sky and the earth were filled with enemy puppets. And behind them, a golden-haired Deidara had mounted a giant white bird and was flying in the air.

Kusuo's expression turned serious. There were too many enemies. And they were either in the sky, drilling into the ground, or charging at him from all directions on the surface. Ordinary sword techniques couldn't effectively kill them. Even if he used his breathing techniques, it wouldn't work.

The only method was the Thunder Breathing, Sixth Form: Rumble and Roar. To use high-speed lightning sword aura to crush the puppets one by one. But in that case, he wouldn't be able to deal with Deidara. And in Kusuo's eyes, Deidara's danger level was even far greater than Sasori of the Red Sand's. As his ultimate art, once he self-destructed, there was no possibility of escape.

In short, the five basic breathing styles could not defend against the pincer attack of these two.

"Well then, I'll have to try a derivative breathing method I've never used before."

After quickly analyzing the situation on the field, Kusuo's mind became clear, and his eyes grew sharp. The breathing in his body abruptly changed, and his body became even more nimble and ethereal than with Water Breathing. The golden color of his blade also quietly changed to a pure white, without a single flaw.

"Mist Breathing, Fifth Form! Sea of Clouds and Haze!"

The scene was suddenly filled with a thick mist. The appearance of the mist hid Kusuo's entire body within it. Sasori, who was controlling the Performance of a Hundred Puppets, suddenly found that he couldn't see his opponent's figure. He looked in horror towards Deidara in the sky, wanting him to provide visual protection from above. However, to his shock, Deidara also seemed to be searching for the opponent's figure.

Suddenly, a red figure flashed in the pure white mist, gone in the blink of an eye. Sasori's gaze narrowed. There!

Then, all the puppets of the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets instantly chopped with their blades and axes, electricity, fire, and water all arriving at once. They directly flattened that patch of white mist, revealing the original yellow desert.

No one was there. And no corpse.

An unprecedented sense of horror crept into Sasori's mind. It even made his body, which had long since been modified into a puppet, feel a cold sweat and his hairs stand on end.

SWISH!

A flash of white light. A straight, linear sword aura suddenly attacked. It rolled through the thick fog, turning into a smooth line.

CRASH!

All the puppets in this straight line were cut open, their parts falling to the ground. Then, that red figure vanished again. He appeared and disappeared like a ghost; there was no way to get a handle on him.

Troublesome. Incredibly troublesome. Sasori had never met such a difficult enemy. The boy Tobi had described could only use four elemental transformations with his sword aura. But the one they had run into could actually use a fifth elemental transformation. And even... this mysterious and bizarre white mist attribute.

Who on earth is this? How did Konoha cultivate such a monstrous talent?

A chill slowly crept up from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, another straight line flashed in the thick fog, bringing with it a white light and a red robe. Sasori lost another dozen puppets. Faced with this situation, Sasori of the Red Sand could no longer remain calm. He shouted towards the sky, "Deidara, quickly use your C-type explosives to blow away this white mist! Don't worry about me!"

Deidara, on the white bird far away in the sky, heard this and was first stunned. The Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets was Sasori's treasured baby. And he was actually letting him blow it up at will? Being in the sky, he didn't know the fear in Sasori's heart on the ground. That person could assassinate his puppets in the thick fog, which meant he could also assassinate his main body. If he didn't break this move, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Haha! Sasori, you said it yourself," Deidara said. "C3! Art is an explosion! Number 18!"

A giant, white, humanoid clay bomb descended from the sky, gradually growing larger in the process. Deidara's cheerful, crazed voice rang out. It made Sasori's eye twitch. This bastard! I told him to throw a bomb to clear the white mist, and he actually used something like Number 18! This thing... could easily flatten a village. At that time, not only would the opponent die, but he himself would definitely not survive. He felt that he had still misjudged the extent of this fool's bastardry.

Not caring about the hundred or so puppets in his hands, Sasori took to his heels and ran.

Kusuo frowned as he looked at the descending humanoid bomb, Number 18. This move... he had a very deep impression of it. In the original story, Deidara had used this move to nearly flatten the entire Sand Village. If it weren't for Gaara using all his strength to create a sand wall to block it, the entire village would have been destroyed.

But it wasn't very fast. It would absorb chakra and gradually expand as it descended.

"Mist Breathing, First Form! Hanging Heaven, Distant Haze!"

A straight white sword mark cut across. The still-expanding Number 18 humanoid bomb was thus shattered.

BOOM!!!!

It exploded directly in mid-air. It was even too close to Deidara. The shockwave of the explosion made the white bird beneath him bob up and down, and he almost fell off.

After dealing with this fatal threat, Kusuo turned his gaze to the frantically fleeing Sasori of the Red Sand. Without his puppets, he was not even as good as some elite jonin. It was impossible for him to let Sasori go.

He increased the grip in his hand. VMM! With a light tremble, the pure white blade suddenly turned a deep, profound red.

Crimson Blade, activate!

"Mist Breathing, Fourth Form! Advection Slash!"

Kusuo saw Sasori's back and whispered. The Crimson Blade in his hand slashed out a white, mist-like, sliding line. His body remained hidden in the thin mist that appeared around him.

Instantaneously, a rushing slash.

A thought of death suddenly flooded Sasori's mind. Before he could react...

Schlick!

Sasori of the Red Sand saw his own body growing further and further away from his head, then fell heavily to the ground. Until the very end, his gaze was fixed on Kusuo, who was about to disappear into the white mist.

Finally, he murmured, This monster... just how many kinds of swordsmanship does he know? Just how many attributes of sword aura has he mastered?

His eyelids were heavy. Until now, Sasori still couldn't figure it out. All that remained in his mind was the image of the boy in red swinging his sword.

I... still can't block it...

This was Sasori's last thought.

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