Naruto hodgepodge

The sun gently shines on an ancient and solemn temple on the border of the Land of Earth. The mottled light and shadow add a bit of mystery and solemnity. Scorpion, Yuri and Itachi, the three dressed in black and red cloud robes, stepped steadily into this quiet place.

"There?" Scorpion asked softly, his eyes passing through the corridor of the temple, and finally fixed on a young man with long flowing hair and dazzling golden hair - Deidara. He was facing away from them, staring intently at the artwork in his hands, as if the whole world had been integrated into his creation.

"Yes." Itachi's answer was brief and powerful. The three of them slowly approached until they stood behind Deidara, and then they officially stated their purpose: "We represent the Akatsuki organization and would like to invite you to become one of us."

Hearing this, Deidara raised an uninhibited smile and turned to look at the three uninvited guests, his eyes flashing with curiosity and challenge: "Akatsuki? Humph, I don't care who you are, you'd better not disturb me from enjoying this unique artistic moment."

Scorpion looked Deidara up and down, frowning slightly, as if he was somewhat dissatisfied with the choice of this young partner: "Do you have to let this kind of brat be my partner? He looks quite energetic, but, well, his type may not last long in the ninja world."

Itachi seemed calmer. He spoke slowly, his voice steady and convincing: "This is a direct order from the leader. Deidara, your ability is indispensable to Akatsuki. We are well aware of your assistance to reactionaries in neighboring countries and your use of your unparalleled art of explosions to create terrorist incidents. What is your purpose?"

Upon hearing this, Deidara's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he returned to his cynical look: "Purpose? I never ask about the purpose of doing things. It's just that someone entrusted me to use my work to light up the silent night sky."

Scorpion snorted impatiently: "What a hassle, can this boring conversation end now?"

Itachi shook his head, signaling Scorpion to calm down, then turned to Deidara, his tone more serious: "We don't want your talent to go to waste. In Akatsuki, you will have more opportunities to display your art and create your own legend."

At this moment, Yu Yuli, who had been observing silently at the side, suddenly spoke, with a lollipop in her mouth, and her voice was playful and confident: "Explosion? Sounds interesting. Leave this guy to me, my explosive sword 'Fei Mo' will not lose to any explosion art." Her eyes flashed with desire for battle, as if she couldn't wait to compete with Deidara.

Itachi gently waved his hand, interrupting Yuyuri's complaints: "Forget it, Yuyuri, leave it to me this time. Your technique is indeed powerful, but if you use it here, I'm afraid the entire temple will be destroyed. The noise is too loud."

Seeing this, Yu Yuli couldn't help but curl her lips and muttered: "Itachi, you little brat, you are getting more and more annoying. I finally saw an interesting opponent, and you just snatched it away."

Itachi smiled a little helplessly. This teammate was obviously one year older than him and had a little girl face, but he still called him a brat. However, Itachi was also good-tempered. As soon as he finished speaking, Itachi's eyes instantly turned into three-magatama Sharingan, and the unique three red magatama slowly rotated in the pupils. This change made Deidara feel unprecedented pressure.

Deidara stared at Itachi's strange eyes with wide eyes, and an indescribable shock and uneasiness surged in his heart. But he did not retreat, but strengthened his belief: "Don't underestimate me, and don't underestimate art! My ninjutsu is a noble art that transcends everything and is above the secular world!"

After saying that, Deidara quickly hid his left hand behind his back, quietly opened his palm, and a tiny mouth opened from it, wriggling as if it had life. Then, one clay bomb after another crawled out of the mouth silently like awakened poisonous centipedes and wrapped around his fingertips.

"Come and feel the shock of art!" Deidara waved his hand suddenly, and the clay bombs seemed to be given life, flying towards Itachi, Sasori, and Yu Yuri at an astonishing speed. Seeing this, the three of them immediately dispersed and looked for shelters to prepare for this sudden explosion feast.

However, Itachi seemed extremely calm. At the moment when the bomb was about to explode, he flashed and cleverly avoided the attack and stood on the ground again. But when Itachi was not paying attention, the clay centipede crawled out from the ground and crawled onto Itachi's body, and then Itachi's whole body was tightly entangled by Deidara's clay centipede.

Just when Deidara thought his attack was about to work and was about to make a seal to detonate the last clay bomb stuck on Itachi, a teasing female voice came, "Kid, you'd better stop and take a good look at yourself now."

Deidara's thoughts were pulled back to reality, and his face instantly turned pale. Suddenly, he found that his whole body was tightly entangled by his own clay centipede. If it had not been interrupted but exploded, he would have died. A chill rose from the bottom of his heart, and he cried out in disbelief: "What?! How is this possible?"

Yu Yuli shook her head, with a hint of relief in her tone: "It was really thrilling. You were just a little bit away from being blown to pieces by your most proud work." Scorpion commented coldly: "It seems that you are indeed the type who is prone to early death."

Deidara's face turned extremely ugly. He tried hard to recall what happened just now, and finally realized: "It's an illusion! When was it..." Yu Yuri took over the conversation: "Just when you were so proud and ready to show us your so-called 'surpassing everything' art, Itachi just opened his Sharingan, and you foolishly looked directly into his Sharingan. At that moment, you had fallen into his carefully woven illusion."

There was a hint of disdain in Yu Yuri's words: "You are indeed a brat. Fighting against an opponent with the Sharingan, you even dared to look directly into those eyes. You are really asking for trouble. Fortunately, I did not choose to fight with a fool like you who was killed by Itachi's eyes, otherwise I would have become a laughing stock."

Just as Deidara was immersed in self-doubt and regret, a beam of light shone in from the doorway, illuminating Itachi standing there. Under the sunlight, his figure looked particularly tall and dazzling, and his pair of red three-magatama Sharingan sparkled even more brilliantly under the light, breathtakingly beautiful.

Deidara couldn't help but widen his eyes. Looking at those eyes, he felt an unprecedented shock and obsession in his heart: "So beautiful... Is this art?" He murmured to himself, his voice full of complex emotions. However, he soon realized his own gaffe and quickly threw away the clay centipede on his body, covering his head with a face full of speechlessness and unwillingness: "I... I was actually fascinated by someone else's ability! What is this? Art? No, I will never admit it! I will never admit it!"

At the Akatsuki gathering, the defeated Deidara used a kunai to carve a mark of rebellion on the forehead of the Iwagakure ninja, then put on the Akatsuki's iconic black robe with red clouds, turned around and said firmly:

Deidara: "I declare in advance that my pursuit of art will never be shaken by joining Akatsuki."

Pein responded calmly: "It's up to you. But since you have joined our Akatsuki, you must obey and cannot refuse to carry out the mission." After that, he approached Deidara and handed him a ring. Deidara took it casually and put it on his finger skillfully.

Deidara looked around, and finally his gaze landed on Itachi, and he challenged him, "Also, guy over there, I won't fall into your illusion trap so easily again."

Itachi smiled slightly and said calmly: "Since we are my companions, I will not cast an illusion on you for no reason."

Deidara was still unwilling to give up and threatened: "One day, I will let you experience the shock of art in person."

Scorpion interrupted at the right time: "Okay, that's enough. Pein, Deidara and I will be responsible for hunting down Orochimaru from now on."

Payne nodded: "It's time to act."

Deidara looked confused: "Who is this Orochimaru?"

Scorpion did not explain much, just said briefly: "We'll talk on the way." Then he went ahead.

Xiaonan added: "They fled to the Kingdom of Wind, and their whereabouts after that are still unclear."

Scorpion: "This is enough information, let's go."

Deidara grumbled as he fixed his hair: "Akatsuki really knows how to order people around."

Scorpion urged: "Don't dawdle, hurry up and catch up."

Deidara: “Got it.”

Pain continued to assign tasks: "Itachi and Amayuri, you two will go to the Hidden Grass Village to carry out the mission." Upon hearing this, Itachi and Amayuri looked at each other, then nodded in agreement tacitly.

Seeing this, Kakuzu couldn't help but frown slightly and asked, "So, where is my partner?"

Pein turned his head and looked towards Konan and Hoichi, and said, "Konan, Hoichi, you will go to the Land of Hot Springs with Kakuzu. There is a strong man there who is rumored to be difficult to kill. He may be Kakuzu's ideal partner."

On their way to pursue Orochimaru, Scorpion and Deidara came to an ancient stone tablet and stopped at the same time. Scorpion's eyes were sharp, and he said slowly: "I have arranged for Kabuto to use special means to provide me with information. Since the target is the Kingdom of Wind, this is the key." After that, he injected chakra into the eyes of the stone sculpture, and the stone sculpture slowly moved, revealing a hidden compartment, in which an ancient scroll lay quietly. Scorpion took out the scroll lightly and read: "The Great Sand Dunes of the East, so that's it, it's a forbidden place that few people have set foot on."

Deidara looked at Scorpion curiously and asked half-jokingly, "Is that your hometown, Master?" Scorpion chuckled and burned the scroll to ashes with fire. He replied meaningfully, "Don't say that, but that is indeed a perfect ambush point."

The two continued to move forward until they reached the Great Eastern Sand Dunes. In front of them was a vast desert with a round stone mountain standing alone in the middle. Scorpion pointed to a place under the stone mountain and said in a deep voice, "That is Orochimaru's base." Hearing this, Deidara's eyes flashed with excitement and he was eager to try, "How about using my art to raze this place to the ground?" Scorpion shook his head and analyzed carefully, "It is not certain whether he is here at the moment. If we act rashly, we may alert him."

As soon as he finished speaking, a strange aura suddenly surged in the desert, and a group of sand snakes approached silently. Scorpion reacted quickly, his arm turned into a mechanism, and he accurately shot out a kunai, instantly killing a sand snake. Deidara was shocked and was about to use a clay bomb, but was stopped by Scorpion: "Don't be impulsive, we have been exposed."

Deidara reluctantly put away his gestures and asked in confusion, "No way? We were discovered so soon?" Scorpion looked solemn and gave a brief and powerful order, "Let's go."

So, the two of them quickly came to the foot of the big sand dune, and at this time, Orochimaru slowly walked out of the cave and stared at the two of them.

A hint of surprise flashed in Orochimaru's eyes, and then a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I originally thought that it would be that guy Itachi who came to me, but I didn't expect it to be you, Scorpion, and this young and energetic blond boy. It seems that the Akatsuki organization is determined to get me."

Scorpion's voice was as cold as ice, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "Orochimaru, you traitor, you betrayed Akatsuki. Today, I, Scorpion, will enforce justice on behalf of the heavens and kill you without mercy."

Orochimaru smiled contemptuously, his eyes swept over Deidara: "Oh? Just you? And you, a little guy who once trained in the explosives unit of the Hidden Rock Village? Are you sure you can do it?"

Deidara's face darkened when he heard this. He hated it most when people talked about his age, especially when they looked down on him. "Don't treat me like a child!" He roared, and quickly formed seals with his hands. As chakra surged, a huge clay white bird appeared in the smoke.

Seeing this, Scorpion ordered Deidara, "Go to the sky and keep an eye on him to make sure he has nowhere to escape. I'll take care of this."

Deidara stood on the back of the big bird, looking down at the two people below, with a confident smile on his lips: "What's the matter, master, are you going to deal with him yourself? If you need my help, just tell me anytime." After that, he controlled the big white clay bird to circle in the air.

Scorpion did not answer Deidara's question, but took out a scroll from his arms. It was the puppet scroll of the Third Kazekage. He passed the chakra thread and began to make hand seals. The scroll emitted a dazzling light, and then a majestic Third Kazekage puppet slowly appeared behind him.

Deidara watched this scene from the sky, his eyes flashing with amazement: "Is that the master's work?"

Scorpion looked at Orochimaru coldly, his tone carrying unquestionable majesty: "You should be very clear about the strength of the Third Kazekage. Today, I will let you see what the power of a true Sand Puppet Master is."

Orochimaru smiled slightly, seemingly unconcerned about Scorpion's threat. He slowly stretched out his hands and began to form seals, preparing to perform the Impure World Reincarnation Technique. As his chakra flowed, the ground began to shake, and a coffin with the word "three" engraved on it slowly rose from the sand. The coffin lid fell down with a bang, revealing the body of the Third Kazekage who had been sleeping for a long time inside.

"I am a person who can't help wanting to possess good things when I see them." Orochimaru said calmly, "The Third Kazekage is no exception. I'm afraid it won't be that easy for you to take me away today."

Scorpion's pupils suddenly shrank, and he stared in disbelief at the Sandaime Kazekage who was summoned by the Impure World Reincarnation technique. His shock was beyond words: "What?! How is this possible!" His voice was mixed with disbelief and anger.

Deidara was looking down from high above and was also shocked by this sudden change. He muttered to himself on the big white clay bird, "What the hell... is that thing?" There was confusion and a hint of uneasiness in his tone.

The Sandaime Kazekage slowly walked out of the coffin, his eyes penetrating the dust of time and falling on the puppet controlled by Scorpion. It was a complex mixture of anger, unwillingness and a trace of unspeakable sadness. "Scorpion? How dare you... blaspheme me like this."

Scorpion suppressed his inner turmoil and turned his attention back to Orochimaru, his tone full of questioning and dissatisfaction: "What's wrong with this guy? Stinky snake, what the hell are you doing!"

Orochimaru smiled smugly and explained, "The Sandaime Kazekage, whom you killed with your own hands, has now been resurrected by me using forbidden techniques. Look, this is the power of science."

The reincarnated Sandaime Kazekage seemed to sense some kind of call, and his eyes became more determined: "This time, it will never be like last time."

Orochimaru smiled lightly, as if he had anticipated the Sandaime Kazekage's reaction. A shuriken with a spell appeared in his hand, and he thrust it into the back of the Sandaime Kazekage's head without hesitation. As the spell was absorbed, a puff of smoke filled the air, and the body of the Impure World Third Hokage seemed to be given new life, becoming more vivid and powerful.

"Come and see, Scorpion." Orochimaru looked at Scorpion provocatively, "Which one will have the last laugh, your puppetry or my forbidden technique?"

Scorpion clenched his teeth, his eyes flashing with anger and unwillingness: "Damn it!" With the resurrected Third Kazekage here, it will be quite difficult for him to catch the snake this time.

The battle escalated instantly. The Third Kazekage of the Impure World Reincarnation used Sand Iron Rain, and the sand iron poured down like a rainstorm, with amazing power. Scorpion quickly controlled the Third Puppet to block in front of him, and cast a sand iron shield from his mouth, which intertwined in front of him to form an airtight defense wall to resist this fatal attack.

However, the range and power of the Sand Iron Rain of the Impure World Third Hokage were far beyond Scorpion's expectations. Even Deidara in the sky was not spared. The wings of the big white bird were pierced by the sand iron, and it lost its balance and fell rapidly. Deidara hurriedly manipulated the big bird to adjust its posture and barely flew out of the attack range of the technique, and he became more afraid of Orochimaru.