Naruto: Dual-Pupil Uchiha

Chapter 584 - 583 : Onoki’s Choice!!

Hahaha—With Deidara’s laughter, a few tiny spider-bees crawled out from his mouth!

At the same time, they all aimed directly at Ōnoki!

If Ōnoki made a move against him again, Deidara would fight with full strength!

Why didn’t he act earlier?

Although Deidara was insane, he was also principled and had his own sense of rules. He didn’t want to attack people from the Land of Earth.

Of course, if they attacked him first, counterattacking was an exception.

[Deidara’s character was actually admirable. Despite his madness, after joining Akatsuki, he didn’t target the Land of Earth. And the people of the Land of Earth didn’t hold much grudge against him either.]

"Go ahead, I won’t stop you!" Ōnoki sighed and stepped aside, letting Deidara leave on his own.

"Old man, you’re not fighting?" Deidara’s smile vanished instantly, his face falling.

"That’s right. I’m not fighting. Go ahead." Ōnoki nodded.

Deidara was speechless as he looked at Ōnoki. "Old man, you could try. Maybe you could make me stay!"

He still wanted to persuade Ōnoki to continue fighting.

"No need. I’ve already seen your strength. Even if we clashed with Dust Release, it would only end in mutual defeat." Ōnoki looked at Deidara with a hint of helplessness in his voice, but then seemed to come to a realization.

"Even if I kept you here, I’d still have to face Atsukara’s revenge. Not worth it... Go on."

Ōnoki waved his hand, signaling Deidara to leave quickly. He didn’t want to see him any longer.

"Really not continuing?" Deidara felt a bit disappointed. He wished he hadn’t shown Ōnoki his Dust Release first!

Now that Ōnoki wouldn’t fight, there was nothing he could do.

First, Genya had instructed him not to cause trouble. Second, facing the Tsuchikage, he didn’t want to go all out either.

"Hurry and leave!" Ōnoki urged. The more he saw Deidara, the more uneasy he felt.

Someone who could never master Dust Release had almost unleashed it at full strength with a casual strike in front of him.

How could he accept that?

Ōnoki didn’t want to see Deidara any longer.

"What a buzzkill!" Deidara muttered helplessly, then noticed another mountain peak opposite the one he had flattened.

With a casual wave!

The white pigeons and even the flying insects all shot over in that direction!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

First came the violent explosions, sending dust flying across the entire mountaintop! Then, a massive cube of dazzling white light enveloped the mountain!

After a moment, the light faded again, revealing the flattened mountain. It stood opposite another mountaintop that had also lost its peak.

"Zzzz... now that’s symmetrical!" Deidara clapped his hands and nodded in satisfaction. "This is art!"

Art?

Onoki looked at the two flattened mountaintops, and his mouth twitched. Was he using Dust Release as fireworks? How could anyone call this beautiful? Art? Just leave already!

On the ground, "Grandpa, what are you doing? Using Dust Release twice in a row... and flattening two mountains?"

Kurotsuchi stared at the flattened, symmetrical peaks, shocked.

What? Has Grandpa lost his mind? Why use Dust Release to chop off mountaintops? It looked awful.

Kitsuchi came over too, looking at the two flattened peaks, speechless. "Maybe father was just in the mood!"

No matter what, they couldn’t have imagined... it was Deidara who flattened the two mountains! After all, among their people, only Onoki had the power to wield such destructive Dust Release!

"Old man... I’m leaving first. Make sure to send someone to Konoha..."

After venting, Deidara knew Onoki didn’t want to fight him, and he shrugged in resignation. Leaving those words behind, he had Clay Bird carry him away.

Onoki watched Deidara leave and finally exhaled, his tense nerves relaxing completely.

This Deidara was crazier than before and stronger too. He might not even be able to defeat him, let alone capture him!

If Deidara went out of control like this, it could be a disaster for the entire village.

That Dust Release shaped like a white pigeon... it was simply unstoppable.

These past few years, what had Deidara gone through?

Watching Deidara disappear from his sight, Ōnoki controlled his body as he descended back to the ground, though his legs felt strangely weak upon landing.

Ōnoki felt a surge of relief—Deidara held no hostility toward Iwagakure!

Otherwise, if even two of his Dust Release techniques were thrown... the consequences were unimaginable.

At that moment, he finally looked at the envelope he had tucked in his arms.

He opened it. On the envelope was a simple line of words:

"Konoha Chunin Exams. Watch the show. There’s something you want to see!

Atsukara~ Sun Wukong!"

"Atsukara~ Sun Wukong?"

Ōnoki stared at the envelope, then clenched his fist.

He thought of the person he had faced last time.

But watch the show? What could be the thing he wanted to see?

Ōnoki’s mind spun endlessly. He didn’t know why the Atsukara wanted them to go to Konoha, but one thing was clear... it wasn’t to eliminate the elite shinobi of the Land of Earth.

After all, if they wanted to strike, they could have easily sent Deidara to attack the village, which would have caused even greater chaos.

Go... or not go?

"Grandpa... what are you doing? Why did you cut down those two mountain peaks?" Kurotsuchi walked over, looking at a somewhat dazed Ōnoki, unable to hold back her question.

Huh?

Ōnoki’s mouth twitched. Kurotsuchi and the others actually thought he had used Dust Release to carve the mountains.

"That wasn’t me. That was Deidara!" Ōnoki said.

"How is that possible? It’s clearly Dust Release!" Kurotsuchi blurted out, listening to her Grandpa. She still thought he was joking.

"That’s right... Deidara can also use Dust Release!" Onoki forced a bitter smile and shook his head. His tone, however, grew heavier with each word.

In his mind, the ninja world was on the brink of change. Every member of the Atsukara possessed extraordinary talent.

If they got involved, it would be terrifying. Not a single village could withstand their combined attacks.

Thinking of this, Onoki shook his head, unwilling to dwell on it any further.

"Deidara can use Dust Release?" The thought kept churning in Kurotsuchi’s mind, but even hearing it from her Grandpa, the Tsuchikage, she couldn’t believe it.

This? It’s impossible!

"Don’t speak of this to anyone!" Onoki looked at Kurotsuchi, shocked, then glanced at the other ninja standing back, too afraid to step forward. He spoke slowly:

"In a few days, you will take two others and participate in Konoha’s Chunin Exams."

"Participate in the Chunin Exams?" Kurotsuchi froze, confused by her Grandpa’s sudden decision.

"Why?" she asked.

Iwagakure hadn’t sent anyone to Konoha’s Chunin Exams for a long time. Why this time?

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