Deidara surveyed the surroundings and actually found survivors.
"Wow, there really are survivors! The one lying over there is the Fourth Raikage, right?"
"Looks like he's still breathing, he's not dead yet. To be able to run that far in an instant, that fast? This is outrageous!"
Deidara noticed the still-living Raikage A in the distance. In his heart, he acknowledged how tough this guy was!
Taking his explosion head-on but still being able to survive, it was truly unbelievable...
But he looked like he was dying, he should have lost his fighting ability, right?
"He looks like he's almost dead. Should I finish him off?" Deidara asked Sasori.
Sasori shook his head: "No need, someone will take care of it."
In the distance, at the spot where the severely injured Raikage A had fallen, a streak of black thread suddenly emerged from underground, instantly piercing the Raikage's chest, delivering the final blow!
Clearly, this was the work of the revived Kakuzu. He used a forbidden technique, successfully completing his finishing task.
As a bodyguard, seeing the Raikage in such a weakened state, he naturally couldn't resist appearing and taking his life.
Successfully achieving 'killing the Raikage single-handedly,' although not as impressive as decades ago when he tried to fight the First Hokage Hashirama, it was still quite an impressive feat.
"Don't damage the corpse, I need it to make a puppet."
Sasori shouted from afar, asking Kakuzu not to damage the body.
The corpse of the Fourth Raikage made into a puppet would definitely be a very deadly weapon. In the future, any enemy who wasn't fast enough would die instantly upon encountering him.
"Relax, I only need the heart!"
The Edo Tensei Kakuzu replied in a heavy voice, clearly in a good mood, and began using a forbidden technique to absorb Raikage A's heart.
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"Ah! It's Kakuzu again! He always steals my kills... Should I ask him to split the rewards later?"
"Forget it. If you ask for money, he might get violent... Besides, we still have business here."
Sasori patted Deidara's shoulder, pointing towards the front left.
In the distance, Danzo, the interim Hokage who had died in the explosion, had successfully revived thanks to Izanagi twisting the fact of his death.
"Izanagi! That technique Tobi used! Damn it, why can he use it too?"
Deidara cursed. Everything about the Uchiha always irritated him.
"Look closely at his arm, just like the leader said."
Sasori reminded him calmly.
"That... damn it! His arm is full of Sharingan!"
"Eww~ disgusting! How many Uchiha did he kill? To get so many Sharingan, and then implant them in his arm?"
Seeing the row of Sharingan on Danzo's arm, Deidara got goosebumps and cursed in disgust.
"He must be using Izanagi through the Sharingan on his arm. This is bad! With so many eyes, does that mean he can't die?"
"Weren't you listening at all when the leader was explaining?"
"He doesn't have the Uchiha bloodline, so even if he can use Izanagi, the duration is very short. One Sharingan might last a minute, meaning..."
Deidara realized: "Meaning we just need to keep killing him until all the Sharingan on his arm close, then we can finish him off."
"Correct."
"Okay, I'll take care of it!"
Deidara exclaimed excitedly. After all that trouble with the explosion, how could there still be survivors?
Besides, Pain's mission was clear: Shimura Danzo was the primary target to be killed, and as many as possible from the five great villages and the Land of Iron.
Pain hadn't forgotten that the main culprit behind Yahiko's death, besides Hanzo, was this Danzo!
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On the other side.
After reviving, Danzo was also shocked to see the explosion crater around him, making him feel as if he had returned to the day when Konohagakure was destroyed by Pain's Shinra Tensei, and fear arose in his heart.
'Where are the others? Damn it, did everyone die in the explosion?'
'This fortress is also destroyed?'
'What kind of technique is this?!'
'Wait, those two people...'
'Deidara and Sasori from Akatsuki? Weren't they dead? Why are they still alive?'
'That's... an Edo Tensei body? They were revived?'
'Bastards, so they were the ones who attacked the Five Kage Summit? Along with Uchiha Sasuke? Which Akatsuki member revived them? Orochimaru? Or someone else?'
'Mizukage, Raikage, Tsuchikage... where are they? Are they all dead?'
'Damn it, damn it!'
'The Five Kage Summit that was already planned, destroyed by these beasts!'
'No, now is not the time to think about that, I must escape immediately!'
'Who knows how many enemies are hiding...'
'I can't die here!'
'I just became Hokage, I haven't had time to realize my ambitions, I can't die now!'
Danzo growled inwardly.
Now it seemed only he was still alive; almost everyone else was dead.
The cowardly and afraid-of-death Danzo, even though he had the power to fight Deidara and Sasori, had already lost the courage to fight.
He only wanted to escape, back to Konoha!
Once he reached the village, he could use his Hokage status to lead the ninja forces against the enemy!
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Danzo immediately retreated, trying to escape. But he hadn't gone far when a large clay bird landed in front of him and exploded!
With Izanagi, Danzo, who wasn't afraid of death and wasn't vigilant, died instantly but revived.
"You! Old man Danzo, who gave you permission to run away?"
Deidara and Sasori caught up; the clay bird earlier was Deidara's attack.
Meanwhile, above, another clay bird flew closer to Deidara, and from its mouth, it dropped a bag of clay, right into Deidara's hand.
To anticipate running out of clay after the explosion, whose power was reduced, Deidara had already prepared several clay birds carrying supplies, circling the area so he could replenish at any time.
Having run out of clay once before, he had already prepared for this.
'Bastard, still attacking me. Am I his target?'
'This is a big problem, they have aerial attack techniques. Without help, it's difficult to escape...'
Danzo growled inwardly while analyzing the situation.
Just as he was considering whether to finish off these two enemies first.
Suddenly, two figures emerged from underground not far away.
It turned out Onoki had brought Kurotsuchi out from underground!
Although they had managed to avoid the explosion with Earth Release, they couldn't keep hiding; they had to assess the situation.
As soon as he came out, Onoki was shocked by the surrounding scene.
He knew his student Deidara's ultimate jutsu must be strong, but not this strong!
An area of several kilometers, even the entire fortress, was gone?
If this had exploded in Iwagakure, the village could have been wiped out in an instant?
Onoki shuddered just imagining it. But now was not the time to think about that; the enemy was still there!
Meanwhile, Kurotsuchi, still confused, didn't have time to think much. She had just been dragged around flying here and there by her grandfather, and now that she realized what was happening, she immediately noticed Deidara in the distance and exclaimed joyfully:
"Big Brother Deidara! You're not dead?"
"Yo! Kurotsuchi! Long time no see... Oh, the old man's still alive too!"
Deidara saw Onoki and Kurotsuchi and grinned widely.
He knew for sure that the old geezer wouldn't be easily killed by his explosion!
"Bastard! What have you done? Deidara, you disobedient disciple, I'll finish you off!"
Onoki raged, barely able to contain his anger.