The Hokage, having traveled here, of course he'd unify the ninja world!

Chapter 783 The Bet from Back Then

The sky was clear and cloudless.

A large white bird was flying swiftly towards Konoha Village from the sky above its perimeter.

"I wonder if Brother Sasori is here?" Deidara could already see the outline of Konoha in the distance.

Deidara suddenly realized that someone was watching him.

He looked around and saw that there was no one in mid-air.

And below is a dense forest with tall trees.

[Is that Hinata's Byakugan? So alert.]

As Deidara was thinking this, another wave of chakra scanning spread from afar.

It's clear that Konoha also used a chakra scanning barrier to confirm the identity of the visitor.

When Deidara flew to the outer city of Konoha.

Xiao Nan was already waiting in the air, flapping her snow-white wings.

"Deidara, what brings you here?"

Deidara already knew about Konan's relationship with Konoha. When Konoha was attacked, Iwagakure's spies also saw Konan.

It's not surprising that Xiao Nan is here now.

"I've come to see Brother Sasori. Oh, the old man also sent me to check on the situation in Konoha."

Deidara still puts Sasori first, and as for Onoki's matter, that will definitely come later.

Konan's face showed an expression of "I knew it," and then she flapped her wings and flew towards Konoha, saying:

"You'll come with me. Konoha is under martial law now, so it won't be easy to get in."

Deidara responded and followed behind Konan.

Because Xiao Nan was leading the way, the journey was uneventful.

Soon they arrived at a fenced-off area.

"Scorpion has just returned from a mission and is in his research lab."

“You’ve been there before, so I won’t take you there.”

Konan pointed downwards, which meant she had brought Deidara along.

As Konoha's chief mechanical engineer, Sasori naturally has a dedicated research lab here.

The factory buildings below are connected together and are divided into several areas, including research and development, production, and maintenance.

It is now a very important part of Konoha.

There are thousands of people under Scorpion's management, but he has simply delegated these tasks to others.

Deidara easily found his way to the research and development department, placed his hand on the doorknob, channeled chakra, and opened the door.

After all, he and Sasori had a life-or-death bond, and Chiyo had also given Deidara instructions, so he wasn't on guard against him.

When Deidara went inside, he found Sasori and an Uchiha clansman standing in front of a huge machine, talking about something.

Upon hearing the sound, the two turned their gazes towards it.

"Deidara?"

"Brother Scorpion... Qianyao!?"

Qianyao was somewhat surprised, but no one told him that Deidara had arrived.

Deidara walked over quickly and found that it really was Chiyo.

Scorpion asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

Deidara was also very excited to see Chiyo standing next to him.

"My dust explosion technique is in its early stages, and I'd like to show it to Brother Scorpion."

"It's perfect timing, Qianyao, you're back! Come and witness my art!"

"A prototype of the dust explosion technique has emerged?"

Sasori was overjoyed, knowing that Deidara had been researching this technique for several years.

The research has finally been successful.

Chiyo was also somewhat surprised. After all, he had only set up a small plan for Deidara, but he hadn't expected Deidara to actually combine Dust Release with his clay bomb.

"Then I'll have to see for myself." Qianyao also wanted to know how much Deidara had grown.

Deidara looked at the enormous machine in front of him with some confusion.

"Brother Scorpion, what's this machine for?"

Scorpion replied, "This is a seawater desalination device."

That's why Deidara is so clever; he guessed the answer with just a glance.

"Are you really going to attack Sunagakure?"

Chiyo looked at Deidara with interest: "What, did Onoki send you here to gather information?"

Deidara replied naturally, "The old man is very worried that it will trigger the Fifth Shinobi World War again, so he sent me to gather some information."

Qianyao's eyes darted around, then he said, "The bet from last time still stands."

"A bet?" Deidara was stunned. After all, Chiyo had only been in the other dimension for a short time, while five years had passed for him.

Deidara also thought for a moment before realizing that Chiyo was talking about supporting him to become the Fourth Tsuchikage.

"Are you planning to take advantage of this situation?"

Qianyao's lips curled into a smile: "I wonder if your Iwagakure is interested in expanding your territory a bit."

……

Forest of leaves.

With the loud, visceral sounds of fists striking flesh, and the howling of the wind.

Two figures are colliding and separating at high speed.

Xiao Li watched Qian Yao and Teacher Kai's battle with a dazed look in his eyes, a hint of longing in his gaze.

Since Qianyao came once, he has only been absent when Konoha was attacked.

The others spar with Kai every day to improve their taijutsu and Eight Gates techniques.

Currently, Kai must have six gates to have any chance to compete with Qianyao.

Qianyao only opened four gates, not because he was limited to that, but because he wanted to solidify his foundation one gate at a time.

It's essentially about routinely removing the limitations of the body.

At this moment, Qianyao's spinning side kick clashed with Kai's Leaf Whirlwind.

Both of them were thrown backward.

Kai now clearly sensed that when he opened the sixth gate, Qianyao was also holding back in his fight against him.

Just as he was considering whether to open the seventh door.

Qianyao gestured for them to stop.

"Qianyao, your progress is too fast." Kai said with some emotion.

A few days ago, Qianyao was not very familiar with the Steel Fist Style, but in a short period of time, he has completely mastered it.

Moreover, Qianyao had already opened up to the seventh gate in one go.

However, the increase rate of Qianyao opening the seventh gate is much smaller than that of Kai.

Because Qianyao's physical abilities were originally very strong.

But after that, Qianyao only maintained the fourth gate and fought against Kai.

Qian Yao laughed and said, "I'm just a little better physically, but your Steel Fist Style fist technique is still better."

As he spoke, he patted Kai on the shoulder: "Your Eight Gates Formation will be the village's trump card in the future."

Kai gave a thumbs-up, his teeth gleaming: "Don't worry, youth is about burning yourself out!"

"Konoha recently declared war on Sunagakure, and I have some other matters to attend to, so I won't be coming here for the time being."

Kai seemed to have already guessed it, after all, Qianyao hadn't been learning anything from him lately.

However, Kai felt neither envy nor jealousy towards Qianyao's strength, which far surpassed his own; on the contrary, he was happy for Qianyao.

"When I become stronger, we'll spar again!" Kai made a promise to Qian Yao.

Qianyao gave a thumbs up: "Keep it up, you'll always be the coolest!"

With that, he vanished in a flash, disappearing right in front of Kai.

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