Deidara, Lord of Dragons, Master of Mayhem, and Explosivor Excelsior, was happy.
He's not about to be! (I hope
)
A wave of thunderclaps slapped him in the chest as, far below, the Akatsuki rift facility ceased to exist.
Heh. We out-explosive the Akatsuki explosives master.
Cannai, currently in his preferred size of 'wow that's a big horse', shifted slightly and allowed his tongue to hang out in a doggy smile. "I do indeed check. Although if you wish to trade further barbs with this one, I have no objection." He tossed his head towards Enma, who sat astride Cannai with his staff held at his hip so that it pointed forward like a sword. "Honestly, it is quite charming."
Cannai continues to be best boi. The bioseals were worth it just for this /s.
The Leaf ninja and the handful of summons who knew the song joined in, pride and excitement in their voices.
I'm visualizing this scene and it's epic.
Only when the Tsunades were gone did HazōShotCaller nod to his sibling. HazōTimeToBoom popped, and suddenly every Hazō knew what this Hazō knew: the assault had kicked off and it was time for the Hazōs to do what Hazōs did best. Namely, blow the everliving fuck out of the bad guys.
We bring the Boom! That's what we do!
Below him, he could see that the shield rooms and laboratories had survived the bombardment, which wasn't too surprising given just how paranoid Sasori had been about the defenses and the number of seals the legendary sealmaster had deployed in protection.
Aww, no TPK? Hope it doesn't matter too much.
(The cultists were ridiculous, bowing before the rift and praying at it while sane people were trying to get work done.)
Hey, Jashin is helpful sometimes...
Still, that didn't matter. There was no need to hold the rift; it wasn't going anywhere.
Heh, how does it feel to be on the recieving end S-rank bullshit? /Evil laughter in Kagome/
With a curse, he yanked the dragon around, making it pump its clay wings furiously in order to reverse course before they pancaked into whatever that was.
It's not very effective...
Rapidly, he deployed a variety of additional techniques; nothing worked. That barrier was, as embarrassing as it felt to think the words, invulnerable to his explosives.
Grins maniacally
Wait, if there were three Clan Bosses on the field, was it possible that the monkey with the iron-shod staff was not simply a powerful monkey combatant but Enma himself? The Lord of the Monkey Clan was known to fight with a staff and was the only one on the field carrying one. Good Sage's hopes, that... Wow.
Heck, might as well go all-in and assume the horse-sized dog that Enma was riding was the Lord of the Dog Clan. Gōketsu was a new summoner and young, too young to have the chakra reserves to summon a Clan Lord from the Seventh Path, but today had already shown Deidara multiple impossible things. Why not assume another?
Man, it feels so good to be the ones dishing out the S-rank BS this time around.
Quickly, Deidara amended. Couldn't be solved quickly. All problems could be solved with explosives, but this one wouldn't be solved quickly enough to be relevant.
Hm. A fair point. I must incorporate this new insight into my life philosophy.
That tail was no longer so adorable; each individual hair was sheathed in crystal, turning the thing into a nightmare of spikes and blades that still moved just as freely as before the armor was applied.
Sage! Best Boi gets even cuter when he fights!
Cannai was charging straight through the middle of groups of enemy ninja, tail wagging fiercely. Every time it touched a human being, that human being was converted into so much shredded meat.
This image is hilarious.
> Wags tail
> Kills people
"Mobility," he said, not bothering to fill in the entire sentence. After all these years, they knew each other too well to need to say anything as verbose as that thing's mobility is going to be a problem.
"Yah. Rest of 'em?"
"No idea. Leave it for the others. This one?"
"Kazu Pass?"
"I'll do Jiraiya's part."
"Check. I'll message."
These two are awesome together. Now we just need to get the third one back.
Orochimaru broke right and climbed. TsunadeThree popped out of existence, spreading her knowledge and intentions to every other existing instance of Tsunade. Tsunades One and Five left the ground battle and ran upwards, pushing hard for altitude. The rest of the team could find whatever other Akatsuki members were sneaking around down there. For now, there was a dragon to kill.
Been there, killed that.
A snake appeared from Sagedamned nowhere, swallowing Orochimaru whole for just the instant necessary to block the explosion. It then vanished in another puff of smoke and Orochimaru was still moving forward.
Wat. Just wat.
If only Itachi were here with his stupid eyeballs that could demolish an entire clone network in seconds.
I don't know whether to be relieved that he's not or scared about what he's doing. Both is probably good.
Long-ranged attacks were coming up from the ground but they fell far short. This annoying, impossible dome was more than half a mile high, yielding plenty of room to stay out of range. Fortunately, summons were chakra-expensive to maintain on the Human Path, Boss summons even more so, and the dragon didn't get tired. Not even Orochimaru could keep half a dozen experienced snake warriors and Lord Manda himself on the field for more than an hour or two. Once the creatures were gone, everyone down there would be low on chakra.
Well, you see, we pulled a mini-Hidan and kidnapped every ninja in Moon, so I /thiiink/ we have enough chakra here bud. Whatever helps you sleep at night, tho.
It didn't matter, since the move had only been a cover for spraying explosive sand behind himself. The stuff was fine enough to fall slowly, almost floating on the breeze, and to be almost invisible. It still packed a punch. It wouldn't trigger on him or his creations, but if anyone else ran through it they were going to become yet another sample in Deidara's gallery of creation.
Huh, that's a neat trick. Deidara's S-rank bullshit is useful and flexible, but fairly straitforward, it seems.
All the remaining summons except Enma and Cannai had been released back to the Seventh Path in order to conserve chakra.
Hah, you thought, Deidara!
All the remaining summons except Enma and Cannai had been released back to the Seventh Path in order to conserve chakra. Deidara was still alive. He had killed three of the Sannin clones and was proving impossible to hit. It was only a matter of time until he got the rest. Then he would locate the runic explosives, pop all the clones manning them, and have control of the interior of the dome and of the Remote Explosive Runes themselves.
*HPMOR Gregory Goyle vibes intensify*
Just spam Luminos and Professor Quirrel will call him out.
This chapter is very satisfying. I feel like we've come so far, we can now not just beat but completely overwhelm S-rankers. (Though since it looks like Deidara was the only Akatsuki at the base, and we had so much trouble beating him, I'm probably being way too optimistic.) I still thought it would have turned out a lot worse. "No casualties" is better than I expected.
