Facing the rushing Hinata, Deidara, who was already in a panic, had no time to react before he was hit by the soft fist. His whole body was severely burned, his face was bruised and swollen, his jaw was dislocated, and he could hardly speak clearly. His bright and arrogant braids had long become disheveled and in an embarrassing state.

This time, Deidara was hit continuously by Hinata Ko's soft fists, and the chakra in his body was suddenly choked, no longer as smooth as before.

"Bagua - Sixty-four Palms." In a short period of time, he had put in far more energy than in an ordinary battle, and Hinata Ke felt that it was a bit difficult to continue. It was already an extraordinary performance for him to cooperate with Mizuki to break out of the encirclement of explosive clay. Now he could only grit his teeth and hold on.

As Hinata Ko's last palm hit Deidara's chest, Deidara, who could no longer hold on, fell backwards to the ground, wailing helplessly.

Mizuki, who was watching this scene, was also stunned.

"It was solved so easily? No way?"

Originally, Mizuki thought that Konoha had a huge advantage, and he fought to the death just to increase his chances of winning, but he didn't expect that he still greatly overestimated Deidara's strength at that point in time.

"There's a huge difference in strength between sixteen and nineteen, isn't it? His tactical qualities and experience simply don't match his strength. He was fine just now, and he was playing well, but he showed his weakness when he panicked."

How much can be done in three years? Uchiha Sasuke was able to transform from a weakling who could be bullied by Mizuki into a strong man who could fight back against Orochimaru. Uzumaki Naruto transformed from a physical idiot into an excellent ninja, and Gaara transformed from a lonely kid into the Kazekage. I didn't expect that Deidara, a strong man who was barely almost an adult, would have such a mistake. His absolute strength is not bad, but his comprehensive strength is really not worthy of his reputation. At his current level, let alone going deep into the Sand Village alone to capture the Kazekage, even Mizuki couldn't stand such poor combat experience. Although it was Mizuki who stunned Deidara and caused this consequence, if Deidara himself was invulnerable, how could he have such an end?

"It's really his own fault. If Deidara can really be killed, then just kill him. After all, the changes caused by Mizuki don't need him anymore."

Earlier, with the support of Gaara, Hyuga Hiashi greatly reduced the pressure of facing the overwhelming attack of hidden weapons. Gaara's sand shield is indeed the nemesis of large-scale attacks. If the defense is not broken, the attack power is not enough and the defense is not broken at all. The lack of quality is compensated by quantity, which really does not work in front of Gaara.

Seeing this, the Scorpion, who hated wasting time, gradually became impatient. Deidara's shrill scream not long ago had already made him feel very unhappy, and now he hadn't heard Deidara's unique explosive attack for a long time, and now there were waves of unpleasant howls coming over him.

"What the hell is Deidara doing?"

In the eyes of Scorpion, among the five people Deidara faced, only Kurenai Yuhi had some strength. But what could a genjutsu ninja do in front of Deidara? Apart from that, the only one who might need to be concerned is Gaara, the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Shukaku. But what use could a Jinchūriki who couldn't control the tailed beast in his body be in front of strong men like Scorpion and Deidara? What's more, he was a Jinchūriki who couldn't even transform into a half-tailed beast, so he would not be taken seriously. As long as Deidara flew into the sky and threw explosive clay down, he would grind the enemy to death. Now he seemed to be beaten badly by the enemy, which was completely beyond Scorpion's expectations.

As a genius puppeteer who pursues eternal beauty throughout his life, Scorpion's biggest regret is that no one is born as a puppet in this world. For this reason, Scorpion even gave up his human body and spirit, and only retained the regeneration core that provides chakra. Therefore, Scorpion, who only retains the most core desire, does not care as much about Deidara as imagined. Even the "Akatsuki" organization is not taken seriously by Scorpion. Most of the members of "Akatsuki" are like this. If we say that they are attracted by Nagato's desire to save the world, it is estimated that only the founder Yahiko, Konan and Nagato himself are attracted. Of course, Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Madara may also be added. Others, such as Scorpion himself, except for being impressed by Nagato's absolute strength, actually don't care much about this world at all. It doesn't matter whether it is destruction or salvation, as long as they can do what they want to do, it's fine. As for the previous action with Orochimaru, and later with Uchiha Itachi to find the current partner Deidara, it was just a means to achieve the goal.

"But he can be considered an interesting partner. Although we have different opinions, at least he understands the art of eternal beauty. Do you want to go and see him?"

Even if Deidara died, it would not affect the overall situation, and he was quite confident that he could complete the task assigned by Nagato alone. However, for the sake of this boy who could still speak, Scorpion decided to help Deidara. With him around, at least a lot of trouble could be saved.

The Red Sand Scorpion, who had made up his mind, relied on the power of the Fierce Dragon and ignored the interfering attacks of Gaara and Hyuga Hiashi. He just swung his scorpion tail with steel spikes and poison all over, and knocked them down one by one.

"Huh? Why is Scorpion here to help Deidara?" Mizuki, who was the first to notice the change in the battle situation, was immediately puzzled by Scorpion's actions. "This is not in line with the behavior habits of members of the Akatsuki organization at all."

Every official member of the Akatsuki organization is a powerful, unruly and rebellious person. Except for a few, all of them are traitors. For such a group of people who are arrogant and arrogant, it is simply a fantasy to expect them to have a spirit of companionship. It is estimated that only Konan and Nagato may have a personal friendship and are slightly better. If Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi are relatively harmonious because of their similar experiences, the other two-person teams are lucky to ensure that there is no internal strife. Not to mention that there are many people with ulterior motives.

The Scorpion turned around, like a bulldozer or a heavy tank, and could not be stopped at all. Soon, it came to the side of the embarrassed Deidara. The huge steel tail danced like a curtain wall, blocking all attacks outside.

"You are going to die of laughter, Deidara, there should be a limit to jokes..." The miserable state of Deidara was really unbelievable. Except for Mizuki, other people might not know that Deidara was completely defeated before he could fully exert his strength. It was precisely because of this that Scorpion felt incredible about Deidara's miserable state of being unable to fight back.

As a puppeteer, he must have a good understanding of the human body. As for Deidara's physical condition, Scorpion knew that there was no fatal danger. The burns on the surface were serious, but what was the matter with the flesh wounds? Scorpion straightened the fractured mandible with a little effort. As long as he was not afraid of pain, it would not affect his speech. As for the concussion from the explosion, there are ways to treat it after today. The only trouble may be the injury from the soft fist, which temporarily severely restricted the operation of Deidara's chakra and greatly weakened Deidara's combat effectiveness. And this kind of injury is also quite troublesome to heal by itself.

"Brother Scorpion, thank you very much." Deidara rubbed his uncomfortable jaw and cheeks, grinning and said, "I really suffered a big loss this time. I didn't expect to be caught off guard~" Before I could say a few harsh words, he came to fight directly. Either he had a deep hatred for me, or he knew very well that he had to do this...

"It seems that our intelligence has been leaked. We were targeted all the way and almost killed just because we revealed a small flaw. It's really frustrating..."

Deidara, who has such strength, is definitely not a fool. After calming down and thinking for a while, he can discover Mizuki's combat methods and purposes, as well as the problems revealed therein.

"Hmm? Is there such a thing?" Although he asked this, Deidara actually didn't care much about it. "This is just your guess, but let it be leaked. Let the leader worry about it. In the end, I still have to do it. The next mission will be your responsibility."

"Well, Brother Scorpion, don't worry, I won't be so careless next time."

When Mizuki saw Deidara and Sasori reuniting, he couldn't help but feel heartbroken for Kurenai missing the opportunity.

"If you want to kill him, just kill him. The illusion has already hit him. It would be better to kill him immediately. You actually wanted to capture him alive, and finally let Scorpion rescue him. If you delay too long and let Deidara recover a little bit of his fighting power, you will regret it."

As for the treatment of Kurenai, it was Mizuki's fault that he didn't explain it clearly. But what would it matter if he did? Should he tell them that Deidara had the strength to turn the tables alone? Who would believe it? Moreover, as a Chunin, Mizuki arranged the tactics because Kurenai was not good at frontal combat, and Mizuki, who was the spearhead of the breakthrough, was really needed to command. If Mizuki was asked to command Kurenai, a Jonin, it would be unreasonable.

The current situation is very clear, six to one, and soon it may be six to two. It depends on whether we can repel the Red Sand Scorpion before Deidara recovers some combat power.

"My body hasn't recovered yet, but I can move around just fine. I can't join the battle yet. I don't have many chances to break the Scarlet Flow Amber. The Scorpion Family won't give me two chances to try like Deidara did."

It was really frustrating that he couldn't use his strength when he needed it. After thinking for a while, Shuimu took out the omnipotence potion, injected himself with half a tube, and then waited quietly for the potion to take effect.

"Mizuki, did you use the potion too?" Hyuga Hiashi, who had just arrived, saw Mizuki's actions, "Are you seriously injured? Are medical ninjutsu useless?"

"Lord Hyuga Hiashi." Mizuki replied, "It's not that serious, but I just need to recover my fighting power temporarily. That puppeteer is too difficult to deal with. Leave the strategy of breaking the defense to me..."

"Do you have a solution? Is it reliable?"

"Not sure, but the hope of success is quite high." Shuimu replied.

"I see, now we can give it a try."

The battles between ninjas are ever-changing, and it is impossible to expect to be completely sure before practicing. In the case of a tense battle, if you are 50% sure, you can give it a try.

"What should we do?" asked Hinata Hiashi. He had just suffered a great loss at the hands of Fei Liuhu, and it would be worth paying a small price to solve the problem.

"I need to get close, and preferably control the powerful tail. I can't break the puppet shell under the interference of that." Shuimu made the request without hesitation. If he couldn't do this, what was the point of Shuimu going there? Rushing forward would only lead to his death. It would be better to escape early.

"Is that so?" After hearing Mizuki's words, Hyuga Hiashi couldn't help but look at Gaara.

"Should we put our hopes on the Sand Ninja?" Hinata Hiashi said with a headache. Although they were about to make peace, they had not yet reached an agreement.

"This is not the time to talk about this. After all, we are here to protect the Jinchuriki of the Sand Ninja. If they don't put in any effort, how can they expect us to fight for them?" If Gaara is kidnapped, Konoha will be in trouble. If a village's strategic weapons are lost under Konoha's custody, it will be really hard to say clearly. Who knows if Konoha wants to seize the Jinchuriki of the Sand Ninja? Wasn't the Third War because of the disappearance of the Third Kazekage? Didn't the Sand Ninja suspect that it was Konoha who did it?

But one thing is one thing, if he can fight, of course he will continue to fight. If he really can't, Mizuki is still unwilling to be buried with Gaara. At this point, Mizuki believes that he has done his best and has nothing to be ashamed of. It's not that he didn't try hard, but the enemy was just too strong.

"Okay then." Hinata Hiashi agreed. "You, me and Gaara, the three of us will attack the puppeteer, and the others will guard against the blond boy and raid the enemy camp. We must succeed this time..."

Just now, before Gaara came to help, in order to avoid the overwhelming poison needles, he used Kaiten several times. At that time, Hinata Hiashi even doubted whether he would die on the spot in the next second, but he persisted. Now, Ko didn't want to experience the feeling of powerlessness of being beaten passively again.

"Get ready and act quickly." Mizuki turned to Gaara and said, "Can you still hold on?"

The battle may continue for a long time, and it is far from time to rest assured.

"I'm fine..." Gaara replied, "Chakra is plenty too."

After hearing what Gaara said, Hyuga Hiashi and Mizuki also felt relieved.

"As expected, are all Jinchūriki monsters with huge amounts of chakra? I've never seen them lack chakra, they are all gifted indeed."

The chakra supply of the Mizuki Breathing Technique had to be used sparingly, and the Jinchūriki never seemed to worry about such things.