Sunny and cheerful Konoha Genin

In Iwagakure Village, there was a street filled with thick smoke.

"What a sin!"

"Who the hell threw a bomb here?"

"Was it done by the ninja from the enemy village?"

"You're from out of town, right? Everyone in the Hidden Rock Village knows that only Deidara can pull off an explosion like this!"

"Deidara? Is he famous?"

"It's not just famous, it's infamous!"

"Sooner or later, Lord Tsuchikage will kick him out! Why is such a dangerous person allowed to stay in the village?!"

"He's always doing art there. Earlier, a friend of mine thought he was really making clay figures for art, so he bought one and ended up blowing his house up! Damn! I still have 15 years of mortgage to pay off!"

"…Just be positive, as long as everyone is alright."

"I@@#&#"

Angry voices from the people at the scene rose one after another. After all, Deidara had shown unparalleled artistic talent since he was a child.

The civilians of Iwagakure Village also suffered unparalleled bombing...

Even if a person has a good temper, it is difficult to remain calm after being bombarded for more than 10 years!

"Everyone calm down, calm down..."

"I know you are in a hurry, but please don't be in a hurry."

"We have prepared generous compensation for everyone this time, just like usual..."

The Iwa Ninja who came to maintain order suppressed his anger, persuaded them in a gentle tone, and paid the compensation.

"Do you think you can buy us off with money?! Give it to me!"

"That's right! How much are you going to give out this time?"

"Sigh...Deidara may be a bit weird, but he's actually a pretty nice guy. My store is gone, and I want more compensation."

And in this chaotic crowd, Scorpion watched it all silently.

"Art?"

His eyes swept over the collapsed buildings, the dark walls, the large holes on the ground, and the billowing smoke and dust.

There were some people who were badly beaten and screaming, as well as some Iwagakure ninjas who were distributing compensation with embarrassed faces.

Various elements combined together to form a strangely harmonious picture...

If it were an ordinary person, seeing this picture would just make him feel extremely upset, but Scorpion is not an ordinary person. He actually felt a subtle resonance from it.

"There is a little bit of aesthetics, but unfortunately it only lasts for a moment."

“Only art that is eternal and can be passed down is true art.”

Scorpion shook his head and turned away.

An Iwashi Ninja who was maintaining order suddenly turned his head and looked in a certain direction as if he noticed something.

However, all he saw were ordinary people.

"Is this an illusion?"

He scratched his head.

"Where are you looking at? Why are you hesitating when it comes to paying my compensation? Don't you want to give it to me?"

The old lady in front of him had her eyes wide open, as if she was going to lose her temper at any moment. He could only withdraw his attention, continue to smile bitterly and concentrate on dealing with it.

A dilapidated temple on the top of a mountain on the edge of Iwagakure Village.

This is a dilapidated temple that has been abandoned for a long time, with several old statues inside.

It was already evening, and the dim sunlight shone through the holes into the dilapidated temple, bringing a somewhat desolate atmosphere.

“Hey~ Hey~”

In the dilapidated temple, a blond boy with a high ponytail was fiddling with a ball of pale mud.

He had very skillful hands, and the lump of clay seemed to dance under his hands, and soon turned into a lifelike little clay figure.

"Hmm...it's just so-so."

Deidara looked at his work, not very satisfied, and rubbed his nose.

"Ah!"

The cold air made him shrink.

"This is so cold, I really need some artistic enthusiasm!"

He casually threw the little clay figure outside.

Boom!

A flash of fire appeared and black smoke billowed up!

"Hahahahaha! This is art!"

When Deidara heard the explosion, he was as happy as a child who had lost a firecracker.

“Art is an explosion!”

He felt that he was not so cold anymore, so he rubbed his hands and prepared to make another one.

"Hey Hey hey……"

Suddenly, a helpless voice came from outside.

"Kids, can you please stop throwing things around?"

"Do you have any sense of public morality? Not to mention blowing up people, it's not good to blow up flowers and plants!"

"Who?!"

Deidara turned around suddenly, with a bit of vigilance.

This was the place he was usually banished to, and ordinary civilians and ninjas were forbidden to come here.

Ordinary people can’t find this dilapidated temple.

As one foot stepped into the ruined temple, Toru Ito was stunned when he saw the vigilant Deidara.

Why is it your boy?

"Deidara!"

Kurotsuchi, who was following behind, saw Deidara's face and immediately became furious: "What are you doing, kid!"

"Black soil?!"

Deidara was a little surprised. He looked at Ito Toru and then at her: "I heard that you were captured by Konoha ninjas. Are you the guide now?"

"You are the guide!"

Kurotsuchi rushed forward and punched Deidara on the shoulder.

"what!"

The fragile Deidara screamed and fell to the ground.

"I almost died! And you still said I was the leader!"

Kurotsuchi's small fists rained down like raindrops, and the artist Deidara could only hold his head to defend himself, and was beaten badly.

"The explosion just now was actually caused by this boy?"

Yahiko and others also walked in and looked at Deidara who was being beaten with some curiosity.

"Why do I feel... this person looks familiar?"

Yahiko stroked his chin slightly, lost in thought.

"Although I'm sure I've never seen this before, but this appearance..."

"what?"

Just as Yahiko was thinking, Karin suddenly noticed something and looked into the darkness with some surprise.

"What's wrong, Karin?"

Ito Toru noticed her reaction and asked.

"There's a man there..."

Karin pointed to a dark place deep inside the ruined temple.

"Where is the other person?"

Even though he was being beaten, Deidara stuck his head out and said, "This is a secret base that only I can find!"

Ito Toru ignored him and looked at that place.

"Come out."

The chakra knife had slipped into his hand and he grasped it.

Kimimaro and Nagato also looked wary.

"Don't be nervous, it's me."

Accompanied by the clicking sound of the puppet mechanism, Scorpion slowly walked out from there with two puppets.

"I didn't expect you guys to come too..."

"scorpion?!"

Seeing that it was him, everyone except Kurotsuchi and Deidara breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is he your companion? Why is he here?"

Kurotsuchi asked, pointing at Scorpion.

"I'm here for him."

Scorpion spoke, then looked at Deidara.

"I?"

Deidara was a little surprised, then chuckled.

"Come for me? Do you want to buy some art from me?"

"Do not."

Scorpion shook his head: "What I want is you."