Chapter 245: Prelude to War
"It's all your reasons and lies!"
Kurotsuchi completely disagreed with Deidara's explanation. She couldn't feel the strength of Akatsuki.
It was unimaginable that the five great villages couldn't defeat this powerful enemy together.
It was impossible!
Just like how modern people couldn't imagine that a combined force of five superpowers wouldn't be able to defeat an underground terrorist organization. It was simply absurd.
"Why!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand now. When the time comes, you'll understand my hard work, junior."
Deidara put his hands on his hips and said arrogantly.
His true intention in his heart was for the good of Iwagakure, but he just chose a different path.
"I don't understand anything! Just wait and cry when the old man comes back! When the time comes, he will definitely kill you!"
"Don't expect me to beg you!"
Kurotsuchi knew Onoki very well. He truly loved Deidara, but he had to be cruel and would never show mercy!
The Akatsuki organization would lose at that time. Even if Deidara knelt before Onoki and begged for mercy, it might be useless!
"Hmph! That old man is obviously that old, but he still shows off like that. He might not even be able to defeat me now, let alone Sasori and the others."
"Don't worry, if I meet Akatsuchi and your father, I will try my best to save their lives, as for the old man himself, I hope he can get out of the way as soon as possible."
"Otherwise, there's no way to survive."
Deidara mumbled while rudely stuffing a rice ball into Kurotsuchi's mouth.
He didn't know how to show mercy at all, he only had art in his eyes.
"Woo~~~"
"Woo~~~"
Kurotsuchi covered her entire face, but she still ate it obediently.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to survive today.
Wouldn't it be even more foolish if she actually fainted from hunger and didn't even have the strength to escape from prison?
"Okay, you can rest. See you tomorrow."
"Get out! You bastard."
Deidara left with satisfaction.
Although Kurotsuchi didn't understand him herself now, she would understand his good intentions when everything was done in the future.
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Deidara walked out of the cell, just as the summoning ring on his hand lit up.
It was an emergency meeting notification.
Did something big happen?
Or was an attack from the Ninja Alliance coming? Deidara quickened his pace and immediately met Sasori at the corner.
Sasori seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.
"Sasori, why are you here?"
"It's lucky you didn't do anything stupid."
"Huh?"
"Let's not talk about it anymore. Have you received the notification from the leader?"
"Of course, Sasori, what happened?"
"The alliance of the five villages has arrived."
"What?"
"The alliance forces are still about a hundred miles away from Iwagakure Village, and they might arrive in a few dozen minutes."
"What? How is that possible?"
Deidara was very confused. This was different from the information he received yesterday!
Instead of the ninja alliance still being stationed in the Land of Grass, why did they suddenly send troops to Iwagakure?
And arriving in less than a day, how efficient!
"Why did they come straight to Iwagakure Village? Isn't their main target Amegakure Village?"
"They have no choice. The only battlefield is Iwagakure Village."
"Huh?"
Deidara was confused. Why should the decisive battle be in Iwagakure Village?
Explain clearly!
Sasori glanced at Deidara and continued to explain:
"Three days ago, the leader sent two teams to attack separately, one to the Land of Wind and the other to the Land of Lightning. It's estimated that they reached the borders of both countries yesterday. These two teams were deliberately going to expose them to Kumogakure and Sunagakure."
"Ah? What does this mean?" Deidara was still confused.
"It means deliberately warning the ninja alliance. If they choose to attack Amegakure Village, then Akatsuki and the main forces of Amegakure Village will attack Kumogakure Village and Sunagakure Village. This will force the ninja alliance to stop attacking Amegakure Village and be forced to attack Iwagakure Village for a decisive battle!"
Deidara was shocked after hearing this: "The leader doesn't care about Amegakure Village at all?"
"No, he cares about Amegakure Village very much."
"Then he still dares to gamble with Amegakure Village?"
"Because the other side can't afford to lose!"
On Akatsuki's side, Nagato could make decisions on his own and put Amegakure Village on the gambling table.
But not the Ninja Alliance, Kumogakure Village and Sunagakure Village couldn't accept the consequences of changing families. Therefore, they would never agree to put their headquarters on the gambling table.
If other villages insisted on attacking Iwagakure Village, the alliance of the five great villages would definitely be shattered in an instant.
This was a conspiracy.
Whoever couldn't afford to lose had to be led by the other side.
After receiving this news, there were no more disputes in the Ninja Alliance, and they quickly reached a consensus and unanimously chose to attack Iwagakure Village on a large scale, and fight the Akatsuki organization in Iwagakure Village!
And they set off overnight and went straight to Iwagakure Village.
As long as they could win, everything would be fine.
Frankly speaking, Nagato deliberately created this conspiracy and forced the ninja alliance to come to Iwagakure Village for a decisive battle.
As a result, the Land of Earth and Iwagakure Village, which were destined to be the battlefields, would suffer heavy losses.
"How can this be. So despicable? He's also good at tricks like this, the leader?"
Sasori shook his head: "This wasn't the leader's plan, but someone else's suggestion."
"Whose suggestion?"
"Itachi's."
"That bastard? Damn it! He actually used Iwagakure as cannon fodder. I'm so angry!"
When Deidara heard that it was Itachi's poisonous plan, he was so angry that his mouth was filled with smoke.
Since he was instantly defeated by Itachi's genjutsu last time, he had always felt unhappy with that man and always wanted to find a chance to win back the fight in the future.
Unexpectedly, he didn't win back his face, and instead involved the village first.
If Iwagakure Village eventually became the battlefield for the decisive battle, then the previous plan of "leading the wolf into the house and taking advantage of it" would become a joke!
It was truly hateful!
"Why didn't I know anything about it?"
"Don't you know how busy you've been these past few days?"
Deidara's face turned dark.
Iwagakure Village had just been occupied a few days ago, and various elements of resistance emerged in the village from time to time.
To reduce casualties, Deidara had used his art to persuade the rebellious elements, but the casualties were even greater.
In addition, he had to guard Kurotsuchi and the others, so he didn't pay much attention to Akatsuki's actions.
He completely ignored Itachi's plan.
"Damn it, then why make Iwagakure Village the battlefield? The Land of Earth is so big, we can definitely ambush and attack in other areas."
Deidara was still arguing, trying to change the outcome.
"It's useless. There are many ninjas living on the side of the Ninja Alliance. Ordinary ambushes are meaningless."
"As for the decisive battle in another place? How can we use Iwagakure, one of the five great villages, as the battlefield to hold back the ninja alliance?"
"There are still many Iwagakure ninjas and residents living in the village. Fighting here can somewhat limit the performance of the ninja alliance."
"By the way, we can also use the help of the alliance forces to further destroy Iwagakure Village and destroy the alliance between Iwagakure Village and them."
"Deidara, do you really think that when the leader easily agreed to you making Iwagakure Village the first target to be captured, it was just because you could act as an internal response?"
Sasori saw it very clearly.
In other words, these reasons are part of the reasons Itachi used to convince Nagato.
But this was too cruel for Deidara.
He always thought he was saving Iwagakure Village, but in the end, he personally pushed the village into the abyss?
"Sasori, what else can I do?"
Deidara was very depressed, feeling as if he had messed everything up.
Sasori patted Deidara, Deidara was the only person he trusted in the Akatsuki organization. After all, except for Deidara, even Pain had never seen his real body.
"Don't think too much. You can't change anything now."
"The only thing we can do is hold back the battlefield outside your village as much as possible. As long as we defeat the ninja alliance outside the village as quickly as possible, everything will be fine."
Sasori wasn't good at comforting people, so he advised him honestly.
But Deidara felt better after hearing this, and gained a little hope.
As long as the ninja alliance could be defeated quickly, Iwagakure Village could be saved as much as possible.
"Good! That's all we can do."
"I'll use my art to immediately blow up all the ninja alliance forces!"
Deidara was slightly comforted.