Chapter 8 - Sasuke vs Deidara

"Go to that village and wait for my return," Sasuke said as he stopped near a village that he recognized from the original series

They had been traveling together for some days now while destroying the people associated with Akatsuki. They found some information about the places related to Akatsuki from Orochimaru's records so it was easy to find and destroy them.

After seeing the village, Sasuke understood that it was important to send Toshiko to that village, or he might get distracted by Sakura while fighting since she was tracking Sasuke's scent with the help of the tracking dog.

"Sir, how can I leave you alone?" Toshiko said as she refused to leave.

"That's an order," Sasuke said and turned around, only to be hugged from behind.

"This is?" Sasuke said as he felt Toshiko's assets pressing his back.

Sasuke tapped on her hand to let him go but instead, she only tightened her hug. Seeing her unwilling to let go, Sasuke turned back and patted on her head.

"Do you like me? Be honest" Sasuke asked as he saw her facial expressions change drastically.

"I LIKE YOU THE MOST; YOU ARE MY EVERYTHING," She said with a twisted face.

Seeing her true emotions, Sasuke understood what type of girl she was. He had seen many anime and mangas to know her true personality.

"Come here," Sasuke said as he grabbed her face and pulled her into a hug, which instantly snapped her back to her usual self.

"I know how you feel. I respect you for being honest with me. If you love me, then I will give you my love as well. You can stay with me forever as long as you don't harm me and my other loved ones". Sasuke said as he kissed her forehead and saw some tears in her eyes.

"Sob...Thank you for comforting me. No one has ever done that for me" She said as Sasuke wiped her tears.

"Go now," Sasuke said, to which she nodded with a smile and left.

"Let's execute my plan," Sasuke said. He was sure that the fight would go differently this time because he was planning to kill Deidara instead of acquiring information about Itachi.

"If I survive Obito today, I will be unstoppable"

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"There he is," Deidara said as he watched Sasuke walking on the ground.

After closing the distance, Tobi jumped down as Deidara attacked Sasuke.

"Katsu," he said as he attacked Sasuke with his explosive flying birds.

The attack hit Sasuke on point which made Deidara cheer.

"I did it; I defeated Sasuke," He said confidently, thinking that he had killed Sasuke.

"That's senpai for you!" Tobi said as he approached him.

Once the smoke dissipated, they saw a statue made of mud.

"A clone?" Deidara said

'That is.' Tobi, who was actually Obito, saw something and immediately pulled Deidara towards him, but he was a moment late.

"Tobi, what are you doing?? Aaaah, what the hell is this fire?" Deidara shouted as he was hit by Amaterasu on his arm.

"WHY IS THIS FIRE NOT STOPPING?DO SOMETHING TOBI!" Deidara shouted as he felt extreme pain in his arm. However, it became even worse once the fire started to expand.

'He already has Mangakeyo?' Tobi wondered as he grabbed his kunai.

However, before Tobi could do anything, they saw Sasuke right behind them.

'He is fast' Tobi said as he was about to cut Deidara's arm.

*Boom*

They saw Sasuke explode right in front of them. The explosion didn't harm Obito since he used kamui but it did hit the struggling Deidara and threw hit a few meters away.

'Shadow Clone Explosion?' Obito said in surprise, completely disregarding the screaming Deidara.

"FUCK" Deidara cursed as he used his clay bomb to blast his arm off.

*Panting*

"I need to retreat," The injured Deidara said as he decided to use C2 to run away. However, he was massively outmatched in speed.

"Not happening," Sasuke said as speed blitzed him and cut off his head.

"Wait," Deidara said as his world turned upside down. In his last moments, he remembered when he met Itachi and felt powerless against the Sharingan.

He had always wanted to defeat, but he couldn't even defeat his brother. He was definitely the type of person who would die young.

Sasuke felt pity for the explosion lord. He was an interesting character, but Sasuke couldn't compromise on becoming stronger, so he had to die.

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the second quest]

[Does the host wish to receive the rewards now?]

[The next two quests are generated]

Sasuke heard the notifications but didn't have enough time to receive the rewards since he saw Obito coming towards him.

Even if he did receive the rewards, he might get overwhelmed by Fuinjutsu knowledge and lose his life.

"WHERE IS ITACHI? TELL ME OR YOU WILL END UP LIKE YOUR FRIEND?" Sasuke said with an angry expression and started acting like a revenge-driven idiot because he wanted to fool Obito.

'He is a genius, he used his Mangakeyo's Amaterasu to attack. Once he realized that we were watching each other's back. He immediately divided us and killed him so he didn't have to fight 2 people at the same time.

He could become a threat. Should I kill him?' Obito wondered whether or not he should kill Sasuke.

"TELL ME WHERE HE IS? ONLY BY KILLING HIM CAN MY REVENGE BE COMPLETED" Sasuke said as he lost his calm and pointed his sword towards Obito.

'Nah, he is too blinded by revenge. Once I tell him the truth about Itachi, he will break apart, and then I can easily win him over,' Obito thought as he made up his mind.

Living Sasuke was worth more. Even if Sasuke didn't join him after the big reveal, he could simply kill him, or so Obito thought.

"Please, don't kill me. I will tell you where they are. Please don't kill me" Obito said as he entered his Tobi persona .

"WHERE IS HE?" Sasuke kept his act despite knowing the fact that he succeeded.

"Itachi and Kisame are in a hideout towards the north-west. Please let me go" Tobi said as he started running in a funny way.

"YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING," Sasuke said as he sprinted towards Itachi's location. Both Obito and Sasuke were smiling inwardly for different reasons.

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P.s: The boring part is over. The novel will get good from now on. I have already planned the whole novel including a good ending.