Naruto: Creating Immortal Techniques at Six, Shocking Uncle Snake

Chapter 132: Discovered!

Deidara taunted with a grin:

"Sasori-senpai is still thinking about his masterpiece. If you ask me, why not let me kill him with an explosion?

That way, he'd die in the embrace of art! Hm!"

"Art is eternal. Your childish fireworks don't qualify as art."

"Hm! How dare you call my art childish fireworks!

You need to understand, the greatest art in the world is explosions! Hm!

Even if you're Sasori-senpai, you can't refute this!"

Deidara was immediately riled up. Call him anything, but never deny that explosions are art!

In his mind, explosions were the pinnacle of artistic expression.

Kisame, however, rolled his eyes in exasperation at the two.

On the road, these two had been bickering non-stop about art.

Was their dream really just all about art?

With that thought, Kisame stepped forward.

Looking at Haku, who was lying on the ground, Kisame flipped him over with his Samehada.

However, as soon as he flipped the body, it turned into a splash of water!

It was a substitution technique!

When had this brat used the substitution technique?

"He's escaped!" Kisame said through gritted teeth, frustrated that a mere kid had managed to slip away under the noses of three Kage-level shinobi.

Sasori and Deidara paused, momentarily ending their argument.

"Hm? He actually got away? What's going on? Hm!"

"A substitution technique, executed so skillfully. When exactly did he use it?"

Sasori pondered, realizing he had underestimated the boy. Assuming he was just a kid, he had let his guard down.

"It seems this fellow from my village is quite capable," Kisame said with a toothy grin.

Though annoyed at being tricked, he also found it amusing.

Someone from his own village showing such prowess was certainly intriguing.

"He can't have gone far. Let's search the vicinity!"

After the three left, a figure slowly emerged from the puddle of water on the ground—it was Haku!

As it turned out, Haku hadn't fled. Instead, he used a transformation technique to appear as water when Kisame flipped him over, tricking them into thinking he had used a substitution technique to escape.

"That was close. I almost died at their hands," Haku muttered with a frown.

Although he had escaped for now, his pursuers were still after him.

He needed to alert everyone that the Akatsuki was targeting them.

Just as Haku was about to use a secret technique to inform Orochimaru and the others, a man's voice echoed from nearby:

"So, you're still here. I knew you couldn't have escaped using a substitution technique under our noses."

It was Sasori!

After separating from Deidara and Kisame to search, Sasori had returned alone.

He had found the situation suspicious and doubted Haku could have gotten far in his condition.

Sure enough, upon his return, he spotted Haku preparing to use his secret technique.

"Although I don't know how you managed to stay hidden here, I must admit you're quite clever.

You almost fooled us all.

But now, it's time to turn you into my masterpiece!"

As Sasori spoke, he slowly advanced toward Haku.

As for being overpowered or ambushed? What a joke—he was the Red Sand Sasori!

Seeing Sasori approach, Haku seized the opportunity and hurled three kunai at him.

At such close range, Haku was confident that the kunai would hit their mark.

And they did. The kunai shredded Sasori's robe, exposing what lay beneath!

This moment activated Akatsuki's infamous "Passive Skill: Robe-Off Equals Death."

Any Akatsuki member who lost their custom robe was doomed to face death!

Whether or not Haku could actually defeat Sasori remained to be seen, but Haku himself was stunned by what he saw.

The figure before him looked bizarre—nothing like a human!

"Surprised? This is my creation, Hiruko. It's a powerful puppet!"

Sasori smirked and then had Hiruko open its mouth wide, unleashing a barrage of poison-laced needles.

Noticing the purple sheen of the poison, Haku knew he couldn't afford even a single scratch.

He couldn't let himself get hit!

But with such a dense attack, dodging everything seemed impossible.

Haku lacked confidence in evading it all, so he resorted to ninjutsu.

"Ice Release: Ice Wall Formation!"

Haku had mastered this technique.

In the blink of an eye, an ice wall rose from the ground, blocking Hiruko's toxic assault.

Sasori was momentarily stunned—his poisonous attack seemed completely countered.

"Looks like I might need to use that technique," Sasori muttered, hesitating.

His opponent's strength was no joke. Hiruko alone wasn't enough to win.

Would he have to reveal his other body?

While Sasori hesitated, Haku didn't waste a moment.

His decision was clear—escape!

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