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CHAPTER 264 - Sasori's Fine Art

Gaara is dead    Naruto yells at the motionless Gaara to wake up, but Kakashi and the others understand what has happened.  When Deidara tells Naruto that Gaara is dead, he goes berserk.  Screaming for them to give Gaara back, Naruto starts to charge at them but Kakashi restrains him.  The two standing before them are far too powerful to be dealt with withoutNaruto goes berserk careful planning.

    Sasori tells Deidara he will take care of the Kyubi Jinchuuriki, Naruto.  However, Deidara insists that he should be the one to capture Naruto because his skills will dull if he doesn‘t challenge himself with tougher opponents.  Their conversation then extends to a discussion on the fine art of weapons and destruction.  While Sasori proclaims that fine art is something wonderfully beautiful like his Naruto launches summons a shurikenpuppets which will last for an eternity, Deidara argues fine art is only seen in the fleeting moment of his explosions.

    Their ignorance frustrates Naruto.  He summons a large shuriken from a scroll and launches it at the pair.  Without even interrupting their conversation, Sasori deflects the shuriken with a snap of his tail.  Tired of their argument, Deidara takes Gaara’s body inside his clay bird’s mouth.  Sasori makes a swing at him with his tail, but Sasori blocks without even glancingDeidara dodges it by leaping on the back of his bird and says farewell.  Just as Deidara had planned, Naruto chases after him to retrieve Gaara’s body.  Kakashi has no choice but to split up his group in order to back up Naruto.  HeDeidara escapes with Gaara's body, Naruto gives chase leaves Sakura and Chiyo to hold off Sasori, but tells them not to overdo it until Team Guy returns.  Kakashi and Naruto confront Deidara outside the cave.  Realizing the dangerous battle about to take place, Kakashi takes no chances and unveils his Sharingan eye.

    Sakura can tell just by looking at Sasori that there is a great difference in battle experience between herself and the Akatsuki member.  She becomes unnerved Kakashi unveils Shariganwhen thinking about the large number of opponents a high ranking ninja like Sasori must have killed.  Chiyo tells Sakura not to worry and to stayChiyo attacks behind her.  Reaching into her sleeves, she triggers a pair of wires and launches a wave of fifteen kunai at Sasori.  But they are all easily blocked by his tail.  Ripping his own cloak into tatters, Sasori finally reveals his body’s form.  Sakura is shocked at the sight of Sasori’s monstrous body, but Chiyo informs her that it’s not his real body but a puppet.  Sasori graphically describes how he will make Sakura and Chiyo part of his human puppet collection once he defeats them.  With the two of them, it will become exactly 300 bodies.  This is Sasori’s fine art.

Sasori reveals his puppet body

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