Naruto: Dual-Pupil Uchiha-Chapter 256 - 255 : Spirit Manipulation Technique!!

"This clay puppet is controlled by my Spirit Manipulation Technique. It can exhibit the strength of a Chunin and is fearless of death, just like a Chunin!"

Deidara controlled the clay puppet to attack, still rambling while directing it towards Genya.

The clay giant charged at Genya, even exposing its weaknesses.

"Indeed, it's quite unique. It has some similarities to Puppet Jutsu, but it's different in some ways!" Genya observed the puppet, nodding in satisfaction.

With the power of his Dual Pupil, Genya could clearly see the source of Deidara's control over the clay puppet.

Nice ability.

Muttering to himself, Genya's kunai spun in his hand, charged with lightning chakra, making it incredibly sharp.

With a flick of his wrist, a flash of light cut through the body of one clay puppet, splitting it in half. In an instant, the two halves transformed into smaller puppets and resumed attacking Genya.

In just a few breaths, Genya was surrounded by more than a dozen small clay puppets, all moving with great agility to strike at him.

Genya dodged while thinking of a solution.

Without using large-scale destructive techniques, it seemed a bit troublesome to deal with these clay puppets.

These clay puppets were much trickier than regular ones. After splitting, if two puppets touched again, they would merge back together.

"Genya, how about it? Just give up!" Deidara called out, watching Genya weave through the two clay puppets with a smirk. "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, these puppets can explode. To keep you from getting hurt, just give up!"

With that move, Deidara's confidence was fully restored.

It was his carelessness earlier that led to his loss to Genya.

Outside the battle,

Hikari and Uchiha Shin watched the battle, and when they saw Deidara reveal his clay puppet, both of them couldn't help but be intrigued.

This was indeed a powerful ability.

However, Hikari, standing beside him, grew tense, clenching her small fists. "Uncle Shin, if this thing explodes, will it hurt Genya-sama?"

As she asked, her mind already locked onto Deidara.

If Deidara dared to harm Genya, the ground beneath him would quickly grow countless vines to trap Deidara. No one could hurt Genya while she was there—unless she died.

"Don't worry. Genya has faced far worse than this. A clay puppet won't hurt him!" Uchiha Shin noticed Hikari's nervousness and reassured her.

"Since Genya is doing this, he has a plan. Don't interfere with their fight!"

At this point, Uchiha Shin seemed to notice Hikari's little gestures and reminded her again.

Not to be so anxious and watchful.

"I understand!" Hikari nodded in agreement, loosening her hand, her gaze returning to the battlefield.

Genya was still battling the clay puppet, but upon closer inspection, he appeared to be handling it effortlessly, with no signs of tension or wariness.

At that moment,

Genya stepped back and looked at Deidara, a playful glint flashing in his eyes. "Ready to give up? Your current display of strength isn't enough!"

As he murmured, black flames erupted from his eyes, leaping across the ground, eventually attaching to the puppet. The flames spread along the clay threads connecting to Deidara's control.

It absorbed the chakra from the clay.

Instantly, the connection between the clay puppet and Deidara was severed, and the puppet stood motionless, as if no longer under anyone's control.

"Huh? I can't control the clay puppet anymore?" Deidara's pupils contracted. This was indeed unexpected. Despite having the clay threads connecting him, it seemed the control was cut off, and he couldn't continue manipulating it!

And then,

He noticed that the black flames seemed to be creeping toward him.

"Not good, the black flames are coming!" He quickly abandoned controlling the clay puppet and whispered, "Boom~"

In an instant!

As Deidara's words fell, the puppet, which had been frozen in place, suddenly released a terrifying amount of energy, then exploded.

Genya, who had been watching, retreated several meters at the moment of the explosion, looking at the massive crater left behind, feeling a bit emotional.

If we're talking about offensive power, Deidara would definitely be at the top.

"Genya, I knew you'd be fine!" Deidara saw Genya unharmed after the explosion and wasn't surprised at all.

"Though I don't know how the black flames cut off the connection between me and the puppet, don't get too cocky. This was just a little trick!"

Not sure how it got cut off?

Genya just smiled. His black flames could devour chakra, and Deidara's connection with the puppet relied on chakra being transferred through clay.

In that sense, the black flames were naturally counter to controlling clay puppets with small chakra.

If it were Sasori, under the influence of his black flames, the chakra threads controlling his thousands of puppets would be devoured in no time.

So, black flames were also Sasori's natural enemy. Genya hoped that someday, Sasori wouldn't be so unlucky to run into him.

"Now it's my turn to attack!" Genya began forming hand signs and called out, "Earth Style: Yellow Spring Swamp!"

This swamp was much larger than when he used it against Deidara before, nearly swallowing the clay flying dragon.

"Again with this move, but I'm ready!" Deidara saw Genya attempting to trap him with the Yellow Spring Swamp again and sneered. He patted the clay dragon's head.

In an instant,

The clay dragon swung its massive wings, creating a hurricane.

At the same time, the clay flying dragon broke free from the swamp and soared into the air. "Ha ha, Genya, you let me take control of the skies, so now the victory is completely in my hands. I can attack you, but you can't attack me!"

Deidara laughed, and he planned to make Genya admit defeat, acknowledge his art, and beg him to join him.

And then, Deidara would reluctantly follow Genya.

That's right. This fight was for him to regain some of his lost pride. As for following Genya's departure, he'd already lost twice, so he had to keep his promise.

"Birds!"

As he spoke, Deidara looked down at Genya, waving his hand.

Countless clay birds, the size of sparrows, shot toward Genya, launching themselves like a suicide attack. "Haha, Genya, this is my concentrated assault. If you can't handle it, you'll have to admit defeat, or you might get hurt!"

While launching the attack, Deidara also threw in a warning.

"Shinra Tensei!" Genya, seeing the swarm of birds rushing toward him, didn't dare to be careless. In an instant, he activated Shinra Tensei to shield himself.

In a flash,

The clay birds collided with Shinra Tensei, exploding with loud bangs around Genya.

After seven or eight explosions, the once-smiling Deidara became serious. Genya hadn't made a sound, nor had he admitted defeat?

Deidara felt a twinge of concern, realizing he might have gone too far. He waved his hand, making the remaining birds veer away from Genya's position.

"Genya... are you okay? You're not making any noise!"

Deidara was a little worried that his clay birds might have killed Genya.

****

Support me on my patreon and read upto 15 early Chapters.

https://www.patreon.com/AniScout