Su Xiao glanced sideways at Bai Jue, expressionless, just staring at Bai Jue.

"The enemy is coming after us."

Bai Jue put away the playful smile on his face, feeling a bit aggrieved; he was here to inform Su Xiao.

"Wipe that gloating expression off your face. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t be hunted down till now."

Su Xiao calmly looked at Bai Jue, he had some thoughts of killing this pig teammate Bai Jue.

"What does it have to do with me?"

Bai Jue was clearly displeased.

"What does it have to do with you?"

Su Xiao stood up.

"It’s not Huang Tu inside the underground prison but the Third Tsuchikage Onogi."

"..."

Bai Jue chuckled.

"So what, even if it were Huang Tu, you couldn’t settle it in a short time either."

"Indeed, even if it were Huang Tu in the underground prison, I couldn’t solve him in a short time, but I wouldn’t have to withstand Dust Release head-on either."

"Cough, a minor mistake, no need to mind it so much."

Bai Jue stopped looking at Su Xiao. He actually knew well that providing such a serious misinformation could mean Su Xiao cutting his clone, and Obito could only turn a blind eye.

"This is actually a small matter; there’s always risk in battles."

Su Xiao’s words surprised Bai Jue a bit; he thought Su Xiao would question him on this issue. Bai Jue didn’t really understand Su Xiao; such mistakes don’t bother Su Xiao much.

"In the plan, you are responsible for holding off Iwagakure Village for 3 minutes; that’s not a long time, is it."

"No... not long indeed."

This time Bai Jue knew what Su Xiao was going to say.

"From the moment Madara and I attacked Shuyan Village until we rescued Deidara, it took a total of 6 minutes and 47 seconds, including the time I rushed up the stone wall from inside Shuyan Village—that took about 7 minutes.

Within 7 minutes, the main force of Iwagakure Village supported Shuyan Village. Tell me, how long did you hold off Iwagakure, or, say, how you placed your clone in Iwagakure Office like you did during the Five Shadow Summit."

Su Xiao exhaled a puff of blue smoke from his mouth. The reason why he was being relentlessly pursued by the Iwagakure main force was that Bai Jue probably couldn’t even hold on for 30 seconds.

This time Bai Jue was speechless. The fact was, his clone did appear in the Iwagakure Office. Regarding this, Su Xiao had specifically told him before the operation to act mysteriously at the start, preferably by creating some chaos like setting a fire.

But Bai Jue’s mind wasn’t mature. He was a product obtained by Madara through Hashirama Cells. Apart from strong reconnaissance ability and numerical advantage, his combat intelligence was not impressive.

It’s imaginable that Bai Jue directly appearing in the Iwagakure Office was akin to giving Iwagakure a signal that Su Xiao and the others were indeed coming to rescue people, so Huang Tu immediately sent people to support Shuyan Village, which led to Su Xiao almost being surrounded from both ends.

"So, don’t be gloating in front of me; do you take me for Uchiha Sasuke?"

Su Xiao tossed away the cigarette in his hand; at this moment Bai Jue indeed stopped grinning foolishly.

"The enemy will catch up at most in ten minutes, with the Third Tsuchikage Onogi at the helm."

Leaving these words, the surrounding Vinegar Plant began to close around Bai Jue, gradually sinking underground. He also realized how big a mistake he made in the rescue plan.

"Tell Madara, there is a ninja good at long-distance tracking in Iwagakure; it’s best to find a chance to eliminate them."

The sinking Bai Jue paused and then thought of something. Su Xiao’s meaning was clear: as long as he didn’t put on that gloating face in front of Su Xiao again, his previous negligence would be let go.

"Hmm, the person you’re looking for appeared near the Land of Water but quickly disappeared again."

Bai Jue sank into the ground, and Su Xiao nodded. Bai Jue understood what he meant.

Obito still didn’t know about Bai Jue turning into a pig teammate because Obito was inside Shuyan Village at that time and didn’t see Su Xiao almost surrounded from both ends. As long as Su Xiao didn’t say anything, Obito was unlikely to find out.

Bai Jue’s meaning was clear: as long as Su Xiao didn’t bring up his sudden transformation into a pig teammate, he would do his best to help Su Xiao search for that foreigner’s whereabouts.

Pursuing Bai Jue’s mistake wouldn’t benefit Su Xiao much. Moreover, before the operation to rescue Deidara, Su Xiao clearly knew this guy Bai Jue was unreliable. Even the cunning old fox Obito was dozens of times more reliable than him.

Overall evaluation of Bai Jue is that this guy is quite stupid; his body’s way of dying reveals that. He was sneaked up on by Sasuke and burned to death with Amaterasu.

In fact, the main body of Bai Jue isn’t just one; there are two. The Bai Jue surfacing now can be called Stupid Bai Jue. This Bai Jue’s intelligence isn’t great.

As for the second main body of Bai Jue, this needs to start with Ah Fei. Speaking of Ah Fei, Su Xiao immediately associates him with being a disguise by Obito.

However, after leaving the Naruto World for the first time, he learned from the situation at the time, and through researching data, it became clear that the Akatsuki Organization member Ah Fei at that time didn’t entirely count as Obito.

Or rather, Ah Fei was impersonated by Obito, but at that time, Obito was wrapped in a layer of Bai Jue’s shell; those goofy remarks were all made by the Bai Jue shell.

This Bai Jue shell is just another body of Bai Jue, which can be called Silly Bai Jue.

Dumb Bai Jue and Silly Bai Jue are both Bai Jue, their structures are 100% similar, but they are two different personalities.

Dumb Bai Jue likes to laugh foolishly, often doing silly things without realizing it. You could say he still has a childlike heart, while Silly Bai Jue is different. Although that guy is silly, his intelligence is much higher than Dumb Bai Jue.

Su Xiao can tell from the tone of the two that, compared to Silly Bai Jue, Dumb Bai Jue is obviously easier to bribe; simple confidentiality persuaded the latter.

Su Xiao and his group continued on their way quickly; he didn’t believe Iwagakure would dare chase him into the Country of Fire. Moreover, as soon as Deidara wakes up, their side would have flying ability.

The escape continued, and Onogi, pursuing from behind, had a grim expression. He was hovering in mid-air, flying, while below him were several Jonin running at high speed.

Onogi had already set everything up, from Shuyan Village’s defense and Iwagakure’s gathering speed, you could tell this.

Unfortunately, Onogi calculated that Su Xiao would invade the underground prison, figured that Obito would come, even prepared a troop to face Kisame Hoshigaki. But he never imagined that someone would rescue Deidara right under his nose, completely disrupting his plans.

Even now, Onogi couldn’t figure out how Deidara was rescued. Moreover, the other party left the words "Bubu Wang was here," a direct provocation.

Thinking of this, while flying in mid-air, Onogi’s blood pressure rose. He was furious; it was understandable to be robbed, but not knowing how it happened was unacceptable.

"Quick, we must not let them escape into the Country of Fire."

Onogi knew that if Su Xiao and the others really escaped into the Country of Fire, he couldn’t continue to pursue them. Bringing so many Iwagakure Ninja into the Country of Fire would almost mean declaring war against Konoha Village.

...

Two days later, in a forest.

Su Xiao stood shirtless by a small creek, looking slightly tired, while Deidara lay in the creek, with bubbles rising.

"Still not awake? Forget it, we have reached the border of the Country of Fire."

Su Xiao pulled Deidara out of the creek. During these two days, he tried various ways to wake Deidara, but all failed.

"Those Iwagakure guys are like dogs, chasing so closely."

Su Xiao had been chased before, but being chased continuously for two days and nights was a first.

Su Xiao walked to Shinfuru, who was sleeping soundly, leaning against a tree trunk, with drool coming out.

"Time to go, keep moving."

The groggy Shinfuru was woken by Su Xiao, she looked dazedly at him for a moment, then lifted her top, revealing her shoulder, thinking Su Xiao needed to restore stamina.

"We’ve reached the border of the Country of Fire, it’s unlikely for Iwagakure to pursue us further."

Upon hearing this, Shinfuru became more alert. She slowly pulled her clothes back; the past two days made her indifferent to exposing herself to Su Xiao. She had gotten used to it.

"It’s finally over; I thought I would die."

Her face showed utter despair, and equally despairing was Bubu Wang, who ran for two days and nights and was now utterly exhausted.

"Cough cough cough..."

A dry cough was heard, and Su Xiao turned around to see Deidara waking up on the ground.

Deidara looked around baffled; the environment made him more confused. Wasn’t he in the underground prison? How did he wake up here?

Soon, Deidara saw Su Xiao, and couldn’t believe it. After blinking his eyes, he confirmed he wasn’t dreaming.

"Illusion Technique?"

Deidara was cautious enough, though he had insurance in his mind, it was not foolproof.

He closed his eyes and sensed the Chakra fluctuation within, quickly confirming he wasn’t under Illusion Technique.

"It seems you saved me."

Deidara grinned wide, but suddenly felt sharp pain on his face, contorting his expression. He touched his face; the stinging sensation made him squint.

"Is my face swollen?"

Usually, Deidara would be a handsome blond with a ponytail, with bangs covering his left cheek, but now, there was dried grass in his hair, and his face had swollen into a pig’s head from taking several slaps from Su Xiao.

"No, it’s not."

Su Xiao’s voice was calm. Shinfuru turned her head away with a stiff expression, thinking to herself that she couldn’t laugh, as this bomb madman might kill her if she did.

"Hahaha."

A Mu laughed loudly, thunderously, and Bubu Wang even took out a camera and began taking pictures of Deidara with a click, click.

Deidara’s mouth started to twitch violently...