062 Naruto Mobile Game

[From now on, let the world feel pain!]

[Art is an explosion!!]

Two Ultimate Scene images appeared on the light screen, one on the left and one on the right, telling the result of these two matches.

Although the skills of these four ninja were not shown directly, the audience still had a general understanding.

If Pain and Konan's side felt like a friendly spar with blows exchanged back and forth, then Deidara and Orochimaru were completely the opposite.

"Mm! Great! Amazing! Hahahahahaha!"

Deidara put down his phone and couldn't help bursting into loud laughter.

Pain and Konan didn't know what happened, giving him puzzled looks.

Sitting beside him, Kuroda also couldn't help holding back a laugh.

Total suppression! Truly total suppression! Orochimaru didn't even have a moment to breathe.

A simple PK showed the strength gap between different ninja in a brutally straightforward way.

S-rank Orochimaru really was weak. In the early versions he was insignificant, even after several buffs.

Speaking of which, the earliest High-Class Recruitment S-rank ninja were clearly worse than the High-Class Recruitment A-rank.

Orochimaru needed no explanation—his skills only countered taijutsu ninja, such as Guy.

Jiraiya was later reworked, Deva Path was simple and violent in a good way.

Then look at the A-rank from the same High-Class Recruitment batch.

Akatsuki Itachi's basic attacks are unstable? Then don't use basic attacks!

Deidara's skills are average? He can fly!

Konan has invulnerability frames? Invincible seconds!

Most likely because of Deidara and Konan, later ninja design had to consider anti-air.

Konan at first might have been meant to restrain Deidara, but she couldn't beat Deidara at all. After Deidara was nerfed, she naturally became the meta.

The most ridiculous part—

Akatsuki Itachi was nerfed within a month of release, and Deidara was nerfed a month after his release.

The reason for nerfing Deidara was hilarious: supposedly to prevent players from feeling "I can't tell where I am."

So after lowering his flying height, players could at least see Deidara's feet.

Itachi was nerfed, Deidara was nerfed, yet Konan—released in November 2016—was only adjusted in March 2019.

And what was the 2019 duel environment like?

She wasn't nerfed when she was strongest. Instead, she got heavily nerfed right when she was about to fall out of the meta.

No one knows what they were thinking...

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Behind Kuroda and the others, a large screen lit up, displaying [Orochimaru], [Deidara], [Pain: Deva Path], [Konan] one by one.

The four ninja stood in a row in S A S A order, each striking a pose.

They looked handsome and imposing.

Those ninja who had been in High-Class Recruitment earlier felt envy—truly, the later the release, the grander the treatment.

"Yo, Orochimaru, why couldn't you touch me even once just now? How about letting me take your High-Class Recruitment S spot?"

Deidara kept rubbing salt in Orochimaru's wounds.

Orochimaru's face stayed expressionless, but the fist hidden inside his sleeve was clenched so tight blood nearly seeped out.

Short-range fighting long-range was already hard, but the opponent could also fly—he couldn't even make contact.

Utter humiliation!

"Thank you all for the demonstration. After experiencing these four upcoming High-Class Recruitment ninja, what do you think?"

Kuroda continued with the normal segment.

"Excellent!"

Kuroda barely finished before Deidara impatiently opened his mouth.

"Although this ninja doesn't fully reflect my power, it captures some of my essence! Mm!"

"High-altitude suppression! Displaying art! Let the opponent vanish within that fleeting brilliance!"

"Yes! I… am art!"

Deidara spread his arms wide, raised his head slightly, opened his mouth, shouting with an insanely wild grin.

Pain and Konan exchanged a look, speechless.

But many spectators now understood Deidara—after all, they had watched the entire PK.

Just imagine—who wouldn't want to be released as a High-Class Recruitment ninja, strong, stylish, and well-made?

"That guy Deidara really stole the spotlight today. Next time it'll be my turn."

In Akatsuki, Hidan felt a bit jealous, but also highly anticipated his own release day.

At least after today, everyone in Akatsuki understood one thing.

Akatsuki members: baseline A-rank!

"Don't be happy so early, Hidan. A-rank and High-Class Recruitment aren't the same thing."

Kakuzu said blandly.

"Of course I'm High-Class Recruitment! You think I'm weaker than Deidara? Weaker than Konan and Itachi? Don't joke with me!"

Hidan protested unhappily.

"Hehehe~ That's not guaranteed. Akatsuki all being High-Class Recruitment A…"

Kisame chuckled.

"What about High-Class Recruitment S then?"

Zetsu asked.

"A-rank is absolutely fine! S-rank… also something to look forward to!"

Hidan said confidently.

"Shut up, Hidan."

Kakuzu was speechless. Who gave this guy confidence? Orochimaru?

"What do you think, Itachi?"

Sasori glanced at him.

Itachi said nothing, standing silently...

Actually, not only Akatsuki—many across the ninja world saw the strength of [Deidara].

"That Orochimaru guy turned pale with anger! Hahahaha! So embarrassing!"

Jiraiya never missed a chance to mock Orochimaru, but Tsunade shut him down with one sentence.

"In the current duel arena, you also can't beat that Uchiha Itachi, right? Jiraiya."

Uh...

Jiraiya scratched his head, forcing himself to recover dignity.

"But… I was the first High-Class Recruitment S! I'm definitely stronger than that Orochimaru guy!"

High-Class Recruitment A suppressing High-Class Recruitment S—people had seen this before, so they didn't react too strongly.

Obviously—

They still didn't realize the severity of the situation!

Back to the light screen, the self-evaluation segment continued.

"Air-to-ground capability, decent damage and mobility, skills can handle both X-axis and Y-axis, and it balances initiating and counterattacks."

"A long-duration flying state can dodge skills without anti-air."

"Overall, a fairly versatile ninja."

Konan said seriously.

Everyone nodded, feeling she was correct.

With no prior information, forming these conclusions from a single practical test was already impressive.

As for the audience, they could only wait until release to try for themselves.

Pain's turn came. He didn't give his impressions first—he asked Kuroda a question.

"Are the hands of [Pain: Deva Path] a bit short?"

Short hands?

Kuroda smiled. More than a bit—the hands were very short.

If you faced Akatsuki Itachi, Deidara, or Konan in the duel arena, you wouldn't even be able to get close.

But he of course couldn't say that—otherwise people might refuse to pull for him.

"Deva Path's advantage lies in long grab duration and burst damage in a short time. He's also a good choice for dungeons."

"I see."

Pain nodded and fell silent again.

But Kuroda immediately realized something was wrong—this guy… wasn't this turning into himself introducing the ninja?

With a helpless glance at Pain, Kuroda turned to the other side—toward Orochimaru, who had remained silent all this time.

"Orochimaru-san, this is our second meeting, yes? How do you feel about the information conference?"

Kuroda knew Orochimaru was in a bad mood, so he gave him respect by skipping the self-evaluation segment.

This was a proper chance to give suggestions.

Orochimaru's expression softened. After only a brief moment of thought, he began speaking.