In the fifth year of the Northern Lands, two heavy hitters joined the fold.
One was Hidan, and the other was Deidara.
Deidara ultimately failed to escape the clutches of Kisame and Hozuki Mangetsu. However, being an artist meant he was untamed and deeply in love with freedom; like Hidan, he had been beaten to within an inch of his life and dragged back. When Hidan saw Deidara reduced to half a breath of life, he felt a twisted sense of schadenfreude, and his lingering grievance instantly vanished. At the same time, Hidan truly felt the might of the Northern Lands: while there weren't many elite jonin, every single one pulled out at random was second to none.
Chapter 209