Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

Chapter 299 The Mischievous Kids of Sunagakure

"How is it?"

In the 55th year of the Naruto era, inside the Kazekage's office.

Yubi stood by the window, gazing at the view of the village.

Standing behind him was Jue, whom he had rarely seen recently.

"We have no leads yet—Orochimaru is very cautious. After attacking Sasori, he seemed to have anticipated your reaction and has been keeping a close watch on his movements," Black Zetsu said.

"What about his research facilities?"

Yubi was not at all surprised by this answer.

"We did find a few places, but they've all been abandoned."

"Absolutely," Jue said.

"What about the other side of the Land of Fields?"

"Orochimaru did have communication with the daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields—but it doesn't seem to have happened within the Land of Rice Fields, and the way they contacted each other must have been rather unusual, as he himself did not appear."

Upon hearing this, Yubi's eyes immediately lit up.

If the White Zetsu, who are scattered throughout the ninja world, cannot find any trace of Orochimaru, then Yubi thinks it's normal.

After all, they were not ordinary people, and the other party was already on guard.

However, White Zetsu has not yet been officially revealed in the ninja world, and based on the characteristics of White Zetsu's abilities, it is very difficult to detect them easily.

In this way, even if Orochimaru was very cautious, he could not have imagined that he could foresee the establishment of Otogakure—in other words, he saw the future timeline.

On this point, Orochimaru could not possibly be on guard—he needed to meet with the daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields in person if he wanted to create the Hidden Sound Village.

How come White Zetsu didn't notice?

Yubi's heart skipped a beat.

"You can go now."

He turned his back to Jue and said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

He replied to the question and disappeared underground.

"It seems—these two have joined forces."

A cold glint flashed in Yubi's eyes.

Black Zetsu was unaware of his own prophetic abilities—he only believed he understood the past of the ninja world. Therefore, if any discrepancy occurred in the future timeline, it could only mean one thing: there was a traitor within the organization.

There is no one else besides Black Zetsu.

This explains why Orochimaru was able to successfully defect from Konoha.

Yubi had previously written to Minato Namikaze to subtly inquire about the details of the matter.

The Konoha leadership was aware of Orochimaru's human experimentation—not because Hiruzen Sarutobi covered it up, but because Orochimaru had already escaped before Minato and Sarutobi could even confront him after receiving the news.

It seems they received prior notice.

To be able to escape perfectly and avoid the opportune moment—unless one uses White Zetsu to monitor the actions of Konoha's high-ranking officials beforehand, it would be impossible.

He had clearly instructed Black Zetsu to keep White Zetsu inactive for the time being to avoid being exposed.

Jiraiya and Minato are both currently in Konoha, and their sensory abilities are extraordinary—even if White Zetsu is careful, they might still be "detected".

In fact, with Black Zetsu doing this, even Yubi wasn't sure if Konoha had discovered White Zetsu.

White Zetsu is Sunagakure's "secret weapon" for the next Shinobi World War.

"That traitor—heh."

Yubi sneered inwardly.

He had never trusted Black Zetsu, and he knew the guy's character.

"Without Akatsuki, they actually chose to team up with Orochimaru—well, let's see what tricks they can pull."

Yubi thought of something, a mischievous smile flashed through his mind.

"Kazekage-sama."

At that moment, Yura, who was waiting outside the door, knocked on the door.

"Enter."

After the door was pushed open, Yura stepped aside to let a woman with a pregnant belly walk in.

At this time, Yecang was already at home resting during her pregnancy, dressed entirely as a housewife.

She served as Yubi's bodyguard for less than a year before she became pregnant after their marriage and temporarily resigned from her position.

She spends her days at home researching cooking techniques and preparing three meals a day for Yubi.

"I told you to stay home and not wander around, why did you come?"

Yubi smiled slightly.

"Anyway, I'm just killing time—I'm not that delicate."

Yecang carried a customer forward and brought out the food inside. "This is a new dish that I learned from Karura. Please try it."

"it is good."

It's more fun than you think.

For him, married life didn't change much.

As the Kazekage, he finds it difficult to take care of his family, which Yekura naturally understands.

The only change is that someone is now taking care of his daily life, and the house isn't as messy anymore.

"It's good, the taste is very good."

Yubi enjoyed it, and after taking a bite, he praised it.

Yura, who was standing nearby, tactfully closed the door.

"Galuro is so busy right now, yet he still has time to teach you how to cook."

Yubi exclaimed in surprise.

"It won't take long."

Ye Cang laughed.

Currently, the oldest group of children in Sunagakure are Temari, with the oldest being eight years old.

The youngest, Gaara, is four years old.

Jugo, Kimimaro, Haku, and Kankuro are all the same age and are already six years old.

Deidara is seven years old.

Time flies, it goes by so fast.

Seeing these children, Yubi felt a sense of unreality.

As the first batch of newborns in the village began to grow up, the village's educational institutions began to face immense teaching pressure, and Karura, as the person in charge, was naturally extremely busy every day.

Because of peacetime, the village doesn't have many tasks assigned to it, so many Sand Village residents have been assigned to the Ninja Academy to teach students.

These characters in the story were all "abducted" by Yubi from other villages and countries—now that they have grown up, their personalities and appearances will naturally change from the original work. After all, the environment has a great influence on a person.

Even so, we can still see some familiar shadows in them.

Take Deidara, for example—now that he's in the Ninja Academy, he doesn't listen to lectures or train properly; he's always busy figuring out his clay sculpture art.

I heard that if any classmate says that the statue he made is "not good-looking," he will be retaliated against.

After school, he would often use his clay to play pranks on the villagers.

Although it didn't develop into a terrifying incident like the one in Iwagakure in the original work, it was still a headache.

This was largely thanks to Gallo's influence on Deidara from childhood, which somewhat tempered him; otherwise—

Yubi might actually follow Onoki's example and "isolate" this guy directly.

For a brat like Deidara, education is useless.

Right now, the only person in the entire Sunagakure village who can keep him in check is Karura.

Even he, the Wind Shadow, was not taken seriously by this brat.

The village now possesses considerable resources in Earth Release ninjutsu and has cultivated many ninjas skilled in Earth Release, all of whom can offer guidance to Deidara.

However, these people are definitely still some distance from Iwagakure in terms of skill level.

Fortunately, during the time the Iwagakure study group stayed in the village, Yubi personally asked "Yellow Earth" to give Deidara some pointers, allowing Deidara to follow him around and learn for a while, laying a good foundation in Earth Release.

Now, the first batches of students from the major ninja villages who went abroad to study have all graduated and left Sunagakure.

This includes Tsunade and others from Konoha.

However, as with the first group, a second group followed. These people, who had learned about the medical knowledge and skills of Sunagakure, had already felt the improvement in their medical standards, and would likely continue to send more people to learn. As long as diplomatic relations between the two sides did not deteriorate, the cooperation would continue.

Once it's confirmed that this path of learning is sound, it's estimated that characters like Huang Tu and Tsunade won't need to accompany the team to Sunagakure for safety reasons.

Sunagakure earns money, while these other ninja villages earn medical talent.

Besides Deidara, Kimimaro and Jugo also underwent some personality changes.

Yubi has been researching Jugo's Sage Mode. He has also gone berserk several times since he was a child, but it has not had a major impact. The underlying nature of this little guy's personality is actually very kind. He likes small animals and is most influenced by Karura.

Kimimaro, despite his young age, is very sensible and calm, possessing a maturity far beyond his years—no longer as cold as in the original work, but with more gentleness and a smile on his face.

Both of them held Yubi in high esteem.

But among the new generation of Sunagakure, he is the one who least respects the Kazekage.

The one who fits the bill is none other than Temari, the little princess of Sunagakure.

This little girl, from childhood to adulthood—has harbored deep hostility towards him.

Once, Yubi bumped into Temari and Kankuro on the street. He even greeted them with a smile. Kankuro was very affectionate towards him and ran over to hug Yubi.

As for Temari, she didn't even respond; she simply ignored him and walked away.

It could be said that as this group of mischievous kids from Sunagakure began to grow up, Yubi, as the Kazekage, felt "pressure" for the first time.

Because—he's really not good at disciplining or communicating with these kids.