I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 555 The Plan for the New Kazekage of Sunagakure!

"That's good--"

Ye Cang's face lit up with joy at first, but then he tried to calm himself down.

"That's nothing special!"

"Could you please stop laughing when you say that?"

Nara Rinka glanced at Yekura's lips, which she couldn't suppress no matter how hard she tried, and ruthlessly retorted.

Even though she's smiling so much her lips are practically upturned, she's still being stubborn!

"Heh! That's just how it is!"

Ye Cang coughed suddenly, forcing a serious expression on his face.

"The Wind Shadow is nothing special!"

"No matter how many times we fight, no matter where we fight, I'm no match for you!"

As she spoke, Yecang's initially joyful mood turned into a stagnant pool of water, completely calming down.

She suddenly realized that what she had said was not wrong at all.

The Wind Shadow is really nothing special!

Even ignoring the fact that Nara Ranka repeatedly and in various ways humiliated her.

Let's just talk about the Third Kazekage, who is known as the "strongest in history"!

That day, Yekura saw the Third Kazekage's puppet in Nara Rinkei's private collection room.

At that moment, even the Third Kazekage probably didn't know how devastated Yekura's mindset was!

The Third Shinobi World War was sparked by the disappearance of the Third Kazekage.

In other words, before the Third Shinobi World War, Sunagakure was under the rule of the Third Kazekage!

It's almost fair to say that Yekura grew up listening to the legends of the Third Kazekage!

There was a time when Yekura also firmly believed that the Third Kazekage was the "strongest of all time"!

Many Sand Village ninjas don't even consider the Third Kazekage to be the "strongest of all time," but rather the "strongest Kage among the Five Great Ninja Villages!"

What about the Third Hokage of Konoha, the Third Raikage of Kumogakure, and the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure...?

Compared to the Third Kazekage, who is considered the "strongest of all time," he is nothing more than a nobody.

then.

Yekura then saw the Third Kazekage's human puppet.

They also learned from Nara Rankei that the Third Kazekage did not die at the hands of some mysterious figure, but was assassinated by Sasori of the Red Sand.

Sasori of the Red Sand!

Yekura is no stranger to him either.

Chiyo's grandson, a prodigy who has risen to fame in Sunagakure.

This junior not only assassinated the Third Kazekage, but also turned him into a human puppet.

Upon learning the truth, Yekura's dreams and aspirations for the position of "Kazekage" were, if not completely shattered, at least shattered.

The Kazekage was ultimately no match for the Hokage...

Just like how Sunagakure will never be a match for Konoha...

Perhaps it's because parting is imminent.

In front of Nara Rinka, Yekura expressed her feelings quite freely, almost belittling her own village and her own Kazekage to the dust of the desert.

"Ah, right, right, right..."

Nara Rinka nodded repeatedly and clapped in praise.

"Sunagakure is indeed quite weak! The Kazekage is truly worthy of being called the 'Shame of the Five Kage'!"

As everyone knows, Kazekage has been getting solo killed all the time!

Nara Rinka clearly agreed with Yokura's words, but this only provoked Yokura's displeasure.

"You're not allowed to talk about my village like that!"

Perhaps, one's hometown is such a place where no matter how much one's own family members belittle it, they won't allow others to say a bad word about it.

"Then let's not talk about your village."

Nara has refocused its search on the target.

"Tell me in detail about the current fourth Kazekage of your village—Rasa."

Suddenly, Yekura calmed down again.

She knew very well why Nara Rinka had suddenly come to her door today.

The "duel" that the other party suddenly mentioned was just to test her current level of strength.

All of this was simply to send her back to Sunagakure.

Nara Rinka wants to return to Sunagakure, ascend to the position of Kazekage, and then use the resources of Sunagakure to help Konoha grow stronger.

Yekura was fully aware of Nara Rinka's "Plan for the New Kazekage of Sunagakure".

But she had no choice.

As long as Yekura still harbors even a sliver of a desire for freedom, she cannot possibly refuse Nara Rinka's proposed plan.

Leaving aside things like "rescuing Ebizo", "gaining the trust of Sunagakure", "clearing his name from suspicion", "assassinating Rasa", "becoming the Kazekage", "becoming a traitor to the Land of Wind (betraying the interests of the Land of Wind, joining the Hokage of Konoha, and becoming his lackey)", etc.

The mere thought of "gaining freedom and returning to Sunagakure" was enough to make Yekura willing to take action!

not to mention.

The current Yekura possesses a power that is vastly different from what she had before.

Wealth and honor not returned to one's hometown are like wearing embroidered robes at night—who will know of it?

Yekura herself is extremely willing to return to Sunagakure.

But since he wants to return to Sunagakure.

Then we can't avoid mentioning one person—Luo Sha.

The relationship between Yekura and Rasa was not good.

Before being captured by Nara Rangsuke, the relationship between Yokura and Rasa could be described as that of "rivals".

Both of them were among the elite Jonin of Sunagakure.

Both of them are rare bloodline limit ninjas in Sunagakure.

In the past, Yekura and Rasa were rivals in every way, both hoping to become the fourth Kazekage of the village.

then……

Yekura was captured by Nara Rangsuke in the early stages of the war and forcibly kept in Kikyo Castle for several years.

Rasa transformed himself from an elite Jonin to a war hero, and now he is the Fourth Kazekage.

Once Yecang returns to the village, it's almost certain that she will face suppression from Luosha!

Not to mention, Nara Rinka also had certain orders and arrangements placed upon her...

"There's no need to rush into assassinating Rasa yet."

Nara Rinka gave her some instructions.

"I will arrange a special operations team to escort Ebizo back to the village. At that time, you can take action halfway and kidnap Ebizo directly!"

"With the greater cause of rescuing Ebizo, you should be able to clear your name and gain the trust of the other ninjas in Sunagakure after you return to the village."

Ye Cang nodded silently.

This was originally part of her plan with Nara Rinka.

The so-called "Plan for a New Kazekage in Sunagakure" is actually facing a huge problem—

Yekura "disappeared" during World War III!

Throughout the entire Third Shinobi World War, Pakura was nowhere to be seen.

Now that the war is over and the village is at peace, she inexplicably reappeared.

Any normal person would suspect Yekura!

Moreover, ninjas are not exactly normal people...

Cold-blooded and ruthless are the typical characteristics of most ninjas.

"Saving Ebizo" was just the first step in Yokura's plan to return to the village.

Her real plan was to demonstrate her identity and strength as a "dual bloodline limit ninja" in front of the many ninjas of Sunagakure!

The Sand Village might be willing to casually discard a Scorching Release ninja.

However, we will never easily give up on a ninja whose strength is comparable to that of a "Kage"!

Strength is the only true foundation for a ninja!

No matter which village it is, none of them have such a profound heritage and wealth.

The fact that Konoha could produce five or six S-rank rogue ninja like Madara Uchiha, Orochimaru, Obito Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi, and Sasuke Uchiha is ultimately a very rare exception.

"I will bring over a scroll of information about Sunagakure later. It contains general intelligence about Sunagakure from the Third Shinobi World War to the present, which will be enough for you to quickly grasp the internal situation of Sunagakure."

Nara Rinka continued.

"You can put everything else aside for now."

"The most critical issue for Sunagakure right now is the replacement of Jinchuriki!"

"The previous Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, Bunfuku, may already be dead!"

Gaara's birth date is January 19th, Konoha Year 51 (he was a premature baby).

From this perspective, Bunfuku's death time was most likely the transition between Konoha's 50th and 51st years.

One of the main reasons Rasa had offspring was to train a new One-Tailed Jinchuriki.

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Second update.

Goodnight everybody.

(End of this chapter)