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

Chapter 556 The "Hero" Returns to the Village!

Nara Rangsuke did not receive any information from Konoha officials that "the One-Tailed Jinchuriki Bunfuku is about to die or has already died."

To put it simply, the spies Konoha secretly sent to Sunagakure failed to uncover this crucial intelligence.

After all, information about Jinchuriki is of paramount importance in any ninja village.

In particular, the safety of the human jinchūriki is a matter of life and death for a village's "strategic nuclear deterrence"!

Years ago, the Hidden Cloud Village was able to identify Kushina Uzumaki's special identity in advance and even went so far as to abduct her Jinchuriki.

But what if we sent out ninjas to investigate the location of Mito Uzumaki's secluded dwelling, who was nearing the end of her life?

It's impossible!

When a Jinchuriki is on the verge of death, any ninja village ruler with a brain would keep all relevant information about him hidden.

One-Tail is a sealed beast from the Land of Wind "since ancient times".

As early as the reign of the Second Kazekage of Sunagakure, there were already plans to weaponize the One-Tailed Jinchuriki.

However, to date, Bunpuku, the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, has no record of any battlefield combat, and his information has been tightly protected by the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure.

According to Nara Rinka, the old monk Bunpuku, who is suspected to be from the Ninja Temple in the Land of Wind, has been secretly imprisoned in a special prison in Sunagakure and has never been given the opportunity to go out.

As time passed, Bunpuku's name was forgotten by the guards of Sunagakure, who instead referred to the One-Tailed Jinchuriki as "Shukaku."

That's bizarre.

The reason why Nara Rinka said to Yōkura, "The One-Tailed Jinchūriki may already be dead."

This is because it is intelligence he deduced based on various future information.

It is now late autumn in Konoha, the 50th year of the Republic.

Around mid-January next year, it will be around the time that Gaara, the little panda from Sunagakure, is born. (Gaara is premature.)

Since the Third Kazekage's unexpected disappearance, Sunagakure has been involved in the Third Shinobi World War.

Rasa, the "top beauty" of Sunagakure, has been actively trying to have children.

Temari, born in Konoha in 48; Kankuro, born in Konoha in 49; Gaara, born in Konoha in 51… (Yes, Temari is three years older than Shikamaru, the woman is three years older).

During times of war, the idea of ​​procreation among ninjas—and indeed not only ninjas—is often stifled by harsh realities.

This is one of the reasons why baby booms often occur after wars.

As we all know, war is the enemy of human population.

After the war, humanity had more free time, the birth rate continued to rise, and a baby boom ensued.

The most famous example is the so-called "Konoha Twelve".

Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno... and many other ninjas were all born in Konoha in the year 51!

Both in quantity and quality, they are exceptional.

So here's the question.

As the "top star" of Sunagakure, and arguably the "number one ninja" of Sunagakure before and after the war, why did Rasa devote so much energy to procreation?

One Temari isn't enough, so let's add Kankuro, and then Gaara!

The most practical reason is that Sunagakure needs to cultivate new Jinchūriki to replace the aging Bunpuku!

To become the village's leader, Rasa's strength is quite impressive; the intensity and quantity of his physical and mental energy far exceed those of ordinary people.

In this situation, the quality of Rasa's descendants far surpasses that of ordinary ninjas.

Gaara is a new Jinchūriki specially conceived by Rasa to bear the responsibility of sealing the One-Tailed Beast!

In addition, Gaara later did indeed become a panda (crossed out) – the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast.

It is reasonable for the Nara Rangsei Association to conclude that "Bunpuku may already be dead."

(Of course, Nara Rinka couldn't understand why Rasa would later send someone to assassinate Gaara, and the person sent was none other than his own brother-in-law, and the brother-in-law even failed in the assassination, creating a Jinchuriki who was hostile to the village.)

(However, Rasa has done far too many brainless things, such as selling Pakura, who was hailed as a hero of Sunagakure, to Kirigakure—why Kirigakure?—which is one of them. It's hard to understand Rasa's bizarre thought process.)

Yekura did not question the intelligence information provided by Nara Rinkei.

Or rather, she readily accepted the information provided by Nara Rinkei, the Fourth Hokage.

In any case, the Hokage's sources of information are definitely more extensive and accurate than those of a prisoner like her!

"I'm specifically mentioning the One-Tailed Jinchuriki here, not for any other reason than to serve as a warning."

Nara Rinka paused for a moment, then spoke clearly and logically.

"After you return to the village, you need to gain the trust of the other ninjas in Sunagakure as quickly as possible."

"Showing that you are now almost as strong as the Kazekage is the best way to gain his trust."

"And the most indispensable thing to show your superior strength is a strong enough opponent!"

"Rakusa is now the fourth Kazekage, and he is very unlikely to personally confront you or cause you trouble, even though you two have had quite a few disagreements before."

"Defeating some ordinary Sand Village Jonin won't mean much to you."

"An out-of-control One-Tailed Beast, a rampaging One-Tailed Beast, is the perfect opponent for you!"

Ye Cang nodded earnestly in response.

"I see!"

She's not stupid; she can naturally understand what Nara Kuki means.

The other party said so much just so that she could live a good life in Sunagakure in the future, right?

We can't just suppress the village with violence while facing the doubts of a group of people, can we?

Using Ebizo and the One-Tailed Beast as "tools" to gain the trust of Sunagakure's comrades is undoubtedly an excellent choice.

but.

Yekura herself wasn't very confident about "fighting the One-Tailed Beast".

Although her current strength has been personally acknowledged by Nara Rinkei.

However, Pakura dared not underestimate the immense power of the Tailed Beasts.

Yekura has never fought against the One-Tailed Beast.

However, with the help of Nara Rinka, Yekura had sparred with the Five-Tails Kokuou more than once, and naturally experienced the terrifying power of the tailed beasts.

Based on Yekura's personal experience.

She currently possesses two bloodline limits—[Burning Release] and [Swift Release].

There is almost no chance of defeating a tailed beast head-on.

Yekura herself doesn't have a lot of chakra, and [Scorching Release] and [Swift Release] aren't super-wide-range ninjutsu, nor do they make any use of terrain.

Rasa can use his "Golden Sand Technique" to forcibly control the gold particles in an entire desert to suppress Shukaku head-on.

This is something Yekura simply cannot do!

But there is one thing.

Yekura can maximize the power of [Swift Escape].

Extreme speed, extreme attack!

Even if you can't win a direct fight, at least you can run away.

Nara's visit to the guild did not add any further psychological pressure to Yokura.

He quickly obtained the Sunagakure intelligence scroll and relayed Ebizo's "release date" to him.

The remaining time was left for Yekura to enjoy some peace and quiet.

Two days later.

The emaciated Ebizo finally got the chance to be released from prison.

Under the "protection" of a small squad of Konoha ninja, Ebizo stepped out of the prison, left Konoha, and headed towards the border of the Land of Fire.

The small country called "Valley Country" located between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind is the specific trading location between Konoha and Sunagakure.

Konoha brings people, Sunagakure brings money.

One hand gives you the person, the other hand gives you the money.

This is the "Ebizo-Gold Placer Trade".

at the same time.

Yecang, fully prepared, officially embarked on his journey back to the village!

First update.

The second update will probably be around 1 AM, so please don't wait.

(End of this chapter)