Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

"Leaving again?"

The next day, at the main gate of Sunagakure Village.

Yubi leaned against the gate, watching Scorpion approach from a distance.

He rested his hands behind his head, opened his eyes a crack, and said, "You... you came back without saying a word, all mysterious."

"Are we that close?"

Scorpion walked right past Yubi, ignoring him as if he were invisible.

But though he was cold-hearted with his words, his actions betrayed him... He hadn't gone far from the gate when he stopped and turned to look back.

"If you say that... I'll be hurt."

Yubi reached out and touched her chest, pretending to be in pain.

Clearly, having just successfully completed one mission, Scorpion was already preparing to set off again without stopping.

Although Scorpion only stayed briefly upon his return, he noticed that the villagers seemed to hold Yubi in high regard.

From villagers to ninjas, everyone was talking about Yubi, the little miracle doctor.

Some praised his good personality... some said he was cute. In short, although Scorpion didn't know everything, he knew what Yubi had done for the village.

After all, even on the front lines, people would discuss Yubi.

Are you happy?

Scorpion stared at Yubi and said indifferently.

"Well... I'm just too popular," Yubi said jokingly as she walked over.

Scorpion frowned.

Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and they are now both nine years old.

"What's so great about staying in a village?"

Scorpion's tone changed, and he suddenly sounded somewhat accusatory.

In his view... Yubi was completely wasting his talent.

The rest period was too long.

What medical ninja... what healing and saving lives? This guy in front of me... is more suited to killing.

Yubi should be on the battlefield, not in the village.

"Missing me? Want me to do missions with you? It must be boring without anyone competing with you..." Yubi coughed loudly, looking very self-satisfied, and then... suddenly reached out and patted Scorpion on the shoulder.

"Don't worry... I'll go out on a mission with you in a while. I still have some things to do in the village and can't get away for now."

"I know... you really want to team up with me, after all, we had a pretty good working relationship in the previous missions."

Scorpion's eyelids twitched, and he glanced at Yubi's hand on his shoulder.

His expression turned cold.

There should be a limit to how shameless you can be, right?

"Don't try to get close to me. I have no interest in wasting my time on the weak... If you stay away from the battlefield for too long, you will gradually lose your ability to survive, and you will never be able to stand on the same starting line as me."

With a snap.

Scorpion slapped Yubi's hand off his shoulder, said something, and continued walking away without looking back.

"Still so arrogant."

Watching Scorpion's departing figure, Yubi smiled wryly, "However... I do feel a greater sense of danger now."

"I can only say... as expected of you, you've always been growing."

He secretly thought.

Soon, a newly assembled Sand Village squad also set off from the village gate.

Upon seeing Yubi, the captain, who was leading the group, greeted him warmly: "Yubi."

"Captain Xin Er."

Yubi bowed very politely.

The villagers liked Yubi not only because of his outstanding abilities, but also because of his humility, politeness, and composure.

Even with the reputation of being a genius and receiving so much praise, he still has no airs at all.

"Did you see the scorpion?"

Shinji asked.

"Just left."

Yubi pointed in the direction of the gate.

"Ugh."

Upon hearing this, Xin Er shook his head, gave a shout, and hurriedly led his men to chase after them.

……

Meanwhile, in the Land of Fire... Konoha.

At this moment, in the Hokage Building.

All the high-ranking officials of Konoha, led by Hiruzen Sarutobi, were present.

"Recently... the situation in our village's battle against Sunagakure is not very optimistic."

Sarutobi took a puff from his pipe and said in a deep voice.

"According to intelligence from the front lines, Sunagakure's fighting strength has suddenly been replenished. Under normal circumstances, with their village's manpower and multiple fronts, it would be difficult for them to mobilize and support their forces. Besides the friction with us, there are also Kirigakure and Iwagakure... Sunagakure's main concern is the Land of Earth. The person leading the team on that battlefield is Rasa... He should be the strongest junior of Sunagakure's new generation... Like the Third Kazekage, he has the bloodline limit of sand manipulation, but his bloodline limit can manipulate not iron sand, but gold dust. It is precisely because of his existence that even though the Land of Earth has always coveted the Land of Wind and has always been making small moves, it has never been able to cause any substantial trouble for Sunagakure."

"Turn to the next room," Xiaochun said.

"Although the number of people in Sunagakure has been increased, they are not new forces... Some of them are still fighting with injuries, but their physical condition is not under such great strain."

Mitomon added.

Right now, whether it's Hiruzen Sarutobi or the others at the table, they all seem rather young.

It is not as old as it would be in later generations.

"So, after a brief period of treatment, they were forcibly sent to the battlefield... It seems that Sunagakure is also struggling to sustain this great war." Sarutobi sighed.

Now, Hanzo of the Land of Rain, one of the key figures in this Fourth Shinobi World War, has left the stage.

All that's left is for Konoha and Sunagakure to fight to the death.

Logically speaking, in a one-on-one situation, Konoha should be no match for Sunagakure.

It can be easily controlled.

But the problem is... the other three great ninja villages attacked Konoha with far greater force than Sunagakure.

Especially the Hidden Cloud Village of the Land of Lightning... The Hidden Cloud Village has always been very tough and advocates the development of military power. Because of the old grudges from the First Shinobi World War, the Hidden Cloud Village has always harbored resentment towards the Hidden Leaf Village.

Due to geographical location and some 'historical reasons,' during this Ninja World War, the Hidden Cloud Village focused almost entirely on the Land of Fire and didn't bother the Land of Wind much.

Therefore, not only Sunagakure... Kumogakure is also their number one enemy.

The Sand Village was able to hold off the Stone Village on the battlefield because the Land of Earth wasn't really going all out, but it wouldn't be so easy for the Leaf Village to withstand the Cloud Village.

Because the other party is serious!

Simply put, the pressure Konoha faces is incomparable to that of Sunagakure.

"The battle between Kumogakure and Iwagakure is also fierce."

Someone said.

Almost every major ninja war resulted in complete chaos.

It's impossible for the village to make peace with Kumogakure in the short term... The Raikage's personality is well-known; he is domineering and extremely ambitious.

The high-profile start of this Shinobi World War was also accompanied by the Raikage's advocacy of using military expansion to restore peace to the Shinobi World.

That sounds very sophisticated.

In reality, it's telling Konoha... I'm going to take you down in this Shinobi World War.

As for the Land of Wind, Konoha did consider peace talks... but due to the fierce fighting on both sides, which resulted in many deaths, it was difficult to ease tensions.

Furthermore, the Sand Village always believes that Konoha is about to be defeated... and they show no sign of backing down.

Therefore, we have no choice but to fight to the bitter end.

This is the status quo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a headache coming on.

"The large number of wounded on the battlefield indicates that Sunagakure's medical capabilities have improved. This great battle has been going on for so long, and Sunagakure has suffered heavy losses. If they had such capabilities, they would have started operating long ago instead of ending up in this situation."

Suddenly, someone at the table spoke up.

Everyone looked over.

It's Danzo.

"What do you mean?"

Sarutobi stared at Danzo, knowing his old friend all too well. "Do you know something?"

"Leave the Sand Village matter to me for now."

Danzo did not answer, but simply stood up, said something, and then... turned and left.

"..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi.