Naruto

They arrived at the mountain. It was not until late at night and the lights around the spring were turned off that they returned happily.

After everyone left Green Valley Town, they trekked in the desert for another two days and two nights, and finally saw the row upon row of ocher-yellow buildings in Sand Hidden Village at dusk.

"I didn't expect that this team would be led by you." A female ninja with yellow twin tails and a huge folding fan on her back appeared in front of the team, looking at Shikamaru with a scrutinizing gaze.

This is the biological sister of the current Kazekage Gaara, Temari. She was defeated by Shikamaru's cunning plan in Konoha's chunin exam two years ago. After the Konoha collapse plan of Sunagakure Village aborted naturally, the two

People often interact with each other on behalf of their respective villages and become quite familiar with each other.

"Ha, after all, we are ninjas. As long as there is an order from above, no matter how troublesome it is, we must bite the bullet." Shikamaru replied helplessly.

"You're still such a lazy person, I really can't do anything about you." Temari sighed, and said with an iron heart.

"Well, don't talk about me anymore. Are you responsible for contacting Sunagakure this time?" Shikamaru touched his head and changed the subject.

"Yes, all of you, come with me now, I will take you to the hotel to settle down." Temari replied lazily, and when everyone was about to follow, she reached out to stop Naruto, "You put your luggage

Leave it to Shikamaru, Gaara insists on seeing you."

"Gaara... I haven't chatted with him for a long time. How is he doing lately?" A look of worry and joy appeared on Naruto's face.

"Wouldn't you know if you go take a look for yourself?" Temari said calmly.

A quarter of an hour later, Naruto sent his reluctant shadow clone to the hotel with his luggage. The main body walked into the Kazekage's mansion alone. With the token given by Temari, he arrived at the door of the Kazekage's office without any hindrance.

Knocked lightly on the ocher-yellow oak door.

"Come in." A low and tired voice reached Naruto's ears. He frowned slightly and pushed open the wooden door with a creak.

Behind the long stone table, a red-haired boy wearing a black short coat was sitting at the center of the table. He looked down at the piles of documents on the table and asked without looking up: "Why are you here today?"

Are you here so early, Marky?"

"So you're waiting for Senior Ma Ji? I thought the person you wanted to see was me!"

"Naruto?!" Gaara raised his head and was surprised to see the blond boy at the door looking at him with a smile.

"You are really busy right now." Naruto walked to the young Kazekage's side and said with a smile, "But it's not a bad thing."

"...This job is more difficult than I thought." Gaara leaned back in his chair, stared at the mountain of documents, and sighed, "Especially since there have been more and more troubles recently, and we don't have enough manpower.

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"How can I help?" Naruto

asked softly.

"Thank you Naruto, but I can't ask you as a Konoha ninja to help with this matter. Once I tell you, you will definitely be able to think of this." Gaara stood up and rubbed his eyes, "Let's go.

, I’ll treat you to a meal, I won’t be able to finish reading these documents in a while anyway.”

Naruto looked at Gaara's tired expression, hesitated for a moment, put his hand on his back, and said, "Gaara, I have some bad news to tell you."

The young Kazekage did not immediately answer Naruto's words, but stood in front of the window and cast his gaze out the window. What he saw next made him instantly stunned.

Everything came to a standstill. The sand gulls hovering in the air, the pedestrians whose right feet never touched the ground, and the flames frozen in their rising postures all stopped their usual movements. This sight beyond the scope of his understanding made him

He pinched the flesh on the back of his hand, trying to use the pain to free himself from this weird illusion, until his friend's calm voice reached his ears: "In order to ensure that our subsequent conversation is not monitored, I just

The time stream around us is separated from the long river of time. Don't be nervous."

Gaara stared at Naruto's face with dull eyes, and after a while, he said blankly: "Even if you tell me next time that you want to take off the moon from the sky to play with, I won't find it strange anymore."

"The moon is essentially just a pile of broken rocks, and it's not fun at all." Naruto curled his lips and replied.

"You made such a big fuss, maybe it's not just to tell me a few cold jokes, right?" Gaara said quietly, looking at the motionless hands on the wall clock in the room.

"Do you know that a big event happened in Kirigakure Village recently?"

"What's the big deal?"

Naruto spent a few minutes briefly describing what he had seen and heard after being recalled to the human world from Mt. Myoboku. In particular, the Akatsuki organization spread the virus in Kirigakure, besieged the capital of the Land of Water, set off sandstorms, and sent puppets to assassinate them.

His various actions.

After listening to Naruto's story, Gaara sighed: "The hidden power of this organization is really terrifying."

"Konoha has spent a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate the connections between them and the surrounding small countries, and until now, they have not found their headquarters." Naruto said dejectedly.

"Have you not sought help from Kumogakure and Iwagakure?"

Naruto smiled bitterly: "They have never attacked the ninjas of Kumogakure and Iwagakure. They even had brief financial dealings with the latter. They ignored all our previous warnings."

Gaara pondered for a while, frowned and said, "Even so, what happened to Kirigakure this time will definitely make Kumogakure and Iwagakure fearful, right?"

Naruto asked back: "After these things are spread, will they be more afraid of Akatsuki, or will they be more afraid of Konoha behind me?"

Gaara was silent.

"Stop talking about these depressing things.

.Gaara, I request you to secretly strengthen the security of Sunagakure Village during the Chunin Examination, and pay more attention to the unusual movements around you. I have no intention of instigating your relationship, but your seemingly loyal subordinates,

It has probably been infiltrated." Naruto said seriously.

"I understand, thank you for coming all the way to remind me, Naruto." Gaara's deep voice echoed in the silent room.

"Before returning to the main time stream, I want to ask a question." Naruto lowered his voice a little, "Why did the Fourth Kazekage-sama suddenly abdicate?

Gaara organized his words and spoke slowly: "You should also know that during the last Chunin Exam held in Konoha, Rasa and Orochimaru conspired to overthrow Konoha Village, right?"

Naruto nodded silently.

"Rasa first learned about Shukaku's defeat at your hands, and then heard that Orochimaru had also died at your hands. All this made him decide to change his original plan and secretly contact the forces opposed to Naruto in the Leaf Village.

, I want to disintegrate you from within." Gaara did not shy away from Sunagakure's previous malice towards Konoha.

"So what stopped him from taking action in the end?" Naruto asked.

"Rasa originally made an agreement with Danzo's men to meet secretly under a cliff not far from Konoha Village. When he arrived at the meeting place as promised, what was waiting for him was your teacher Kakashi Hatake.

." Gaara recalled the story he heard from the Fourth Kazekage, "Kakashi easily smashed Rasa's sand gold shield, and the knife

He put it around his neck, leaned into his ear, and said lightly: 'If you continue to be stubborn like this, Sunagakure will soon be removed from the five great ninja villages.' After returning to Sunagakure, he was worried that Mu

Ye hated Sand Hidden Village because of this incident, and took the initiative to announce his resignation at a high-level meeting. The meeting finally decided to appoint me as the fifth Kazekage."

Naruto asked softly: "Have you and the Fourth Kazekage still not reached reconciliation?"

"He abused the power in his hands and killed my uncle. Naruto, my heart is not as broad-minded as yours, and I can't let go of these things." A trace of gloom appeared on Gaara's face, "But as a Kazekage, he is indeed

I have dedicated my whole life to Sunagakure Village, so I will not let hatred blind me. Sunagakure's safety is more important than my personal likes and dislikes."

"I believe you will become the best Kazekage Sunagakure has ever seen." Naruto patted his shoulder and encouraged with a smile.

"Thank you." Gaara felt that all the unhappiness in his heart disappeared because of this pure kindness.

"Stop being so public. We are about to return to the main timeline. Aren't you going to treat me to dinner?" Naruto put away his serious expression and asked relaxedly, "What should we eat?"

Gaara looked intently at the sand gull fluttering away from the window, and smiled gently: "You treated me to Ichiraku Ramen in Konoha, so this time I'm here to take you to try the desert-specific pasta.

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