There were only Temari and Naruto in the conference room, and he didn't hide his fatigue at all. Walking back and forth every day was too energy-consuming.
He always looked energetic in front of Hinata and Ino. Even if he was very tired, he still managed to speak with energy. After spending time with them, he would go home to rest.
When we arrived at Sand Hidden Village, there was no one else in the conference room, so Naruto simply lay down on the table and slept.
"Let me know before someone comes."
"Oh, okay!" Temari was a little cautious, and after much deliberation, she got up and went out to give a few instructions.
When she entered the conference room again, she found that Naruto seemed to have fallen asleep. She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. She originally wanted to talk to Naruto, but now she couldn't.
About twenty minutes later, before Temari could call him, Naruto woke up on his own. I can't help it, lying on this table is a bit tiring, and it's far less comfortable than the bed.
"Is anyone here?" he asked, rubbing his eyes, looking sleepy to the naked eye.
He raised one arm and almost buried his head in it, covering most of his face. In this position, his body is stretched forward and his shoulder blades are raised. You can see the line of his jaw and the bulging explosive back.
Temari glanced at it, her mind went blank, and she bit her lower lip.
"What?"
"Are they here?" Naruto asked again, looking up at her with a tired look on his face.
"Not yet." Temari stood there, with some dream scenes flashing through her mind. She swallowed her saliva, and then she suddenly realized what she was saying.
He seems sleepy?
"How about postpone the meeting, and you go wash up and take a rest first." Temari said with concern, "You look very sleepy now, I can take you there."
"No, let's wait until the matter is finished." Naruto's voice was a little hoarse, his attention was not on Temari, and he was still thinking about how to get Sand Shukaku.
The fusion between Suna Shukaku and Gaara is not harmonious, far less than that of the previous generation Jinchuriki Fufu Monk. For now, Gaara has to pay a price for using Sand Shukaku's power.
The price is insomnia. Shukaku is not a good bird and accepts the reality of becoming a tool. But this does not mean that it will be obedient, and it will still make a fuss from time to time.
Although taking away the sand Shukaku has no effect on Gaara's control of the sand, after all, Shukaku is completely sealed in Gaara's body and is purely a sealed object.
But Naruto is too embarrassed to ask for the use of the tailed beast in your body. At least the senior management of Sunagakure Village will never agree to such an absurd and rude request.
The secret weapon of the Tailed Beast Sunagakure Village, used to check and balance several other villages. It is absolutely impossible for Naruto to take away Suna Shukaku just by opening his mouth.
So from the beginning, he never thought of using conventional methods.
Not long after, Gaara and a group of senior Sunagakure officials appeared in the conference room. Gaara looked more mature. When he entered the door, he met Naruto's eyes and nodded slightly as a greeting.
Although Temari doesn't have any real power, she is still qualified to participate in meetings with Sunagakure's senior leaders. Naruto looked around but didn't see Kankuro, he was probably playing with a doll somewhere.
Sunagakure Jonin Maggi was also present, sitting next to Gaara. As Kazekage's teacher, after Gaara succeeded in ascending the throne, his status in Sunagakure was no different from that of the ancient Crown Prince and Tutor.
Not only does the tide lift all boats along the way, but it also feels like being a farmhouse minister in the morning and ascending to the emperor's hall in the evening.
Glancing from a distance, Naruto could already see the nobility surrounding Maki. He silently marked in his mind that this person must die.
For no particular reason, Maki killed Moonlight Hayate. However, Mao Yue Xiyan begged him and showed enough sincerity, so Ma Ji should die.
Since this is the case for you to take over others, it is also a common thing nowadays.
Since Maki can kill Gekko Hayate for the benefit of the village, even if he is guided by Orochimaru, it is normal for Maki to be killed.
How can I not be stabbed in the rivers and lakes all the time? There is no reason to argue between life and death.
Ma Ji frowned slightly when Naruto glanced at him, feeling slightly uncomfortable for some reason. However, he didn't take it to heart and didn't even look at Naruto seriously.
Temari sent someone to notify Gaara, and Gaara notified Sunagakure's senior management. The process of passing on the information in between naturally took some time.
Even though they knew that Naruto was here to deliver information, the senior management of Sunagakure still had a bad look on their face. After sitting down with a serious face, they did not rush to ask questions, but instead looked at Naruto together.
Temari noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and couldn't help but panic for a moment. She looked at Gaara and then at Maki. Gaara's expression didn't change at all, he seemed to be thinking.
Just now, Naruto only told Temari that he had information about the person behind White Zetsu and knew that person's next action plan.
It was precisely because of this that Temari put aside her little thoughts about the love between her children and quickly sent someone to tell Gaara. She knew that she had no right to convene a meeting with Sunagakure's senior management, so she just sent someone to inform Gaara.
As for what Gaara does, it has nothing to do with her.
When she waited for a long time and still didn't see anyone, Temari had already guessed that Gaara was probably summoning the senior officials to come together, but she didn't expect that the senior officials would react like this.
Time passed by, and no one spoke in the conference room. Gaara Kazekage didn't say anything, and the higher-ups didn't speak either, so Naruto naturally had no reason to rush to get involved.
This near-substantial silence almost made Temari breathless, and a look of worry appeared on her face. I was anxious, but I didn't know what was happening.
After a while, when Temari was about to be unable to hold back her words, a senior member of Sunagakure took the lead in breaking the silence.
"Jinchūriki of Konoha, what information did you come to Sunagakure to deliver?"
"Yeah." Naruto didn't have a good expression when he heard the name Jinchuuriki. He glanced at the senior executive and said, "The person who controls White Zetsu is Orochimaru's former subordinate, Yakushi Kabuto."
"We already know this news." Marki said.
"Got it?" Naruto was slightly surprised.
"Yes, the Kingdom of Water just shared the information." Ma Ji nodded, "The Mizukage severely injured Kabuto Yakushi, and Kabuto Yakushi is currently escaping from the Kingdom of Water."
Hearing this, Naruto did not answer the call, as the other party obviously did not want to reveal too much.
The problem is that this information is obviously false. It is impossible for Mizukage Terumi to seriously injure Yakushi Kabuto, or it could be said that Yakushi Kabuto wants Terumi to think that she has severely injured him.
The research of Orochimaru and Yakushi Kabuto has already involved the soul level. How can it be so simple to seriously injure or even kill Yakushi Kabuto.
However, Naruto did not express the questions in his heart. Instead, he observed the expressions of Sunagakure's senior officials and sensed a hint of distrust.
"Konoha and Sunagakure are allies, right?" he asked.
"Yeah." Marky answered him.
In this conference room, it seemed that everyone had pressed the mute button, and only Markey acted as their mouthpiece. Everyone else, except Temari and Gaara, seemed to be sizing him up.
Gaara sat in the Kazekage's seat and didn't know what he was thinking. He kept his head slightly lowered and looked at the finely textured tabletop of the long table, his brows furrowed.
"Kabuto Yakushi still has a back-up plan. He is preparing the Earth Reincarnation Army." Naruto said.
"White Zetsu has retreated from the territory of the Kingdom of Wind, and Kabuto Yakushi has been defeated." Maki interrupted Naruto and said impatiently.
"There is no evidence for what you said. The current situation is that Kabuto Yakushi no longer has the ability to control White Zetsu. The momentum of the war has been controlled, but now Konoha seems to have no intention of withdrawing troops from the border."
When he said this, Maki stared at Naruto sharply.
At that moment, Naruto suddenly understood why the expressions of these high-level officials were so weird, they were a bunch of damn Sabi. This is because Konoha is going to break the contract through war and attack the Kingdom of Wind.
Don’t a group of senior executives have any brains at all? All he thinks about all day long is intrigues, and he doesn't hesitate to use the utmost malice to speculate on his allies. Although Konoha is not a good bird, the problem is that the damn information is wrong!
Konoha most likely believed in Naruto's intelligence and did not retreat easily just because White Zetsu retreated. After all, Nara Shikaku is also a veteran in strategy, and he is worried about the false information from the Kingdom of Water.
At present, the damage caused by Shiro to the ninja world is not too great. On the contrary, this move has pushed the troops of various countries to the frontier.
When Bai Zetsu violently attacked, the five major nations shared the same hatred and resisted Bai Zetsu together to build a defense line for the ninja world.
But with Bai Jue's retreat, there were no more enemies, and the ninja troops from neighboring countries could be seen across several lines of defense. A group of people looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, so they began to murmur in their hearts.
Those people on the other side are not good birds, are they? Will they cross the border in the middle of the night and launch a massive attack?
It is understandable to have such an idea. After all, the five major countries have always been so grassy. As long as they can take a breather, they will wonder if they can cut a piece of flesh from their neighbors.
Naruto didn't expect that Yakushi Kabuto would come up with such a move, but due to a combination of circumstances, it actually had the effect of draining the fuel from the cauldron. When the five major countries confront each other, Yakushi Kabuto is the cheaper one.
So what did Yakushi Kabuto lose? Just drop some skin fragments, just sprinkle water on the basilisk.
Grassy, extremely grassy.
Originally, Naruto showed up at Sand Hidden Village without saying hello to deliver information. The more he hurried, the more urgent it became that the information was urgent. But now Bai Jue ran away, leaving behind the two sides confronting each other.
The current situation is that Sunagakure wants to retreat and rest, while Konoha's troops are in the field. At this time, Naruto appeared at Sunagakure at an inappropriate time.
There was no sign, no trace of preparedness.
Before Kabuto Yakushi was defeated and left, Naruto was an ally, but now the enemy was gone. Isn't it scary that friendly troops appeared at their base camp without making a sound?
The faces of these high-level officials were extremely ugly, and they stared at Naruto and looked back and forth, as if they were looking at the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama. That lunatic had done this before, sneaking attacks on the enemy's hometown in the rear.
"Do you really believe that Yakushi Kabuto will be defeated?" Naruto took a deep breath and said seriously, "He is Orochimaru's subordinate, and he has the true inheritance of Orochimaru."
"Not only that, he is a genius who is not inferior to Orochimaru, and he is also much more cunning than Orochimaru. This man used to..."
"Anyway, Kabuto Yakushi used to belong to Konoha, right?" a senior Sunagakure official said, "Orochimaru was also a rebellious ninja of Konoha, as was the former Uchiha Itachi, including the current Uchiha Sasuke."
"The ninja world is in such chaos. To put it bluntly, it's not Konoha's own inability to control the ninjas that has caused the current situation?"
"What you said has nothing to do with what happened today. What you are talking about now is Kabuto Yakushi, not the rebel ninja of Konoha." Naruto said coldly, "I am just here to deliver information. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can negotiate with Konoha. "
"Do you suspect that Mizukage gave us false information?" Ma Ji asked.
"It's not false information. Is it possible that Kabuto Yakushi has a strong ability to heal himself. Serious injuries in the eyes of ordinary people are nothing to Kabuto Yakushi?" Naruto said while suppressing his temper.
"Impossible, we Sunagakure also have ANBU, Yakushi Kabuto is just a medical ninja." Maki said, "In any case, the current situation is that Konoha will not retreat."
"The medicine man carries him."
"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Naruto leaned back and slid his chair a little distance away from the table, with an expression that looked like he was going to die from exhaustion.
"I'm very concerned about one thing. Why did you come to send information at this time?" Markie asked.
"You can think whatever you want."
"It's not that we are careless, we Sunagakure still cherish the alliance relationship with Konoha." Maki said carefully, "It's just that the situation is more sensitive now, as you are Konoha's Jinchuuriki."
"I'm not a Jinchuuriki, I haven't been for a long time." Naruto corrected aloud, stared at Maki, and thought, wait, it's best to take turns keeping watch with your left and right eyes when sleeping.
The atmosphere became deadlocked again, Naruto looked evilly and considered whether to overturn the table.
"Okay, let's talk about this first." Gaara stood up, "I believe in Konoha, and I am willing to believe in Uzumaki Naruto. Let's leave."
The senior management of Sunagakure got up and left their seats with dark faces, leaving in groups.
Gaara still stood in his original position, smiled apologetically at Naruto, and said.
"It's almost time for dinner, let's eat first."
"No, I won't leave for the time being." Naruto sighed, "Arrange a place for me to stay. Let's talk about it later."
Before Gaara could agree, Temari spoke first.
"Let me make arrangements. I just have nothing to do now."
Gaara didn't think too much about it, thinking it would be appropriate for Temari to make the arrangements. After all, there had almost been a conflict just now, and with Temari watching, she wasn't afraid of high-level officials provoking it.
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"Come with me, this is it." Temari took the key and opened the door. This is a luxurious apartment specially used for Sunagakure to receive distinguished guests.
With that said, Temari turned around and sent away the maid who was following her.
A relaxed smile appeared on her face, and when she turned around, she found that Naruto had already walked in, and went straight into the bathroom without stopping on the sofa.
Temari was stunned, and just about to walk over, she suddenly remembered that the door was open. So he quietly closed the door, his heart pounded for a while, and he slowly walked towards the bathroom.
The sound of rushing water sounded, Temari bit her lower lip and spoke through the glass bathroom door.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to be like that today." (End of Chapter)
