Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, is actually the father of Gaara, Temari, and Kanpo. However, due to their delicate relationship, to outsiders, there seems to be no family affection among them.
"Is that old man, the Kazekage, dead?" Kanpo exclaimed in shock. "Impossible! The Kazekage clearly entered Konoha Village. Could it be that the Konoha ninjas killed him?"
"No," Temari replied. "The Kazekage's body was found in the desert. I guess it was the Sound Ninjas who did it."
"This is bad," Kanpo said with a worried look on his face. "If Gaara finds out about this, I don't know what will happen."
Kabuto Yakushi, who was listening to Temari and Kanpo's conversation, looked extremely uneasy.
When the time was right, Naruto whispered quickly, "Who is the Kazekage?"
Kabuto quickly covered Naruto's mouth, and a murderous look flashed in his eyes. He thought to himself, "What should I do? Unexpectedly, Lord Orochimaru's assassination of Rasa was exposed so soon. What on earth am I going to do..."
With a menacing look in his eyes, Kabuto had an idea when he saw Gaara lying in a coma. He decided might as well go the whole hog and silence Temari and Kanpo right here.
Naruto secretly smiled. Kabuto didn't notice Naruto's smile, and to his surprise, Gaara, who was in a coma, actually woke up.
How could this happen! It was such a coincidence that Gaara woke up! Kabuto gritted his teeth and continued to secretly observe from the shadows.
Gaara woke up, slowly sat up, and rubbed his head. "What happened to me?" he asked.
"You were hit by the Genjutsu of the Earth Scroll and were in a coma for a while," Temari explained.
Gaara said coldly, "It was Naruto who did this to me. I'll get my revenge on him sooner or later."
At this time, Kanpo gave Temari a look, clearly asking her whether to tell Gaara the truth that the Kazekage was dead.
Temari shook her head, refusing to tell Gaara about it.
Gaara noticed that Temari and Kanpo were hiding something from him, so he asked, "Do you have something to tell me?"
"This..." Kanpo's face changed. Finally, with a solemn look on his face, he said, "No."
Temari replied, "Gaara, you were affected by the scroll's Genjutsu. You should rest first."
At this time, Kabuto, who was hiding nearby, hesitated to act because he was unsure. If Gaara wasn't here, he was confident that he could take out Temari and Kanpo. But now that Gaara had woken up, he wasn't sure if he could defeat all three of them by himself.
Seeing Kabuto's indecision, Naruto silently urged, "Come on! Are you really that scared? Are you gonna attack or what!"
Kabuto's killing intent showed no sign of weakening, which made Naruto stunned. Naruto thought to himself: Could he really be crazy enough to take on all three of them!
Just as Kabuto was about to make a move, Naruto quickly said, "Can you use Medical Ninjutsu? Can you save Sasuke? He's about to die."
Kabuto was shocked. He had been looking for Sasuke everywhere but couldn't find him. Unexpectedly, he would now get news of Sasuke from Naruto's mouth.
Kabuto weighed the pros and cons. On the one hand, he could save Sasuke; on the other hand, he could kill the three members of Gaara's team to silence them.
Kabuto Yakushi didn't have full confidence in eliminating the three members of Gaara's team, so he had to give up. Instead, he decided to save Sasuke first.
After that, Naruto took Kabuto Yakushi and quickly moved towards Sasuke's hiding place. Along the way, Naruto had quite a few conversations with Kabuto.
After Naruto and Kabuto Yakushi left, Gaara, Temari, and Kanpo all emitted white smoke and transformed into the appearance of Naruto. All three of them were Naruto's Shadow Clones.
Naruto himself staged a play for Kabuto Yakushi.
Naruto brought Kabuto Yakushi back to the previous tree hole. Kabuto looked quite stunned. He had passed by this place before but didn't notice that Sasuke was hiding here.
"Naruto!" Sakura poked her head out of the tree hole. When she saw Naruto bringing back a stranger, she asked in surprise, "Who is he?"
"A great guy from Konoha," Naruto quickly replied. "His name is Kabuto. He helped me out and said he's good at being a Medical Ninja, so I brought him here to treat Sasuke's injuries."
Sakura looked at Kabuto somewhat uneasily. She saw that Kabuto was wearing a forehead protector with the Konoha symbol and black glasses. He looked gentle and his smile was quite nice. Anyway, he didn't seem like a bad guy.
"Come in," Sakura had no choice but to agree.
Naruto and Kabuto got into the tree hole together and found that the space inside was quite spacious. Sasuke was lying at the innermost position.
Sakura said, "Sasuke had a high fever and was breathing rapidly before, but now he's doing okay now and his body temperature has dropped."
Hearing Sakura's words, Kabuto Yakushi knew that Sasuke had made it through and the Cursed Seal of Heaven had been successfully implanted.
After a simple examination of Sasuke, Kabuto Yakushi said, "He's out of danger."
"Yeah," Naruto was overjoyed inside and thought, "As expected of Sasuke Uchiha. He's really the man I've taken a fancy to. Because of you, I won't fight alone in the future."
Kabuto asked, "Have you collected the Heaven Scroll and the Earth Scroll?"
Sakura became vigilant and counter - questioned, "What do you want?"
"Don't misunderstand," Kabuto took out his own Heaven Scroll and Earth Scroll from his body and said, "I've collected them long ago and won't snatch yours."
Naruto said, "We've also collected them."
"Sasuke's condition is very bad now. I'll escort you to the Tower," Kabuto suggested.
"Thank you so much. You're really a great guy from Konoha and so kind to us youngsters."
So in the following time, under Kabuto's escort, Naruto and his group successfully arrived at the Tower. Sakura also developed more of a good impression of Kabuto.
After a brief conversation, Naruto said goodbye to Kabuto, and then saw Kabuto leave in a hurry.
After Kabuto left, Naruto carried the still unconscious Sasuke into the Tower. There were several floors in the Tower, and each floor had several rooms. These rooms were prepared for the passing Genin.
"Which room should we choose?" Sakura asked.
"Each room has a seal on it," Naruto observed the environment and said. "Some of the seals on the rooms have been ripped off. I guess they've been used by others. We just need to find a room with an intact seal."
After finding a room with an intact seal, Naruto pushed the door open, put Sasuke on the floor, and thought, "Strange. Why has Sasuke been sleeping for so long? The more I think about it, the more something seems off."
They had already reached the Tower, yet Sasuke still hadn't woken up...
So Naruto untied Sasuke's clothes, which startled Sakura standing beside him.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Sakura said. Her eyes were bulging as she stared directly at Sasuke's body. Meanwhile, she was shouting inside: Hurry up, Naruto...
"Sasuke's situation is strange," Naruto analyzed. "He's been unconscious for an unreasonably long time. It shouldn't be this long."
After Naruto took off all of Sasuke's upper clothes, he unexpectedly found a Cursed Seal on Sasuke's chest.
"This is... the Cursed Seal of Earth!" Naruto exclaimed. "That bastard Orochimaru actually implanted both the Cursed Seal of Heaven and the Cursed Seal of Earth on Sasuke!"
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