Konoha Hospital.
Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, moved swiftly like the wind and rushed into the patient resting area with a serious look on her face.
Sure enough, she saw Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, lying on the hospital bed.
And on the bed next to Gaara's, the person lying there was Kimimaro.
Tsunade ignored Kimimaro and went straight to Gaara's bedside.
As Tsunade approached, she found Shizune taking care of Gaara.
"Lady Tsunade," Shizune greeted her quickly.
"How's the Fifth Kazekage? What on earth happened to make him end up here?"
"I'm not quite sure. Naruto brought the Fifth Kazekage here. I guess only Naruto knows the details."
Tsunade glanced at Gaara lying on the bed and noticed that he was extremely weak, with his eyes closed and his breath unstable.
"Naruto—"
"Coming, coming. What do you need me for, Hokage-sama?"
"Why is the Fifth Kazekage here?" Tsunade looked worried.
"Don't worry. We've done a great kindness to Sunagakure Village."
"What's going on exactly?" What Tsunade was most worried about was that Naruto had done something to hurt Gaara. If Naruto really had, it might reignite the war between Konoha and Sunagakure.
After all, three years ago, Sunagakure Village was deceived by Orochimaru, which led to a war between the two villages.
Afterward, Sunagakure Village discovered that the Fourth Kazekage was actually impersonated by Orochimaru, and the real Fourth Kazekage had already been killed by him. Sunagakure Village apologized to Konoha and asked for forgiveness, and Konoha forgave them. Since then, the two villages have been on good terms again.
Now seeing the Fifth Kazekage lying in Konoha's hospital, barely clinging to life, how could Tsunade not be worried?
"Gaara is my best friend," Naruto said proudly. "I hadn't seen him in a long time, so I went to Sunagakure Village to catch up with him."
"Unexpectedly, we ran into an attack from the Akatsuki Organization on Sunagakure Village. You might not believe it, but Gaara was the only one in the whole village with combat power."
As Naruto said this, his face darkened. "If we were to launch an attack with our troops on Sunagakure right now, we could annex it in one go, and the Land of Wind would become part of the Land of Fire's territory."
Cold sweat broke out on Tsunade's forehead.
"Just kidding, just kidding," Naruto laughed out loud, pointing at Tsunade. "Look at Hokage-sama all nervous. She definitely doesn't have the guts to do such a thing."
Tsunade got angry and punched Naruto on the head.
"Ouch—" Naruto hugged his head and squatted on the ground. Tsunade's punch really hurt.
"What are you talking nonsense about? Gaara is right here. What if he hears these words?"
"Gaara gave up the One-Tailed Shukaku and won't wake up for a while," Naruto used the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra to quickly heal the pain from Tsunade's punch.
Next, Naruto told the whole story.
The Akatsuki Organization invaded Sunagakure, pushing the village to the brink of destruction. Gaara fought fiercely against the Akatsuki members but couldn't hold on alone.
Then came Naruto's heroic entrance. He stepped on Deidara and punched Sasori, and finally beat them to a pulp.
Naruto didn't mention Gaara, Itachi, or Yamato at all.
"..." Tsunade looked stunned and could tell right away that Naruto was bragging.
Naruto continued his story.
Although they finally drove away the members of the Akatsuki Organization, Sunagakure Village suffered heavy losses. Gaara voluntarily handed over the One-Tailed Shukaku and let it stay in Konoha to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Akatsuki.
That's how simple the whole thing was.
After listening to Naruto, Tsunade finally understood what had happened and thought Naruto had done a great job.
"What about the One-Tailed Shukaku? Where is it now? The arrangement of the Tailed Beasts can't be taken lightly."
"It's in my belly." Naruto rubbed his belly and puffed out his belly like a pregnant woman.
Shizune was gobsmacked.
Tsunade looked utterly incredulous.
"I sealed the One-Tailed Shukaku into my own body. Now I'm not only the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki but also the One-Tailed Jinchuriki." Naruto stroked his chin and said while pondering, "So, how many Tailed Beasts' Jinchuriki am I now? One-and-Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki?"
"Let's just call it the One-and-Nine Double Tailed Beasts Jinchuriki!" Naruto cheerfully gave himself a new title.
"Monster!" Tsunade looked at Naruto nervously. "I've never heard of two Tailed Beasts being sealed into one Jinchuriki. Naruto... are you okay..."
With a beaming smile on his face, Naruto thought to himself: Forcing the sealing definitely won't work, but if the Tailed Beast is willing, then it's a different story.
"Naruto, you can't leave Konoha anymore!" Two people walked in from outside the door, Homura Mitokado and Neko Azuma.
"Tsk." Naruto knew these two guys. They were the most senior people in Konoha, part of the Konoha high - ups, and of the same generation as Tanzo Shimura. Their words carried significant influence, and even Tsunade had to give them some face.
Homura Mitokado walked over and stared at Naruto. "Naruto, you've become a Jonin. Since you're a Jonin, I need to give you some advice in person."
Homura Mitokado's meaning was obvious. If Naruto wasn't a Jonin, he wouldn't even want to talk to Naruto. He'd just talk to Tsunade directly and ask Tsunade to keep an eye on Naruto.
"That's right." Neko Azuma also walked over. "You have the Nine - Tailed Fox within you. You can't leave the village easily."
Naruto thought to himself: Why did these two guys show up so timely? They seem to know quite a bit.
Suddenly, Naruto realized a problem, and that was Tanzo Shimura.
Tanzo Shimura fought against Shukaku three years ago. It was rumored that he died in the end, but his body was never found, and he was finally officially listed as missing.
Tanzo Shimura's disappearance was a mystery in Konoha.
Most people in Konoha didn't care about Tanzo, but Homura Mitokado and Neko Azuma were different. They had a lot of friendship with Tanzo Shimura and shared similar ideas.
Naruto thought: Could it be that these two old guys sent someone to investigate Tanzo Shimura secretly, and they've probably traced it back to me.
"Naruto, you mustn't leave the village! And you must be under the 24 - hour supervision of the Anbu." Homura Mitokado slowly opened his eyes and suppressed Naruto with an extremely authoritative aura.
"Why?" Tsunade asked.
"No reason." Neko Azuma narrowed her eyes into a slit. It was hard to read her mind. "Jinchuriki should just stay in the village properly. It's just outrageous to go out often."
"Previously, as long as there were no problems, we just turned a blind eye. Now that the Fifth Kazekage is in such a state, we should protect our own interests more than ever."
At this moment, Naruto made up his mind to take care of these two old guys. Otherwise, they wouldn't have any idea who the one truly hidden deep in Konoha is.
Naruto thought to himself, "It seems they know quite a lot of intelligence. When did they start keeping tabs on me? What on earth have they secretly dug out? It seems I need to clean up Konoha again. The cleanup three years ago wasn't thorough enough."
At this moment, a plan popped into Naruto's mind.
Outside the perimeter of Kumogakure Village, Itachi Uchiha, Sasuke Uchiha, Zabuza Momochi, and Haku were standing side by side.
Standing opposite them was the Two - Tailed Jinchuriki, Ni Yumumen.
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