After strolling through several streets, Naruto returned fully loaded, but his Little Frog Wallet was completely emptied, and he even owed Sasuke some money.
It has to be said that although some people always feel that Sunagakure Village is barren, it is, after all, one of the five great ninja villages, and any lack of resources is relative.
Moreover, Temari unexpectedly has a talent for being a tour guide. At least, her skill in subtly guiding tourists to shop is both a way of entertaining guests from Konoha and contributing a little to Sunagakure Village's GDP.
"Konoha's White Fang, prepare to die!"
Just as everyone was enjoying themselves, an old woman suddenly appeared, swinging her fist to hit Kakashi's face.
Kakashi's eyes widened, perhaps because he heard his father's name, and he didn't dodge immediately.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were all carrying large and small bags and didn't make a move, because the old woman's speed wasn't very fast, and they didn't think she could hurt Kakashi.
Although Temari was surprised, she reacted quickly, drawing her large fan and placing it horizontally in the middle, saying, "Chiyo's Granny, what are you doing?"
"Get out of the way!" Chiyo's Granny still wanted to attack. Her son and daughter-in-law had died at the hands of Kakashi's father, indirectly causing her grandson's psychological distortion. Chiyo's Granny could be said to hate him to the bone.
Of course, Temari couldn't let her attack. This could already be considered an attack on Konoha's envoy. She explained, "You've mistaken him. This is Hatake Kakashi, not some White Fang of Konoha!"
Chiyo's Granny was stunned and looked at Kakashi carefully, suddenly realizing, "Ah, yes, the White Fang of Konoha is already dead."
Temari breathed a sigh of relief, put away her fan, and said, "Please look more carefully."
"Sorry, sorry, I'm old and my eyesight isn't good." Chiyo's Granny apologized with a smile, then turned and left.
"I'm sorry, Chiyo's Granny may have been too agitated." Temari apologized to Kakashi apologetically.
"It's okay." Kakashi waved his hand, looking like he didn't care.
Naruto felt that this old woman was up to no good. Maybe she really wanted to take the opportunity to beat Kakashi up. After all, Sakumo Hatake had passed away for so many years, and she couldn't possibly not know that.
As for her eyesight being bad, her eyesight was incredibly sharp when she fought Sasori's Puppet Technique: One Hundred Puppets in the anime. She probably thought that even if she couldn't beat Kakashi up, she could at least stab his heart.
If that were the case, then she would probably be disappointed. Since Minato cleared Sakumo Hatake's name, the story of Konoha's White Fang has once again spread in Konoha, and Kakashi has long since emerged from the shadows.
However, after being disturbed by Chiyo's Granny, the group lost the mood to continue shopping and went directly to the place where they would rest, following Temari.
On the way, Naruto asked, "Um, why did Gaara suddenly want to hold the Chunin Exams?"
Temari was silent for a moment, then said, "It's okay to tell you, actually, although Gaara has become the Fifth Kazekage, his situation is not exactly optimistic."
Speaking of this, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa was a bit of a pit for his son, with a series of confusing operations, sacrificing his wife, his brother-in-law, and countless Anbu members' lives.
Not only did he fail to allow Gaara to successfully control Shukaku, but he also forced Gaara from a cute little boy into a monster that could cure children's night terrors.
And after the Konoha Crush Plan, Gaara was sent back as a prisoner, which led to his reputation in Sunagakure Village being almost negative. It's hard to imagine how difficult it was to become Kazekage in this situation.
So Gaara had no choice but to do missions day and night. Fortunately, he was used to not sleeping every day because of Shukaku's disturbance. Now, for the sake of his dream, he was even more desperate, and his diligence was even more ruthless than those who grind for the Elden Ring.
After Gaara managed to grind enough reputation by completing a staggering number of missions, Temari and Kankuro, who took turns accompanying him, had almost enough missions to qualify for Jonin. They took turns because the two of them couldn't keep up with his energy and stamina.
So the acting Kazekage Maki was happy to give way. He felt that his ability was simply not enough to become Kazekage, and he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles every day in the Kazekage's chair.
However, not everyone is as easy to talk to as Maki. There are always some people who don't like Gaara, maybe because Gaara's ascension doesn't fit their interests, maybe because Gaara left them with a bad impression in the past, maybe because Gaara stepped in with his right foot first today...
Some people, once they don't like you, they just don't like you no matter what, so they find fault openly and secretly, and it has risen to the point where they want to kill Gaara.
The batch that found fault openly has already been buried, and the grass on their graves... basically, no grass can grow in this broken place in Sunagakure Village, but Gaara really isn't sure who the batch that's doing it secretly is.
So Gaara decided to create an opportunity for them. You want to cause trouble, right? I'll create an event for you to cause trouble. Once I've caught you all, I'll go and build a prosperous, strong, democratic, and harmonious Sunagakure Village according to my own ideas.
Because the larger the scale of the event, the greater the impact of any trouble on Gaara, the higher the likelihood of those people jumping out.
Gaara calculated the time and decided to hold a joint Chunin Exams, first inviting Konoha as an ally.
As long as Konoha agrees, the surrounding small countries will have to give face. In this way, preparations for an international event can begin.
Regarding her younger brother's situation, Temari almost had the words "heartache" written all over her face, wishing she could use her fan to slice those people into pieces. My so cute, well-behaved, and gentle brother, why are there always troublemakers who want to harm him?
After listening to Temari's account, the others felt a sense of empathy. A thirteen-year-old boy is determined to lead the village into a new era, and there are always people jumping out to trip him up. Being the Kazekage of a village is really not easy.
As they chatted, they arrived at the hotel. Temari took them to the arranged rooms. Naruto looked at the accommodation conditions and thought they were quite good, at least not like some underworld Olympics with cardboard beds.
"Wait a moment." Naruto called out to Temari, who was turning to leave.
"Is there anything else?" Temari asked, puzzled.
Naruto didn't answer, but instead set up a soundproof Barrier first. Seeing his serious appearance, even Kakashi was curious about what Naruto wanted to say.
Naruto asked, "Are you familiar with Yura, who brought us in earlier?"
Temari thought for a moment and said, "Yura is currently the captain of the Guard Unit, with a rigorous and serious work attitude. Maki admires him very much. What's wrong?"
Naruto said, "I sensed that the Chakra in his brain is a bit abnormal. It may have been tampered with. If he is in charge of defense, you need to be careful."
"Are you serious?" Temari instantly became vigilant. Tampering with someone's brain is usually only done to spies.
Naruto nodded. He was just giving a reminder. How Sunagakure Village investigates and handles it afterward is none of his business.
As for why he didn't call Gaara directly, it was because Naruto found Shukaku's voice unpleasant.
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