"Maybe Kakuzu hid all the funds somewhere~" Black Zetsu said nonsensically.
Obito ignored him and said, "Didn't you say there's a suitable candidate in the Land of Earth?"
Black Zetsu replied, "Konan has already gone to find him. I heard he's a guy who likes explosions."
White Zetsu said with a smile, "That guy and Konan must have a lot in common. Hey, do you think they'll blow up Iwagakure? Do you think they will~"
"Shut up." Zetsu closed his two large, Venus flytrap-like leaves and slowly sank into the ground.
Obito touched his mask: "Just bear with it a little longer, we're almost there!"
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"Just bear with it a little longer, we're almost there." Kakashi comforted the restless Naruto and Sakura.
This was the fourth day after their departure. The desert was really not a place for people to stay. It was freezing cold at night and unbearably hot during the day.
If he hadn't made an agreement with Jiraiya beforehand that he couldn't use the Flying Thunder God casually during the mission unless absolutely necessary, Naruto would have flown to Gaara's side long ago. He had even given him a Kunai before.
Along the way, Naruto kept using Chakra to create water to cool down, but he was still so hot that he wanted to stick out his tongue: "I really admire how Gaara can run around doing missions in this kind of place all day long. By the way, isn't his Sand Armor used for sun protection!"
Sakura also disliked the environment here. The sun and sand were too much, even with sunscreen, it was useless. She would have to take good care of her skin when she got back. Fortunately, she was studying medicine. She just didn't know if she would still have to worry about these things after learning the Strength of a Hundred Sealings Technique: "Naruto, give me some more water."
Sasuke silently followed Sakura to get water from Naruto. He didn't like this place either, but he didn't say it. Would that make him seem a little more powerful than Naruto? He would probably feel tougher if he didn't take water from Naruto, or so he thought.
Naruto said fiercely, "I must teach Gaara a lesson when I get back. If you want to get rich, build roads first, have fewer children and plant more trees!"
Sakura interrupted, "Um, Naruto, although I don't know where you heard that from, the ninja world generally advocates having more children."
"..." Naruto thought about it, and it seemed to be true, but that wasn't the point. "The point is to plant more trees to improve the environment."
"It's very difficult to plant trees in the desert. They don't have the First Hokage's ability." Kakashi did remember someone, but it would kill him to come to the Land of Wind to do greening.
Of course, Naruto knew it was difficult. Just based on Gaara's three siblings' skills, this broken place wouldn't get any better.
Temari's big fan would blow away a forest, a typical example of indiscriminate logging. Guangtou Qiang would admire her efficiency, and Big Bear and Second Bear would shed tears;
Kankuro had to select a little usable material from countless pieces of wood to make a puppet, which was a waste of resources. This was a case of "when there's a sale, there's a kill";
Not to mention Gaara, when he pressed his hands on the ground, he could turn even the best black crystal soil from QQ Farm into sand, simply the culprit of land desertification.
The three siblings' actions would ruin even the best place.
The four people chatted about some random things to distract themselves and finally arrived at the entrance of Sunagakure Village.
The four stopped, and soon a ninja came over to ask questions. Kakashi cooperatively handed the proof to the other party.
The walls outside Sunagakure Village were much higher than those of Konoha, leaving only a gap they called the 'One Line Sky'.
Naruto quietly sensed that there were many ninjas standing guard above, and he also found that the Chakra of the person responsible for guarding the gate was much weaker than Izumo and Kotetsu, and he felt that he was not as good as Iruka.
"Excuse me, please follow me." After verifying the authenticity, this weakling led the four into the gate.
"Captain Yura, these four are ninjas from Konoha, here to deliver a letter to the Kazekage."
"I see, leave it to me." Yura nodded, signaling him to return to his post, and then said to Kakashi, "It's been hard on you for coming from so far away. I'll take you to see the Kazekage."
Yura wore a white headband, had a small beard on his chin, and his slanted bangs covered one eye. Naruto felt that if he dyed his hair yellow and drew circle eyebrows, he could cosplay Sanji.
If I remember correctly, this guy was a spy planted by Sasori of the Red Sand, only his memory was sealed, and now even he himself doesn't know he's a spy.
Naruto thought he had to let Gaara know, because if they weren't careful, he might be the one who brought the ghost... brought Sasori here in the future.
Following Yura to the center of Sunagakure Village, the Kazekage Office Building looks like a ball with the character for "wind" written on it from the outside, which goes well with Gaara's spherical Ninjutsu.
"Kazekage-sama, the Konoha ninja have arrived." Yura knocked on the door, let Team 7 in, bowed, and left.
In addition to Gaara, Maki and Temari were also in the office, apparently assisting him with his work.
"Welcome to Sunagakure Village." Gaara stood up and greeted them.
Naruto looked at Gaara's appearance and wanted to laugh a little. The thirteen-year-old Gaara hadn't grown up yet, and wearing that Kazekage robe made him look like a child mischievously wearing adult clothes, which was quite cute.
Kakashi solemnly handed the scroll to Maki. No matter how young Gaara was, he was still the Kage of a village, and he had to show the necessary respect.
Maki checked the scroll and handed it to Gaara, who glanced through it and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I will write a reply later. If you don't mind, please take a look around Sunagakure Village."
"Is it okay?" Sakura was a little happy. Although the long journey was a bit tiring, it was a different story if she could go shopping.
Naruto and Sasuke were both here for the first time and wanted to look around.
Temari said, "It's okay, I'll be your guide, and I'll arrange a place for you to rest."
The streets of Sunagakure Village are much worse than the prosperous scene of Konoha, and the buildings are basically the same monotonous ochre color. Naruto had seen too little of the world and only knew that this could be called exotic to him, but he couldn't say exactly where it was like.
Temari introduced, "Although Sunagakure Village is not as prosperous as Konoha, it also has some specialties, such as the toy store there, which is made with the most basic puppet techniques. Even if you don't know Puppet Technique, you can easily control them, which is very popular with children."
Naruto was very interested and bought a few to give to Laifu and Hanabi.
Seeing Sakura's lack of interest, Temari continued, "The cosmetics store over there has many good sunscreens and moisturizing products, which work very well. The girls in Sunagakure Village like them very much."
Sakura perked up, she was just worried about this!
Naruto also followed suit and bought, bought, bought. This stuff could be given to his mother, Hinata, and Karin. Speaking of which, Haku probably doesn't need it...
"Also, there's this one, Sunagakure's special snacks..."
Naruto subconsciously covered his Little Frog Wallet
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