Gaara, who already had the style of a Kazekage, managed the village in perfect order, which made those who once had high hopes for him breathe a sigh of relief.
It’s just that recently, there have been too many major events happening in the ninja world.
Some time ago, the ally Konoha Village joined forces with the Hidden Mist Village to engage in conflict with the Akatsuki organization. Due to certain considerations, the Hidden Sand Village did not enthusiastically participate in it. Firstly, its strength was limited and it could not mobilize too strong a force; secondly, it did not want to fight alongside the Hidden Mist Village.
Therefore, although the Sand Village had known about Konoha Village's plan for a long time, they were not very enthusiastic.
The original plan was to send people to support if Konoha Village asked for help.
As a result, Konoha acted as if it had forgotten the existence of its ally and ignored the Sand Village's ambiguous attitude.
The Sand Village had no intention of taking the initiative to help. Only Gaara once mentioned taking the initiative to contact and join forces to fight the enemy, but he had to give up in the face of his subordinates' indifferent response.
Later, a great war stunned the entire ninja world. The strength of the "Akatsuki" organization was naturally feared, and the profound foundation of Konoha Village was also admirable. The enemy leader who possessed the Rinnegan was killed, and the vicious rebel ninja in the eyes of outsiders - Uchiha Itachi was also killed, and even Orochimaru, who was not originally in the vortex of the matter, was taken with him.
The losses of the Hidden Mist Village were not small, but it also demonstrated its considerable strength. The Hidden Sand Village, which was also an ally of the Konoha Village, stood by and watched without suffering any losses, but without the friendship of a common enemy, the Konoha Village naturally would not take the rebellious Hidden Sand Village seriously.
The labels of capricious, narrow-minded, and unreliable were undoubtedly attached to the Sand Village.
"When people are poor, they have low aspirations. This is what we are talking about!"
The rumors in the ninja world are vague and naturally have no impact on the Sand Village. Temari and Kankuro, who are involved in it, are also very angry.
Although Gaara's position as the Kazekage is unshakable, his words are not yet final.
The old guard who still hold considerable influence are still influencing the policies of the Sand Village with their inherent snobbery and shallowness, and interfering with Gaara's decision-making.
"It's useless to say more. We should communicate more with Konoha Village, clarify our position, and dispel those malicious rumors."
In this turbulent time, being isolated would be a very scary thing. The Sand Village might be the next to be visited by the Akatsuki organization.
After all, the One-Tail Jinchuriki becoming the Kazekage is an obvious target that he cannot hide from.
"Temari will handle the negotiations with Konoha. We should strengthen our defense and not leave any opportunities for them to take advantage of us."
The lack of successors in the Sand Village is even more serious than that in the Konoha Village. Of the older generation's combat effectiveness, only Chiyo's puppetry can be used.
As the backbone of the team, Maki cannot carry the team alone. The others may be strong, but they will struggle against masters. The right-hand men who can be placed with high hopes are Kankuro and Temari. Although they are capable, there are too few available manpower. Moreover, a large part of the limited force has been withdrawn to the border troops on the northern border to defend the Land of Earth and the aggressive Iwagakure Village.
"We have done a good job in external defense. It is not easy for foreign enemies to invade. What we need to pay attention to is the enemy's infiltration. The most important thing is to prevent the enemy from sneaking in and destroying the village."
After becoming the Kazekage, Gaara naturally has the right to know about some things.
Sensei Maki once told Gaara that Yura, a former jonin of the Sand Village who held a high position in the village and knew many secrets, was identified as a spy of the enemy early on, but was not made public for fear of the huge impact.
It is chilling to think that such a hero, who held a high position of power during his lifetime and enjoyed honors after his death, was actually a puppet controlled by the enemy.
Of course, Gaara couldn't reveal these things to irrelevant people. Anyway, the person is dead, so let these secrets pass and be buried slowly as time goes by...
At the Konoha Village training ground, Uzumaki Naruto has been training for some time.
After finally realizing that practicing hard alone would not be very effective, Naruto still shamelessly sought help from others.
Jiraiya had already gone to Myoboku Mountain to look for the Great Toad Sage, so after Naruto searched in vain, he had no choice but to ask Hatake Kakashi for help.
Kakashi was also racking his brains over Naruto's training.
Shuimu definitely cannot be relied upon. Not only is he very busy at work, but he also seems to have a lot of personal matters to deal with during his rest time.
Furthermore, it is not a good idea for a ninja who is married and has children to help out all the time.
When Mizuki has free time, he doesn't even have enough time to spend with his daughter, so how can he care about Naruto's training?
As a last resort, Kakashi asked Tsunade for permission and then dragged Tenzo and Karin over.
Tenzo is responsible for using Wood Release to control Naruto from going berserk due to excessive chakra consumption, Karin is responsible for Naruto's physical injuries and making soldier food pills. Of course, these all cost money, and strategic materials cannot be provided for free.
As for the other two students in Team 7, Sasuke is on vacation these days, but no one knows what he is busy with and it is always difficult to see him.
Sakura, who has been preliminarily recognized as a master by Mizuki, is also working hard on her training.
The practice of controlling the Five-Tails' chakra has reached a critical moment, and she is only one step away from independently mastering the bloodline limit - the power of boiling release. Whether she can overcome this hurdle will be a watershed in Sakura's great progress in strength.
Which is the most suitable for you, the senjutsu that incorporates the power of bloodline limit, or the power that you develop yourself?
Beneath the peaceful surface of Konoha Village, in the unknown dark corners, Danzo is racking his brains over the continuous intelligence gathering.
Although the "Root" organization is an illegitimate organization, most of the Konoha ninjas who know about it have acquiesced to their existence. They usually stay away from the "Root" organization lurking in the shadows. But recently, it seems that someone has been targeting them.
The other party was very cautious. If it weren't for the organization's intricate and extremely strict security measures, it would have been difficult to detect any clues of infiltration.
He was able to come and go freely in the powerful and tightly organized "Root" organization, and he didn't even know how many people were on the other side, which made these "Root" ninjas very embarrassed.
But Danzo seemed to have already had some ideas about the target person.
"The wolf cub left behind by three generations of soft-heartedness, now that he has grown up, does he want to bite people?"
In Danzo's eyes, all members of the Uchiha family are traitors who deserve to die, and the uncontrolled forces must be eliminated as soon as possible, otherwise there will be trouble sooner or later.
And now, this is the consequence of not removing the roots of the problem.