As a Jinchūriki, he was ostracized by other villagers when he was young and grew up alone.

Who in the ninja world has the most similar experience to Uzumaki Naruto?

Without a doubt, it was the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara.

The two people who met each other through the "Konoha Collapse Plan" launched by Orochimaru once fought a big battle because of their beliefs. At that time, Uzumaki Naruto won.

However, when Naruto returned to Konoha Village three years later, Gaara had already become the Fifth Kazekage.

One can imagine how shocked Naruto, who was determined to become the Hokage, was when he heard the news.

He has not even reached the threshold of the position of Hokage and is even just a Genin, which is a long way from being on par with Gaara.

The huge gap between them really irritated Uzumaki Naruto's nerves, and his level of diligence in training also obviously improved a lot.

When Naruto returned from his training at Myoboku Mountain and had just started practicing Sage Mode, just as he was about to show off his skills, he heard the news that Gaara was ambushed and captured by the enemy, which immediately messed up Naruto's thoughts.

As a Jinchūriki who shares the same suffering, Naruto certainly hopes that Gaara, who has become the Kazekage, can smoothly gain the recognition of the villagers in the Sand Village.

The guy who took the lead was the benchmark for Naruto's efforts. How could he allow Gaara to fall in such a place?

…

Mizuki spent a lot of effort and finally sent all the members of Team 7 and Team 8 to the Sand Village in the Land of Wind.

It’s such a long distance, if it wasn’t an urgent mission, Shuimu would never have spent so much effort.

However, seeing that Temari and Kankuro were in poor health but still insisted on following them, they had no choice but to arrange for Sakura and Karin to help with the treatment for the time being.

During this period, a little episode that was well-received was that when Granny Chiyo saw Hatake Kakashi, she mistook him for Hatake Sakumo, who was extremely similar to him. Granny Chiyo, who could not control her emotions, saw the enemy who killed her son and daughter-in-law, and almost fought with him. Fortunately, after the explanation, the conflict was resolved.

In order to save time, Mizuki had to bring Temari and Kankuro with him, and while treating them, he used secret techniques to detect the location of the chakra of Shukaku, the one-tailed beast in the Sand Village.

"In your situation, even if we find the Kazekage, he may not be able to help you!"

Temari and Kankuro are also quite strong. They must be outstanding talents to have been able to stand out and become jonin in the Sand Village, which implements an elitist policy.

But the enemy this time is too special. If the Konoha Village team is powerless, these two people will not be able to turn the tide.

"Although it's a bit difficult, we have to go there..."

"Because he is your leader?"

“That’s one of the reasons…”

Because of the medical ninjutsu performed on Kankuro, the paint on his face was temporarily wiped off. He looked quite young and did resemble Gaara. They were indeed brothers.

"Because that's my brother too!"

Kankuro's words made Temari nod unconsciously, feeling the same way.

"I see. We feel a little embarrassed to leave you behind!"

Shuimu sighed. Official business was mixed with family affection. It was impossible for these guys to keep a normal mind.

"The Sand Village has sent out all its elite troops. Aren't you afraid that the Land of Earth will take advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack? Although the Five Kage Tournament is imminent, but..."

Mizuki did not continue. It was simply a luxury to talk about non-aggression between the two feuding families. What's more, the Five Kage Conference had not yet been held and the covenant had not yet been established. If the Earth Kingdom attacked the Wind Kingdom, there would not even be any moral trouble.

"Young man, you really think it through!"

Grandma Chiyo smiled and said:

"With my brother Ebizo in charge and Maki also going to the northern border, I believe the Iwagakure Village knows what we mean and will definitely not launch a surprise attack at this time."

“Really?”

Since Shuimu was dissatisfied with his business, he naturally wouldn't say anything more.

There weren't many experts in the Sand Village to begin with, and most of the people were scattered to gather intelligence. The only real combat power that could help was Granny Chiyo. As for Temari and Kankuro, they were better than nothing. Their roles were similar to those of Team 8 led by Mizuki. They might come in handy, but we couldn't expect too much from them, as the "protagonist team" of Team 7 was stronger, and their performance was directly related to whether Gaara could be rescued.

…

The Bird Kingdom, a small country near the southwest, does not have many specialties and is not densely populated. This marginal area is even more desolate than the Grass Kingdom, which is located on a major transportation route and has been in war for a long time. The only thing that is pleasing to the eye is that the scenery here is quite good.

However, the ninja world has not yet entered a deeply industrialized production level, and the damage to nature is not very serious. Unless there are special terrain reasons, there are lush vegetation everywhere and the greening level is quite high, so there will not be many people appreciating the beautiful scenery of these wildernesses.

In a huge underground cave in a hilly area covered by dense jungle, Gaara had been blocked and his chakra absorbed by the Phantom Dragon Nine Seals for a long time.

Although the chakra of the tailed beasts that the Outer Path Demon Statue recovered was not much, it was enough to be used. The relatively complete Three-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, and most of the Seven-Tails were enough to support the Outer Path Demon Statue's considerable combat power.

The most crucial thing is that Uchiha Obito, who has replaced his Rinnegan, is in much better physical condition than Nagato. If he does not use the Six Paths method of drinking poison to quench thirst like Pain, he is actually under slightly less pressure than Nagato, and his ability to control the Outer Path Statue is naturally better.

Even so, with nearly two days left, it is still a long time to extract a complete tailed beast.

Uchiha Obito, Zetsu, Kakuzu, Hidan, Hoshigaki Kisame, and Kabuto Yakushi who came to help temporarily, a total of six powerful ninjas. Although they are much weaker than in their heyday, they are not so weak that they have no ability to fight.

Just as a few people were silently waiting for the Phantom Dragon Nine Sealings to slowly squeeze and absorb the tailed beast chakra in Gaara's body, a pale figure suddenly rose from the ground not far away. The White Zetsu clone in charge of reconnaissance brought some not-so-good information.

"The pursuit forces from Konoha Village and Sand Village are not far from here. It's only a matter of time before they find us!"

"It's really haunting! Fortunately, I was prepared."

It would be too idealistic to expect the enemy to come to you after you have used the Phantom Body Technique to absorb all the chakra of the tailed beasts.