As Mizuki spoke, he glanced at Karin beside him. The physique of this little girl allowed others to absorb chakra by biting her body to heal their injuries. In fact, it was a process of overdraft and transfer of vitality. Otherwise, Karin's mother would not have died just by being bitten many times and absorbing too much chakra.

"Now, the situation is not so optimistic. If you want Gaara to survive, the elder Chiyo of your village is probably in danger. Trading his life for another's is the only option."

One for one and one for a hundred, this is the difference in the distribution of ability and vitality, but the "one" who casts the spell will definitely die.

“No way!”

Kankuro, who had been a little absent-minded, was suddenly shocked.

"Elder Qiandai, is this true?"

Chiyo's eyes narrowed into slits, as if she had fallen asleep. After a long while, she finally broke the dull atmosphere:

"Kankuro, you don't want your brother, the Godaime Kazekage, to live!"

"It would be best if Gaara is alright, but what would happen to the Sand Village if you were not here, Elder?"

Granny Chiyo silently supports the Sand Village. Although many people are dissatisfied with her, there are also many compatriots who dare not speak out.

In an organization, there are always frustrated people who are full of resentment towards those in power, but it is hard to be happy about the fact that Grandma Chiyo is about to die.

Just like in a big family, although the parents who support the family are overbearing and unreasonable, when the parents are about to pass away, the remaining children will not feel happy, but only be at a loss about the future.

“Hehehe…”

Chiyo couldn't help but laugh.

"I am already seventy-three years old this year. The Sandaime Hokage died in battle when he was four years younger than me. The only ninja who has lived longer than me in the ninja world is probably that old immortal Ōnoki..."

"But……"

Although Kankuro was not a fool, this kind of incident was beyond his ability to handle.

"Our ally Konoha Village should have a solution. Let's go find the Godaime Hokage!"

"I'm sorry, Kankuro, Konoha Village can't get involved in this matter. Only you can make this decision by yourselves."

Only the Sand Ninja can make the choice of who lives and who dies. Mizuki does not have the ability to change and fails to save Gaara, so the death of Chiyo is inevitable.

"Between life and death, there is great terror. Anyone who tries to break the taboo will not have a good end!"

No one can stop people who have such awareness from taking action.

"Mizuki Jonin..."

Grandma Chiyo suddenly spoke to Mizuki who was providing her with chakra help.

"You are really knowledgeable. The last Konoha ninja who made me feel this way was Orochimaru. Konoha Village is really enviable. There are always people who can be entrusted with the final care. Will the Sand Village have such luck?"

"You are too modest. Gaara is a good leader."

"Yeah, yeah, this guy is amazing. He said he wanted to be recognized, and he quickly became the Kazekage!"

Naruto, who finally had the chance to show his presence, hurriedly jumped out to argue!

"You must be Naruto, right? Every time Gaara mentions you, his expression is quite good..."

"Yeah, because we are friends!"

"Friends? Is that so..."

Chiyo seemed to have heard something funny, and also seemed to be making fun of herself.

"Konoha ninjas and Sand ninjas are friends..."

"What's wrong?"

The young ninjas did not quite understand the fact that the two villages had been allies in name only for decades, but in reality had many conflicts. Perhaps Temari and Kankuro of the Sand Ninja knew some of the inside story, but the Genin of Team 7 and Team 8 of Konoha Village had no idea about it at all.

The only impression she had of the Sand Village was that more than three years ago, the Sand Ninja was bewitched by the Konoha rebel Orochimaru, attacked the Konoha Village, and then was defeated and surrendered. As for Karin, who was originally a Kusagakure ninja, she didn't care about these things at all.

"Mizuki Jonin, you're probably the Konoha ninja I hate the most!"

Grandma Chiyo suddenly said something shocking.

"Originally, Hatake Sakumo was the person I hated the most, but now it's you. My useless grandson was rarely disciplined, but after you killed him, his body was not found, which still makes me very sad!"

"Ugh... I can't stop myself when I'm on the battlefield!"

Chiyo was just complaining casually.

"But that's why I didn't use Kisei Tensei on Scorpion at that time. Otherwise, Gaara would not have been saved."

"Who can tell what has not happened?"

"Forget about this matter. I don't have the ability to care about it anyway. It's just that you took the opportunity to replenish my chakra to explore the flow of chakra in my body. Are you very interested in the forbidden technique, Kisei Reincarnation?"

Chiyo exposed the truth without mercy, which made Mizuki feel a little embarrassed.

"Sorry, I'm used to it. I can't help it!"

"So now you understand, don't you?"

“Almost there!”

"That's good. Since you've received the benefit, shouldn't you pay me some compensation?"

Well, Mizuki underestimated the old woman's temperament. If he had known that she would be so difficult to deal with, Mizuki might as well have waited for Grandma Chiyo to die, and then resurrected her to learn slowly, which would have been better than being humiliated in public.

"What do you want me to do?"

"It's not a big deal. I just hope that Mizuki Jonin can help our Sand Village to take back the One-Tailed Shukaku in the future. Of course, if the five major ninja villages are defeated in the next war, we will just pretend that nothing happened!"

“I see!”

Shuimu lowered his head and thought for a while before answering.

"You should change one!"

"Why, the old woman's last wish before she passed away is not possible? It shouldn't be difficult to tell you!"

The Sand Village, with its masters declining, has little chance of finding Shukaku again, so they can only pin their hopes on Gaara. But if they have the help of Mizuki, the hope will be much greater.

Shuimu shook his head:

"That's not the reason. Senior must have realized something. Since he is willing to sacrifice himself for the future of the ninja world, he must have made plans to let them decide for themselves. It's better to leave this to the next generation. To you, Gaara and I are similar. We are both young juniors, but I am actually more than ten years older than the Fifth Kazekage."

After the great changes in the ninja world, how to arrange the tailed beasts still needs to be decided by the parties who truly promote reconciliation between the ninjas and the nine tailed beasts. Mizuki doesn't want to get involved in too troublesome matters.

"Really? My request was a bit abrupt, and you do have a point."

Chiyo was not a person who did not understand the situation. After thinking about it, she continued.

"Let's just leave this request alone. If you wish, change your request..."