While Orochimaru, Kabuto Yakushi and the Otonin were fleeing in panic, the battle between Uzumaki Naruto and Gaara had already reached a fever pitch.

Gaara, the Jinchūriki whose arm was cut off, finally used the technique of feigning sleep. As Gaara fell into a deep sleep, Shukaku's consciousness, which had been hidden deep inside, finally fully awakened.

Despite his huge body, Shukaku unexpectedly has a funny personality, and his unruly style makes him an extremely difficult to understand among the tailed beasts.

The battle between Gamabunta and Shukaku was like a huge storm passing through. The destruction was catastrophic.

The flying wind-style air bullets were just like lawn mowers, flattening the huge trees like fragile weeds.

With such power and violence, it's no wonder that Temari was so scared that she ran away for her life.

Shuimu was also very glad that he did not act rashly just now. If he had really gotten too close, the broken branches of the giant tree would have been his fate.

The collision of the wind and water chakra shells unleashed a terrifying pressure that destroyed everything around it.

But fortunately, at this time, apart from Shuimu who came a little close for something, there were not many people around.

"What kind of power is this?" Uchiha Sasuke looked at the fierce battle in the distance in surprise. He didn't even care about the tornado that was coming like a violent storm. "A ninja can actually do this. This kind of power should be able to kill that person."

After listening to Sasuke's uncontrollable mumbling, Haruno Sakura thought for a moment and said, "Sasuke-kun, actually a month ago, Mizuki-sensei said that Gaara is the strongest in the Chunin Exam, and the others combined are no match for him."

"The difference in strength was already obvious a month ago? Did everyone know about it?"

"I can't really tell, but Mizuki-sensei said it won't be clear after a month."

"One month later? That's now..." Sasuke looked at the huge Gamabunta with envy, and the blurry Naruto above him: "Such a big gap, someone has already caught up, but what am I doing..."

Sasuke said as he punched the tree trunk beside him unwillingly, with such force that his hand was injured and bleeding.

In fact, with Sasuke's current strength, he has the lightning chakra stimulation to increase his speed, the Sharingan to enhance his prediction and reaction ability, the Chidori's thrust and good potential, and his illusion is not bad either. Overall, he is already worthy of the status of the chief student. Although he is not as precocious as Kakashi Hatake and Itachi Uchiha, his potential is not bad either.

However, strength is measured by comparison. A few months ago, Uzumaki Naruto, who he didn't take seriously at all, has caught up with and even surpassed him. For me, who takes revenge as my mission, this is really unacceptable.

"Sasuke-kun, you are injured." Seeing this, Haruno Sakura was about to step forward to treat him.

Sasuke was unaware and turned to ask, "Sakura, have you heard anything about me?"

Sakura thought about it and decided to answer honestly. She couldn't bring herself to lie in front of Sasuke: "Mitsuki-sensei said a month ago that Kakashi-sensei is the best fit for you right now, and that you have the highest potential..."

"At present? That means it may not be the case in the future? Potential? That means it is not possible now?" With Sasuke's IQ, it is easy for him to understand the subtext.

Hearing Sasuke's mumbling, Sakura hurriedly explained: "But now it has been a month, and Sasuke-kun has become much stronger. Under the guidance of Kakashi-sensei, he will definitely become even stronger in the future."

"Yeah." Sasuke nodded vaguely.

"Damn it, how long do I have to wait before I can kill that man?"

Just when Uchiha Sasuke was feeling sorry for himself, the battle between Gaara and Uzumaki Naruto was coming to an end. Naruto used a combined transformation technique with Gamabunta to subdue Shukaku, and then Naruto took the opportunity to wake Gaara up and break the sleeping technique.

As Shukaku's will faded, without the One-Tail's chakra supply, Gaara's body, which had been fighting for a long time, could not support Shukaku's huge body at all. Soon, the huge incarnation of sand collapsed, and Gamabunta was almost exhausted, and the summoning time was up, so he disappeared directly back to Myoboku Mountain. What happened next was simple. Both of them were at the end of their strength, and were knocked to the ground by each other's Friendship Fist, unable to get up again.

"It's time to harvest."

Shuimu, who had disappeared just now, appeared from somewhere and cautiously approached the place where the two people fell.

Uzumaki Naruto looks fine, just a little exhausted. After a fierce battle with Hyuga Neji, all his wounds have not been completely healed. This time he is confronting the One-Tail Jinchuriki head-on. It is rare for him to be able to achieve this level.

Gaara was in a much worse situation, as he was hit by a few more Chidori than in the original story, which was not a big problem. However, it was a lot more troublesome for Gaara, who was already lacking sleep and in poor physical condition.

After checking Uzumaki Naruto's condition, he found that there was nothing serious. Mizuki was relieved that nothing too troublesome had happened.

Turning around and approaching Gaara, Mizuki stretched out his right hand and pressed it against Gaara's abdomen.

Suddenly, Mizuki quickly picked up the unconscious Gaara and quickly hid to the side. Then a sharp wind blade swept across the place where Mizuki had just passed.

"That was a close call. That was a really good attack."

"Give Gaara back."

The one who came was the Sand Ninja female ninja Temari.

"What a good sister she is. She rushed to the rescue immediately in such a dangerous situation."

Shuimu couldn't help but sigh at the power of family affection. Just like Shuimu, wasn't Xiaochun the first person he thought of?

Seeing Temari standing ready with a serious expression, Mizuki said with a smile, "The Sand Ninja are enemies now, and Gaara is the Jinchuriki. Will I give it back to you? And release Shukaku?"

"We won't, we will retreat immediately..."

Shuimu pretended to be contemptuous and said, "I don't believe it."

In fact, the Sand Ninja is already powerless to save the situation. Although Mizuki is not as good at speaking as Naruto, with the hostage in hand, he still has a good chance of persuading this little girl to give up resistance.

However, Mizuki still decided to have a fight, as he didn't want a third person to see or interfere with the matter of stealing the tailed beast's chakra for the time being.

"We must win, and we must win quickly..."

Temari is not the type that Mizuki is suitable to deal with. Large-scale ninjutsu is the most annoying to her who is good at small skills. The destructive power of wind escape is very huge, the ninja tools are both offensive and defensive, and she has an excellent summoning beast.

"You are worthy of being the child of the Kazekage family. Most people can't compare to you. However, you are unlucky to have run into me when I was in a bad mood, and you are the only one who got caught in the crossfire."