In Konoha, they wiped out the Sarutobi clan at the start.

"Um, is there a problem?" Karin seemed to understand Naruto's gaze. Her lips twitched slightly. Although her face still wore a gentle smile, those who knew her well knew that this was a sign that a storm was about to break.

"It's nothing, it's just that you seem different from before." Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly, his thoughts about to slip out.

However, before he could even utter the word "good-looking," Sakura immediately covered his mouth.

Others may not know how terrifying Karin is, but Sakura, who has been learning medical ninjutsu from her side for many years, knows that if Naruto dares to say those words, he will definitely get a good beating.

"What did you mean by 'nothing back then'?" Karin narrowed her eyes, her gaze growing increasingly cold.

"It's nothing, Karin. Naruto just wanted to say that you're not as shy as you used to be, and you've become even more handsome, right, Naruto?" Sakura covered Naruto's mouth, pressed his head to make him nod, and whispered in his ear, "If you don't want to die, do as I say."

After saying that, Sakura released Naruto.

Although Naruto didn't understand, he trusted Sakura and chimed in, "Sakura is right."

"Oh. Then it's fine." Karin's dangerous gaze vanished, and the fist she had been clenching in her sleeve loosened.

"Um, Granny Tsunade, are you referring to Karin as your opponent?" Naruto pointed at Karin and asked Tsunade.

"I just said it was a man, how could it be Karin? It's him." Tsunade looked out the window.

Upon hearing this, Naruto and Sakura instinctively walked to the window and looked down. A silver-haired Jonin was sitting on the balcony reading a book; it was Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei." Naruto's eyes lit up with surprise as he jumped out of the window and, just like in the original story, gave Jiraiya his latest book.

After catching up with Kakashi on various topics, we got back to the main topic.

"Grandma Tsunade, are Kakashi-sensei our opponent?" Naruto looked at Tsunade with some surprise. Sakura also looked puzzled.

Tsunade shook her head and said something surprising, "No, to be precise, it's you and Karin. From today onwards, the three of you will form the new Team 7."

The fact that a small team had two medical ninjas at the same time left everyone puzzled. Only Jiraiya, Chinatsu, and Kakashi knew that this was because Karin, as a member of the Uzumaki clan, had mastered the Adamantine Sealing Chains, which allowed her to restrain the tailed beasts when Naruto went berserk, just in case.

"Alright, that's settled then, Kakashi. From now on, I'll leave the three of them to you."

Tsunade didn't offer much explanation. She dismissed everyone.

In the end, only Tsunade, Chinatsu, and Jiraiya remained in the Hokage's office.

As soon as Naruto, Kakashi, and the others left, Jiraiya's lecherous nature kicked in, and he set his sights on the beautiful, seven-year-old Chika.

"Tsunade, it's been a long time. This is Chinatsu, right? She's really grown up."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to pat Chika's head.

But Chika grabbed his wrist, and with a snap, Jiraiya cried out in pain, "Ouch! That hurts!"

"Serves you right." Tsunade gave Jiraiya a disdainful look and sighed, "You really don't learn your lesson. How many times have I told you that, apart from her father, Chika won't let any man touch her? Let me remind you, Chika's strength is now comparable to mine."

"Ah, I know, I know, make her let go, make her let go or it will break!" Jiraiya wailed, tears welling up in his eyes from the pain.

"Chika, let go," Tsunade said calmly.

"Hmph," Qianxia snorted softly upon hearing her mother's words, and then stopped.

"This little girl is truly a genius. She's mastered superhuman strength at such a young age. And the chakra in her hands far surpasses Kakashi's. She truly is worthy of being your daughter. She's exceptionally talented." Jiraiya exclaimed, rubbing his aching arms.

"None of that matters anymore. Tell me, what happened this time?" Tsunade changed the subject.

Jiraiya nodded emphatically, his expression grave, and said, "That organization has finally started to take action."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's expression also turned serious. She gazed out the window, lost in thought. "Do you understand?"

The Land of Wind.

Sunagakure Village.

At this moment, Deidara was already fighting Gaara.

Just like in the original story, because Gaara's sand possessed exceptionally strong and fast defensive capabilities, Deidara's exploding clay was unable to harm Gaara for the time being.

Conversely, Gaara's sand couldn't keep up with Deidara's clay bird, nor could he catch Deidara.

The two sides exchanged blows, engaging in aerial combat, probing each other, and fighting fiercely.

The battle continued until sunset and moonrise, with no clear victor.

"It seems that this Kazekage is still too inexperienced. He only focuses on attack power and tries to catch Deidara with a huge sandstorm, but he doesn't know how to use area attacks. If he were like the dead Edo Tensei Third Kazekage and used Sand Rain to launch a dense area attack, then it would be Deidara's turn to be on the defensive."

Watching the two battling in the air, it was undeniably a spectacular visual feast. Even Qianye, who had read the original work, couldn't help but marvel at it.

Sasori of the Red Sand said from the side, "Sand is not like iron sand. It is much lighter. To use a high-density Iron Sand Rain like the Third Hokage, you need much stronger chakra control. At that age, the Kazekage can't do that."

"That's true, but on another note, you've finally made it back to Sunagakure, aren't you planning to visit some old friends?" Chiya smiled at Sasori of the Red Sand.

"Boring." Sasori was silent for a moment, then clicked his tongue, turned and walked into the narrow passage, his back to Chiya, and said, "Deidara's side should be almost done. I'm going to set up traps to cover their retreat. If you're confident you can dodge them, then keep watching."

"Go ahead." Qianye waved his hand indifferently. The most exciting C3 No. 18 super bomb hadn't exploded yet, so why would he leave?

As the two were talking, Gaara crushed Deidara's left arm, just like in the original story.

At this moment, Deidara finally unleashed his trump card in his current state: C3·Clay Bomb No. 18.

Infused with his own highest level of chakra, he created a doll-shaped bomb using explosive clay and threw it into the sky by Deidara.

Deidara used his remaining right hand to form a hand seal, and the doll-shaped exploding clay suddenly grew larger.

The doll-shaped exploding clay began to fall at an accelerated speed.

"Art is an explosion, drink!"

At a distance of about thirty meters above the ground, accompanied by Deidara's piercing shout that almost echoed throughout the sky, the detonating clay exploded violently with a loud bang.

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