Naruto: The village was on the verge of bankruptcy, and I struck oil.

A moment of distraction.

She was hit by the vacuum blade and the thousand needles and fell from the sky.

Temari gracefully closed her fan and caught Tenten with it.

Kankuro cheered.

Gaara then looked at Rock Lee, the Konoha ninja who had challenged him.

Next, it's your turn.

Behind the two, Ye Gui, whose face was half-covered by a curtain, revealed a relieved smile.

As their teacher, he was proud to have such students.

They are the future Sand Ninja.

Laymen watch the spectacle, experts watch the details.

Standing on the balcony, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes crinkled with wrinkles.

The Konoha ninjas were cleaning up the scattered ninja tools that had been lying around.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at the broken ninja tools, lost in thought.

When did the Sand Village's ninja tools become so powerful?

Is this a special ninja tool for individuals or is it common?

For Jonin and above, they have many techniques, so ordinary ninja tools have little effect.

The difference is between chuunibyou and genin.

They are very likely to run out of chakra in an encounter, and then have to rely on taijutsu and ninja tools to fight each other.

A sharper and more durable ninja tool could be the key to changing the course of the battle.

It can be said that having better ninja tools will improve the survival rate of lower and mid-level ninjas.

Perhaps we can ask Kazekage when we meet him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought to himself.

In his view, the relationship between Konoha and Sunagakure is currently very good, and exchanging some ninja tool experience should not be a problem.

As for the suddenly appearing rogue ninja Orochimaru.

He didn't connect Orochimaru and the Kazekage at all.

Next.

Gaara and Lee's battle was a sensation.

First of all, Lee's attacks were completely ineffective against Gaara's absolute defense.

All attacks will be blocked by the sand.

Gaara carried the gourd on his back, his arms wrapped around it, remaining perfectly still.

Its sophistication completely overwhelmed the entire audience.

The surrounding candidates were shocked and very surprised.

They had never seen this kind of fighting before.

Kankuro couldn't help but brag to Naruto.

"Gaara's sand can defend against any physical attack. In other words, he is immune to physical attacks; his sand can automatically form a sand shield to protect his body without him even needing to manipulate it."

Naruto turned around and stared wide-eyed.

There are passive skills like this?!

Gaara grew impatient when she saw that Lee had no new attack methods.

They manipulated the sand to launch an attack on Xiao Li.

The raging sandstorm slammed Xiao Li against the wall.

Xiao Li quickly rolled and jumped to avoid the sand.

He eventually hid on top of the ninja finger sculpture in the center of the arena.

After receiving permission from his teacher, he removed the iron rod tied to his calf.

The heavy iron block crashed to the ground, causing the ground to tremble and stirring up a huge cloud of dust.

Everyone was stunned by the weight.

Next.

Xiao Li showed his true strength.

That speed, almost instantaneous, is impossible for the human eye to keep up with.

Even Gaara's protective sand "Masanoho" couldn't keep up.

Gaara was put on the defensive for a moment.

Shukaku inside him asked, "Do you need my help?"

Gaara: "No need."

Gaara took the gourd off and pointed the opening at Lee.

"Sand Release: Sandstorm Gatling Gun".

Boom boom boom.

A series of dense sand and gravel gushed out from the gourd's mouth.

The gourd was transformed by Mu Feng into a gourd-shaped ninja tool launcher, making it not only able to store sand but also an offensive ninja tool.

Chakra is input into the gourd to activate its electromagnetic emission device, which can eject fine sand particles at high speed.

A tiny grain of sand can possess astonishing power when propelled by speed.

Xiao Li is fast and quick-witted, moving swiftly and dodging, appearing everywhere like a black shadow.

Gaara, wielding a gourd-shaped Gatling gun, chased after the shadowy figure, firing indiscriminately.

clap clap.

A series of crisp sounds rang out in the air.

Li, now a shadowy figure, appeared in the air.

His hands and feet were covered in bloody holes from being hit by gravel.

He fell from the sky and crashed to the ground.

He lost.

Chapter 18 What makes you think the Sand Village can defeat the Leaf Village?

The Sand Shield provides automatic defense, and the gourd boasts a high ranged attack speed and incredible power.

There is almost no solution on either the offensive or defensive end.

How are we supposed to deal with such a monster?!

The entire room fell silent.

Even the usually thick-skinned Naruto realized how terrifying his opponent was.

Kakashi encouraged his disciple.

"As long as you seize the time for intensive training and learn new ninjutsu, you have a chance to defeat him."

The next month.

Orochimaru, who had transformed into a Sound Ninja, was also shocked by Gaara's terrifying power.

He stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips.

I never imagined the Sand Ninja were so powerful, that's wonderful.

The stronger the Sand Ninja are, the greater the damage they can cause to Konoha, and the more successful my plan will be.

With the battle between Sound Ninja Tosu and Choji over, the preliminary round also came to an end.

The next month will be a rest and training period for the ten selected ninjas.

Meanwhile, the daimyo from various countries will also come to Konoha during this period to watch the final match.

They would judge the strength of the ninjas from each village by observing the performance of the lower-ranking ninjas.

Break time begins.

Kabuto failed to steal from the unconscious Sasuke at the hospital and fled after his identity was exposed.

Kakashi, unable to be in two places at once, handed Naruto over to special jonin Ebisu for training, while he himself took Sasuke for special training.

Naruto and Ebisu, while bickering and playing around, accidentally stumble into the Tsuru-no-kan hot spring and bump into Jiraiya.

The bond between the two began.

Jiraiya began special training with Naruto.

On the Sand Village side.

In the inn, Ye Gui is carrying out a plan to destroy Konoha, a joint operation between the Sand Ninja and the Sound Ninja.

Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro were utterly shocked.

Temari: "We are still allies with Konoha, so why would we do this?"

Temari is probably the kindest of the three.

Kankuro: "Hmph, isn't it better to defeat Konoha?"

Temari: "Konoha is stronger than us, and people will be sacrificed in battle."

Ye Gui: "Aren't we Sand Ninja sacrificing ourselves all the time?"

The harsh environment of Sunagakure is a test for the ninjas of Sunagakure.