In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"My puppet! Damn Uchiha Sasuke!"

Seeing her brother crying so sadly, Temari couldn't help but feel soft-hearted, but when she thought of her own situation, she was speechless and could only sigh helplessly.

Temari asked after Kankuro cried for a while.

"Where's Gaara?"

"That guy went crazy and went after those two from Konoha."

"Which direction is he in? I have to find him!" Temari gritted her teeth and said while suppressing the pain in her body. "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki rushed over, and I was worried that something might happen to Gaara."

"What could happen to him?" Kankuro was still immersed in the sadness of the broken puppet, as if he had lost his wife.

He turned around and was also stunned.

"Temari, where's your three-star fan?"

Hearing this, Temari bit her lower lip and said.

"He was snatched away by the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. I wonder what tricks he used!"

"What use does he have for that thing?" Kankuro said, "Isn't the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki weak?"

Temari didn't want to talk anymore. She just said that the information was wrong and passed over the topic.

She and Kankuro, who had lost his inflation...and his puppet, supported each other and rushed towards where Gaara was.

"What smell?"

"Shut up!"

Both of them were injured, and Temari had suffered a physical and mental blow, so she was not moving very fast.

"Are you really going to go find that madman? He's still crazy. He's going to kill us."

Temari ignored him and focused on her journey.

"Stop talking such useless nonsense, Kankuro."

.......

Naruto stood in front of Shukaku and took out the Lava Release.

"Damn it! Kid, what are you doing!"

"I'll see when you'll retreat." Naruto thought, and more golden chains wrapped around it. "Shukaku, I hope you can respect me next time we meet."

"I am going to kill you!"

"Melting Escape!"

The surging chakra in Naruto's body surged out endlessly, and the molten escape instantly rose with the blessing of the huge amount of chakra, directly swallowing half of Shukaku's body.

"Bundle it."

The Diamond Seal tightened once more, ignoring Shukaku's screams as it sank deep into Shukaku's mountainous body.

Seeing this, Naruto immediately felt comfortable.

There is a Diamond Seal outside and a Four Symbols Seal inside. When you see the tailed beasts in the future, just whip them.

The intense pain caused Gaara to open his eyes suddenly, and Shukaku's consciousness was pulled back into the seal. Gaara's tailed beast transformation also ended, and he was knocked down by Naruto's punch.

When Temari and Kankuro arrived, supporting each other, they saw Naruto beating Gaara. Both of them had almost run out of chakra, so they just punched him.

Gaara had been drained of too much energy by Shukaku and had also been badly injured, so he was no match for Naruto. It started as a duel, but later turned into a one-sided fight.

"Are you good at fighting?" Naruto punched through the sand and hit Gaara hard in the face.

Gaara was knocked back, his face distorted, and he fell heavily to the ground. He lay there motionless, his entire body numb.

"What's the use of having a tailed beast?"

Naruto stepped forward, grabbed Gaara's collar, and punched him again. The Jinchūriki could handle this damage completely, and it would heal quickly.

"To get into this business, you need power and connections!"

Gaara rolled his eyes after being punched so hard, but Naruto continued to beat him regardless.

"If you hadn't been reborn with good luck, you would be a corpse now."

Gaara was almost losing consciousness and unable to speak. He could only watch Naruto punch him in the face again and again.

"You little brat!"

Naruto gritted his teeth as molten lava gathered in his hands, and he was about to strike down hard.

Temari, who was not far away, panicked and crawled over. She didn't care about the injuries on her body and threw herself on Gaara, shouting in a crying voice.

"You promised me not to kill him!"

Temari was really scared and cried. This time, all three of them were doomed. She didn't want Gaara to die like this. Even though Gaara had an unpredictable personality and was cruel and bloodthirsty.

Naruto did not kill him. He retracted his Lava Release and stared expressionlessly at Temari who was blocking Gaara for a few seconds, then said.

"You are so lucky to have a good birth."

After saying that, Naruto left immediately.

It won't be long before news of the reconciliation between Konoha and the Sand Village comes.

Temari, who was protecting Gaara tightly, turned her head in panic and stared at Naruto's receding back. The remaining tears on her face fell on Gaara's face, warm.

Gaara, whose eyes were swollen from being beaten, stared at Temari's panicked profile and the tears on his sister's face with a dull look, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the end, Kankuro walked over with difficulty and pulled up Temari, who was so scared that her whole body was limp. For the first time, he saw Gaara's dying appearance.

After hesitating for a moment, Kankuro pulled Gaara up.

Temari also calmed down, and walked over, and together with Kankuro, they each put Gaara's hand on their shoulders.

"Temari."

"Kankuro."

When the two heard Gaara's voice, their bodies were suddenly frightened. Two seconds later, Gaara's voice sounded again.

"sorry."

Chapter 69 Three Generations of Funerals

When the three of them rushed back to the village, everything was settled.

The Sand Village's plan to destroy Konoha failed, and Orochimaru's conspiracy was exposed. The Third Hokage died, and used the Shiki Fuujin to take away Orochimaru's hands.

As the party at fault, Sunagakure reached a settlement agreement with Konoha, stipulating that Sunagakure would pay war compensation to Konoha in the form of gold sand, and Konoha would form a friendly alliance with Sunagakure based on the principle of mutual benefit.

Orochimaru killed the Kages of two villages at the cost of losing his hands and became the MVP of the game.

As soon as Naruto and Sakura returned to the village with the seriously injured Sasuke, they learned the news that the third generation had died in battle.

Sakura was stunned for a moment, but Naruto didn't react at all, so she hurriedly urged.

"Sakura, that Sasuke guy is almost out of breath."

"Ah!" Sakura suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly took Sasuke to Konoha Hospital.

......

Two days later.

The sky was just getting light, and dark clouds were hanging over Konoha.

Naruto sat up from the bed and stared at the wrapped bouquet of white chrysanthemums on the table for a long time before he remembered that today was the funeral of the Third Hokage.

He looked away and stared at the ceiling for a long time. He was not as happy as he expected.

"The dead Third Hokage was the good Hokage."

After a while, Naruto went into the bathroom in slippers to wash up. After coming out, he changed into black mourning clothes, took a large black umbrella and white chrysanthemum, put on tactical boots and went out.

He wore no forehead protector or leggings.

He walked out slowly, wandered to the main street of Konoha and met up with Sakura.

The sky was gloomy, and huge dark clouds visible to the naked eye were hovering overhead.

Until a touch of pink appeared at the entrance of the alley. Sakura had a sad face and was wearing a black dress. She waved to Naruto the moment she saw him.

"Naruto."

"Yeah." Naruto walked forward and walked alongside Sakura, "How is Sasuke?"

Sakura said dejectedly, shaking her head.

"He is seriously injured and is still in a coma. I don't know when he will wake up."

"He's lucky to be alive after opening the curse seal twice," Naruto said. "He'll be out of the hospital soon, so there's no need to worry too much."

"Thank you, Naruto."

Sakura, who was walking side by side, lowered her head and bit her lip.

"If you hadn't arrived in time..."

The two walked slowly, the rustling sound of their footsteps echoing on the street, and Naruto glanced at Sakura out of the corner of his eye.

"There's no need to thank me for something like this. This is how it should be between companions."

"I know, I'm just a little..." Sakura seemed to be unable to control her emotions and said in a low voice, "Every time I can't help much, I can only watch you and Sasuke fight hard."

"Every time... every time I feel so useless. Maybe I'm not cut out to be a ninja."

With a click, Naruto stopped.

"No one is more suitable to be a ninja than you, Sakura."

"What?" Sakura had tears on her face.

"Everyone's talents are different. Sooner or later, you just haven't found your own ninja way yet. There's no need to give up on yourself."

"But........"

"It's okay. Let's go. The funeral of the Third Hokage is about to begin." Naruto looked in one direction and saw more and more people in black clothes gathering on the streets of Konoha.

"Don't say such stupid things anymore."

After saying that, Naruto raised his foot and walked towards the crowded area.

Sakura stood there in a daze for a long moment before she wiped her tears and followed. Her slender, white legs swung rapidly beneath her black skirt, and after a few quick steps, Sakura joined the crowd.

The funeral was held in an open-air stand, and the expressions on everyone's faces were dull and sad.

On the depressing rainy day, people began to present flowers.

Naruto held the slightly withered bouquet of white chrysanthemums he had bought a few days in advance and stood in the long line of flower offerings in the rain. When it was his turn, he placed the white chrysanthemums he had prepared long ago in front of the third generation's flower table and left silently.

The funeral was not long. After it was over, the sunlight pierced through the rain clouds and illuminated the entire village.

The crowd attending the funeral dispersed in groups. Sakura had told Naruto in advance that she had something to do and had to go home first, so he didn't have anything to do.

I was drenched in the rain and my clothes were sticky to my skin, so I decided to go home and take a shower.

"Naruto." Ino put a hand on his shoulder and leaned in to ask, "I heard Sasuke was injured?"

"Yeah, he's still unconscious in the hospital," Naruto said as they walked over, "Why, you want to go see Sleeping Beauty?"

"Isn't it possible?" Ino bumped Naruto's shoulder and walked side by side with him and said, "Opportunities like this don't come often. That's Sasuke!"

"You think you can see Master Sasuke whenever you want?" Naruto rolled his eyes at Ino. "Kakashi-sensei said the higher-ups have issued a protection order, and Sasuke's ward on that floor is already under ANBU protection."

"Even Sakura from the medical team can't visit. You'd better give up on this idea."

"What a cruel order." Ino said sadly, "When I think of Sasuke lying quietly on the hospital bed, the snow-white walls, and the dewy white roses in front of the window..."

"Damn it, your saliva is almost dripping onto my face, you slut, stop it!"

"Who are you calling a nympho? You're looking for death!"

"I'm talking about you! Damn slut! Don't expose your sexual fetish in front of outsiders, damn it!"

Naruto pushed Ino away with a look of disgust, and Ino angrily grabbed Naruto's collar.

Hinata, who was standing behind, looked at Naruto and Ino playing around, with a lonely look on her face and a slight frown on her lips.

"Hinata!"