In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Didn't I tell you already? You've seen the dead people who were resurrected by the Impure World Reincarnation." Naruto patted the shoulder of the not-so-bright Choji and reminded him earnestly.

"Remember the Chunin Exam six years ago? Inside the barrier, the Impure World Hokage, the First and Second Hokage, created by Orochimaru, were dead."

Hearing this, Choji broke out in a cold sweat and looked at Naruto in shock and suspicion, his voice becoming thinner.

"Really?"

"Why would I lie to you? Is it necessary to scare you?"

"That's right, but why are you here?" asked Choji. He knew Naruto's character too well. He talked about the will of fire, but who knows what he was cursing in his heart.

He is the only one who can take the initiative to go to the front line, even a sow can climb a tree.

"I have something to do, so I stopped by to see you." He coughed, "You can tell Shikamaru and the others about this, but don't tell them what I said."

"why?"

"Anyway, don't tell me. You have to ask me again. It's so troublesome."

"But you know I won't lie. If I tell a lie, it's easy to be exposed." Dingci was a little embarrassed. "If they ask a few more questions, I'll be exposed."

"Forget it, forget it, just tell me what I said." Naruto waved his hand. "As for why, just tell me that this group of White Zetsu was controlled by Kabuto Yakushi behind the scenes, and that he learned Orochimaru's Impure World Reincarnation Technique."

"Oh oh." Choji took note, "You want to stay here?"

"No, by the way, what's that place ahead?" Naruto pointed to the northwest and asked, "I saw a defense line there, it doesn't look like Konoha's."

"That's Sunagakure's defense line. Be careful and don't cross it." Choji reminded, "Although Konoha and Sunagakure are allies, White Zetsu likes to disguise himself as a ninja to assassinate people. On the battlefield, the trust between the two sides is almost gone."

"Got it." Naruto said and left, "I'm going back to the village."

"Huh?" Shikamaru was confused.

I thought, it's a three-day and two-night journey from the village to here, and Naruto just came and left like that? This... is too ridiculous, what's the purpose?

Just to pass on a message to him? This information could be passed on to Nara Shikaku and the others, so why did he have to tell it through his mouth?

While Shikamaru was still puzzled, Naruto had already reached the interior of the Sand Village.

He did not hide anything and met Temari first to explain his purpose.

"Information?" The light in Temari's eyes dimmed little by little, and the smile on her face froze.

Even though she tried her best to control herself, she couldn't hide the disappointment on her face.

Fortunately, after she calmed down, she listened carefully to what Naruto had to say and realized the seriousness of the situation. She pursed her lips and sent for Gaara, the Kazekage, to come over.

Chapter 530: Changes, suspicion from Sand Village, Temari can only passively apologize

There were only Temari and Naruto in the conference room. He did not hide his tiredness at all. Walking back and forth all day was too tiring.

He always looks energetic in front of Hinata and Ino. Even if he is very tired, he still forces himself to talk. He will go home to rest only after spending time with the two of them.

When they arrived at the Sand Village, there was no one else in the meeting room, so Naruto simply lay down on the table and fell asleep.

"Let me know before anyone arrives."

"Oh... okay!" Temari was a little reserved. After thinking about it, she got up and went out to give a few instructions.

When she entered the meeting room again, she found that Naruto seemed to have fallen asleep. She couldn't help but feel disappointed. She had wanted to talk to Naruto, but now it was impossible.

About twenty minutes later, Naruto woke up on his own, without waiting for Temari to call him. There was no other way; lying on the table was a bit tiring; it was far less comfortable than a bed.

"Is anyone here?" he asked, rubbing his eyes, looking visibly sleepy.

He propped up one arm, practically burying his head in it, obscuring most of his face. This posture stretched his body forward, his shoulder blades thrust forward, revealing the line of his jaw and the swell of his explosive back.

Temari took a look, her mind went blank, and she bit her lower lip.

"what?"

"Have they arrived?" Naruto asked again, looking up at her with a tired look on his face.

"Not yet... not yet." Temari stood there, some scenes from her dream flashing through her mind. She swallowed and suddenly reacted after she finished speaking.

He seems sleepy?

"How about...postponing the meeting? Go wash up and take a rest first." Temari asked with concern, "You look very sleepy now. I can take you to..."

"No need, let's talk about it after we finish the job." Naruto's voice was a little hoarse, his attention was not on Temari, and he was still thinking about how to get Shukaku of the Sand.

The degree of integration between Shukaku of the Sand and Gaara is not harmonious, far inferior to the previous generation Jinchūriki, Monk Bonfuku. At present, Gaara has to pay a price for using the power of Shukaku of the Sand.

The price is insomnia. Shukaku is not a good bird and has accepted the reality of being a tool. But this does not mean that it will be obedient and will still make a fuss from time to time.

Although taking away Shukaku of the Sand has no effect on Gaara's control of the sand, after all, Shukaku is completely sealed in Gaara's body and is purely a seal.

But Naruto was too embarrassed to ask to borrow the tailed beast in your body. At least the top leaders of the Sand Village would never agree to such an absurd and rude request.

The tailed beast is the secret weapon of the Sand Village, used to balance the other villages. Naruto alone can never take away Shukaku of the Sand.

So from the very beginning, he didn't think of using conventional methods.

Not long after, Gaara and a group of Sunagakure high-ranking officials appeared in the conference room. Gaara looked more mature. When he entered, his eyes met Naruto's and he nodded slightly as a greeting.

Although Temari didn't hold much power, she was still qualified to attend Sunagakure's high-level meetings. Naruto looked around but didn't see Kankuro. He was probably fiddling with a doll somewhere.

Maki, the Sunagakure jonin, was also present, sitting beside Gaara. As the Kazekage's teacher, after Gaara's ascension to the throne, his status in Sunagakure was no different from that of a prince's tutor in ancient times.

Not only is your fortune rising steadily, but you also feel like you are a farmer in the morning and an emperor in the evening.

From a distance, Naruto could already see the noble aura surrounding Maki. He silently marked this man in his mind: this man must die.

There was no particular reason for Maki to kill Moonlight Gale. But Uzuki Yugao had come to him for help and shown sufficient sincerity, so Maki deserved to die.

Since you treat others like this, it is also a common thing today.

Since Maki was able to kill Gekko Hayate for the benefit of the village, even if he was guided by Orochimaru, it is normal for Maki to be killed.

If you often wander around the world, you will inevitably get hurt. There is no logic between life and death.

Maki frowned slightly when Naruto looked at him, feeling a little uncomfortable for some reason. However, he didn't take it to heart and didn't even look at Naruto.

Temari sent someone to inform Gaara, and Gaara then informed the higher-ups of Sunagakure. Naturally, this process of transmission took some time.

Even though they knew Naruto was delivering information, the Sunagakure leaders still had a sour look on their faces. After sitting down with serious expressions, they didn't ask any questions in a hurry, but instead examined Naruto together.

Temari sensed the atmosphere was not right, and her heart panicked for a moment. She looked at Gaara and then at Maki. Gaara's expression did not change, and he seemed to be thinking.

Just now, Naruto only told Temari that he had information about the person behind White Zetsu and knew that person's next plan of action.

It was precisely because of this that Temari put aside her romantic thoughts and quickly sent someone to tell Gaara. She knew she had no right to call a meeting of the Sunagakure high-level officials, so she only sent someone to inform Gaara.

As for what Gaara does, that has nothing to do with her.

After waiting for a long time and still not seeing anyone, Temari guessed that Gaara was probably calling the top management to come together, but she didn't expect the top management to react like this.

Time passed by, and no one in the meeting room spoke. Even Gaara, the Kazekage, didn't say anything, and neither did the higher-ups, so Naruto naturally had no reason to rush over.

This almost suffocating silence almost made Temari breathless, and a look of worry appeared on her face. She was anxious, but she didn't know what was going on.

After a long while, when Temari was about to speak, a senior member of Sunagakure broke the silence first.

"Jinchuuriki of Konoha, what information have you come to Sunagakure to deliver?"

"Hmm." Naruto didn't look happy when he heard the title of Jinchuriki. He glanced at the senior executive and said, "The person who controls White Zetsu is Orochimaru's former subordinate, Kabuto Yakushi."

"We already know this news." Maki said.

"Got it?" Naruto was a little surprised.

"Yes, the Water Country just shared the information." Maki nodded, "The Mizukage severely injured Kabuto Yakushi, and Kabuto Yakushi is currently fleeing in the Water Country."

Hearing this, Naruto did not respond. The other party obviously did not want to reveal too much.

The problem is that this information is obviously false. It is impossible for Mizukage Mei Terumi to seriously injure Kabuto Yakushi, or perhaps Kabuto Yakushi wants Mei Terumi to think that she has seriously injure him.

The research of Orochimaru and Kabuto Yakushi has already involved the soul level. It is not that easy to seriously injure or even kill Kabuto Yakushi.

However, Naruto did not express his doubts aloud. Instead, he observed the expressions of the Sunagakure senior officials and vaguely sensed a hint of distrust.

"Konoha and Sunagakure are allies, right?" he asked.

"Yeah." Maki answered him.

In this conference room, everyone seemed to be muted, with only Maki speaking as their voice. Everyone else, except Temari and Gaara, seemed to be sizing him up.

Gaara sat in the position of the Kazekage, not knowing what he was thinking. He kept his head slightly lowered and looked at the finely textured surface of the long table, his brows furrowed.

"Kabuto Yakushi has a backup plan. He is preparing the Impure World Reincarnation army." Naruto said.

"White Zetsu has retreated from the territory of the Wind Country, and Kabuto Yakushi has been defeated." Maki interrupted Naruto and said impatiently.

"There's no evidence for what you said. The current situation is that Kabuto Yakushi is no longer able to control White Zetsu. The momentum of the war has been brought under control, but Konoha doesn't seem to have any intention of withdrawing its troops from the border."

As he said this, Maki stared at Naruto sharply.

At that moment, Naruto suddenly understood why the faces of these high-ranking officials were so strange and unusual. What a bunch of shabi. They thought Konoha was going to use the war as an excuse to break the agreement and attack the Kingdom of Wind.

Are these high-ranking officials completely clueless? All they think about is intrigue and schemes, even using the utmost malice to misjudge their allies. Konoha isn't a bad place either, but the problem is, their intelligence is wrong!

Konoha was more likely to trust Naruto's intelligence and didn't retreat easily just because White Zetsu retreated. After all, Nara Shikaku was a seasoned strategist and was worried that the Water Country's intelligence was false.

At present, the damage caused by Bai Zetsu to the ninja world is not too great. On the contrary, this has pushed the troops of various countries to the frontier.

When White Zetsu launched a fierce attack, the five major countries united to resist White Zetsu and build a defense line for the ninja world.

But with White Zetsu's retreat, the enemy was gone, and they could see the ninja troops of the neighboring country through several lines of defense. A group of people looked at each other, and began to worry.

Those people on the other side are not good people. Will they cross the border and launch a large-scale attack in the middle of the night?

It is understandable to have such thoughts. After all, the five major countries have always been so competitive. Whenever they can take a breath, they will think about whether they can cut a piece of meat from their neighbors.

Naruto hadn't expected Kabuto to pull this trick, and by some fluke, he had actually managed to snuff out the fire. The five great nations were in a standoff, and it was Kabuto who benefited.

So... what did Kabuto lose? He just lost some skin fragments, which was just a drop in the bucket for the snake-skinned monster.

Grassy, ​​extremely grassy.

Naruto had originally appeared in the Sand Village without a word of warning to deliver information, and the more he hurried, the more urgent the information seemed. But now White Zetsu had escaped, leaving the two sides in a standoff.

The current situation is that Sand Village wants to withdraw and rest, and Konoha is deploying its troops in the wild. At this time, Naruto appears in Sand Village at an inopportune time.

There was no sign, no warning at all.

Before Kabuto Yakushi was defeated, Naruto was a friendly soldier of the allied country. Now the enemy has disappeared. Isn't it scary that the friendly soldiers appeared in their own base camp without any warning?

The faces of these high-ranking officials were extremely ugly, and they stared at Naruto back and forth, as if they were watching the reincarnation of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama. That madman had done this before, attacking the enemy's homeland behind the rear.

"Do you really believe that Kabuto Yakushi will be defeated?" Naruto took a deep breath and said seriously, "He is Orochimaru's subordinate and has inherited all of Orochimaru's true teachings."

"Not only that, he is a genius who is no less talented than Orochimaru, and is also much more cunning than Orochimaru. This man used to..."

"Anyway, Kabuto Yakushi used to belong to Konoha, right?" A high-ranking official from Sunagakure said, "Orochimaru was also a traitor to Konoha, as was Uchiha Itachi, and even Uchiha Sasuke now."

"The ninja world is in such chaos. To put it bluntly, isn't it because you, Konoha, can't control the ninjas that the current situation has occurred?"

"What you said has nothing to do with what happened today. We are talking about Kabuto Yakushi, not the Konoha rebels." Naruto said coldly, "I am only here to pass on information. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can negotiate with Konoha."

"Do you suspect that the Mizukage is giving us false information?" Maki asked back.

"It's not false information. Is it possible that Kabuto Yakushi has a strong self-healing ability, and that serious injuries in the eyes of ordinary people are nothing to him?" Naruto said, suppressing his temper.

"Impossible, we in Sunagakure also have Anbu, and Kabuto Yakushi is just a medical ninja." Maki said, "Anyway, the current situation is that Konoha will not retreat."

"Pharmacist, take him..."

"Forget it, I won't say anymore." Naruto leaned back, and his chair slid a little away from the table, with an expression that looked like he was tired and ready to be destroyed.

"I am very concerned about one thing. Why are you delivering information at this time?" Maki asked.

"Think what you like."

"It's not that we're overly suspicious. We in Sunagakure still cherish our alliance with Konoha." Maki said, choosing his words carefully. "It's just that the situation is quite sensitive right now, and you are Konoha's Jinchūriki."

"I'm not a Jinchūriki, not for a long time." Naruto corrected him, staring at Maki and thinking, just wait, it's best to take turns keeping watch with your left and right eyes when you sleep.

The atmosphere became tense again. Naruto looked at him unfriendlyly, considering whether to overturn the table.

"Okay, let's talk about this for now." Gaara stood up, "I believe in Konoha, and I am willing to believe in Uzumaki Naruto, let's disperse."

The Sunagakure leaders stood up with gloomy faces and left in groups of three or five.

Gaara still stood there, smiled apologetically at Naruto and said.

"It's almost time for dinner, let's eat first."