Chapter 209: Lets Ask Uehara for Help in Rescuing Gaara
Chapter 209: Lets Ask Uehara for Help in Rescuing Gaara
Sunagakure’s heart was filled with sorrow.
The ancient dragon in the sky circled around Sunagakure and slowly floated above them. This scene made everyone’s hearts tighten.
Could it be that the people of Akatsuki’s organization wanted to completely destroy Sunagakure?
However, the members of Akatsuki’s organization did not seem to intend to do so.
Uehara stood on the head of the Ancient Dragon and pulled his hat. He looked down at the Suna Ninja and the others on the ground and said in a low voice, “Hey, Sunagakure’s people can still breathe and speak…”
“What else do you want to do?”
Chiyo gritted her teeth and looked at the murderer who destroyed Sunagakure. If possible, she really wanted to rush up and kill that guy!
However, the reality was that under such circumstances, it was obviously irrational to anger the enemy. If the enemy attacked again, Sunagakure would almost foresee its immediate destruction.
“Be gentler!”
Uehara slowly continued, “I just want to confirm that you won’t send people to kill us, right? It seems impossible!”
Uehara rode the ancient dragon around Sunagakure and patrolled for a while. After a loud whistle, it left!
This time, Uehara gained a lot from capturing Ichibi.
Other than Dark Harvest, he also received another reward.
[Side Mission: Successfully destroy Sunagakure(1/1)]
[Mission completed.]
[Reward: Passive innate skill – Wind Power.]
[Wind Power: Able to freely control wind attribute chakra and use Wind Released Ninjutsu at will. This is one of the components of Truth-Seeking Ball.]
When Uehara left Sunagakure, he was in a good mood.
However, the mood of the people inside Sunagakure was definitely very bad.
“Bastard!”
Chiyo looked at the distant dragon and clenched her fists.
The village was full of injured or dead ninjas.
They had completely lost the ability to resist, and they could no longer chase after the ancient dragon.
After seeing the monster leave, Chiyo and Ebizo hurriedly commanded the Anbu that could still move and organized the Ninjas for rescue.
She even personally acted as a medical ninja.
Even if Chiyo had always advocated for Sunagakure to be strong, in this case, they would definitely not be able to take back Gaara, they cant even defend their village right now.
This stubborn old woman had no choice but to submit to reality. Chiyo, while treating the injured in the village said, “Ebizo, ask Konoha for help!”
“… Yes.”
Ebizo slowly nodded his head.
Fortunately, his sister had already recognized the cruel reality.
Based on Sunagakure’s current situation, not to mention saving Kazekage from Akatsuki’s organization, even dealing with the invasion of the neighboring country was very difficult.
If there was no support, the invasion of Third Tsuchikage Onoki could basically announce the destruction of Sunagakure.
They might not even be able to deal with the attack of Amegakure next door.
Fortunately, since the alliance between Konoha and Sunagakure, there was no more friction between the two villages, and they even cooperated with each other, including the military alliance.
For example, Gaara’s sister Temari was still discussing with Konoha about the next Chunin Examination.
Moreover, Konoha has been searching for information about Akatsuki.
Therefore, when the news of Sunagakure being attacked by Akatsuki and the Fifth Kazekage Gaara being captured spread to Konoha, the Fifth Hokage Tsunade did not hesitate at all and immediately sent 3rd and 7th teams to support Sunagakure.
To be honest, Tsunade was a bit careless.
However, these two teams should be the strongest teams in Konoha.
The strength of Kakashi in Team 7 had improved. After Naruto returned from his training, his strength had also improved greatly. He was barely able to control Kyuubi’s four-tailed strength. Sakura also practiced the Strength of a Hundred Technique. Moreover, they had added Sai a powerful ninja.
Needless to say, the strength of Guy in Team 3 was extremely shocking. In just a few years, Neji had successfully become a Jonin Ninja. With the support of the Clan Head Hinata, he had obtained many secret skills of the Hyuga Clan.
As for Lee, perhaps because he was not injured, and training extremely diligently, he vaguely became the second Guy in Konoha.
Now Lee could easily open the sixth door of the Eight Hidden Gates. In his peak state, he could even open the seventh door. This strength was not inferior to most of Konoha’s Jonin Ninja.
If it were a life and death battle between the twelve newbies in Konoha, Lee would still be the strongest one out of the twelve.
The reality was always so magical.
As for Tenten, she was just a little lucky, and it seemed that there was nothing special about her.
In addition to Team 3 and Team 7, Tsunade also dispatched a team of Anbu accompanied by Yamato and Yugao.
In Tsunade’s eyes, this team was strong enough.
However, after the reinforcements of Konoha arrived at Sunagakure, they were still shocked by the scene in front of them. They could not even imagine that this was the Sunagakure after the invasion of Akatsuki.
Sunagakure was devastated.
The originally peaceful village no longer existed, the outer defense line had become ruins, the village was full of broken walls and ruins, and there were not even a few complete houses.
After urgently repairing the warehouse, it was temporarily listed as a hospital by Chiyo and others, because there were too many injured people, and medical Ninjas were not enough.
Sunagakure’s streets were full of injured people with bandages.
No, strictly speaking, everyone was wrapped in bandages.
Chiyo had not closed her eyes for a few days and nights. With chakra, she used medical ninjutsu. Without chakra, she forced herself to do surgery and use bandages.
Sakura’s arrival really helped a lot. As a disciple of Tsunade, her medical ninjutsu was much better than most of Sunagakure’s medical ninja.
“Akatsuki cause all of this?”
Naruto stroked the broken earth wall outside the hospital and looked at the ruined village. Looking at the village full of injured people, he clenched his hand.
Kankuro walked to Naruto’s side with his arm tied and nodded with a pained expression, “That’s right. After Akatsuki’s members captured Gaara, they used a monster they raised to destroy Sunagakure.”
Kakashi tugged his forehead protector and asked in a low voice, “Did they attack Sunagakure to capture the Kazekage who is Ichibi Jinchuriki?”
“At present, it seems so.”
Kankuro looked at Kakashi and nodded.
Guy punched the earth wall and scolded coldly, “Those bastards! They actually destroy a village directly!”
“No…”
Kankuro shook his head, and his face became more and more ugly, “According to our speculation, besides capturing Gaara, they attacked Sunagakure casually. Maybe they just treated attacking Sunagakure as a game…”
Kankuro slowly raised his head, looked at the destroyed home, wiped the tears that flowed out of his eyes involuntarily, and continued, “Because, on that day, Akatsuki’s team had a total of four people riding a monster. From beginning to end, there were two people who did not attack.”
This was the most terrifying part.
The enemy had only done it casually, and even hid at least half of its strength. But Sunagakure was completely unable to resist.
“Four people…”
Kakashi rubbed his forehead and asked softly, “Other than the Deidara and Sasori you mentioned in your intelligence, are there no other information about the remaining two people?”
“Not only is there no information, but even their true faces are also unknown.”
Kankuro shook his head and continued to answer, “Maybe it’s because they don’t need to do anything because just that monster alone is not something we can fight against.”
After speaking, Kankuro explained the situation of that night in detail.
The more the Konoha Ninjas listened, the more shocked they became. Especially after hearing that the members of Akatsuki’s organization left, they casually ordered the monster to throw a huge fireball to destroy Sunagakure. Everyone’s cheeks involuntarily dripped with sweat.
Sai felt that he could not even breathe, “A Country Great Ninja Village is actually unable to resist the attack of four members… Is this Akatsuki’s strength?”
“Yes.”
Kakashi nodded and stroked his forehead. He said in a low voice, “I still remember the feeling of fighting against Akatsuki’s group in the Country of Grass. We almost had no power to resist at all, and they seemed to be enjoying a game as well…”
“…”
Tenten couldn’t help but shiver as she stuttered, “If the enemy is so strong, do we really have any chance of winning?”
“Not necessarily.”
Kakashi lowered his head and whispered, “At least we know one thing. Akatsuki’s members have left to the north. Maybe we can track them north. Moreover, we can also ask Amegakure for support and invite them to attack Akatsuki’s organization together.”
Sai also nodded and said, “Captain Kakashi is right. Konoha and Amegakure have always had an agreement to attack Akatsuki’s organization…”
“Yes.”
Kakashi continued, “The group of rebels in the Akatsuki organization had taken refuge in Hanzo, and later they betrayed Hanzo. Amegakure has always hated these rebels to the bone. They must also have a lot of information about Akatsuki.”
“Amegakure, huh…”
Naruto stroked the destroyed earth wall and thought of a very kind person. He couldn’t help but reveal a smile, “There is no time to lose, let’s go find Uehara immediately! His strength should be very strong now!”
Perhaps it was because Naruto only remembered Uehara.
After all, Uehara was very kind in Konoha. Unfortunately, he was forced to assassinate Third Hokage, and there was even some estrangement between him and Konoha.
Of course, Naruto did not care about this.
He had long forgiven Uehara for assassinating Third Hokage.
To be honest, if Uehara had not assassinated Third Hokage, Naruto himself would not know how to stay in Konoha.
After all, the common knowledge of the world was that Third Hokage was fighting for power behind the scenes, secretly harming Fourth Hokage couples, and also trying to control Kyuubi Jinchuriki as the war weapon of Konoha.
Naruto really didn’t want to face Hiruzen.
Maybe he would betray Konoha like Sasuke?
Maybe he could even join Akatsuki?
Thanks to Uehara’s assassination of Third Hokage, Tsunade was able to succeed. So Naruto was in the mood to stay in Konoha, and he could pick up the past fetters and continue to get along with his sensei and friends.
I wonder if Uehara would regret it…
In fact, at that time, if Hiruzen was still alive, he really had a chance to induce Naruto to betray Konoha.
Of course, it was also possible to reveal a flaw.
Naruto suggested that they immediately send people to Amegakure to look for Uehara and ask him to help them participate in Kazekage’s rescue plan. This proposal quickly received the approval of most people.
After all, the Konoha Ninjas present could understand Uehara’s helplessness for Amegakure’s benefit. They had also enjoyed life with Uehara.
Only Kakashi, who had seen Uehara later, sighed faintly. He remembered that Uehara had refused to let go for Amegakure’s benefit in the conference of the allied country.
At that time, Uehara almost made people unable to recognize him.
As a ninja of the small and medium-sized village, perhaps the pressure was too great, making Uehara, who was originally able to maintain a pure heart and was very popular, wear this most annoying mask step by step.
Kakashi still remembered Uehara’s innocent appearance. He let out a long breath and said, “I hope Uehara, that guy… won’t change too fast!”
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