At this moment—
Facing the wind and sand, Baki walked toward a tall tower outside the village.
Two old people were fishing inside the tower.
Old Man: "Ni-chan! Someone is coming!"
The old lady didn't respond.
"Ni-chan!" the old man raised his voice and shouted again, but the old woman remained unmoved.
Suddenly, the old man yelled, "Ah!!"
The fishing rod in the old woman's hand slowly slipped...
"Ah!!" the old man shouted again, "Ni-chan is dead!"
Just as the fishing rod fell into the water, the old woman suddenly picked it back up and said cutely, "I lied to you, I was pretending to be dead~"
Then she looked up and laughed.
Old Man: "..." Vomit~
They looked to the side and saw Baki walking toward them from below.
"My lords, I request your assistance," Baki said respectfully.
The old lady replied, "What use do you have for remnants of the old era like us, who already have one foot in the grave?"
"The One-Tail Jinchūriki, the Kazekage, has been captured by the Akatsuki," Baki stated. "If we leave it alone, it will lead to a major crisis."
"It's your generation now. Figure it out on your own," the old man cut in abruptly.
"The two of you have extensive contacts with other countries. Even in villages outside the Allied Shinobi Nations, you have connections," Baki pressed on. "Our intelligence network has reached its limit."
The old lady smiled charmingly and waved her hands. "We're retired now. We have no attachment to worldly affairs anymore."
"The one who captured the Kazekage is your grandson, the puppet master Scorpion!" Baki interrupted.
Chiyo and Ebizō: "..."
Back at the Sand Village, Naruto burst out, "There's no need for a Shinobi Village that can't even protect its own Kage!" He shouted at the senior Sand Shinobi officials, leaving everyone stunned and breaking out into cold sweat.
Suddenly, a voice called out from outside.
"I'd like to see who dares to be so arrogant and interfere in Sunagakure's affairs~!"
Squeak~ The door was pushed open.
Chiyo and Ebizō walked in slowly.
"Hmph! Since when is it the turn of outsiders to intervene in the affairs of our Sunagakure..." Chiyo began, raising her head. Then her eyes landed on Naruto's grinning face. "Damn it! A ghost?!"
"Yo, Chiyo!" Naruto greeted with a cheeky smile.
Everyone in Sand: ".....?"
"Impossible!" Grandma Chiyo frowned. "Why aren't you dead, you bastard?!"
"Ni-chan, take a good look," Ebizō pointed at Naruto and said. "Although he looks similar, he's definitely not the White Fang of Konoha."
Chiyo looked closer. "Sou ka...! I see. You're that man's son!"
Naruto: "..."
In a canyon, Sasori and Deidara followed a stream to a ruined stone wall.
Deidara formed a hand seal with one hand. The stone wall slowly rose, revealing a huge cave.
A phantom inside the cave turned to face them. "You're late!"
"The Jinchūriki was stronger than I expected," Deidara replied as he deactivated the mechanism and laid Gaara on an open platform.
The phantom formed a seal with both hands. "Summoning Technique!"
The massive Demonic Statue of the Outer Path appeared before them.
"Alright, let's begin!"
The silhouettes of the Akatsuki members slowly emerged on the fingers of the statue. Sasori and Deidara jumped onto it as well.
"Alright, start the extraction!"
The nine figures formed hand seals together. Gaara let out a muffled groan, and then his chakra began to flow steadily into the Demonic Statue.
Sealing Technique: Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seals!
Back at the village—
"Ni-chan! Chiyo-sama!!" Ebizō and the Sand Shinobi cried out loudly as Chiyo stood silently.
"I lied to you!" Chiyo suddenly threw a few thousand senbon at Naruto with a mischievous smile.
Naruto raised his hands in exasperation, black lines forming on his face. "Hey! You damn old hag! Enough already! I didn't kill your son or daughter-in-law!"
Chiyo had already tried sneak attacking Naruto several times.
Ever since she confirmed that Naruto resembled the infamous Yellow Flash of Konoha, she kept trying to ambush him whenever she got the chance. The famous tree—White Fang—is dead, so she was determined to make the Yellow Flash pay the price.
Goddamn Konoha Yellow Flash!
And the nasty old hag even told Temari that she was in her 50s, clearly using some kind of secret technique to retain her youth like Tsunade. It made Temari glance at her suspiciously every time...
"What? I'm just pretending to be stupid~ Nya-haha~" she said playfully to everyone.
Naruto: "..."
Meanwhile, in Konoha—
"I'm assigning you the same mission as Team Kakashi," Tsunade said to Team Guy, who had just returned. "Head to Sunagakure and assist Kakashi's team in their mission."
"Leave it to us, Lady Tsunade!" Lee said with determination.
"Yes!" Guy gave her a thumbs-up and shouted, "Everyone! We'll reach Sunagakure within one day! Youth!!"
"Gai-sensei! We'll get there in half a day! Aaah!!" Lee echoed passionately.
"These two are nuts..." Neji and Tenten said, clearly unimpressed. "Use your brain and you'll realize it takes at least three days to get there..."
"Let's go! Follow me on the path of youth!" Guy shouted.
"Aaaah!!" Lee followed.
Tenten covered her face. "This is so embarrassing."
"Just give up, Tenten," Neji said with a sigh.
On the road—
"I haven't seen Naruto in a while," Neji commented.
"I'm going to show him how much I've grown!" Lee clenched his fists. "All that training he gave me won't be in vain!"
"Right!" Tenten said shyly. "I wonder how Naruto's doing now..."
Back in Sunagakure—
"What?! They found Gaara?!" Temari exclaimed excitedly to a fellow shinobi.
"Yes! He was tracked down by one of Lord Kakashi's ninja hounds," the shinobi replied. "The Konoha squad is preparing to move out."
"Gather our experts! We're going too!" Temari ordered.
"Yes!" The shinobi vanished immediately.
Early the next morning—
Team Kakashi assembled at Sunagakure.
Naruto yawned. "So slow~"
Suddenly a shout rang out. "Thousand Senbon Technique!"
Countless senbon needles flew toward Naruto at high speed!
Naruto casually waved his hand, creating an afterimage as he caught all the incoming senbon.
"Hey! Damn old woman!" Naruto pointed at Kakashi in frustration. "This guy's White Fang's son, why are you taking it out on me?!"
Chiyo, Temari, and several Sand Shinobi approached with serious faces.
"Hmph! I, Chiyo, disdain to take revenge on a junior!" Chiyo declared, looking at Naruto with contempt.
Naruto: "...I've got so many things I want to say, but none of them are worth it..."
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