Chapter 155 Temari is kidnapped
Chapter 155 Temari is kidnapped
Groups of high-ranking Sand Village members quickly left the meeting room.
Yura was naturally among Scorpion's spies.
Suddenly, Yura, who was talking with his colleague, seemed to lose his senses, clutching his head and showing a pained expression.
The middle-aged Sand Shinobi beside him asked curiously, "Yura, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired from a lot of work lately," Yura replied casually, snapping out of her reverie.
"Really?" The middle-aged Sand Village ninja patted Yura's shoulder with concern. "Then go and rest. I'll keep an eye on things at your place. Don't worry, with Lady Chiyo here, nothing will happen to the Sand Village!"
"Thank you so much, brother!" Yura was very grateful.
"Hey, we've known each other for almost four years, what's the big deal? Get some rest!" The middle-aged Sand Ninja waved his hand and quickly left the corridor.
Out of concern for the work of the younger generation, the middle-aged Sand Ninja left very quickly.
Looking at the middle-aged Sand Ninja's back, Yura, who should be happy to be able to rest, gave a bitter smile: "But right now, I'm troubled precisely because the Sand Village has Elder Chiyo!"
He had just been triggered by Sasori's ninjutsu and received an order from Sasori to find the whereabouts of Gaara, the Sand Ninja Jinchuriki, and report back to Sasori.
However, during the meeting that just ended, Chiyo made it clear that Gaara would be following her, which means that if he wanted to investigate Gaara's whereabouts, he had to understand Chiyo's intentions first.
Three years ago, finding Chiyo was an easy question; she was a total shut-in, a perpetual homebody.
But wasn't she pulled out by the Fifth Kazekage, Temari, to regain power?
As the de facto ruler of Sunagakure, and an old man who witnessed the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, now that she has regained power, do you want to know her whereabouts?
How can it be!
Who knows if you're planning to disappear again as the Kazekage?
As for trying to get in touch with Chiyo's bodyguards? Have a mole report the information, like he did?
That would be even more difficult.
The very counterintuitive thing is that although Chiyo is in charge of Sunagakure now, and the Kazekage Temari is actually just a figurehead, Sunagakure as a whole is on the rise. In fact, compared to three years ago when the Fourth Kazekage Rasa was in power, Sunagakure is much stronger now.
As for how the Sand Village, which has always had a strong tradition of internal strife, became what it is today, Yura herself doesn't really understand.
After summarizing, he could only blame Temari, because Temari was kind and, in order to bridge the gap between the Sand Village, which was already showing signs of civil war, she was willing to give up the interests of her own Fourth Kazekage faction and bow down to Elder Chiyo.
Then there's Chiyo. Although she held power and sidelined the Kazekage, she was also kind. She genuinely took power for the sake of Sunagakure's development and didn't take a single penny for herself.
Finally, there's Gaara, who's the kindest. His sister said she wanted to mine, so she did. She diligently mined in the desert for three years. If it weren't for the Akatsuki attack, she would still be mining in the desert.
With Chiyo's strength and prestige subduing the Sand Village, Temari's mediation, and Gaara's financial support, the Sand Village is now in a situation that has never been so wonderful.
Honestly, if Yura hadn't already (self-proclaimed) Sasori's man, he really would have liked to continue working in this brand-new version of Sunagakure.
As for now?
"Notify the family... uh, no, uh, I think it's something else... never mind, let's notify Lord Scorpion!"
Unable to complete the task on his own, Yura decides to pass the buck to Sasori.
He found Sasori, who had already infiltrated the village, in a secluded alley.
Under Yura's explanation, Sasori quickly understood the current situation.
"Is this Sunagakure?" This was Sasori's first thought after learning the situation.
"That Sand Village has become so ridiculous... As expected, things made of humans can't withstand the passage of time! That's why I strive for eternity!"
This was the scorpion's second thought.
As the two thoughts raced through his mind, Scorpion used cold, ruthless rationality to sever his thoughts and return his focus to the present moment.
"Old Lady Chiyo has gone into hiding, and the Jinchuriki is with her, making her difficult to find. At the same time, the Sand Village's military strength is formidable, and they cannot force the Jinchuriki to appear by attacking the village. It seems that they are indeed invincible."
"However, does this enormous Sand Village truly have no weaknesses?"
"How could that be!" Sasori's puppet face, hidden within Hiruko, forced a stiff smile: "Old hag Chiyo, you've forgotten again! The biggest weak point of Sunagakure!"
"Let's go!" With that thought in mind, Scorpion controlled Hiruko to move.
"Where to?" Deidara asked casually.
Sasori didn't answer, but the hunchbacked Hiruko raised her head and looked at the tallest building in the center of Sunagakure.
Deidara looked in the direction Sasori was looking, and a huge character for "wind" came into his view.
"I see!" Deidara's dashing face broke into an admiring smile. "As expected of Brother Sasori, your mind is truly brilliant, hmm!"
In most people's minds, someone who bears the name of "Shadow" would never be an ordinary person.
But in Akatsuki's view, what are the Hokage and Kazekage, the so-called highest leaders of the five great ninja villages, the five strongest people in the world on the surface?
Not long after.
"Rumble, rumble—"
A loud bang.
Amidst the shocked gazes of the Sand Village ninja, the Kazekage Building, symbolizing the highest authority of the Sand Village, collapsed with a deafening roar!
Amidst billowing smoke, a giant white bird took flight from the ruins of the Wind Shadow Building.
And in the white bird's claws, there was someone that all the Sand Ninja were very familiar with!
That is the goddess of the Sand Village, the idol, and the Fifth Kazekage of the Sand Village—Temari!
This person, once admired by everyone, was now being carried away like a female dog, her hair disheveled, her clothes torn, and half of her thigh exposed, her life hanging in the balance, her fate unknown.
After so many years, the Kazekage of Sunagakure was captured in such a high-profile manner, which was undoubtedly a heavy slap in the face for Sunagakure.
The waters of the Sand Village, which had been still for years, suddenly boiled over. The huge commotion could be clearly heard even outside the village, and a large number of ninjas spontaneously rushed out of the village to chase after them!
However, when faced with Deidara, who could fly and throw bombs, the Sand Ninja's anger at this moment was truly just a powerless rage.
Several bombs were dropped from the sky, and the Sand Ninja on the ground scattered like fries from an overturned box of fries. Their aggressive pursuit quickly fizzled out, and they could only watch helplessly as Deidara grabbed Temari and left.
In the live stream chat, comments like "trash," "so bad," "Why are the Sand Ninja so bad?" and "a bit funny" started flooding the screen.
Seeing this, Chiba didn't think the Sand Village ninja were really that useless, but he sighed, "That's why the Kage of the Sand Village is no good, what an unlucky guy!"
"What did you say?" Sasuke didn't hear what Chiba said.
Qianyu: "It's nothing, I just think they're being a bit too high-profile!"
"Indeed!" Sasuke's face was still somewhat shocked. He had never imagined that someone could so brazenly grab the Kage in the center of a ninja village and leave right under everyone's noses.
Sasuke exclaimed, "This is quite a show!"
“That’s right, it’s Bao Da!” Chiyu replied softly, then looked towards the back of Sunagakure: “Now that Sasori and the others are gone, we should go too! Gaara… seems a bit irritable!”
Sasuke followed Chiba's gaze and saw a huge cloud of sand fly into the sky, ignoring the other Sand Ninja's attempts to stop it, and resolutely chase after the bird in the sky.
On the sand, Gaara's suppressed anxiety was clearly visible.
“Let’s go then!” Sasuke nodded.
However, just before setting off, a question suddenly occurred to him: "Temari, Gaara, what will happen after this?"
"You're worried about this too?" Chiyu looked at Sasuke in surprise, feeling that this wasn't like Sasuke's character.
But she immediately realized that Sasuke wasn't worried about Gaara or Temari; he just didn't want her to be tainted by the blood of too many innocent people.
"Don't worry, I only care that Shukaku is taken by Akatsuki. I won't take a single penny of the rest!"
After leaving those words behind, Chiba set off on her journey, with Sasuke following behind.
At the same time, letters of appeal from Sunagakure also drifted to Konoha like snowflakes.
Soon, Naruto, who had just returned to Konoha, learned about the situation in Sunagakure!
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