Chapter 484: Exchange Student Gaara
On the day they were heading to Sunagakure, the support team gathered.
"You should all know Tsunade, so I won’t introduce her." Nagasawa said.
"Mm." Kakashi and the others nodded. Tsunade’s name was famous even in the ninja world. How could they, Konoha’s own people, not know her?
"Kakashi, skilled in various Ninjutsu, especially skilled in Lightning Release. His Taijutsu is still passable.
Inuzuka Midori, she specializes in Taijutsu. She is a squad leader of the training team, and her strength is very good.
Might Guy is my disciple and a Taijutsu expert." After finishing introducing Might Guy, Nagasawa paused, then finally pointed at his own shadow clone and said.
"He is an ordinary Konoha Chunin, Xiao Yan. He specializes in Fire Release."
"What ordinary Chunin Xiao Yan? Isn’t this damn well your shadow clone?" Tsunade retorted. If you wanted to fool people, you should at least use the Transformation Technique. What was with openly lying with your eyes wide open?
"Cough cough, that is not the main point." Nagasawa coughed lightly twice and argued, "The main thing is that the Hokage and I suspect there may be some huge conspiracy behind this."
"And my reputation in the ninja world is too great. In order to prevent the other side from fleeing at the mere sight of me, this time my shadow clone will disguise himself as Konoha Chunin Xiao Yan."
"Is that really the case?" Tsunade looked at Nagasawa with a suspicious face. Nagasawa’s strength and fame were indeed not wrong. Although there was no official declaration saying Nagasawa was the strongest in the ninja world, this was already a self-evident fact.
Tsunade did not doubt Nagasawa’s strength and fame, but she doubted Nagasawa’s purpose.
Was it really because there was some huge conspiracy that he made such a decision?
Was there a possibility that Nagasawa actually wanted to have fun?
Tsunade still remembered when Nagasawa had come to find her back then. At that time, Nagasawa did not have his current reputation, nor was he one of Konoha’s higher-ups, so Tsunade did not know him at all and only treated him as an ordinary Konoha ninja.
In the end, this ordinary-looking Konoha ninja actually challenged her, and what they competed in was Tsunade’s rather proud monstrous strength. The wager was a precious Chakra blade.
The moment she saw the wager, Tsunade became interested and prepared to broaden this junior’s horizons, letting him know the principle of respecting seniors.
What was the result? She was instantly defeated by Nagasawa several times in a row. Even in the end, when Tsunade used the Strength of a Hundred Seal and went all out to deal with him, she still did not escape the outcome of being instantly defeated.
This guy who called himself an ordinary Konoha ninja was not ordinary at all. His strength was extremely terrifying.
Tsunade would occasionally still have nightmares, dreaming of someone shouting "Tsunade, I’m your fan," while instantly defeating her in arm wrestling.
Tsunade seriously suspected that Nagasawa wanted to pretend to be a Chunin, then display his strength and identity when the Sunagakure ninja looked down on him, appreciating the shocked and dumbfounded expressions on their faces.
"Of course that is the case. This is the method I came up with after deep contemplation to seek fun... to find the true mastermind behind the scenes." Nagasawa replied with a righteous face.
Kakashi’s expression beside him was somewhat complicated. He had a premonition that this rescue operation might have some unnecessary trouble added to it.
"Great, then I’m also an ordinary Konoha Chunin. I’ll be called Midoriko." Inuzuka Midori, not minding making trouble bigger, leaned over and said.
"What are you joining in the fun for? This identity of mine has proper records. It is not disguising yourself just by casually adding a ’ko’ to your name." Nagasawa said.
This identity of his had been personally created by him. It truly existed in Konoha’s files. Although there was no real Xiao Yan in Konoha, this person did indeed exist in the records.
"So that is how it is. Teacher Nagasawa truly put in painstaking effort." Guy suddenly hammered his palm and revealed an expression of sudden realization.
Looking at such a Guy, Kakashi did not know whether he should tell him the cruel truth.
"In short, set off!" Nagasawa waved his hand, making everyone depart quickly. The Kazekage was still lying in bed and had not given up treatment yet.
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After experiencing a period of not very arduous rapid travel, Nagasawa and the others quickly arrived at Sunagakure.
Nagasawa curiously examined Sunagakure’s buildings. Sunagakure’s architectural style was very different from Konoha’s.
The buildings in the entire village all leaned toward yellow, very similar to the vast desert of the Land of Wind. It was unknown whether they had built it while holding the idea that the desert was the Land of Wind’s distinctive feature.
In addition, there were also differences in clothing. Whether residents or ninja in Sunagakure, a large portion of them wrapped white headscarves around their heads. There were also other colors, but very few.
Before receiving Konoha’s reply, Sunagakure had been extremely uneasy, afraid that Konoha did not want to send people, or would send a few insignificant people.
Only after learning that Tsunade would come did they relax. If Tsunade came, then at least there was no need to worry about the candidate for the new Kazekage.
Therefore, Sunagakure’s side was extremely enthusiastic. They had long since sent people to wait at the village entrance. As soon as Nagasawa and the others arrived, a team of Sunagakure ninja wearing white headscarves surrounded them with enthusiastic smiles.
"Lady Tsunade, you must be very tired after traveling all the way from the Land of Fire. We have already prepared rooms for you to rest in. Would you like to rest first?" The Sunagakure ninja lowered their attitude very much and said to Tsunade with a respectful face.
Tsunade subconsciously glanced at the ordinary Konoha ninja Xiao Yan. The current Nagasawa shadow clone had used the Transformation Technique and was not in his original appearance.
Nagasawa would not go so far as to treat the people of the Land of Wind as fools, saying he was ordinary Chunin Xiao Yan while wearing the face of Hokage Assistant Fujiwara Nagasawa, so naturally he had to use the Transformation Technique.
Seeing that Nagasawa was in the appearance after using the Transformation Technique, Tsunade finally reacted. The nominal captain of this rescue team was not Nagasawa, but her, Tsunade.
Tsunade thought for a moment and said, "No need. Bring me to see your Kazekage’s condition first."
She was not very tired. After all, with such a group of people escorting her, there was nothing she needed to trouble herself with.
Although Tsunade believed that there should not be anyone in the current ninja world whose Medical Ninjutsu was stronger than hers, Tsunade did not dare to guarantee that she could heal the Kazekage one hundred percent, because there were some things she truly could not treat. She had superb medical skill, but she was not omnipotent, so she had to look at the situation first.
"As for my subordinates, take them to the resting place."
Tsunade remembered something and added, "Except Xiao Yan. You come with me."
"Why?" Nagasawa asked, somewhat indignant.
He was still preparing to wander around Sunagakure alone, then go practice those pretentious routines from immortal emperors reborn in the city.
"Am I the captain or are you the captain? You, a little Chunin, still dare to ask why?" Tsunade crossed her arms, and the already extremely eye-catching mountains became even more magnificent and eye-catching.
Since Nagasawa was playing at being an ordinary ninja, she would play along with him and let Nagasawa know the hardships of ordinary ninja.
"Fine, what you say goes. Who made you Lady Tsunade, one of the Sannin, and also the captain?" Nagasawa revealed an expression that said you win.
"Hmph hmph." Tsunade smiled proudly.
The Sunagakure ninja watching from the side did not know what was going on for a moment and did not dare to speak. Heaven knew what kind of relationship these Konoha ninja had.
Kakashi and the others also did not speak and silently watched. Inuzuka Midori even had her back to the crowd, desperately covering her mouth.
After a period of silence, the Sunagakure ninja spoke and asked, "Then Lady Tsunade, shall we leave now?"
Tsunade nodded, indicating for the Sunagakure ninja to lead the way ahead.
Thus, the crowd split into two groups. One group went to the resting place, and one group went to Sunagakure’s hospital.
Nagasawa also did not do anything that did not match his character setting. He obediently followed behind Tsunade and followed her to Sunagakure Hospital.
After arriving at Sunagakure Hospital, the Sunagakure ninja brought Tsunade and Nagasawa to a room guarded by many Sunagakure ninja.
After Nagasawa entered the room, he discovered that besides Rasa, who was lying down, there were two other people in the room. One was Chiyo, who was treating Rasa there, and the other was Maki, who stood guard.
The arrival of Nagasawa and the others startled Rasa, who was resting with his eyes closed. Chiyo also temporarily stopped her treatment.
"Lord Kazekage, Lady Tsunade has arrived." The Sunagakure ninja said respectfully.
Rasa nodded and used his eyes to signal Maki to slightly lift him up.
After receiving the signal, Maki carefully moved Rasa upward a little.
"Sorry, I have let our allies from Konoha see me in such a sorry state." After the person leading the way left the room, Rasa said.
"You are indeed quite sorry-looking. A Kage who was beaten so miserably in his own village is really something rare." Tsunade nodded with considerable agreement.
Hearing Tsunade’s words, Rasa’s expression also stiffened, and he felt very awkward.
Although it was the truth, he was still the Kazekage at least. Give him some face.
However, facing Tsunade at this time, Rasa did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. He could only reveal an awkward smile and did not say anything.
Chiyo had said that if there was a medical ninja in this world who could heal him, it should only be Tsunade.
"Since you have come, Tsunade, then there is no need for these old bones of mine." Seeing Tsunade arrive, Chiyo smiled and stood up, moving the stool to the side and sitting down, preparing to see whether Tsunade’s treatment ability was even more powerful than before.
"Mm, Granny Chiyo, you already have one foot in the coffin, yet they still make you work hard here treating the Kazekage. It seems the development of Sunagakure’s younger generation has been a little unsmooth." Tsunade walked to the front of the hospital bed and said casually.
Chiyo’s face darkened, and her smiling face instantly became stern.
Nagasawa looked at this scene and gave Tsunade a thumbs-up in his heart. She had always had a way with roasting people.
Back then, Pain had only been preparing to come to Konoha to find Naruto and had not prepared to destroy Konoha, but after Tsunade’s Talk no Jutsu, Nagato’s blood pressure directly soared, and he used Super Shinra Tensei to destroy Konoha even at the cost of shortening his lifespan.
From this, it could be seen that Tsunade’s Talk no Jutsu also had extraordinary effect and possessed extremely strong taunting ability.
Nagasawa estimated that it was only because Tsunade was strong and also the number one medical ninja in the ninja world. Otherwise, with this way of speaking, she would have been hacked to death long ago.
Tsunade observed Rasa twice, then her hand glowing green hovered above Rasa’s body.
After a while, Tsunade opened her mouth and said, "The situation is still fine. With Chiyo’s timely treatment, wanting to completely recover is not very difficult."
The situation was a little better than Tsunade had imagined. It was just ordinary internal injuries to the point of near death. He had not been hit by some strange Secret Technique, nor was there any peculiar Chakra.
This kind was simple for Tsunade to treat. Cooperating with Katsuyu, she could quickly complete the treatment.
"It can be healed?" Rasa no longer had the so-called bearing of a Kage at this moment and asked somewhat excitedly.
If he had to lie in bed for a lifetime, that would truly be more uncomfortable than killing him.
Tsunade nodded, indicating that there was completely no problem.
At this moment, Nagasawa lightly coughed, attracting everyone’s attention.
With Nagasawa coughing like this, Tsunade understood. Treatment was treatment, but the reward had to be made clear first.
"There is no problem with treatment, but our Konoha side also has a little demand." Tsunade thought for a moment and said.
"Demand..." A conflicted expression appeared on Rasa’s face. He felt that he was about to be slaughtered.
"Please say it. If our Sunagakure has it, we will do our best to give it." Rasa said.
There was no way. Now they were the ones asking for help, so they could only lie down and be slaughtered themselves. Even this chance to be slaughtered was something they had begged for.
Tsunade did not speak, but used her gaze to look at Chiyo and Maki.
Seeing Tsunade’s meaning, Rasa spoke, "Chiyo is an elder of our Sunagakure, and Maki is my confidant. Both can be absolutely trusted."
"We are very interested in Sunagakure’s forbidden technique, One’s Own Life Reincarnation, and then we want to invite your child, Gaara, Kazekage, to go to Konoha to study as an exchange student." Nagasawa directly spoke.
One’s Own Life Reincarnation was a forbidden technique he was very curious about. Asking for Gaara was Nagasawa preparing to conveniently do a good deed.
Although Gaara was Rasa’s biological son, Gaara had not received a single bit of fatherly love from him.
In order to temper Gaara’s will, he not only was cold to Gaara himself, and ignored the rumors about Gaara which caused Gaara to be isolated by the entire village, he even personally sent assassins to assassinate Gaara.
This was not once or twice. During Gaara’s growth, he suffered countless assassinations. It could be said that it became his daily life.
The most ruthless thing was that the only person who was good to Gaara, the one who took care of Gaara and was the uncle closest to Gaara in his heart, Yashamaru, was also sent by Rasa to assassinate Gaara.
Rasa had Yashamaru die during the mission to assassinate Gaara, had him personally die in front of Gaara, and also left behind words like he actually hated Gaara very much.
Honestly speaking, Nagasawa felt that if Gaara were from the Uchiha clan, he would have awakened the Mangekyo on the spot and then become a lunatic.
Rasa might be a qualified Kazekage, but he was absolutely not a qualified father.
Rather than letting Gaara suffer Rasa’s torment on Sunagakure’s side, it would be better to bring him to Konoha and train him.
Gaara’s talent was also very good, and his potential was very great.
"This person is?" Seeing the somewhat unfamiliar Nagasawa, Rasa asked.
Nagasawa directly released the Transformation Technique and returned to his original appearance.
There was nothing good to pretend about on the Kazekage’s side. It would only be interesting to pretend in front of those Sunagakure ninja. Moreover, if he fooled the Kazekage and made him not reveal it, he could continue opening a smurf account to pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Of course, there was also the fact that Nagasawa was afraid that letting Tsunade negotiate would cause the negotiations to collapse, and Rasa would become ashamed into anger and directly decide to rather die than submit.
"Assistant Nagasawa." Rasa revealed a shocked expression, rejoicing that he had not said anything he should not have just now, but had cautiously asked first.
Hearing Rasa’s words, Chiyo curiously looked toward Nagasawa. She had heard of Nagasawa’s strength, but had never seen Nagasawa.
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