Naruto: The Strongest Sage

The two of them were captured, but they were still alive.

Temari and Kankuro are eating at a barbecue restaurant. Yes, although they are captives, they are free in Konoha now.

They can even eat outside at will, but they are always accompanied by the Ino-Shika-Chou team.

Shikamaru was helpless about this. He didn't understand why the higher-ups were so lenient with these two guys. He originally thought that these two guys would be sent to the torture room and tortured directly.

Temari and Kankuro seemed calm at this time, but they were actually panicking inside.

These days, the two have discussed privately many times. What exactly does Konoha mean by this?

Kankuro always feels that this is ready to send the two of them on the road at any time. Temari thought a little more. She felt that Konoha was showing them its strength.

"To be exact, it's showing off. Look around. It's only been a few days since the war, and Konoha has already resumed normal economic operations. If it were us, Sand Village, we would never be able to do it."

Kankurō was very unconvinced, but he had to admit it. Konoha's foundation is really strong. Sand Village joined forces with Sound Ninja and even killed the opponent's Hokage. But the war was still a complete failure.

The most important thing is that as the attacked party. Konoha has now begun to return to normal.

And what about Sand Village? Although the two did not go back. But they grew up in Sand Village since childhood, so they are very familiar with each other. The current Sand Village is probably still arguing about who is responsible.

Kankuro was speechless and could only eat barbecue in big mouthfuls. It seemed that this would make Konoha poor.

But at this time, he suddenly saw that Temari's face was not right.

"What's wrong?"

"Behind." Temari responded concisely. Kankuro looked back and saw Gaara.

Wait a minute, why did I see Gaara? It is understandable that the two of them have a certain degree of freedom. Because there are so many masters in Konoha, the two of them can't make any waves. But Gaara, he is a Jinchuriki. How could Konoha let him move freely?

However, no matter how you look at it, the person in front of him is Gaara.

The most outrageous thing is that Gaara actually walked to the table and sat next to the two of them.

"Please give me a set of tableware."

Not only Temari and Kankuro. Shikamaru and others were also stunned. Although the three of them did not fight with Gaara.

But on the day of the war, they saw Gaara turned into a monster with their own eyes. As the descendants of a big family, they know Gaara's identity. How can such an important prisoner move freely?

Seeing Gaara start to eat barbecue as if no one is around. The other five people at the table kept silent tacitly.

Among them, Temari and Kankuro looked unbelievable. Gaara eats barbecue with them? Are we under an illusion?

And Gaara's face is not right. How to say it. It seems that the indifference from before is gone. Although still expressionless. But it looks much softer.

"Gaara you..." After a long time, Temari tentatively spoke.

"Don't worry." Gaara responded while eating. In fact, his heart was also very complicated. Aoba and Shukaku's conversation did not avoid him throughout the whole process. But Gaara didn't understand most of it at all.

But there is one thing he knows very well. There are very terrible enemies in the ninja world. And Konoha, or Kamikawa Aoba, is now secretly preparing to fight against them.

Revealing this information to himself is nothing more than wanting him to join. Gaara doesn't know whether it is true or not. But judging from Shukaku's attitude, it is likely to be true. In this way, the situation becomes a little complicated.

Shikamaru half-lying on the chair, showing a thoughtful expression. He now roughly understands what the village means.

The three most important captives were given freedom. There is only one possibility, that is, Konoha wants to form an alliance with Sunagakure. No, it can't be considered an alliance.

According to the current strength of Sunagakure. To be precise, he wants to recruit Sunagakure as his younger brother.

From the overall perspective, this is indeed the right choice. After the war, both Konoha and Sunagakure suffered heavy losses. In this state, Kumogakure and Iwagakure are ready to make a move.

The alliance between the two sides is the best choice to fight against the other two.

The only thing that puzzled Shikamaru was that according to the news he received, Kamikawa Aoba had defeated the Raikage head-on a few days ago and shocked the entire ninja world. Konoha at this time should not need this younger brother.

At this time, in the office building of Konoha, the envoys of Sunagakure were waiting anxiously.

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The leader of the team is Maki. He was one of the few high-ranking members of Sand Village who escaped from Konoha unscathed. But it was not because of his ability, but because Aoba let him go.

He even let him bring back a group of Sand Village ninjas to show his presence.

The purpose of letting Maki go is today. Because Aoba knows one thing very well, that is, there is really no one left in Sand Village.

Maki is one of the few backbone forces that can support the main beam. Although in the original plot, as an elite jonin of Sand Village, he tied with the special jonin of Shiranui Genma.

However, in Sand Village, he is still very popular and has a high status. At the same time, he is also the teacher of the Sand Village trio. He is the most suitable leader of this delegation.

If Maki can't go back, Sand Village will have to let the two old guys come forward. But how to say it. In the grudges formed in the three wars. The old generation of Sand Village has come, and the negotiations are likely to be bad.

But after Maki came, he was directly left here by Konoha. Every day, they make excuses and just don't meet.

Maki's thinking is more mature, and he vaguely guessed Konoha's plan.

"If nothing unexpected happens, they should wait for the new Hokage to take office, and then have formal negotiations with us."

"Why must it be so troublesome?"

"It's not a matter of whether it's troublesome or not. It's a more mature political consideration. Konoha is really full of talents, and we in Sand Village are far behind."

The mature political considerations mentioned by Maki are actually just a simple political trick in Aoba's mind.

Hand over the important event of negotiation to the new Hokage. Anyway, the war has been won. The rest is to gain benefits for Konoha.

As long as it's not the foolishness of the third generation who won the compensation. This is a merit of lying down. As soon as the Hokage takes office, he will do a great job and gain a lot of benefits for Konoha.

In this way, the position of the new Hokage can be quickly stabilized. At the same time, it can also improve the morale of the village, the self-confidence of the people, etc., which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

The other members of the delegation didn't understand, and Maki didn't want to explain. He was more worried about the safety of his three disciples. He didn't know how much torture they had suffered in Konoha.

But there was no way, this was the price of defeat. Although they told the village that they were retreating. But in fact, all the ninjas who participated in the war knew it very well. They were really defeated.

At that time, Konoha had even started a counterattack. If they didn't retreat, the Sand Village would be wiped out.

The Sand Village was struggling, and Jiraiya was also struggling now.