Chapter 525: Returning a Favor

Outskirts of Konoha Village.

The people of Sand Village have collected the bodies and are ready to leave with their people.

"Let's go, Gaara, Naruto and the others won't come."

Temari exhorted Gaara.

They had to leave immediately.

One reason was that Rasa had lost a lot of people.

Another reason was that Sand Village had sent a message that the Scorpion of the Red Sand had escaped from prison.

Yura, who was left by Rasa to help look after Sand Village, turned out to be a traitor.

Rasa had to return to Sand Village immediately to take charge of the situation.

As the Jinchūriki, Gaara naturally had to follow.

This time, Gaara was poisoned and even had his whole body of chakra sucked out, and he almost died.

Gaara was fine, but Shukaku was.

Now the whole body has shrunk several times, and the whole beast has become listless.

Recently, he has been saying like a repeater: "Why is the fox on him..."

Although Gaara was in danger this time, he didn't feel any fear afterwards.

On the contrary, he felt relieved that he didn't have to be an enemy of Konoha.

He looked at Konoha for a long time, but didn't see the person he wanted to see, and turned back with some regret.

Gaara knew that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, so maybe he wasn't too free.

"Gaara..."

At this time, Naruto's full-hearted shout came from afar.

Gaara turned around with a surprised look on his face, but saw Naruto and others coming.

And the tallest person in the middle.

"It's Lord Natsuki!"

Temari saw Natsuki coming in person, and hurried to the front of the team to report to Rasa.

Naruto came to Gaara in two jumps and said as if to ask for credit:

"I brought Senior Natsuki here."

"Thank you, Naruto."

Lord Natsuki, whom Gaara had been thinking about, finally came to him.

Natsuki hadn't changed much from seven years ago, and Gaara had a good memory.

"Lord Natsuki, I finally see you."

He bowed to Natsuki. Gaara, who was the same age as Naruto, spoke more calmly than Naruto.

Natsuki watched Gaara grow up, so Natsuki was close to Gaara from the bottom of his heart.

Natsuki directly put his hand on Gaara's hair and rubbed it twice.

"You have grown so big."

Gaara was quite embarrassed. He didn't expect that Lord Natsuki was so close to him.

When Natsuki put his hand on it, he also checked the Four Symbols Seal and Shukaku.

In Gaara's spiritual world, a huge eye opened in the sky.

Shukaku below was hiding in the Four Symbols Seal and trembling.

What kind of monster is Uchiha Natsuki? How can he become so much stronger in just a few years?

Natsuki's eyes swept the entire space.

The Four Symbols Seal has been somewhat lax after seven years.

The window that was previously reserved for Shukaku was also wide open.

Shukaku can move around in a wider range, but Shukaku is not crazy anymore.

It seems that Gaara made friends with Shukaku earlier.

Xia Mu did not want to strengthen the seal.

"... Thank you, Xia Mu, for strengthening the seal for me."

When he came to his senses, he found that Gaara was still thanking him for what happened that year.

"It's okay, I hope you grow up healthy."

"It's a good thing that you and Naruto can be friends. You will have a lot of time to interact in the future."

"You should work hard to practice, okay?"

"Yes, Xia Mu, I know."

Gaara had a feeling that Xia Mu in front of him liked him very much.

"Hmm..." Xia Mu rubbed his chin and looked at Gaara. Gaara looked so good now.

Gaara looked so good in 20 years.

When Xia Mu thought of what Gaara would look like in 20 years, the song sounded in his ears.

"I dried up the silence..."

"Gaara, if you want to repay me, remember not to change your hairstyle."

Natsuki was ready to repay the favor. He didn't care what others thought. He just wanted to look good on himself.

Gaara didn't follow Natsuki's train of thought, but still agreed.

Naruto scratched his head. It seemed that Senior Natsuki was very concerned about his hairstyle. Why?

Will Gaara's hairstyle be ugly in the future?

Natsuki encouraged Gaara and Luo Sha turned from the front of the convoy.

"Natsuki, you are here."

[Ding...]

Huh? Why did the system ring?

Natsuki was ready to wait and see, because Luo Sha had already walked in front of him.

Luo Sha was a little surprised. He thought he would not see Natsuki this time.

Natsuki's status is much higher than that of the past. He didn't expect Natsuki to come here specially.

But Natsuki still has no airs.

Xia Mu gestured to Luo Sha, asking him to talk to the side.

Luo Sha gave instructions and then walked to the side with Xia Mu.

"You were a little unwise this time."

Xia Mu criticized Luo Sha as soon as he opened his mouth.

Rosa didn't have a bad temper. He knew Xia Mu meant well:

"You Uchiha have all left Konoha, and Hyuga hasn't seen so many people. Naturally, we have to try."

Xia Mu shook his head:

"Konoha is not just about the Fourth Hokage now. Orochimaru's ability is unfathomable."

As he said that, Xia Mu stretched out four fingers and shook them, as if he meant something.

Rosa had some guesses in his heart, and there was some regret in his tone:

"If I had exchanged information with you earlier, it wouldn't have turned out like this."

It was impossible for Rosa to say that he didn't regret it, but it had already happened.

He could only grit his teeth and swallow his blood. At least Konoha didn't go to war with them, which was already good.

"Take a good rest in the past two years and don't think about anything else."

Xia Mu advised.

Rosa didn't show it on the surface, but he was devastated inside.

With so many people dead, how much minerals would have to be dug to fill the hole in Sunagakure.

Luo Sha thought about it. After all, it was Uchiha who brought Scorpion back. He still had to tell Xia Mu about Scorpion's escape.

"Just the day before yesterday, a traitor appeared in our Sand Village and kidnapped Scorpion. He was caught by you, so you have to be careful."

"Scorpion was kidnapped?"

Xia Mu looked strange:

"The traitor in your village is really strange. Why did he kidnap Scorpion when he did something else?"

Luo Sha shook his head. The latest news came that Yura was dead, and it was meaningless to say that now.

"I know, I will be careful, but he should not have time to come to me."

If Xia Mu's guess is correct, Scorpion's masterpiece, the Third Generation Kazekage puppet, should be in Luo Sha's hands.

And the Hundred Machines Operation is in Xia Mu's hands.

Scorpion has no puppets on him now, so naturally he is not threatening.

As for the secrets of the Water Country battlefield, Scorpion does not have enough information and should not be able to crack it.

The only problem is that it may leak the information that Konan was once the second person in the Akatsuki organization.

Kakuzu actually knew this information.

However, now that the Samsara Eye has changed hands and the Akatsuki organization has collapsed.

Kumogakure will naturally not investigate Konan's information in detail.

That's why Konan can fool Yukito.

After a long time, this matter will naturally be forgotten.

Xia Mu didn't talk too much with Luo Sha, after all, Luo Sha had to hurry back.

If he went back too late, the bodies of his subordinates would stink.

Xia Mu implicitly expressed that Konoha is not easy to mess with now. Even I didn't think about that, so you Sand Village should be the most obedient.

Luo Sha shared the information about the escape of the Red Sand Scorpion.

The two said goodbye to each other.

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