boyutpedia Chapter 22 Chunin Exams: Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, vs. Shura, who only loves himself.
Chapter 22 Chunin Exams: Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, vs. Shura, who only loves himself.
Sasuke instantly became the center of attention.
Some people whispered that the question was also to be answered by Uchiha Sasuke, and some even reasonably suspected that Sasuke might be an inside agent for the two Uchiha who would launch a war three years later!
Sasuke, who valued clan honor above all else, gritted his teeth, his crimson Sharingan gleaming in his eyes. He wanted to understand what was going on! Shouldn't the Uchiha clan only consist of him and Itachi?!
However, on the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Ten-Tails had already accumulated enough power to launch another massive Tailed Beast Ball attack.
"I can't explain anymore right now, I'm going to provide support over there!"
After speaking, the Fourth Hokage changed his expression, took a light breath, and transformed into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode!
Konoha's Twelve Konoha Juniors: "!!!"
Although I couldn't sense the chakra coming from that direction, I could tell just by looking at the aura he was exuding...
—The Fourth Hokage, just as the legends say!
Powerful! Stylish! Reliable!
"Please go and support them, Fourth Hokage. Leave the explanation to me." Another voice suddenly came from off-camera.
Minato nodded to the man, took out a specially made kunai, and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.
Then, in his place, a red-haired boy walked into the frame...
"This is……!!"
The ninja from Sunagakure was stunned when he saw the young man appear in the mirror! His mind even went blank for a brief moment...
"ah!!!"
Naruto pointed at the young man who appeared in the mirror and let out a strange cry.
"Aren't you that guy without eyebrows?!"
Fifth Kazekage, Gaara (without eyebrows): "..."
Even though Naruto offended him like that, Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, was not angry. Instead, he felt nostalgic when he saw Naruto's face from his youth.
"Seeing you again from the Chunin Exams brings back so many memories, Naruto."
Although Gaara, the Kazekage, is shy and mostly expressionless, he always manages to show a hint of a smile in his slightly gentle expression when dealing with Naruto Uzumaki, who rescued him from hell.
Temari and Kankuro were both terrified during the Chunin Exams!
But the next moment, the sand waves passing by them crashed into the mirror!
A completely unexpected attack! It was 13-year-old Gaara!!
"Bang—!"
The expected sound didn't come from the mirror being battered by the sand waves, but instead came from Gaara behind him!
It turned out that the sand wave that Gaara attacked the mirror had been redirected behind Gaara! The sound was caused by the impact of Gaara's own absolute defense!
The proctors realized what was happening and immediately gathered around Gaara, demanding that he stop attacking!
Gaara, the Kazekage during the Fourth Shinobi World War, sighed softly, "I never thought I'd be able to look at my younger self from a third-person perspective. I certainly caused a lot of trouble for everyone back then."
Temari: "!!" That Gaara...
Kankuro: "!!" He actually made a mistake?!
Is this really my damn younger brother who always yells at them, "Shut up, or I'll kill you!"?!
The older siblings, who had been suppressed by their younger brother for years, looked at their brother in the mirror and thought that he was probably someone in disguise.
Gaara paused for a moment, then looked at Naruto and said, "But thanks to Naruto, I've now emerged from that lonely hell." He then said to Naruto, who was taking the Chunin Exams in the mirror wall, "So Naruto, I'm entrusting the other side to you as well."
This time, the focus is on Naruto Uzumaki!
As ninjas, their sixth sense told them never to mess with that guy from the Sand Village named Gaara!
And the one who transformed that monstrous guy into the gentle young man in the mirror is actually Naruto Uzumaki?! That naive guy who slammed his fist on the table and said he'd be a genin for life but would still strive to become Hokage?!
Naruto was suddenly entrusted with an important task by someone he didn't know, and he couldn't help but ask Gaara in the mirror, "Who exactly are you?"
"I am Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Shinobi Forces in this Fourth Shinobi World War. More importantly..."
Gaara paused for a moment, then said, "I am your friend, Naruto."
Gaara's every self-introduction left the genin participating in the Chunin Exams speechless!
Five Generations of Wind Shadow!
Captain-Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces!!
Each of these titles is something that these genin can only dream of!
Yet, in Gaara's eyes, such a title is actually less important than "Naruto's friend"?!
My God!! The genin participating in the Chunin Exams felt like the world was spinning!
The most unbelievable people are none other than Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara himself, who all know Gaara well!
Temari and Kankuro were astonished that their younger brother, whom they feared, could become a leader recognized by everyone! Gaara, on the other hand, was shocked...
My... friend...?
After the initial surprise, Gaara felt no joy.
Or perhaps all his longing for friendship has been severely suppressed by the countless hurts he has suffered since childhood. He no longer dares to try, and no one would want to be friends with a monster like him.
Sasuke: "Stop with the irrelevant nonsense! Tell me what kind of war you're talking about?! Why did Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha start this war?!"
Naruto and Sakura fully understand Sasuke's feelings.
When Team 7 was first formed, Kakashi asked them what their dreams were.
At that time, Sasuke mentioned that his dream was to revive the Uchiha clan.
Sasuke values the honor of his clan so much, yet now two guys have appeared who are ruining the Uchiha clan's reputation!
Gaara, the Kazekage, was well aware of Sasuke's obsession with revenge and went straight to the point:
"Obito Uchiha and Madara Uchiha wanted to create a genjutsu world with no war, only peace, no failure, only success, and to imprison everyone in the genjutsu world forever."
"For this, they killed almost all the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts, including me."
Imprisoning everyone in an illusionary world?! This absurd, almost fantastical idea is beyond the comprehension of most people! And yet, someone actually wants to put it into practice?!
Although they didn't understand what "tailed beast" and "jinchuriki" meant, the genin understood that Gaara of the Fourth Shinobi World War said he had also been killed.
Naruto is terrified of ghosts! Upon hearing this, he immediately shrank behind Sakura.
"What are you doing?! Naruto!"
"I'm afraid of ghosts."
"Then why aren't you afraid of the Fourth Hokage?"
"He's different!"
Naruto and Sakura were whispering to each other in the back.
Gaara also explained, "However, with everyone's help, I was revived."
So that's how it is. Naruto quickly wiped away the cold sweat that had broken out in his body.
Although he found it unbelievable, Ibiki Morino quickly calmed down.
Many secret and forbidden techniques are passed down in the ninja world. The Second Hokage developed a forbidden technique that allows the dead to return to the world of the living in an impure body. It is not uncommon for a ninja to possess the ability to completely revive the dead.
In comparison, killing all the Jinchuriki...
Without leaving a trace, Ibiki Morino glanced at Gaara and Naruto Uzumaki and began to understand why Gaara, as the Fifth Kazekage, treated Naruto so specially.