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Chapter 195: How are the Hidden Rain Village and Land of Rain?
"Stinky fox!! Eat a Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet from your Grandpa Shukaku! Beat you until you piss your pants!!"
Deep in the sand layer.
One-Tail Shukaku slept soundly, eyes closed tight. It kept talking in its sleep, seemingly teaching the Nine-Tails, who always looked down on it, a harsh lesson in its dream. Judging strength by the number of tails... simply asking for a beating!
"Hmm?"
Shukaku suddenly opened its eyes, waking from the dream. It looked up at the sand layer above in surprise, eyes widening instantly. "Something seems to be coming for me!!"
"I—"
Just then, nine golden chains penetrated the sand layer and arrived at the underground cavity where it was. Before it could react, they shot up, binding its entire body tightly, rendering it immobile. Even its Chakra was sealed.
"Adamantine Sealing Chains!!" Shukaku roared in horror. "Who is it! Who wants to catch me!!"
It naturally recognized the Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Chains. But in this world now, the Uzumaki clan had perished decades ago. Except for that Karin Uzumaki in Konoha, who else could use Adamantine Sealing Chains? But Konoha and Suna were on friendly terms; she had no need to catch it...
Bound dead by the chains, One-Tail Shukaku could do nothing. Apart from relying on the mental connection with Gaara to call for help, it could only watch helplessly as it was pulled out of the thick sand layer by the golden chains.
Arriving in the outside world.
Boom!
Shukaku's heavy body was dragged out violently, then smashed heavily onto the sand surface, splashing a large amount of sand and rocks.
Too late to care about its condition, its calf-sized eyes looked at the figure in mid-air. Its pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints, and it cried out in horror, "Black robe with red clouds!! Akatsuki!!"
Such attire was simply its life's nightmare. More than a decade ago, it was forcibly extracted from Gaara's body by people wearing such clothes. Then injected into the Gedo Statue's mouth.
In the Fourth Great Ninja War. It almost merged with the other eight Tailed Beasts to become the Ten-Tails forever, losing its individuality. No different from complete death.
"Why... why does the Akatsuki still exist... didn't all members die?!!"
Shukaku trembled all over in terror. Fear of the Akatsuki surpassed everything. The people inside were all Kage-level, fierce to a mess. Soloing Tailed Beasts was a piece of cake; they were simply the natural enemies and nemeses of Tailed Beasts!
"Gaara! Save me quickly!!!"
It extremely didn't want to be caught by the Akatsuki. Regardless of what conspiracy it was this time, it definitely wouldn't end well.
Unfortunately, calling for help was destined to be futile. It couldn't change its final fate.
A sealing paper floated to the top of the One-Tail's head, expanding fiercely. Spinning, it sprinkled extremely strong sealing power. The solid Shukaku instantly turned into flowing water, sucked in by the sealing paper, completing the seal.
One-Tail Shukaku, acquired!
Alex lay on Konan's shoulder, putting away the sealing paper. He looked at the figure approaching rapidly in the distance.
"Mature version of Gaara, huh..."
"Shukaku!!!" Gaara turned pale with fright.
Just raising his right hand to stop it, Shukaku was sucked into a 'large paper' in an instant. Not giving him any time to rescue or block.
He took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. Stopping in mid-air more than ten meters away, he looked at the enemy who sealed Shukaku.
He was shocked on the spot instantly, shouting involuntarily, "Akatsuki! White Tiger!!"
"How could you be resurrected!!"
After the end of the Fourth War, every ninja village reviewed and established an intelligence database of all important figures from the beginning to the end of the war. Life, appearance, outcome... all were recorded.
So he could recognize her at a glance. Even if she was slightly different from the portrait—hair longer, skin whiter—the similarity was still over 95%.
Undoubtedly the same person! Besides, with more than a decade passed, some changes were inevitable.
"Fifth Kazekage..." Konan narrowed her eyes, sizing up Gaara. She had participated in the sealing work of extracting the One-Tail Jinchuriki, so she recognized him.
Alex was also sizing him up, complaining inwardly. Gaara combed a side-parted slicked-back hair, revealing a smooth, large forehead. Reflecting brightly under the sun... a bit humorous...
Gaara looked at Konan and the Akatsuki outfit on her with a solemn face. His heart was filled with deep doubts. He was very sure the other party was a living person, not a Reanimated body.
But how was this possible??
Intelligence records clearly stated she was killed by Obito Uchiha. Dead for more than a decade, corpse sunk into the sea and unfindable... how did she come back to life??
Was it the Rinnegan's Rinne Tensei, or some other unseen resurrection jutsu?? Or Transformation Jutsu??
Gaara extinguished the last possibility. Observing at such close range, he didn't sense any fluctuation of Transformation Jutsu at all. Undoubtedly, she appeared in her true form.
He didn't attack first, planning to probe for intelligence and clarify the matter. "Akatsuki White Tiger, have all of you Akatsuki resurrected? To continue executing the plan of capturing Tailed Beasts?"
One member resurrecting inevitably led to thoughts of other Akatsuki members resurrecting. If true, the peace of the Ninja World might be destroyed again.
Konan didn't answer. Looking at Gaara opposite her, red light suddenly flashed in her eyes.
Mangekyo activated.
Gaara was caught off guard; he never expected White Tiger to possess the Sharingan. Directly controlled by a genjutsu, his expression instantly became dull.
Konan asked, "How long until Konoha's Chunin Exams?"
"Less than a month," Gaara answered mechanically.
Less than a month...
Boruto was unburnable trash; Alex had only watched a little of the beginning before losing interest. He remembered Momoshiki Otsutsuki's trio appeared during the Chunin Exams. At this stage, the Ninja World was still at peace, without turmoil.
Konan then asked about intelligence on Naruto and Sasuke, as well as the development of this parallel world.
"Another cycle..."
After understanding everything, she frowned. What was the essential difference between such a future world and the Ninja World during the founding of Konoha?
Peace was entirely maintained by Naruto and Sasuke. Their strength, crowning the Ninja World, was enough to deter all petty thieves and conspirators from starting wars. Just like Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju back then...
But Naruto and Sasuke couldn't live forever; they would die at the end of their lifespan like normal people. By then, the Ninja World, which had been peaceful for a long time, would probably erupt into a new round of Great Ninja War immediately, just like when Hashirama Senju died.
With the popularization of technology and powerful scientific ninja tools, as well as the continuous pursuit and development of power, future wars would be more tragic. Humans might even go extinct...
Konan shook her head. How this world developed in the future had little to do with her. The trio had been dead for more than a decade; the only tie didn't exist. Collecting Tailed Beasts was enough.
Thinking of how Naruto Talk-No-Jutsu'd Nagato in front of her back then, Konan asked finally:
"How are the Land of Rain... and the Hidden Rain Village developing now?"
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