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“What? Are you not happy with my healing?” Shin glanced at Deidara and asked.
“HAPPY! I’m grateful!” Deidara flexed his newly grown arm.
It was exactly like his original, no difference at all. This made Deidara look at Shin with a new sense of awe.
It seems the “Reaper of the Shinobi World,” the one who instills fear throughout the ninja world—isn’t just an empty title.
Perhaps the Third Tsuchikage, really was no match for him—
Right… If it were fake, knowing the old man’s personality, he would have definitely come out to refute the rumors.
That old man cares about his face.
“Meaning, this severed arm of mine is useless now.” Deidara looked at his detached arm. With a new arm grown, this one was indeed useless. Might as well bury it.
He definitely had to bury it. He couldn’t just leave it lying around. What if some wild animal ate it?
Although it was useless to him now, it was still his arm. If a wild beast really dragged it away, Deidara would feel very annoyed.
After burying his arm, Deidara tossed Gaara aside and asked Shin, “Shin-dono, why hasn’t Sasori arrived yet? Could he have been captured?”
Deidara’s face was somewhat pale, a result of earlier blood loss—though now that his arm had recovered, Deidara’s mood had improved considerably.
“That depends on Sasori’s speed. If he’s slow, he might have been caught,” Shin said with a light chuckle.
If Sasori encountered Chiyo, he might not make it back. Sunagakure, though weakened, was still strong enough to deal with Sasori.
However, it wasn’t long before Sasori arrived, dragging the cumbersome Hiruko puppet—
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“Your arm?” Sasori looked at Deidara’s perfectly intact arm with great confusion.
Wasn’t it severed earlier??
“My arm is healed. It’s all thanks to Shin-senpai’s help,” Deidara said with considerable respect.
Previously, when Deidara called Shin “dono,” it didn’t carry much respect. But now, Deidara held Shin in high esteem.
Sasori couldn’t help but glance at Shin.
Proficient in medical ninjutsu?? He wasn’t too surprised. Sasori simply assumed Shin had used medical ninjutsu, but Shin had actually used Yin-Yang Release.
In the original story, Naruto could create an eye for Kakashi. Shin could naturally create an arm for Deidara.
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Carrying the still-unconscious Gaara, Sasori and the others quickly found a place to extract and seal the Tailed Beast within him.
As for sealing the Tailed Beast, Shin didn’t get involved. Watching Pain and the others seal the Tailed Beast, Shin found it somewhat amusing.
So many people, struggling for several days just to seal the mere One-Tail.
If it were Shin, simply controlling the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path would allow him to instantly seal the One-Tail.
This was likely because Nagato Uzumaki’s control over the Demonic Statue wasn’t very good, hence the slow sealing process.
After all, only the Rinnegan could control the Demonic Statue, and Nagato Uzumaki’s Rinnegan wasn’t his own—its use was restricted.
Ignoring their sealing process, Shin simply left and returned to the Land of Whirlpools.
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Meanwhile, Baki, rushing desperately, finally arrived in Konoha.
He met Jiraiya, explained the situation, and requested Jiraiya’s help.
“The Akatsuki?”
Jiraiya fell into thought. He knew a bit about the Akatsuki; this information was from Hiruzen Sarutobi.
When Hiruzen’s son was killed, he had thoroughly investigated the Akatsuki and learned some things about them.
“Alright. I will send people to help. After all, Sunagakure is Konoha’s ally.” Jiraiya hesitated for a long time, then finally agreed to Baki’s request.
He chose to help Sunagakure partly to strengthen the alliance between their villages. Another reason was to probe the Akatsuki.
“Thank you, Lord Hokage! I hope you will dispatch ninja as soon as possible!!” Baki was overjoyed and couldn’t help but urge Jiraiya.
With the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, captured, the situation was unknown. Baki was worried. What if Gaara was killed before they arrived?
Jiraiya didn’t delay.
Since he had agreed to help Sunagakure, he couldn’t just go through the motions; otherwise, it might have the opposite effect.
He immediately summoned Kakashi and Guy, ordering them to lead their teams to provide support.
Sending Kakashi and Guy already showed great importance. Konoha didn’t have many other capable generals to spare at the moment.
Jiraiya, as Hokage, certainly couldn’t personally go to help with the rescue.
After receiving the mission, Kakashi and Guy departed with Naruto Uzumaki and their teams.
Naruto Uzumaki was very anxious.
Although the plot had deviated from the original story, and the Konoha Crush plan was different, Naruto had still become good friends with Gaara and had successfully brainwashed him with his “Talk no Jutsu—”
This was why Gaara became Kazekage…
Without Naruto’s “Talk no Jutsu,” how could Gaara’s personality have allowed him to become Kazekage?
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The group arrived in Sunagakure. Kakashi was mistaken for Hatake Sakumo by Chiyo—and they almost came to blows.
Fortunately, Ebizō was there to mediate, and a fight was avoided.
Actually, if they had fought, Sunagakure wouldn’t have had the advantage.
In the original story, Guy arrived later as reinforcements—But now, they had come together.
However, there was a problem: Kankurō’s poison—He would die within three days, and there was no way to break it.
In the original story, Sakura healed him, but the current Sakura didn’t know medical ninjutsu at all.
Tsunade was in the Land of Whirlpools—who could Sakura learn medical ninjutsu from? So, Kankurō couldn’t be saved.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Kankurō could only wait for death.
Chiyo was also helpless against this poison. She excelled at creating poisons, not antidotes—They could only hope Sasori had an antidote.
Chiyo decided to go along, bringing Sunagakure’s elite ninja to rescue Gaara.
Although Konoha had sent help, they couldn’t pin all their hopes on Konoha. Besides, Chiyo didn’t trust Konoha’s people at all.
The group was filled with conflict. Naruto Uzumaki and Chiyo bickered constantly.
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At the Akatsuki’s sealing location for the One-Tail, Pain also knew that Gaara’s rescuers were on their way, including reinforcements from Konoha.
The sealing process still needed some time to complete, so they had to stop the approaching rescuers.
Finally, Pain used the Shape-Shifting Technique, transferring Kisame and Itachi Uchiha’s chakra onto living sacrifices, creating clones equivalent to their true selves.
However, these Shape-Shifting clones were different from normal clones—they could use all their original jutsu, including Kekkei Genkai.
This technique required sacrifices. In the original story, the sacrifices were Sasori’s subordinates, spies planted in Sunagakure.
But things were different now. The spies weren’t here. So, they had to use White Zetsu.
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