Although the exact strength levels of Sasuke and Kisame Hoshigaki are still debated, they are undoubtedly both Kage-level powerhouses.
Current Sunagakure cannot find a single Kage-level powerhouse. Even Gaara releasing Shukaku can only cause them a bit of trouble. How are they supposed to fight?
Wait. It might not be impossible.
Nojuro Ryun suddenly realized that the Land of Wind is covered in yellow sand. Even a humanoid tailed beast like Kisame would have to think twice about releasing Water Release in such a place.
Even if Kisame could still use Water Release to summon a moving ocean, Gaara could use Sand Waterfall Funeral to fill Kisame's Water Release with sand.
As for Uchiha Itachi on this side, he probably would not massacre Konoha-nin wildly. Having Kakashi and Yamato delay him would be enough. At worst, those two would suffer, being stabbed by Itachi in Tsukuyomi for three days and three nights.
Ryun wasn't sure if they could retrieve Sasuke after doing this, but at least it shouldn't plunge Sunagakure into crisis.
However, thinking was one thing. Ryun did not operate. Instead, he watched the simulation's development, waiting for a restart.
Now he would see how this simulation concluded. He himself was actually very curious.
[Under Baki's command, Sunagakure began the encirclement and attack on Uchiha Itachi and Kisame Hoshigaki. You proposed your own team suggestions, but Baki, who sees you as a threat, directly rejected you.]
Ryun curled his lip. Now it was truly over.
[Under Baki's command, the Gaara siblings and Team Kakashi intercepted Uchiha Itachi, because Gaara could completely wrap himself in sand and fight without making eye contact with the enemy.]
[Baki led a team with his friend Yura to encircle and attack Kisame Hoshigaki. Despite lacking clear intelligence, he was confident that the strength of ten squads was enough to suppress Kisame Hoshigaki.]
[After a day of fierce battle, Gaara was severely injured and fell unconscious. Every member of Team Kakashi was wounded. The ten squads led by Baki and Yura were completely wiped out. Their corpses were also devoured by Zetsu.]
Ryun's pupils contracted. Zetsu.
This guy has appeared too. But it's not strange, considering Sunagakure is currently fighting the Akatsuki.
Zetsu is responsible for the Akatsuki's intelligence reconnaissance, for handling the aftermath of battles for Akatsuki members, and even monitoring Akatsuki members is part of his job.
Compared to the intelligence of Zetsu's appearance, the complete annihilation of the forces led by Baki and Yura was, for Ryun, not really news anymore.
After all, Itachi, the spy, would hold back, but Kisame, the pure shinobi, would not sympathize with the enemy.
[Sunagakure was plunged into a precarious situation. At this critical moment, you performed the Life Reincarnation Technique, gathering the chakra of all Sunagakure shinobi, enabling Gaara to recover his health rapidly, temporarily stabilizing the situation.]
[Ebizo deeply felt your powerful talent and directly recommended you to become a Kazekage advisor. Gaara happily agreed. From then on, following Gaara, the youngest Kage, you became the youngest Kage advisor in the shinobi world.]
Ryun was stunned. Did he just benefit from someone else's misfortune?
But the price for benefiting was truly a bit too high. Now it seemed Sunagakure's situation was worse than after the Konoha Crush Plan.
To exaggerate a bit, aside from the Gaara siblings, did Sunagakure even have any Jonin left?
[You had an all-night talk with Gaara after his recovery. You ultimately decided to emulate Kirigakure's strategy of recuperating and rebuilding. To accurately convey Sunagakure's intentions, you were selected as Sunagakure's external envoy, preparing to visit various countries.]
Seeing this, Ryun's eyes lit up. This simulation suddenly became much more interesting.
Ryun had not considered before whether he could go to other countries in a simulation.
It was just that Ryun was completely in the dark about intelligence from other countries, not even knowing the routes to get there. And now the opportunity had come, hadn't it?
[You returned to Konoha with the recovered Sakura and her group, receiving an enthusiastic reception from Tsunade. After understanding Sunagakure's current state, Tsunade expressed that she was temporarily unable to support Sunagakure. You also expressed your understanding of this.]
[Tsunade also stated that she could, in a private capacity, agree to one condition from you, as compensation for the harm Konoha had caused you. She only hoped that Konoha and Sunagakure could maintain long-term peace.]
Ryun didn't understand the logic at first, but quickly realized. Tsunade was worried that Sunagakure, driven to desperation by poverty, would make a life-or-death strike against Konoha to seize resources.
Wasn't current Konoha also at its weakest point?
[You hoped Tsunade could properly teach Sakura, making Sakura the most excellent medical ninja in the shinobi world. This was the compensation you hoped to obtain.]
[Konoha Year 65, you spent half a year traveling through the major countries of the entire shinobi world, witnessing the local customs and cultures of each nation. While conveying Sunagakure's decision, you also used medical ninjutsu to help many people alleviate their illnesses and pains.]
[You gradually gained the title 'Sand Healing Sage'. You also realized the opportunities this might contain. So you resumed your old profession of writing books, beginning to promote specialty tourism industries like sand therapy to the outside world.]
[Simultaneously, you widely accepted disciples, teaching medical ninjutsu externally. Furthermore, you inherited Chiyo's legacy, beginning in-depth research into puppet jutsu.]
Ryun nodded slightly. It seemed that without his guidance, the simulated version of himself was going with the flow and seriously building up Sunagakure.
After all, the final great shinobi war wouldn't reach Sunagakure. If the Shukaku inside Gaara was extracted, they could just use the Life Reincarnation Technique to save him again.
[Konoha Year 66, you pushed your proposal through despite opposition, applying puppet jutsu to production and daily life in the Land of Wind. The productivity of ordinary people improved.]
[Because Tsunade became Hokage and had no time to treat ordinary people, you coincidentally took over Tsunade's ecological niche, earning a large amount of money for yourself and Sunagakure. Your position in Sunagakure became as solid as a rock.]
[Konoha Year 67, a new batch of Sunagakure Genin had grown up. Armed with your scientific ninja tools, Sunagakure had passed through its most dangerous phase.]
[Konoha Year 68, the great shinobi war broke out. You and Gaara led Sunagakure's new generation of shinobi onto the stage, shocking the entire shinobi world. But you were not the protagonists of this war. The protagonists were still Naruto and Sasuke.]
[Although Sasuke and Naruto lacked sufficient tacit understanding, they still relied on their powerful strength and the Sage of Six Paths' help to defeat Obito and Madara. And when Black Zetsu was about to ambush Uchiha Madara, Sasuke, who had already obtained intelligence about Black Zetsu from you, killed Black Zetsu. Thus, Black Zetsu's mother-saving plan ended.]
Ryun's eyes lit up. He almost wanted to applaud for the simulated version of himself.
Yes. Even if Sasuke and Naruto had a falling out, so what? Killing Black Zetsu solved everything, didn't it?
But before Ryun could be happy, the next part of the simulation made Ryun utter, "What the hell."
[The great war did not end because of Black Zetsu's death. Sasuke launched his revenge against the Allied Shinobi Forces. Naruto desperately tried to stop him. Their battle shook heaven and earth. In the end, both perished together.]
[The order of the shinobi world completely collapsed. The severely wounded nations had no choice but to bare their fangs against each other. A new great war could break out at any time.]
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