The Yagyu residence.
Inside the dining room, Ino looked at Sousuke, who was eating dinner.
With a smile on her face, she asked,
"How did today's test of Team Seven and Temari go? They should all have become very strong by now, right?"
Hearing this, Sousuke nodded while eating and casually said,
"They're pretty good! Especially Naruto. That guy's foundation has already become extremely solid. I estimate it won't be long before he starts growing rapidly."
Speaking of which, Naruto could also be considered an unusual kind of genius.
Things like theoretical knowledge were impossible for him to learn well, but once he entered actual combat, he would become extremely outstanding.
As long as he started carrying out missions and encountered powerful enemies, that guy would be able to grow stronger quickly. There was no doubt about that.
Ino smiled and nodded, looking at Sousuke with pride.
"But no matter how strong they become, Sousuke, you will always be the strongest!"
Sousuke smiled in agreement.
Looking at Ino, who had quite a lot of confidence in him, he said,
"Isn't that obvious? With my current strength, they still need a certain amount of time if they want to catch up to me, not to mention that I'll keep growing stronger too."
His current strength had been built one step at a time.
His foundation could be said to be extremely solid!
It was different from Naruto and Sasuke in the future, whose strength would be raised through all kinds of cheats.
They had upper limits, but Sousuke had no upper limit!
In short Sousuke was very glad that his cheat had not directly given him invincible strength from the start. Instead, it had given him the potential to grow.
This meant that in the future, he would practically have no limits.
This point was quite good.
After dinner, Sousuke spent a while being affectionate with Ino, then sent her back home.
After that, Sousuke returned to his bedroom and lay down.
"According to the plot, it should be tonight that Gaara, who has already become Kazekage, will be defeated by Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sand, then taken away, and the One-Tail Shukaku inside him will be extracted."
After that, with Kakashi's team's support Gaara's corpse would be taken back!
Then, through the sacrifice of an old veteran Kage-level puppeteer of Sunagakure, Granny Chiyo, he would be brought back to life.
"This news should reach Konoha tomorrow morning."
Suppressing the countless thoughts in his heart, Sousuke turned over, closed his eyes, and said,
"Sleep, sleep. Tomorrow, I'll be going on a mission! This time, I'm taking the lives of Sasori of the Red Sand and Deidara!"
The members of the Akatsuki.
Sousuke would kill every one he saw.
There was absolutely no possibility of showing mercy!
Holding back for the sake of the plot?
That was absolutely impossible.
If possible, Sousuke did not want to fight the Fourth Shinobi World War at all.
After all, war always brought many unexpected variables!
Precisely because of that Sousuke wanted to try and see if he could reverse the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
The next morning.
Sousuke, who had not gone out, quietly waited at home the entire time.
He did nothing, simply waiting for Tsunade's notice.
Time passed until it was almost noon.
Sousuke was sitting in the courtyard, resting.
Swish.
A figure appeared on the wall of his house.
It was Uzuki Yugao, dressed in Anbu attire.
"You're crouching on my wall again!"
Looking at Uzuki Yugao crouching on his wall, Sousuke said speechlessly,
"I even specially buried a utility pole in my courtyard. Next time, remember to crouch on the utility pole, Jonin Uzuki."
Crouching on a utility pole had much more style than crouching on a wall.
Just look at Uchiha Itachi he was the ancestor of crouching on utility poles!
His "pretending-to-be-cool style" was first-rate and incredibly powerful. It was rare to see him fail at it.
"Uh…"
Uzuki Yugao, who had originally been somewhat anxious, was stunned by Sousuke's words.
But she quickly came back to her senses and said,
"Lord Yagyu, the situation is urgent! We just received intelligence brought over from Sunagakure. Lord Fifth Kazekage was defeated by two members of the Akatsuki and then captured. His current whereabouts are unknown! Lady Hokage wants you to bring your equipment and head to the Hokage Building."
It had come.
It really had come!
Hearing Uzuki Yugao's words, Sousuke nodded with a serious expression.
"I understand. Wait for me for a moment!"
He turned and entered the house to get his equipment.
Uzuki Yugao did not say anything more and simply stood on the wall of the Yagyu residence, waiting.
In less than a minute,
Sousuke appeared after changing into a fitted combat outfit, wearing an elite jonin flak jacket and carrying a chakra katana on his back.
After changing into his work attire, there was no longer any trace of a relaxed home atmosphere around Sousuke. Instead, he gave off a sharp and imposing feeling.
"Let's go!"
Glancing at Uzuki Yugao, Sousuke moved and directly rushed toward the Hokage Building.
"Tell me all the intelligence now!"
Following behind Sousuke, Uzuki Yugao told him everything she knew about the matter.
This was her job.
It saved Tsunade the trouble of explaining everything to Sousuke again after he arrived at the Hokage's office.
Before long,
Sousuke arrived at Tsunade's office, but he did not use the door.
Instead, he directly entered through the window.
Swish.
With a faint sound, Sousuke's figure appeared inside the office.
It was not only Tsunade there.
The four members of Kakashi's team were also present, along with Temari, who had fought together with them yesterday and had not left yet. At this moment, her face was full of anxiety.
"I already understand the situation!"
The moment he entered the office, Sousuke spoke directly.
"We can set out now. Is Kakashi's team coming along for this mission too?"
As he said this, Sousuke had already nodded seriously toward Kakashi beside him in greeting. After that, he looked at Tsunade.
Tsunade nodded with a solemn expression and said,
"Both of your teams will go together! That way, I can feel a little more at ease. What happened to Gaara this time is no small matter. You must do everything you can to help them!"
After a pause, Tsunade raised her hand and threw two scrolls to Sousuke and Kakashi.
"Then, I'll issue the mission now. Kakashi's team will head to Sunagakure to obtain intelligence from the village and treat Kankuro, who has been poisoned… Sakura, the time has come to test your medical ninjutsu."
Sakura nodded with a serious expression, her face filled with determination.
"Master, please rest assured. I will definitely do everything I can!"
After nodding, Tsunade's gaze fell on Sousuke.
"Sousuke, your sensory ninjutsu is very strong, and you are also quite familiar with Lord Fifth Kazekage, so the task of searching for Gaara will be left to you! Based on the intelligence, they should currently be in the Land of Rivers!"
Hearing this, Sousuke nodded and did not refuse the mission although Tsunade was making things a little difficult for him.
After all, the Land of Rivers was still a country, neither too large nor too small, and it could not be considered small.
Finding that Akatsuki hideout within it would not be easy!
At this moment, Temari, whose face was filled with worry, came to Sousuke's side.
She spoke very solemnly,
"Sousuke, please take me with you! I'll search for Gaara together with you!"
Hearing this, Sousuke nodded and said,
"Alright!"
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