Chapter 144: Let the bullet fly for a while~

"Go to hell, bastard!"

Gaara erupted with tremendous force, causing sand to surge and engulf the entire roof in an instant. This sudden display of power left the Sand Shinobi residing there astonished.

"Gaara?! You're finally back!"

Baki looked at Gaara, who was filled with anger in surprise. 

"Huh?"

Gaara looked at Sand Shinobi around him strangely and then looked up at the sky in confusion.

"When did it become dawn?"

"Gaara, where have you been these days? Who kidnapped you?"

Baki kept asking questions.

"These days? Haven't I been here all the time? Where's that f**king masked guy?"

"You… You don't know what happened?"

Baki realized that Gaara's memories were frozen, suspended at the very moment he had disappeared.

But looking at the situation, apart from the problem of memory, there seems to be nothing wrong. The tailed beast in his body did not have any problem as well, otherwise, Gaara would have died if the tailed beast was taken away.

"What do you mean?"

"You disappeared for ten days!"

"Ten days?!"

Gaara looked blank.

"Gaara."

At this time, Rasa came in.

Seeing Gaara, who was safe and sound and didn't even seem to know what happened, Orochimaru became more interested in Naruto's ninjutsu.

"Father?!"

Gaara frowned at Rasa.

"Gaara, because you went missing ten days ago, Kazekage-sama came to Konoha early."

Baki explained in a low voice to Gaara.

"Come, tell me what you've been through."

Rosa shouted.

After a little while.

"That is to say, you don't know what happened. You just know that you lost consciousness when you were about to attack that Anbu ninja, right?"

"If it's true that ten days have passed, then yes, I didn't feel anything."

Gaara said coldly, without any emotion, to Rasa, his father.

"I see."

Rosa nodded.

… 

Hokage building.

"What did you say?! Gaara suddenly reappeared where he had disappeared?"

Hiruzen asked Anbu in a deep voice, who had come to report the news.

"Hai! Hokage-sama. Gaara appeared on the roof out of nowhere, without any warning."

"I see, go and continue to monitor."

"Yes!"

After the Anbu left, Hiruzen sat there, smoking a cigarette blankly.

"Suddenly disappeared, suddenly appeared ... and intact, why and how?"

"If this is a situation created by Kazekage then why did Gaara show up again? Wouldn't it be better to keep him hidden? If not...then why did he disappear for ten days? There is also no problem with the tailed beast, so what could be the reason?"

"Could the person pulling the strings be responsible for this?"

Hiruzen felt very confused and couldn't think of the reason for doing so.

He must have never imagined that this was all done by Naruto to obtain the Chakra of Shukaku. As for the subsequent influences, it was not his concern.

Furthermore, Naruto deliberately released Fukasaku, the Sage of Mount Myoboku, in a secluded corner of a deserted street in Konoha.

Otherwise, if he appeared in the deep forest, then Jiraiya would suspect him.

And after Fukasaku appeared, he also looked confused, he didn't know why he came here suddenly, wasn't he fighting Naruto before?

Confused, he could only undo the Summoning first, return to Mount Myōboku, and then go to Jiraiya to ask about the situation.

Then from his wife, Shima's mouth, he learned that he had disappeared for ten days.

"You don't have any memory at all?" Shima asked worriedly.

"No, I didn't feel anything wrong." Fukasaku shook his head in doubt.

While this occurrence may seem somewhat unimaginable, the ninja world is filled with various peculiar ninjutsu. Who cares which technique caused it as long as he is fine?

"By the way, you need to inform Jiraiya, lest he worries," Shima said suddenly.

"Alright."

Following Shima's instructions, Fukasaku asked a messenger frog to tell Jiraiya what had happened.

… 

Konoha.

Although the appearance of Gaara caused a sensation, at the same time it reassured many people. They are also guessing who is responsible for Gaara's disappearance.

As for Jiraiya, he has been completely disappointed with his teacher. He soaked himself in the hot spring and doesn't want to take care of anything right now.

If there was a war, he could make valuable contributions. However, if peace prevailed, he would find greater happiness. His priority was to ensure the safety of the Sage Fukasaku, and once that was confirmed, he would depart from Konoha.

"Jiraiya-sama."

Jiraiya, who was collecting materials, suddenly had Kakashi appear behind him.

"Oh, Kakashi, what's the matter, is something wrong?"

"Jiraiya-sama, I'm here to inform you that Gaara is back."

Kakashi said without spirit.

One of the reasons why he came to inform Jiraiya was that Jiraiya had asked him to inform him if there was any news.

The second reason was to ask about his father.

"Oh! He is back! That's great! If that's the case, Fukasaku sama should be fine too!"

When Jiraiya heard the news, he immediately stood up happily. This was the only good news in the past few days.

Jiraiya immediately used the Summoning technique to summon Sage Fukasaku.

"Jiraiya, I've already summoned a messenger frog to deliver a message to you, but it appears you're even more concerned than I anticipated."

"I'm relieved now that Fukasaku sama is fine."

Then Jiraiya was also concerned about the reason for Fukasaku's disappearance but learned that Fukasaku's memory froze from the day he disappeared, and he didn't even see the one who did it, he was a little disappointed.

"Kakashi, you haven't left yet."

"Jiraiya sama, I want to ask you about my father. After all, you were one of his friends."

Kakashi looked at Jiraiya seriously, his eyes full of inquiry.

Hearing it, Jiraiya's joyful mood fell, and he didn't know how to answer.

He couldn't be sure what role his teacher played in that incident, or was it purely accidental?

He cannot slander his teacher without evidence.

"I can only tell you that the Hokage had no intention of passing the position of Hokage to Sakumo."

Hearing Jiraiya's words, Kakashi's pupils shrank.

"Thank you for letting me know. See you later, Jiraiya-sama."

Kakashi bowed his head and disappear.

Perhaps the evidence or something may not be that important now. From Kakashi's perspective, it is evident that the Third Hokage had no intention of passing on the position of Hokage to his father, which, in itself, provides the clearest answer.

His inner trust was shaken.

Then when he returned home and saw a document with the word "confidential" printed on his desk, his heart was filled with killing intent.

"Kakashi-sensei. His assistance should not be overlooked."

Naruto said with a smile.

"Naruto, now that the Third Hokage is free from the trouble, it is estimated that our "Public Opinion War Plan" will come to an end."

Minato said with a frown.

"Don't worry, it's only been two weeks. Let the situation unfold a bit longer. Besides, most of the previous preparations are almost done. Also, isn't there something more?"

Naruto shook the file in his hand with a smirk on his face. 

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