Uehara Naraku watched with great satisfaction.
Although he didn't master a thousand types of Ninjutsu like Hatake Kakashi, his skills were far superior to Kakashi's Ninjutsu.
"Next, let's randomly check a cute little squad!"
Uehara Naraku activated his Destiny Skills, but only saw three squads of Hidden Sand Anbu rapidly retreating towards the border.
Clearly, during this period, Uehara's rampant attacks on the Hidden Sand Anbu had drawn the attention of the Hidden Sand Village. To avoid unnecessary losses, they started ordering the Hidden Sand Anbu to retreat.
"That's quite sensible!"
Just as Uehara Naraku was about to close his Destiny Skills display and report back to Nagato and Konan, he saw a large troop of Hidden Sand Ninja enter his Destiny view range.
Uehara observed for a while and recognized a few familiar faces, among which the most eye-catching were the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and his son, Gaara!
The Hidden Sand Ninja weren't retreating!
They were concentrating their forces to invade the Land of Rain!
Uehara Naraku's face suddenly didn't look so good, shaking his head and sighing: "I just leveled up and bought equipment, and you're here to give free kills?"
This was when Uehara's confidence was at its strongest!
And the Fourth Kazekage Rasa just brought over his own head... along with a courtesy gift of a young Jinchuriki for the Akatsuki.
Rasa, accompanied only by a few dozen Hidden Sand Guards and Gaara, entered the Land of Rain. He simply wanted to test whether Gaara, as the ultimate weapon of the Hidden Sand Village, lived up to expectations.
If Gaara could prove his worth in actual combat, Rasa wouldn't mind sending his eight-year-old son to the battlefield to intimidate the Hidden Rain Village.
Such was the audacity of the Fourth Kazekage.
To preserve the interests of the Hidden Sand Village, Rasa wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice everything he had.
Rasa led his Guardian Ninja squad, simultaneously searching for the missing Anbu and the kid who had ousted their regular Hidden Sand Ninja.
Soon, they found a trace.
Or rather, they found bodies.
Eight squads of Hidden Sand Anbu, all perished in the Land of Rain.
Such a massive loss was not insignificant, representing nearly a third of the Anbu force that the Fourth Kazekage had cultivated.
And the injuries on these Anbu Ninja were mostly inflicted by Lightning Release or massive Ninja Blades, clearly the work of a single hand.
Maki stood in front of Rasa, reporting in a low voice: "Kazekage-sama, based on the information we previously retrieved from some Jonin corpses, these Anbu should have died at the hands of that Rain Village boy."
"Was it really him?"
Rasa rubbed his forehead, looked at the corpses on the ground, and a flash of anger flickered in his eyes: "All squads, search with full force. Once you find his trail, immediately launch a signal flare!"
"Kazekage-sama."
Maki knelt on one knee, clenched his teeth, and advised, "There are many of us in the Land of Rain, which could trigger a war between the Hidden Rain and the Hidden Sand Villages... Konoha might also intervene in the Land of Rain."
"No need to worry."
Rasa confidently waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "After the Uchiha Clan's demise, the current Konoha holds little deterrent power."
Maki: "..."
Isn't their Kazekage a bit too cocky?
Back then, the Hidden Sand Village invested all its national resources, only to be defeated by Konoha Ninja at Kikyo Mountain, resulting in the capture of many young Ninja, weakening the future generations of the Hidden Sand Village, and they still haven't recovered until now.
"Rest assured."
Rasa seemed to notice his subordinate's discourteous eyes and explained coldly, "The power of the Hidden Sand Village is not yet strong enough. I don't want to start a war with Konoha just yet... But regarding the interests in the Land of Rain, we can negotiate from other angles."
"Yes."
Maki could only nod.
For the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa to even bother explaining to him, it was already considered respectful to his trusted adviser.
Rasa twisted his wrist slightly and spoke softly, "Didn't someone receive information about Orochimaru earlier? Go back and tell Konoha that we're willing to assist them in capturing Orochimaru!"
This message was significant enough.
Orochimaru is Konoha's S-Class Traitor and has been in Konoha's higher strata for many years, possessing much intelligence about Konoha.
Konoha has been pursuing him for years.
Using a renegade who knows much about Konoha's intelligence to exchange for Konoha's concession regarding a small country's interests is actually not a loss for Konoha.
Crash, crash...
Someone suddenly stepped through the river.
It was a young boy.
The boy walked boldly towards the camp of the Hidden Sand Ninja, slowly extending his hand towards this group of Hidden Sand Ninja: "Water Release: Roaring Wave!"
A wave appeared out of nowhere!
As the Chakra released by the young ninja increased, the surging wave grew larger and larger, reaching almost a hundred meters in height, rushing towards the Hidden Sand Ninja!
"Who goes there!"
"Enemy attack!"
At a critical moment, two Hidden Sand Jonin beside the Fourth Kazekage Rasa stood up, each unleashing their Wind Release Jutsu!
"Wind Release: Tornado Hurricane!"
"Wind Release: Great Scythe Weasel!"
The fierce wind swept the waves towards the sky!
However, this was only a temporary fix and didn't address the root cause. The waves were too large, and the two Jonin could barely hold them back for a few seconds.
Other Hidden Sand Ninja also began releasing their Wind Release Jutsu to help block the waves one after another!
Clearly, facing such towering waves over a hundred meters high, their Ninjutsu could only barely break one wave, but couldn't stop the relentless sea assault.
Rasa slowly raised his head, looking at the young Rain Ninja flying above the waves.
The young Rain Ninja stretched his hands wide and floated in the air, with infinite waves surging below him, making him look like a deity!
Rasa furrowed his brows for a second, then gently patted the son standing by his leg: "Go, Gaara, use your power to end all this."
"...I understand."
The red-haired boy's eyes gradually turned fierce, as strands of yellow sand seeped out of the gourd on his back, he walked step by step towards the waves.
As Gaara moved forward, the land beneath him gradually turned to sand, extending the area of yellow sand bit by bit.
When Gaara stood before the waves, he finally turned his hand and released his Ninjutsu, the boy's tender voice laced with a hint of bloodthirst: "Quicksand Waterfall!"
Boundless sand surged into the sky!
Wave after wave of yellow sand began stacking and surging towards the waves, accumulating in front of the waves to form a defense wall made of sand.
A group of Hidden Sand Ninja moved back with grim faces!
When Gaara released his Ninjutsu, he clearly didn't care about their lives, seemingly indifferent to whether they were buried under the sands.
"Is he trying to kill us?"
"Couldn't he at least acknowledge his companions?"
"You fools, move aside."
Gaara tilted his head slightly to glance at them, his face full of ferocity: "Don't hold me back, or I'll kill you along with them!"
"..."
The many Hidden Sand Ninja looked at each other.
Clearly just an eight-year-old kid, yet when he spoke of killing his companions, it was as if he were talking about stepping on an ant, no wonder this kid was always disliked.
"Interesting."
In the air, Uehara Naraku chuckled, watching Gaara below: "Using sand to block the impact of the ocean, what a foolish child!"
As Uehara's words faded, a higher wave suddenly crashed through the wall of sand, the boundless seawater once again flooded towards the Hidden Sand Ninja!
This was the result of expending a standard Kage Level Chakra in the Roaring Wave, how could it be so easily blocked!