Staying up late at night, his dark circles made him look like a little panda.
The boy with no eyebrows and the kanji for "love" on his forehead, throughout the entire Ninja World, besides Gaara, the Jinchuriki of the One-Tail Shukaku from the Sand Ninja Village, naturally there wouldn't be anyone else.
Since Naruto retrieved half of Kurama's body a month ago, using the powerful complete Nine-Tailed Golden Body buff to push his stats to the limit of the current stage, he began his next plan.
Which was to collect the Chakra of the remaining Tailed Beasts and, with Kurama as the foundation, synthesize a Little Ten-Tails within his body.
Once he had collected all the Tailed Beast Chakra and synthesized a buff even stronger than the Nine-Tailed Golden Body, coupled with the improvements gained from training during this time.
At that time, Naruto's overall strength would take another step up from where he was now, completely surpassing the level of ordinary ninjas.
Recently, while Naruto was studying Sealing Techniques and undergoing physical strengthening training, he was also sending out Shadow Clones to travel the world, searching for the whereabouts of the various Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts, while also checking out some special scenic spots.
As time passed, Naruto's Flying Thunder God Technique marks gradually spread throughout the entire Ninja World.
As the Jinchuriki of the One-Tail, Gaara's whereabouts were relatively easy to determine; he could be found in the Sand Hidden Village.
However, Naruto not only wanted to obtain Shukaku's Tailed Beast Chakra, but also wanted to have some exchanges with Gaara.
Even with Naruto's current strength, he couldn't do it without alarming others.
And recently, the Konoha Crush Plan was about to unfold, with Orochimaru and the Fourth Kazekage of the Sand Ninja Village, who was also Gaara's father, agreeing to attack the Hidden Leaf Village together.
As a Tailed Beast weapon, Gaara also left the Sand Hidden Village under the guise of participating in the Chunin Exams and headed to Konoha.
When the Konoha Crush Plan began, Gaara would use the Feigned Sleep Technique to undergo a complete Tailed Beast Transformation, releasing Shukaku to wreak havoc in Konoha.
At this moment, Gaara was on his way to Konoha.
And the two people sleeping in sleeping bags next to Gaara were Gaara's sister, Temari, who was proficient in Wind Release Ninjutsu and possessed Chunin strength, and his brother, Kankuro, who was proficient in Puppet Technique and also possessed Chunin strength.
In addition to the three on the surface, there was also Maki, Gaara's team leader and also the Jonin responsible for monitoring and protecting him, hiding in the shadows, guarding against possible enemies.
The Shadow Clone following Gaara provided Naruto with precise coordinates that wouldn't be discovered as soon as he appeared.
The place where Naruto appeared after using the Flying Thunder God Technique was not far from Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, nor from Maki.
Before going out, Naruto, who had specially put on a black wig and a black fluffy coat to cosplay Menma Namikaze.
Taking advantage of the few seconds it took to recover the Chakra consumed by launching a long-distance Flying Thunder God Technique, he took out a fox mask and put it on.
"All set."
Naruto muttered to himself, and then a Body Flicker Technique appeared behind Maki.
The sound of wind breaking from the Body Flicker Technique made this Jonin with considerable strength sense danger, and he subconsciously drew a Kunai with an Exploding Tag tied to its tail and threw it in the direction of the sound.
The imagined explosion did not occur. Maki took a closer look and found that the person had raised his right hand and taken the Kunai he had just thrown.
And the Exploding Tag that had been ignited was now like a dud, being played with in his hand.
In the next moment, Maki saw that this fox-masked man had already appeared in front of him, and the Kunai in his hand pierced into his abdomen with a whoosh, and the Exploding Tag began to burn again.
It was not until this time that Maki reacted and had the idea of fighting back.
However, the fox-masked man had already ignored him, and with another Body Flicker Technique, disappeared in front of Maki.
It was as if he had casually stepped on an ant, not caring about its life or death, nor did he have any intention of finishing it off.
Boom!
The explosion of the Exploding Tag resounded, waking Temari and Kankuro from their sleep, and also waking Gaara from his daze.
They subconsciously turned their gazes towards the direction of the explosion, and saw a mysterious person with black hair, black clothes, and a fox mask appearing before them.
As soon as this fox-masked person appeared, the air was covered with a strong killing intent, causing the few people in it to feel a chill all over their bodies.
"Fortunately, you are a qualified Jonin."
In his perception, Maki decisively pulled out the Kunai from his abdomen and threw it out at that critical moment.
Although he suffered a not insignificant injury and temporarily lost his combat power, he was spared the fate of being blown to pieces by the Exploding Tag.
Naruto had anticipated all of this, but he had no intention of killing anyone in the first place.
Gaara saw the suddenly appearing Naruto, without fear, but a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his face, and extremely excited emotions bloomed in his eyes, and a cold killing intent was also permeating his body.
"Enemy!"
Chuckling coldly, Gaara opened the gourd on his back, and large swaths of quicksand began to emerge.
"You two, go check on Maki."
At this moment, Gaara had entered a battle state, but he had not completely lost his mind after all.
Feeling that Maki's aura had not completely disappeared, he casually found a reason to send away the two cumbersome burdens beside him.
Enveloped by two killing intents, Temari and Kankuro, who were shivering in fear, felt as if they had been granted amnesty.
They knew that they were not qualified to participate in the next battle, and not staying here to cause trouble would be the greatest help to Gaara.
"Gaara, be careful, we will go to the nearest Sand Hidden Stronghold for help now." After saying that, Temari and Kankuro turned around without hesitation and ran towards the direction where Maki was.
"The troublesome people are gone."
Naruto's disguised hoarse voice sounded, ignoring the two who had left.
"State your purpose."
Gaara said coldly, paused, and then chuckled coldly, self-denyingly said: "It doesn't matter if you don't say it, killing you, any purpose doesn't matter, hahahaha."
After saying that, Gaara raised his hand and guided, and the overwhelming quicksand rushed towards Naruto at a rapid speed.
Seeing this, Naruto didn't take it seriously.
At this time, Gaara, because of a series of stimuli arranged by his father, had completely moved towards autism and could not communicate at all.
The prerequisite for wanting to communicate is to wake him up.
Looking at the overwhelming quicksand, Naruto also entered a battle state.
Wind Release: Airflow Manipulation.
Sage Mode.
In the next instant, Naruto's figure disappeared from the spot.
Boom!
A teeth-aching thud resounded.
Upon appearing, Naruto had already landed a solid punch on Gaara's stomach.
A cracking sound rang out as the Sand Armor on Gaara's body shattered.
Meanwhile, the sand that automatically defended him hadn't even reacted yet.
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