"We're saved." Might Guy, who survived the disaster, looked back at the huge pit created by Deidara's self-explosion, with thick smoke billowing out of it. He swallowed hard in horror.
Just now, when they were about to be caught in the aftermath of the explosion, they almost thought they were going to die.
If Kakashi hadn't used his Kamui to absorb the explosion, everyone present would have been burned to death.
"You are worthy of being my eternal rival, Kakashi." Might Guy grinned, revealing his dazzling silver teeth, and turned back to give Kakashi a thumbs up.
"Well, it's okay." After performing Kamui, Kakashi collapsed into Naruto's arms, his voice weak and out of breath: "But the most important thing now is to make sure Chinatsu and Sakura are safe. The enemies over there are much more difficult than here. Guy, I guess I'll have to rely on you guys from now on."
"Leave it to me. Neji, Lee, Tenten, let's go." Might Guy gave an order, and just as they were about to set off, two figures, one big and one small, rushed out from the woods. They were Chinatsu and Karin, who looked embarrassed because of jealousy and fighting.
They rushed here according to Fujiwara Kirito's arrangement.
"Senior Kakashi, I just sensed an extremely violent chakra reaction here. Are you okay?" asked Karin.
Kakashi nodded weakly. Seeing that the two were fine, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked about Sakura's condition, "How's the situation over there?"
"Yes. Although it took a lot of effort, we finally defeated that shadow clone. As for Sakura, they had already defeated the Akatsuki members when we left." Karin said the answer she had prepared without blushing or skipping a beat.
"That's good." Hearing this, Kakashi felt completely relieved. This difficult mission finally came to an end.
At this time, Naruto's two shadow clones came over with Gaara's body, "Karin, please."
He wanted Karin to save Gaara, who died because his tailed beast was extracted.
Karin nodded slightly. Although she could no longer sense Gaara's chakra and knew that the latter was dead as expected, she still knelt down and performed the Palm Healing Technique to try to save him. However, it had no effect. Helplessly, she sighed, stood up, and shook her head.
A breeze blew by, and the scene suddenly fell silent, with a look of loss on everyone's face.
"How is Gaara?" Naruto's eyes were filled with tears and his voice was trembling. Seeing that Karin did not answer, he shouted anxiously, "I want to ask you what happened to Gaara."
Karin shook her head and remained silent.
"That's enough, Naruto. The tailed beast has been pulled out of the Jinchūriki's body. I'm sure you know what this means." Kakashi held Naruto's shoulders and told him the cruel reality that he didn't want to believe.
"But… But Kakashi, Gaara, Gaara finally became the Kazekage. How could he die here?"
Hearing Kakashi's words, Naruto couldn't hold back his tears any longer.
He knew that Gaara was dead.
But as a fellow Jinchūriki, no one understands Gaara's pain better than Naruto.
Naruto's goal is to become Hokage, so when he saw Gaara become the Kazekage, he felt reluctant but at the same time was happy for Gaara from the bottom of his heart.
Now that Gaara is dead, how can he not feel sad?
Karin was silent for a while and sighed: "If he was still alive, even if there was only a trace of life left, relying on the secret medicine given by Tsunade-sama, then I might be able to save him. But now..."
"It's too early to give up now." Granny Chiyo's voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears, and she helped the unconscious Sakura out of the dense forest.
Naruto's eyes lit up, and he didn't care about the unconscious Sakura anymore, "Granny Chiyo, do you have a way to save Gaara?"
"I guess so." Chiyo looked at Naruto, whose face was covered with tears. A relieved smile appeared on her old face. She handed Sakura to Karin and said, "I'll leave Sakura to you. The bones in her right hand are almost completely broken."
"I know. Leave it to me."
Karin nodded heavily and took Sakura to the side for treatment.
Granny Chiyo used the forbidden resurrection technique on Gaara and was reborn.
When Chiyo's chakra was insufficient, Naruto took the initiative to step forward and contribute his own chakra.
At this moment, the Sand Village ninjas, who had a change of heart, finally resisted and rushed here, as if they had been cannonballs after the fact.
In the end, Gaara successfully woke up under the watchful eyes of everyone, just like in the original story.
The only slight difference is that the old woman Chiyo did not die, because Fujiwara Kirito gave her two Senzu Beans due to Chinatsu's previous request.
One was given to Gaara, who regained a glimmer of life thanks to Chiyo's Reincarnation Technique.
The other was given to Chiyo, who had most of her life energy taken away after performing Reincarnation Technique on Sakura and Gaara respectively.
It saved her life.
Somewhere on a hillside nearby.
Fujiwara Kirito watched this scene and couldn't help but sigh, "Tsk tsk. What a touching happy ending."
"I never thought that little Jinchūriki would actually be accepted one day." Sasori, who was standing next to Kirito, glanced at Gaara, who had become the hero of Sand Village and was like the moon surrounded by stars, with a complicated expression. A hint of hidden emotion flashed across his reddish-brown pupils.
"Why are you envious? If you hadn't left Sunagakure, maybe the position of Kazekage would have been yours, and this kid wouldn't have had the chance." Kirito teased with a playful smile on his face.
"How boring!" Sasori tutted and turned his gaze away from Gaara in a very arrogant manner. Looking at Karin, who was using medical ninjutsu to detoxify Granny Chiyo, he said with some surprise: "That little girl with red hair is yours, right?"
Kirito said "Oh" and asked with interest: "How did you know?"
"My poison cannot be cured by medical ninjutsu alone. If you don't have the corresponding antidote, you won't survive for more than three days. The only medical ninjutsu that can cure my poison is yours, which is no less effective than resurrection."
Sasori expressed his guess.
"You are really observant." Kirito did not deny that he did teach Karin how to eliminate toxins.
Sasori continued, "And that old woman—she's still alive after using the Reincarnation Technique on two people in a row. I can't imagine who else has this ability except you and Pain, who has the Rinnegan."
"But I'm curious why you did this. You don't seem like the kind person."
"Probably for my daughter. Because my daughter doesn't want to see that Granny Chiyo die." Kirito gave an ambiguous answer.
(End of this chapter)