Chapter 399: Target – Capture the Two-Tails!
"Lord Kazekage, Team 9 is here to receive our mission."
When Uzumaki Tomoki led the three members of Team 9 into the Kazekage's office, Shiraishi was looking down, reviewing a massive pile of documents and files.
Although he was the Kazekage, he actually handled the management of the entire Land of Wind over these years. Therefore, many domestic reports and applications required his personal review.
Including Team 9, there were fifteen teams whose mission assignments were still personally handed out by Shiraishi. The rest were coordinated by the Jonin commander's office, which proved that these specific teams were Suna's most elite members.
Gaara looked at this grand office with great curiosity. Right before coming here, he had received a piece of intelligence that felt like science fiction to him.
The Kazekage, before his eyes had led a few elite Jonin, entered the Akatsuki headquarters in the Land of Rain alone, killed the Akatsuki leader Nagato on the spot, and obtained a Rinnegan as a trophy of war.
In addition, Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin, was also forced to retreat by Shiraishi during that grand battle.
Such a terrifying combat record was simply unimaginable in Gaara's own era.
He truly deserves to be called the Shinobi World Asura of this era...
Although Gaara did not like Uchiha Madara's style in the past and even rejected it, when such a powerful person appeared in Suna, Gaara's mindset shifted without him realizing it.
His own timeline was currently at the critical moment of the final battle against Uchiha Madara. He had always emphasized words like trust and bonds within his team, wanting the Five Great Villages to unite against a powerful enemy.
These ideas were all based on Suna's very awkward financial and military situation at the time.
After his father, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, passed away, Sunagakure fell into a very serious crisis. Financially, they were completely suppressed by the Daimyo.
Although he was pushed forward to become the Kazekage, he was actually no different from a puppet. When Akatsuki invaded Suna, it brought the village to its most dangerous moment.
If they had not used the Fourth Shinobi World War as a buffer, Suna would have really struggled to survive.
Therefore, Gaara's views at that time were closely related to Suna's very desperate situation.
The Suna of this world was rich, powerful, and full of elite soldiers, even possessing the strength and spirit to unify the ninja world. This filled Gaara's heart with envy and gave him a strong interest in this Kazekage.
That annoying Daimyo was said to be kept like a pet by the Kazekage now. Orochimaru of the Leaf's Sannin had died at the Kazekage's hands, and since Jiraiya also lost this time, the once strongest village, Konoha, looked pale in front of him.
Such a figure naturally made Gaara feel great admiration and envy.
Noticing that someone was watching him, Shiraishi raised his head and locked eyes with Gaara for a brief moment.
I cannot look down... otherwise, it will make the Kazekage suspicious.
After a moment, Shiraishi showed no reaction. He gently put down the files in his hand and handed a mission scroll to Uzumaki Tomoki.
"This mission..."
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki Capture Plan?
With the destruction of Akatsuki, the capture and securing of the Jinchuriki was now directly handled by Suna. Among them, the One-Tail Shukaku inside Gaara had more than half of its chakra extracted and sealed away by Shiraishi long ago, so Shukaku's negative influence on Gaara was greatly reduced.
Besides the One-Tail, the location of the Three-Tails was already known. The Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, and even Seven-Tails would be handled in a certain order. The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki had already been secretly controlled by Shiraishi during the Lop Nur incident.
To be precise, the ones they needed to capture next were the Two-Tails, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, Eight-Tails, and Nine-Tails.
Yugito Nii, the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, was a proud and smart Tailed Beast weapon from the Cloud Village. She could completely release the Tailed Beast and easily control the Two-Tails, earning wide recognition and respect from her villagers.
Killer Bee had once said that the relationship between Yugito and the Two-Tails was even better than his relationship with the Eight-Tails. She became the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, Matatabi, at the age of two.
Even though she was hated by others, she kept training hard, eventually growing to the point where she could transform into the Tailed Beast according to her own will. She was a hard worker who won her own confidence.
Sealed inside her was the Two-Tails, and she was a Jonin of the Cloud Village. According to Shiraishi's estimation, her strength should not be less than Konan's normal state. Inside the Cloud Village, she was a beautiful woman who was very well-liked.
However, such a powerful female Jonin had teamed up with Hagoromo Mato to go to the Land of Demons to investigate the reason behind Yomi's defeat and the origin of that mysterious shrine maiden.
Clearly, Hagoromo Mato, being a clone of Shiraishi, had provided the intelligence to his main body. Therefore, Shiraishi decided to send a specialized team to track and capture the Jinchuriki.
Team 9, made up of Uzumaki Tomoki, Uzumaki Tomoko, Aoki Shigeru, and Gaara, was currently Suna's most suitable team to capture the Two-Tails Jinchuriki. After all, the Uzumaki clan's sealing style was very useful against Tailed Beasts.
Is the opponent a Jinchuriki...
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki was very strong, at least much stronger than those ordinary Jinchuriki who could not fully control their beasts, and she could even actively immune herself to genjutsu.
Therefore, a Jinchuriki with perfect control over a Tailed Beast was much harder to deal with than an ordinary Jinchuriki, so a complete plan had to be made.
"Inside the Cloud team, there is an Anbu member with the code name 'Shrine' who will provide you with the matching intelligence."
Hagoromo Mato's public code name was Shrine. In fact, besides Yugito Nii, there were several other elite Cloud Jonin on this mission to the Land of Demons, including some strong taijutsu users. However, in terms of combat strength, Team 9 was slightly better.
But Shiraishi's main purpose was to train the teamwork of this group and have them participate more in such life-and-death battles.
Under normal circumstances, Hagoromo Mato would not reveal his identity, but if an accident happened, he was naturally a necessary backup.
No matter what, Aoki Shigeru was his own son, and Gaara and Uzumaki Tomoko were also very important ninjas to cultivate. Shiraishi would not let them fall into real danger.
Capturing Jinchuriki?Does that mean the Kazekage also plans to gather all the Tailed Beasts?
For a moment, Gaara found this a bit hard to accept and even felt a slight fear toward the Kazekage. However, when he noticed the incomplete state of the One-Tail Shukaku inside his body, which usually seemed a bit foolish and slow, he understood something.
So, a long time ago, the Kazekage had already extracted Shukaku's extra negative emotions and chakra, leaving a foolish Shukaku for him?
No wonder Gaara had been wondering why Shukaku was so obedient when lending him chakra and did not push those negative emotions into his mind.
He really wasn't used to such a harmless Shukaku power yet.
"Gaara..."
Just as the members of Team 9 were preparing to leave, Shiraishi suddenly called out to Gaara.
"Yes?"
Shiraishi calmly flipped through the files in his hand and said, "You stay behind. I have some questions to ask you."
In that exact moment, Gaara's entire body was instantly soaked in sweat.
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