"Huh??"
"Corrupting the Puppet Masters' discipline?"
When the master and the disciple heard this, they were completely baffled.
'Since when could Puppet Masters cause such a big mess?'
'It wasn't like they were from Iwagakure, where Deidara could just blow up the village with his clay bombs.'
Naruto thought in confusion.
Jiraiya's expression was particularly strange.
Let's not talk about whether the Puppet Masters' discipline can be changed back by his student, but to let Naruto go to Sunagakure...
'Are you sure that won't just make things worse?'
Naruto was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the Chunin Exams, when the edgy Pikachu had bowed to him in gratitude...
'Hadn't he said something about 'discovering the true essence of Puppet Technique'?'
'That didn't seem like it could cause any major issues, right?'
"I'm not sure about the specifics either."
"Jiraiya, you're taking Naruto with you today."
"Wait!"
Naruto rudely interrupted the village chief's words with a confused look on his face.
"Why isn't Whi... Kakashi-sensei taking me?"
Naruto didn't mention Jiraiya in his words, but one could hear his disdain for the white-haired old man.
After all, the last time they went out to find Tsunade, the white-haired old man had ditched him to go to a brothel.
If he had to travel with this white-haired old man again, he would have to babysit him.
He'd rather go with the other white-haired uncle, who at least just obsessed over trashy novels.
Besides, even if Sasuke had left the village, their Team 7 wasn't disbanded.
"You damn brat! What are you talking about!"
"You think I want to go with you?"
Jiraiya was so anxious that he was jumping up and down. He wasn't thrilled about traveling with Naruto either.
'Who knew what kind of disaster this kid would cause in Sunagakure?'
'Tsunade's intention in sending me out was most likely to have me clean up this brat's mess.'
The master and the disciple disciple glared at each other in mutual disgust, snorted coldly, and turned their heads away.
Tsunade supported her chin with her hands crossed and remained silent for a while before speaking.
"Kakashi took Sakura to the Land of Snow."
"Everyone else in the village is on missions. You two will have to make do."
Tsunade really didn't want anyone else going on missions with Naruto.
Otherwise, this yellow-haired delinquent will definitely lead the good kids in the village astray.
Just look at what happened to Sasuke and Sakura.
"WHAT?!"
"When did they go to the Land of Snow!?"
Naruto was horrified.
'This wasn't right!'
'How can I miss the Land of Snow's arc?'
"Cough…"
"The mission in the Sunagakure is very urgent, so you should leave immediately."
Tsunade quickly waved her hands to drive the two away, fearing that Naruto would notice something.
'If this brat knew that I deliberately broke up Team 7, who knew what kind of chaos he'd unleash?'
The only thing Tsunade could do now was to release this yellow-haired delinquent, who had been a scourge to Konoha for many years, to harm other villages.
Naruto wanted to ask more, but Jiraiya dragged him out of the office with forced cheerfulness.
It wasn't that Jiraiya was in a hurry to leave. He was just really worried that he would get beaten again if they stayed any longer.
After the two of them went out, Naruto glanced at white-haired old man and threw a bottle of potion to him.
Jiraiya caught it, downed it in one go, and began unwrapping the bandages on his arm.
The whole operation can be said to be so skillful that it is almost tragic.
Afterwards, Naruto went home and said goodbye to Hinata, opened a portal and left the village, setting off for Sunagakure.
…
Three days later.
The master and disciple appeared at the entrance of Sunagakure wearing desert robes.
When they saw this place for the first time, they even wondered if they had come to the wrong place.
They saw dozens of bare-chested muscular men standing at the entrance of Sunagakure, swinging humanoid puppets through the sandy winds, with sweat glistening under the scorching sun...
Jiraiya was petrified by what he saw.
For a second, he thought he'd accidentally wandered into Kumogakure.
'Why does this style of aesthetic appear in Sunagakure??'
And when he saw those bare-chested muscular men, Jiraiya subconsciously felt something was wrong.
In short, the current vibe of Sunagakure is very scary.
Even Naruto wanted to turn around and run away when he saw this scene.
'Oh my god!'
'Since when was Sunagakure full of male-bonding enthusiasts like Kirigakure?!'
Just as he was hesitating whether to go back, a muscular man in the distance seemed to see them, so he waved his hands and shouted excitedly, "NARUTO!!"
Hearing this, Jiraiya shot him a sideways glance, his eyes seemed to be saying: 'You know this guy?'
Naruto shook his head vehemently, 'Don't slander me, old man.'
But soon, the stranger muscular man ran up to the two of them.
He dropped his puppet on the ground, bowed deeply, and then spoke excitedly, "Naruto! Long time no see!"
"I was just thinking about when I'd get to meet you again..."
Naruto looked at the purple face paint on the other party's face, and Kankuro's appearance instantly flashed through his mind.
'But…'
'WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HIM!?'
'Not only is he as tanned as those people from Kumogakure, he was also shirtless like them.'
'And most importantly, since when this guy got all these muscular muscles?'
'Did he consume too much steroids or something?'
"You… you're Kankuro?"
"Great!"
"I knew you'd remember me!"
Kankuro waved his massive arms and tried to throw it around Naruto's shoulders.
The sour smell of sweat and body odor hit Naruto in the face.
This scared Naruto so much that he trembled with fear and desperately hid behind Jiraiya.
When he thought of Kankuro's slim figure during the Chunin Exams, and then look at the muscular man in front of him...
'What the actual hell happened?!'
But Jiraiya's reaction to Sunagakure's sudden enthusiasm was similar to that of his student, as he was even scared back a step.
At this time, those shirtless muscular men had surrounded them with very creepy grins on their faces.
The impact of this kind of scene is too scary even for veteran writer like Jiraiya to imagine.
'Damn it!'
'Sunagakure is now the nest of muscle freaks!'
Kankurō didn't seem bothered by Naruto's reaction. Instead, he continued to talk to himself, "Naruto!"
"Ever since I grasped the true essence of Puppet Technique from you..."
"I developed a whole new system!"
"Look, our village is full of hope now!"
Jiraiya: "..."
Naruto: "......"
If they had known that Sunagakure would become like this, they should have brought Konoha's resident green spandex weirdo along with them.
'I think Guy can have a lot of common topics to talk about with these big guys.'
'For example...carrying a special metal puppet and running around the desert 100 laps?'
Naruto wasn't surprised that Kankuro had gone off the deep end.
'But…'
'How could this kid lead the entire village's Puppet Masters astray?'
When he thought of being a Sunagakure's higher-up, he knew his blood pressure would soar through the roof.
"Come on!"
"Let me show you around the village!"
Kankuro slapped his head, realizing they were being rude to their guests from Konoha, so he pushed the shoulders of the master and disciple and prepared to walk towards the village.
"Uh…"
"How about we just forget it?"
The master and disciple looked at each other at the same time, and their expression were practically screaming 'Abort Mission'.
But when the muscular men around heard this, they became even more enthusiastic and started to prepare to carry these two into the village.
Jiraiya was terrified when he was surrounded by these big guys.
"STOP! STOP!!"
"I can walk on my own!!"
"And... don't stand behind me."
Jiraiya said this with a horrified expression, and when he turned around, he found that his student was already inside the village and waving at him from a safe distance.
'That damned brat!'
'Why didn't you bring your teacher with you when you went to open the portal?!'