"Such evil things should not exist in this world."
Temari took a deep breath, her face expressionless, and tore all the manuscript paper in her hand to shreds.
Shiro didn't mind.
Although he could fix it with Crazy Diamond, he decided against it after thinking about it.
Next time, he would publish a new story.
Hmm... he would write a story about a father tormenting his son, the son wanting to kill the father, and then the son's demon core being crushed.
"Is this the arrogant personality of the Hidden Sand Village's Young Miss? Did you forget something?"
"Forget what?"
Temari looked in the direction Shiro pointed, and the commotion in the center of Konoha was getting smaller and smaller.
What did this mean?
The battle was about to end.
And it certainly wasn't their Hidden Sand Village that would ultimately win.
Temari realized that the guy who came riding a bird and throwing bombs earlier was sent by Shiro to support Konoha.
Also, she had heard her father, Rasa, mention before that Amegakure had allied with Hidden Mist Village and Iwagakure.
In other words, the Sand shinobi currently fighting in Konoha had to face multiple forces.
There was no chance of winning at all.
Temari's face immediately turned pale.
They lost; they were going to be prisoners of war.
This was still a war they initiated... Gaara was really going to be rewarded by the three armies.
Temari instinctively looked at Gaara on the ground, only to see Naruto, who had recovered some stamina, trying to stand up.
But the action he displayed was him squirming on Gaara's body.
"Gaara!!! No! Let go of Gaara!"
The belated Kankuro rushed over from a distance, saw this scene, let out a mournful cry, pushed Naruto away, and hugged Gaara.
"You should know that the people of Konoha cherish food the most, often eating every grain of rice in their bowls clean..."
Shiro didn't show any particular expression or action when he said this, so there shouldn't have been any problem, according to common sense.
But Temari was precisely someone who liked to overthink things.
Perhaps inviting her to a hot spring inn to check out a reserved room would lead her to think about 'doing it'.
Hearing Shiro's words, Temari's body stiffened instantly: "No, it can't be that bad, can it?"
"Yeah, yeah! I'll lick every drop of soup in my ramen clean!"
Naruto got up from the ground, rubbing his head and smiling.
Ramen your ass!
Temari was completely in no mood to deal with Uzumaki Naruto now, her brain rapidly working, thinking about what to do.
"I got it!"
Temari suddenly understood.
Why the other party would help Konoha, and why he would come here and tell them all this.
Perhaps this was the other party's goal?
Temari pulled out a roll of bandages from behind her, wrapped it around her mouth once, then leaned against a tree and twisted a few times, wrapping her hands around her body.
"Nani? What is Temari doing? We're all still here? What are you doing? Is this, is this the legendary Turtle Binding Armor?"
Kankuro took two steps back, his face full of shock.
"Mmm, mmm?!"
Temari was about to explain her purpose in doing this, but then realized she had already sealed her mouth, and her eyes widened instantly.
Oh, no!
She was too nervous just now, only focused on acting, and forgot to speak first!
Now, let alone Kankuro, even the target, Shiro, wouldn't know what she was doing, right?
"This foolish beauty wants to say that she wants to be a prisoner of our Hidden Rain Village, to avoid Konoha's big hands, right?"
Shiro smiled faintly.
"Mhm mhm mhm."
Temari nodded vigorously.
"I see, I understand."
Kankuro suddenly realized.
To protect Gaara, and everyone's physiological health, they absolutely could not fall into Konoha's hands.
After saying that, Kankuro also pulled out bandages from his body, symbolically tied up Gaara on the ground first, and then tied himself up.
After all this was done, Shiro walked in front, with Temari and Kankuro following behind, their hands bound and mouths gagged.
Gaara lay on Kankuro's puppet, being dragged forward.
Temari was very confused.
What would become of Hidden Sand Village?
They had originally allied with Orochimaru to attack Konoha because they were poor and lacked funds, but they still lost.
Now, with the reparations and the Daimyo's budget cuts...
How could they continue to survive?
"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you, your Kazekage is already dead."
Shiro stopped walking.
"Mhm."
Temari didn't show any excited emotions, just lowered her brows faintly.
Kankuro and the lying Gaara were pretty much the same.
As Shiro said, Rasa had failed miserably as a person, both publicly and privately.
The only fortunate thing was that Rasa's betrayal of the village's hero was still unknown, at least he hadn't completely lost his reputation in that regard.
But in terms of family, his children knew exactly what kind of person he was.
"I'm not saying he died in battle; he was already killed by Orochimaru a long time ago.
So if Konoha wants reparations from you, you can simply insist that Orochimaru disguised himself as the Fourth Kazekage from beginning to end and deceived you.
You can even turn around and suspect that Orochimaru's defection from Konoha was just a ruse, a deliberate bait to lure you in and then catch you all... Of course, the goal is definitely not to actually demand reparations from Konoha, but to complicate the matter, which will save you a lot of trouble.
As for Orochimaru, he is about to become a member of our Hidden Rain Village's high-level organization.
At that time, as prisoners, you can just give a little something as a token, and then you can be released."
Shiro said slowly.
Anyway, in the original work, the three of them never thought of avenging Orochimaru's "father-killing grudge."
Gaara, who wasn't gagged, seeing Rasa die, would probably be happier than Nezha seeing Li Jing die.
If the gagged Gaara said he could understand Rasa, then he would naturally be able to let go of his hatred.
"Mmm?"
Temari looked at Shiro in confusion.
"You want to ask, why would I help you?"
"It's simple, Rasa is dead, and the Kazekage is among you. If in the future you want to develop Hidden Sand Village well, then come find us, and then we will be allies."
"Mmm! Mmm?"
...Stop with the 'mmm mmm mmm,' do you really think I have mind-reading abilities?"
Shiro pulled off the bandage from Temari's mouth with a speechless expression.
"I wanted to ask, what do you mean by 'give a little something as a token'?"
Temari looked at Shiro's eyes seriously.
"...Chiyo-baa's swimsuit photo."
"Oh."
"..."
"What?! Who?!"
Temari's eyes widened.
"Don't misunderstand, I'm asking for it for a friend in the organization."
Shiro calmly waved his hand.
To prevent Sasori from abandoning all emotions in his human puppet state, he had to stimulate him with something.
"...You mean that friend, isn't it yourself?"
Temari narrowed her eyes.
"...Sick, then add one of yours."
Shiro gave her a Byakugan-like glare.
He wasn't a soldier boy.
What kind of woman is like fine wine, the older, the mellower.
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