Chapter 201 Konoha's Strongest

In the original work, Deidara defeated Gaara alone and successfully captured Gaara.

But after listening to Tsunade's story, Richard discovered that Deidara was not the only one who captured Gaara.

In other words, Deidara and Scorpion were not the only ones who went to Sand Hidden Village.

According to the people in Sunagakure Village, the one who attacked Gaara at that time, in addition to Deidara who used the explosive clay ninjutsu, was also a ninja who also wore a red cloud robe and a spiral orange mask.

Although the people in Sunagakure Village didn't know who this ninja wearing a spiral orange mask was, Richard knew it clearly.

Uchiha Obito!

The ninja wearing an orange mask that Sunagakure saw was none other than Obito Uchiha.

Why did he go to Sunagakure Village?

The Ah Fei he disguised as is probably not an official member of the Akatsuki organization yet, right?

Although Obito disguised himself as Madara Uchiha and secretly controlled the Akatsuki organization early on, no one except Nagato and Konan knew about it.

If he remembered correctly, in the original book, after Deidara and Scorpion kidnapped Gaara, Obito disguised as A Fei also tried to take Deidara away and wear it on his right finger, which represents the word "green" for Qinglong. Ring, thus joining the Akatsuki organization.

After thinking for a while, a guess came to Richard's mind.

If nothing else, this should be considered the impact he had after traveling to this world.

As for why Obito did this, he still doesn't know the specific reason.

However, his intuition told him that Obito must have some unknown purpose in doing this.

Although Gaara is now the Fifth Kazekage of Sunagakure Village.

But in terms of strength, Gaara's current strength is not considered very strong.

Even if Obito didn't take action and just watched Deidara and Scorpion take action, Gaara was no match for Deidara and the two.

If it weren't for the need to bring Gaara back alive to extract one, with the strength of Deidara and Scorpion, they could have killed Gaara under the protection of other people in Sunagakure Village.

"Do you know something?"

Tsunade asked immediately after seeing Richard frown slightly.

Although Richard was not from the Akatsuki organization, he told her three years ago that he had fought with Payne and snatched a reincarnation eye from Payne.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered something."

Richard said calmly.

Tsunade did not continue to question him, and said with a serious face: "If it is convenient, I hope you and Kakashi and the others will go to the Kingdom of Wind together to rescue the Fifth Kazekage Gaara."

"Although Sunagakure Village and Oto Ninja Village attacked Konoha three years ago, Sunagakure Village was also a victim."

"As an ally, Konoha cannot ignore death."

Richard nodded and said slowly: "I can go to the Kingdom of Wind with Kakashi and the others, but I will not accept the command of Kakashi or Kai."

"I will help, but I decide how to do it."

"If you can accept this condition, I wouldn't mind making a trip."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kakashi said: "It is my honor to perform the mission with Mr. Richard."

When Kakashi finished speaking, Gai's voice also sounded.

"Kakashi has no problem with it, and neither do I."

Although Kai had not had much dealings with Richard before, he had a pretty good impression of him.

As for the reason, it's very simple, because Richard is very strong.

In addition, he also had the idea of ​​​​fighting with Richard.

However, he never found the right opportunity.

As the captain of the third class and the teacher of Xiao Li, Neji, and Tenten, he usually has a very busy schedule.

Although Neji has now been promoted to Jonin, and Xiao Li and Tiantian have also become Chunin.

But instead of gaining more free time, they became busier.

"If you have no other requirements, then let's go now."

Tsunade said quickly.

Richard didn't speak anymore and nodded.

Although rescuing the captured Gaara was not part of his initial plan, a trip to the Kingdom of Wind was not a big deal.

More importantly, he had promised Tsunade before that as long as Tsunade agreed to let him open a private office, he would unconditionally help Tsunade three times within his ability.

Tsunade once asked him to investigate whether Pain was secretly planning to attack Konoha, and asked him to return the favor once.

But Tsunade stepped in to help transplant the Samsara Eye to Uzuki Yugan, and he added another promise to take action, which was equivalent to canceling out the time to investigate Pain.

In the past three years, Tsunade has not asked him to help with anything, so until now, he still owes Tsunade three times.

After leaving the Hokage's office, Richard, Kakashi and others immediately went to the Kingdom of Wind.

However, he did not run on the ground like Kakashi and the others, but flew in the air.

At his speed, he could reach the Country of Wind in half an hour at most, but he had no intention of flying over to rescue Gaara right away.

If Tsunade just wanted him to rescue Gaara, there was no need to assign a task to Kakashi and the others, just let him go there alone.

Since Tsunade sent Kakashi, Kai and others, it means that this is not just a pure rescue mission.

In other words, this is a rescue mission that requires the participation of Konoha ninjas.

Otherwise, even if Gaara is rescued, Sunagakure Village will only thank him, not Konoha.

In order to take care of Kakashi and the others, Richard deliberately reduced his flying speed and maintained the flying speed at a level that Kakashi and the others could keep up with.

Compared with ordinary people, the speed of ninjas is indeed very fast.

But compared with Richard, whether it is Kakashi and Kai, who are elite jonin, or Ningci and Xiao Li, the speed of their movement is pitifully slow.

Even if he only increased the flying speed to Mach 1, he could easily leave Kakashi and the others behind.

Time passed by little by little.

After flying for seven or eight hours, Richard landed in the open space in front of Kakashi and the others.

After flying at full speed for seven or eight hours, Kakashi and the others had more or less loss of chakra.

Although they can continue to move forward, continuing will only make their chakra and physical strength less and less.

In order to ensure sufficient combat power, it is now necessary to take a mid-term rest.

After seeing Richard land, Kakashi and the others also stopped.

Without Kakashi and Kai's instructions, Neji, Lee and others sat down one after another and began to recover their consumed chakra and physical strength.

Although he was not tired, Richard also found a place to sit down and waited patiently.

After resting for more than ten or twenty minutes, they continued to set off for the Kingdom of Wind.

Three days later.

The Sand Village finally appeared in Richard's sight.

In the past three days, except for a simple rest, they spent the rest of the time on the road.

Richard was originally going to the Sand Village with them.

But later he couldn't stand the speed of Kakashi and others, so he left the team halfway and returned to Konoha.

However, before returning to Konoha, he handed a Flying Thunder God Kunai to Kakashi and told him that he would perform Flying Thunder God before they arrived at the Sand Village.

To be precise, it was a three-pronged vibranium kunai with the Flying Thunder God technique.

Like the Fourth Hokage, Richard did not use a regular style of kunai, but chose to use a three-pronged vibranium kunai.

Kakashi did not say anything about his decision.

Although Richard also came to rescue Gaara, he was not a ninja from Konoha.

In other words, he did not need to follow the rules that Konoha ninjas needed to follow.

In addition, before he set off, he had clearly stated that he would not accept the command of Kakashi and Kai, but would act according to his own ideas.

"Mr. Richard, this is your kunai."

Kakashi came to Richard and handed the Flying Thunder God Kunai to Richard.

Richard nodded, put the Flying Thunder God Kunai into the system space, and said to Kakashi: "Your father killed many elite ninjas from the Sand Village during the Second Ninja World War. Perhaps there are still many people in the Sand Village who are hostile to your father."

"The hostility between Konoha and Sand Village is a thing of the past. Now Konoha and Sand Village are allies. They should not refuse our help because of my father."

Kakashi replied quickly.

"It shouldn't be rejected, but it's hard to say whether someone will be hostile to you."

Richard continued.

Although Kakashi's father has been dead for more than 20 years, the huge hatred such as the revenge for killing his son will not disappear with the passage of time.

Let's not talk about others.

Chiyo, whose son and daughter-in-law were killed by Kakashi's father Hatake Sakumo, is a good example.

In the original work, after Kakashi and others arrived at the Sand Village, Chiyo attacked Kakashi as soon as she saw him.

Although Chiyo later explained that she was joking, anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was not joking.

After observing the Sand Village, Richard and his party walked towards the Sand Village.

Before they entered the Sand Village, they attracted the attention of the Sand Village ninjas.

However, the Sand Village ninjas at the entrance of the village did not attack them.

The Sand Village ninjas responsible for guarding the entrance of the village received an order early in the morning that Konoha ninjas would come to help rescue Gaara and escort the Konoha ninjas who arrived in the village into the village.

Although they had never seen Richard and his party before, these Sand Village ninjas quickly recognized Richard, Kakashi, and Kai.

Kakashi is a famous "copy ninja" in the ninja world.

Although Kai is not as famous as Kakashi, he is also an elite ninja that each village focuses on.

As for Richard.

Richard, known as the "Silver Nightmare", is the most well-known S-level ninja in recent years.

In the past three years, Richard can be said to have beaten all the shadows of the five hidden villages.

The fifth generation of Hokage Tsunade, the fifth generation of Kazekage Gaara, the fifth generation of Mizukage Mei Terumi, the fourth generation of Raikage Ai, and the third generation of Tsuchikage Ohnoki.

In addition to the five shadows, he also defeated many Jinchūriki.

For example, the eight-tailed Jinchūriki Killer Bee and the two-tailed Jinchūriki Yuzukimon of the Hidden Cloud Village, the four-tailed Jinchūriki Lao Zi and the five-tailed Jinchūriki Han of the Hidden Rock Village, the six-tailed Jinchūriki Bubble of the Hidden Mist Village, and the seven-tailed Jinchūriki Kaede of the Hidden Taki Village.

Except for the Nine-tailed Man who helped Naruto, all the living Jinchūriki, without exception, have been beaten by him.

Because of his brilliant record, many people now put him on a par with the first Hokage Hashirama and Uchiha Madara, calling him the strongest in Konoha.

After recognizing Richard and the other two who were walking in front of the team, the Sand Ninja at the entrance of the village immediately came to them.

After a brief inquiry and confirming that they were the reinforcements sent by Konoha, the Sand Ninja escorted them into the village and headed to the Kazekage Building in the center of the village.

On their way to the Kazekage Building, many ninjas from the Sand Village stopped and looked at them.

Most of the ninjas from the Sand Village had no objection to the village asking Konoha for help.

They had no choice but to ask for help.

Even Gaara, the fifth Kazekage, was captured. If they didn't ask Konoha for help, with the strength of the Sand Village, they would not be able to save Gaara.

Although a new Kazekage could be re-elected after Gaara's death.

But the problem is that, apart from Gaara, there is no one else in the Sand Village who can be qualified for the position of Kazekage.

Gaara is not only the best ninja of the younger generation in the Sand Village, but also the strongest ninja in the Sand Village.

As for the others, there is a big gap between them and Gaara.

Not long after, Richard and the others arrived at the Kazekage Building.

The Sand Village ninja who escorted them into the village did not take them to the Hokage's office and the meeting room in the building, but took them to the medical room in the building.

Because Gaara was captured, Chiyo and her brother Ebizo, who had retired, came out of retirement to take charge of the situation.

Chiyo is now trying to find a way to treat Kankuro who was poisoned.

Chiyo is not particularly supportive of the village's request for help from its ally Konoha.

However, before her brother Ebizo came out of retirement, the Sand Village had already sent a request for help to Konoha.

Soon, Richard and his team came to the medical room where Kankuro was.

As Richard guessed, when Chiyo saw Kakashi, she attacked without saying a word.

Although Chiyo's attack was sudden, Kakashi was not a pushover and easily blocked Chiyo's attack.

After finding that she couldn't take down Kakashi in a short time, Chiyo stopped and said, "I didn't expect Tsunade to send all of you here. I thought she would only send some useless little characters."

"It seems that I underestimated her."

Although Chiyo has been retired for a long time, she still recognized Richard, who has been famous in the entire ninja world in recent years.

Not only that, she also recognized Kai next to Kakashi, knowing that Kai was an elite jonin who was proficient in physical skills and as strong as Kakashi.

Two elite jonin led the team!

Plus Richard, who was known as the strongest in Konoha and was called the Silver Nightmare!

It must be said that the reinforcements sent by Tsunade were completely beyond Chiyo's expectations.

Although Richard and his team were not many, only eight people.

But with their strength, they could easily overthrow the current Sand Village.

In other words, Richard alone could easily overthrow the Sand Village and completely eliminate it.

Just when Chiyo wanted to continue to say something, Kanjiro, who was lying on the bed, suddenly struggled violently and cried out in pain.

After seeing Kanjiro's movements, Chiyo immediately stepped forward and tried to relieve Kanjiro's pain.

Although she didn't know what happened to Kanjiro, as the only medical ninja in the team, Sakura quickly came to the front of the bed.

After taking a look at Kanjiro on the bed, Sakura immediately performed the Palm Fairy Technique.

Chiyo didn't know who Sakura was.

However, after seeing Sakura skillfully perform the Palm Immortal Technique and Kankuro's painful expression obviously improved and he began to calm down, Chiyo immediately asked, "Who is Tsunade to you?"

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