Believe Me, You'll Go Bald When You Grow Up

Upon seeing Gaara again, Hinata had something she had been holding back for a long time, and she felt compelled to share it with everyone.

Gaara has a high hairline and suffers from sleep deprivation due to Shukaku, which means Gaara will definitely experience severe hair loss in the future and become bald by middle age.

Have you ever seen Ōnoki?

Ōnoki's hairstyle is the future hairstyle of Gaara.

If a girl were to travel to the Naruto world and end up in Sunagakure, then please, please, please do not marry Gaara.

Gaara was quite handsome as a child, but he'll probably get less attractive as he grows up...

Meeting room in Sunagakure.

Unlike the previous meeting where 'war reparations' were discussed, this meeting was not as tense.

Since Hinata and Kakashi arrived relatively early, the Sunagakure Village took this into consideration and decided to hold a meeting ahead of schedule regarding the 'Joint Chunin Exam'.

This Joint Chunin Exam will be hosted by Sunagakure. Once Konoha confirms it, the other minor Shinobi Village will only need to notify them.

The Joint Chunin Exam are a microcosm of the Shinobi World War, and generally, the invited ninja villages will send representatives to participate. In order to achieve good results in the exams, some powerful Genin might even deliberately delay their promotion to Chunin.

A seemingly simple Chunin Ninja Exams becomes more complex and meaningful because it involves the mission workload of each village.

Sitting in the conference room, Hinata witnessed the darkness of the major Shinobi Village for the first time.

The Five Great Shinobi Villages never take the minor Shinobi Village seriously. Even if minor Shinobi Village sends a team of ninjas with the strength of Chunin to participate in the exam, the major Shinobi Village are confident that their Genin can defeat them.

But the major Shinobi Village is different.

If Konoha were willing, Neji Hyuga's name might even appear in this Chunin Ninja Exams hosted by Sunagakure.

Neji Hyuga is just short of completing a certain number of missions before he can be promoted to Special Jonin.

If things went even further, Konoha might even be able to bring Naruto back...

However, generally speaking, there are unspoken rules surrounding these Chunin Ninja Exams. Since this Chunin Ninja Exams is being held by Sunagakure, Konoha has to give Sunagakure some face.

Especially since the new Kazekage of Sunagakure has just taken office and urgently needs to establish his reputation in the Shinobi World, it is inevitable that Sunagakure will want to achieve good results in the exam.

However, if Sunagakure wants to achieve good results, it must persuade Konoha to offer some conditions so that Konoha can send some weaker individuals to participate in the exam.

I wonder if Konoha informed Sunagakure beforehand about the Sunagakure Chunin Ninja Exams.

I don't think so!

After all, Konoha is known as the cradle of geniuses and has always been far superior to other ninja villages in cultivating new talents, and Hinata was the most outstanding generation in Konoha in more than ten years.

The Third didn't need to do this at all.

Hinata sat quietly to the side, watching Kakashi debate with the crowd... If it weren't for Kakashi, Hinata really wouldn't bother attending this kind of meeting; it would be a complete waste of her life.

Sunagakure, of course, also has its pride. There are some things that cannot be said outright, but can only be brought up subtly and tactfully, allowing Kakashi to figure them out on his own.

Kakashi sometimes pretended to be stupid, and sometimes he was shrewd, but he never went too far.

Gaara sat opposite him, his face expressionless the entire time. Perhaps Gaara found the Sunagakure's actions extremely shameful!

However, Sunagakure has been without Kazekage for a year and a half, and the Shinobi World's opinion has been that no one in Sunagakure is capable of taking on the position of Kazekage, making Sunagakure the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

The fact that the new Kazekage of Sunagakure is only a fourteen-year-old boy further confirms that Sunagakure is facing a generational gap and lacks talent.

This is extremely detrimental to a ninja village that relies on mission rewards to operate.

Therefore, Sunagakure urgently needs prestige and needs to rebuild a powerful image in the Shinobi World.

This Chunin Ninja Exams is an opportunity for Sunagakure to prove that the village has enough talent for the future and that Sunagakure will continue to grow strong.

The list of participants for the Chunin Ninja Exams has been largely finalized, and the meeting has concluded.

Hey! Gaara!

As Hinata stepped out of the conference room, she called out to Gaara, who had a stern face. The high-ranking members of the Sand Village exchanged glances and then left, each with their own thoughts.

"..."

"Long time no see, but I've been hearing your name quite often lately."

Gaara said in a kind tone, "Losing to you isn't shameful."

Gaara was quite easygoing, but thinking about it carefully, losing to Hinata wasn't really a shameful thing, considering that Kumogakure had taken down two Jinchuriki from Hinata.

"Hey~ Let's not talk about the past anymore... What's wrong, are you unhappy?"

Walking to a secluded corner, Hinata casually asked, "Actually, I don't really like attending meetings like this either."

Gaara gazed into the distance, his tone calm as he said, "When I first learned that I would become the Fifth Kazekage, I felt that my efforts over the past year and a half had finally paid off. I had finally been accepted by the villagers, and I had finally changed the past..."

"But after becoming the Kazekage, I truly realized that the difficulties I faced had only just begun!"

With Kazekage Kazekage's power slipping away, Gaara, young and inexperienced, despite his considerable prestige among the younger generation, ultimately did not hold power in the hands of the younger generation.

The power struggle within Sunagakure is only one aspect. In the past year and a half, the workload of Sunagakure has been further reduced. Although the people of the Land of Wind still entrust missions to Sunagakure, the surrounding small countries have basically abandoned Sunagakure.

Without the Kazekage in power, Sunagakure seemed to have lost its faith, and the village ninjas were in a daze, filled with confusion about the future.

The situation in the Shinobi World is even more unpredictable, with threats from Konoha and the Akatsuki, all of which Gaara must face.

The Sunagakure is a mess right now, Gaara has so much to do.

"Keep it up!"

Hinata offered a completely insincere word of encouragement.

Gaara looked at Hinata and asked curiously, "You called me over, not just to tell me this, right?"

Hinata rolled her eyes and said helplessly, "Why do you all think that if I go to you, I must have an ulterior motive?"

"Can't we just catch up?"

Hinata also didn't understand. She went to Itachi Uchiha, and Itachi Uchiha assumed that she must have something very important to tell him. Gaara doing the same thing now.

Why can't we just chat casually? Why do we always have to have something serious to talk about?

Gaara paused for a moment, then slowly smiled and said, "This is good..."

"However, when I go back this time, I'm afraid I'll inevitably be questioned. If I say that you just wanted to catch up with me, I'm afraid it will be hard for people to believe me."

Hinata suddenly had a brilliant idea. "Then you can say that I called you here to discuss your hairstyle... If you keep not sleeping, you'll go bald when you grow up!"

Gaara: These are your true feelings, aren't they!