Naruto's first stop was Gaara's territory, the Sand Hidden Ninja Village.
According to the intelligence, his good friend Gaara had now become the head of the Sand Hidden Ninja Village.
—Oh, no, he should be the Fifth Kazekage.
that case, his friend held the same status in Hidden Sand as he did in Konoha. They were friends of equal standing.
Over the course of several days, Naruto and his group passed through Amegakure on their way to Hidden Sand.
The reason for this detour was that Nagato wanted to see Konan, and Naruto naturally chose to help make it happen.
After seeing Konan in Amegakure, they found that following a great battle, Amegakure had gathered up its remaining ninja. Having lost Akatsuki's "dream" of moving forward, the entire village seemed to have grown more peaceful.
Konan had also followed Naruto's instructions and begun producing explosive tags. As for materials and sales, Naruto had told Konan to coordinate with Shikamaru.
Shikamaru's burden had grown a little heavier, but after all this experience, he had become increasingly mature and thorough in his work. Everything he did leaned toward benefiting Naruto—he was practically an outstanding Hokage assistant already.
Nagato and Konan had only spent one short day together before Naruto urged Nagato to set off, because Nagato's presence would affect Konan's progress in making explosive tags.
Shikamaru had signed orders with various countries. If they could not fulfill those orders on time, Konoha would be in breach of contract, and breaches came with penalties.
In short, time was money.
Once they entered the Land of Wind, one of the Five Great Nations, Naruto more or less figured out Nagato's personality along the way.
Nagato did not talk much. He was even somewhat boring.
Throughout the journey, he had discussed the Reanimation Jutsu with