Tayuya Finally Met the Person She Wanted to See, Like a Long-Awaited Cure After a High Fever

Upon seeing that the newcomer was Sasuke, Killer B immediately assumed a fighting stance.

"Sasuke Uchiha? What are you doing here?"

"I've been following you for a long time, Killer B." Naruto grinned maliciously. "If you know what's good for you, just stand there and don't make any pointless resistance."

Without exchanging many words, the two began fighting five seconds after meeting.

Killer B, in his half- Tailed Beast form, roared and charged towards Sasuke like lightning. Just as Sasuke was drawing his sword, he suddenly noticed seven or eight golden chains rushing towards him.

The Adamantine Sealing Chains and the Evil God's Hound —a whole set of Forbidden Jutsu— was unleashed, completely stunning Killer B.

He originally planned to test the waters with Partial Tailed Beast Transformation and run away immediately if things went wrong, but now something seemed off, it was simply too absurd.

Is this how you fight? If you're so capable, why are you following along? In the last second before passing out, Killer B still had a lot of complaints left unsaid.

Naruto released the Adamantine Sealing Chains and did not approach Killer B directly. He knew very well that someone like Killer B, who had experienced two wars, was extremely cunning.

Maybe he was just faking it, and he'll launch a sneak attack when he gets close, then escape.

So he threw an Evil God's Hound over, intending to extract the Tailed Beast from Killer B's body from a distance of seven or eight meters.

Fortunately, Evil God's Hound Killer B wasn't faking unconsciousness. The Jashin's Hound was attached to him, and after a short while, it began to extract the Eight-Tails Gyuki. Crimson Eight-Tails Chakra continuously flowed from Killer B's body and was eventually absorbed into the Evil God's Hound.

He waited a long time for the news that the Five Great Nations had finished their negotiations. He had been lying low for a while, all for this moment. Only by defeating Killer B could Yugito Nii have a chance to become the Fifth Raikage.

After today, there will be no more AB combinations.

As for contributions or battlefield achievements, Naruto wasn't worried at all. Kabuto was dead, but Kaguya Otsutsuki hadn't been resurrected yet.

When Kaguya Otsutsuki is resurrected, that will be the time for him to retire behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, he looked up again at the process of extracting the Eight-Tails' chakra. Killer B was still unconscious. The Evil God's Hound was steadily extracting the Eight-Tails 'Chakra, and he estimated that it would be over in another ten minutes.

He followed Killer B all the way to the edge of this desolate old forest, not worried that someone might suddenly jump out from somewhere and interrupt his plan to extract the Eight-Tails.

The day he plans to retire is drawing ever closer; all he needs to do is gather the Eight-Tails and the One-Tail. Meanwhile, he continues to borrow money from the nobles of the Five Great Nations to support the four smaller countries.

At the same time, he secretly built the Land of Snow and the Ancient Kingdom of Roran as his rear base, so that he could retire at any time to recuperate and enjoy life.

After fighting for so many years, can't we at least enjoy ourselves?

After extracting the Nine-Tails from Killer B Bee, he planned to first find Tsunade and explain the situation. Finally, once Black Zetsu had gathered Tailed Beast, he would secretly extract the One-Tail Shukaku.

Judging from the fact that Black Zetsu wouldn't be able to gather all the Tailed Beast anytime soon, he could use this spare time to arrange all his affairs.

Ten minutes later, the Eight-Tails stared in disbelief at its shrunken body. Killer B was still unconscious and showed no signs of waking up.

"What exactly did you do to me?" Eight-Tails asked!

"Being a dog, isn't it exciting?" Naruto said nonchalantly. He had a natural ability to suppress the Tailed Beast imprisoned by the Evil God's Hound. With a wave of his hand, the Eight-Tails immediately lay down.

"You!!! Naruto Uzumaki! How could you do this to me!"

"What? You're not convinced?" Naruto's lips curled into a sneer. "The Nine-Tails was much fiercer than you back then. You could have been even more arrogant."

"Kurama?"

"Yeah, he's living a much more carefree life than you are now." Naruto chuckled, not even glancing at Killer B lying unconscious on the ground. "He has food and drink, and he can go anywhere."

"He's the same, a slave to humans." Eight-Tails retorted stubbornly, "I get along very well with Killer B Bee, much better than Kurama."

"The difference is huge. At least he's revered, while you're just a weapon to Kumogakure." Naruto chuckled. "Don't fool yourself. Killer B live?"

"Jinchuriki time and time again, in the end it's just using you as a tool, and you're still complacent about it."

Eight-Tails: "."

Forced by the Evil God's Hound's lackeys, the Eight-Tails realized it had no power to resist. After remaining silent for several seconds, it was taken into Naruto's Sealing Space and imprisoned.

Inside the Sealing Space.

Two-Tails Matatabi looked up and saw his new neighbor, and was surprisingly happy.

"I thought the first one to come in would be that idiot Kurama, but it turns out it's you, Gyūki."

"When were you captured?" Gyūki asked sullenly, clearly not in a good mood. On one hand, he thought Naruto's words made sense, and on the other hand, he was worried that Killer B would die like this.

The Eight-Tails wasn't worried about its safety; at worst, it would just be locked up for a while, since Tailed Beast were immortal anyway. Humans, on the other hand, had very short lifespans; it could simply sleep and wake up to see the light of day again.

It's such a pity that it died after finally finding a human who was compatible with its temperament.

"I don't know, there's no concept of time here, it shouldn't have been long," said Two-Tails Matatabi. "But humans are really no good, I was betrayed by that woman!"

"Forget it, it doesn't matter where we are." The Eight-Tails Gyuki suddenly said, "Humans are really unreliable. I won't trust humans anymore."

"However, do you know what Kurama is doing?" Eight-Tails asked.

"What's wrong with Kurama?" Two-Tails asked, somewhat puzzled.

"He has been completely assimilated by his own kind, no, he is even more cunning than humans." The Eight-Tails recounted what he had seen and heard about the Nine-Tails on the battlefield, and immediately received the support of the Two-Tails Matatabi.

"Pah! They're utter scum among the Tailed Beast!"

"Scoundrel!"

The two Tailed Beast cursed at the Nine-Tails across the railing, but after a while they got bored and fell silent again.

A moment later, Two-Tails Matatabi suddenly said something.

"I really want to go out and see the world."

"Yes."

On the other hand, Naruto didn't care what the Tailed Beast were thinking; they were just a mass of immortal Chakra. Their purpose was either to revive Kaguya or to be used in war.

Neither of these points is beneficial to the Shinobi World whatsoever.

Ninja beasts do possess intelligence, and Naruto isn't a saint. Compared to humans, the Tailed Beast aren't actually doing too badly; they've already caused enough trouble.

No one would stand up and say they want to give the Tailed Beast freedom so they can run freely across the grass. If someone did, they wouldn't be called a saint; they'd be a thug.

Naruto firmly believes in one thing: first, treat yourself as an ordinary person, and then consider matters of interest with the people you care about at the center. If the Tailed Beast are not a problem, then ignore them.

Clearly, the freedom of the Tailed Beast would be a disaster for ordinary people.

Before leaving, Naruto sent a signal to Yugito Nii a distance, telling them that he had successfully extracted the Eight-Tails from Killer B's body.

Killer B is now just an ordinary Jonin, not much different from before. As for Killer B, since she was unconscious and left in the forest, there's a high chance they can find her if they send someone to search for her.

To this end, he even gave the Yugito Nii a rough coordinate, and he didn't care how Yugito used that coordinate.

After passing through the Gate of Hades, Naruto returned to Konohagakure as usual. He made brief appearances at the Yamanaka Flower Shop and in the Land of Snow, taking advantage of the time difference to have two lunches with Ino and Hinata.

A normal lunch was eaten. Although it was still broad daylight in the Land of Snow, it was already dusk in Konohagakure. Perfect timing, making the most of the time difference.

However, while this is perfect, constantly running back and forth will eventually lead to exhaustion. It's already summer, and in two more months we can bring Hinata back.

When that time comes, the Shinobi World will also undergo a tremendous change.

That was his original thought, but to his surprise, a month passed and Black Zetsu remained completely silent. He wondered what this man was doing; he still had a group of White Zetsu under his command and hadn't managed to collect all the Tailed Beast.

As a result, Naruto basically did nothing for the past month. Apart from spending time with Ino and Hinata every other day, talking to them, eating and chatting, he only had the Rōran restoration plan left on his hands for the time being.

However, he mainly handled the funding; the manpower was directly purchased from the Land of Wind. Normally, this would be impossible, since a superpower would never send people to help a small country regain its independence.

Even if this small country is so small that it cannot be called a country at all.

However, Naruto in the Land of Wind, which makes things easier for him. Temari mediated for several days, and in the end, the higher-ups had no choice but to agree to this matter, which was neither a major nor a minor one.

It took about half a month to delineate the location of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran city wall. With the stimulus of funding, the foundations of high-rise buildings were laid in an instant.

As for its complete completion, that will be at least six months from now.

Sara and Nohara Nao lived in a temporary stone house. Naruto wasn't worried about their safety. Considering that the two girls were relatively weak, he simply left the Eight-Tails and the Two-Tails there.

If they encounter danger, the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails will be authorized to obtain some or even all of their power, and as long as the opponent is not Otsutsuki, they can crush them one by one.

He promised Sara and Nohara Nao their plan to restore Rōran, and he certainly wasn't just making empty promises; he meant what he said he would do.

However, it was true that he was short-handed, but even so, Naruto had no intention of gathering power. He had always planned to stay behind the scenes, so naturally, the more low-key he was, the better.

If there aren't enough people, then one person will do the work of two, and two people will do the work of ten. Being tired is fine, as long as we can get through this period, he doesn't trust anyone else.

He went outside to look for Tsunade several times, but in the end he still couldn't find her.

With nothing to do, he could only wander around the Amegakure construction site, and before long, he was seeing Sakura much more often. A month passed by in bits and pieces.

He met with Tayuya once in between, Tayuya had actually been in the Land of Fire for almost two months.

Tanzaku Town, in the height of summer.

As dawn broke, the two walked along the main street, Naruto suggested they go for a breakfast at a place with unique flavors. Heavy dew clung to the plastic awnings lining the street, and their heavy footsteps sounded particularly jarring in the quiet street.

There were constant rustling sounds all around, constantly disturbing Tayuya's mind and making her slightly anxious, unable to concentrate on her thoughts.

This is an old habit she developed during her travels; when she wanders into extremely dangerous places, she needs to be prepared to draw her sword and fight even while she is asleep.

The high level of stress over time caused her to develop tinnitus.

Even in a quiet room, she would sometimes hear a rustling sound like insects, and when the sound got louder, she would wake up immediately.

"Why didn't you look for me when you came back?" he asked instinctively.

"I looked, but I couldn't find you." Tayuya looked puzzled. "I heard you went to the battlefield, so I went there and looked all over, but I couldn't find you."

"Uh, I must have had to leave at that time." Naruto somewhat awkwardly. Back then, he was often on the run, and most people couldn't find him.

"I stayed on the battlefield for half a month. When I heard that we had won, I returned to the Land of Fire," Tayuya said slowly. "I originally planned to infiltrate Konohagakure to find you, but I met a strange man in green clothes at the village entrance. He said you weren't in the village."

"I went back to Tanzaku Town, and then you know what happened next."

"So, you've been waiting for me in Tanzaku Town all this time?" Naruto was a little surprised, thinking to himself that when he went back to Tanzaku Town to shop with Sara and the others, Tayuya shouldn't have returned yet.

Thankfully, otherwise I would have really died.

"Yes, I knew you would come looking for me." Tayuya smiled, her long, fiery red hair cascading over her shoulders, looking extremely satisfied.

Naruto couldn't help but reach out and ruffle her hair, thinking to himself that he was really damned. But then he thought better of it; there was no turning back now.

I've already been a scumbag, and now I'm repenting, but even Jesus wouldn't forgive me.

"It's good that you're back. Have you seen all the mountains and rivers you wanted to see?" he said with a smile, putting his hand on Tayuya's shoulder, looking relaxed.

Behind him lay the deserted street, where the ever-present rustling sounds seemed to have vanished. The wind billowed his coat, and the sunlight painted him with a golden edge.

Tayuya looked up at him and saw that the morning light seemed to fall solely on him. Darkness stood one step in front of him, while behind him blazed with light.

In the quiet morning, he turned to look at himself in this ordinary way. The unease that had been nagging at him vanished instantly, as if he were walking towards him from his broken world.

My journey, once barren and desolate, seemed to have come back to life, like a long-awaited medicine after a high fever.

"I've looked at it, there's nothing special about it." She said, her head down, her voice low. "I had a dream the day before yesterday, in which you said you would come to find me."

"Although it's a little late today, the dream still came true. I know you wouldn't lie to me." She looked up, her eyes smiling.