The Promise!

The next morning.

After yesterday's consolation and encouragement, the Sand Ninja looked even more exhausted today. After simply chewing on a Military Ration Pill, he headed toward the temporary command center Chiyo had indicated.

As for Kana... because of various reasons, she still couldn't run around freely for the time being.

But because of her reputation, the other Sand Ninja fell silent. Even though they had countless questions in their hearts, none of them had spoken up at the time.

The situation here did indeed look far worse than the one on his side. Although everyone was about equal when it came to Military Ration Pills, but...

The atmosphere here was much more solemn.

There were also more wounded and disabled people than on his side!

Sand Ninja wearing bandages could be seen everywhere, still diligently carrying out their missions. Although most of the village's Medical Ninja were currently stationed here, the medical techniques, equipment, and environment simply weren't good enough. So... everyone could only treat their wounds in a rudimentary manner.

Sunagakure...

Nowadays, it was nothing more than a poor ninja village that merely possessed the title of one of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

"Here?!"

When Rasa had just stepped into the temporary command center, Chiyo and Ebizo smiled and nodded at him, then pointed to a seat nearby.

"Come, sit here!"

Rasa didn't pay much attention to it and sat down beside them. He more or less understood why Chiyo and the others had summoned him to attend the meeting so hurriedly on the second day.

First, the situation on Sunagakure's side wasn't very good.

Kumogakure had dared to challenge Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure alone. They clearly weren't fools, which meant they were absolutely serious!

So there was no time to wait for him to take his time coming over!

And the second reason was...

"That woman is a member of the Uzumaki Clan?" The kindly smile disappeared from Chiyo's face. She looked at Rasa with a solemn expression and said, "You should know how wandering Ninja are dealt with."

"..."

Rasa silently nodded. Of course he knew. They would either be killed or directly used as tools.

This was also why the incident of wandering Ninja attempting to seize the Land of Birds would happen later.

After all... if this place wouldn't take us in, then we could only go out and carve out a territory for ourselves.

Thus, the eventual fate of wandering Ninja was generally quite miserable.

Even Konoha had only brought a little Uzumaki girl back to the village because it needed a member of the Uzumaki Clan to become the next Jinchuriki. Otherwise... regardless of whether they had been old friends, wandering Ninja were still unacceptable. Who knew whether they were spies sent by another ninja village?

Especially during this tense period of war...

The scrutiny applied to wandering Ninja would only become more severe. Basically... if they could be treated as enemies, they absolutely wouldn't waste time arguing with them.

Rasa put on a serious expression and said to Chiyo in a solemn tone, "Kanna Uzumaki isn't a Ninja from an enemy village, nor is she a spy."

"..."

Hearing Rasa's grave tone, Chiyo's expression also turned stern as she pondered for a moment.

"You guarantee it!"

Her aged eyes stared straight at Rasa.

"You should understand that if you've been deceived... it will have a tremendous impact on your current reputation."

The future Fourth Kazekage had been deceived by a woman!

That would make the entire shinobi world despise him!

"The best course of action would still be to..."

"No, Chiyo, I guarantee it!" Rasa shook his head and said firmly, "She definitely isn't a spy from another ninja village."

"Rasa!"

However, just as Chiyo's questioning voice fell, Rasa interrupted her directly. "I guarantee it in the name of the future Fourth Kazekage!"

Seeing that Chiyo still wanted to say something,

"Kanna Uzumaki definitely isn't a spy from another ninja village!"

"Rasa, you have to understand... this is wartime! And you aren't the Kazekage yet!" Hearing Rasa's resolute tone, Chiyo sighed helplessly and said, "That is the safest course of action. Besides..." She slightly furrowed her brows and looked at Rasa strangely. "Karura is still waiting in the village for you to return!"

"..."

Why did she bring up Karura again?

Rasa looked at Chiyo speechlessly, but... he knew that unless he gave Chiyo a reasonable explanation, she absolutely wouldn't allow a Ninja suspected of belonging to another village to enter Sunagakure at a time like this.

His mind began spinning rapidly.

A moment later,

He put on a heartbroken expression, sighed sorrowfully, shook his head, and said, "Chiyo... I'm doing all this for Sunagakure's development!"

"???"

"What do you think our village is lacking right now?"

"Money?"

"We do lack that too, but..." Rasa looked speechlessly at Chiyo, whose brows were slightly furrowed. Why was this the first answer everyone gave whenever he asked this question?

He quickly put on a serious tone again and said, "Talent! What is most important in the age of Ninja? Talent is the most important thing!"

"I understand what you mean... but she is ultimately a wandering Ninja." Chiyo remained unmoved. She sighed, shook her head, and said, "The Uzumaki Clan's physique is indeed tempting, but... we can't trust her. Especially at a time like this... I trust her even less."

Besides...

Rather than recruit an uncertain wandering Ninja, it would be better to treat her as material for research.

Of course, she couldn't say that now. After all, Rasa... seemed determined to have Sunagakure accept her!

However...

Just as Chiyo finished speaking,

Rasa had more or less guessed what was going on. In the end... wasn't it simply because he wasn't the Kazekage yet, and because they were currently in wartime? No Ninja would be willing to trust a wandering Ninja and let her join, especially since...

The Uzumaki Clan had always maintained an extremely close relationship with Konoha. Who could guarantee that this wasn't a conspiracy?

He slightly furrowed his brows. This was indeed a problem.

If it were peacetime and he were already the Fourth Kazekage, things wouldn't be so troublesome. He could settle it with a single sentence.

As for the current tense situation...

He pondered for a while. A moment later, just as Chiyo was about to speak, he said, "I will bring victory in this war to the village!"

Chiyo and Ebizo looked at him in surprise and confusion.

"And I guarantee it in the name of the future Fourth Kazekage!"

He directly interrupted Chiyo, who had been about to speak, his tone resolute...

"I will definitely become the Fourth Kazekage!"

After he finished speaking...

"Are you really sure you want to do this?" Chiyo slightly furrowed her brows and looked at Rasa.

After an unknown amount of time, when she saw that Rasa still wore a determined expression, she sighed and shook her head. "Since that's the case... let her stay in the camp for now. But I will send Ninja to observe her. Once..."

However, before she could finish speaking...

"Actually, there's no need to go to so much trouble. I was planning to have her follow you and learn Medical Ninjutsu. You can observe her personally then."

"..."

This brat!

This old woman is still a consultant of Sunagakure, while you're not even the Kazekage yet. Aren't you pushing your luck a little?

But after thinking it over... whether she taught her or not was another matter. As long as she was by Kanna's side, even if she really was a spy or something unexpected happened, Chiyo would be able to discover it in time.

Thinking this, Chiyo pondered for a moment, then nodded calmly. "Very well! As long as you can protect Sunagakure throughout this war, this old woman... will certainly keep her promise!"

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