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But.

The Raikage could not make sense of Rasa's title.

Worst Kazekage...?

Could a Kage be the worst?

By what standard had he been judged the worst? Was it because of his strength!?

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Worst Kazekage—Rasa: The Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure.

Rasa introduced himself.

But.

Tobirama Senju: Shut up already, Worst Kazekage! My brother giving you the One-Tail was simply a waste.

Worst Kazekage—Rasa: ...

Rasa really did shut up.

He had already suffered at the hands of the Senju brothers.

Both of them were monstrously strong.

And seeing Rasa fall silent, Ōnoki and the newbie Third Raikage also understood...

The three of them were not welcome in this group.

However.

So, did that mean... all these people were in the group right now?

They discovered that there were ten people in the group.

And then...

They knew some of them, but most were unfamiliar.

For example, who was this Unmarriageable Older Single Woman?

And Honest Kisame was quite an interesting name—who was that?

Then... there was also Brother of Hashirama Senju. This guy was actually Madara Uchiha's younger brother. That was terrifying.

The title itself sounded horrifying.

It was as though Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju had gotten married.

Only then would such a strange title make sense.

Tobirama Senju: Let me introduce them.

Tobirama Senju: During the current three-hours-a-day observation period for Kitahara Kaede, the Fourth Kazekage's daughter and son think Kitahara Kaede, who can use Wood Release, is an ordinary person and are trying to l-ure him away.

Third Tsuchikage Onoki: Pfft...

Though he was afraid of Madara Uchiha and felt a little embarrassed, Ōnoki felt that he was not being completely excluded from the group.

But.

As expected of the Worst Kazekage. This was hilarious.

Even as a newcomer, he knew that this group was called the Observation of Kitahara Kaede (^_-) Group.

And now, so many legendary figures were watching Kitahara Kaede... yet the Fourth Kazekage's whole family thought Kitahara Kaede was just an ordinary person...??

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But.

Ōnoki soon found that he could no longer laugh.

Because...

Wood Release!

Had someone in the Hidden Leaf Village awakened Wood Release?

Then... wasn't that utterly terrifying!

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Kitahara Kaede looked at Temari, who was holding his hand.

It was not the first time a girl had held onto him. Or rather, the Mizukage had set a fine precedent before this.

But Temari clearly was not acting out of kindness or trying to seduce him.

Judging from what they had said...

They seemed to think he was the weakest member of Team 7... and wanted to recruit him into Sunagakure?

Oh, no.

That should not be it.

If they thought he was weak, there would be no point in recruiting him into Sunagakure.

Kitahara Kaede understood.

Temari and Kankuro probably came from Sunagakure and had not seen much of the world.

So they had always believed Gaara, equipped with the One-Tail, was incredibly powerful.

But... as soon as Gaara appeared, Naruto and Sasuke sent him flying with a beating, leaving them utterly shocked.

So they came to harmless-looking him... to ask about the situation.

In other words, recruiting him to Sunagakure was a pretense. They probably wanted to use this method to draw information out of him.

They wanted specific information about Naruto and Sasuke.

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Kitahara Kaede had figured it out.

"After all, I'm a member of Team 7, and I'm also a ninja of the Hidden Leaf Village."

"I can't go to another ninja village."

"And..."

"I think the weak have their own ways of fighting," Kitahara Kaede said.

"How modest," Temari said. "Then..."

Temari paused. "Sunagakure is rather ignorant, so how did your two teammates train to become so strong?"

"Talent, I suppose," Kitahara Kaede said. "Those two are both extraordinary geniuses."

Then, as if adding an afterthought, he said, "Unlike me."

"I see..." Temari seemed somewhat disappointed.

She looked at Kankuro, and Kankuro gave a slight nod.

So the two did not leave, but sat down instead.

"Then let's have dinner together," Temari said. "My treat."

"Thank you."

Kitahara Kaede said.

He was not one to refuse an offer, so he did not mind being treated.

Thus, without revealing any information, he had dinner with them.

"..."

"..."

After dinner, Kitahara Kaede left directly, while Temari and Kankuro remained where they were.

They could still see Kitahara Kaede's retreating figure.

"Temari, we don't have much for living expenses. Now that you treated him to such an expensive meal, we'll have to economize over the next few days," Kankuro said after returning from paying the bill.

"I know," Temari said. "But it's a shame we didn't get any information."

"It is a shame... but... did you fall for his handsome-man trick!?" Kankuro immediately said. "We could have ordered the value set meal, but you gave him the most expensive dishes while we ate the cheap ones."

"Wasn't that to get information out of him? If you aren't willing to spend a little, why would someone give you information?" Temari said.

"Besides, I'm not weak-willed. How could I possibly be boy-crazy?"

Temari said seriously. "Have a little more faith in your sister!"

"..." Kankuro.

That was true.

Yeah, right.

Kankuro had not forgotten that when they had first entered the village, Temari had praised the men of the Hidden Leaf Village.

At the time, he thought Temari had been looking at Sasuke in blue, but now it seemed she had been looking at Kitahara Kaede.

Sunagakure's finances were in terrible shape. The Land of Wind had continually delayed funding and even cut it, so even they received very little money.

For this trip to the Hidden Leaf Village, each of them had only been allocated twenty thousand ryo.

Yet they had spent over twenty thousand on one meal, while the Hidden Leaf Village's Chunin Ninja Exams were famously long, lasting at least over a week.

So if they did not economize, things would become very difficult.

As Kitahara Kaede walked ahead, he took two more steps before suddenly noticing that his forehead protector had loosened. He took it off and retied it.

The Hidden Leaf Village's forehead protector had a special property—when worn, Will of Fire +999, looks -1000.

But taking it off was a different story.

And Temari had just witnessed Kitahara Kaede taking off his forehead protector.

She spoke softly.

"The men of the Hidden Leaf Village really are quite nice—"

"Maybe taking him straight back to the village would actually be pretty good."

"Even if he isn't strong, at least he's pleasing to the eye," Temari said.

"Huh!?" Kankuro was somewhat shocked.

"Um... did I just say something?" Temari hurriedly came to her senses.

"..." Kankuro. "Probably... not."

He was so shocked that his brain instinctively filtered it out.

He and Temari were siblings.

Together with Gaara, they were three siblings.

However, Gaara had been highly dangerous since childhood. Their father Rasa's pathological training methods had made Gaara extremely brutal.

Though Kankuro was Gaara's older brother, Gaara had nearly killed him several times, so Kankuro both hated and feared Gaara.

But Temari was different.

Temari was normal, but she was a genius at Wind Release.

She studied Sunagakure's traditional Wind Release and possessed exceptional talent. Even Teacher Maki praised Temari as a genius Sunagakure had not seen in twenty years.

And Temari worked very hard.

So she seemed... to have nothing to do with romance and was also very dependable.

Therefore, the thought of Temari falling in love... struck Kankuro as utterly inconceivable.

Thus, his brain simply filtered out Temari's lovestruck remark from earlier.

"Anyway."

Kankuro said, "Don't forget why we approached Kitahara Kaede."