An Exaggerated-to-the-Extreme... Blade? (Making Up 3/5 of Last Month's Missed Updates! Please Subscribe and Vote!)

The battle had barely begun when the Kazekage was already down.

What a useless pair of guards, just like their master, who wasn't even worthy of having a name!

He could be called the weakest Kazekage in history—or rather, the weakest Kage of all time!

To be honest, Baki's own strength wasn't weak. He was at least a level above an ordinary elite Jonin. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to instantly kill the Special Jonin Gekko Hayate in the original story.

Later, he had even joined forces with Kabuto to drive Kakashi back...

Of course, that might have had something to do with Kakashi's characteristic of being evenly matched with everyone.

But as the mentor of Gaara and the other two, this was the limit of Baki's strength. He was still far too far from being a true Kage.

If not for his seniority, clear mind, and outstanding leadership abilities—and the fact that Sunagakure genuinely couldn't find a suitable candidate—he wouldn't have been forced into the role. Because of the Five Kage Summit, he had been pushed from acting Kazekage to become the Fifth Kazekage.

Baki had always wanted to raise Gaara to become the Kazekage. Unfortunately, Gaara was still too young, and after that incident in Konoha, the villagers no longer trusted him. That was how things had ended up.

After the Kazekage went down, Aoba felt no sense of accomplishment whatsoever.

That's it? That's it? That's it?!

Although he had been mentally prepared for it, after killing Baki so easily, he still wanted to complain: "Sunagakure, you should just leave the group!"

The Five Great Nations weren't qualified simply because they had large territories. Sunagakure had become so feeble that even being expelled from the Five Great Nations would be no great loss!

Look at Kirigakure. It