As far as the Sand Village was concerned, Chiyo was an absolutely indispensable figure. The village had already lost its Kazekage, and there was no qualified successor capable of inheriting the title, so Chiyo was the village's pillar and core.
Forget a Kazekage successor with enough prestige and ability to command obedience—the Sand Village even lacked specialists capable of handling certain major situations. That was why a battle-hardened, increasingly formidable old ninja like Chiyo was so important. By comparison, the Sand Village losing Chiyo would actually be far worse than Konoha losing its Hokage. Even if Konoha suddenly lost the Third Hokage, it could still find several candidates to succeed him... Though the successors trained by the Hokage had each grown somewhat crooked, being crooked did not mean they were incapable of becoming outstanding.
But what about the Sand Village?
It had no one to carry on the torch.
Under such circumstances, Chiyo had actually brought a ninja right in front of two rather threatening Konoha Ninja. All one could say was that her trust in the alliance was quite impressive.
Yuhara and Kakashi naturally had no intention of attacking Chiyo, and Chiyo had no intention of attacking Yuhara and Kakashi either. Thus, when the two sides stood facing each other, the atmosphere was both tense and "harmonious."
"We shouldn't be late, and your intelligence should be reliable too, right?" Yuhara did not waste any words and asked Chiyo directly.
"Of course. Otherwise, we wouldn't have sent the intelligence to Konoha," Chiyo said.
"What about next? Are you going to act together with us?"
"No. The person participating in the mission with you is her." Chiyo pointed at the person behind her.
Yuhara nodded. This was not beyond his expectations. At most, Chiyo had come out to meet them and