Sand Ninja

Because none of them were weak, the support team reached Sand Village quickly.

The Fourth Kazekage, whose life Xu Yue had saved, personally received them.

Although Uchiha Yue had an enormous reputation in the ninja world, the various factions knew relatively little about Yue, the idle, slacking consultant.

Not many people knew that he was Uchiha Yue.

Even so, the Fourth Kazekage kept a very low profile. Anyone could tell that the puppet which had saved him back then belonged to Konoha, and judging by Orochimaru's tone, it was likely that same brat who had ambushed him on the Third Ninja War battlefield.

But now, that brat had grown to a height he could only look up to.

So no matter who Konoha had sent, he needed to lower his stance.

The alliance between their two sides was not an equal one!

"Welcome, friends from Konoha. But the situation is urgent, so please forgive any shortcomings in our reception."

With his own son having been abducted during such a desperate rescue situation, the Fourth Kazekage naturally had no time to invite them in for tea. Aside from his deliberately humble greeting, he swiftly got to the point.

"The enemy launched a surprise attack on the village from the air. They had also planted a high-ranking Spy within Sunagakure, which led to the collapse of our defenses. Gaara and I both acted in the end, but the enemy also had two exceptionally powerful opponents. The one holding me back was a rogue ninja from Sand Village—Sasori of the Red Sands, who once tried to assassinate me. If he had not been concerned about being surrounded by enemies, it would have been even more troublesome. His poison is truly impossible to guard against..."

The Fourth Kazekage quickly explained the circumstances of the