"Kazekage, is your eldest daughter always this hot-tempered? Surely you're not planning to make her the next Kazekage?"
Mei Terumi saw what had happened and spoke to the "Kazekage," who was sitting off to the side.
"Heh heh. Mizukage, are you hoping all the Five Great Shinobi Villages' Kage will be women?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stroked his mustache and chuckled.
When the threat posed by Iwagakure and Kirigakure had prompted him to recall Jiraiya and Tsunade, Hiruzen had already considered having one of them succeed him as Fifth Hokage.
The Shinobi World was changing too quickly. He was getting on in years and finding it harder and harder to keep up.
"Oh? Could it be that, despite your advanced age, the Hokage is planning to get a transplant..."
Mei Terumi looked a little surprised.
"Get a transplant of what? Uh..."
Hiruzen had barely asked before he remembered Kakashi's work, which was as famous as Icha Icha Paradise. His face immediately darkened.
Elsewhere, Temari didn't feel happy about her victory.
She returned to the stands, full of worry.
"Gaara, be careful around the Konoha Ninja."
Temari thought it over, then spoke up. As his older sister, she had to warn him.
"Be careful? Are you saying I'm weaker than they are?"
Gaara hadn't yet been talked into submission by Naruto, and he was quite cold-hearted. He immediately said something like Madara Uchiha's "Are you saying you could kill me at any time?"
"I-I mean, watch your butt."
After managing to get the words out, Temari turned and left.
"Hmm?"
Gaara furrowed his brow.
What did she mean, watch his butt?
Gaara looked at Kankuro.
"Uh..."
Kankuro scratched his head, racking his brains.
Under Gaara's gaze, Kankuro felt tremendous pressure. Without thinking, he glanced at the Crow puppet behind him.
Oh?
"I've got