When Sarutobi Toru had originally looked through Sunagakure's intelligence, he found that Sasori of the Red Sands' parents were both still alive. He had thought the Third Kazekage might escape the fate of being assassinated by Sasori this time. Now, however, it seemed that while he might escape assassination by Sasori, the chances of him being assassinated by Konoha had greatly increased.
Of course, it was still too early to say such things. Kinnara would need at least another ten years to grow strong enough to take over the Kazekage's position.
Even if he did not become Kazekage by then, he would definitely be part of Sunagakure's upper ranks. At that point, even Konoha would not be able to discard him whenever it pleased.
And if things truly went wrong, he could just take back the Incarnation and claim that it had broken free of his control. By then, he would probably have already gotten his hands on Sunagakure's finest ninjutsu anyway. Why worry about so much after freeloading off them?
While Sarutobi Toru was thinking all sorts of nonsense, the Third Hokage had already made his decision.
"Good. If that is the case, Konoha can secretly help Kinnara rise through the ranks in the future. If necessary, we can sacrifice a certain amount of Konoha's interests to help him build his reputation!"
The Third Hokage's words settled the matter. A faint smile appeared on Sarutobi Toru's face. With this tacit understanding with Konoha, once Kinnara grew up, he would naturally be able to build up enough fame through Konoha to help him take the position.
With one matter settled, let us turn to Kinnara's current situation.
"Sunagakure's environment really is terrible," Kinnara sighed as he stepped outside and looked at the dim yellow sky.
It was only five or