At that moment, in the conference hall of the Hokage Building,
several Sunagakure envoys sat across from Neji, Kakashi, and a few other Konoha shinobi.
Temari, the leader of the delegation sent by Sunagakure to liaise with Konoha this time, was somewhat surprised to see Neji.
"So it's Neji Hyuga, the Flame Devil."
Neji's nickname was well known.
He looked refined, but that was completely at odds with the way he operated. If you wanted to stay alive in his hands, you had to pray you weren't his target.
Otherwise, not even your corpse would be left behind. You'd be burned to ashes.
"Hadn't this guy disappeared for over a year?"
"How is he here at this meeting?"
"He's two years younger than me, yet he's already so powerful."
Temari was two years older than Neji. Neji was sixteen now, while Temari was already eighteen.
"But Konoha has always had plenty of monsters. Uchiha Sasuke is only fifteen, and he already has Kage-level strength."
"And there's that guy who hasn't made a move in years and seems to have disappeared. He's probably even stronger than those two now."
"He seems to be in the same class as Uchiha Sasuke."
"I can't believe this generation of Konoha is so terrifying."
"Meanwhile, Sunagakure is at its weakest point in history."
Although Temari was Gaara's older sister, she knew very well that Gaara wasn't actually strong enough to serve as Kazekage.
It was just that Sunagakure had no one else to choose.
They had no choice but to put him in the position.
The only person in Sunagakure who might be stronger than Gaara was Elder Chiyo. She had retired long ago and was already quite old.
And it wasn't even certain that Elder Chiyo's strength reached Kage Level.
Sunagakure had no shinobi