Saving Kankuro

The gale howled past their ears, whipping up a sky full of yellow sand.

Three figures streaked through the barren desert, racing toward the Land of Wind.

It had to be said, traveling with a perpetual-motion machine like Naruto was pure torture.

The kid's mouth never stopped the entire way. He kept shouting Gaara's name, as if he had no idea what exhaustion was.

Absurd had opened the door for absurd—this was absurd all the way home.

Chenshu Senju felt like his eardrums were about to go on strike.

Without any courtesy, he kicked Naruto in the ass and snapped, "Shut your mouth and focus all your chakra in your feet!"

Naruto stumbled from the kick and pouted miserably, but when he saw the murderous look in Chenshu Senju's eyes, he ultimately did not dare make another sound.

Kakashi could only rub his nose awkwardly from the side.

With the noise pollution gone, the three of them picked up their pace once more.

Before long, they crossed the vast Death Desert in just half a day.

The enormous A Thread of Sky entrance to Sunagakure appeared in their sight.

When the Sand Village guards at the entrance saw the three people suddenly charging toward them, they did not even have time to question them before Kakashi silenced them with the urgent documents issued by the Hokage.

The moment they entered the village, a pungent smell of gunpowder filled the air. Ruined walls and broken structures lay everywhere.

The surrounding Sand Village ninja all hung their heads in silence. The entire village was so quiet that it made people uneasy.

"Where is Gaara?" Naruto anxiously grabbed a Sand Village ninja by the collar.

The ninja's face was deathly pale. With his head lowered, he could not even manage a complete sentence.