Susanoo-see ya~

Of course she would leave the honor of killing the Daimyo to her dear little Naruto.

The more the village put up with the Daimyo now, the deeper its Ninja's resentment would grow.

Once that resentment reached a breaking point, she would let Naruto kill the Land of Water's Daimyo himself and take his place.

Then,

she could openly lead Kirigakure in pledging allegiance to Naruto.

"I've done so much for you, little brother. Next time you visit, you'd better show me what you mean by 'beaker cream puff.'"

Sunagakure.

The Kazekage Building.

Seeing that Gaara could now use Shukaku's power at will, Chiyo decided he would become the next Kazekage.

After all,

Gaara was the only Ninja in the village with the Magnet Release Kekkei Genkai.

The only problem was,

Gaara was still too young,

so Chiyo would have to remain Acting Kazekage for now.

"Lady Chiyo, the Daimyo sent a letter. He would like to invite you to the Capital to meet with him."

A masked Anbu member pushed open the door and delivered the report.

"Tell the Daimyo to put his affairs in order. Sunagakure won't attack him, but we won't make an enemy of Naruto Uzumaki for his sake, either," Chiyo said calmly.

She knew why the Daimyo wanted to see her. He would offer her some reward in exchange for leading the village's Ninja against Naruto Uzumaki.

But

after learning how powerful Naruto Uzumaki was, Chiyo had even let go of her years-long hatred for Konoha.

Why would she take such a risk for a Daimyo who meant nothing to her?

"Temari, Gaara, when Naruto Uzumaki comes to the village, I'll leave it to you two to receive him."

"Yes!"

Much the same thing was happening in countries across the Shinobi World.

The nobles