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Chapter 201 Konoha's Strongest

In the original work, Deidara defeated Gaara alone and successfully captured Gaara.

But after listening to Tsunade's story, Richard discovered that it was not just Deidara who kidnapped Gaara.

In other words, Deidara and Sasori were not the only ones who went to the Sand Village.

According to the people of the Sand Village, the one who attacked Gaara at that time, in addition to Deidara who used the explosive clay ninjutsu, there was also a ninja who was also wearing a red cloud robe and a spiral orange mask.

Although the people of Sand Village did not know who this ninja wearing a spiral orange mask was, Richard knew it clearly.

Uchiha Obito!
The Sand Village saw that the ninja wearing an orange mask was none other than Uchiha Obito.

Why did he go to the Sand Village?

The A Fei he disguised himself as should not be an official member of the Akatsuki organization yet, right?
Although Obito had disguised himself as Uchiha Madara and secretly controlled the Akatsuki organization, no one knew about it except Nagato and Konan.

If he remembered correctly, in the original work, after Deidara and Sasori kidnapped Gaara, Obito, disguised as Afei, tried to snatch the "Blue" ring representing the Blue Dragon that Deidara wore on his right finger, so that he could join the Akatsuki organization.

After thinking for a while, a guess came to Richard's mind.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be considered the impact brought about by his crossing into this world.

As for why Obito did this, he didn't know the specific reason yet.

However, his intuition told him that Obito must have an unknown purpose in doing this.

Although Gaara is now the Fifth Kazekage of the Sand Village.

But in terms of strength, Gaara's current strength is not very strong.

Even if Obito did not take action and just watched Deidara and Sasori take action, Gaara would not be a match for Deidara and the other two.

If it weren't for the need to bring Gaara back alive to extract the One-Tail, with the strength of Deidara and Sasori, they could easily kill Gaara under the protection of other people in the Sand Village.

"Do you know something?"

Tsunade asked immediately after noticing Richard frowning slightly.

Although Richard was not a member of the Akatsuki organization, he told her three years ago that he had fought with Pain and snatched a Rinnegan from him.

"Nothing, I just suddenly remembered something."

Richard said calmly.

Tsunade did not continue to question him, and said seriously: "If it is convenient, I hope you and Kakashi and the others can go to the Kingdom of Wind together to rescue the Fifth Kazekage Gaara."

"Although the Sand Village and the Sound Village attacked Konoha three years ago, the Sand Village was also a victim."

"As an ally, Konoha cannot stand by and watch someone die."

Richard nodded and said slowly: "I can go to the Kingdom of Wind with Kakashi and the others, but I will not accept the command of Kakashi or Kai."

"I will help, but I will decide how to do it myself."

"If you can accept this condition, I don't mind making a trip."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kakashi said, "It is my honor to carry out the mission with you, Mr. Richard."

When Kakashi finished speaking, Kai's voice also rang out.

"Kakashi has no objection, and neither do I."

Although Kai had never dealt with Richard before, he had a pretty good impression of him.

As for the reason, it is simple, because Richard is very strong.

In addition, he also wanted to have a fight with Richard.

But he never found the right opportunity.

As the captain of Team 3 and the teacher of Lee, Ningci, and Tenten, he is usually quite busy.

Although Neji has now been promoted to Jonin, and Rock Lee and Tenten have also become Chunin.

But instead of gaining more free time, they became busier.

"If you have no other requests, let's go now."

Tsunade said quickly.

Richard didn't say anything else and nodded.

Although rescuing the captured Gaara was not in his original plan, a trip to the Kingdom of Wind was not a big deal.

More importantly, he had promised Tsunade before that as long as Tsunade agreed to let him open a private firm, he would unconditionally help Tsunade three times within his ability.

Tsunade once asked him to investigate whether Pain was secretly planning to attack Konoha, and asked him to return the favor.

But when Tsunade helped to transplant the Rinnegan to Uzuki Yugao, he added another promise to help, which was equivalent to offsetting the one when he investigated Pain.

In the past three years, Tsunade hadn't asked him to help with anything, so until now, he still owed Tsunade three times.

After leaving the Hokage's office, Richard, Kakashi and others immediately headed to the Kingdom of Wind.

However, he did not run on the ground like Kakashi and the others, but flew in the air.

At his speed, he could reach the Kingdom of Wind in half an hour at most, but he did not plan to fly over to rescue Gaara immediately.

If Tsunade just wanted him to rescue Gaara, there was no need to assign tasks to Kakashi and the others. She could just let him go alone.

Since Tsunade sent Kakashi, Kai and others, it means that this is not just a pure rescue mission.

In other words, this is a rescue mission that must involve Konoha ninjas.

Otherwise, even if Gaara was rescued, the Sand Village would only thank him, not Konoha.

In order to take care of Kakashi and the others, Richard deliberately reduced his flying speed and maintained it at a level that Kakashi and the others could keep up with.

Compared to ordinary people, ninjas' movement speed is indeed very fast.

But compared to Richard, whether it was Kakashi and Gai, the elite jonin, or Neci, Rock Lee and others, their speed of movement was pitifully slow.

Even if he only increased his flying speed to Mach 1, he could easily leave Kakashi and the others behind.

Time passes little by little.

After flying for seven or eight hours, Richard landed in the open space in front of Kakashi and the others.

After traveling at full speed for seven or eight hours, Kakashi and the others had suffered more or less depletion of their chakra.

Although they could still move forward, continuing would only cause their chakra and physical strength to decrease.

In order to ensure sufficient combat power, it is necessary to take a break now.

After seeing Richard land, Kakashi and the others also stopped.

Without any instructions from Kakashi and Kai, Neji, Rock Lee and the others sat down and began to recover their consumed chakra and physical strength.

Although he was not tired, Richard found a place to sit down and waited patiently.

After resting for ten or twenty minutes, they continued their journey to the Kingdom of Wind.

three days later.

The Sand Village finally appeared in the sight of Richard and his friends.

In the past three days, apart from a brief rest, they had been traveling all the time.

Richard originally went with them to the Sand Village.

But later he couldn't stand Kakashi's speed, so he left the team and returned to Konoha. However, before returning to Konoha, he gave Kakashi a Flying Thunder God Kunai and told him that he would perform Flying Thunder God before they arrived at Sand Village.

To be precise, it is a three-pronged vibranium kunai with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Like the Fourth Hokage, Richard did not use a conventional kunai, but chose to use a three-pronged vibranium kunai.

Kakashi didn't say anything about his decision.

Although Richard also came to rescue Gaara, he was not a ninja from Konoha.

In other words, he does not need to follow the rules that Konoha ninjas need to follow.

In addition, before setting off, he had clearly stated that he would not accept the orders of Kakashi and Gai, but would act according to his own ideas.

"Mr. Richard, this is your kunai."

Kakashi came in front of Richard and handed the Flying Thunder God Kunai to Richard.

Richard nodded, put the Flying Thunder God Kunai into the system space, and said to Kakashi: "Your father killed many elite ninjas in the Sand Village during the Second Ninja World War. Perhaps there are still many people in the Sand Village who are hostile to your father."

"The hostility between Konoha and Sunagakure is a thing of the past. Now Konoha and Sunagakure are allies. They should not refuse our help because of my father."

Kakashi replied quickly.

"I don't think they will be rejected, but you never know if someone will be hostile to you."

Richard continued.

Although Kakashi's father has been dead for more than 20 years, great hatred such as the revenge for killing his son will not disappear with the passage of time.

I won’t talk about the others.

Chiyo, whose son and daughter-in-law were killed by Kakashi's father, Hatake Sakumo, is a good example.

In the original work, after Kakashi and others arrived at the Sand Village, Chiyo attacked Kakashi as soon as she saw him.

Although Chiyo later explained that she was joking, anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was not joking.

After observing the Sand Village for a while, Richard and his group walked towards it.

Before they entered the Sand Village, they attracted the attention of the Sand Village ninjas.

However, the Sand Ninja at the entrance of the village did not attack them.

The Sand Village ninjas who were responsible for guarding the entrance to the village received orders early in the morning that Konoha ninjas would come to help rescue Gaara, and they would escort the Konoha ninjas who arrived at the village into the village.

Although they had never seen Richard and his group before, these Sand Ninjas quickly recognized Richard, Kakashi, and Guy.

Kakashi is a famous "Copy Ninja" in the Ninja world.

Although Kai is not as famous as Kakashi, he is also an elite jonin that every village pays attention to.

As for Richard.

Richard, known as the "Silver Nightmare", is the most well-known S-level ninja in recent years.

In the past three years, Richard can be said to have visited all the shadows of the five hidden villages.

The fifth Hokage Tsunade, the fifth Kazekage Gaara, the fifth Mizukage Mei Terumi, the fourth Raikage Ai, and the third Tsuchikage Ōnoki.

In addition to the Five Kage, he also defeated quite a few Jinchūriki.

For example, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Killer Bee and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki Second Yuzukimon of the Hidden Cloud Village, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki Lao Shi and the Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han of the Hidden Iwagakure Village, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki Paopao of the Hidden Mist Village, and the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki Kaede of the Hidden Takigakure Village.

Except for the Nine-Tails who assisted Naruto, all the living Jinchūriki, without exception, had been beaten by him.

Because of his brilliant record, many people now rank him alongside the first Hokage, Hashirama, and Uchiha Madara, calling him the strongest in Konoha.

After recognizing Richard and the other two walking in front of the team, the Sand Ninja at the entrance of the village immediately came to them.

After a brief inquiry and confirming that they were the reinforcements sent by Konoha, the Sand Village ninja escorted them into the village and headed to the Kazekage Building in the center of the village.

On their way to the Kazekage Building, many ninjas from the Sand Village stopped and looked at them.

Most of the Sand Village ninjas had no objection to the village asking Konoha for help.

There is no way without asking for help.

Even Gaara, the fifth Kazekage, was captured. If they didn't ask Konoha for help, with the strength of the Sand Village, there would be no way to rescue Gaara.

Although a new Kazekage can be elected after Gaara's death.

But the problem is that apart from Gaara, there is no one else in the Sand Village who can be qualified for the position of Kazekage.

Gaara is now not only the best ninja of the younger generation in the Sand Village, but also the strongest ninja in the Sand Village.

As for the others, there is a big gap between them and Gaara.

Not long after, Richard and his friends arrived at the Fengying Building.

The Sand Ninja who escorted them into the village did not take them to the Hokage's office or the conference room inside the building, but took them to the medical room inside the building.

Because Gaara was captured, Chiyo and her younger brother Ebizo, who had already retired, came out of retirement to take charge of the situation.

Currently, Chiyo is trying to find a way to cure Kankuro who has been poisoned.

Chiyo was not particularly pleased with the village's request for help from its ally Konoha.

However, before her brother Ebizo came out again, the Sand Village had already sent a request for help to Konoha.

Soon, Richard and the others arrived at the medical room where Kankuro was.

Just as Richard guessed, when Chiyo saw Kakashi, she attacked without saying a word.

Although Chiyo's attack was sudden, Kakashi was no pushover and easily blocked Chiyo's attack.

After realizing that she couldn't take down Kakashi in a short time, Chiyo stopped and said, "I didn't expect Tsunade to send all of you here. I thought she would only send some useless little characters."

"It seems that I underestimated her."

Although Chiyo had retired for a long time, she still recognized Richard, who had become famous throughout the ninja world in recent years.

Not only that, she also recognized Kai who was next to Kakashi, and knew that Kai was an elite jonin who was proficient in physical skills and whose strength was not inferior to Kakashi.

Two elite jonin lead the team!

Plus Richard, who is known as the strongest man in Konoha and is known as the Silver Nightmare!
It must be said that the reinforcements sent by Tsunade were completely beyond Chiyo's expectations.

Although Richard and his group were small in number, there were only eight of them.

But with their strength, they can easily overthrow the current Sand Village.

In other words, Richard alone could easily overthrow the Sand Village and completely eliminate it.

Just when Chiyo was about to say something else, Kankuro, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly struggled violently and let out a cry of pain.

After seeing Kankuro's actions, Chiyo immediately stepped forward and tried to relieve Kankuro's pain.

Although she didn't know what happened to Kankuro, as the only medical ninja in the team, Sakura quickly came to the bedside.

After taking a look at Kankuro lying on the hospital bed, Sakura immediately performed the Palm Fairy Technique.

Chiyo has no idea who Sakura is.

However, after seeing Sakura skillfully performing the Palm Immortal Technique and Kankuro's painful expression obviously improving and him calming down, Chiyo immediately asked, "Who is Tsunade to you?"

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(End of this chapter)