I just want to be lazy, I was forced to become Hokage

Go to the Shadow of Darkness for an interview?

You bad old man, I'm afraid you want me to die in Konoha!

Lao Zi's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot, as if his face was covered with a thick layer of black volcanic rock.

As a four-tailed Jinchuuriki, and possessing the extremely high attack power of the Blood Succession Limit [Melt Release], Lao Zi has been wandering in the ninja world for so many years, and has basically never encountered any difficult opponents.

Even when Onoki was weighed in two days, Lao Zi didn't take him seriously.

Onoki's [Dust Release] is indeed very powerful, but its long preparation time and excessive chakra consumption are shortcomings that cannot be erased.

And the dark shadow?

That guy is a monster!

Even in Lao Zi's heart, he alone is no match for the Dark Shadow!

Even until now.

Even if he becomes a Tsuchikage.

Every time Lao Zi recalled the scene when he fought Nara Langui in the Land of Grass, he would feel a sense of panic.

It's not that he's not strong, it's that Nara Langui is too strong!

Lao Zi also specially collected relevant intelligence information when the Dark Shadow was in Tang Country.

According to his analysis and speculation, the overall strength of the Dark Shadow when he was in the Kingdom of Yu was greatly improved compared to when he was wandering in the Kingdom of Grass.

The already powerful and terrifying ninja is still in the golden stage of strength development...

This kind of person is frightening to think about.

Lao Zi doesn't care what other people think.

Anyway, he has made up his mind that unless there is an opportunity such as a fight between many people, he will never go against the shadow of darkness...

In front of the Third Hokage, he begged for the five tails that originally belonged to Iwagakure Village.

This is Lao Zi's duty as the Fourth Tsuchikage.

Do you want him to confront Nara Langui?

There is no way!

"snort!"

Lao Zi ended the topic with a cold snort.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes then shifted to the faces of Troy, Goju Yagura and Rasa.

Troy and Goju Yagura looked away one after another.

As the second suffering master of the Dark Shadow, Troy and Goju Yagura know very well how powerful that ninja is.

Other ninjas, let alone the jinchūriki.

Even if you stand in front of the Jinchuriki, you will be shocked by the evil and terrifying tailed beast chakra emanating from the Jinchuriki.

But Nara Langui actually forcibly captured the five-tailed, eight-tailed and three-tailed ones on the frontal battlefield.

The closer a ninja's strength is to a normal Jinchuuriki (kage level), the more he will realize how valuable "frontal capture" is.

At least Troy and Goju Yagura don't think they can do this.

There is no need to even fixate the battle site as a "battlefield."

Even in normal one-on-one situations, it was difficult for them to deal with tailed beasts or jinchūriki.

The only Kage who did not avoid Sarutobi Hiruzen's sight was Rasa.

As the fourth generation Kazekage of Sand Hidden Village, Luo Sha had heard a lot of rumors about the Black Shadow, but after all, he had never personally experienced the opponent's strength level.

And those achievements and rumors about Nara's victory...

Like defeating the ninja army, defeating the shadow of the ninja village, capturing the tailed beast, etc.

Among these things, only "capturing the tailed beast" is so convincing.

Can……

Is capturing the tailed beast a feat worth writing about?

Luo Sha can do it too!

The former Jinchūriki of Sunagakure Village Ichibi Shukaku, Fufu, is no longer able to continue to assume the responsibilities of a "Jinchūriki" due to his old age and approaching life expectancy.

Sunagakure Village under the rule of Rasa has quietly carried out the seal transfer of Ichibi Shukaku.

(At the same time, Rasa is also actively creating humans with his wife Garuda, in order to give birth to offspring that can bear the chakra of a tail. Unfortunately, the first two children are not in good physical condition and cannot bear the chakra of the tailed beast)

During the process of transferring the seal of Ichibi Shukaku, Shukaku, who had a violent temper, naturally became violent.

However, Rasa still suppressed the rampaging Shukaku!

A place like the desert is extremely suitable for Shukaku to display his strength.

Rasa used the secret technique of placer gold to suppress the rampaging Shukaku head-on.

The Fourth Kazekage suppresses the tailed beast.

How much weaker can it be compared to the Dark Shadow?

Luo Sha is not so confident that he thinks he can beat Nara Langui.

After all, the reputation gained by the Dark Shadow in the three battles is truly terrifying.

Luo Sha just wanted to express——

I, the Fourth Kazekage, am super strong!

He was not intimidated by the reputation of the Dark Shadow in the first place, and since the other party was not in the conference room at this time, it was naturally impossible for Luo Sha to give in because of Sarutobi Hiruzen's few words.

Compared to the incompetent and furious Tsuchikage, as well as the Raikage and Mizukage who were frightened by Nara's reputation.

The calm posture shown by Kazekage at this time actually made Sarutobi Hiruzen look at him.

'The Fourth Kazekage...the secret technique of placer gold...integrated offense and defense...'

A lot of information about Rasa's intelligence abilities flashed through Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind.

‘The Third Kazekage may have finally found a suitable successor! ’

The intention of the three villages of Iwa, Kumo and Kiri to take the opportunity to recapture the tailed beast was completely disrupted by a ninja who was not in the Five Kage Conference.

The name taken in the dark shadow, and the yin and yang of Sarutobi Hiruzen revealed.

Lao Zi and others also realized that it was basically impossible to take back the tailed beast from Konoha through trickery.

Then we can only find another way...

Just like the first meeting of the five shadows that year.

At that time, apart from Konoha, only Sunagakure Village had one and one tail.

The tailed beasts in the hands of Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure were all purchased from Konoha.

The Black Shadow's brilliant record of overwhelming the tailed beasts on the frontal battlefield.

Lao Zi and the others recognized it.

But it's not impossible for them to copy what the first generation Kage did and buy back the tailed beasts from Konoha!

Faced with the rapid change of attitude of Tsuchikage and others, Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude also softened.

No one likes war.

If the problem can be solved peacefully, then solve the problem peacefully.

Moreover, Konoha does have too many tailed beasts in its hands now.

Nine tails, eight tails, five tails, three tails.

This does not include the two tails that Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know about.

The power of the tailed beast is indeed strong enough to intimidate other countries.

But what has to be admitted is that behind the great power of the tailed beasts, there are also extremely high risks.

Although Konoha has not experienced "tailed beast rampage" related incidents.

However, the tailed beasts in Hidden Cloud Village, especially the eight-tailed beasts, have indeed gone berserk many times in history.

Sarutobi Hiruzen cannot completely ignore the risk of the Eight-Tails going berserk.

to be honest.

When Senju Hashirama was still around, the ninja god could suppress all tailed beasts with one hand.

But for future generations, it really can’t be done.

At this time, nearly half of the tailed beasts gathered in Konoha Village.

From Sarutobi Hiruzen's point of view, this potential risk is indeed too high...

If other villages want to take this opportunity to buy back the tailed beasts, it is not completely out of the question.

Konoha also lost a lot of resources in the three wars.

If you can take this opportunity to recover a big wave of blood, it is also a very good choice.

The Nine-Tails is the tailed beast that Konoha has owned since ancient times, and it is also the strongest tailed beast. Naturally, it cannot be sold.

On the Five-Tails side... Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't make the decision.

The three tails have entered Hatake Kakashi's belly.

The only ones we can talk about at this moment are the Eight-Tails...

However, it seems that the Eight-Tails was also captured by Nara Langui from the battlefield...

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly felt a little bald.

Was his idea just now a little too optimistic?

According to the timeline sorted out by Ashin.

Temari's birth date is August 23, Konoha 48.

Kankuro's birth date is May 15, Konoha 49.

Gaara's birth date is January 19, Konoha 51.

According to the content of [Manga Chapter 547], Gaara is suspected to be a premature baby.

But Temari was only a year older than Kankuro.

The birth date difference between Temari and Kankuro is less than 9 months.

In other words, there is a high probability that Kankuro is also a premature baby.

Unless Sand Hidden Village has mastered some special production methods...

Here, what Ashin wants to say is not about premature birth or not, but about the time when Sunagakure Village underwent a change of jinchūriki, which should be traced back to Konoha 48, when Temari was born.

The biggest basis still comes from [Chapter 547 of the comics].

Grandma Chiyo said on the day Gaara was born, "It took the third time to finally find the right person."

Gaara is the third.

The first two can only be Temari and Kankuro.

Speaking of which...

According to the "Uzumaki Hair Color Theory", all red-haired ninjas have the blood of the Uzumaki clan.

Is Rasa also a ninja from the Uzumaki clan?

Therefore, Gaara, who also inherited the "red hair", has the talent and qualifications (and chakra) to become a Jinchuuriki.