One week later, Land of Wind.
Even though I came here a few times before to look for bodies, I still feel very uncomfortable standing here again.
Hatake Satoru lay on the round building. Outside the window, sand and dust filled the sky. Even inside, it felt like sand was getting in his eyes.
Everywhere was yellow sand. When the wind was strong, the sand kept hitting the window.
The scenery is terrible.
Hatake Satoru boredly opened his system panel.
"It's been a long time, did you miss me, System~?".
Hatake Satoru looked at the light blue panel and thought playfully in his mind.
But as soon as he finished thinking, a series of light blue dots appeared on the light blue panel.
It seemed to be speechless at what he said.
[Acting Template Gojo Satoru]
[Similarity 82%]
[Skills acquired: Six Eyes, Limitless, Red, Blue, Purple, Cursed Speech, Infinite Void.]
[Please continue to increase the template similarity to get more rewards.]
"So cold~ No notification sound?".
"It's already at 82%, is there any prize to share?".
"Saying 'continue to increase the template similarity' is too cold, it doesn't sound like you have any feelings. Can you give a more human answer~?".
Hatake Satoru moved his eyes up and down, but there seemed to be no other hints.
Then he simply looked around, curious if the system had any personal settings.
The system paused, and then said in his mind in a completely flat voice.
"I don't have personal settings. Even if you don't tell me, I know what you want to find."
"There will be a special reward when the host's similarity reaches 90%, please keep trying."
Not smart at all, Hatake Satoru secretly complained, not even personal settings.
Probably because his idea was a bit offensive to the system, a long line of dots appeared in front of him.
Don't complain about the system for such boring things!
Hatake Satoru swept away the row of dots in front of him with his eyes.
"Forget 90%, it's all going to happen sooner or later anyway, just give it to me now~".
"...".
The light blue panel emitted a faint light, and the system didn't want to respond to him at all.
Just as Hatake Satoru was about to tease the system some more, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.
"You're here, Satoru, is it okay to let Gaara go practice alone?".
Tenzo appeared behind Hatake Satoru in a flash. Since arriving at the Sand Village, Hatake Satoru had been behaving unusually well.
Even if he sent Gaara away to practice by himself, Hatake Satoru wouldn't sneak out to play. This style was very unlike him.
"Ten... ah, Yamato."
Hatake Satoru was pulled back to his thoughts by his words, and almost blurted out Tenzo.
It always felt strange to him that he changed his name.
From Tenzo to Tenzo to Yamato, doesn't this guy feel strange about his own name?
Tenzo was his code name when he was performing missions in the Konoha Anbu. Before, he was always called that because he was always in the Anbu.
This time, Tsunade sent him out to monitor and protect Hatake Satoru. Although it was an Anbu mission, it was already out of the village and openly following Hatake Satoru.
So his new code name was Yamato, a hidden Anbu, a Konoha escort.
Hatake Satoru had previously complained that Anbu was okay.
Escort sounds so weird, is Yamato his dowry maid?
"He's not weak to begin with. He has plenty of chakra, and learns very quickly. It's enough to just tell him and let him go figure it out and practice."
Compared to ninjutsu training, what Gaara lacks more is humanity, or rather, human emotions.
For too long, he was in a state of hostility with the world, shaping everything with a wrong worldview that was all for himself.
Although during the Chunin Exams, both Kimimaro and Naruto gave him a good lesson.
But wrong ideas won't be easily diminished. We can only say that those two shook his inner thoughts.
But it's not so easy to change his view of the world and everyone because of that.
Before, Gaara was so respectful to Hatake Satoru in Konoha, which shows that he was really curious about Hatake Satoru.
Rather than guiding him in ninjutsu, Hatake Satoru felt that it was more important to guide this guy in emotions and various perspectives.
The so-called moral correction of a young person!
He knows this very well. He corrected Kimimaro before, and now he's correcting Gaara.
Although Gaara is a bit older and has already formed some values, fortunately these things have been shaken by Naruto and the others.
Hatake Satoru just needs to help him rebuild them slowly.
"And, also, ah—".
"That guy always wants to fight me."
Hatake Satoru pouted helplessly, and Yamato nodded thoughtfully.
He wants to challenge the strong, Gaara should have such thoughts.
Always being pestered to fight, Hatake Satoru must feel tired.
"It's so boring to always fight weaklings, I don't want to waste time with him at all."
"It's better to get stronger yourself before challenging me."
Hatake Satoru's words fell like a hammer.
"Yes... ah, ah???"
Yamato was about to agree, then he heard the second half of Hatake Satoru's sentence, and was stunned.
Gaara, the One-Tailed Shukaku Jinchuriki, was a terrifying legend in the Sand Village, enough to stop children from crying at night.
Now he's being called weak by someone who doesn't want to fight him, really?
Hatake Satoru is someone who has fought a Tailed Beast alone, he's personally fought a Tailed Beast.
Someone who usually doesn't rely on a Jinchuriki very much is just weak in his eyes.
"What's with that surprised expression~ By the way, did you do what I asked you to do before?".
"I'm tired of seeing the yellow sand outside."
Yamato scratched his head and said with some difficulty.
"If you're talking about a research base, there's a lot of underground space in the Land of Wind that can be rented out for use.".
"The site is almost ready."
"But the sand and dust are too heavy around here, and water is scarce, it's not at all..."
"Knock knock knock!!"
Before Yamato could finish speaking, there was a sudden urgent knock on the door.
"Hmm?"
Hatake Satoru raised his head, then light blue gas floated from his fingertips, and he directly pulled the door open remotely.
A Sand Village ninja with half his face covered by a white cloth seemed to be lying on the door. The door suddenly opened and he stumbled straight in.
His face was full of fear as he looked at Hatake Satoru.
"Mizukage... Mizukage-sama, seems to have come here alone!".
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