[Notification: Achieved achievement 'Carrying the Sky Alone', obtained 300 Achievement Points!]
[Current Achievement Point Balance: 200 Points!]
At the reconstruction site of Konoha Village, the concrete-pouring girl wiped the dust from her face and turned back in surprise.
'So, the way to trigger achievement rewards in the Ninja World is by hunting down the strong? Destroying organizations?'
Carefully recalling the process of obtaining achievement points in the Ninja World, Sakura framed the acquisition method within a vague range.
But the destruction caused by Kazekage and the Land of Fire hadn't triggered achievement rewards. How to explain that?
'Uchiha... Uzumaki... Wait, could it be!'
[....]
'It really is!'
Sakura stopped working, staring at this line of text visible only to her.
From the leader of the Uchiha Clan to now Uzumaki Nagato of the Akatsuki, the conditions for triggering achievement point rewards were two: first, the strongest in a Ninja organization… second, having a blood relation to the Otsutsuki.
'Good, good, good! Finally figured out your real intentions!'
[Heh!]
Having achieved her daily routine of teasing the system, Sakura turned her attention back to Konoha's construction team.
With her participation, reconstruction work these days had progressed by leaps and bounds. Basically, she could build hundreds of single-story houses at once, and the Chakra consumed wasn't as fast as her recovery.
If this were in her past life... well, being a Construction Sage wasn't so easy either.
"Wood Release: Linked Houses Technique!"
Yamato's roar rang out. His face flushed red from effort, he completely poured his Chakra into the ground, only barely managing to construct six wooden houses.
After the technique was activated, his cheeks on both sides slightly sank in, looking like he had been completely drained.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Are you no good, you skinny dog?"
Sakura deliberately passed by him, extending her fist to lightly tap his shoulder. Her emerald eyes were full of mockery.
"Ugh... Sixth Hokage-sama, not everyone's Chakra is as freakish as yours! And I'm not a Ninja of Senju descent!" Yamato was so exhausted he was nearing fainting, but he still forced himself to retort.
"Don't call me Sixth Hokage. You asking for a beating again?" The girl raised her fist, shaking it threateningly.
"Heh!" Yamato said nothing, merely smirked coldly.
'Who couldn't see that within your Hokage faction, master-disciple succession was the norm? Among the current Fifth Hokage's disciples, you were the most outstanding.'
'If you weren't the Sixth Hokage, then I, Yamato, would eat all the houses you built tomorrow.'
Just as they were joking around, a few traces of cold air appeared around them.
Sakura and Yamato simultaneously turned their heads. A Ninja, wrapped tightly from head to toe, stood beside Sakura and spoke to her.
"Six... ahem, Sakura-sama. The two advisors request your presence at the Hokage's office. Jiraiya-sama is also there." The Anbu, led astray by Yamato, directly addressed her incorrectly and coughed awkwardly repeatedly.
Sakura shot a glare at the snickering Yamato, then formed a single hand seal, activating the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Whoosh!
The power of space-time descended. The scenery around Sakura rapidly retreated, blurring into chaotic color blocks. By the time the mottled scene gradually became clear, she had already appeared in the Hokage's office.
Too lazy to exchange greetings, she walked directly to the sofa, sat down, and propped her legs up on the tea table.
"What happened that's more urgent than the village's reconstruction?" Sakura's gaze swept over the three people before her.
Homura, Koharu, and Jiraiya looked at each other. Finally, the two advisors used their numerical advantage to overwhelm Jiraiya, forcing him to steel himself to speak.
"Sakura, a letter arrived from the Land of Iron. They want to convene a Five Kage Summit regarding the Akatsuki situation." Jiraiya carefully considered his words, trying to express it concisely.
"But you see, Tsunade is still in a coma. Currently, there's no one..."
"Wait! Sensei, you mean you want me to represent the Hokage?"
Looking at Jiraiya, who was gradually becoming an old bureaucrat, how could Sakura not know what the three of them were up to?
Jiraiya smiled awkwardly. "There's no one else! You've been handling the Hokage's duties quite well lately, haven't you~"
"Don't even think about it! No deal! Besides, isn't there you, Sensei?" Sakura warily eyed the group in the office. If the situation turned bad, she would directly use Flying Thunder God to flee.
"But look at me. Do I seem like someone who can represent Konoha?" Jiraiya helplessly shook his empty sleeve.
The expression on his face did not hide the fact that he was telling her: 'Could you bear to let a disabled old man shoulder this burden?'
"It's just attending this summit. If you don't want to handle the remaining affairs, you can send them back to Konoha!"
Koharu instantly saw through a certain girl's nature as a slacker and prescribed the right remedy. "And going to the Land of Iron this time is a publicly funded trip. You can set aside the village's reconstruction work, and there will be guards accompanying you to ensure safety..."
"Well... speaking of which!" A look of expectation appeared on the girl's face.
Hearing Koharu put it that way, it seemed leaving the village was indeed better than staying in Konoha pouring concrete.
Not only could she take the opportunity to palm off the troublesome Hokage affairs onto Jiraiya, but she could also net a publicly funded trip. It was a win-win!
"I'll go! Konoha is my home! For the village, who else but me!" Sakura placed one hand on her hip and confidently patted her chest with the other.
"Good! We were waiting for you to say that!" Homura knocked his cane on the corner of the table. "She agrees! Come in!"
The office door swung open. A white-haired, mask-wearing Ninja and a man with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, wearing a belt with the [Fire] character, walked in.
"These two are the guards the village has assigned for you. You're surely familiar with them, so we won't introduce them further!"
Homura and Koharu both stood up. "The summit will be held half a month from now in the capital of the Land of Iron. Please be sure not to cause another tragedy of a capital being destroyed!"
Sakura: "....."
Kakashi: "....."
Asuma: "....."
'These old guys still had some skill in being sarcastic. But if they were worried about another capital destruction tragedy, why specifically assemble this country-destroying squad? Did they think the Land of Iron was having too easy a time?'
While Konoha was busily preparing for the summit in the Land of Iron, the Ninja Villages of the other great nations were also making corresponding arrangements.
Land of Wind, Sunagakure.
"Gaara, who will you take with you?"
The Sunagakure's higher-ups in the meeting room looked expectantly at the Kazekage in the main seat, hoping their own children could obtain this rare and safe political capital, perhaps gaining the title of Kazekage Guard in the future.
"Temari, Kankuro. You two will come with me!" Gaara's indifferent gaze swept over the ugly displays of the surrounding higher-ups, calmly dissolving their hopes.
Along the way, he also took away the village's few remaining strong individuals, forcing these people to spend money and manpower to protect Sunagakure's safety during his absence.
Temari and Kankuro exchanged glances, both seeing the snickering in each other's eyes.
But restricted by the occasion, they still lowered their heads and replied, "Yes!"
Land of Earth, Iwagakure.
"Old man, if you can't hack it, you should retire soon. What's the point of permanently occupying a young person's position?" The girl in red Ninja gear, Kurotsuchi, mocked her grandfather without mercy.
"What did you say!" Onoki's anger had just begun to rise when his waist, pressed by the burden on his back, let out a crack.
Then, his entire old face screwed up in pain as he tremblingly knelt on the ground.
Seeing him like this, Kurotsuchi burst into hearty laughter. "Hahahaha!"
Land of Lightning, Kumogakure.
"Samui! Samui, where are you!"
The Fourth Raikage, A, charged out of the Raikage Building, which now only had half a peak left.
After searching everywhere fruitlessly, he casually grabbed a Ninja by his clothes. "Tell Samui I've gone to that damn summit in the Land of Iron! When she gets back, have her pick someone to form a bodyguard squad and follow me!"
Having said that, he released the Ninja, and his entire body wrapped in lightning, charged out of Kumogakure.
Land of Water, Kirigakure.
"Mei, this is our first diplomatic visit since setting things right. We absolutely must reopen diplomatic relations with the other great nations. The village's future rests on your shoulders!"
An old man leaning on a cane rambled on and on to a young lady, completely unaware of the increasingly impatient expression on her face.
"Alright, alright, Elder. Trust me!" The tall Terumi Mei took the Mizukage Hat from his hand and gestured to the young man behind her.
"Let's go, Ao!"
And so, the contingents of the Five Great Nations' Ninja villages began to gather towards the Land of Iron.
Heading towards that final peace summit, on the eve of the war that would change the future.