"You little brat..."
The One-Tailed Shukaku didn't want to admit the truth and lose face.
Because this was already the best battle plan Shukaku could come up with, and even though it seemed to progress perfectly in this battle, the reality was different from what it had imagined!
What should be done?
Is it destined that it can't defeat that guy Akihara Kagura? Destined to only endure that guy's beatings every day?
In the distance.
On a sandstone rock.
Rasa and Jiraiya were still observing the battle.
The attitude of the Fourth Kazekage at this moment was completely different from the beginning, sighing with a bit of admiration, "Jiraiya's disciple is really powerful..."
"The son of the Kazekage is not bad either..."
Jiraiya chuckled lightly, not hesitating to praise, "Looking at it, the results of these past few months are not bad. Gaara and the One-Tailed Shukaku's relationship has improved a lot, and he can almost be said to fully control the Tailed Beast inside him..."
"..."
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa slowly nodded.
Although they didn't know the true relationship between Gaara and the One-Tailed Shukaku, at least Gaara could already use Shukaku's power, and Shukaku no longer rampaged in the village...
Although they didn't know, the reason Shukaku couldn't rampage was entirely because its chakra was drained clean during the day and had to be restored during the night...
"By the way."
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa was very satisfied with the current state of his youngest son and casually mentioned something, "A few bodies were found in the village with faces missing; someone might be impersonating them. Jiraiya, who exactly is trying to assassinate me?"
"..."
Jiraiya hesitated and didn't speak.
Deep night.
The temperature in the Hidden Sand Village was very low.
Jiraiya lay on the hotel bed, looking at Akihara Kagura, who was still quite spirited beside him, and proactively praised, "Kagura, how long has it been since we left Konoha?"
"More than a year, I think?"
Akihara Kagura thought for a while and began to calculate.
Akihara Kagura and Jiraiya didn't visit many places; they first roamed the Land of Fire, experiencing the atmosphere of the Ninja World, and learned Sage Mode;
The two then traveled to the Land of River, where Jiraiya taught him training while slowly learning the life of a normal traveler, and incidentally demolished several of Orochimaru's experimental bases and coincidentally encountered Orochimaru;
Later, they obtained information about the Akatsuki Organization from Orochimaru and a waitress in the Land of River and then went to the Land of Rain to handle matters concerning the Akatsuki Organization and the Hidden Rain Village;
Finally, they arrived in the Land of Wind to resolve the assassination case of the Kazekage and have been there waiting for Orochimaru to show up, while also taking the opportunity to fight the One-Tailed Shukaku.
"I wonder how Nagato is doing..."
Jiraiya still had concerns about Nagato, who he always believed was the Child of Prophecy, and sighed, "After this experiment to tame the Tailed Beast is over, I'll take you back to Konoha and hand you over to the old man..."
"You've been training by my side all this time, and I haven't been able to teach you much knowledge; I've taught you basically all I can, and even learned a lot from you..."
"Today, I'll pass on to you my most precious knowledge..."
As Jiraiya spoke, he took out a magazine with a cover of a beautiful woman, his face becoming incredibly solemn, "How to correctly distinguish a true beauty!"
"..."
Akihara Kagura turned over and pulled up the blanket.
Did Jiraiya really need to teach him this kind of thing?
After all, Jiraiya couldn't even distinguish between White Zetsu and a beauty!
Inside the Hidden Sand Village.
In Gaara's room.
The red-haired little boy was sleeping sweetly.
Since the One-Tailed Shukaku returned to his body weak and drained of chakra every day, and recently his relationship with Shukaku seemed to change subtly, Gaara was able to sleep well, no longer worried about Shukaku's sudden rampage.
Inside the Sealing Space.
The One-Tailed Shukaku was somewhat confused in thought.
This plump tanuki that had no means against Akihara Kagura finally chose to connect through the unique communication of the Tailed Beasts, entering the space for Tailed Beast communication remotely.
The One-Tailed Shukaku felt it lacked battle experience with Wood Release and decided to seek advice from its kind in this way, as it had heard those guys had all been captured by the First Hokage Senju Hashirama and surely had more experience!
"Hey, stupid fox!"
"How did you deal with the Wood Release Ninja back then?"