Although Tsunade quickly cured Rasa, at the suggestion of Nagase, Rasa concealed the information that he had recovered and continued to publicize that he was still seriously injured, but had improved a little.
Nagase wanted to try to see if he could lure out the attacker through this method.
If the attacker wanted to kill Kazekage, he would not miss the opportunity to injure him.
If the attacker is not fooled, then the attacker's purpose is difficult to guess.
Was it because Luo Sha was not good-looking that he wanted to beat him? Or was there some other reason? No one knew.
However, what is certain at the moment is that the attacker is probably no longer in the Sand Village or even in the Kingdom of Wind.
During the investigation, Kakashi used summoning techniques to summon ninja dogs, first using the dogs to find the opponent's location, and finally confirmed that the opponent might no longer be in the Wind Kingdom.
Fortunately, their main purpose was not to investigate the murderer, but to cure the Kazekage. The Kazekage has been cured, so they have completed their mission.
Nagase plans to stay in the Hidden Wind Village for two weeks. If there are no major clues to the identity of the murderer within two weeks, they will consider the mission accomplished and return to Konoha.
Just let Obito and Jiraiya who are wandering around the ninja world pay attention.
Nagase was wandering in the Sand Village with the face of an ordinary Chunin, when he suddenly saw a few children playing football in front of him.
Yongze didn't care and didn't want to disturb the children's happy play, so he prepared to go around them. As long as the child was not a naughty one, Yongze was still very loving.
As for the naughty kid, Yongze just wants to say that he is still a child and don't let him go.
"Huh." Yongze suddenly discovered an unexpected existence.
A little kid with short red hair, wearing a gray-green suit and with very dark circles under his eyes, was sitting on the swing with his head down, as if he was a child who had done something wrong and was punished to be taken care of by himself.
He was sitting alone on the swing, swaying slightly, holding a brown bear cub in his arms, looking very lonely.
The children playing football and the children sitting on the swings are not far from each other, but they seem to be two different worlds, one is so lively and cheerful, the other is so lonely.
It was obvious that the distance between them was no more than fifteen meters.
Looking at the eyes that were comparable to those of a giant panda and the short red hair, Nagase recognized at a glance that this was Gaara when he was a child.
From Nagase's perspective, Gaara was quite cute when he was a child. His fair little face and dark circles under his eyes made him quite adorable.
I don’t know if it’s because of his experience, but Nagase felt that Gaara looked a bit fierce during the Chunin Exams, but later when he became the Kazekage, he became handsome again.
"Ah, the ball." Suddenly, the group of children playing football exclaimed. Nagaze took a look and saw that the ball was lifted onto the roof.
Just when Yongze was about to do something good, he suddenly stopped because another person took action.
Gaara stretched out his hand, and a line of sand instantly condensed around him. Gaara controlled the sand to take the ball from the roof, put it in his hand, and then looked at the group of children playing football with anticipation.
"My uncle said that everyone likes good people and good children. As long as I help them pick up the ball, they will probably take me to play with them." Gaara thought excitedly.
Gaara was very lonely because no one wanted to play with him. Even his brothers and sisters were very cold to him.
So Gaara longs for friendship. He also wants to be like those kids playing football, having so many friends to play with and having fun together.
But isn’t it a bit greedy to have so many friends at once
Just one, just one friend, just one person willing to play with him.
Gaara stood up, holding the ball, stretched out his hand expectantly, and walked towards the children playing football.
"Ball." Gaara's light green eyes sparkled in the sun. He was very excited. As he walked forward, he reached out to pass the ball to the children who were playing football.
However, what greeted Gaara was not the surprised eyes and thanks from everyone. Instead, the children playing football looked at Gaara with fear, as if they were looking at a monster covered with red hair and emitting a terrifying aura.
There was no friendship or gratitude as he had imagined. What greeted Gaara were only frightened eyes and the screams of monsters.
"A monster!"
"Everybody run, it turns out the legend of the black-eyed monster is true."
Obviously, Gaara, who had thick dark circles around his eyes and could control sand, was regarded by them as a monster from some urban legend.
The kids playing football all rushed to run behind them, as if there was a murderous monster behind them.
"Ball..." Gaara watched the children playing football fleeing from here as if they were escaping from disaster, and their voices became smaller and smaller until they disappeared.
Those terrified looks pierced Gaara's heart like sharp swords, causing him so much pain.
He didn't understand why this happened. He clearly did what his uncle said. He helped them get the ball down and wanted to return it to them. He should have been a good boy.
But why, why do people not want to play with him and call him a monster...
Everyone looks the same, and he doesn't have an extra leg, so why is he a monster
He didn’t understand, he didn’t understand. He couldn’t figure out what was going on.
He just wanted a friend who was willing to play with him, why would this happen.
The ball fell to the ground, and the little bear that was originally in his arms also fell to the ground. Gaara stretched out his hand somewhat weakly, and said in an almost pleading tone: "Don't go..."
But the children didn't dare to stay in front of the "monster" for long. After Gaara said this, the children ran even faster.
I don’t know if it’s because he sensed his master’s intentions, or if it’s because he was too sad that the power in his body got out of control.
The sand that was previously controlled by Gaara to pick up the ball suddenly rushed towards the children at an extremely fast speed, like an arrow shot from a fully drawn bow.
When the sand bundle was about to hurt the child, Nagase took action and slapped it away, dispersing the sand bundle and averting the crisis.
After resolving the danger, Nagase smiled brightly and said, "He's not a monster. This is a natural talent."
Maybe it was because Nagaze’s handsome appearance and sunny smile infected the children, so the children stopped running and hid behind Nagaze.
A boy who was a little braver said boldly: "He can control the sand. No matter how you think about it, he is different from us. And there is black around his eyes, just like the monster in the legend."
Gaara, who was originally happy about Nagase's words, heard someone calling him a monster again, but a disappointed expression appeared on his face again.
Winter! Nagase quickly tapped the talking boy with his finger.
"It hurts! Big brother, why did you suddenly hit me?" the boy asked, covering the place where he was hit by Nagase.
"What would you do if someone called you an idiot?" Nagase asked the boy.
"Of course I would curse or fight back, that goes without saying." The boy replied with an indignant look on his face.
"Then I just hit the kid who you called a monster." Nagase said with a smile.
"This... this is different." The boy was a little anxious, but he couldn't tell what was different for a moment.
"What's the difference? Does he have one more hand than you? Or one more head?" Nagaze continued to ask.
"He can control the sand, and there's a black circle around his eyes," the boy said, looking at Gaara as if he was finding something different.
"So controlling sand is a talent. I can also spit fire and summon water dragons. Am I also a monster?" Nagase demonstrated his second-generation water dragon bullet on the spot. The huge water dragon appeared and scared the children. Then he used fire escape.
"As for dark circles under your eyes, try not sleeping all the time and you'll get them too."
"Big brother, this is a ninja's ninjutsu." The boy seemed to know something about it.
"Those who control fire and water are ninjas, and those who control sand are monsters. What's the logic behind this? Your Kazekage can also control golden sand. So what is he? A unique monster?" Nagase asked with a smile.
"Of course the Kazekage is not a monster." The boy retorted, and then he thought hard for a while and felt that he had found the reason and said: "Of course it's because he is as small as us, but he has the ability to control sand. This is very abnormal, so he is a monster."
Winter! The boy was hit again.
"How many times do I have to tell you that this is talent? There is a kind of people who are born with a gift and have abilities that ordinary people don't have."
After saying that, Nagase pulled Gaara over, then held Gaara and the boy's hands, and controlled them to touch each other's faces.
Looking at Gaara's somewhat confused and disappointed eyes, and feeling the touch of an ordinary person in his hand, this brave boy was a little at a loss for a moment.
"Look, it's all the same. He is here, but I haven't seen him eat you." Yongze said.
"Gaara, what do you like to eat?" Nagase asked.
"Powdered liver, Takoyaki ramen..." Gaara answered subconsciously. He had a good impression of this strange ninja because Nagase always spoke for him.
Looking at the dazed Gaara, the child next to him realized that this guy who seemed to be a legendary monster didn't seem scary at all and was even dazed.
"Where do so many monsters come from? If there were monsters, shouldn't they have been eliminated by your Kazekage long ago?" Nagase said.
After Yongze said this, they thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true.
Gaara silently controlled the sand to pick up the bear and the ball, then handed the ball to the child next to him.
"ball."
But when Gaara demonstrated his ability to control sand, the children subconsciously took a few steps back. This was the fear of the unknown.
Looking at the children retreating, the light in Gaara's eyes became dimmer and dimmer, but he still maintained the posture of passing the ball.
Finally, the boy who had been talking to Nagase gritted his teeth, walked forward, came to Gaara, took the ball, then bowed loudly and said: "Thank you, I'm sorry."
The other children looked at each other, and seeing that the boy was fine, they finally let down their guard and walked up to stand with the boy.
"I'm sorry to call you that."
"Thank you for helping us get the ball down. That was a big help."
The children apologized when they should apologize and expressed gratitude when they should express gratitude. The scene was very harmonious.
Yongze also laughed when he saw this scene.
Children of this age don’t understand anything and cannot distinguish right from wrong, but they are not doing anything intentional. They are just really afraid of Gaara. After all, there is a rumor in the Sand Village that Gaara is a monster.
So Nagase chose to guide them and let them know that Gaara was a child similar to them, but with a little special ability.
If anyone is to be blamed, it should be Luo Sha, who allowed this rumor to spread in the village and perhaps even added fuel to the fire.
The sudden apology and thanks made Gaara a little overwhelmed. He hugged the little bear tightly, feeling a little unreal.
Why are people suddenly not afraid of him anymore and are saying thank you to him
Was it the help from that big brother
Gaara glanced at Nagase gratefully, then after a while of thinking, he mustered up the courage to say, "No...it's okay, but can I play with you guys?"
The atmosphere fell silent again for a moment and no one spoke.
Gaara looked at the silent crowd, and the expression on his face turned to disappointment again.
"Sure enough, they still think of me as a monster and don't want to play with me."
"It's okay if you don't want to. I... I think I'm hungry. I'd better go home..." Gaara forced a smile.
"Sure!" The brave boy suddenly interrupted Gaara and said, "Sure, but you can't use your ability to control the sand."
When Gaara heard someone agree, he instantly smiled in surprise.
"Is it really possible?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yes, sure. My name is Kendou. What's your name?" Kendou asked.
"I, my name is Gaara." Gaara was very excited. This had never happened before.
"I suddenly remembered that my mother told me to go home before 3 pm. Sorry, let's just leave it at that for today." Suddenly a child said.
Then, as if a chain reaction had started, everyone except Kento suddenly had to go home for something.
"You guys..." Kento didn't expect that his friends would suddenly go home. This was obviously an excuse.
"Have fun, we're going home first." The children waved to Kento and left.
After all, there was still something very wrong with Gaara, and some people had not forgotten what had just happened. If Nagase had not suddenly appeared, someone would definitely have been injured.
Asking them to say thank you or apologize is fine, but playing together? Forget it.
Watching the children leave one by one, leaving only Kento, Gaara lowered his head and said softly: "I'm sorry..."
He knew that it was all his fault that everyone left.
Kento patted Gaara's shoulder and said with a smile: "What does this have to do with you? Don't they all have their own things to do? Since there are only two of us left, there is nothing we can do. Let's play together next time when we have a chance."
After saying that, Kento took the ball and left, leaving Gaara standing there alone.
"Next time... When is the next time?" Gaara looked up at the sky.
"It won't be too far. You will soon find someone who is willing to be friends with you sincerely." Nagase walked to Gaara and said.
It still depends on Naruto's social awkwardness to cure it.
At this moment, a Sand Village suddenly appeared beside Gaara and looked at Nagase cautiously.