After saying goodbye to Nagase, Yashamaru sent Gaara back home and then hurried to the Sand Village Hospital to look for Rasa.
Because of his status and position, Yashamaru did not encounter any obstructions along the way. After greeting the Sand Village ninja who was guarding him, Yashamaru knocked on the door and walked into Rasa's ward.
At this time, there were only Rasa and Maki in the ward. Because the treatment was completed, Tsunade and Chiyo had not come.
Luo Sha was wondering who would come at this time. He looked at the door and saw it was Yashamaru. He looked a little surprised. He didn't expect it to be Yashamaru.
The relationship between the two is somewhat special. They are both boss and subordinate, and brother-in-law and nephew.
Logically speaking, the relationship between the two should be very good.
This is actually true, but we have to add a time period, which is before Gaara was born.
Before Gaara was born, Yashamaru respected and even admired his brother-in-law who became the Kazekage.
It's not that you have to become a shadow to be recognized by everyone, but only those who are recognized by the public can become a shadow.
Because Rasa became the Kazekage because he was recognized by the people of the Sand Village.
After becoming Kage, Rasa quickly ended the war and signed a treaty with Konoha, thus avoiding the situation where the strength of Sunagakure was constantly being depleted.
Signing a contract is not just a matter of talk. There are hawkish people in the Sand Village, so Yashamaru recognizes Rasa's ability.
After Rasa became Kage, Yashamaru, who was an Anbu, was also given important responsibilities and soon became Rasa's right-hand man as an excellent Anbu. The brother-in-law and brother-in-law worked closely together.
Not only Yashamaru respects and admires Rasa, Rasa also admires this capable brother-in-law very much.
After all, Luo Sha is a very realistic person. If he cannot contribute to the village, even his brother-in-law cannot hold a high position. He can't even give up his own son, so what is his brother-in-law
But all this changed after Gaara was born. Gaara was a premature baby, and his mother died of complications during childbirth. As a result, Gaara's only impression of his mother was photos.
Yashamaru was very sad about his sister's death. He looked like his sister and had a very good relationship with her.
However, although he was sad at that time, it was impossible for him to vent his anger on Luo Sha because his sister died of complications during childbirth, because the complications during childbirth had nothing to do with Luo Sha.
But Yashamaru didn't expect that Rasa would actually let his sister's last child become a jinchūriki.
Yashamaru was very angry. As an Anbu, he knew too well the darkness in this world. Although the Jinchūriki were powerful, they usually ended up in a miserable way.
For example, the previous One-Tailed Jinchūriki, Bunfuku, was imprisoned in prison for life in order to prevent the tailed beast from going berserk because of his status as a Jinchūriki.
Only in times of war would Fenfu be released and sent to the battlefield.
Without committing any crime, and without even going berserk, Sunagakure imprisoned a man for life simply for the purpose of preventing him from going berserk.
Yashamaru certainly didn't want his sister to risk her life to give birth to a child who would become a Jinchūriki.
But he couldn't resist, because the order was given not only by Rasa, but by the entire Sunagakure high-level leadership.
He was just a small Anbu ninja, how could he possibly resist the Sunagakure high-ranking officials.
And he had no chance to resist, because when the news reached him, Gaara had already become the Jinchūriki, and it was an irreversible fact.
The only possibility for a tailed beast to leave a Jinchūriki is that the Jinchūriki died.
That night, Yashamaru went to Rasa's house in person. He questioned Rasa why he wanted Gaara to become the Jinchūriki. This was his sister's last child, and she even lost her life to give birth to Gaara.
That night, Luo Sha was unusually calm, probably because Yashamaru had always been reliable. He did not get angry because of Yashamaru's questioning, but told Yashamaru calmly.
"We have no money left." Luo Sha said calmly.
"Three qualified test subjects have died. Because the experiment failed, I fought with Yiwei many times and suppressed him.
The daimyo is still cutting funding, and we can no longer afford to support ninjas. We are now relying on me to use magnetic escape technique to collect gold sand to barely support the village." Luo Sha recounted the difficulties encountered by Sand Village.
“And at this time, Gaara happens to be qualified, and if possible, I don’t want my child to become a Jinchūriki.
However, if the experiment continues to fail, not only will a huge amount of funds be wasted, but our Sand Village's Jinchūriki will also be vacant.
Maybe Gaara will be miserable after becoming a Jinchūriki, but what if Gaara doesn't become a Jinchūriki and a war breaks out? How can we face the other five great nations without a Jinchūriki?"
“If Gaara doesn’t become a Jinchūriki, Sunagakure will lose a lot, you know
Before I became a father, I was the Kazekage of the Sand Village."
After saying this, Luo Sha didn't continue. If Yashamaru still didn't understand after this point, then let him not understand.
Yashamaru had no way to refute what Rasa said, because Rasa was acting from the perspective of the entire village, and he was doing the greater good.
If Yashamaru was the kind of shameless person who played tricks, they could continue to argue, but he was not a reasonable person.
In the end, Yashamaru returned to his home in frustration, bought a lot of wine and got himself drunk.
But at this time, although Yashamaru was a little dissatisfied with Rasa, it was not too bad.
What deteriorated their relationship was what happened later.
For his own considerations, Rasa did not raise Gaara himself, but let Yashamaru raise him.
At this time, Yashamaru was thinking to himself, after all, he was his son, Gaara should not be abused like the previous Jinchuriki.
But it turns out that it is not impossible.
Maybe because he is his own child, Rasa has high expectations for Gaara. He hopes that Gaara can become a perfect jinchūriki, the strongest jinchūriki who can perfectly control the tailed beasts and prevent them from going berserk.
But Gaara went berserk soon after, and after Rosa suppressed him, he was very disappointed in Gaara, which led to the current extreme targeting.
In Rasa's view, this is all a test for Gaara. If Gaara passes it, then Gaara can still become a perfect Jinchūriki.
If Gaara failed, died halfway or something, it would mean that Gaara was a failure.
Yashamaru protested to Rasa more than once, protesting against him for making the entire Sunagakure isolate Gaara, and protesting against Gaara having to suffer inhuman treatment at such a young age.
However, Rasa did not accept Yashamaru's protests and gradually became annoyed.
He felt that his brother-in-law was no longer the good helper he used to be, and he did not consider the best interests of the village when thinking about things.
Yashamaru thinks that Rasa is ruthless, and Rasa thinks that Yashamaru does not understand the overall situation, and their relationship becomes increasingly worse.
Of course, because of Yashamaru's own personality, he will not bring his private temper to work, and Rasa is also a utilitarian.
So even though the relationship between the two deteriorated, Yashamaru's position and status did not change. Perhaps in the eyes of others, the relationship between the two has not changed.
Although Yashamaru still obeys Rosa's orders at work, it is impossible for Yashamaru to take the initiative to talk to Rosa and say hello like before.
When Rasa was just injured, Yashamaru came over symbolically, said some polite words and then left.
Luo Sha knew in his heart that he didn't have a good impression of Yashamaru, so he was surprised why Yashamaru came to him.
"Lord Kazekage." Yashamaru called out with apparent respect but in fact a distant tone.
"Yashammaru, is there anything wrong?" Luo Sha asked indifferently while looking at Yashamaru.
He didn't think he had done anything wrong, everything he did was for Sunagakure.
"Lord Kazekage, may I ask if Fuzo Nagase has arrived at our Sand Village?" Yashamaru did not ask me about Gaara first, but asked about Nagase first.
After all, if everything about Nagase is false, then the authenticity of the information he said would be greatly reduced.
A surprised expression appeared on Luosha's face. How did Yashamaru know that Nagase was coming? Shouldn't he, Maki, and Grandma Chiyo be the only ones who knew about it on the Sunagakure side
Maki has been guarding him in his room. Could it be...
Before Luo Sha could make a blind guess, Yashamaru explained, "Not long ago, I happened to meet Nagase Fusa. He told me something, so I wanted to come here to verify it."
Luo Sha nodded and said: "Yes, Nagase Fuza is in Sunagakure now. The person you met should be Nagase Fuza."
"Yongze Fuzuo concealed his identity for this mission. You must not reveal his identity." Luo Sha reminded.
Yashamaru nodded and said, "I know. Nagasawa Fukusa also reminded me before he left."
"So, is it true that Gaara is going to Konoha as an exchange student and I have to go with him to take care of Gaara?" Yashamaru asked, looking into Rasa's eyes.
At this moment, he was already roughly certain in his heart that Yongze had not lied to him.
"It doesn't matter whether he told you that or not. You'll know it sooner or later anyway. Yes, it's true. In two weeks, Gaara will go to Konoha as an exchange student until he graduates from the Ninja Academy." Rasa said simply.
"Why do you do this?" Yashamaru couldn't help but wonder if it was a bit cruel to ask a three-year-old child to leave his hometown and go to another country.
Of course, this is also because Rasa's methods against Gaara have not yet reached the extreme, otherwise Yashamaru would have set off firecrackers at night when he heard that Gaara was leaving Sunagakure.
It's really unheard of for someone to send people to assassinate his own son every day.
Luo Sha looked at Yashamaru with a strange look. It seemed that Nagase did not tell Yashamaru everything.
"Do you think that's all I want? I was planning to ask you to eliminate the Sunagakure spies after the incident is over. Even the forbidden techniques and Jinchūriki that we secretly developed are known to Konoha." Rasa said.
"It's not that I want to send Gaara to Konoha as an exchange student. This is the condition for Konoha to heal me."
"Although Nagase Fuzou promised not to do anything to Gaara, Yashamaru, you must keep a close eye on Gaara over there to prevent Gaara from being brainwashed by Konoha." Rasa gave the order.
"I had to work hard to get you to go with me. Don't let me down, Yashamaru." Luosha said.
“I will…” Yashamaru had an indescribable feeling in his heart, and he fell silent after agreeing.
"Do you have anything else to do?" Luo Sha asked.
"No more." Yashamaru said and tactfully left the room.
"This Yashamaru seems to be getting more and more concerned about Gaara. I don't know if he can complete the mission." Looking at Yashamaru walking out, Luosha frowned and said.
"No, Lord Yashamaru still knows the importance of things. Isn't he the subordinate you trust the most?" Maki next to him said with respect.
"Of course I know this about him. When it comes to obeying orders, Yashamaru has never let me down." Luo Sha said.
If this were not the case, how could he continue to reuse Yashamaru when the relationship between them had deteriorated.
Yashamaru is a more traditional ninja. He will unconditionally obey the orders of his superior, the Kazekage Rasa, even if the mission makes him feel uncomfortable.
After Yashamaru walked out of the Sand Village Hospital, he did not go home immediately, but went to the bookstore in the Sand Village and bought some books about the Land of Fire.
After returning home, Yashamaru put the books aside and said to Gaara:
"Gaara, you will indeed be leaving the Sand Village for a while, and your destination is Konoha in the Land of Fire."
"Konoha, the Land of Fire..." Gaara muttered silently, and a confused look appeared on his originally cute little face.
"There are many ninja villages in this world, but among these many ninja villages, there are five ninja villages that are the most powerful. They are called the Five Great Ninja Villages."
Yashamaru smiled and ruffled Gaara's red hair, then began to explain Konoha to Gaara.
"Our Sand Village is also one of the five major ninja villages, and Konoha is also one of the five major ninja villages. At the same time, Konoha is also the first ninja village and currently the strongest ninja village."
"The strongest?" Gaara asked.
"That's right, the strongest! Much stronger than our Sand Village." Yashamaru nodded affirmatively.
"You will live in the strongest ninja village for a while until you graduate from the Konoha Ninja Academy, and then you can return to Sunagakure."
"Because Konoha is stronger than our village, father sent me there to study?" Gaara asked.
Gaara's question left Yashamaru silent, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"I don't know either. You can ask it yourself later, Gaara." Yashamaru thought for a moment and replied.
He couldn't bear to let Gaara know how much his father didn't care about him, which would make Gaara very sad.
But if he had to lie to Gaara and say that this was Rosa's kindness to him, Yashamaru wouldn't want to let Rosa off so easily.
So Yashamaru simply didn't answer and let Gaara ask it himself later.
"The original Konoha Village was established by the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan. The first Hokage was Senju Hashirama, who was very powerful and respected..." Yashamaru continued to explain Konoha to Gaara.