"Oh, it's the first time I've been to Konoha Village since that incident."

"Kanjiuro, don't take it lightly." The female ninja with four buns on the side looked around vigilantly and reminded: "This is Konoha Village, after the last middle ninja exam, there must still be many Konoha ninjas who resent our Sand Hidden Village." ”

"Temari, don't be too nervous, this time we're here for peace talks, don't make the atmosphere tense."

Outside the gate of Konoha Village, Iara, Temari, and Kankuro stood outside the Konoha gate.

Two days ago, Sand Hidden Village suddenly received an urgent contact from Konoha Village, and the content was to have a face-to-face meeting with Kazekage I Airo, which was located in Konoha Village.

After receiving this news, there was a heated discussion among the high-level leaders of Shayin Village, and the topic was naturally whether to gladly attend the meeting or politely refuse.

Most of the opinions of the high-level officials in the sand are to reject Konoha's request for talks, and the reason is very simple, because the place where the meeting is requested this time is Konoha Village, and Konoha insists that Kazekage himself go.

Although I am allowed to bring up to two guards, after all, this is in Konoha Village, and even if there are more guards, it is not safe.

Especially after the incident of the last Zhongnin exam, although the alliance relationship was restored, it is difficult for the alliance between the two parties to completely heal after the first rift.

However, in the end, Airo still tried to defy the public opinion and insisted on going to Konoha Village for a face-to-face meeting with the Hokage of Konoha .

It's not that Iairo trusts Konoha 100% that he won't cheat, it's that Airo urgently needs Konoha recognition now, acknowledging his position as the Wind Shadow.

After the death of the fourth generation of Kazukage Luo Sha, Chiyo's mother-in-law came forward to preside over the affairs of Shayin Village for a period of time, but it didn't take long for her to retire again, and Shayin Village was handed over to the top management of Shayin.

Since then, Shayin Village has fallen into a two-year window period without a wind shadow.

And two years later, with the support of his mentor Markey, he ascended to the position of Wind Shadow and became the fifth generation of Wind Shadow in Sand Hidden Village.

It's just that I Airo only became a wind shadow at the age of 15, and being too young caused the dissatisfaction of many high-level people in Shayin, and there was even intelligence that someone in Shayin Village coveted a crane in my Airo's body.

That's why Iro, the Kazekage, is not sitting steadily.

After that, I once wanted to restart the joint shinobi exam with Konoha Village, which had been on hold for two years, and took the opportunity to lure out the traitors within the Sand Hide, and announced to the outside world that he had become the Kazekage.

But after the thrilling of the last middle ninja exam, the enthusiasm of the daimyo from all over the world to attend the middle ninja exam was not high, and Konoha Village also thought it was not a good time to resign, so the matter of restarting the joint middle ninja exam was also shelved.

At first, I thought that Konoha Village didn't want to recognize him, a young Kazekage, so he refused to jointly hold the Shinobi exam, but now it seems that he thinks too much.

This time I Airo was summoned to meet with the Hokage as the Wind Shadow, which was equivalent to officially recognizing the status of the Wind Shadow of Iairo, and in this case, I Airo would naturally seize this opportunity.

However, the heart of defense is indispensable, and before I came, I Airo had already arranged a lot of sand ninja on the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire.

...

"Alright, let's go into the village."

Wearing the Wind Shadow Hat, I walked towards the open Konoha Gate, and next to the Konoha Gate, a Konoha ninja had been waiting for a long time.

In order to prevent the other party from attacking on the way here and then blaming others on it, each village shadow level does not notify the other party in advance of the specific time of their arrival when going to any destination, which is proof that the two sides have not yet established a thorough trust.

However, Konoha Village still arranged for a person to receive him in the way of waiting for the rabbit to show his sincerity.

And this person and the three of them are also old acquaintances, and they have had a few encounters in the Zhongnin exam.

"Kazekage-sama, I've been waiting here for a long time, my name is Nara Shikamaru, and I'll lead the way for the three of you to meet Hokage-sama."

"Then there will be labor."

Shikamaru's simple self-introduction moved Temari on the side.

In the last middle ninja exam, Temari had to cooperate with the high-level of the sand to carry out the Konoha Honkai plan, so he remembered almost all the Konoha ninjas in the middle ninja exam.

At that time, Temari also deliberately memorized the information of Nara Shikamaru, because the information provided by Otoshinobi Village said that Nara Shikamaru was an opponent with a lazy personality but an extremely high IQ that should not be underestimated.

Later, although due to an unexpected situation in the second survival battle of the Chunin exam, the two did not have a chance to fight in the end, but later when Temari and Kankuro escaped with the out-of-control Iaira, they still had an extremely short fight with Nara Shikamaru.

At that time, Temari had a deep impression of this Nara Shikamaru, the kind of man who is usually lazy, but once he becomes confident, he will be a little handsome.

But the Shikamaru of Nara, which is now presented in front of him, completely shatters Temari's expectations.

Now Nara Shikamaru looks a little haggard, and although the expression on his face is still lazy, it is not a personal habit or something, but a kind of pathological laziness, like a weak patient.

In addition, Nara Shikamaru's skin is slightly dark and wrinkled, at least the skin of a forty-year-old man who is exposed to the sun and rain.

But if Temari remembers correctly, Nara Shikamaru is three years younger than himself, and he is an absolute young guy.

"That..."

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

The surprise in his heart made Temari make a sound, but when Nara Shikamaru turned around to answer, Temari couldn't speak.

After all, I'm just following my Airo's guards, and I'm not here to catch up, and I'm not very familiar with Nara Shikamaru, so Temari still stopped.

"No, nothing, please continue to lead the way..."

......

Without saying a word all the way, under the leadership of Nara Shikamaru, the three of them were taken to the living room in the Hokage Building.

On the other side of the conference table, Tsunade was already seated, and instead of the guards, two Konoha advisors were standing next to him.

The two sides simply exchanged two polite sentences, and Tsunade immediately entered the topic.

"I believe that three days ago, our ninjas from Konoha Village discovered ghouls in North Point Town, Kawanokuni, and came into contact with your ninjas from Sand Hidden Village, so I guess Your Excellency Kazekage already knows about this, right?"

"Well, Kankuro has already told me about this."

I squinted at Kankuro, who was standing behind him.

Originally, I Airo instructed Kankuro to deal with this matter as low-key as possible, especially not to be discovered by the Konoha ninja, but in the end, the existence of ghouls was discovered by the Konoha ninja.

The reason why they didn't want Konoha Village to find out was also very simple, because Sand Hidden Village didn't notify Konoha Village, which was an ally, as an ally, when they learned of the existence of ghouls, which was not a very friendly alliance behavior.

Is it to be held accountable for this?

I'm a little nervous inside, but Tsunade is a little nervous.

"What if I told you that there is more than one kind of weird creature like this?"