Ch. 126. Kidnapping Gaara. [1]

　　In the Ninja Tool Shop, Mizuki is here again.

　　It feels like visiting a supermarket in a post-apocalyptic zombie world.

　　Take whatever you want!

　　Long sword, kunai, shuriken, senbon, blade bag, various scrolls...

　　He didn't give up until he filled a full storage ring.

　　Before leaving, Mizuki took out 100,000,000 ryo and piled them on the counter. The money was enough to cover the blades he took away.

　　He is now the Head of a Village and a person of status. How could he do such a sneaky thing?

　　As for taking the ninjutsu scroll from the Hokage Tower, that's not stealing, that's robbing.

　　It's okay to rob, it's fair and square.

　　You were robbed by me. You can't blame me for being a bully. I can only blame you for being inferior to others.

　　Mizuki:

- "Bring these things back, Houou Village will have no shortage of ninja tools in a short time."

Ninjutsu is now available, ninja skills are available, and the fundamentals of Houou Village have been stabilized.

　　This wasn't over yet. Next, he visited a medicinal shop, a barbecue shop, a meatball shop, an Ichiraku ramen shop... and took away everything he could.

　　There is a systematic granting and returning function, and for him, nothing is without value.

　　Mizuki:

- "What we lack most now is people."

- "Who can be taken away?"

What is a ninja village called a ninja village if there are only 6 ninjas?

The first thing Mizuki thought of was Neji.

　　Different from the anime, without Naruto's other words, Neji is still a rebellious boy. He hates Hyuga's clan system and believes that hard work is worthless in the face of talent.

　　Neji had no sense of belonging to either Hyuga or Konoha Village. Such a person is suitable to bring back to the Land of Birds.

　　Mizuki:

- "But there is a caged bird, which is very troublesome."

If the caged bird is not released, even if Neji is taken away, the Hyuga clan can kill him at any time with the caged bird.

He thought:

- "What else can we do?"

In fact, Mizuki had been thinking about this problem for a long time, and in the end he could only think of one way, and it was still an impossible way.

　　Kill Neji. As soon as Neji dies, the caged bird will immediately activate and destroy the [Byakugan]. After activation, the [Caged Bird Curse Seal] will naturally become invalid and released.

　　Then, Mizuki used the power of the [Rinnegan] to resurrect Neji using the [Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth].

　　In this way, Neji is no longer restricted by the caged bird.

　　But the problem is that after the [Outer Path: Rinne Rebirth] is performed, the person who performs the technique will die.

　　Mizuki would never be so stupid as to trade his own life for the life of others.

　　Therefore, it is impossible for him to do this method.

　　Mizuki:

- "If I want to survive the operation, I must become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki."

In fact, there is another way to resurrect the dead, and that is the [Sacred Seal Tag] of the toad clan in Mount Myoboku.

　　The Sage of Six Paths once used the [Sacred Seal Tag] of Mount Myoboku to resurrect his younger brother Otsutsuki Hamura.

　　But Mizuki didn't think that he could borrow that kind of magical object from Mount Myoboku.

　　Jiraiya died, and Myoboku didn't him resurrected, let alone anyone else.

　　Mizuki:

- "Forget it, let's not think about Neji!"

- "Whenever you find a way to remove the curse seal, or master a resurrection-type ninjutsu, it won't be too late to take him away."

It's hard to do it on your own, but he has a system.

　　Mizuki:

- "Except for Neji, there are no good candidates in Konoha for the time being."

The other Rock Lee has a strong sense of belonging to Konoha and a deep bond. It would be futile to take them away, so they will not be considered for the time being.

　　Mizuki:

- "Since Konoha can't do it, then consider people from other villages."

- "Gaara from Sunagakure is a good candidate. After he is taken back by force, Naruto can just tell him what to do."

- "Kimimaro, Karin, and Suigetsu from Otogakure are all talented people."

　　Now, the closest one is Gaara.

　　The opportunity is here!

　　In the Chuunin Examination Finals, the battle was over. Konoha was heavily outnumbered, the Sound Ninja, Suna Ninja, and the minions were almost dead, and the remaining main characters had all fled.

　　No one knew the details of what happened on the roof, except for the ANBU and Mizuki.

　　The Sound Ninja and Suna Ninja had no idea that their boss was controlled by [Kotoamatsukami] and had reconciled with Konoha.

　　Now that the boss is dead, their first reaction is to run away.

　　There was only one Yakushi Kabuto left in the Sound Ninja Village. He ran very fast and his excellent spy skills allowed him to leave Konoha easily.

　　On the Sand Ninja side, Jounin Baki had long disappeared, and Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro rushed out of Konoha together.

　　During Gaara's fight with Lee, he was slightly injured and was held up by Temari and Kankuro.

　　His eyes were filled with murderous intent, which is why Temari and Kankuro next to him did not dare to utter a word, for fear of angering them and being killed by him in a fit of anger.

　　The three of them got rid of the passers-by who followed behind them and galloped towards the Land of Wind.

　　Suddenly, the three of them paused. Temari and Kankuro looked at the person in front of them with wary expressions.

　　Mizuki smiled slightly:

- "Can you please leave Gaara to me?"

The battle on the rooftop was blocked by the [Fuinjutsu: Four Flames Formation], so they didn't know much about it.