Just rested like this for a while.

Hinata recovered some chakra, opened her Byakugan and quickly found the traces of Sasuke and his party.

They blocked the path of Gaara and the others, confronting each other from a distance, and the battle was about to break out.

"We found them, there hasn't been a fight yet! Let's go, Ah Ying, we have to speed up!"

Hinata stood up and said, but found that Sakura did not move, but suddenly showed a tangled expression that was hesitant to speak.

To describe it crudely, it’s not the struggle of not being able to defecate, but the struggle of finding that there is no paper after defecation.

"What's wrong?" Hinata asked cautiously.

He looked at Sakura from head to toe. There was a strange expression on her face but nothing could be seen. On her body, her clothes were intact and she should be uninjured. Her feet?

In the battle just now, she used a strange power technique, and her foot broke through the soil and fell into a pit. After that, Sakura kept in this position...Some very unladylike and unpleasant pictures suddenly appeared in Hinata's mind. What disgusting thing was she stepping on? Got something?

Turn on the Byakugan again.

Pfft—the girl with white eyes smiled unkindly.

"Okay, okay, the shoes are broken." It should be said that the shoes are broken.The pink-haired girl wore the supplied ninja open-toed sandals. The quality was quite reliable. However, the pink-haired girl's strange power technique was too powerful, and unlike Tsunade who habitually used chakra to protect her shoes, she ended up wearing them with one kick. The shoe fell apart.

Embarrassed, he pulled out his feet, washed away the dust between his toes, and stood on the pure water ball with his white feet.

After being reincarnated and transformed into a girl, Sakura girl found that her skin had become thinner. When Hinata looked at her bare feet, she actually blushed a little and her cheeks became hot.

She was shy but her heart was still bleeding. Genin's allowance and mission income were not high. Each person was only given one pair of ninja shoes. Buying another pair would cost a lot of money. The poor girl Haruno Sakura (compared to the wealthy Sasuke) only bought ninja tools. It’s already very tight…

[Note: If you train regularly, the consumption of ninja tools will be very high]

I usually pay more attention when there are combat missions. Sometimes I don't wear shoes at all. It is actually much more convenient to wear ultrapure water than wearing shoes.Originally, it was just because of the Chunin Exam that I dressed more formally...

The only consolation is that the strange power technique only makes it easy to burst shoes, not to the extent of easily bursting clothes - if this can be considered a consolation.

The girl sighed.He looked at his feet with a confused expression.

My left shoe is fine, but do I still need to wear it?Do shoe stores sell individual shoes?

"Of course I won't sell it!" The pink-haired girl complained to herself, what a stupid question.

He bent down and took off his left shoe neatly, and for some reason he thought of a certain beauty in "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty".

He looked at Hinata - the latter looked like he was looking at an idiot, "Let's go!"

The girls jumped onto the tree branches and disappeared deep into the woods.

Hinata, whose physical strength has not yet fully recovered, slowed down: before setting off, the battle had not started; when they arrived, the battle was over.

Sakura originally thought that the cooperation of Sasuke + Naruto + Shikamaru should be able to defeat the sand ninja trio, but unexpectedly it turned out to be a tie.

Shikamaru fainted and fell to the ground, Sasuke was exhausted, and Naruto was covered in bruises.However, the other party was not much better. Gaara fell directly to the ground, Kankuro's puppets were all destroyed, and he and his sister only had the strength to stand.Considering Naruto's amazing resilience, the Konoha team was the winner in the end.

Sakura first checked Shikamaru's injuries. He was breathing calmly and the injury was not serious. There was a light cyan paint left on the wound. It was obviously a poison unique to the Sand Ninja. He was poisoned and fell into a coma.

No matter how high your IQ is, you cannot be perfect.

There were two pieces of information that Shikamaru didn't know, one was Kankuro's poison, and the other was Gaara was a Jinchuuriki.I'm afraid he thought that it didn't matter if he was injured and couldn't fight, as long as he could command. Unexpectedly, Kankuro used poison, and a small wound would turn into a serious injury that caused coma.Even so, if Gaara hadn't been a Jinchuuriki, his plan should have been successful. In the end, it was Gaara who used the art of false sleep to create a lose-lose situation for both parties.

Of course, with the arrival of Sakura and the two, the situation immediately changed from a draw to Konoha's overwhelming advantage.

"Thank you for your hard work, let me take over from now on!"

Sakura looked around, nodding to Naruto and Sasuke first, and then turned her attention to the Sand Ninja trio.

Kankuro and Temari nervously guarded Gaara, their brows furrowed, and the protruding veins on their hands revealed their inner nervousness.The two of them clearly realized that at this moment their fate was no longer under their control.Only Gaara, who was lying on the ground, was seriously injured, but his expression was unusually calm. The darkness of the past buried deep in his eyes

The murderous intent of the haze seemed to be disappearing little by little.

Naruto's Mouth Release activated again?Sakura thought to herself.

In fact, she didn't know that this was Naruto's last convincing escape in the entire Naruto story. Similar encounters made Gaara naturally agree with Naruto's words and beliefs, making him susceptible to Naruto's infection, while Sakura didn't In Shippuden, I have seen that Naruto's Mouth Release is almost like forced brainwashing. To put it bluntly, it's like Kishimoto force-feeding him shit.She complained about Naruto's quick mouth every day, but she didn't know that this was already settled.

Are you going to kill them?

In the original book, Gaara can leave because neither side can continue the fight. Everyone has exhausted their strength. There is no reason to kill the other side, so there is no need to test the opponent's trump card with his life to see if he will die together.Besides, they are still a group of middle school teenagers, so it is normal for them not to think carefully before making a decision.

But now, Konoha can easily kill the sand ninjas.

Sakura knew Hinata's character well, and killing her was definitely a last resort option.She might suggest taking the three men captive and taking them back to the village, or even letting them go.

But Shikamaru was seriously injured and needed help, and the battle in the village was still going on.So even if you let them go, it would be more rational than bringing them back to Konoha. Taking three prisoners is not as simple as taking three wounded.

Naruto and Sasuke didn't see a lot of blood, and they both tended to do things less bloody and brutal.

However, if Sakura feels the need to kill them, the remaining three are unlikely to object, after all, the sand ninjas are enemies.To be a ninja, you must have the consciousness of a ninja. It is difficult for Silly Baitian to get along in the world of Naruto.

Therefore, the life and death of Gaara and the three of them are actually controlled by Sakura's thoughts.

As the leader of this temporary team, Sakura also shouldered the responsibility of making a decision without hesitation.

Think about the big strategic aspect.Killing the jinchuriki means that the sand ninja has lost its tailed beast. The Kazekage has just died and lost its tailed beast. The power balance valve between the big villages is gone. The sand ninja will have a very difficult life in the future. Being invaded will be a disaster. If the probability is above, it is possible to destroy the country and destroy the village.In this case, Konoha would not only lose an obedient younger brother, but what would be even worse would be to defeat the Sand Ninja and defeat them both to death, and then others would take away the fruits of victory.This situation is a bit like Britain and France during World War II. From this perspective, excessively weakening allies is not a good thing, and may even drag down oneself.

Moreover, Gaara will become a new generation of pro-Konoha Kazekage in the future, so it would be a waste to kill him on the spot now.

Consider it personally.It doesn't matter to Sakura herself, she is very confident that she will be the thigh in the future, and there is no need or interest in hugging other people's thighs.Of course, for her and her friends, having a strong person as a friend is not a bad thing.

The last reason is to maintain the original plot and retain the "prophet" advantage.However, with the butterfly effect, her damage to the "plot" became more and more severe. Tsunade returned to the village early, the Chuunin exams changed drastically, and the so-called prophetic advantage became weaker and weaker, not to mention that she couldn't even tell anything about Hayate. Not sure, there is no prophetic advantage in the first place.And as far as she is concerned, her strength has grown to this level, and it is really too "low" to rely on the prophet's advantage.

So, has it been decided?Sakura knew that what she had considered in such a short period of time was definitely not comprehensive, and she might even have thought completely wrong, but——

She has the qualifications and capital to be willful, right?

Just like the first generation who willfully distributed the tailed beasts to various villages - regardless of whether this decision was extremely stupid or extremely wise, because he was confident that all the tailed beasts combined could not defeat him.Sakura believed that if she was proven wrong in the future, she would have the ability to correct the mistake herself.

Sakura took a deep breath——

"Let them go...Sakura." Naruto said suddenly. Although his body was covered with injuries and his face was exhausted, his expression was more determined than anyone else.

The people present, Kankuro and Temari who were uneasy, Gaara who accepted the outcome calmly, Sasuke who was squatting on the ground and watching the sand ninjas warily, Hinata who was taking care of Shikamaru, and Sakura who was deep in thought, were all stunned for a moment. , turned to look at Naruto.

"Gaara... is suffering from being alone, not needed, not recognized... just like me before, so... I understand this feeling, but he will change, I believe in him... Let them go..."

Naruto's words were weak yet powerful.

Sakura was silent.

The opinions of teammates are of course very important.Not to mention that Naruto's decision was consistent with Sakura's.

So belatedly, she finally spoke: "Naruto...since you believe in him, then I also believe in you..."

Sakura turned around and helped Naruto up.

"You go."

Said without looking back.

[When writing a book now, I am checking information while writing, so there will be some bugs from time to time. If you have any questions, please leave a message]

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