Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"Has Kankuro woken up?" Kakashi asked. They were still waiting to get information about the Akatsuki from Kankuro so they could go after them.

We can't afford to waste any more time.

"And who are you?" Chiyo asked Kakashi curiously.

While Kakashi was active in the ninja world, Chiyo had already stopped paying attention to what was happening there.

Therefore, she doesn't know Kakashi.

“My name is Kakashi Hatake. The White Fang of Konoha that you mentioned is my father!” Kakashi said to Chiyo.

"What, White Fang's son?" Upon hearing this, Chiyo immediately wanted to attack again.

If Bai Ya killed her son and daughter-in-law, then she killed Bai Ya's son, so that can be considered revenge!

That's how the feuds in the ninja world are; driven by war, generation after generation kill each other, and they will never disappear.

"Calm down, sister, they are Konoha's reinforcements now!" Ebizo whispered in Chiyo's ear just in time.

Chiyo glanced at Naruto and saw that he was staring at her. She took a few deep breaths and temporarily suppressed the hatred in her heart.

In a battle between experts, judging from the fact that Naruto's punch just sent her flying, she felt that she might not be a match for this orphan of the Fourth Hokage!

The speed with which he suddenly appeared in front of her sent a chill down her spine.

"Kankuro has been poisoned by Sasori of the Red Sand and is still unconscious," Ebizo said, stepping forward.

"Poisoned and unconscious?" Kakashi frowned slightly; this was not a good situation.

"Hinata, check on Kankuro's condition," Kakashi said to Hinata.

"Yes." Hinata nodded and walked to Kankuro's side.

Using his Byakugan, which was already activated, he observed Kankuro's body.

As Hinata activated the power of her Byakugan, no one noticed that a barely perceptible blue light flashed across her eyes.

"The toxins have penetrated deep into his internal organs. If he doesn't receive treatment soon, he only has one day left." Hinata's Byakugan was like a sophisticated instrument, directly seeing through Kankuro's internal condition.

"Can it be cured?" Kakashi asked.

"It's not a big problem," Hinata nodded and said.

Upon hearing this, Chiyo and the Sand Village medical ninja next to her exchanged bewildered glances.

The toxin that had baffled them all was, in the words of this young girl from Konoha, not a big problem?

Is the medical level of the Sand Village really that much worse than that of the Leaf Village?

"Young lady, are you really sure?" Chiyo asked.

Hinata nodded: "We just need to use precise chakra to force out his poison."

Chiyo's lips twitched. Hinata's words were absolutely correct, but the difficulty of implementing them was exceptionally high.

If anything goes wrong, it might directly damage Kankuro's internal organs.

"Then you should treat him," Chiyo decided.

After she said that, the other medical ninjas stepped aside, craning their necks and looking on with anticipation, eager to see what the expert would do.

Even if they can't learn it, they've already gained something just by observing it.

Hinata didn't hold back either. After tying her hair into a high ponytail, she brought her right index and middle fingers together, and a solid, jade-like chakra blade suddenly condensed at the tip of her finger. She precisely cut open Kankuro's clothes to reveal his chest.

Under the breathless gaze of the Sand Village medical ninjas, the Byakugan veins in her eyes bulged, her pupils opened to their full power, and her gaze pierced through her skin and flesh to reach her internal organs.

"The toxins have eroded his heart and internal organs. Now we will start to help him clear the toxins."

Amidst a buzzing sound, dozens of fine, pale blue chakra needles, as thin as cow's hair, condensed from Kankuro's fingertips and hovered on his body, their tips glowing and dimming with his breath.

"Chakra needles?!" Chiyo exclaimed in a low voice.

So many, and so fine chakra needles! This level of precise chakra manipulation even made her, a master of puppetry, feel ashamed. The Sand Village medical team collectively gasped in astonishment.

Hinata pressed her palms down lightly, and the chakra needles seemed to be drawn into Kankuro's major organs and acupoints.

The needle becomes translucent the moment it enters the body, forming a three-dimensional meridian network in the white eye's field of vision.

Her ten fingers trembled lightly as if playing a zither, and the needles vibrated at a high frequency. The dark green venom was actually drawn out in the opposite direction along the needles, turning into a thin stream that flowed onto the skin's surface.

Kankuro's bluish-purple lips lost their death aura at a visible speed.

"She actually used chakra needles to directly guide the venom to flow in the opposite direction!!!" Chiyo stared intently at Hinata's flying fingers, her withered hands unconsciously clenching.

"Cough!" Kankuro suddenly trembled violently and coughed up a mouthful of black blood!

Hinata spun her fingertips rapidly, and the last seven chakra needles were inserted into the Baihui acupoint. The needle tips lightly touched the nerve plexus in the brain, and the remaining metallic toxins were completely crushed and dissolved.

When Hinata removed the chakra needles, the beeping sound of the monitoring instrument turned into a steady long tone.

With trembling hands, the Sand Village medical team leader touched Kankuro's pulse. Seeing the color return to his face, he exclaimed excitedly, "His pulse is stable! The toxins have been completely eliminated!"

Chiyo remained silent for a few moments, then suddenly bowed deeply to Kakashi: "I have truly received the weight of Konoha's assistance."

She turned to look at Hinata, her voice filled with admiration, "This chakra needle technique is something even Tsunade herself would find difficult to surpass."

Just as Chiyo said, Hinata's move was something even Tsunade couldn't replicate.

After all, Tsunade doesn't have the Byakugan, so she can't see Kankuro's meridians and internal organs with just her naked eyes.

"Well done, Hinata!" Naruto applauded Hinata; even he couldn't pull off that move.

After all, he didn't roll his eyes.

This is a medical ninjutsu unique to Hinata!

Hearing Naruto's applause, the Sand Village medical ninjas also clapped along, cheering for the wonderful medical ninjutsu they had just witnessed.

Hinata smiled gently at Naruto after hearing his encouragement, then inserted a chakra needle into Kankuro's forehead and twisted it twice.

Kankuro, who was still unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes.

Hinata pulled out the chakra needles and flicked them away, and they disappeared instantly.

Chapter 6 Finding Gaara's Location

Kankuro suddenly opened his eyes, his vision gradually focusing after being blurry. He took a couple of quick breaths and immediately struggled to sit up: "Gaara!"

The medical ninja standing nearby quickly stepped forward to comfort him.

"Calm down, Kankuro, right?" Kakashi's voice remained calm, yet it carried a reassuring quality. "We are the Konoha reinforcements who came to rescue Gaara. We want to know who attacked Gaara? Where did they go?"

Kankuro forced himself to concentrate, fighting off the lingering discomfort in his body and the anxiety in his heart, trying hard to recall that brief but fierce battle:

"There are two Akatsuki members!" he gritted his teeth, his voice hoarse but clear. "One of them is riding on a giant white clay bird! He has blond hair, and he uses explosive ninjutsu! He's very troublesome; he's the one who attacked Gaara!"

Kakashi's eyes narrowed: "What about the other one?"

"The other one is Sasori of the Red Sand. His whole body is covered by clothes, so you can't see what he looks like!"

He looked at Kakashi, "The direction they took Gaara in should be heading towards the Land of Rivers!"

"Besides appearance and ability, are there any other clues?" Kakashi pressed, the more detailed the information, the easier it would be to track down. "Any tiny clue will do!"

Kankuro closed his eyes and thought carefully, his fingers unconsciously touching his puppet crow placed beside the hospital bed.

Suddenly, as if remembering some crucial information, he abruptly pointed at the raven puppet:

"Yes! In my crow puppet's hands!" he said urgently. "When I controlled the crow to attack Sasori of the Red Sand, although I failed, the crow's fangs still tore a small piece of fabric from his left sleeve! That piece of clothing should still be in the crow's mechanism!"

After saying that, he raised his hand, forcibly mobilized his chakra, and used chakra threads to attach to the crow's body, opening the crow's tightly clenched hand.

A dark, finely crafted piece of black cloth lay in the crow's hand.

"Excellent! This is it!" Kakashi's eyes flashed, and he quickly and carefully put away the rag. "With this, tracking them will be much easier!"

"Psychic art!"

Bang bang bang! ! !

A large cloud of smoke slowly dissipated.

Eight ninja dogs of different sizes appeared at Kakashi's feet.

"The Eight Ninja Dogs, here they come!"

"Everyone, the situation is urgent. Please track down the current location of the owner of this piece of clothing. When we get back, I will buy the best dog food as a reward." Kakashi squatted down and held the fragment of Sasori's clothing in his hand.

The eight ninja dogs twitched their noses simultaneously, memorizing the scent of the clothes, and then ran outside.

“Great, with Puck and the others helping with the tracking, we’ll soon know where Akatsuki is,” Kakashi said after putting away the pieces of clothing.

"For now, we just need to wait for them to send back information."

"Kankuro!" Chiyo and Ebizo walked up to Kankuro.

"Grandma Chiyo, Grandpa Ebizo?" Kankuro looked at them with a puzzled expression.

"I want to confirm again, is it really Scorpion who attacked you?" Chiyo asked.

Kankuro looked at the pile of broken crows, which still bore Sasori's mark.

"Yes, he claims to be Sasori of the Red Sand, and he is very familiar with my puppets, so it must be him."

Chiyo's face darkened, and a trace of sorrow flashed in her eyes.

Ebizo patted her on the shoulder.

It was only then that Kankuro realized who the reinforcements from Konoha were.

When he saw Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata, his face turned pale again. Clearly, like Temari, he was filled with fear of the three of them.

This is the kind of being that can force Shukaku back to its crouching position.

Naruto understood his expression and told him that he was no longer an enemy.

This made Kankuro relax a lot.

While Pakkun and the others were searching for Akatsuki members, Kakashi began to ask Gaara in detail about how he was captured.

Understanding the enemy's capabilities.

Deidara and Sasori have arrived at a temporary base of the Akatsuki organization in the Land of Rivers.

Payne's projector was already waiting for them.

“That’s a bit slow,” Payne said, looking at Deidara and the others.

“After all, it’s in the desert, so he can take full advantage of the terrain!” Deidara replied, dropping Gaara from the clay bird onto the ground.

"Let's begin!" Pain quickly formed hand seals and slammed them on the ground, summoning the Gedo Mazo.

The enormous golem slowly rose from the ground.

Of the nine closed eyes, five have now been opened.

It is clear that five tailed beasts have already been absorbed by the Gedo Mazo.

"Why did you wait until later to capture the One-Tailed Beast? Compared to the other Jinchuriki, he's not that strong, he should be easy to capture," Deidara asked curiously.

"The information released by the Third Hokage has exposed our purpose. We must catch those powerful nations off guard before they take us seriously," Pain said calmly.

"Compared to the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, the Land of Wind is much weaker. Even if we take forceful action, we can still snatch the One-Tailed Beast from them."

It means that the Sand Village is easy to bully!

Well, that's certainly true.

"Alright, the ritual is about to begin!" Pain jumped onto one of the golem's fingers and used the ring's function to summon Akatsuki members, instructing them to use the Illusionary Body Technique to come and help the golem absorb the One-Tailed Beast from Gaara's body.

Nine illusory chakra dragons flew out of the golem's mouth and entered Gaara's body. Gaara let out a painful scream as the power of the tailed beasts began to be rapidly absorbed by the golem.

The following day, Parker brought good news: he had found Sasori and Gaara's scent and knew their location.

Temari, with dark circles under her eyes and looking exhausted, found Naruto and the others.

At her speed, it would normally take her at least three days to get back to Sunagakure from Konoha, even if she was quick.

However, by traveling at full speed, she managed to reduce the time to two days.

They managed to return just before Naruto and the others set off.

“Our Sunagakure ninjas will go with you,” Temari said.

Behind her were several Sand Village ninjas, looking at Naruto and the others with resolute expressions.