At that moment, Kurama, who had been lurking inside Naruto all along, suddenly spoke up, ["Hmph! Forget coming back from the Land of Wind. Even from the Land of Snow, he could still come back."]
Hearing Kurama say that, Naruto's curiosity instantly flared up, and he quickly asked, "Kurama, how do you know all this?"
Kurama only let out a dismissive snort, then stopped talking and lazily lay back down without moving.
In fact, as an excellent sensory ninja, Karin had already noticed a long time ago that Minato also carried powerful Nine Tails chakra inside him.
Because of that, as long as Minato had the Nine Tails' power supporting him, any problem related to chakra would become easy to solve.
So when Naruto raised his question, Karin actually knew the answer very clearly. But she deliberately kept a little mystery and replied with a grin, "Hmm… I think it should be possible. Anyway, they should be back very soon. When they return, you can just ask Teacher Minato yourselves and you'll know everything."
After saying that, Karin blinked playfully and easily brushed the topic aside.
"Gaara will probably be really happy when he hears about this," Naruto muttered softly, his voice filled with concern.
Ever since the last war ended, Gaara seemed to have been deeply shaken. He had become somewhat extreme.
Now Gaara spent his days running around on all kinds of dangerous missions. When he was not on missions, he threw himself into the training grounds, forgetting to eat and sleep as he pushed his body and ninjutsu to the limit.
There was only one thought in his heart, to take revenge on the people of Sunagakure who had hurt him.
Because of that, every mission he accepted was deliberately aimed at Sunagakure.
If not for Haku and Kimimaro staying by his side from time to time and patiently talking him through things, Gaara might have already lost himself to his obsession.
Thinking about this, Naruto's brows slowly furrowed, worry rising in his heart.
"Maybe once Master comes back, everything will get better…"
Sasuke sighed softly from the side.
After hearing what Sasuke said, Karin turned her head and looked at the clone of Rengoku lying on the bed.
Her eyes were filled with deep longing.
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[Uchiha Training Ground]
A red haired boy with the character for love carved on his forehead was fighting a young man whose body was covered in white bones.
They were Gaara and Kimimaro.
Kimimaro tightly gripped an extremely sharp bone sword. His figure was swift like a ghost, moving rapidly through the overwhelming yellow sand controlled by Gaara.
Gaara did not back down. While moving his body at an astonishing speed, the huge gourd on his back suddenly burst open. The massive amount of sand that had been surging inside instantly transformed into countless thin sand threads, like a dense rain of arrows, stabbing straight toward Kimimaro.
Facing such a fierce attack, Kimimaro remained calm. He quickly pulled out another equally hard and sharp bone sword from his body, changing from holding one sword in one hand to gripping a sword in each hand.
Right after that, his body began to spin at high speed, stirring up a violent whirlwind that shattered all the incoming sand threads.
Gaara suddenly clapped his hands together. The sand that had just scattered seemed to be pulled by some mysterious force, rapidly gathering again and forming a huge sphere of sand that tightly wrapped around Kimimaro.
Kimimaro let out a low shout, "Sage Mode, activate!"
Black vein like markings spread across his body like a spider web. A powerful surge of chakra burst out from within him, rising with overwhelming force.
In the next moment, with a loud explosion, Kimimaro forcibly blasted his way out of the tightly packed sand sphere.
His figure was as fast as lightning, like a fleeting phantom, charging straight toward Gaara.
Gaara failed to dodge in time, and a shocking hole was instantly punched through his throat.
However, that injured Gaara suddenly turned into a pile of fine sand, scattering onto the ground.
It had only been a substitute.
The real Gaara burst out directly from the ground nearby.
"That's enough. We'll stop here."
A gentle voice came from outside the field.
In an instant, both Kimimaro and Gaara, who had been fighting fiercely, stopped their movements.
By now, Gaara was already breathing heavily, but Kimimaro still had strength left.
Haku stood outside the field, smiling at the two of them, as if not surprised by the result at all.
Once Kimimaro entered Sage Mode, his speed, strength, and chakra were greatly enhanced, to the point that Gaara simply could not keep up with his rhythm.
Whether it was physical movement or attack speed, Kimimaro was like a ghost, impossible to grasp.
Not only that, even Gaara's famous sand had lost its effectiveness.
No matter how fast the sand flowed or gathered, it could never reach Kimimaro's lightning fast figure.
If Kimimaro had truly intended to kill, Gaara probably would not have lasted even five seconds.
Facing such abnormal speed and power, even the strongest defense would seem fragile.
However, Kimimaro could not maintain Sage Mode for long.
In his daily life, he had to spend a large amount of time absorbing natural energy and converting it into senjutsu chakra, using it to offset the negative effects brought by his bloodline reverting to its origin.
If he forced himself to remain in Sage Mode for too long, he could very well lose his life.
So this intense battle came to an end here.
Even though no clear winner was declared, both sides already understood the gap between their strengths.
Gaara stood quietly in place, his expression unusually serious. His eyes were fixed on Kimimaro's departing back as he replayed the thrilling fight in his mind.
No matter how skilled he was at controlling sand, no matter how fast he moved, in front of a high speed taijutsu ninja like Kimimaro, it all became meaningless.
What was even more terrifying was that Kimimaro's extremely hard bones seemed born to counter Gaara's sand.
Those sharp bone spikes could easily pierce through layers of sand defense and directly threaten Gaara himself.
Without exaggeration, Kimimaro was practically Gaara's natural nemesis.
Haku slowly walked up to Gaara, tilting his head slightly. His eyes carefully and curiously looked Gaara up and down as he said softly, "Are you racking your brain again, thinking about how to defeat Kimimaro?"
Hearing this, Gaara snapped back to his senses. Looking a little embarrassed, he nodded slightly.
"Yeah. Kimimaro is too strong. I can't break through his defense, and I can't catch up to his speed."
The corners of Haku's lips curved upward, revealing a warm smile as he comforted him, "Actually, you don't need to treat Kimimaro as your imaginary enemy."
"There aren't any ninjas like him in Sunagakure. So you really don't need to put so much pressure on yourself."
After hearing Haku's words, Gaara fell into deep thought.
After thinking it over carefully, he felt that Haku made sense, so he gave a small nod in agreement.
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