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Sand Ninja Village.

In a high-rise dedicated conference room.

Several elders were having a heated debate on whether Gaara was suitable to be the Kazekage.

"There is no precedent in the history of our sand ninja for a jinchūriki to serve as the 'Kazekage'," a young consultant said with a frown, "I'm afraid it would be bad to rashly set a precedent for the ninja world. There are lessons learned from the mist ninja -"

"Yura, as a young man, you are too stuck in the past. Besides, the Kiri ninja have always been mysterious, and the information may not be trustworthy." Ebizo interrupted him dissatisfied and looked around for a week, "Elders and advisors, after these few days After days of discussion, I think we should at least reach a consensus, that is..."

He paused, his old and strong eyes swept across the people sitting in the conference room, and said slowly: "... Gaara is indeed the best candidate to be the next Kazekage in Suna Ninja Village."

Several elders who opposed Gaara raised their eyebrows, but they couldn't say anything in opposition.

They had been discussing and even arguing about the next Kazekage for several days.

There has been little progress on the issue.

Except that everyone has reached a consensus that anyone other than Gaara is even less suitable to be the Kazekage, other content has just been seen repeatedly in the past few days.

No one can convince anyone.

Of course, one cannot be too cautious about an issue like this that concerns the future and destiny of Sand Ninja Village.

The reasons for the opposition are very good: after all, Gaara's previous performance was quite scary. He was too murderous, violent and extremely unstable in his thoughts, just like a sociopath.Considering that he is a one-tail jinchūriki, his unstable mental state makes people extremely worried that Gaara will lose control and release "Shukaku", causing endless trouble!

If such a person became the Kazekage, it would be unpredictable whether it would be a blessing or a curse for the Sand Ninja Village.

Several senior officials who supported Gaara valued the changes that had occurred after Gaara returned from Konoha: he seemed to have become more "human" and began to pay attention to his companions.

Especially Ebizo and Chiyo, who just came out recently. They only heard about Gaara's cruelty and bloodshed in the past. The Gaara they have seen with their own eyes recently is a gentle and calm young man, with no trace of the violence in the past. , naturally I don’t think there is anything wrong with Gaara.

On the other hand, the identity of the Jinchuuriki ensures that Gaara's strength can reach the level of Kage. However, Suna Ninja Village can't even find a few people with this level at the moment, and even Maki is just a little bit behind. Therefore, Gaara's identity is actually an advantage!

No one can convince anyone.

Since the number of opponents and supporters is similar, it is impossible to vote on this issue through a majority resolution.

The senior officials, both for and against Gaara, were beginning to get tired of the endless arguments.

For a moment, everyone stopped talking and thought about something in silence.

"Everyone, I think if we continue our discussion, even if we argue for another month, there won't be any progress. Ebizo and I didn't come out here just to quarrel. In this case, I have a compromise proposal." Chiyo suddenly said, Breaking the silence, he said calmly.

"We might as well postpone the selection of Kazekage for another year. Isn't Gaara applying to join the regular army? It just happens to be there to examine him for a period of time and to give other newcomers time to grow. After one year, we will discuss Kazekage again. Choose!"

"Delay for another year?" a voice questioned.

Chiyo nodded and explained: "Yes, in the next year, the main task of the village is to hide its strength, bide its time, cultivate and cultivate new forces, so even if there is no Kazekage this year, the operation of the village will not be too big a problem. This is better than us hastily selecting an unsuitable Kazekage!"

The questioning elder hesitated, thought for a moment, and then said: "One year... or not, the village can still wait for another year!"

Everyone was whispering to each other, biting their ears and chatting for a while.Soon, this compromise idea was approved by the majority of people: "Agree."/"Agree."/"Agree!"/.../"I agree!"

Once consensus was reached, minutiae issues were quickly acknowledged.

Then Gaara was summoned directly, and Maki personally handed the appointment letter to the regular army into the hands of the dark-eyed boy.

"Gaara, your application has been approved. From today on, you are a member of the regular sand ninja army!" Maki looked at his students and said in his usual hard and cold voice.

"Thank you, teacher." Gaara bowed slightly to Maki, stretched out his hand and calmly took the scroll and certificate.

"Do a good job in the regular army." Maki patted Gaara hard on the shoulder. He was not good at words.

Ci, not good at expressing emotions, just looked at Gaara deeply, encouraged him sincerely, and said, "Okay, you can go."

Gaara nodded to the senior officials present and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, Gaara!" Chiyo suddenly spoke out, stretched out a hand like a dead branch, and called out to Gaara, "Can you tell me why you want to join the regular army..."

She just noticed that many people in the conference room were very dissatisfied with this resignation; several senior officials responsible for commanding the regular troops happened to be the opposition members who hated Gaara.

In their eyes, Gaara is probably just a terrifying weapon that can easily get out of control, right?

Chiyo frowned tightly.I originally thought that Gaara went to the regular army just to hone himself and improve his reputation. However, if his boss is biased against him and everyone else in the army is afraid of him...

That might not be training, but torture.

So Chiyo wants to know why Gaara still chooses to join the army despite knowing that his superiors are biased against him.

"...When everyone is prejudiced or afraid of you?"

Upon hearing Chiyo's question, Gaara's footsteps suddenly stopped.

"A year ago, my connection with the village and everyone was only hatred and fear... I used to think this was a good thing." He stopped at the door of the conference room, tilted his head slightly, and said calmly, "But now After the Fire Nation, some people changed my mind... Now I hope to be recognized and bound by my companions, so that I can no longer live alone."

He turned around, with burning emotions hidden in the depths of his unwavering eyes.

"I know that changing everyone's view of me is a long-term and painful thing. However, if nothing is done, the lonely road of life will be longer and more painful for me..."

After all, people cannot live alone.

Gaara has tasted too much the pain of loneliness, and it is a feeling that is more unbearable than all other pains.

"Join the regular army, gain everyone's recognition, and establish a bond with the village. This is what I am thinking now..."

Several people here were somewhat surprised, even a little touched... Gaara would actually say such words, which was somewhat different from the murderous maniac they had in mind.

The once violent Jinchuuriki had lost the violence in his eyes, and now he has become much calmer and more "human".

The gourd he was carrying on his back was once soaked in blood and had the smell of blood that penetrated deep into the bone marrow. Now everything seemed to have faded away.

When the pair of faces that were always distorted to the point of ferocity calmed down, the bloodshot eyes returned to clarity, and the texture of the chakra became as soft as fine sand, as if carrying the fragrance of earth, then someone realized that standing in this meeting room Gaara in the room turned out to be such a clean young man after losing that layer of violence.

Then someone finally discovered what Gaara, who had been thinking deeply about his own destiny in the past six months, had figured out.

"Gaara, you..." Someone suddenly asked, "Do you want to be the Kazekage?"

Gaara was silent for a moment.

"Yes. Becoming the Kazekage is my goal." He nodded.

His expression was always calm, without excitement or joy, but when he said these words, he was a little more solemn.

"Really..." The person who asked the question fell silent, lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

"You can go down now, Gaara."

The conference room door closed with a bang.

Gaara's figure gradually faded away, leaving behind the elders who were lost in thought.

The long-standing stereotype of Gaara wouldn't suddenly change just because of one meeting, however.

The seeds of change will remain in their hearts.When more and more positive examples about Gaara come to their ears instead of the negative bloody violence, the seeds will take root, sprout and thrive under the sunshine.

for a long time.

Only then did someone say: "Then, let's discuss the next topic..."

As he was speaking, he was suddenly interrupted.

"Urgent news from Konoha!" The door was suddenly pushed open, and a rash ninja broke in.

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