It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Naruto glanced at the silent Temari and said deliberately: "You seem to be afraid of him? That guy's expression is really scary. Is he a guy with a very bad personality? If so, then it's really hard for you to be his partner."

Faced with Naruto's comfort, which was well-intentioned but unaware of the other person's inner details and difficulties.

Temari came back to her senses and immediately retorted: "Gaara is not what you think he is. Gaara is just not good at socializing... He lives a very lonely life..."

At the end, there was a barely perceptible hint of self-blame in Temari's tone.

Naruto looked deeply at Temari.

No wonder Gaara was stuck in the quagmire of loneliness and pain during the Chunin Exam in the original work.

Temari can restrain Gaara's behavior to a certain extent.

Gentle, resolute, and value family affection——

——This is Naruto’s definition of Temari as a person after talking to her for a while.

It is human nature to be afraid of the gloomy and fierce Gaara.

It's the same for anyone.

But Temari's fear was just pure fear, and she never showed any malice towards Gaara.

As the eldest sister, she is thoughtful and has never regarded Gaara as a monster.

Unlike Kankuro who resented Gaara for killing his mother.

All three siblings lost their mother, but Temari never had the selfish thought that it was Gaara, the youngest brother, who killed their mother.

She understood the pain of losing her mother, so she could better understand Gaara's loneliness.

If Naruto in the original work was redeemed by Iruka.

Then Temari, who never gave up on Gaara and loved her youngest brother with true affection on behalf of their mother.

She is Gaara's salvation.

In the original work, Naruto's role was just to help Gaara see Temari's love for him from the perspective of an empathizer who was also a tailed beast Jinchuriki.

It made Gaara realize that he was not truly alone, and that as a Jinchūriki he was also qualified to be loved.

"Lonely... Then I will become his friend."

Faced with Naruto's sudden decision, Temari stared at Naruto, looking at the boy in front of her who had a silly smile.

"Don't you believe it?"

Noticing Temari's gaze, Naruto stretched out his right hand, curled his five fingers together, and faced Temari with his fist: "Then let's make a promise. My ninja way is 'keep your word'."

"Why would you do such a thing? This is just the first time we've met."

Temari was curious as to Naruto's reasons for making such a choice.

He was puzzled because Temari had initiated the conversation, so he pretended to be innocent and tested her.

Of course Naruto would not tell Temari the truth. After all, his ninja way does not include "speaking frankly".

"Konoha and Sunagakure are allies. Isn't it natural for us to help each other?" Naruto still had that innocent smile on his face. "And I will definitely become a Hokage in the future!"

In response to Naruto's answer, Temari closed her eyelids slightly and her mood became visibly depressed.

Sure enough.

Looking at Temari's attitude towards his answer.

Naruto finally figured out why Temari had approached him.

At the age of 15, Temari's thinking is indeed more mature than the still young Twelve Warriors of Konoha.

But Temari is still considered a girl, and her vision is still limited by her immature vision.

The purity of thought has not been erased.

Or we will imagine complex things in a simple way.

Kankuro, Gaara, and Temari.

Among this pair of siblings, only Temari disagrees with her "father"'s plan to destroy Konoha.

Deep down in her heart, she still had a subconscious tendency to regard Konoha as an ally.

And the fact was just as Naruto guessed.

Temari quickly adjusted herself and looked at the clenched hand that Naruto had stretched out in front of her.

In Temari's opinion, the current stable alliance between Konoha and Sunagakure is crucial to the current Wind Kingdom.

The Wind Kingdom, which was severely damaged in the war, has a geographical environment that is weaker than the other four countries.

Therefore, a more stable environment is needed to allow time to heal the pain caused by war.

But Temari is also a qualified ninja.

Even though Temari's kind nature would drive her to persuade Naruto to stay away from Gaara.

When faced with orders that she cannot agree with, Temari will follow her identity as a ninja and accept missions for the sake of her village and country.

I don't mind having blood on my hands, but I won't kill innocent people.

"What's your name?"

Temari asked Naruto's name.

"Uzumaki Naruto."

"Uzumaki Naruto, you won't survive long in the ninja world with your personality."

Temari criticized Naruto's well-intentioned remarks as worthless.

But she still stretched out her hand, clenched her five fingers, and faced Naruto with her fist.

The two men's fists collided, completing the "agreement".

"But thank you anyway."

Taking her hand back, Temari smiled at Naruto, "This is the first time I've heard someone want to be friends with Gaara."

Temari put aside her rationality for the time being and showed her sensibility to Naruto.

As Gaara's sister, Naruto's words just now did make her happy.

Naruto smiled back at Temari.

It's really...pure.

Naruto glanced at Temari's retracted hand without leaving a trace.

Sometimes communicating with people with a personality like that of the original Naruto can unexpectedly have miraculous effects.

I don't know if it's because of the influence of Ashura Chakra.

After all, they are the two sons of the Six Paths Sage.

Indra represents the awesome power that makes everything possible;

Asura, on the other hand, possesses a strong cohesive force based on the worldly "love" that can gain recognition from others.

However, when Naruto said things like becoming friends with Gaara, he wasn't really trying to win Temari's favor.

This matter itself was a sudden idea of ​​Naruto after Temari took the initiative to talk to him.

Naruto just guessed Temari's personality based on his memories from his previous life.

And just take advantage of the situation.

Gaara is now immersed in darkness and is a complete bloodthirsty madman.

But Gaara also values ​​the remaining family ties between him and Temari, Kankuro, and they are his only friends - although Gaara now may not necessarily understand why the two are so important to him.

Next, if Naruto is unlucky, he will confront Gaara.

Naruto can suppress Gaara's actions to a certain extent by controlling Temari.

The backup plan that Naruto had previously arranged for Kabuto Yakushi was a deliberate act on his part.

Temari came up to him on her own initiative, and the backup plan that Naruto set up for Temari was completely a coincidence.

There is no conflict of interest between Naruto and Gaara.

But Gaara is the One-Tail's Jinchūriki after all.

Naruto needs to consider whether Gaara's unscrupulous behavior in the Chunin Exam will affect Naruto's plan to defect from Konoha.

Since Temari took the initiative to contact Naruto, Naruto didn't mind engraving the Flying Thunder God Mark on Temari to deal with any unexpected situations that might happen next.

Having prepared for the "next", Naruto focused his energy on the "now".

His conversation with Temari didn't take too long.

But it was enough to pass the five minutes of drawing seat numbers without anyone noticing.

The Chunin examiners were already sitting side by side against the wall of the examination room, having finished their preparations for invigilation.

"keep quiet!"

Only the examiner, Morino Ibiki, was left standing on the podium.

The entire examination room was included in his eyes.

All candidates sat in their seats for the exam according to their seat numbers.

The ninja teams, which were originally composed of three people, were randomly assigned to different seats, surrounded by unfamiliar strangers.

Ibiki Morino took out a piece of white chalk and wrote on the blackboard.

"Then I will begin explaining the rules of the first exam!"