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Chapter 574 Being Soft-Hearted is the Original Sin

Outside the Earth Immortal Palace, Temari and Kankuro stood idly at the entrance, surrounded by a group of deformed people from the Nebula Medical Team.

"Ugh, this is so boring!" Kankuro kicked at a pebble at his feet and said to his sister beside him, "Why do we have to stay with Jugo? When will he finish his training?"

"It should be soon," Temari said, leaning on her three-star fan.

However, at that moment, a familiar figure descended from the sky and landed in front of them, with that red hair, that familiar dark eye sockets, and that big gourd on his back.

Both of them were moved to tears.

"Gaara!"

"younger brother!"

But they immediately became alert, as Gaara's appearance indicated that Naruto and Sasuke were likely nearby.

Temari still wanted to try, so she pulled her younger brother over and reached out her hand, saying, "Gaara, come back. The world is much happier now than it was before. The ninja world will eventually become history; don't let it fall into depravity with them."

Gaara stood expressionless in the distance, sand pouring down his body: "I always thought you were captured by the enemy and suffering. I never imagined you'd been turned and brainwashed. Have you forgotten that you were once ninjas too?"

Temari and Kankuro were shocked. They couldn't understand what nonsense Gaara was spouting!

"You're the one who's been poisoned the most. I'm no longer the coward I used to be; watch me wake you up!"

Seeing that no one else appeared around, Temari no longer hesitated and opened the Three Star Fan to its full extent. As the Summoning Jutsu was activated, a huge bright red mantis appeared on the fan.

"Natural Immortal Art - Great Scythe Technique!"

The mantis and the human's wind blade duet blended together, drawing upon a wisp of natural wind, splitting into dozens of powerful wind blades that attacked.

Kankuro on the other side was not to be outdone. He took out a mechanical core, and as chakra was injected into it, flesh and blood grew wildly on it.

Eventually, he merged with him and became a giant.

"Puppet Technique - Regeneration and Reception!"

He didn't have the guts to transform himself into the core of the puppet, but he could make the core grow flesh and blood to envelop him and control the puppet from the inside.

"It seems you've become neither human nor ghost. I'm going to take you back."

Desert burial!

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On the other side, Sasuke and Naruto fell into a forest, but Gaara, who was with them, disappeared.

It's possible that Naruto loosened his grip halfway through, and Tenten's teleportation was disrupted, causing a mistake and her falling behind.

"Naruto, I saw it. You did it." Sasuke turned his head, asking this question for the first time, trying to read something from Naruto's face.

Naruto remained as serious as ever, but his expression was unusually earnest: "I can't let him into our world; he's dangerous."

Upon hearing the explanation, Sasuke was completely stunned.

Although he could understand, and even considered taking action just now, he didn't expect Naruto to be so decisive.

Just then, Naruto tugged at his hand and said, "Tenten and the others are nearby. Let's find them quickly, and then find Gaara so we can go back together."

Sasuke's remaining words caught in his throat, and in the end, he could only nod and say, "Okay!"

Soon after, Tenten appeared in front of Naruto and Sasuke.

Seeing that the two were unharmed, she patted her chest and said, "Thank goodness, I'm glad you're both alright. Sorry, it was my mistake this time. Where's Gaara?"

"The teleportation broke down halfway, but I can sense that he's not far away." Naruto sensed the distance, sandstorms rose, and he pointed to the area near the door, laughing, "I can sense him, he's over there."

Tian Tian continued to teleport them, saying, "Next time I will definitely master the Flying Thunder God Technique, and then I will give each of you a kunai."

"That's wonderful." Naruto smiled. "My father's Flying Thunder God kunai is called the Sword of Benevolence, so from now on your kunai can be called the Sword of Luck. I hope we will always be blessed with good fortune."

A moment later, the three appeared together at the entrance of the Earth Immortal Palace, with Gaara standing on a pile of sand dunes, arms crossed.

Beneath his feet were piles of sand dunes forming pyramids, and leaning against the very edge were two unconscious figures—Temari and Kankuro.

That's right, they failed again!

In fact, their strength was comparable to Gaara's, but at the crucial moment, they hesitated, while Gaara did not, which is why they lost.

Kankuro's mechanical core was shattered and sealed, causing his strength to plummet from Kage level to below that of an ordinary Jonin.

Temari hesitated to use her ultimate move because she was afraid to go all out. Gaara found an opening and took the damage with his body, forcing her to stop. This gave someone an opportunity to take down her Summoning Mantis.

Without the Red Mantis, Temari's Wind Release technique dropped from Natural Sage Art to ordinary Wind Release, and she was easily defeated and sealed by Gaara.

"These are..."

"My brother and sister have been brainwashed by Aburame Shisei and Orochimaru. So I need your help, Sasuke. I need to use your genjutsu to help them regain their sense of self and their understanding of the world."

Gaara made his first insistent request, solemnly uttering those three words: "Please!"

Sasuke couldn't refuse, and Naruto nodded in agreement, letting him take the two of them along.

However, at that moment, Naruto sensed a strong sense of malice and a bad premonition, and immediately said to Tenten, "Teleport!"

Tian Tian received orders and quickly left with a few people, appearing in another forest the next second.

At this moment, Hyuga Neji and Sai stood back to back, fighting against a group of terracotta warrior soldiers, and lying next to them was none other than the unconscious Jugo.

The group landed and quickly smashed all the remaining terracotta figures, which Gaara then sealed and reinforced.

"Where is that person? Why didn't they come back with you?" Hyuga Neji asked, looking up.

Naruto said, "He's not trustworthy. Mission accomplished, it's time to go back."

After a few minutes of rest and taking some military ration pills, Tian Tian regained her spirits and led the group away via teleportation.

On the other side of the Earth Immortal Palace, the High Priestess of the Witch floated above the head of Hiruko.

Beiluhu was completely entangled in spider silk and unable to move.

"I surrender!" Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately gave up resistance.

"Too late!" The high priest brought down his staff, stepping on his shadow and severing his soul. He casually tossed the corpse to the earth spider. "Eat more. Maybe you can take a beating once you're stronger."

After saying that, he took the remaining wisp of soul and turned to leave the Earth Immortal Palace.

The earth spider stared at the food in front of it with a look of disgust, but in the end it still swallowed it.

Sigh! I'll just have to eat whatever I can.

Damn it, why did they target me?