naruto-story #213 - Chapter 213 New Sand Village
#213 - Chapter 213 New Sand Village
Wind Country, Hidden Sand Village.
Looking down from the sky.
The Hidden Sand Village, originally located in a huge canyon surrounded by mountains and desert,
Now stands alone on a vast plain.
If it weren't for the two cliffs, only a dozen meters thick, on either side of the Hidden Sand Village, one couldn't tell what the terrain around the Hidden Sand Village used to look like.
It has to be said that the destructive power of that Tailed Beast Ball was too strong.
Even though Rasa absorbed most of the chakra through [Karma], the powerful destructive force generated by the explosion still completely changed the terrain around the Hidden Sand Village.
Of course, if the distance is pulled far enough, looking from a higher sky, the Hidden Sand Village is still in a canyon.
It's just that the area of this canyon has already expanded to thirty times the size of the original Hidden Sand Village.
And in this attack, although the main body of the Hidden Sand Village was not greatly damaged under Rasa's protection, it still suffered heavy losses.
Even the Kazekage Building, which represents the center of the Hidden Sand Village, is now scarred.
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On the roof of the Kazekage Building.
At this time, Rasa stood here overlooking the Hidden Sand Village. To his left and right, Chiyo, Ebizo, Pakura, Mikawa, Maki, Shingu and others stood behind him with angry faces.
Looking around, many of the buildings in the entire Hidden Sand Village had collapsed under the powerful impact, and even those that had not collapsed had cracks in them.
"Damn it, if we had arrived earlier, the village wouldn't have! ?"
Pakura clenched her fists tightly, her face full of regret.
Rasa shook his head.
"No... it's not your fault. In that situation, even if you were there, the losses would still have been inevitable."
Speaking of this, Rasa looked at Shingu and asked.
"Have the casualty statistics been compiled?"
Shingu nodded with a sad expression.
"In the destruction caused by the Tailed Beast this time, the number of deaths is 324, the number of seriously injured is 623, and the number of slightly injured is 2656. All the medical ninjas in the village have been mobilized to treat these injured people, even Lady Karura and Hanataba have gone."
"Well, we must spare no effort to fully treat them!"
"Yes!"
"What about the building damage?"
"As for the buildings, we haven't compiled the statistics yet, but, roughly estimated, one-fifth of the buildings have been damaged to varying degrees, of which one-third are no longer habitable. We have arranged tents for them. Fortunately, in the last operation to attack Konoha, our village accumulated a lot of supplies, so life is not affected much."
"Thank you for your hard work!"
Even Rasa couldn't perfectly block such a powerful destructive move.
"Why did the Four-Tails and Five-Tails run out? Has the Anbu investigated?"
As soon as Rasa said this, Maki's expression became ugly.
"Ap... I'm sorry, Kazekage-sama, the specific reason is already difficult to ascertain, but according to the news from the Anbu members responsible for guarding that side, it may be related to an Anbu member named Kuroishi..."
Speaking of this, Maki glanced at Chiyo next to him, thought for a while, and still said.
"Kuroishi used to be the Third Kazekage-sama's guard. According to investigations of people related to him, we heard that a few days ago, he has been investigating the cause of death of the Third Kazekage-sama..."
Maki didn't dare to continue speaking here, and didn't even dare to look up.
The atmosphere on the roof suddenly became quiet.
After a long time, Rasa's voice continued to sound.
"It is impossible for Kuroishi alone to control the Tailed Beasts. However, your Anbu still has to continue to investigate this matter. Don't let this kind of thing happen again in the future!"
"Yes!"
Maki finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After speaking, Rasa slowly walked forward a few steps and came to the edge of the roof.
After looking around, he slowly said in a relaxed tone.
"Although this Tailed Beast turmoil has caused heavy losses to our Hidden Sand Village, it has not hurt our foundation, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune."
Looking at Rasa, who was making the best of a bad situation, Chiyo, who understood that all of this was actually related to her grandson, also said with a guilty heart.
"This is all thanks to you, Kazekage-sama. If it weren't for you, Kazekage-sama, I'm afraid our Hidden Sand Village would have really been doomed this time."
Everyone nodded.
Rasa didn't continue on this question, but looked at the endless plain in front of him and said.
"This Tailed Beast turmoil has also brought a benefit, that is, the area of the canyon where our Hidden Sand Village is located has expanded thirty times. In the future, we won't have to worry about the problem of insufficient land. It's just a pity that those plants that have grown with great difficulty, Shingu!"
Hearing Rasa's words, Shingu immediately tensed up.
"From today onwards, the buildings in the Hidden Sand Village should not be so dense or so high. Anyway, there is enough land now."
"Yes!"
Rasa said, pointing to the rear of the Hidden Sand Village.
Although the explosion did expand the area of the canyon where the Hidden Sand Village is located by thirty times, one-third of it is actually uninhabitable.
That one-third is where the Five-Tails' huge Tailed Beast Ball exploded.
That area was blown out into a huge sinkhole with a depth of two to three hundred meters and a diameter of more than ten kilometers.
"I plan to turn that place into a huge lake!"
"Lake! ?"
Rasa's somewhat jumpy topic made everyone present stunned.
"That's right, haven't I been thinking about how to change the harsh environment and transportation problems of our Hidden Sand Village? Before this, I always thought about building trains that can move on their own in the desert, but after seeing this sinkhole, I had another idea. I can directly build a river with magic, and lead the seawater from the edge of the Land of Wind into this sinkhole to form a lake. In this way, our Hidden Sand Village will not only solve the problem of water, change the environment of our Hidden Sand Village, but also have a waterway connecting to the outside."
At this moment, everyone around Rasa was shocked.
They never imagined that in this situation, Rasa, as the Kazekage, could still consider the village in this way.
Pakura's eyes flickered, she opened her mouth, and slowly said to Rasa.
"It is our luck and the village's luck that you can become the Kazekage! ! !"
Rasa was stunned, and then looked at Pakura's eyes, and smiled slightly.
"It's really not easy for you to praise me! If that's the case, then I can't let everyone down even more!"
Speaking of this, Rasa controlled the sand gold, and his body slowly floated up.
Inside the Hidden Sand Village, after the Tailed Beast turmoil, the Hidden Sand Village villagers and ninjas who were working hard to rebuild their homes and villages, rescue their companions, and were physically and mentally exhausted, also noticed the cloud of sand gold that flew up.
"That's Kazekage-sama! ! !"
Just when everyone was wondering what Kazekage-sama was going to do.
"Sage Art Boundary Release · Wood Release · Rejuvenation of All Things!"
The Hidden Sand Village, which had become somewhat green after a year of growth, but had returned to a desert state after this destruction, at this moment, green grass and trees grew again on the earth, blooming with beautiful flowers...