Hiding in the sand, splitting into many places, starting with Arkham

But at least Sunagakure is already ahead of other major ninja villages besides Konoha in this regard.

Chiyo's medical ninjutsu is second only to Tsunade's in the current ninja world. Even if Sunagakure's medical ninjutsu foundation has a gap compared to Konoha, they can at least build a framework and use it first.

In the future, after Konoha's medical system is established, they can imitate it and slowly fill it in.

However, now that medical ninjas have not yet been born on a large scale, and the medical system has not yet been established, it is good that Shimizu can get started with the help of Miyuki if he wants to learn medical ninjutsu, but if he wants to achieve a certain level of attainment in this area, it may not be easy to find someone who can teach him.

"By the way, Miyuki-nee, who is the Reina-senpai you mentioned just now? Why haven't I heard that the village has a senpai who is so good at medical ninjutsu?"

Shimizu placed the date cookies, which were meant as a gift, on the table and asked curiously.

"Reina-nee is really amazing!"

Speaking of Reina, a gentle smile appeared on Miyuki's lips.

"She is probably about twenty years old this year. Although she is only a Chunin, she has a wealth of medical knowledge because she was born into a family of doctors. Therefore, her learning progress in the medical training class quickly surpassed all of us. When Elder Chiyo is not around, she is the one who guides us!"

"I see."

Shimizu nodded, exchanged a few more words with Miyuki, and then walked out of the classroom with the book list.

"Reina-senpai!"

"Reina-nee!"

Shimizu and Miyuki, who was seeing him off, had just walked to the door when they saw a woman wearing a traditional Sunagakure white robe walking in. Many people around were greeting her.

It could be seen that she had a certain personal charm and was very respected, and her appearance was also very approachable.

Smooth golden hair, a gentle smile, and a pair of black-rimmed glasses that made her look harmless after wearing them.

"Then Miyuki-nee, I'll go first."

Shimizu waved to Miyuki, signaling that he was leaving.

Miyuki nodded to Shimizu, indicating that she understood.

"Who was that just now...?"

Reina looked at Shimizu a few times and asked Miyuki.

"Ah, that's Shimizu, my teammate in the puppet squad."

"I see. To be able to enter the puppet squad at such a young age, he must be a genius."

"He's only a little bit stronger than me."

Miyuki said shamelessly.

Shimizu, who had walked out of the gate, naturally didn't know that Reina was trying to get information from Miyuki and inquire about his details, but he had already become wary of her in his heart.

"Her background seems clear and ordinary, but she has risen to become an important figure in the newly established medical team in a reasonable way, has good relationships with everyone, and has advanced medical ninjutsu... Could she be the Walking Shrine Maiden?"

Shimizu couldn't be sure, but he thought this Reina was suspicious.

The main reason is that her appearance is too similar to Yakushi Nonou in his memory!

As a top intelligence agent of Root, information such as Yakushi Nonou's height and appearance is definitely a secret known only to Konoha's higher-ups.

Those who know Yakushi Nonou will not know her identity as a spy. Those who know the name "Walking Shrine Maiden" will definitely not know her real name and appearance.

Except for Shimizu, the transmigrator.

"This woman is now an important figure in the medical team, able to help Chiyo teach. She has probably already gained the trust of Elder Chiyo. Ordinary people can't touch her. I still have to investigate her secretly."

Shimizu thought as he walked down the road.

A minute later, Shimizu turned a corner and arrived at the puppet squad's base next door.

Daily puppet technique training cannot be put down. There are free training facilities here, so why not use them? Moreover, Sasori often has the whim to compete with Shimizu, which means there is another opportunity to borrow Chiyo's library.

No mistake, one head, one hair, one inside, one face, one existence, one look!

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At the same time, in the Kazekage Building, in the Kazekage's office.

The area here is very large. On the Third Kazekage's desk, an extra large table was placed, piled with various documents and scrolls.

"So, these three young people are performing quite well. However, the tasks shouldn't be taken too frequently. Combining work and rest is one aspect, and on the other hand, they also need time to practice and digest the gains from the tasks, especially a puppeteer like Shimizu. If he keeps running tasks, he won't have time to improve and manufacture puppets."

Ebizo said as he flipped through the mission scrolls submitted by Kazakami Chitose.

"I understand, Lord Ebizo. That's what I was thinking originally. The current strength of the three of them has surpassed most Chunin, and their foundation is solid enough. In the next few years, they only need to make up for their shortcomings during normal training, and they should all be able to become qualified Jonin within three years. Even now, if the three of them work together, they are completely capable of resisting the combat power of a standard Jonin."

Kazakami Chitose said calmly.

"Then it depends on how this war goes. If the war can be ended as soon as possible, there will naturally be several years of recuperation to allow these new generations to grow up, but you and I both know that this is not very realistic."

Ebizo closed the document and said with a sigh.

Sunagakure was already poor. Relying solely on local logistics resources was not enough. It had been supported until now by expanding outwards and plundering through war.

The premise of being able to support war with war is that you can keep winning in order to keep getting enough spoils as supplies.

Once they suffer a major defeat, Sunagakure will face a situation where logistics cannot keep up, either collapsing or preserving their main force and retreating as soon as possible.

"No one expected that Hanzo would choose to show mercy to the Third Hokage's three disciples, and even turn around and cooperate with Konoha. Otherwise, according to our original plan of driving wolves to devour tigers, once those three guys from Konoha were killed by Hanzo, Konoha's high-end combat power would be damaged and they would no longer have the strength to fight against two major ninja villages at the same time. It's a pity..."

The Kazekage's office fell into a long silence.

What happened later was that Hanzo chose to ally with Konoha, wanting to rely on the power of the strongest Konoha to drive Iwagakure and Sunagakure out of the Land of Rain.