Chapter 321 Change of Mentality
Scorpion was not lying, he did know a ninja who was good at wind escape.

This person was none other than his colleague Kakuzu in the Akatsuki organization. Although Kakuzu's attainments in wind jutsu were not as good as those of the Kazekage, he was at the level of an elite jonin, and was more than capable of teaching a little girl like Temari.

More importantly, Kakuzu is a ninja who does things for money.

As long as the money is right, Kaku can do anything, and Scorpion doesn't hate this kind of ninja.

Temari nodded, acquiescing to Scorpion's decision. She kept her distance from Scorpion. She believed that the reason Scorpion approached her and her two younger brothers was to win people's hearts, so she showed a tolerant side in front of the Sand Ninja.

This is neither too good nor too bad for Temari.

Anyway, when their father, the Fourth Kazekage, was still in the Sand Village, they didn't get any warmth from his father. Now they just have an adoptive parent.

Just as Temari was thinking this, Scorpion came to Gaara, stretched out his hand and said:

"Finally I've finished what the old woman told me to do. Do you have time now? Let's go find a quiet place outside to sit down. The village is still too noisy."

Gaara grabbed Scorpion's hand and nodded.

Looking at the departing backs of Scorpion and Gaara, Temari frowned, then looked at Kankuro beside her. The two looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

"Kankuro, do you find the acting Kazekage strange? He doesn't look like the Kazekage."

"Sister, you are right. I feel that they are the same type of people. They are both the kind of kids who cannot be recognized. How could the acting Kazekage of the village be such a troublesome person?"

……

A few hundred meters away, Bai Ye and the Fourth Kazekage stood on a high tower and witnessed the whole process.

When seeing Scorpion taking Gaara out to play, the Fourth Kazekage also saw the heartfelt smile on Gaara's face, and this smile made the Fourth Kazekage's face become extremely solemn.

He began to wonder if he had failed in his role as a father.

If Bai Ye knew what the Fourth Kazekage was thinking at this moment, he would definitely laugh out loud. If the Fourth Kazekage was a qualified father, then there would be no unqualified fathers in the ninja world.

After all, letting an uncle assassinate his son is something that most people cannot imagine.

After a moment of silence, the Fourth Kazekage turned to Bai Ye and asked, "Bai Ye, you brought me here this time just to show me Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara, to prove that they can live better without me?"

"If you think so, I can't help it..."

"I am indeed not a qualified father..."

The Fourth Kazekage folded his hands in front of his chest and said, "But I think I am a qualified Kazekage. If I can only choose one between the ninja village and the family, I will choose the village."

Bai Ye looked at the Fourth Kazekage with pity and said, "I don't have the heart to hit you, but you are neither a qualified father nor a qualified Kazekage."

The Fourth Kazekage's expression changed and he retorted:
"How come I'm not a qualified Kazekage? Do you know how difficult it is to lead the Sand Village? If I hadn't worked so hard in the mines, the finances of the Sand Village would have collapsed long ago."

"The military funds that the Wind Country Daimyo can provide are limited."

"Scorpion, who you supported, will have to use my methods to solve the financial crisis of Sunagakure."

Bai Ye shook his head and said, "I didn't deny your contribution to the Sand Village, but your idea was wrong from the beginning. No matter how long you work in the wrong direction, you will only get the wrong result."

The Fourth Kazekage stared at Bai Ye and motioned for him to continue.

Bai Ye took a sip of water and continued, "The financial crisis of Sand Village is caused by many reasons, such as geographical environment and defeat. It must be solved by all members of Sand Village, not by a powerful ninja." "In the years after the end of the Third Ninja World War, although you solved the financial crisis by mining, once you have problems, Sand Village will fall into a greater financial crisis and completely become a vassal of Konoha."

Hearing this, the Fourth Kazekage suddenly said:
"You are right. Now the Sand Village has become a vassal of other ninja villages, but it is not Konoha, but Akatsuki."

Bai Ye said calmly: "If we really want to solve the crisis of Sand Village, there are only two ways. One is to develop chakra technology, and the other is to use the natural resources in the Kingdom of Wind."

"The Sand Village has been lagging behind in biotechnology for a long time. If they want to overtake others, they can only rely on puppet technology and create various puppets to make up for the disadvantage of insufficient population in the Sand Village."

"Is this why you let Scorpion replace me?" The Fourth Kazekage began to think seriously.

“That’s part of the reason…”

Bai Ye glanced at the Fourth Kazekage and continued:

"In addition to its own puppet technology, the Sand Village can also utilize the natural resources of the Wind Country. Before arriving at the Sand Village, I deliberately investigated the underground of the Wind Country's desert and found that it contains extremely rich oil and gas resources."

"Relying on these oil and gas resources, the Sand Village won't have to worry about money for decades to come."

"Oil and gas resources? What are those?"

The Fourth Kazekage didn't understand what Bai Ye was saying, so he explained helplessly:

"It is an energy source that can replace chakra. Although it has not been widely popularized, many in the five major countries have already begun to use it."

After hearing this, the Fourth Kazekage understood more or less what oil represented.

After Bai Ye's explanation, he understood that he no longer needed to worry about the future of the Sand Village. As long as he had puppet technology and oil, the future of the Sand Village would be extremely bright.

But what made him uncomfortable was that the ninja who led Sunagakure to prosperity was not him, but Scorpion of the Red Sand.

Under the leadership of Bai Ye, the Fourth Kazekage reluctantly left the Sand Village and met Orochimaru who had been waiting for a long time outside the village.
When Orochimaru saw the depressed Fourth Kazekage, the smile on his face never stopped.

It's true that he was framed by Danzo and left Konoha, but even Rasa, the Kazekage, was forced to become a traitor. The ninja world is becoming more and more interesting.

After calming down, the Fourth Kazekage asked Bai Ye: "Chief Bai Ye, what should we do next?"

Bai Ye held his chin with one hand, thought for a long time and then said:

"You are now a traitor. A traitor naturally has his own way of survival. You should first move around in the Land of Rice with Orochimaru. I remember Orochimaru has several mines there..."

How did he become a traitor or set a trap... The Fourth Kazekage was speechless.

Bai Ye sensed the resentment of the Fourth Kazekage and continued:

"Mining is just to train your magnetic escape ability. When the time is right, I will let you and Orochimaru attack Konoha and let the Sand Village be completely free from its constraints."

Upon hearing this, the Fourth Kazekage's eyes lit up.

If he was just doing hard labor, he would doubt his life, but it would be different for the village. If he can't be the wind shadow in the sun, it's not bad to be the wind shadow in the dark.

At least after he became a rebel ninja, he could attack Konoha without any scruples.

From this perspective, the identity of a rebel ninja is not unacceptable.

(End of this chapter)