Naruto: Releasing Chakra Limits at the Start

Chapter 239 Who is Ye Yu?

Jiraiya agreed with Yoru's assessment, but he didn't believe Yoru's claim that he could only handle three or four Akatsuki ninjas.

He laughed and said, "I don't think you can only handle three or four. Even three years ago, none of the Akatsuki ninjas were your match."

"At that time, I even thought you could handle the entire Akatsuki organization by yourself."

Tsunade nodded; she naturally agreed.

"Jiraiya is right. Three years ago, you were already able to easily kill Orochimaru and seal Urashiki Otsutsuki. I don't think any of the Akatsuki ninjas are as strong as Urashiki Otsutsuki."

Both of them highly recognized Ye Yu's strength.

They didn't think Ye Yu's strength was worse than it was three years ago, even though Ye Yu had never shown his strength in the past three years.

Ye Yu didn't refute it; it was pointless.

After Temari and Shikamaru came out of the Hokage's office, they walked down the street. Temari asked Shikamaru curiously, "I have a question, but I don't know if I should ask it."

Walking next to Temari, Shikamaru held his head in his hands and said lazily, "Do you want to ask about Yoru?"

Temari nodded; at that moment, she was very curious about Yoru.

It seems that Yoru is very important, according to Tsunade and Jiraiya.

He's a Hokage's bodyguard, and a Jonin at that. He seems to be in the same cohort as Shikamaru and the others. He didn't appear during the Chunin Exams, which is quite mysterious.

Shikamaru thought for a moment and said, "It's not that we can't say, he's quite famous in Konoha."

Temari was somewhat surprised. "Very famous? Why have I never heard of her?"

Although Temari is from Sunagakure, she is a very famous person in Konoha, and is known to most major ninja villages.

Shikamaru explained, "He's not famous for fighting, but for his medical ninjutsu."

"In Konoha, his medical ninjutsu is even better than the Hokage's."

Temari was stunned. "Higher than the Fifth Hokage? The Fifth Hokage is the number one medical ninja in the ninja world. How can someone's medical ninjutsu be better than hers?"

Tsunade's reputation as the world's number one medical ninja has been known throughout the ninja world since the Second Shinobi World War.

With the title of Sannin, she is the idol of all female ninjas in the ninja world.

Temari simply couldn't believe that someone's medical ninjutsu was stronger than hers.

Shikamaru smiled and said, "This is personally certified by the Hokage."

Temari remained silent.

"No wonder the Fifth Hokage seemed to value him highly just now."

“Of course, he is one of the Hokage’s bodyguards, and his strength is quite good,” Shikamaru said.

Of course, Shikamaru had never actually seen Yoru fight; it was just that his father, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza all said that Yoru was very strong.

Moreover, even Sasuke and Naruto said that Yoru was very strong. Sasuke is now a Kage-level shinobi, and Naruto is at least a Jonin-level shinobi.

Naturally, they all thought Ye Yu was very strong, so Ye Yu couldn't be weak; at least his Jonin level was certain.

Temari looked at Shikamaru with some curiosity and asked, "Is he very strong?"

Is he stronger than Uchiha Sasuke?

Shikamaru thought for a moment and said, "It should be about the same."

It wasn't that Shikamaru wanted to hide it; he genuinely didn't know.

If he knew, he definitely wouldn't have told Temari the truth.

He simply didn't know.

Temari was quite surprised by what Shikamaru said.

Because Uchiha Sasuke is very famous in the ninja world now, he is definitely a Kage-level ninja.

It also has the same deterrent power as Minato Namikaze back then.

Even if Yoru is only at the same level as Sasuke, it still means that Konoha Village has one more Kage-level powerhouse.

Thinking of this, Temari was very shocked: "Your Konoha really has a lot of experts."

There are only two Kage-level masters in Sunagakure.

One is Gaara, and the other is Chiyo, who has already gone into seclusion.

One of the five great ninja villages only has two Kage-level ninjas, one of whom is an old man who is very old and has secluded himself from seeing anyone.

It's a disgrace to the five major ninja villages.

And what about Konoha Village?

Tsunade, the Hokage, along with Jiraiya who was by her side, Sasuke Uchiha, and Yoru, make a total of four people.

Sakura also seemed to be very strong to her, at least at the level of a Jonin or higher.

Then there's Naruto, who is the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki and seems to be able to fully transform into a tailed beast. The Nine-Tails' strength completely surpasses Shukaku's, making him a Kage-level powerhouse.

Including Naruto, that makes five people.

It is estimated that among the five great ninja villages, only Kumogakure can compare.

The Hidden Cloud Village has three Kage-level shinobi: the Fourth Raikage, Killer Bee, and Yugito Nii. Darui is also very strong.

If you calculate it this way, even the Hidden Cloud Village does not have as many Kage-level warriors as the current Konoha Village.

Temari believed that Naruto could fully transform into a tailed beast because during the Chunin Exams, she and Kankuro were watching from the edge of the battlefield and witnessed Naruto fully transform into a tailed beast.

They were misled into believing that Naruto was a perfect Jinchuriki who could fully transform into a Tailed Beast.

That day they also saw how big the difference was between the Nine-Tails and the One-Tails. They were both tailed beasts, but the difference in their fighting power was too great.

The One-Tailed Beast, which they regarded as a natural disaster, was completely crushed by the Nine-Tailed Beast, and had no power to resist whatsoever.

He knocked them down with just a few slaps, much to their astonishment.

The current leadership of Konoha is probably the strongest in the ninja world, which Temari envies.

Although they are all among the Five Great Ninja Villages, the differences between them are indeed very large.

Moreover, Temari holds a high position in Sunagakure, which is why she sighed so deeply.

Shikamaru laughed and said, "Your Sunagakure Village isn't bad at all."

Temari rolled her eyes at him. As the Fifth Kazekage's older sister, how could she not know whether Sunagakure was good or bad?

If the Sand Village had not been supported by its huge size, it would have been destroyed long ago.

The village of Sunagakure is severely lacking in high-level combat power.

However, it is consistent with the status of Sand Village in the history of the ninja world.

Since the establishment of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Sunagakure has always been competing with Kirigakure for last place, but Kirigakure has surpassed Sunagakure for a longer period of time.

The fact that Kirigakure, the most isolated of the five great ninja villages, was able to suppress Sunagakure for a long time demonstrates Sunagakure's strength.

Although the Land of Winds is vast, most of it is desert, and it's truly impoverished.

Being a ninja requires a lot of money and resources, both of which are what the Land of Wind lacks most.

After all, ninjas are human too; they need to eat, drink, and relieve themselves. Moreover, the ninja tools they use are extremely expensive.

Just one detonating talisman would cost you several D-rank missions to afford.

Among the five great ninja villages, the richest is not Konoha, but the very counterintuitive Kumogakure.

Among the five great ninja villages, Konoha's advantage over the others lies in its population; its economy and military are not the strongest.

Kumogakure is strong in military and economic affairs, and although its population is not as large as Konoha's, it is still considerable.

The Sand Village ranks last in terms of military, economy and population.

It's not even as good as Kirigakure.

Based on this, Sunagakure was weaker than at any other time in its history, which shows how weak Sunagakure was at this time.