Naruto: I open a pet shop in the Ninja world.

Kankuro put his hands on his hips in a show-off manner.

Then he was picked up by a gust of sand and flew into the sky, like a ball, being tossed back and forth by the sand flow.

"Wow~" Naruto looked up with his mouth open.

Temari held her forehead with her hand as she had a headache and didn't want to plead for Kankuro.

Then, Kankuro was put down with a bruised face.

Gaara closed his eyes and ignored his wailing.

He felt that his "brutal" methods and the terrible sand would definitely make Naruto stay away from him.

However, it didn't happen. Naruto's eyes widened and he looked at him in admiration: "So cool!!"

Gaara: “……?”

"I've heard from my uncle about your ninjutsu, it's absolutely preventive. Can I give it a try?" Naruto was eager to try.

Gaara hesitated for a moment before refusing: "No, I can't control myself yet, it will hurt you."

Naruto's frustration was visibly evident: "Okay..."

Gaara: "..." He pursed his lips and then said: "You can throw weapons at me."

"!!!" Naruto's emotions got excited again: "Really?! Let's start now!?"

Gaara nodded, "Yeah, come on."

First, a kunai was thrown towards Gaara's arm. Sure enough, when it got close to Gaara, sand flowed out of the gourd and blocked Gaara.

Naruto changed direction in surprise.

The sand seemed to have its own consciousness and could quickly block any direction.

Naruto couldn't help it and created a shadow clone to attack Gaara, but Gaara's fighting spirit was drawn out by Naruto's temptation.

Instead of just resisting, they gradually launched attacks.

Kankuro, who had been handcuffed to a safe place by Temari, smacked his lips in amazement: "How could this kid be able to tangle with Gaara for so long?"

Temari looked at it seriously: "No, they didn't show their true abilities."

Temari could understand that Gaara didn't use his full strength, but he didn't expect that Naruto would be so at ease when facing Gaara.

Chi Qing was also looking at them and nodded frequently: "They have made great progress~"

Chi Qing intervened when he discovered that Naruto was vaguely preparing to use the Nine-Tails Chakra and Shukaku was about to do so.

"Alright kids." Chi Qing grabbed Naruto's collar with one hand and threw him in another direction, and crushed Gaara's sand ball with the other hand: "Just stop the exchange."

Temari and Kankuro were even more surprised that it was so easy to stop two people who were fighting fiercely.

My admiration for Chi Qing is even greater.

Naruto grinned, "Let's fight again next time!"

Gaara nodded, "Okay."

He acknowledged Naruto's strength, saying that he was worthy of being taught by Brother Chi Qing and was worthy of being his opponent.

Chi Qing herded the children indoors and made some tea with Naruto's help.

Only then did Gaara remember the important matters again and looked at Temari.

Temari understood and reluctantly handed the kamaitachi standing on her shoulder over.

Gaara took it and stood in front of Chi Qing: "Brother Chi Qing... Temari wants you to give Kamaitachi a bath."

Temari nodded, having taken it all for her brother.

"Okay~ Thank you for taking care of my business~" Chi Qing took the sickle weasel: "Mingbao, you entertain the new friend."

"Okay!" Naruto nodded in agreement.

Then he asked them about the matter about the Chunin Exam that was mentioned earlier.

"Actually, our team went out on a mission and just came back today. I guess Mr. Kakashi hasn't received the news yet?" This was the only way Naruto could excuse Kakashi's "unreliability".

Gaara strolled around the store, already holding a bunch of things in his hands: "Uzumaki Naruto, check out."

Naruto blinked, "We're going to be away for quite a while, aren't we going to buy it after we get back?"

Gaara said calmly, "It's for the Kamaitachi to eat."

Naruto calculated the total and gave Gaara a super good discount.

Gaara frowned, "It doesn't match. It's a lot less. You miscalculated."

"That's right, this is the discounted price that my uncle mentioned~" Naruto whispered in Gaara's ear: "In fact, if it was Xiao Ai, I think my uncle would give it to you directly."

Gaara glanced at Chi Qing who was busy inside, and no longer worried about the missing amount. He paid the money directly and asked Kankuro to put it away.

Well... Gaara thought so too, so he bought it when Chi Qing was away.

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