manynovel Chapter 220 What is the price?
Chapter 220 What is the price?
"Gaara..."
"Gaara!"
Gaara was slightly stunned and turned to look at the girl next to him.
She wrinkled her nose, and the way she complained was very cute in Gaara's eyes: "What are you thinking about? Why are you ignoring me?"
"I..." Gaara was a little confused. He didn't know what he was thinking just now. He couldn't even remember what happened before, but he recognized who was in front of him -
"I'm sorry, Chaolu, what did you say?"
"That's too much! Gaara was distracted while talking about such an important matter!"
Asaka had never pressed him like this before, and Gaara was suddenly flustered and unable to resist: "No... I'm sorry..."
Seeing his helpless look, the girl couldn't keep her anger for too long, and she burst out laughing. "Okay, I know Gaara won't ignore me on purpose. I say - we've been in love for so long, shouldn't we consider getting married?"
Gaara was stunned: "Marriage?"
"Yes, get married." Chaolu sighed, "Otherwise my father will always arrange blind dates for me. I am their only daughter, and they hope that I can always stay by their side. They don't want me to go to the Sand Village with you."
"Mom and Dad...blind date?"
He suddenly noticed that the forehead guard Chaolu wore on her forehead was engraved with the emblem of the Hidden Mist Village.
Chaolu is a ninja from the Hidden Mist Village, so how come he is in the Hidden Sand Village?
Gaara immediately said, "I can go to the Hidden Mist Village with you."
Chaolu looked at him in astonishment, then laughed happily: "Gaara, what are you talking about - you are the Kazekage!"
Looking at her brilliant and bright smile, Gaara couldn't help but smile as well.
Is this... a dream?
"You should make a decision quickly. It's best to tell my father before the Five Kage Summit is over. Otherwise, after I go back to the Hidden Mist Village with my father, I don't know when I will be free to see you next time."
"Asaka's father...is called Uchiha Obito, right?"
"Yes!" Chaolu asked curiously, "Gaara, you look so strange today, are you too tired recently?"
Gaara looked out the window, but the view outside was neither the Sand Village nor the Mist Village. The iconic Hokage Rock not far away showed that this was Konoha.
"Are we in Konoha?"
"Yes. This time the Five Kage meeting was held in Konoha. I came with my father as his bodyguard. However, he must have known that I was coming to see you, and he has been very unhappy these days. However, I told him that if he dares to embarrass you or bully you, I will definitely stand by you and help you."
Gaara: "Won't he get even angrier after hearing that?"
Chaolu smiled and said, "But Gaara would do the same. If Gaara's father didn't like me, Gaara would definitely help me, right? Mom said that no matter what happens, people who love each other must protect each other, because parents can't be with us forever, so the most important thing is to love each other. Dad and Mom are the most important people to each other, and Gaara and I are also the most important people to each other."
Gaara: "...My father..."
"Ok?"
"Still alive?"
"Yes, your father just retired last year and traveled around the world with your mother."
"..."
"what happened?"
"No, nothing..." Gaara looked at the girl opposite him: "Confirmed, it was a dream."
"So, do you want to get married?"
"want!"
……
"Fortunately, Chiyo and her brother firmly support you." The marriage of the Kazekage is a personal matter, but it is also a public matter of the Sand Village. Before proposing marriage, Gaara must first deal with the Council of Elders. Temari and Kankuro followed Gaara out of the meeting room, with a rather stressful expression on their faces: "The elders would rather you choose a marriage partner from the famous princesses of the Sand Village."
Gaara looked at his reflection in the window, wearing the Kazekage robe, and still felt a little strange, "Their opinions don't matter."
Temari said helplessly: "Yes, yes, who can stop you and Chaolu from marrying?"
Kankuro sighed, "We have passed the most difficult level, but there are more difficult levels to come..."
Temari and Kankuro looked at each other, "As for Asaro's father... we can't help him, Gaara."
"I know." Gaara turned his gaze away from the reflection, "Let's go, let's go to the Hidden Mist Village now."
Kankuro was surprised and said, "Eh?! Are we leaving now?! We need to notify the Hidden Mist Village first! Can the Kazekage enter the country so easily?!"
Temari said: "It's better to enter as a private person first... I'm worried that the Mizukage will directly reject your application for entry."
Kankuro complained, "That man is really... Gaara is a Kage like him after all, but Uchiha Obito didn't even pretend to be good to Gaara. During the previous Five Kage meeting, he ignored Gaara and didn't even say hello! If it wasn't for Asakaru's sake, I wouldn't have been able to tolerate this - Asakaru's mother was very supportive."
Gaara said nothing.
Despite all the difficulties, he felt happy just by hearing others discuss his marriage to Chaolu.
Temari said: "Because the Kirigakure Village and the Sand Village are far apart."
"What can we do? Asaro likes Gaara, and Gaara likes Asaro too. Besides, with Asaro's strength, even if Gaara changes his mind, he can't bully her."
Gaara frowned and glared back at him.
Temari slapped Kankuro on the head, "Do you know how to speak? If you can't give examples, don't give them."
……
As expected, the entry application took a long time.
Gaara finally met Uchiha Obito.
He entered the Water Kingdom through diplomatic channels as the Kazekage. As the Mizukage, Uchiha Obito came to greet him with a wry smile.
He also saw Bai.
She is one of the best among the younger generation of masters in the Hidden Mist Village. Not only is she beautiful, but her strength is also an outstanding rising star in the entire ninja world.
He and Chaolu grew up together. He is not only her bodyguard but also her childhood sweetheart.
For a long time, Chaolu called him "Brother Bai", which was different from what others called him.
People in the Hidden Mist Village used to think that Bai would marry Chaolu and then inherit the position of Mizukage many years later.
He is the one that Uchiha Obito thinks is the most suitable marriage partner for Asaka.
No, not just the “most suitable”, he is the most perfect marriage partner for Chaolu.
She is good-looking, powerful, and most importantly, she is from the Hidden Mist Village.
After Chaolu gets married, she can continue to live close to her parents.
At the welcoming party, Chaolu was also there. She stood beside her mother and smiled quietly at Gaara.
Uchiha Obito suddenly came in, stood between them, glared at Gaara and snorted coldly.
"If it weren't for Chaolu and Lin...I would have torn up your entry application long ago!"
"I'll be nice to Chaolu."
"Empty promises are the cheapest things! Besides, being nice to her is what you should do."
Gaara said sincerely, "Yes. You are right."
Uchiha Obito said coldly: "Besides, Chaolu is not a weak person. She doesn't need you to be nice to her. She can live well on her own."
"Yes."
"Although I am her father, she does not need my consent to decide who she falls in love with, who she wants to marry, or what kind of life she plans to live. I am not qualified to agree. Her fate is decided by herself. I can only respect her decision and support her choice... and then protect and heal her when she is hurt."
Gaara was stunned: "Then..."
"But! As a father, even though I know my daughter has grown up, I am still worried when I think about her going to live in a place I can't see and adapting to a strange environment I don't understand."
"I understand."
"Do you understand?" Uchiha Obito sneered, "If your marriage with Chaolu goes well, it will naturally be beneficial to both parties, but what if it doesn't? If you change your mind, cheat on her, neglect Chaolu because of work, and make her feel wronged, don't expect her to endure it silently for the sake of the overall situation. I don't care about the alliance between the two sides. As long as Chaolu is unhappy, I will take her back, no matter what attitude you have in the Sand Village."
"I definitely won't."
Uchiha Obito said confidently: "You are not the best. However, if Chaolu changes her mind and falls in love with someone else, it must be because you are not doing well enough. You and Chaolu should divorce, and I will take her back. But you, the Sand Village, don't think of intervening in judging her."
Before Gaara could speak, Chaolu's voice came from behind Uchiha Obito, gritting his teeth: "What are you talking about! Dad!"
She glared at Obito, took Gaara's hand and walked away, "Don't listen to his nonsense! Come, Lord Kazekage, I'll take you to visit the Hidden Mist Village."
Gaara was not angry, but felt very refreshed: "Your father loves you very much."
He had never thought that this is how a father's love for his children could be.
However, because it was morning dew, Gaara actually found it very reasonable.
Chaolu turned back to look at him.
Although Gaara's father and mother were still alive in this beautiful dream, she seemed to know Gaara's loneliness and pain in reality.
"From now on, I will love you like this too." She said to him gently, "From now on, Gaara will be the most important person to me. I will be Gaara's best friend, the relative with the deepest feelings, and the lover who loves you more than anyone else."
But the bright smile of the morning dew was gradually lost in the dazzling white light.
Gaara tried to catch her in panic, but her figure gradually disappeared from his sight.
He turned his head suddenly and looked around, only to hear the silence around him suddenly turn into a bustling noise.
He had already changed into the traditional Japanese wedding dress. He turned around and looked behind him, only to see a door slowly opening.
Chaolu wore a white strapless wedding dress, revealing her fair and slender shoulders and long arms. The long skirt reflected the bright light of broken diamonds, as if she was wearing the Milky Way on her body.
Under the veil, there is a hint of shyness on the bride's face, but more of it is sweetness.
She held her father Uchiha Obito's arm with one hand, and held her mother Rin's hand tightly with the other, and smiled brightly at Gaara.
……
"Gaara! Gaara?! Are you awake!?"
Gaara opened his eyes and saw the unfamiliar ceiling and Kankuro's face that appeared in his field of vision with surprise. For a moment he couldn't tell whether this was reality or another dream.
"Morning dew..."
...What about the wedding?
"It seems that Chaolu really used that technique."
Hearing the voice, Gaara sat up and turned around, and sure enough, he saw Shiro.
For some reason, because of the confusing idea in his mind that "Bai is Chaolu's marriage partner", he instinctively felt a sense of rejection and hostility towards Bai.
... Between him and Bai, who is better looking? Who is stronger?
Who would Chaolu like more?
Gaara was a little dazed and said, "What happened?"
"You were captured by Akatsuki!" Kankuro said anxiously, "And then Chaolu was also controlled by Uchiha Itachi and was taken to Akatsuki with you."
“Morning dew…?!”
"Don't worry," Bai Wen said gently, "Now it seems that Chaolu pretended to be controlled. She saved you."
But Bai was so friendly, and his tone revealed that he knew more about Chaolu's situation, which still made Gaara subconsciously feel unhappy.
"Chaolu, where are you now?"
"Ningji is tracking her, she's not far away." Bai said, "You're still very weak, you'd better take the opportunity to rest for a night. Chaolu is with an unknown person now, we may have to assist her in the battle at any time."
Gaara also saw the other people in the room.
However, since he was tracking, why didn’t Neji open his Byakugan?
The people of Konoha... Was Uzumaki Naruto also injured? He was awake, but he was still lying unconscious?
But before he could come up with a result, Gaara immediately lay down again when he heard that Chaolu might need to fight on his own.
Kankuro said happily: "I will write a letter to Temari right now. She must be worried to death in the Sand Village!"
Gaara stared at him blankly, "Why are you so happy?"
Kankuro was stunned: "Because... you are our brother!"
younger brother……?
The so-called brotherhood only appeared when he was sixteen years old. Isn’t it a little too late?
But... Gaara felt it and found that he didn't hate it.
Chiyo began to examine Gaara to make sure that everything was indeed normal with him.
She examined extremely carefully, and while waiting for her to finish, Gaara couldn't help but raise his hand and hold it in front of his eyes to examine it carefully.
Kankuro immediately asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"Do not……"
It was just a dream... He hadn't yet taken Chaolu's hand from her parents...
After confirming that he had almost no injuries except for being weak, Chiyo looked at Gaara with a complicated expression: "Such a powerful technique...what is the price?"