The early morning rays of the sun dispelled the cold brought up by the night on the dunes of sand in sunagakure. People are scurrying about busily to do their own thing. People selling stuff and carts passing by dragged by all kinds of creatures made the lifeless desert look like a bustling mid-eastern medieval city.

"..aaaaaaaaaaahhhh~"

Gaara stretched his arms up and covered his mouth when a yawn escaped from it. He opened then closed his mouth and thought about brushing his teeth right away his mind on the other hand seemed to have other plans and he sat there for a few minutes.

'Aiyah get up Gaara you lazy bum.'

He tossed the blanket aside and stood up to brush his teeth. He looked into the mirror and made faces with his reflection somehow dissatisfied with not having eye brows like a street thug. Even street thugs have eyebrows nowadays.

"Ahhhh refreshing."

He came out of the bath on a robe and walked out towards the kitchen where the smell of food is coming from. Bacon and eggs plus a cup of black unsweetened coffee.

Gaara ate slowly, enjoying every bite as he stuffed himself with food.

'It would taste better with a spicy sauce.'

"Oii Gaara what are you contemplating about again? Don't tell me you're leaving again, the chunin exam is close and this one is going to be held in Konohagakure. Don't you think we have to at least prepare or something?"

Gaara didn't answer and only shook his head.

'Prepare for what exactly? I'll just be watching those fools kill themselves, maybe kidnap some people. Naaa too troublesome. Samples it is then.'

Gaara leisurely drank his coffee while looking at the ocean of sand outside.

"Ugh you are hopeless! Kankuro you tell him."

Kankuro who just got down to get breakfast stopped wide-eyed after being placed in the hot seat.

'Tell him what? Chill woman.'

He rolled his eyes and sat down feeling how hungry he is feeling.

"So what's up?"

Kankuro finally asked with raised brows.

"This guy, our little brother doesn't seem to be all that interested in the upcoming chunin exam. This is is very important! I mean come on... The Daimyo will be monitoring our performance in the chunin exam, if we could get a good impression then the village will recieve more missions... Oi are you paying attention?"

"Ughh to hell with that darned old man he can shove his money up~"

"We are going."

Gaara put down his cup and stood up from his chair. He looked to his siblings and smiled.

"Those tree huggers should know their place... but... you take care of the preparations. I'm a busy guy you see."

Kankuro rolled his eyes inwardly, he was busy with his 'ultimate puppet' project and isn't planning on participating. Then he sighed helplessly.

"I guess my prototypes do need some field testing. Oi Gaara where's the "

Temari smiled widely and Gaara disappeared from the kitchen. Temari frowned once again looking at the dirty dishes he left on the table, then she looked to the side where Kankuro who is still eating sat.

'What?' His facial expression clearly showed what he wanted to say.

"You will wash the dishes." Before she also disappeared.

"Ughh dang it!" Kankuro almost choked upon hearing those words from his big sister.

[Good day sir. Mr. Tanaka made a huge leap on the development of the weapon under project so called 'Chakra Gun' and wanted you to check its parameters before we approve it of mass production.]

"Alright perform testing and show me the specs."

A puppet moved forward and gave Gaara a stack of papers. A quick scan and he gave it back to the puppet.

"The chakra consumption is on the high end for the stated amount of damage and range... also... this heating problem needs to be solved or the cost of maintenance and materials will be sky high. Tell the professor about the exploding clay and see if he can make use of it to improve the prototype. Any other reports?"

[Orochimaru's camp have shown sudden movements in the past couple of days and seems to be preparing to make a move as you predicted. What are your orders?]

"Stand down and await my command. This guy is very helpful to us and will be contributing hugely to the advancement of our database. If only we can handle his greed... no... this guy will be a huge pain. We will borrow his research for now and trash his laboratories. Maybe collect the samples in his inventory. Next."

[The Gelel mine is secured. Currently decrypting the language, use and function of available markings. Progress is at 0.00001%. Dating shows that the ruins are not that much older than that of the previous Roran. The operatives are already deployed to search every nook and cranny of the place to aid the description process. So far, no signs of Haido and Temujin. Do you have special orders for the matter?]

"Ughhhh... no. Those guys will come sooner or later upon our shores, keep your monitors up and don't let anyone know of our main goal at the moment."

[The botanical...]

Adam reported mainly the progress made on the projects specified by Gaara as high priority and took the most ideal route to guide other projects. Gaara would have to be seated for a whole day and will not be done with the reports if he handled it himself.

"Prepare the training area for me and would someone please tell me what Shukaku has been doing this entire time?"

'Honestly, you give this guy an inch and he takes a whole mile. What a drag~ Oh I'm acting like Shikamaru more and more these days. I need to have some sort of vacation. I heard the moon island is great. Maybe I should pay it a visit. Anywhere with less sand should do the trick. So no beach for me, how about the land of snow? I heard Naruto already helped the princes sorting out her rat problem. Should be fun. But I'm busy! What a~ fck'

[10 days to completion at the current progression rate.]

Three sets of black, purple-black, and gray colored ninja armor can be seen on three different platforms. The armors looked like the combination of a futuristic and ancient design that emphasizes on stealth and the freedom of movement of the wearer.

'Hopefully these things will be finished before we have to head out for the chunin exam.'