Replacement

Sasuke's pupils constricted as he swiftly turned around and saw a dark-circled boy hanging upside down from a tree.

He quickly leaped down from the tree.

Landing directly beside Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno.

A faint sheen of sweat appeared on his forehead.

When had he appeared there? Why had Sasuke not noticed him at all?

And that intense killing intent.

It was not something an ordinary ninja could possess.

"You know me?" Sasuke was already on full alert as he looked at Gaara in confusion.

And Kankuro beside him.

"Completely different." Temari also frowned as she looked at Sasuke before her.

He was completely different from the one they had encountered.

Even his temperament was fundamentally different.

How could he have changed so much in such a short time?

Gaara jumped down from the tree and stood before the three of them, coldly staring at Sasuke Uchiha.

"I don't care what you're hiding, but I hope you don't disappoint me."

"What do you mean!?" Sasuke was utterly baffled. What exactly was going on?

He had never met these people before.

Gaara said nothing more and turned to walk away.

"Let's go."

Kankuro shot Naruto Uzumaki a resentful glare. That guy looked familiar, but he could not remember who he was for the moment.

In any case, he did not dare glare at Sasuke Uchiha.

The strength that guy had displayed that day was anything but ordinary.

"Ah!!" Naruto Uzumaki angrily raised his fist. "That guy!!"

He had been completely looked down on.

Only after the three from Sunagakure had left did Naruto Uzumaki turn to Sasuke.

"Show-off Sasuke, what exactly are you hiding!?"

Those people had clearly acted as though they knew Sasuke.

"I've never met them."

Sasuke cast Naruto Uzumaki a cold glance. Even now, he still did