"To test your ability to suppress your emotions and control the One-Tail..."
Rasa said in a calm tone.
His words seemed insignificant, but Sasuke frowned.
Is this... something a father should say?
Sasuke felt a chill creep down his spine for no apparent reason. At least his father, though strict, had never thought of or done anything like this.
Compared to Gaara, Sasuke inexplicably felt a little Gaara.
Gaara, upon hearing this, remained expressionless. "Just for something like this?"
"Jinchūriki doesn't need emotions, but they should suppress them; that's the path a weapon should follow."
Rasa felt no shame whatsoever; on the contrary, he repeated it again with absolute certainty.
"Brute--"
Sasuke scoffed from the side, thinking that someone would actually do something like this for the sake of some so-called weapon.
What else could they be but beasts?
Rasa looked at Sasuke without any emotion. "If it weren't for the Sharingan, how could the Uchiha Clan have been suppressed while Danzo was alive?"
"You should be thankful that Konoha produced a Sawada Hagoromo. Not only is Danzo dead, but even the Third Hokage took him as his student."
"And through this, your Uchiha has forged a mutually dependent relationship with the Hokage's lineage. Otherwise, your Uchiha Clan would have disappeared from history in no more than two years."
Sasuke did not respond; there were some things his father had told him about this a long time ago.
Hagoromo Yi glanced sideways at Rasa. To be honest, Rasa's strength was average, but his methods and scheming were more impressive than any previous Kazekage.
"One last question, what exactly does my name mean?"
This is also the question that Gaara most. Yashamaru was coerced by his father into attacking him, but what about his mother?
"Karura..."
Rasa was in a daze; no one had mentioned her in front of him for many years.
She had stood by his side to help him since he first became Kazekage, Karura's maternal clan had devoted all its strength to this cause.
Only when Karura and Yashamaru were left in the end were he able to secure his position as Kazekage.
So that he wouldn't be forced by those elders to have only the name of Wind Kazekage.
Thinking of all this, a hint of melancholy unconsciously appeared on Rasa's face as he looked at Gaara again.
In a daze, Gaara's face began to correspond with Karura's.
"Your name was given to you by your mother before she passed away; it doesn't mean what Yashamaru said."
"Karura named you Gaara Karura,' hoping you would know her love for you."
After Rasa finished speaking, he let out a heavy sigh.
At least after she died, she could explain the meaning of her name to her son, letting him know that his mother did love him.
Sasuke turned his head to look at Gaara, and seeing that Gaara's eyes were already full of tears, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
What a messed-up relationship.
"Since that's the case, then may you rest in peace forever!"
Gaara closed his eyes, his body radiating Shira Chakra, and the syllable "love" on his forehead, combined with Shukaku's Cursed Seal pattern, transformed into Shira markings.
Rasa's pupils constricted sharply. "This is... the Chakra of the One-Tail Beast? You've already controlled it?"
"We are comrades..."
Gaara opened his eyes and directly refuted Rasa's words.
Compared to Rasa, Shukaku, although constantly harassing him, at least only didn't want to be trapped inside his body!
"The Desert Layered Imperial Funeral Seal!"
Gaara roared wildly, unleashing an endless torrent of Chakra. In an instant, the shocked Rasa was sealed away in a massive pyramid shape.
Sasuke, who had been waiting on the sidelines, turned around helplessly and walked towards Hagoromo.
He had considered that Gaara could defeat Rasa, but he hadn't expected it to be so swift and decisive.
Does successfully reaching an agreement with Tailed Beast grant such power?
As he pondered this, Sasuke glanced at Naruto, who had already joined Hagoromo's side. So, as the Nine-Tails, the most powerful of the Tailed Beasts, he and Naruto reached an agreement...
Sasuke shook his head. Inside the space of the Hagoromo, he tried everything he could, but he couldn't make Naruto move at all.
This is enough to show that Naruto's strength is already very great.
"We must expedite the removal of the seal; the Sharingan is far from sufficient to become the kind of Sharingan the teacher spoke of."
"This is really... troublesome!"
The Second Tsuchikage, soaring into the sky once more, saw that he was the only one left in the arena.
Although he is currently in an unkillable state, he could be sealed away if one is not careful.
This is where the trouble begins.
--
Orochimaru! Hurry up!
Underground, Black Zetsu looked at Orochimaru and shouted loudly.
Back in the underground base, he had been unwilling to summon Madara Uchiha. Now that he's here, of the three Kage Level Impure World Reincarnation, only the Second Tsuchikage remains, and he still hasn't taken any action.
"Hehe, don't rush. Only when there's only one left can I better control him to summon that person."
Orochimaru stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, then raised his hand to form hand seals.
The Second Tsuchikage, who was flying in mid-air, suddenly froze, feeling his strength approaching his peak.
"So, is it because I'm the only one left that this is possible, or is there something I'm supposed to do next?"
Standing at the forefront of the Allied Shinobi Forces, Hagoromo sensed a change in the Second Tsuchikage's aura and knew that a good show was about to begin.
"Neji, Shikamaru! Come back!"
He then addressed Neji and Shikamaru, who were continuing their pursuit.
Neji and Shikamaru, who had been about to make a move, stopped immediately upon hearing the words and began to retreat towards the Allied Shinobi Forces' position without hesitation.
Kitsuchi frowned. "What's wrong? Weren't we almost there?"
Hagoromo didn't look over, but simply said, "The show is about to begin."
Before he finished speaking, the Second Tsuchikage descended from mid-air to atop a towering rock pillar, his hands rapidly forming hand seals.
Spirit Summoning - Impure World Reincarnation!
BOOM!
A huge plume of smoke rose, and a wooden coffin appeared above the rock pillar.
Snap--
As the outer cover fell, a figure appeared before everyone.
"What! That's him!" Kitsuchi's face was full of disbelief. Wasn't that Madara Uchiha who went to the venue? Then why...?
No, Hagoromo once said that the guy now is just someone who uses another person's name to show off.
"I never expected that the person summoned this time would be you?"
As the smoke cleared, Madara Uchiha, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them...
"Here it is..."