Gaara did not make any visible movement. He simply stood there calmly.
Yet the sand moved as nimbly as if it were his own limbs, crashing toward Kimimaro again and again.
The clumps of sand, boosted by their speed, carried considerable force.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
However, Kimimaro was no pushover. Facing the sand clumps shooting at him like arrows, he closed in on Gaara while darting left and right to evade.
As a result, the sand Gaara controlled could not touch him and instead slammed into the ground behind him time and time again.
Rustle, rustle, rustle.
Still, the sand was ultimately under Gaara's control.
Even after Kimimaro dodged its attacks, it pursued him from behind.
Some of the sand had even spread across the ground like flowing water, creeping toward Kimimaro's feet.
"Hm?"
The instant Kimimaro felt that he was stepping on sand rather than solid ground, he leaped lightly into the air, avoiding the sand's attempt to coil around his feet.
Seeing Kimimaro jump into the air, Gaara's thoughts stirred.
He knew his chance had come!
He stretched out his right hand and turned his palm upward.
In an instant, Kimimaro felt the sky above him darken.
Without even looking up, Kimimaro knew that only a vast mass of yellow sand could be above him.
The enormous mass of sand came crashing straight down over Kimimaro's head, like a giant wave about to swallow someone whole.
Very quickly, Kimimaro was completely wrapped in yellow sand.
But before the sand could trap Kimimaro for even a second, it was blasted apart into grains that filled the sky.
And in that brief second, Gaara had no time at all to make any further move.
"So this is an attack from sand? It doesn't seem too hard to disperse!" Kimimaro murmured