"Woooooah~~~!!"
As Gaara let out a strange low growl.
His pupils contracted to pinpoints.
His cheeks shattered.
Oh, it was the "Sand Armor" that had shattered.
Aside from the floating sand of his automatic defense mechanism.
Gaara had also covered his body surface with a layer of Sand Armor.
In other words...
In terms of surviving assassination attempts.
Seven-year-old Gaara was even stronger than his father, Fourth Kazekage Rasa.
A living DPS was still a DPS.
Once dead... you had nothing left.
Clearly, Gaara understood this principle deeply.
Survive first, then kill.
That was why Hyuga Sho said Gaara had greater potential than Rasa.
Thought determined everything.
Not just talent.
A living ninja was a good ninja.
Rustle...
The sound of yellow sand spreading rang across Gaara's body surface.
Looking at Gaara's savage, agonized expression as drool dripped from his mouth.
It was as though he had suffered some kind of hysterical fit.
At a certain moment, the yellow sand solidified.
Strange patterns emerged.
Half of Shukaku's cheek covered Gaara's face.
At that moment.
Gaara's originally pale-green eyes had already transformed into Shukaku's pattern.
Four dots adorned the area around his cross-shaped pupils.
"You're powerful... you, the Hyuga... you have companions... After killing you, I'll become the one who destroys all of that... Only then... can I feel 'alive'! Come... let me feel it!"
Crack, crack, crack!
Gaara's right arm began to swell.
The covering sand transformed into the Cat Demon's sharp claws and arm.
"It's starting~~!"
The Sunagakure ANBU observing everything from the rooftop were filled with terrified trepidation beneath their masks.
Confronted with Shukaku's eyes.
Most people would tremble in fear before becoming sitting ducks for Gaara to kill.
In his normal state.
Gaara could easily kill an Elite Chunin.
But once he transformed into this form...
Even