"Since they were ninja, everything they did represented the village's decision."
"Besides, Gaara was the Kazekage's son."
Baki was about to argue when Gaara, behind him, edged toward a complete rampage.
"Shut up! I can kill whoever I want!"
Gaara let out a hysterical shriek, completely ignoring Baki.
He suddenly flung both hands outward. A wave of sand, formed from all the Chakra in his body and carrying the might to crush everything, came crashing down over Eiji and Baki!
He wanted to bury these two people who had brought him pain and humiliation.
The next second, Eiji's figure vanished from where he stood as if he had teleported, leaving behind only an afterimage.
When he reappeared, he had strangely bypassed the sand wave's frontal assault and charged directly to within half a meter of Gaara.
He was so fast that even the sand automatically defending Gaara's body had no time to react.
A thunderous sound rang out, as though someone had struck a sandbag.
Gaara's small body collapsed limply like a kite with its string cut.
His consciousness plunged into darkness.
The violently surging sand around him lost control and scattered across the ground.
The world fell silent in an instant.
Gaara's unconsciousness did not relax Baki. Instead, a look of horror appeared on his face.
"This is bad."
Baki had no time to explain and shouted loudly at the crowd below.
"Scatter, quickly! Hide somewhere safe!"
"Don't ask why! If you don't want to die, run!"
The villagers of Sunagakure were full of question marks. What was happening in the middle of the night? Had an enemy attacked the village?
They looked at one another in terror, and unrest spread through the crowd.
However, the greater disaster had only just begun.
Gaara, who had lost consciousness, suddenly began