"So fast!"
Gaara's eyes widened. It was the first time he had encountered someone this fast.
Even the sand in his gourd could barely keep up with the other man's speed.
Only when Minato Namikaze's palm was about to touch his abdomen did the sand barely manage to block it.
"What a strange ability!"
Looking at the sand blocking his palm, Minato Namikaze was equally surprised.
Just like before.
Clearly, this One-Tail Jinchuriki had failed to react to his attack at all, yet his sand had still blocked it.
Though Gaara was startled, seeing the same unexpected expression on the other man's face brought a bloodthirsty, crazed smile to his own.
All sorts of voices and images began to surge through his mind again.
Minato Namikaze fell silent as he looked at his expression. He had already guessed that this boy's treatment in Sunagakure was probably similar to Naruto's.
And judging by that question earlier, this child's situation in Sunagakure was likely even worse than Naruto's.
At the very least, no one in Konoha dared to kill Naruto.
But although he sympathized with him, Minato Namikaze showed no mercy in his movements.
He felt the sand already enveloping his palm and the constant crushing pressure coming from it. It seemed to be trying to grind his hand to pieces.
A powerful burst of Chakra suddenly erupted from Minato Namikaze's arm.
If he relied solely on his own Chakra, he could only retreat.
But he directly drew upon the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and his eyes had already turned into vertical slits.
The sudden eruption of Chakra blasted apart all the sand wrapped around his palm, along with the sand blocking his way.
Under Gaara's utterly disbelieving gaze, Minato Namikaze's palm struck his abdomen.
An unprecedented sensation spread from his stomach, and he