Boom! Gaara's Absolute Defense finally shattered, and countless cracks appeared across his body. Sand Armor protected him, but it had already drained nearly all his Chakra. Gaara spread his arms and moved all the sand in the air outside the village. Then he passed out, and as he fell, Deidara wrapped him in clay and flew away from the village.
"Using the last of your Chakra to move the sand away so it wouldn't bury the Hidden Sand Village... You do have what it takes to be Kazekage," Deidara said.
"Capturing him alive was a bit troublesome, but the mission is finally complete."
Kankuro's expression changed when he saw Gaara being taken away, and he immediately chased after Deidara. Seeing this, Maki shouted at Kankuro, "Don't be reckless! Even Gaara was defeated. How could you possibly be their match?"
"Am I supposed to just stand by and watch them take Gaara away?"
Maki said, "Immediately send a tracking unit after Kankuro, then have someone contact Konoha and inform them that an emergency has occurred!"
Early the next morning, Chen Fan was summoned to the Hokage's Office. The Third Hokage and the Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, were also there.
Tsunade took out a slip of paper and said to Chen Fan, "A priority hawk from the Hidden Sand Village brought word that the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, has been captured by members of Akatsuki. What do you think we should do?"
"Captured by Akatsuki? Why would they do that? Are they with the two people who attacked us?" Mei Terumi asked Chen Fan.
"Akatsuki attacked you?" Tsunade froze for a moment upon hearing Mei Terumi's words, then asked.
Chen Fan waved his hand. "It's nothing serious. It's normal for Akatsuki to attack us. After all, news of the Mizukage coming to Konoha