"What do you think, Gaara?"
"Before noon tomorrow? I'll go!" Gaara said calmly, without a trace of emotion.
"That's too dangerous. We should tell Teacher Baki first and see what he says!"
"No need. I'll handle this myself!" Gaara stopped Kankuro. He knew that even if Kankuro told the Sand Village's higher-ups, they would only tell Gaara to deal with it himself.
"But... all right, then. I'll go with you tomorrow. Temari, head to Konoha right now and tell them what happened. Have them send people over immediately to capture the rogue ninja, Sasuke Uchiha!" Kankuro knew what Gaara's situation in the Sand Village was like, so he abandoned that idea. Still worried about Gaara, he insisted on going with him.
"Understood. I'm heading to Konoha right now. You two be careful!" Temari said to Gaara and Kankuro, then ran toward the village exit.
"All right, take him away and treat his injuries. Then send another group of guards to watch over One-Line Sky." Kankuro gave the Sand Ninja their orders, then left with Gaara.
Meanwhile, Chen led Sachi toward the forest he had passed on his way to the Sand Village.
"You bastard, what are you trying to do? Why are you looking for Gaara and making us capture people? If you're trying to use this to threaten Gaara, you're going to be disappointed. That guy's a cold-blooded killer, ruthless and bloodthirsty. He doesn't care about anyone's life. He'd never let you use a few nobodies like us to threaten him." The Sand Ninja trapped in Sachi's net struggled and desperately tugged at it, trying to escape. It was all in vain. Sachi had made the giant net from special materials. It was incredibly tough, designed to capture formidable prey. A few Chunin like them had no chance of