Gaara spouted a few mad remarks, and you managed to read so much into them?
Gaara touched his heart and muttered, "So... that's what I thought?"
Holy crap, it was actually true!
Everyone was stunned. Temari was overcome with surprise and joy. She stepped forward, grasped Gaara's hand, and said in a trembling voice, "Gaara, you've finally come around!"
Gaara froze, then quickly returned to his icy demeanor. Pulling his hand away, he looked toward Naruto Uzumaki from afar, his killing intent suddenly soaring.
"What do you know?! You have no idea about my pain!! I'm a relic of the past that everyone wants erased. My existence... has no value at all!"
Following the usual redemption script, Naruto Uzumaki should have said tenderly: No, Gaara, I understand everything... being all alone, that kind of pain really is unbearable. Your feelings... for some reason, I feel like I understand them perfectly...
In reality, Naruto Uzumaki yawned and perfunctorily said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right about everything. Your existence has no value."
He had no intention of redeeming Gaara. If he did, who would carry out the Konoha Crush Plan later?
He would rather die than do something as stupid as helping Konoha patch up its mess. The only reason he had not taken the initiative to destroy Konoha was out of consideration for his parents.
Seeing Gaara's aura grow increasingly unstable, Temari glared furiously at Naruto Uzumaki. "Konoha bastard, you really are shameless and despicable... I thought Naruto Uzumaki would try to talk Gaara around, but now it seems..."
Father's plan was correct!
Naruto Uzumaki nodded. "Konoha truly is shameless and despicable."
He no longer considered himself part of Konoha.
But the two Mist Ninja and the three Sand Ninja who were merely bystanders did not know that. After hearing this,