"Hmm..."
A somewhat hoarse laugh slowly rang out.
Kidomaru, who had turned to glance at Sasuke, slowly withdrew his gaze. Then he looked at a young man beside him and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Second Pillar and Uzumaki Naruto have already made it here. Looks like we don't need to worry about whether they'll make it through the Forest of Death..."
Upon hearing Kidomaru's words, Kimimaro, standing among the group in a light-colored kimono, expressionlessly turned his head toward Sasuke.
Although Kimimaro's face was currently disguised with an utterly ordinary appearance, a trace of sharpness still lingered within those eyes!
Just as he looked toward Sasuke, their gazes met.
Feeling Kimimaro's indifferent gaze, Sasuke's entire body stiffened, as though he had fallen into an ice cellar!
Kimimaro clearly did not care about the exchange of glances. After a brief look, he lost all interest and turned his gaze elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Sasuke, standing not far from Naruto, began trembling intensely, his heart filled with shock.
Just as I thought... there's more than one person like that!
The altered appearances of Kidomaru and Kimimaro surfaced in Sasuke's mind, leaving him utterly horrified.
They... who exactly are they!?
As Sasuke pondered this, a hoarse voice tinged with excitement suddenly sounded by his ear.
"Second Pillar... it's a pity I didn't run into you in the forest..."
Hearing this, Sasuke, who was already in a terrible mood, frowned and turned toward the speaker.
The boy behind him had red hair and a massive gourd strapped to his back. It was none other than the Sand Ninja's Gaara.
Kankuro and Temari stood behind Gaara, watching Sasuke with interest in their eyes.
They were quite curious about why this Second Pillar had caught Gaara's attention, and they could not help paying him some attention