But someone who had lived in pain since childhood, someone managed as the village's weapon, was supposed to govern the village.
No matter how one put it, it seemed somewhat unreasonable.
Perhaps Gaara's death might be a release for him.
She thought about many things. This was her own choice, and since she had made it, she remained silent.
This child... She sighed and murmured inwardly, I'm sorry. Perhaps I was wrong, but if I had to do it all over again, I would still make the same choice.
After that, she stopped thinking about it. Her wrinkled face seemed to take on an expression of desolation.
After hearing that there was no hope at all, everyone fell silent.
It had nothing to do with how close they were to Gaara.
Among this group, they might have merely been familiar faces with no real connection to Gaara.
But this time, their mission had been to bring Gaara back.
Yet now, it seemed the mission had failed.
A failed mission was not frightening, but Gaara's death was something that left everyone with no choice but to fall silent.
He had been their objective. And that was true—under these circumstances, anyone would have made a fuss.
After a long while, Kakashi, still on Might Guy's back, suddenly spoke. "All right. Since it's already happened, we should head back to Sunagakure first."
"Then we need to summarize this mission. We should also pay closer attention to the force that attacked Sunagakure this time."
Everyone nodded, showing no objections.
By this point, anything they said was already too late.
Since that was the case, they absolutely could not allow something like this to happen again.
Yuka silently watched from the side. She showed no reaction, as if none of this had much to do