However, Yin Jie did not answer. He merely raised his eyes slightly and shifted his gaze to Chiyo's guard.
Shoulder-length sandy-brown hair, indigo eyes, and a gentle-looking face that carried a trace of chill.
As Root's true controller, Yin Jie recognized her identity at first sight from those distinctive features.
—Karura, one of Hidden Sand Village's few elite jonin proficient in Sand Manipulation Ninjutsu!
She was also the wife of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and the creator of the "Mom-sanoo" Absolute Defense wielded by the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, in the original story.
However, she had only come as Chiyo's guard this time. She was not qualified to sit at the table and could only stand solemnly behind Chiyo.
Normally, given Karura's status as the Kazekage's wife, as well as her position as Hidden Sand Village's strongest female ninja besides Chiyo after Pakura had been killed by Yin Jie, she should not have been here.
But not long ago, she had given Rasa a daughter—the Temari from the original story.
In other words, Yin Jie had severely wounded Rasa and nearly killed him, almost leaving Temari without a father the moment she was born.
Yet Karura also knew that even Rasa was no match for Yin Jie. She, who did not even possess Kage Level strength, stood even less of a chance.
Not to mention that Sunagakure no longer had the strength to continue fighting Konoha.
Thus, after her initial fury and the realization that revenge was hopeless, Karura, who had always been composed and levelheaded, gradually regained her rationality.
But at the very least, she had to see for herself this Uchiha Yin Jie, the man who had nearly taken her husband's life and was already faintly being called "the Nemesis of Hidden Sand Village."
That was why, after learning