The ninja world had somehow come to regard jinchūriki as nothing more than weapons, rather than living, breathing human beings.
This shift in thinking was deeply lamentable.
In the eyes of their respective villages, those ninjas who became jinchūriki were no longer individuals with emotions and thoughts, but powerful weapons that had been objectified.
Worse still, these so-called "weapons" carried risks that were difficult to control. One careless mistake could trigger an enormous disaster.
For that very reason, every village treated jinchūriki terribly—one could even call it cold-blooded cruelty.
Yet Uchiha Yato's words were like a bolt of lightning tearing through the darkness, completely overturning this consensus in the ninja world.
He did not see Gaara before him merely as a jinchūriki. He saw him as a real person.
So, was Gaara truly a person? The answer was obviously yes.
Gaara was the child Karura had traded her life for, the treasure his mother had protected even at the cost of her own life.
And yet, in the eyes of others, this child who carried his mother's boundless love was seen as a monster, a tool—anything but a person with dignity.
Karura and Pakura had been as close as sisters.
Yet Uchiha Yato's words were like a heavy hammer crashing down upon Pakura's heart, dealing her a devastating blow.
At the time, Pakura's heart had been filled with hatred for Rasa. All she wanted was revenge for herself and her clansmen.
Driven by those emotions, she had completely overlooked one important fact—this child was not only Rasa's child, but Karura's child as well!
When that thought surfaced, Pakura felt as though she had been struck by lightning. She froze completely.
She slowly sank to her knees as though all the strength had left her body. Her trembling hands covered her