"Kid, good luck! Take down that monster!"
"Charge, Konoha Ninja! Defeat that evil Hidden Sand Village!"
"..."
Naruto's change of heart caused the spectator area to erupt in excitement once again. Not only the people of Konoha, but also the people of other ninja villages, including the ninjas of Hidden Sand Village, sided with Naruto.
Indeed, due to Rasa's deliberate propaganda, many Hidden Sand Village ninja also Gaara, especially after Gaara transformed into a monster.
On the platform, the sight of Gaara Partial Tailed Beast Transformation had already sent a chill down the spines of everyone present.
Although Gaara in his guild form looks hideous and is full of murderous intent, none of the people on the platform have poor eyesight.
Being able to borrow the power of the Tailed Beast while still retaining rationality meets the minimum requirements for Jinchūriki. In necessary situations, such Jinchūriki can be deployed to the battlefield.
Gaara's performance surprised everyone present, considering Gaara was only ten years old.
Naruto's subsequent performance drew gasps of surprise from the podium, shocking everyone present.
Only Ren and Darui, who knew the situation beforehand, were able to remain calm.
The immense Chakra emanating from Gilgamesh Naruto made everyone present realize that there was only one possibility: it was the Nine-Tails Chakra.
Strangely, this Chakra felt very peaceful, lacking the ominous aura typically associated with Jinchūriki using Tailed Beast Chakra.
"Hokage, has Naruto Uzumaki become the Perfect Jinchuriki?"
Mei Terumi asked with a hint of surprise in her voice. Utakata had experienced this feeling with Mei Terumi Naruto's situation was somewhat similar to Utakata's.
"No, we're still a long way from becoming the Perfect Jinchuriki."
Ren gave a brief response, Ren to reveal further information, only offering a few details that would spark much speculation.
Not only the audience was shocked, but Gaara, who was facing Naruto, was also shocked.
"Hurry up and take this guy down! I'll help you!"
A familiar voice echoed in Gaara's heart.
Gaara was initially puzzled as to why he was in such good condition after the battle began today.
Shukaku, who had been incessantly spouting profanities, surprisingly stopped his rap performance after the battle began.
Without the distraction of vulgar rap, Gaara experienced a rare moment of peace, the first time he had felt such tranquility since he could remember.
After Naruto entered Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Gaara realized that Naruto and he were the same kind of people.
Shukaku's words at this moment directly confirmed Gaara's guess.
At this moment, Gaara finally remembered what Naruto had said at the beginning: Did he share the same past as me?
Having realized this, Gaara did not develop a mutual respect or feel an instant connection with Naruto.
The first thought that came to mind was to kill Naruto.
Why do you have to be like me, even though I've always been the most special one?
Why is it that, despite sharing the same past, you chose betrayal instead of continuing to hate everything?
Why is it that even though you're just like me, everyone around you only hates me, and I'm the only one they call a monster?
Why...
Gaara had too many unanswered questions in his mind. Instead of thinking deeper, Gaara chose the simplest and most straightforward method: killing Naruto.
Once Naruto is killed, all problems will cease to be problems!
Humans are social animals and dislike those who are different. If someone is stronger than oneself, this dislike can turn into hatred.
Just as most ordinary people in the Shinobi World despise ninjas, just as ninjas despise Jinchūriki, just as Gaara despises Naruto at this moment.
Gaara and Naruto are both outliers, but people sided with Naruto. The reason is simple: most of the human senses rely on vision; humans are visual creatures.
To put it simply, Gaara's appearance at this point was far inferior to Naruto's!
Gaara launched the first attack, his tail, twice his height in length, gathering power slightly before springing forward, transforming into a blur as he hurtled towards Naruto.
As Gaara began his attack, Naruto no longer hesitated and vanished from his spot.
Gaara, still charging forward, only saw a flash of golden light before being struck heavily in the abdomen.
The two figures stopped abruptly. Naruto's golden Chakra transformed into two arms. One arm grabbed Gaara's left arm, which had already Tailed Beast Transformation, while the other was clenched into a fist and slammed into Gaara's body.
"Bang!"
The air expanded outwards in a circular pattern from the point of impact, and Naruto had already released his grip on Gaara's left arm.
Gaara, with an even faster speed than his previous charged sprint, flew backwards as a blur.
Before Gaara could even land, a flash of golden light appeared in the arena, Naruto reappeared behind Gaara, conjuring several more arms to smash towards Gaara.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
All the audience could hear was the dull thud of the impact, the afterimage of the figure rapidly changing direction in the air, and the ubiquitous golden light.