"Eh?" Sakura snapped out of her extreme shock and stared at Kurotsuchi, whose lower body was buried in sand!
"How am I supposed to save her?"
"Attack that red-haired boy from the Hidden Sand Village!" Takigakure Kaede reminded her.
What!? How was she supposed to get close to someone that terrifying!?
Just thinking about it made Sakura's calves cramp.
Takigakure Kaede said, "His vision has been temporarily obscured by my Scale Powder Concealment Technique! His body has also been temporarily numbed by the scale powder! He can't defend himself or evade attacks! As long as he takes a solid hit, the sand binding Kurotsuchi will collapse, and she'll be able to break free!"
"Is, is that so??" Sakura hesitated.
Takigakure Kaede urged, "Please trust me, Sakura! I'm confident in my judgment!"
"Gulp!" Sakura swallowed hard and encouraged herself inwardly.
Charge, Sakura! Don't you want to become the woman in Kaede's arms someday? Then how can you stand still when your companions are in danger? Come on, you can do it!
Sakura summoned her courage and charged forward!
She put all her strength into her fist and swung it at Gaara's face!
However, the scale powder drifting through the air also hindered her vision to some extent. She failed to notice a stone in her path, tripped, and flew forward violently, pouncing at Gaara with the momentum of a charging boar!
"Ah!" She lost her balance in midair, and the hand she had extended to throw her punch instinctively grabbed forward.
She grabbed and tightly yanked... Gaara's waistband!
A second later, the entire world fell silent!
Up in the tree behind them, Temari and Kankuro's eyes went wide... Before the siblings unfolded a depraved scene they had never imagined!
Their younger brother, who possessed terrifying strength and was cold-blooded and murderous,