Just then,
she spotted a friend of hers.
She hurried over and grabbed her friend's arm.
"If you go, you really will die!"
But her friend shook off Temari's hand.
"Shut up, traitor!"
With that,
she ignored the pain in Temari's eyes
and ran straight toward the Box of Ultimate Bliss.
Baki formed several hand signs.
Moments later,
the monster carved on the Box of Ultimate Bliss
opened its mouth wide.
Sand Ninja began running toward it in a frenzy,
pouring into its open maw.
As the ninja rushed inside,
red light streamed from the monstrous mouth—a sign that the Box of Ultimate Bliss was devouring their Chakra.
Time ticked by.
Baki watched nervously.
By now,
hundreds of ninja had entered the Box of Ultimate Bliss,
yet
the box still showed no sign of being full.
"Damn it! How many more ninja does this thing need to eat?!"
Baki was frantic. Sunagakure had few ninja to begin with. If the box remained hungry after they sacrificed so many fighters, the loss would be for nothing!
At that thought, he quickly stopped the Sand Ninja who were still trying to rush forward.
"Baki..." Temari approached him. She thought he had come to his senses and was about to plead with him again.
Instead, Baki turned to a subordinate with madness in his eyes. "We can't lose any more Combat Units! Bring the villagers here. Tell them we need their help!"
That was exactly what Baki intended: to feed the villagers to the Box of Ultimate Bliss instead of the ninja!
Everyone in the Shinobi World had Chakra, even if they weren't ninja. They simply had less of it.
And Sunagakure was a major Ninja Village. It had no shortage of villagers!
Temari rushed forward when she heard him. "Baki! What are