Chapter 379: Karin's unusual behavior
Even after the genjutsu was lifted, Gaara showed no sign of waking and continued to sleep soundly.
Only when dawn bathed all of Sunagakure did Gaara suddenly scramble up, as though he had remembered something.
Gaara knew perfectly well that he had fallen asleep, and deeply at that. Otherwise, he would not have felt so refreshed.
He had only experienced this feeling once in his entire life, and that sound sleep had allowed Shukaku, the One-Tail of the Sand, to escape and destroy half of Sunagakure.
Since then, Gaara had never slept so soundly again.
Having just woken up, Gaara was still a little frightened. He did not know whether the One-Tail had caused trouble while he slept.
Then he remembered the uninvited guest from last night and hurriedly checked his body, finding nothing wrong.
Next, Gaara took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and entered his mindscape.
In truth, Gaara had always been reluctant to enter his mindscape, because he would have to face the monster that caused him so much suffering.
But despite his reluctance, Gaara forced himself to enter. He needed to check on the One-Tail.
Once Gaara entered his mindscape, the sight that greeted him was a One-Tail who was still enormous, but had become emaciated, all skin and bones.
Perhaps because too much chakra had been drained from him, the One-Tail was still breathing but would not wake no matter how Gaara called to him. This let the worried Gaara breathe a sigh of relief.
Fine, then. If he won't wake up, he won't wake up. As long as he's alive.
Gaara reassured himself that as long as the One-Tail was alive, he could still answer to the village.
Although Gaara had always hated the village, he still felt a