Rasa stood rooted to the spot, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"Kazekage-sama!"
An aged, urgent roar pulled Rasa back from the brink of collapse.
Ebizo rushed to Rasa's side, grabbed his arm, and shook him hard.
"Snap out of it! Rasa!"
"It's not time to give up yet!"
"We haven't lost. We still have a chance."
Chiyo, too, dragged her exhausted body over. A final madness burned in her clouded eyes.
"Ebizo is right!"
"We have to stop him! Even if we can only delay him by one more minute, one more second!"
"We must buy time for the last remaining sparks of Sunagakure to escape!"
Rasa abruptly raised his head, his bloodshot eyes fixed on the two advisors.
"Stop him?"
Rasa let out a miserable, piercing laugh.
"With what? Our lives?"
"Didn't you see it? What kind of monster is that? What do we have to fight him with?!"
"Then we'll use our lives to fill the gap!"
"Besides, we still have Shukaku!"
Chiyo shouted sternly.
Rasa shuddered.
Right!
It wasn't over yet!
Sunagakure still had one final trump card!
"Baki..."
As though clutching at his last lifeline, Rasa muttered to himself.
"Baki has already gone to release Shukaku!"
"As long as Shukaku emerges... as long as the Tailed Beast's power fully erupts... and with the three of us..."
"Perhaps... perhaps we really can stop Uchiha Yao!"
"Good!"
Ebizo nodded heavily, the last of his fighting spirit erupting from his aged body.
"Sis, go save people!"
Kazekage-sama and I will buy time for you!"
"I'm counting on you!"
Chiyo gave her younger brother a deep look, without the slightest hesitation remaining.
She had to save as many ninja as possible in the shortest time.
"Uchiha Yao!"
Rasa threw back his head and roared, unleashing every last bit of Chakra within