"Really?"
Gaara was overjoyed. He never doubted Shinichi's words.
He could feel that Shinichi genuinely cared about him, second only to Yashamaru.
"Gaara, your big brother Shinichi has done a lot for you."
Seeing the sincere smile on Gaara's face, Rasa's eyes reddened slightly. Moved despite himself, he said, "When you grow up, make sure you thank him properly."
"I understand, Father."
Gaara nodded earnestly.
Although he had no idea what exactly Shinichi had done for him, his instincts told him it must have been something incredible.
Otherwise, why would his father Rasa, who had always treated him so coldly, show an expression like that?
"All right, you two just take good care of Gaara from now on."
Shinichi waved a hand and looked at Rasa and Yashamaru. "Especially you, Rasa. Don't go back to treating him the way you used to."
Out of basic human decency, Shinichi decided to give Rasa another chance to be a good father. If he couldn't even make the most of this opportunity, Shinichi wouldn't mind sending him to his grave while he was at it.
Feeling Shinichi's dangerous gaze on him, Rasa hastily agreed.
Was he kidding?
This was a monster who could beat up a tailed beast with his bare hands. How could Rasa dare object?
"Oh, right. Yashamaru, take this kunai."
Shinichi casually took out a specially made kunai bearing a Flying Thunder God Formula and handed it to Yashamaru. "If anything happens to Gaara, notify me immediately. I'll be there right away."
Who knew what scheme that brat Obito was cooking up behind the scenes? If the Akatsuki really started moving ahead of schedule, Sunagakure was very likely to be their first target.
To be safe, it was better to put another safeguard in place for Gaara, rather than be