When people mentioned the desert, the first things that came to mind were desolation, scorching sun, and barren land.
Especially for those trapped in the desert, there was the torment of thirst and heat, and the despair brought by quicksand and sand scorpions.
The longer they lived here, the more they understood their own insignificance.
They revered the desert and feared it.
And so, under the influence of this immense tide of negative emotions from humanity as a whole, Saibote was born-the being Sunagakure called the "Sand Wraith."
Humanity's fear and reverence for the desert had given rise to this unique special grade cursed spirit!
Moreover, from the moment he was born, Saibote's intelligence far surpassed that of ordinary cursed spirits, and he learned human language and ways of thinking in an extremely short time.
In the process, he saw many humans brutally killed by cursed spirits, and likewise saw many of his "lesser kin" captured and exterminated by humans.
All cursed spirits were born of humans, yet humans did not actually need them.
Furthermore, cursed spirits born from humanity's intense negative emotions were instinctively almost infinitely close to [evil], instinctively perpetrating slaughter and using humans as nourishment!
After recognizing this, he realized that the ultimate outcome between humans and cursed spirits would inevitably be one side dominating the other, forming a twisted symbiotic relationship.
The only difference lay in which side held the dominant position.
After all, cursed spirits could never be completely wiped out. As long as humans still possessed negative emotions such as despair, fear, hatred, and so on, cursed spirits would continue to be born.
By the same token, if humanity went extinct...
Cursed spirits would naturally cease to exist as well.
Thus, after observing for a while, Saibote decided to first gather a group of