"Bastards! Let Lord Gaara go!"
"I'm going to kill you!"
"Stop them!"
"Get out of my way!"
"Ah! Watch out!"
An extremely chaotic battle broke out in the hills of the Demon Desert.
Genin, Jonin, the Kazekage, and Tailed Beast Jinchūriki-people from every side and village were embroiled in the fighting.
The Chunin Ninja Exams had temporarily stalled because of a storm that had suddenly swept through the desert.
Temari and Kankuro had led a group to rescue quite a few Genin and sent them back to the Observation Post first, keeping them out of the storm's path.
Meanwhile, Gaara had entered the Demon Desert unnoticed, also intending to rescue the Genin.
That had played right into the hands of Sunagakure's rebels. They had used Sunagakure Genin to set a series of traps and captured Gaara when he came to help.
That alone would not have been much of a problem. The crucial issue was that the rebels had trapped Gaara with Sealing Jutsu and were preparing to extract the One-Tail from him.
And once the Tailed Beast was extracted, Gaara would not survive either.
At that critical moment, Konoha's Genin teams had happened upon the scene. Without hesitation, they had joined the battle to rescue Gaara.
Then Sunagakure's Genin had heard the news and rushed over as well. It could be said that none of the Genin still in the Demon Desert had missed this incident.
But these Genin alone really could not do anything against Sunagakure's rebels. Their opponents were either powerful fighters or outright battle-hardened Jonin, enemies the Genin could not possibly contend with.
Fortunately, Konoha's Jonin, led by Might Guy, had appeared as well. The moment they joined the fighting, the situation on the battlefield changed.
However, the rebels had long since made preparations. Relying on