After the meeting, Rasa saw Gaara.
In his eyes, this son was a failed Jinchuriki, and the more he looked at him, the more disgusted he felt.
He once sent a ninja named Yashamaru to test Gaara's capacity, and to his disappointment, Gaara couldn't control himself at all and went berserk that day.
Thinking of his wife, who died in childbirth because of this guy...
The village was invaded by the Whitebeard Pirates because of this kid existence...
Rasa's face was even more clouded.
Gaara also saw his father, he looked up at Rasa, his eyes showing no emotion at all.
"Hmph!"
In the end, Rasa didn't say much to his son, he just snorted coldly, ignored Gaara, and walked past him.
Gaara stared blankly at Rasa's retreating figure.
He lowered his head, not knowing what to do, and just stood there quietly.
Some of the Sunagakure ninjas around him also dared not approach this Jinchuriki, because Gaara had gone berserk a while ago.
If they accidentally stimulated the Jinchuriki to go berserk again, the weak ninjas wouldn't survive!
"Whitebeard... Pirate Crew..."
Suddenly, Gaara slowly uttered these words.
Gaara naturally heard about the rumors that were very supportive of Whitebeard.
He knew that as a One-Tail Jinchuriki, he might have been targeted by the Whitebeard Pirates, just like those Jinchuriki in the ninja world who had suffered misfortune.
Since experiencing the assassination of "Yashamaru", Gaara has completely closed off his heart and decided to live for himself in the future.
He abandoned the feelings he thought were unnecessary, and in the process of being assassinated time and time again, he began to try to take pleasure in killing.
This time, knowing that he was facing such a crisis, Gaara decided to deal with the crisis with his own strength.
He took a deep look at Rasa's retreating figure, and in the calm depths of his eyes, there was a deep killing intent.
The relationship between this father and son is very abnormal.
"You are all afraid of pirates, but I am not." Gaara muttered to himself again, he walked in one direction alone, "My capacity is above all of you."
That direction is indeed the direction to leave Sunagakure Village!
Yes, he plans to leave the village and go to find the Whitebeard Pirates on his own.
He doesn't want to wait for the pirate crew to come to him, he wants to find them actively, and then use his power to kill all the pirates!
And, in order not to be disturbed by annoying people...
Gaara plans to kill a few Anbu who are watching him first.
...
The next day, Rasa received an unbelievable news - three Sunagakure Village Anbu ninjas who were monitoring Gaara were brutally killed at some alleyway, and Jinchuriki Gaara disappeared. His trace couldn't be found in the entire village.
Rasa abruptly stood up from his chair.
He found it hard to stay calm, staring wide-eyed at the Anbu ninja reporting in front of him: "Three Anbu ninjas, can't even watch a child?"
The Anbu ninja kneeling on one knee in front of Rasa bowed his head and apologized: "Kazekage-sama, we are incompetent, please punish us!"
Rasa clenched his fist, then slowly relaxed.
His breathing was like a bellows.
It's easy to imagine that Rasa's mood is very unsettled now.
He had originally decided to use Gaara as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Whitebeard Pirates, to gain more benefits for the village.
This can also be considered a kind of waste utilization.
But who would have thought that the bargaining chip in his hand, ran away!
Gaara is only eight years old this year, even if he is a Jinchuriki, it shouldn't be impossible to watch him, right?
Rasa's lungs were about to explode.
"Search!" He gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Send out half of the Anbu ninjas, search every corner of the entire village! Then send out the other half of the Anbu ninjas, search near the village, and tie him back!!!"
Upon hearing this, the Anbu ninja quickly nodded: "Yes, Kazekage-sama!"
Watching this Anbu ninja disappear with a "whoosh", Rasa tried hard to calm his fluctuating thoughts.
He sat back in his chair, his face full of gloom and anger.
Just at this moment, the door of the office was pushed open.
Just as Rasa was about to get angry again, he found that the two people who walked in were his son and daughter.
Rasa has three children, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara.
The ones who walked into the Kazekage office were indeed Temari and Kankuro.
"Why are you here? Isn't there school at the ninja academy today?" Rasa held back his anger and asked coldly.
Temari and Kankuro have long been accustomed to their father's cold attitude.
"Dad, Gaara hasn't come back all night and morning, has he disappeared?" Temari, with her big eyes wide open, asked Rasa.
Rasa took a deep breath and repeated the situation the Anbu ninja had told him.
Temari and Kankuro's eyes were wide open.
"This is not something you little brats should meddle in!" When Temari was about to say something, Rasa interrupted directly: "You do what you should do!"
...
Meanwhile.
In the vast desert, a small figure stands out.
Gaara has been alone, walking from night to dawn, he doesn't know how far he has walked.
He, who is only eight years old, has no experience in long journeys. He doesn't even listen to classes in the ninja academy, Gaara doesn't even know that he should bring some water and food when going out.
At this moment, Gaara is already parched and tongue-tied. During this time, he hasn't drunk a drop of water or eaten anything.
He knows that he should go back to Sunagakure Village now, prepare everything and then come out again.
But he thought about it, and still gritted his teeth: "If I can't even bear this hardship, what's the point of living only for myself... and besides, I absolutely can't let those people see me like this."
Gaara gritted his teeth and held on, he didn't know if he could meet the Whitebeard Pirates in the direction he was walking.
He just has a strange premonition, he feels that he is right to go in this direction, he decides to trust his premonition.
Another hour passed, Gaara was already a little unable to walk, he was panting heavily: "Huff... Huff..."
The dryness in his mouth made him not want to say a word.
The scorching sun made his vision a bit blurry.
Gaara found that his dehydration and hunger were already very serious, because he found that he was hallucinating, he actually saw a ship in the distance!
How could there be a ship in the desert?
He knew it was a ship because he had seen it in a book.
But the next second, Gaara found something was off.
No matter how hard he shook his head, even slapping himself, the blurry ship in front of him did not disappear.
It didn't look like a hallucination, nor like a mirage in the desert.
As time passed by the second, he found the ship getting bigger and clearer.
That is to say, this ship is real!
...
"It's so hot... Haku, make some more ice cubes, please. I can't stand the heat!" Naruto, sticking out his tongue, lay weakly on the railing of the Moby Dick.
Sasuke, who was next to him, gave Naruto a look: "Can't stand sailing in the desert for a few days? You don't have the demeanor of a team leader at all, stupid Naruto!"
Naruto complained: "But it's really hot! Even the water stored on the ship is hot, and the wind is hot."
Haku made a few large ice cubes in an instant with his hands sealed.
Seeing this, Naruto's eyes lit up, and he pounced on them.
Feeling the cold chill of the ice cubes, Naruto showed a contented expression: "Hehehe... finally feels much better!"
Hinata and Karin were sweating profusely on the other side, practicing against each other. They have always been competing in Taijutsu.
However, due to the temperature, their movements were much slower than usual.
The sweat accumulated in their clothes could probably squeeze out a small basin.
Fu was communicating with Chomei, the Seven-Tails. It's essential for a Jinchuriki to establish a bond with the Tailed Beast.
Kakashi was boredly watching the little prince, with Nohara Rin sitting next to Kakashi, occasionally curiously peeking over, then being scared by the content of the book and quickly shifting her gaze.
But she couldn't help being curious and took another sneaky peek.
Tsunade was drunk today.
A few days ago, the Moby Dick docked in a small town in the Land of Wind for a day.
Tsunade ran out to gamble enthusiastically, but the money she had finally earned from the Whitebeard Pirates was all lost, and she became a big fat sheep in the ninja world again.
This led to Tsunade being depressed and drinking for several days.
Neji was currently opening his Byakugan, wanting to see how long he could keep his Byakugan open.
Just as he was looking around with his Byakugan, suddenly... a small figure was caught by Neji's Byakugan.
Neji's twisting neck suddenly paused.
His gaze quickly locked onto that figure.
"That is..."
He took a closer look and found that it was a boy about his age.
The other party had short red hair, carried a strange large gourd on his back, and his face was expressionless, like a poker face.
Neji also found that the other party's eyes were a bit scattered, showing signs of heatstroke.
"Pops, there seems to be a lost person in the desert ahead!" Neji immediately shouted to Whitebeard.
Whitebeard's Observation Haki swept over: "Gurara, a lost reckless kid... It looks like he's weak and about to faint."
Whitebeard could feel that the kid was a bit unusual.
But Whitebeard wasn't worried about this.
"Foolish son, take some water down to save him!" Whitebeard spoke.
"Okay, Pops!"
Neji immediately nodded.
He quickly ran back into the cabin, grabbed two bottles of water and ran out, jumping directly off the Moby Dick.
And Moby Dick also stopped, lest it accidentally killed the little devil who was in trouble in the desert.
Neji quickly approached Gaara.
When he was less than ten meters away from Gaara, Neji said, "It's your good luck to meet us in the desert."
Then he handed two bottles of water to Gaara: "Although it's very strange that you appear in the desert... Looking at you like this, if you don't drink water, you might faint."
"Drink a little bit, don't drink too fast, sip it slowly."
The strong sense of thirst made Gaara temporarily give up thinking, his eyes only had the two bottles of water in Neji's hand.
He grabbed one of them, quickly unscrewed the cap and poured it into his mouth, completely ignoring Neji's warning.
After drinking a bottle of water in one breath, he grabbed the other one, unscrewed the cap, and poured it on his head.
"Huh..."
It wasn't until now that Gaara slowly regained consciousness.
He looked down at the empty water bottle in his hand, then looked up at Neji in front of him.
Neji's pair of white eyes made Gaara stunned.
This was the first time he had seen someone with white eyes.
Gaara didn't say thank you, he just asked this question: "What is this ship?"
Neji felt that this guy was a bit impolite.
But he still answered Gaara's question: "This is Moby Dick, we are the Whitebeard Pirates."
Gaara: "!!!"
Whitebeard Pirates!
Gaara didn't forget what he wanted to do when he left the village.
He didn't expect that his vague premonition was really accurate.
Walking in this direction, he actually ran into the Whitebeard Pirates!
It was also at this time... Gaara found a pirate flag on Moby Dick, making a sound in the desert wind.
"So... you are pirates, are you going to Sunagakure Village to catch Jinchuriki?" Gaara asked again without expression.
Neji frowned, this strange guy knows this too?
It seems that he is not a simple guy.
But indeed, it's strange to see such a young person appear in the vast desert.
"Yes." Neji raised a few points of vigilance, nodded and responded frankly: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be from Sunagakure Village, right?"
Gaara also nodded honestly: "Yes."
The eyes of both sides were looking at each other.
There was a bit of confusion and vigilance in Neji's eyes.
A faint killing intent began to permeate Gaara's eyes.
And the killing intent in his eyes visibly increased.
Neji immediately caught something wrong.
Also at this moment...
Gaara directly burst out!
"To thank you for giving me two bottles of water, I will leave your whole body! The Jinchuriki you pirates want to catch is me!"
Gaara's eyes were full of fierce light.
He slapped his hands hard.
"You don't need to come to me, I will come to you directly! And, I want to kill you directly!"
"Sand Shower!!!"
Neji's pupils shrank.
His pair of white eyes saw a very strange chakra surging in Gaara's body.
At the same time, Neji felt his feet...
As if they were bound by sand!
...
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