Gaara's figure falls from the sky.
The Sand Armor on his body cracks and breaks, and Gaara's consciousness falls into chaos.
But he quickly awakens and stabilizes himself.
The broken Sand Armor on his body also recovers as before.
"Quite sturdy."
Deidara looks down from above. The sand that seemed about to engulf him loses Gaara's control and falls down.
But the awakened Gaara immediately controls the sand to tightly wrap Deidara.
"Sand Binding Coffin!"
Gaara clenches his left hand with his right, and the sand wrapping Deidara suddenly shows signs of being squeezed.
The space is extremely compressed.
No one inside could survive.
If the person inside were still there.
'Not good!'
Gaara immediately senses something is wrong.
He suddenly looks up and finds that the man has somehow flown to an even higher altitude.
Boom!
A huge explosion erupts from within the Sand Binding Coffin.
All the sand is blasted away.
Gaara is affected by the explosion's aftermath. Although blocked by his Sand Shield, he is pushed back some distance.
"Let me show you my true art."
Deidara says with a wild look, putting his hand into the small pouch at his side. The mouth on his palm continuously eats special refined clay.
Then he pulls his hands out. The clay, infused with extremely high Chakra, is immediately molded into a doll.
After he throws the doll, it immediately expands and grows.
Instantly turning into a huge white doll over ten meters tall.
Gaara's expression changes.
The small ones earlier already had such power.
If this one explodes now, the entire Sunagakure would probably be erased.
He absolutely cannot allow such a thing to happen.
He immediately controls all the sand he can control.
Rushing up into the sky, it blocks that huge white doll.
"Do you think you can stop my C3?"
Deidara's face is crazy. "Katsu!"
A flash of white light, the white doll, which had descended to a very low position, instantly explodes.
But the sand controlled by Gaara has already blocked below.
The power of the explosion rapidly spreads, but the thick sand below prevents the explosion from reaching below.
The entire sky over Sunagakure is covered by a massive amount of sand, like dark clouds covering the sky.
Controlling this much sand is also a huge burden for Gaara.
Not to mention, he was also affected by the explosion's aftermath.
A long moment passes.
The explosion is over.
The sand still floats above Sunagakure.
This means the sand is still under Gaara's control.
But Gaara's condition has already deteriorated to an extreme point.
The Sand Armor on his body cracks and falls off.
Although there is not a trace of blood on his body, anyone can see his weakness at this moment.
"Truly worthy of being a Jinchuriki, actually blocking my C3."
Deidara is a bit dissatisfied, but looking at Gaara's condition, he knows the mission is considered complete this time.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, he notices Gaara extending his hand.
He immediately becomes alert.
After all, if that vast sea of sand were controlled to sweep towards him, he might not be able to escape either.
But the next moment,
Gaara's actions surprise him.
"Is it to prevent the sand from falling and destroying the village?"
Deidara raises an eyebrow slightly. "I heard you're being trained as the next Kazekage. This sense of responsibility indeed lives up to it."
Although he could cause significant damage to Sunagakure if he attacked,
Deidara does not act.
Whether out of respect, or to completely eliminate Gaara's threat to him,
He just watches silently.
Watches as Gaara little by little transfers the immense sand outside Sunagakure.
Watches as Gaara exhausts the last bit of Chakra remaining in his body.
Gaara knows,
This time he is doomed.
But he hasn't completely given up hope.
While laboriously controlling the sand to move, he also labors to control a tiny amount of fine sand, making it float in front of Temari.
"This is?"
Temari sees the sand land before her and is startled.
The sand, landing on the ground, seems to form words.
She looks carefully, and her expression changes.
"Damn it!"
She suddenly looks up. At this moment, Gaara is still controlling the sand to move.
This means Gaara hasn't been defeated yet.
And obscured by the sand, they can't see anything from below.
Baki and Kankuro, seeing the characters formed by the sand on the ground, also had their expressions completely changed.
These sand particles faintly converge into a few words.
'Go to Konoha, find Takumi.'
Just five words,
But the information they contain cannot help but move them.
Gaara leaving these words under these circumstances can only mean two things.
One, Gaara has defeated the enemy, and this enemy is related to Takumi.
Two, Gaara is about to lose, and this is telling them to go to Konoha for help.
They naturally hope it's the first.
But obscured by the sand, they can't see the specific situation.
However, judging by Gaara's difficult control of the sand, the first scenario is clearly not realistic.
And if Gaara had won, he wouldn't need to leave this message; he could directly tell them.
So,
The answer can only be the second.
Upon seeing the words, Temari and the others immediately understand.
It's not that their minds are quick, but that their worries have become reality.
The enemy is clearly prepared.
Gaara hastily engaged the enemy, and facing the enemy's despicable offensive tactics, most of his attention was diverted.
If this were in the wild, Gaara could completely withstand this kind of explosion with his sand defense.
But now, to protect the village, he has to sacrifice his own defense to protect everyone's safety.
This is the responsibility of a leader.
But at the same time, it puts Gaara in a very dangerous situation.
"Damn it!"
Kankuro roars, his heart full of resentment.
But he is powerless.
He is supposed to be the older brother, yet he needs to be protected by his younger brother.
At this moment, his heart is filled with hatred towards himself.
'Why am I so weak?'
'I can't even protect my own brother!'
The fear he once felt for Gaara has all dissipated.
Now there is only regret.
Temari clenches her jaw tightly, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.
She is forcibly suppressing the anger inside.
Anger towards the enemy, anger towards herself.
She shares the same hatred as Kankuro.
But she doesn't want to vent it now.
Because the outcome is not yet seen.
She will not give up hope until the last moment.
Even if...
Gaara really is defeated, she will immediately go to Konoha and seek Takumi's help.
She believes that as long as Takumi acts, he will definitely be able to eliminate the enemy and rescue Gaara.