"...Lord Ryou, give me the child!"
Karura didn't feel the discomfort of childbirth. Gaara, being so small, didn't cause Karura much pain at all.
A cucumber would have more weight than Gaara.
Moreover, Ryou had already used chakra to heal Karura's injuries.
When she gave birth to Temari and Kankuro, Karura had been in excruciating pain.
Ryou handed Gaara to Karura, truly handed him over, with just one hand.
Karura held Gaara in both hands, weeping with joy: "This is wonderful, my child, you've survived safely."
"Gaara, this will be your name from now on."
The group of cats surrounding the Susanoo outside also curiously looked at Gaara in Karura's arms.
"Meow~ What a tiny human cub! It's almost like a newborn kitten."
"Because he's a premature baby. The fetus wasn't fully developed when he was born prematurely from the mother's womb."
"Can such a small child grow up smoothly? Premature babies have many sequelae: weak constitution, poor immunity, slow development, small strength..."
Yashamaru wiped the tears from his eyes: "It's good that mother and child are safe! It's good that mother and child are safe!"
Yashamaru immediately knelt before Ryou: "Lord Ryou, thank you, thank you for protecting my sister and Gaara."
The next second, Ryou retracted his Susanoo, snatched Gaara directly from Karura's hands, and shouted at Rasa: "Rasa, do you see? Karura has given birth to a little brat for you!"
"Karura has already named him Gaara. Now I can end Gaara's life with a slight pinch."
"Rasa, why don't you surrender quickly and commit suicide!"
"(✘﹏✘ა)." Karura and Yashamaru were both stunned for a moment, looking in shock at Ryou, who was pinching Gaara in his hand.
What kind of person is this?
My child?!
Rasa was in a fierce battle with Sasori and the Third Kazekage, but he couldn't help but look in Ryou's direction and saw the palm-sized red-haired cub.
Karura and Gaara were safe, and Rasa felt great joy in his heart.
But this joy was extinguished by Ryou.
Karura and Gaara were both saved, but they became Ryou's captives.
Rasa even wished they hadn't been saved, so he wouldn't have to painfully betray them again.
As the Kazekage of the Village, he would never surrender to his enemy because of personal feelings.
In the original work, when Minato faced Obito's threat, he had the Flying Thunder God Technique to save Kushina and Naruto.
But if Minato didn't have the Flying Thunder God, and Obito threatened Minato with Kushina and Naruto's lives to do something to harm Konoha, would Minato do it?
No, because Minato was first the Hokage, and then Kushina's husband.
Sacrificing one's own family for the sake of the Village's compatriots, this is the great righteousness of a Shinobi!
Just like Minato sacrificed Naruto's childhood by making him the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
The Will of Fire is a great righteousness that emphasizes sacrificing the individual and dedicating oneself to the collective.
Ryou didn't possess such righteousness, so he defected.
No matter how despicable Rasa might have been in the past, his only choice now could be the Village.
Rasa didn't want to look at Gaara again, afraid he would soften.
The iron sand released by the Third Kazekage also prevented Rasa from letting his guard down.
Fighting his teacher, the strongest Kazekage, he couldn't relax for a moment.
Sasori, cooperating with the Third Kazekage, was clearly much stronger than Rasa.
Seeing that Rasa wasn't controlled at all, Ryou was puzzled.
Karura pleaded with Ryou: "Lord Ryou, please, don't hurt Gaara. Let me be your hostage!"
Yashamaru hugged Ryou's leg: "Lord Ryou, don't hurt my sister and nephew!"
"Quiet!"
Ryou roared, then extended vines to restrain Karura and Yashamaru, and shouted loudly at Rasa.
"Rasa, now your wife and brother-in-law are in my hands. If you don't commit suicide, I'll kill them."
"…"
Rasa flew in the sky, battling the Third Kazekage, not paying any attention to Ryou's words.
Chiyo sneered: "Little Ryou, stop threatening him. Rasa is the Kazekage of Sunagakure. No matter how strong his personal feelings are, they can't outweigh the safety of the entire Village."
"This is the Kazekage, this is the Will of Sand!"
"Little Ryou, a rogue Shinobi like you will never have such resolve."
"Chiyo, you old hag!"
Ryou pointed at Chiyo, somewhat angry, and then told her a cruel truth: "Old hag, I regret to inform you."
"Sasori transformed himself into a Human Puppet, and his family heirloom was also cut off by himself. You won't have any great-grandchildren."
"Sasori—"
Chiyo cried out in pain, somewhat unsteady.
Her family line was extinct!
Ebizo quickly supported her.
Ryou smiled, looking at the pained Chiyo, then returned Gaara to Karura, tied them with vines, and sank them and Yashamaru underground.
Ryou then clapped his hands and said to the Sunagakure Anbu: "Look at me, look at me, everyone look at me!"
"I'm going to make an announcement!"
Chiyo quickly shouted: "Don't look into his eyes, you can't block his Sharingan."
The Sunagakure Anbu, who had just been released from genjutsu, knew better than Chiyo that they had been hypnotized just by looking into Ryou's Sharingan.
The fact that even Jonin could be hypnotized with a single glance proved that the ocular power contained within Ryou's Sharingan far exceeded that of the Uchiha Clan's regular Sharingan.
But was not looking enough?
Ryou's ten fingers released chakra threads. These were not blue chakra threads, but red chakra threads.
The red chakra threads quickly shot towards the Sunagakure Anbu. Their speed was very fast, and these Anbu dared not look directly at Ryou.
Soon, several Anbu were controlled by Ryou's red chakra threads, and after being controlled, their eyes showed the projection of a three tomoe Sharingan.
Each of them became obsessed as if they had played Genshin Impact, turning around to attack their comrades.
Baki was an elite Shinobi and quickly reacted, escaping Ryou's chakra Thread control.
He shouted to the other Anbu: "Be careful, he has injected his Sharingan chakra into the chakra threads. Don't touch his threads."
Baki was right. Ryou's red chakra threads were injected with genjutsu energy from the Sharingan.
Genjutsu primarily attacks the enemy's five senses and brain nerves.
Sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste!
Sharingan genjutsu is triggered through sight, using genjutsu energy to infiltrate the brain nerves, thereby altering perception.
If the enemy is blind, or if they avoid making eye contact with the Sharingan, they can evade Sharingan genjutsu.
But Uchiha Clan genjutsu masters cannot be restricted to releasing genjutsu only through the Sharingan.
For example, in the original work, Naruto fell under genjutsu just by looking at Itachi's finger.
Simply put, if you encounter a genjutsu master, you can't avoid genjutsu; you can only run, or rely on teammates to help dispel it.
Control-type Shinobi are just that formidable.
Ryou's chakra threads at this time were using touch for genjutsu manipulation.
As long as his threads touched someone, his genjutsu power would invade their mind and brainwash them.
It had a flavor similar to the Nara Clan's Shadow Imitation Jutsu.
This utilization of genjutsu had already departed from the Uchiha Clan's application of the Sharingan; it was directly extracting and using the Sharingan's genjutsu energy.
This was the result of Ryou's training in Yin-Yang Release.