I am in Konoha, but I am invincible to my younger brother Itachi!

"Gaara-sama, who has been sealed in Shukaku since birth, has always been protected as an experimental subject. However, Gaara-sama who cannot control Shukaku's power is considered to be a threat to the village sooner or later."

"In order to prevent it from happening..."

Gaara, whose face was filled with snot and tears when he heard this, showed a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Then Yashamaru was forced to do so because of his father's order..."

For Gaara, compared to his father who had been indifferent to him since he was a child and didn't give him much care, his uncle Yashamaru's weight in his heart was much greater than that of Rasa.

As long as Yashamaru said yes, no matter how outrageous the answer was, Gaara would be willing to believe it.

But Yashamaru gave him the cruelest answer.

"No...that's not the case. I did receive an order from Lord Kazekage, but if I want to refuse, I should be able to refuse."

The next paragraph completely shattered the young Gaara's worldview and fell into a bottomless abyss of despair.

"Lord Gaara, deep down in my heart I must hate you for taking away the life of my beloved sister in exchange for your birth.

I regard you as my sister's relic and desperately want to fall in love with you, but I can't. My sister didn't want to give birth to you at all at that time. She died with a curse.

Your name was given to you by your sister. This child's name is Gaara. Shura who loves himself, please only love yourself and then fight only for yourself.

But she didn't give you this name because she loves you and worries about you. She gave you this name because she hopes that you will always exist and hate this village, full of sister's resentment and curse. "

"You've never been loved by anyone."

After saying that, Yashamaru opened his clothes, and there were more than a dozen ignited detonating charms attached underneath.

Being betrayed, assassinated, and denied everything by the person he trusted the most, Gaara was already heartbroken and had no intention of resisting and defending at this time.

However, as the explosion sounded, it had no effect on Gaara except for creating a crater next to him.

Countless sands, without the command of Gaara's will, spontaneously surged in front of him, forming a spherical shape to block the damage of the detonating talisman for him.

Under the automatic protection of the sands, Gaara couldn't commit suicide even if he wanted to.

Gaara completely collapsed. The images of Yashamaru's earnest teachings in the past and Yashamaru's words just now kept reappearing in his mind.

"what!!"

In an instant, countless sands rushed toward his forehead crazily, carving a bright red word "love" on his head!

At this moment, facing Sakura who did not hesitate to stand in front of Sasuke, Gaara couldn't help but think of the time when Yashamaru stepped forward when he almost killed someone because the villagers were unwilling to play with him.

"Go away!"

That was how similar Yashamaru's figure was to Sakura at this moment. The two figures gradually overlapped in front of Gaara's eyes, causing Gaara to subconsciously keep his hand and relax his strength.

He didn't kill the killer, just pressed him against the tree.

Thinking of the Yashamaru of the past, Gaara felt pain in his head again.

Naruto, who was knocked away, also took this opportunity to fly and rescue Sasuke.

After Sasuke took Gaara away and was temporarily safe, Naruto looked at Sakura worriedly.

"Damn it! What should I do?!"

"Why?! What are these guys... to you?!"

Gaara's question seemed to speak to the most important thing in Naruto's heart, and Naruto answered without hesitation.

"These people are my partners! Try hurting them again! I will definitely beat you up!"

Facing Naruto's words, Gaara seemed very unhappy. He pressed Sakura's hand with a strong force, which caused great pain to Sakura and made her faint from the pain.

"Come on! What's wrong? Aren't you going to beat me up? Come on!"

Seeing Sakura's suffering appearance, Naruto felt a surge of anger rushing to his forehead, and without saying a word, he jumped towards Gaara and punched her.

Being so unskilled, Gaara didn't even pay attention to the straight-forward attack, and with a flick of his tail, he swept Naruto back.

"Fighting to protect others? A boring reason, you don't need a reason to fight!"