Hearing these words, Gaara's expression changed.
'Why was it his father who ordered his uncle to kill him?'
'Didn't his uncle come after him because he resented him for causing his mother's death?'
In the illusion before Gaara, Yashamaru's expression also shifted.
"Why? Isn't he your child?"
The Fourth Kazekage maintained his cold, ruthless demeanor.
"He is my son, but more importantly, he is a Tailed Beast Jinchūriki."
"I need to verify if he is a qualified Jinchūriki."
"Whether he can suppress his emotions and successfully control the Tailed Beast."
"Not only must you assassinate him, but you must also tell him that you do not love him—that you actually hate him, and that his mother never loved him either."
"Only if he can control the Tailed Beast's power when faced with such a situation can he become a qualified Tailed Beast Jinchūriki."
Yashamaru's face froze, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"This is far too cruel."
The Fourth Kazekage's face remained as cold as ice.
"If we are not cruel to him, then the ones who will suffer cruelty are the civilians of the Sand Village."
"You should know just how terrifying a Tailed Beast rampage can be."
Looking at the ruthless Fourth Kazekage, Yashamaru knew the man's mind was made up. This task had to be done; even if he refused, someone else would do it.
"Understood."
With a heavy heart, he walked out the door.
The scene ended there.
Gaara's vision went black, and then he slowly returned to reality.
But at this moment, his legs gave out beneath him, his heart completely shattered.
The resentment he held in his heart toward his uncle receded like the tide.
His now-lucid face was still filled with overwhelming sorrow, tears seeping from his eyes.
'How could things be like this?'
'The uncle I hated all this time only tried to assassinate me because of my father's orders?'
'Was everything my uncle said back then a lie?'
'And yet, I forced my own uncle to his death.'
'Someone like me might as well be dead.'
Right at that moment, the One-Tail inside him sensed that the spirit of the vessel sealing it was weaker than ever before.
'This brat's spirit has weakened. This is the perfect chance to go out for a stroll.'
Subsequently, its chakra erupted violently, battering against the seal, and a portion of the Tailed Beast chakra leaked out.
Even Gaara's eyes began to transform into yellow, star-like shapes.
Ryōsuke noticed the change in Gaara.
He fiercely glared at those eyes.
"Get the hell back inside."
The Rinnegan emitted a terrifying wave of ocular power.
It placed immense pressure on the sealed One-Tail, forcing it to see those massive Rinnegan eyes.
The sheer weight of those eyes suppressed it, rendering it unable to unleash its power.
Its heart was filled with disbelief.
'How can this be?'
'Aren't those the old man's eyes?'
'Is the Sage of Six Paths still alive?'
It wanted to ask for the truth, but it didn't dare step out again. It sensed an aura of absolute destruction, incomparably powerful.
'It's clearly not the old man.'
As the Tailed Beast's chakra receded, Gaara's eyes returned to normal.
However, he remained kneeling motionless on the ground, devastated and broken. His eyes were dull, and his tears fell uncontrollably.
He had caused his uncle's death, and even his own father wanted to kill him.
There was truly no hope left for him to live.
Meanwhile, in the Kazekage's office, the Fourth Kazekage's expression changed as he sensed a strong fluctuation of Tailed Beast chakra.
This feeling was all too familiar. 'Could it be that the failed experiment, the One-Tail Jinchūriki Gaara, is acting up again?'
'What a troublesome child.'
He immediately stood up and headed for the door.
He absolutely could not allow him to go on a rampage within the village; the consequences would be unimaginable.
And he was the only one in the village capable of suppressing him.
Temari, who had been sitting across from him, noticed her father's change in expression and hurriedly asked.
"Father, what happened?"
"Gaara is causing trouble again."
The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, replied briefly before rushing out the door, sprinting quickly toward the source of the sensation.
A worried expression surfaced on Temari's face. 'Is that terrifying little brother of mine acting up again?'
She immediately stood up and followed him.
'I hope it's nothing major.'
'With Father there, everything should be fine.'
'Father has always been the one to handle Gaara's rampages in the past.'
Before long, Rasa arrived at the scene. Seeing Gaara kneeling motionless on the ground, along with the White-Masked Man in Black, his expression instantly changed.
Rumors of Uchiha Madara capturing Tailed Beasts had been spreading throughout the shinobi world.
To think he had actually come to the Sand Village.
Furthermore, he had slipped past their heavy defenses and arrived here completely undetected.
Such an opponent was not someone he could handle alone. A signal flare appeared in his hand, and he prepared to launch it into the sky.
Watching Rasa's actions, Ryōsuke directly activated a Rinnegan genjutsu, sending a terrifying surge of ocular power toward him.
The Fourth Kazekage Rasa instantly found his body paralyzed.
He was horrified.
'Why can't I move?'
'How terrifying. Am I caught in a genjutsu?'
'When did this happen?'
'I only glanced at those eyes for a second.'
'Why do those eyes look so much like the Rinnegan recorded in legends?'
Meanwhile, Gaara noticed his father and slowly stood up, his heart aching endlessly.
He asked in agony.
"Father, why did you send Yashamaru to kill me?"
The Fourth Kazekage looked at Gaara.
"So you found out? Then why bother asking me."
"This is all your fault. If you had been able to control the One-Tail Shukaku, Yashamaru wouldn't have died."
"All of this happened because you are a failed experiment."
Gaara stood frozen on the spot. He had personally dealt the fatal blow to his uncle. His body began to tremble.
He had actually killed the uncle who loved him the most, the only person in the Sand Village who truly treated him well.
Hearing the Fourth Kazekage's excuses, Ryōsuke could no longer stand by and watch.
"Fourth Kazekage, you were present at the time, weren't you? Not only did you fail to save Yashamaru, but you were the one who ordered him to detonate himself, weren't you?"
"Weren't you the one who sent him to his death?"
At the same time, Temari, who had just arrived at the scene, heard these words. Her heart filled with shock and helplessness.
'Is that really how my uncle Yashamaru died?'
'I always thought Gaara killed him.'
Gaara was even more shocked upon hearing Ryōsuke's words.
Recalling the situation back then, his uncle had indeed been covered in explosive tags and died by self-detonation.
All while spewing words of hatred toward him.
But Yashamaru knew full well that an explosion from that distance would be ineffective against him, as his sand would automatically protect him.
Thinking back on it now, his uncle had absolutely no intention of harming him; instead, he had helplessly gone to his death.
He looked at his father.
His eyes were filled with anger.
"Why did you do this? It's one thing for you to try and kill me, but why did you force my uncle to commit suicide?"
The Fourth Kazekage's face turned ashen.
"Everything was for the village. He had that resolve himself."
Now was not the time to care about Gaara's feelings.
The most important thing was that this guy had actually managed to control him. He had to find a way to break free.
Fortunately, his daughter had just arrived.
"Temari, attack me quickly! Disrupt my chakra!"
Hearing this, Temari immediately sprang into action. She rushed toward her father, extending her palms to deliver a strike.
But at that moment, she felt a strange force directly pull her away.
She couldn't resist it at all.
This suction force was naturally the work of Ryōsuke.
He grabbed the flying Temari by the neck.
Realizing the danger, Temari drew a kunai and thrust it at the white-masked man.
Ryōsuke simply reached out and caught the kunai in his hand.
He looked at Temari in front of him.
"What a fine specimen. Eleven or twelve years old, looks a bit younger than Kurotsuchi. I can raise her."
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