17: Chapter 17 The Touch of SandShukaku's roar was deafening, its massive sand body twisted wildly, and endless waves of sand rushed towards Naruto like a tsunami!
The yellow sand blotted out the sun, each grain containing a raging chakra, attempting to completely devour and crush the tiny invaders.
Naruto's eyes were cold as he quickly activated his Body Flicker Technique, struggling to traverse through the raging sandstorm.
Vacuum wind blades slashed out frequently, constantly cutting off the sand claws and sand spears that rushed towards them, producing a piercing tearing sound.
But Shukaku's chakra seemed inexhaustible, and wave after wave of sand kept compressing his space.
Troublesome monster!
Just as he shattered another sand wall in an attempt to pinpoint Gaara's exact location, Shukaku seemed to have gone completely berserk due to his inability to break through it!
It roared to the sky with a deafening roar, and its enormous chakra exploded without reservation!
Countless grains of sand, as if out of control, sprayed and covered everything in all directions, launching an indiscriminate area-of-effect attack!
The attack range also included Temari, who had just arrived nearby and was in a panic due to Gaara's rampage!
"What?"
Temari's expression changed drastically.The destructive sandstorm came crashing down, too fast and too wide for her to dodge completely!
Even the massive Samsung fan could only block a small portion!
Just as she was about to be swallowed up by the raging sandstorm!
A golden figure tore through the sand curtain at a speed too fast for the naked eye to perceive, and appeared beside her in an instant!
Naruto didn't have time to think.He suddenly reached out with his left hand and firmly grabbed Temari's slender waist, which was covered by a fishnet-like corset!His hand touched the tightness of the fishnet and the incredibly soft and warm skin beneath it!
"Uh!" Temari was caught off guard and felt a powerful force coming at her.She was instantly lifted off the ground and slammed into a hard and hot chest!
Naruto held her in his arms, pushed off with his feet, and activated the Body Flicker Technique once again!
Boom!The spot where they had just been standing was completely submerged by the sandstorm!
"you...!"
Temari was both shocked and angry.She was about to struggle when she found that Naruto's arm around her waist was as firm as an iron hoop.His hot palm was pressed against the bare skin on her side, sending waves of tingling sensation through her.
Naruto had no time to pay attention to her emotions, as Shukaku's attacks came one after another!A giant sand claw descended from the sky!
He held Temari and dodged at the last second!
The figure moved and changed direction at high speed in the sandstorm!
With each rapid movement and change of direction, the two bodies inevitably experienced close friction and collision.
In order to maintain his balance and exert force, Naruto inevitably used his arms to exert force on her waist, back, and even the groin.
Temari's two long, strong, white legs, clad in ninja shorts and mesh leggings, swung through the air, repeatedly brushing against Naruto's legs and waist.
During an extremely dangerous, almost ground-hugging dodge, Naruto's cheek even grazed the outside of her fair thigh, and a faint trace of sweat and the sweet fragrance unique to young girls brushed against his nose.
"You bastard!Where are you putting your hands?"
Temari was both ashamed and angry, her cheeks flushed red, her whole body stiff, but because of the high speed and the threat of death, she dared not really struggle wildly, and could only futilely push his shoulder with her hands.
This level of contact was something she had never experienced before!
Naruto frowned, focusing all his energy on dodging and finding an opportunity, ignoring her words.Instead, after dodging a barrage of sand spikes, he subconsciously patted her firm buttocks to adjust his balance!
"Ah!" Temari shuddered violently, as if she had been electrocuted, and a scream of shame and indignation escaped her lips, her body going limp.
[Ding!Multiple intense contacts with Temari triggered extreme emotional fluctuations and violent reactions, gaining Villain Value +300!]
Naruto had no time to pay attention to the system's prompts or the girl's shame and indignation in his arms.
He keenly sensed that after Shukaku's indiscriminate and frenzied attack, the chakra fluctuations on his forehead, representing Gaara's true form, became clearer for a moment due to the release of a large amount of power!
Chance!
He narrowly avoided another sandfall, and, clutching Temari who was almost limp in his arms, landed behind a half-fallen tree, temporarily escaping Shukaku's direct line of sight.
"Let me go!"
Temari finally found an opportunity, forcefully broke free from his embrace, staggered to the ground, her cheeks flushed, her breath rapid, her eyes filled with tears of shame and anger, and glared fiercely at Naruto.
Naruto didn't even glance at her.His gaze was fixed on Shukaku's forehead, and the remaining chakra in his body began to gather frantically.His right palm emitted a loud, high-frequency buzzing sound once again!
"Get away from me!" he shouted coldly.
Temari was stunned by his sudden aura and forgot to refute him for a moment.
The next moment, Naruto's figure disappeared again!
"Vacuum Wind Blade - Maximum Output!"
He appeared to the side and in front of Shukaku, and a huge, invisible wind blade twisted to the extreme flew out of his hand.It was no longer an aimless attack, but a precise strike straight at the point on Shukaku's forehead!
Shukaku seemed to sense the threat of this attack and frantically gathered a sand shield!
However, the wind blades containing the "Severing Source" property have an astonishing destructive power against chakra creations!The sand shield was sliced through layer by layer!
Just moments before the wind blade was about to hit its target—
Naruto mustered all his strength and shouted at Gaara:
"Gaara!Look at yourself!"
"Do you think you can make others remember you or acknowledge you through killing and fear?"
"Wrong!That will only trap you in your own desert forever!Alone forever!"
"What you crave isn't killing, it's pain!It's a sense of existence!It's someone telling you that you're not a monster, you're just Gaara!"
"Yashimaru's lies sting you not because love is false, but because you crave it more than anyone else!You fear it more than anyone else!"
"Stop crying like a child afraid of being abandoned!Wake up!Find what you want in your own way!"
These words, like the most precise scalpel, peeled away Gaara's layers of outer shell, touching the core of loneliness and despair that had never been truly understood or comforted!
Shukaku's movements suddenly froze!The madness in that huge single eye receded like the tide, and pain and confusion appeared on his pale face!
Pfft!
The vacuum wind blade finally broke through the last defense and grazed Shukaku's forehead!
It didn't cause any major damage, but the momentary disruption and Naruto's deafening, soul-piercing roar became the final key!
"Ah." A painful, confused, yet relieved whimper came from Shukaku's body!
The massive sand body began to tremble violently and collapse, crumbling away as if it had lost its support!
Amidst the swirling sandstorm, a small, thin figure plummeted from the ground.He was curled up, as fragile as an infant, his eyes unfocused, tears mingling with the dust as he murmured repeatedly, "Why.why did you know.Yashimaru.why."
Naruto landed on the ground, kneeling on one knee, panting heavily.His chakra was almost depleted, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.
Temari and Kankuro stared in disbelief at the scene, at the unfamiliar Konoha boy.
The sand and dust gradually settled.
Temari looked at Naruto's tired back, then at her younger brother in the distance who looked lost and disoriented, as if he had become a different person.Her feelings were extremely complicated.
The blush on her face hadn't faded, and her body, which had just been touched from all sides, still seemed to be burning hot, but at this moment, intense shock and curiosity overwhelmed all other emotions.
She walked to Naruto's side, her voice no longer filled with hostility.
"Who.who are you?What did you say to Gaara?How could he."
Naruto, panting, looked up at her.
Without giving a direct answer, he simply looked at Gaara, who was huddled in the distance, and said calmly, "Take him back.What he needs is not the blood of his enemies, but someone who can make him stop being afraid and close his eyes."
These words once again struck a chord with Temari, touching the softest spot in her heart.
Looking at Gaara's unprecedentedly vulnerable state, and then at the mysterious and powerful young man before her, she was momentarily at a loss for words.
Meanwhile, Sasuke, slumped on the ground in the distance, witnessed everything.
A deep sense of powerlessness and fear of being abandoned enveloped him.
Naruto slowly stood up, feeling the almost depleted chakra within his body, and the abundant income notifications in his mind.
[Ding!Successfully defeated Shukaku, gaining Villain Value +800!] [Ding!Once again inflicted a huge psychological impact on Sasuke, gaining Villain Value +200!]
The harvest was enormous.
However, it is foreseeable that the troubles that follow will be no small matter.
He glanced at the distraught Gaara, then at Temari with a complicated expression, and finally his gaze settled on the unwilling Sasuke.
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