Gaara's sand armor couldn't block the force, and even the usually automatic sand shield couldn't keep up with the opponent's speed.
The sand walls slowly rising around couldn't stop Sasuke's swift movements at all.
In a moment of distraction, Sasuke used the momentum to spin her body around her waist axis.
With a fierce, sharp roundhouse kick, she sent Gaara crashing back down from midair.
Bang!
Gaara hit the ground hard, his head spinning and vision blurry.
At that moment, Sasuke shot down like a meteor from above.
She landed a powerful punch straight to Gaara's abdomen.
Crash!
The ground suddenly trembled. A tremendous force surged through Gaara, pouring directly into the Sea of Sand.
Waves of sand exploded outward, forming a swirling curtain. Visible shockwaves spread through the air.
Gaara was slammed into the sand sea, sinking deep enough to leave a huge crater several meters wide.
Sasuke flipped through the air, landing at the edge of the pit.
Looking down coldly at Gaara below, she said, "You're too weak, Gaara. The weak must accept the fate of the weak."
Gaara's pupils shrank sharply to pinprick size. That phrase was familiar—Gaara had once said it to Naruto.
Now it was thrown back at Gaara.
For a moment, rage, violence, and the thirst for killing overwhelmed his remaining sanity.
"Uchiha Sasuke!!!"
Gaara erupted in fury. His eyes changed to strange vertical slits, glowing with a terrifying, beast-like aura.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"
The waves of sand surged like a tidal flood, wrapping Gaara tightly, forming a giant 'eggshell' around him.
On the stands, Baki, a Sand Village Jonin, saw Gaara's terrifying posture. His eyes narrowed sharply. He then lowered his voice and whispered a few words to the Jonin beside him.
Shortly after, that Jonin quietly vanished from the stands.
Kankuro and Temari's faces turned pale as they noticed Gaara's strange behavior, as if something terrible was about to happen.
"This guy's gone mad. Is he really going to unleash that thing in front of all these people?" Kankuro whispered, voice trembling with shock.
"Get ready to retreat."
Temari's face darkened as she whispered, "What happens next is no longer something we can get involved in."
At that moment, Sasuke, standing on the stands, tried to attack the 'coccon.'
But the sandy defensive barrier formed around it sensed her hostility and extended countless sharp sand spears.
After several failed attempts, Sasuke even got injured herself. She frowned slightly and muttered, "This thing is really tough."
"Hehe, Mom, don't rush. Soon, you'll get to taste fresh blood."
Hearing the strange voice coming from the cocoon, Sasuke realized she couldn't afford to delay. The opponent was likely preparing a deadly move.
"Hmph, just fine. This technique of mine also takes some time to prepare."
Sasuke leapt back several meters and landed against the circular wall of the arena. Taking a deep breath, she formed hand seals.
Ox, Hare, Monkey — one after another, until her palms formed tiger claws, gathering chakra steadily.
The deep blue chakra ignited like fire in her palms.
But soon, the chakra changed its nature, exploding and crackling like lightning!
Crackle, crackle.
Like a thousand birds crying out at once, the sharp noise echoed throughout the entire audience.
"What's that?!"
Might Guy, watching from the stands, widened his eyes when he recognized the familiar jutsu.
"No way… How could she know this technique?!"
"That's an amazing ninjutsu!" Sakura was completely stunned, staring at the lightning-like exploding chakra.
She turned to the equally surprised Might Guy and asked, "Guy-sensei, what's impossible? Do you know this jutsu?"
"Ah, I know it!"
Guy stared intently at Sasuke, his voice low and serious.
"I not only know this technique, but I also know who created it."
"This move is called Chidori. It concentrates lightning in the hand, combined with a piercing thrust to penetrate the target. Because the electric current is so strong, it sounds like a thousand birds chirping—hence the name Chidori," Might Guy said with a grave expression.
"The creator of this technique is Kakashi Hatake. He once cut through a lightning bolt from the sky, so it was renamed Raikiri—the Lightning Cutter."
"What? Teacher Kakashi?"
Sakura was stunned hearing this.
"Teacher Kakashi? Didn't he go missing?"
"Exactly. That's why I'm curious—who taught him the Chidori?"
It wasn't just Might Guy who was shocked.
The moment Sasuke used Chidori, almost everyone was amazed.
After all, it was a famous Konoha jutsu, proudly created by Kakashi, the son of White Fang!
But no matter how the crowd on the stands felt, it didn't affect Sasuke in the arena.
Sasuke gripped the crackling lightning, her eyes flashing with two tomoe.
In the next instant, she vanished suddenly, dragging a dazzling electric current behind her.
Like a streak of lightning tearing across the sky, she charged at Gaara with incredible speed.
On the ground behind her, a deep groove was cut by the electric current.
Gaara's sand wall sensed the danger and immediately activated its automatic counterattack mode.
Hard spikes erupted wildly like bamboo shoots after rain.
The surface of the shell became densely covered, looking like a hedgehog.
But no matter how many spikes appeared, they still couldn't stop Sasuke's advance.
The Sharingan spun rapidly, predicting the direction of the spikes, allowing Sasuke to perfectly avoid every attack.
Using the momentum of the thrust, her right hand, crackling with electricity, pierced through that layer of defense!
"Chidori!!!"
A massive surge of electricity was channeled into it, instantly unleashing incredible destructive power.
Gaara's sand defense was no match for the piercing nature of the Chidori.
The Chidori tore straight through his shoulder, and blood spurted out.
"Is this... my blood?"
Gaara's pupils dilated, staring in disbelief at his pierced shoulder.
Suddenly, intense pain snapped him back to reality.
"Ahhhh—!!!"
His piercing scream echoed directly over the arena.
Kankuro and Temari's faces turned pale.
"Gaara!"
At that moment, snow seemed to silently fall from the sky, drifting quietly onto the audience seats.
One by one, the spectators suddenly collapsed without any awareness.
Uchiha Sogetsu smirked slightly, his gaze shifting toward the location of the Five Kage. He chuckled softly, "Look, Erii. The real show is about to begin."
Meanwhile, the Kazekage, who had been watching quietly, suddenly drew his sword for some unknown reason and held it to the Third Hokage's neck.
"Kazekage, what are you doing?!"
The Raikage was stunned.
Although he shouted to fight if anyone disagreed, he never expected the Kazekage to be the strongest one here—drawing his blade so suddenly and pressing it against the Hokage's neck!
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