Even if Fourth Kazekage Rasa became a gold miner, it would be impossible for him to forever sustain the economy of a Great Country Ninja Village. This method is too dangerous.
If the price of sand gold in the Ninja World drops even slightly, it could potentially bankrupt The Hidden Sand Village, and Fourth Kazekage Rasa still has to find ways to maintain the price and scale of sand gold exports.
Moreover...
Other matters in The Hidden Sand Village are also troubling.
The other Great Country Ninja Villages have more or less mastered the ways to create or use Tailed Beasts, but only The Hidden Sand Village's One-Tailed Jinchuriki has been consistently unsatisfactory, and could even always go berserk, endangering the village, and might be useless in the future.
Fourth Kazekage Rasa has been pondering how to handle the One-Tailed Jinchuriki issue because the One-Tailed Jinchuriki is his youngest son, Gaara.
Because Gaara's birth caused the death of his wife, Karura, which is also one of the reasons why Rasa has the most complex feelings towards this youngest son.
Fourth Kazekage Rasa stood on the rooftop outside the Kazekage Tower, watching that oppressed, quiet red-haired little boy on the distant rock.
On the forehead of the red-haired little boy was inscribed the word for love.
That was after the last time, when the red-haired little boy encountered the assassination attempt by his beloved uncle, Yakshamaru. He carved it into his forehead with sand, vowing to live only for himself from that day on, no longer needing any emotions.
The red-haired little boy had dark circles under his eyes, a result of his fear of falling asleep.
Once Gaara falls asleep, the One-Tailed Shukaku inside him would appear and rampage within The Hidden Sand Village, so he never dared to sleep.
Suddenly, there was a sound of wind in the air!
A shuriken swiftly shot towards Gaara!
The red-haired little boy seemed to have no reaction, nor did he see the shuriken that intended to take his life, still sitting there by himself.
Whizz!
A burst of yellow sand suddenly rose, blocking the shuriken!
This shuriken came from a Hidden Sand Ninja who had come to assassinate Gaara. He was acting under the orders of Fourth Kazekage Rasa, and he also hated the One-Tailed Jinchuriki who frequently rampaged through the village!
Even if this One-Tailed Jinchuriki was a child, he had to be eliminated!
This Hidden Sand Ninja simply stopped hiding, pulled out a kunai from his Ninja Pouch, and leapt towards Gaara!
Yet...
The red-haired little boy still had no reaction.
If this brat does nothing, then this assassination could succeed!
"Opportunity!"
Just as this Hidden Sand Ninja charged in front of Gaara, the kunai in his hand stabbing towards the child's chest, seemingly about to end the little guy's life!
A mass of yellow sand suddenly lifted, blocking the assassin!
Bang!
The mass of yellow sand sent the assassin flying!
Until that moment, Gaara, who had been sitting quietly, seemed to finally have a reaction, slowly reaching his hand out towards the assassin.
"Sand Coffin..."
Accompanied by Gaara's tender yet cold voice, a mass of yellow sand flew up, wrapping around the assassin's body!
"Let me out, let me out..."
The assassin, his face full of horror, watched as the yellow sand enveloped him, until he could no longer touch the air, suffocating him within the Sand Coffin jutsu until he was dead!
"Killing this way is too slow..."
The little boy coldly released his grasp, and that mass of yellow sand instantly moved to his side, dropping the assassin's corpse onto the ground.
The little boy looked at the body, revealing a cruel smile: "And he died too easily, I must quickly develop a jutsu that kills more efficiently and makes people suffer more..."
"..."
On the distant rooftop of the Kazekage Tower.
Fourth Kazekage Rasa watched the entire assassination attempt on his youngest son unfold, his eyes showing a trace of disgust and disdain as he turned back to his office.
Besides the Kazekage,
two other people noticed this scene as well.
Orochimaru, seeing the red-haired little boy who was killing without a blink, seemingly spotted a treasure and licked his lips.
"What a perfect killing tool."
"Humph..."
Red Sand Sasori also finished watching the whole scene, unbothered, and said: "Let's go, let's first investigate some intel. I haven't returned to this village in a long time, I don't know if the pieces I left behind are still alive..."
"Help me gather some information on that little boy."
Orochimaru still fixed his gaze on Gaara, smiling insidiously: "Perhaps that little one can be used for quite a bit in the future!"
However, once Red Sand Sasori gathered the information, they discovered that the red-haired little boy's identity was not simple.
"Fourth Kazekage Rasa's son..."
"The Hidden Sand Village's One-Tailed Jinchuriki..."
Orochimaru and Red Sand Sasori both formed a plan in their minds when they learned of the boy's identity, naturally thinking of a method to assassinate Rasa.
"Take him away."
This was the suggestion put forth by Red Sand Sasori.
"Lure him away."
This was Orochimaru's smiling proposal.
Their ideas were the same, only differing in execution.
After frowning, Red Sand Sasori immediately chose to heed Orochimaru's advice: "You're the one in charge of tasks, so proceed as you wish..."
"..."
The smile on Orochimaru's face instantly darkened.