The domineering Uchiha drove the Third Hokage mad!

Chapter 268 Gaara and the One-Tailed Shukaku!

The market in Sunagakure Village was bustling with activity, and the shouts of vendors filled the air.

Karura, dressed in a deep red robe, is slowly walking towards us, holding her son Gaara's hand.

Karura possessed a gentle and refined demeanor, yet a hint of worry lingered between her brows.

Ten-year-old Gaara had his red hair loosely draped over his shoulders, and his eyes held a wariness and aloofness that were beyond his years.

Uchiha Sanfeng's heart stirred slightly. Now that Karura was still alive and often accompanied him, he would surely protect him. He wondered how strong Gaara was now.

Karura seemed to sense the stranger's gaze and instinctively pulled Gaara behind her, pausing slightly in her steps.

"Mom, what's wrong?"

Gaara looked up at Karura, his voice carrying the cool innocence of a young boy, but his small hand unconsciously tightened its grip on her large hand.

Before Galuro could answer, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

The once bustling market vanished instantly, replaced by an open space outside Sunagakure Village, filled with yellow sand and devoid of any human presence.

Startled, she immediately mobilized her Magnet Release chakra, causing the sand around her to quickly gather and firmly protect herself and Gaara.

"Space-time ninjutsu, what are you trying to do?"

Uchiha Mitsunori simply smiled and said, "Mrs. Karura, there's no need to be nervous. I'd like to let the two children spar."

Just as Karura was about to use the sand to attack, he found his body suddenly stiffening, unable to even mobilize his chakra.

"Zetsu, go play with Gaara!"

Uchiha Zetsu immediately jumped over excitedly: "Yay! Finally, we can have a fight!"

She stood outside the sand shield and waved to Gaara inside: "Hey! You must be Gaara, right? I'm so impressed! Let's have a match, and you can't cry if you lose!"

Gaara coldly retorted, "Who's crying? You'd better watch out, or you'll get hit by my sand and cry!"

Karura, unable to move, cried out in desperation, "Gaara, run! I'm under a genjutsu!"

A fierce glint flashed in Gaara's eyes; he would never abandon his mother and run away alone.

Without the slightest hesitation, he swiftly formed hand seals: "Sand Release: Continuous Sand Rain!"

The sand surrounding Gaara instantly condensed into countless round sand bullets, which shot towards Zetsu like machine guns.

Uchiha Zetsu was prepared, clapping his hands together: "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

In an instant, hundreds of shadow clones appeared on the open ground and rushed toward the sand bullet.

The sounds of "bang...bang...bang" continued as the sand bullets blasted the shadow clones one by one.

However, Zetsu had so many shadow clones that Gaara was a bit overwhelmed.

Zetsu's true form stood still, laughing as he shouted, "Your sand is quite powerful, but this attack can't hit me!"

Gaara frowned. To protect his mother, who was under the control of the illusion, he quickly manipulated the sand, lifting himself and his mother Karura into the air.

He scoffed, "Don't get cocky, this is just the beginning!"

Just when he thought he was safe, a sharp pain suddenly shot through his back.

Zetsu's true form activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, moving faster than Gaara's reaction time, and kicked him hard in the back!

"ah......!"

Gaara cried out in surprise and fell from mid-air with Karura. Fortunately, he activated his Sand Armor in time to protect his body and was not seriously injured.

He steadied himself, glaring at Jue with displeasure: "How can you ambush someone in a fight? That's so unfair!"

Uchiha Zetsu, a cunning old fox, stuck out his tongue: "That's called all's fair in war!"

"hateful!"

Gaara's wariness intensified; he knew his opponent's strength far surpassed his own, and he dared not be careless any longer.

He formed hand seals again, his chakra surging wildly: "Take this! Magnet Release: Flowing Sand Waterfall!"

The ground shook violently, and a large amount of sand gathered into a sand wave more than 20 meters high, sweeping towards the end, as if to bury her completely.

Jue remained calm and unhurried, and once again used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

Hundreds of shadow clones quickly stacked together, forming a small mountain, and easily leaped over the sand waves, rushing towards Gaara in mid-air.

"Your sand dunes are magnificent! But I have quite a few clones too!"

Gaara immediately manipulated sand to attack the shadow clones: "My sand will bury all your shadow clones!"

While Gaara's attention was drawn to the shadow clones, Zetsu's real body had already used the shadow clones as cover to circle around behind him.

He gathered chakra in his hands and used Gentle Fist technique to strike Gaara on the back of the neck.

"ah......"

Gaara's vision went black, and his body slumped to the ground, the magnetic shield dissipating as well.

Seeing this, Karura was so anxious that tears were about to fall, but she was unable to move due to the illusion's control. She could only anxiously shout, "Gaara! Gaara! Please spare my child! If you have a problem, come at me!"

Uchiha Zetsu withdrew his chakra, squatted down next to Gaara, and gently nudged him: "Hey, are you alright? I didn't use too much force!"

Seeing that Gaara didn't react, she turned to Mitsumine: "Father, he seems to have fainted. Did I use too much force?"

Uchiha Mitsunori simply raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and Karura regained his mobility.

She immediately rushed to Gaara's side, hugged him, and checked on his condition.

Only after confirming that Gaara had simply fainted and was not injured did they breathe a sigh of relief.

Karura turned to look at Mitsumine, her eyes filled with wariness and doubt: "Who exactly are you? What do you want?"

Uchiha Mitsunori's gaze fell on the unconscious Gaara.

He shook his head and said calmly, "Mrs. Gallo, Gaara is very talented, but you have protected him too much. This has caused him to lack experience and struggle even when facing his peers."

Karura was slightly taken aback. She understood what the other person meant, but she never expected that her care would become an obstacle to Gaara's growth.

Then she came to her senses. What kind of kind stranger would do that? "You kidnapped us here, you didn't intend to tell me this, did you?"

Uchiha Sanfeng and the others were disguised, so Karura did not know their identities.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you. You get some sleep! When you wake up, Gaara will become the new Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast!"

Karura felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and then she fell asleep!

"Kaguya, I will release the One-Tailed Beast. After you extract 90% of its chakra, I will seal the One-Tailed Beast back into Gaara's body."

In fact, using the Ten-Tails as a chakra battery and extracting chakra when needed is the standard practice of the Otsutsuki clan.

Kaguya Otsutsuki just didn't understand why the three peaks didn't take the One-Tailed Beast with them.

"Okay, I understand!"

Uchiha Mitsunori reached into Karura's stomach, then released the One-Tailed Beast from its sealed space, infusing it with life force to sustain her life.

"Hahaha, I'm finally free!"