Chapter 287 Clay Doll
The setting sun over Sunagakure is a unique and beautiful sight in the ninja world.
The dim light outlined Gaara's handsome features as he parted his thin lips slightly.
“Since my mother’s death, my only connection with others has been hostility and indifference.”
"After getting to know her, I began to understand that pain, sadness, and joy are all things that can be shared with others."
“I feel like she taught me these things. Actually… I can also be someone who is needed by others.”
"Not as a terrifying weapon, but as the Kazekage of Sunagakure."
The child who used to be withdrawn finally broke through his sharp shell from the inside out after encountering the bright and dazzling sun.
Embrace your own dazzling brilliance.
Recalling Gaara's exceptionally peaceful face in the afterglow, Kankuro couldn't help but look at Haruko Hayama, who had brought him hope and change.
"He wants to give it his all because of you."
"Because of me?" Haruko Hayama didn't quite understand what he meant.
Kankuro smiled but did not continue to explain.
Although his younger brother has the character for "love" above his head, he has difficulty understanding and expressing love.
Having spent many years with his mother, Gaara only learned that love is a combination of loneliness and happiness. After his mother's death, all he understood about love was pain.
But things are different now.
Gaara has taken the first step that prevents him from understanding love, embarking on a lonely path filled with hope, a path he believes to be utterly alone.
Perhaps, one day Gaara will be able to understand more about the meaning of love on his own.
Suddenly, hurried footsteps grew louder in the hallway outside the door.
A gruff male voice shouted, loud enough for Haruko Hayama and Kankuro inside the room to hear clearly.
"They're back! They're back! But... Lord Gaara..."
The voice choked, forcing itself to utter the cruel result.
"Sacrificed..."
In contrast to the unbelievable noise outside, the room was unusually quiet.
Haruko stared blankly in the direction of the door, her mind a little confused.
Gaara... sacrificed himself?
Kankuro, his eyes glazed over, broke out in a cold sweat. Before he could even think about what those words meant, his body began to move on its own.
He hurriedly tried to get out of bed, but his movements caused the IV drip to make a loud, clanging sound.
Haruko snapped out of her daze and quickly steadied him as he nearly fell. "You're still on an IV drip, you can't move around!"
"I don't believe it! How could Gaara possibly..."
The word "sacrifice" seemed to weigh a ton. Kankuro clenched his teeth, unable to believe that Gaara would sacrifice himself.
"Calm down first!"
Haruko helped him back to bed with unwavering strength, and only after confirming that he was alright did she nervously withdraw her hands and tighten her grip.
"Don't worry, you get some rest first. I'll go check on him. Gaara will definitely be alright!"
Her words to Kankuro were both a way of comforting him and a way of comforting herself.
After saying that, she hurriedly left the room.
Upon seeing Chiyo, the Sand Ninja who came to deliver the news quickly led her and many other Sand Ninja who had heard the news of Gaara's death downstairs.
Haruko Hayama followed after them as they disappeared.
The undulating motion of running at full speed made her heart pound rapidly, and the news of Gaara's sacrifice surrounding Haruko Hayama made her heart even more tense.
In this pursuit of Akatsuki, almost all of Konoha's ninjas were seriously injured.
As soon as they returned, they were escorted to the hospital by the Sand Ninja.
In an instant, all the medical ninjas in the hospital sprang into action, not daring to waste any time, and provided them with treatment as quickly as possible.
Gaara, who had been brought back to the village, lay quietly in the center of the crowd.
His eyes were tightly closed, and his original skin color had turned completely into a dark brown sandy color, with even the exposed skin cracked with large and small fissures.
Like a ravaged and exploited clay doll, it was thrown to the ground, its body cracked open, and it lost its breath.
In stark contrast to the bustling medical ninjas around him, the crowd surrounding Gaara's body was deathly silent.
Occasionally, a sob or two would escape, adding to the somber atmosphere.
Chiyo slowly walked to his side and squatted down, her rough, tangled hands carefully covering his dull red hair, her small eyes revealing sorrow.
This is the child she watched grow up...
Temari, who had run over, squeezed through the crowd and froze when she saw Gaara, who was lifeless.
Her lips trembled uncontrollably, "I...I love Luo..."
When Haruko squeezed to the very center in the morning, what she saw was Temari holding Gaara's body and wailing.
Anyone who sees Gaara in his weakened state can no longer utter the self-deceptive words that he is still alive.
Even Nohara Rin, who arrived later, shook her head after examining him, saying, "Even if Master came, he couldn't be saved."
The unwavering assertion shattered the last glimmer of hope for everyone.
Their faces showed unbearable pain, sadness, grief, and anger... all reflecting the bleakness of the established facts.
Haruko clenched her fists, stepped forward, and broke through the deathly atmosphere.
"I can save him!"
Everyone looked at her in astonishment, but seeing that her expression didn't seem to be lying, they immediately started chattering excitedly like water droplets falling into a hot oil pan.
Upon hearing her affirmation, Nohara Rin quickly realized what she was planning to do.
Nohara Rin stood up and walked to her side, asking in a low voice, "Are you going to use your own life force?!"
Unexpectedly, she knew her secret. Haruko met her nervous gaze with surprise and nodded cautiously.
Upon receiving confirmation, Nohara Rin inevitably frowned.
During the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, when Obito Uchiha was trapped under a boulder and stopped breathing, it was Haruko who used a secret technique to save him.
At the time, Nohara Rin was still young and didn't understand what kind of secret technique it was. She only knew that Haruko's body became more fragile later on.
After delving into medical research, she belatedly realized that there is no such thing as a secret technique for bringing the dead back to life.
Haruko was able to revive by giving her life force to Obito Uchiha!
In other words, every time Haruko saves someone, her life force decreases by a portion until it is completely exhausted.
Nohara Rin instinctively didn't want her to use her life force, but looking into the determination in her eyes, Nohara Rin had to swallow back the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
She couldn't have been more impressed by that look in her eyes.
It was Haruko's resolute choice when faced with Obito Uchiha's death.
To Haruko Hayama now, Gaara might just be like Obito Uchiha back then...
Unable to dissuade her from her decision, Nohara Rin could only help her direct the others to carry Gaara's body into the operating room.
After sternly instructing them not to enter, Nohara Rin returned to the operating room and stood ready with Hayama Haruko.
During the transport, the cracks on Gaara's arms and face widened further.
It seemed as if it would turn into dust and vanish in the next second.
Haruko took a deep breath, picked up a scalpel from the shelf, and then, under Rin Nohara's unbearable gaze, plunged it into her own heart.
If you look closely, you can see that her hand, which was gripping the knife handle tightly, was trembling with pain.
But she had to pull out this excruciatingly painful instrument of torture so that the blood from her heart could flow out, thus extracting her life force.
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The list of recipients of gratitude as of July 21, 2024:
grateful--
Braised rabbit stew~ A love letter x15
Sasuke and Naruto always deliver bubble tea together.
An unforgettable regret, Uchiha Grace, a thumbs up from Yingyou.
Ke'er, who is prone to jealousy, received a love letter from a glass flower butterfly.
Flowers given to a 70-year-old woman who insists on reading novels
Babuzel, Mikhail, Ampera from Yancheng Mountain Island, forever support Teacher Lu Renjia who writes, smell the roses, Momozi m, vortex spiral, actually what I want to say is, Ninety-nine Moon Chant, Meow Meow Meow, Peach Evening Farewell, the Chinese people are great :-), Smoke with the Moon, Evening Snow Book Yu, Fall into the Deep Sea, Old Moon, Yi Su Yuan, the arrogant little white flower, Fang Jing who loves to eat osmanthus pickled cabbage, Ke'er who loves to eat vinegar, just want to remain silent and not get angry, A Yu is really c, Jin Xiula from Nanning, Jiu Youyu, You Ji Ze Ling, the cold and quiet clay figurine, please eat strawberries~, Chuchu's love-powered gift x3
Komanlin, Ping. Two "Powered by Love" gifts.
Damn it, it's already been applied. Lian Donghuang of Kos Island, Wu Ziyun, ★★●, Username 30239160, One bite of Xia Youjie, Little Sakura Mochi, Neji ILOVeYOU, Banhua of Yunhai Academy, Wu Nian Bu Jin, Mu Luo Yan Chen, Utzon's gift of "Powered by Love"
Thank you for the gifts! The author is so touched! Gaara peeks out from the sand shell (＞人＜`)
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