Chiyo stopped the sealing Jutsu and resealed Shukaku into the tea kettle, which effectively meant the sealing failed.
Now, not only Karura would die, but Gaara would also die.
Karura grabbed at any lifeline near her, clutching Ryou's leg, and weakly said, "Please, save my child!"
Rasa summoned Gold Dust, forming a golden wave behind him.
He shouted at Ryou, "Uchiha Ryou, get away from my wife!"
Ryou looked at Rasa and chuckled, "Rasa, it seems you've already abandoned Karura."
Ryou reached out to Karura, but Rasa's Gold Dust attacked. Ryou summoned Susanoo, blocking Rasa's Gold Dust attack.
Ryou touched Karura's belly, releasing his Wood Release chakra to heal her injuries.
Part of the Wood Release chakra treated Karura's weakness, while the other part replenished Gaara's body, which was depleted due to the sealing failure.
"This—"
Chiyo, Ebizo, and Rasa looked at Ryou's actions in confusion.
They were now experiencing a double shock: first, the chakra giant Ryou summoned, and second, Ryou's current actions.
Ebizo asked Chiyo, "Sister?!"
Chiyo realized, "He's using his own chakra to heal Karura and her child."
"Uchiha Ryou was a Medical Shinobi before he defected from Konoha."
"Kazekage-sama, Chiyo-sama, now's our chance!"
Several Anbu wearing masks, who were standing still, became active. They wanted to attack Ryou while he was healing Karura.
"…"
Rasa hesitated to attack.
A good opportunity? These people forced Karura to her death, and Ryou went to save Karura.
Rasa was somewhat confused about whether the other party was a friend or foe.
Yashamaru, despite his injuries, stood in front of Ryou's Susanoo, taking out a Kunai and confronting Rasa and Chiyo.
Yashamaru finally understood his heart; compared to his sister's life, what did the Village's doctrines matter?
After Yashamaru, Candy, Snowy, and Cat appeared one by one in front of Ryou's Susanoo.
It seemed that at this moment, Rasa and his group were the villains.
Taking advantage of this pause, the Sunagakure Anbu went to awaken the people hypnotized by Ryou's Sharingan, one by one.
A whooshing sound came from the sky.
Chiyo and Rasa both looked up simultaneously.
Another master?
Another figure flew down from the sky, with black iron sand forming a pair of wings, and long, dark indigo hair that bristled outwards like sharp spikes.
Chiyo immediately recognized the newcomer by the iron sand. She exclaimed in shock, "iron sand! It's the Third Kazekage!"
Rasa and Ebizo were both startled.
The Sunagakure Anbu also seemed to be struck by an invisible thunderbolt, their breathing stopping for a moment.
"The former Kazekage, the Third Kazekage-sama who disappeared three years ago."
"He's one of us! Now Uchiha Ryou is in for it!"
"Great, it's the Third Kazekage-sama! We're saved!"
But in the next moment, the Sunagakure Anbu's smiles froze.
Because the Third Kazekage who flew down had two distinct stitched patterns on both sides of his cheeks, extending from his jaw to his ears, like the seams of a puppet's joints.
This was not a sign of a living person, but a puppet, a Human Puppet made from the Third Kazekage.
The Third Kazekage was not standing with their faction, but on Ryou's Susanoo's side.
They were together!
A Red Tailed Scorpion emerged from the Third Kazekage's grey outer robe, giving a cold smirk to the Sunagakure Anbu: "Always a pathetic bunch, still hoping for a god to save you."
"Let me tell you, your god isn't coming. He's already been made into a Human Puppet by me."
Baki pointed at the Red Tail Scorpion, his pupils suddenly widening in horror, "You're Sasori!"
Sasori sneered, "That's right."
Chiyo smelled the scent of blood on Sasori, and with a trembling finger, pointed at him, "Sasori, you killed someone?"
Sasori nodded, "Killed them. The Elder Council members have all been dealt with by me."
"What?!"
"The Elders have all been killed! Damn it, Sasori, you bastard!"
The Sunagakure people were filled with rage, wishing they could rush forward and fight Sasori to the death.
Sasori was covered in a bloody aura, having just returned from the residential center of Sunagakure.
He had basically slaughtered all the members of the Sunagakure Elder Council.
Ryou had asked Candy to give him a list of Elders who were political rivals to Sunagakure, Chiyo, and Ebizo.
But Sasori didn't need it at all.
Why bother distinguishing so clearly? Sasori didn't have the energy to differentiate between good Elders and bad Elders.
Blame those people for not carving the words 'Good Person' on their foreheads.
Regardless of whether they were supportive or opposed, as long as they were Sunagakure Elders, Sasori killed them all.
These noisy old geezers used to call him a heretic; he might as well show them what a heretic truly was.
Sasori ignored the enraged Sunagakure Shinobi, looked at Chiyo, and snorted, "Old hag, when you're old, just go home and wait to die."
Chiyo, unwilling to admit her age, chuckled, "Sasori, you were the one who made my bed that night, weren't you? You unlovable grandson, Grandma won't spare you later."
Chiyo had long suspected that the Third Kazekage had been turned into a Human Puppet by Sasori, but others didn't know.
Rasa pointed at Sasori and shouted, "Sasori, you killed the former Kazekage, and you even made him into a Human Puppet. I must execute you today!"
Sasori raised his tail stinger, somewhat enjoying the hostility from the Sunagakure Shinobi.
Sasori's kindness had left him the year his parents were killed; for so many years, he had been pretending.
He was a cold-blooded anomaly.
"That's right, I did it. I painstakingly poisoned his tea and easily killed him."
"Hmph! What 'strongest Kazekage'? He was nothing more than a pathetic worm!"
"Damn it, Sasori, you're not allowed to insult Third Hokage-sama like that!"
The Sunagakure Anbu's brows were tightly furrowed in anger, every gaze directed at Sasori filled with bone-chilling coldness and brutality.
Rasa's ascension was only three years ago, a short time. Most of the Anbu Shinobi were former subordinates of the Third Kazekage, Shinobi who greatly respected him.
Seeing their revered Third Kazekage killed by Sasori, his body turned into a Human Puppet, they even grew to hate Chiyo.
Look, you old hag, this is the 'good grandson' you raised!
"Magnet Release: Gold Dust Tsunami!"
Rasa used Gold Dust, transforming it into a golden wave to attack Sasori and the Third Kazekage.
"Sasori, you killed the former Kazekage. I must execute you today."
Sasori manipulated the Third Kazekage to release iron sand Magnet Release to counter Rasa.
"Rasa, come on. Today you won't escape death. You'll follow in your teacher's footsteps and become one of my collectibles."
Sasori took a liking to Rasa's Gold Dust.
This person actually uses gold as Ninjutsu to attack people? Can this be tolerated?
It cannot be tolerated. He must be properly controlled to pan for gold.
Inside the Susanoo, under Ryou's Wood Release chakra Medical Ninjutsu, both Karura and Gaara's lives were saved.
"Madam, push, push! He's coming out, he's coming out!"
Ryou was currently delivering Karura's baby. Actually, not much delivery was needed, because... Gaara was simply too small.
He was a premature baby, not even as big as an adult's hand.
Ryou held Gaara in one hand. Since a newborn baby must cry, Ryou gently pinched him.
"Waaah—"
Gaara immediately started crying.