Temari: "???"
Watching the storm that enveloped the entire Hidden Sand Village and showed signs of continuing to expand, Temari was lost in confusion.
Every sign indicated that this was very likely her doing.
Could it be that she really became a Herrscher?
It wasn't just her; everyone else was stunned as well.
Wait, does the First Hokage really have such an accurate eye for people?
Doesn't that mean all the people he mentioned before might actually turn into Herrschers?
In an instant, those nominated by Senju Hashirama were being watched by those around them with incredibly strange expressions.
Those gazes seemed to be measuring exactly when they would transform into Herrschers.
Tsunade: "A coincidence, this must be a coincidence!"
Haruno Sakura: "That's right, it's all just a coincidence."
Hyuga Hinata: "..."
However, no matter how one heard it, their words sounded like weak excuses with absolutely no weight behind them.
[After the Great Tornado formed, it swept up the yellow sand across the sky, its scale continuously expanding.
Yet, at the center of the hurricane, it was remarkably calm.
The wind... is responding to me.
At this moment, the entire world became incomparably clear in Temari's eyes.
She could see the flow of the surrounding air and even manipulate it; and it wasn't just that—she could even control something more fundamental.
Or rather, the so-called wind was merely a byproduct of her Authority.
"Ideal Fluid, my... Authority?"
She could create and manipulate these Ideal Fluids at will to achieve whatever result she desired!
"To think it would be like this..." Inside Temari's eyes, which were gradually turning cyan, the spear of the Templar-class Honkai Beast slowly descended.
But in the next second, the body of this Honkai Beast, which was massive compared to a human, fractured inch by inch before finally dissolving into basic Honkai Energy particles and vanishing from Temari's sight.
Disappearing along with it were all the other Honkai Beasts atop the city wall; even the Chariot-class Honkai Beast that had collapsed onto the wall died with them.
"Ugh~ I feel something... burrowing into my head."
Suddenly, Temari clutched her head, her expression pained.
In that instant, a massive amount of information flooded her mind, and along with it came a deluge of negative emotions.
This left Temari in a very poor state.
"I will destroy civilization and kill those damned humans!"
"No... stop, I can't do that... I still have to protect the village."
"What's so good about those humans? What is the village worth for you to protect? Look at those humans—they are clearly worthless, yet they require your sacrifice just to survive. How is that different from a parasite!"
"Fallacy! That's a fallacy!"
"But you did hesitate. In your heart, you've thought that if it weren't for those ordinary people dragging you down, so many of your people wouldn't have died, and your father's fate wouldn't be unknown!"
"No, that's wrong. This is... my responsibility. This is what I should do."
At this moment, it was as if a tyrannical second personality had been born within Temari, fighting her for control of the body.
Furthermore, her Herrscher personality was constantly bewitching her, inciting a profound malice toward humanity.
And just as Temari's spirit wavered...
Boom!
The sound of an explosion from within the Hidden Sand Village caused Temari to instinctively look toward the village.
In Temari's eyes, which had become dull with pain, the orange-red firelight coming from the Hidden Sand Village was reflected.
And within that firelight, there were still Sunagakure ninja fighting against the Honkai Beasts.
Temari's pupils constricted as she realized Kankuro was still in danger.
"Kankuro!"
Temari seemed to forget her injuries as she stood up and leaped down from the city wall.
But unexpectedly, her body did not plummet to the ground. Instead, a force buoyed her up, allowing her to fly into the sky.
Although the Hidden Sand Village was large, it now seemed very small in Temari's eyes.
In less than two seconds, she had flown from the city wall to the area in the village where fires were raging and the battle against the Honkai Beasts continued.
Looking at the Honkai Beasts still rampaging below, Temari waved her hand. Countless wind blades descended from the sky like divine punishment, slicing all the Archangel-class Honkai Beasts into fragments.
Seeing the Honkai Beasts before them turn into Honkai Energy and vanish, the remaining Sunagakure ninja felt their legs give way, and they collapsed onto the sand.
They couldn't be bothered with their image now; there was only one thought in their minds.
Exhaustion!
The power of the Honkai Beasts far exceeded their imagination. Even with the empowerment of Honkai Energy, they had paid an enormous price just to kill a few Archangel-class Honkai Beasts.
But the remaining Archangel-class Honkai Beasts had still pushed them into a bitter struggle.
If reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, the best they could have hoped for was to perish together with these beasts.
Wait... reinforcements?
The surviving Sunagakure ninja instinctively looked up and saw Temari flying in the sky, looking down at them from above.
"Lady... Temari?"
"Big... Sister?"
Kankuro looked at his sister in the sky, sensing that her state was wrong, and a bad feeling surged in his heart.
He tried to call upon his sister's familial affection, but the effect didn't seem that good...
At this moment, a battle of wills was taking place inside Temari's mind.
The two personalities were fighting for control of the body.
Temari could feel that a Core had appeared within her.
It was precisely this Core that allowed her to master the power to control the wind without needing any chakra for guidance. It was as if the wind had become a toy in her hands, to be molded however she pleased.
But along with the arrival of power, a flood of negative emotions poured into her mind, attempting to push her into opposition against humanity.
However, Temari instinctively rejected these negative emotions, not wanting them to affect her.
These negative emotions then gave rise to another personality to fight her for control.
"Sister, what's wrong? It's me, Kankuro! Don't scare me!"
Seeing that his sister in the sky was not responding, Kankuro shouted at the top of his lungs.
Kankuro's voice caused Temari's pupils, which were currently in a struggle, to suddenly constrict.
"Kankuro..."
"That name... it sounds so familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before."
Because Temari was currently focusing all her spirit on the fight with the other personality, her reaction to the outside world was insensitive and very dull.
"Right... I seem to have two brothers. One is named Kankuro, and the other is Gaara..."
Seeing that Kankuro's words seemed to have an effect, the other Sunagakure ninja immediately reacted and began expressing their concern for Temari.
Hearing more and more familiar voices in her ears, Temari actually managed to gradually overcome the Herrscher personality, suppressing its consciousness into the depths of the Core.
Temari finally regained her clarity.
Deep within the Core, the Herrscher personality, having fallen into a slumber, could not understand why Temari could suddenly erupt with such powerful strength to seal her away.]
Herrscher personality: Family, who understands this? They just shouted something about friendship and bonds and then elbowed me into a coma.