Chapter 787 Value of Life

"Gaara, Kakashi is going to become the Rokudaime Hokage, shouldn't we, Sunagakure, prepare a gift as well?" Kankuro asked.

Gaara nodded and said: "Yes, I'll leave this thing to you."

"Okay!"

Kankuro left after hearing this. Gaara leaned back in the chair and seemed to be thinking about something.

Inside his body, Shukaku start to talk: "Gaara, what are you thinking?"

"Nothing, just remembering some past events with Kakashi."

"What events?" Shukaku said with great interest.

"Yeah, without him, maybe I won't be the Kazekage." Gaara murmured.

"Heh, speaking of which, that Kyūbi's Jinchūriki brat is also his student. Maybe it is because this Kakashi teaching that he became like that." Shukaku said with a smile.

"Yeah..."

Gaara said, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his memory was pulled back to the past.

That was the first time Gaara and Team 7 met after the Konoha's Crush Plan.

...

In the forest.

Kakashi is wearing the usual Konoha Jōnin uniform, followed by his three students.

"Well, this cooperation is for Konoha and Sunagakure to get along well after the last war, so it's better for everyone to be at peace." Kakashi said with a smile.

Gaara said in a low voice: "Yeah."

Behind him is three Sunagakure's Shinobi.

Because they are on the same team as Gaara, they looked a little terrified.

"Yo, Gaara, long time no see." Naruto greeted warmly.

Gaara looked at Naruto, and the corner of the mouth was tilted slightly, of course, only slightly.

Ordinary people won't be able to see that tilt at all.

"Since everyone has an agreement, I am the captain of this mission, so I will briefly describe the content of the mission. Our mission is to annihilate the rebels who formed a bandit group on this mountain. I think it is better to split into two teams. One side will lure the enemy, the other side will ambush the enemy from behind, and both sides encircled the enemies to finish the battle as quickly as possible," Kakashi said.

"We Sunagakure didn't have any problem with it," Gaara said lightly.

"That's good. Let's go!" Kakashi said softly, and then changed direction.

Naruto glanced at Gaara and said, "Gaara, see you later."

'Kakashi...Naruto...' Gaara murmured in his heart and immediately set off with the three Sunagakure's Shinobi that are still afraid of them.

But soon, Kakashi realized something was wrong.

It seems that there are not many so-called rebel bandits, and their strength is also not strong.

Most importantly, Gaara and the others did not come.

When Konoha's team has completed the mission, Gaara and the others still didn't come.

"Strange, why didn't Gaara come here yet?" Naruto wondered.

"Is it possible that Sunagakure is planning something?" Sasuke guessed.

Kakashi shook his head and said, "No, Sunagakure is now completely weak compared to Konoha. More importantly, if they didn't have the alliance with Konoha, Sunagakure might easily become the target of other villages. Under such circumstances, Sunagakure will not offend our Konoha again."

"Then, what is going on?" Sasuke asked in confusion.

Naruto suddenly said: "Kakashi-sensei, do you think Gaara and the others are in danger?"

Naruto's words made Kakashi thought of something.

"Not good! Let's go!"

Kakashi shouted and then speeded up and run towards the direction of Gaara and the others.

Naruto and the others didn't understand what is going on, but they still followed after Kakashi.

"Kakashi-sensei, what's wrong?" Naruto asked.

"Sunagakure won't send Gaara over for this kind of mission. As a Jinchūriki, he does not have such freedom. In fact, the village will not allow Jinchūriki to leave the village. Unless there is a powerful Shinobi that can control and protect the Jinchūriki accompanying them. Because every Jinchūriki is a valuable asset of the village."

"But this time, Sunagakure has sent Gaara for this mission. Before we met, I felt that there was a lot of Sunagakure's Anbu hidden, but I thought they were here to protect Gaara. But thinking about it now, it's totally unnecessary to dispatch so many people for such a mission as Sunagakure should have a more suitable candidate."

"Kakashi-sensei, you mean that Sunagakure's higher-ups deliberately sent Gaara to carry out this mission? But what is their purpose?" Sakura asked in doubts.

Kakashi's exposed right eye narrowed slightly, and he said: "I'm afraid it won't be a good thing. As far as I know, when the Yondaime Kazekage, Rasa was in power, he tried to kill Gaara many times. This time, I'm afraid that Sunagakure's higher-ups feel that after losing their Kazekage, they can't control Gaara, so they want to get rid of Gaara, which they think is a failure, and then create a new Jinchūriki."

"What! It's too much!" Naruto yelled angrily.

"Then, those Sunagakure's Anbu are here to kill Gaara?" Sasuke said coldly.

"If my guess is correct, this should be the case."

At this moment, a torrent of water rose into the sky not far away.

That is a huge Water Release!

"Sure enough, the Sunagakure's Anbu are dealing with Gaara. That Water Release is obviously a technique to deal with Gaara." Kakashi whispered.

"Damn it! I am going to save him!"

Naruto was furious when he heard this, and immediately speed up.

On the other hand, Gaara was indeed attacked by the Sunagakure's Anbu.

"Do the higher-ups still want to kill me?" Gaara said expressionlessly.

At this time, Gaara was completely soaked in water, and his powerful Sand Release might not be able to be used.

But he didn't seem to be afraid.

The teammates who didn't know about this attack escaped under Gaara's cover.

"Gaara, you are a failed Jinchūriki, and you shouldn't live in this world. Only when you die can Sunagakure create a new Jinchūriki. By then, we can finally get rid of our current situation."

"Really? So it's actually like that."

Gaara said in a low voice, and a look of sadness flashed in his eyes.

'Do I really have no value to others at all?'

'Does my existence really matter?'

"Die!"

Seeing that Gaara seemed to have given up resisting, Sunagakure's Anbu approached in an instant.

With the Wind Attribute Chakra cladded, the Kunai was about to slit Gaara's neck in the next moment.

At this time, a silver-white figure appeared quietly.

Bang!

Kakashi punched Sunagakure's Anbu on the jaw, and he flew upside down, hitting the tree behind him.

"It's really not good, Sunagakure," Kakashi said faintly.

Gaara looked at Kakashi who suddenly appeared in front of him with a look of surprise, and said softly: "Hatake Kakashi... Why are you saving me?"

"It's nothing. I just think that you shouldn't die. The value of your life has not yet been realized, right? Do you want to leave it like this? Have you forgotten that there are still people who care about you? For example, Temari and Kankuro."

Kakashi turned back and smiled, that smile was full of warmth meaning.