LRAB Chapter 76 The Asura Who Only Loves Himself
Chapter 76 The Asura Who Only Loves Himself
Just as Boruto thought, Gaara said, "It is the spirit of the old monk known as Shukaku, who was sealed inside the boiling water pot."
Shikamaru frowned slightly, his tone filled with surprise: "Could it be a possession technique that was applied before birth? To be able to do this is truly unimaginable madness."
Naruto stared intently at Gaara in front of him: "Is there something inside this guy's body too...?"
Boruto reminded Naruto, "Didn't he just say it was the legendary One-Tailed Shukaku, which is a raccoon dog that looks like a tanuki?"
Shikamaru felt things were getting more and more complicated. Was this a meeting of monsters? He felt extremely out of place here.
However, when Shikamaru saw Boruto beside him, he felt a sense of relief. Fortunately, there was still a normal person with him, so he wouldn't feel so out of place.
After hearing what Boruto said, Naruto felt a little relieved. After all, the thing inside him had nine tails, which was definitely stronger than this so-called one-tailed creature.
Shikamaru scoffed, "Is that something a father should do? What a twisted kind of love."
Gaara coldly replied, "You call this love? How ridiculous! Don't judge me by your standards."
"Family, let me tell you about my relationship with it. It's nothing more than a lump of flesh filled with hatred and murderous intent."
Boruto and the others were shocked by Gaara's extreme remarks.
Boruto felt that the Gaara in front of him with a ferocious expression was completely different from the gentle Gaara in the future.
"I was overprotected and pampered until something happened when I was six years old..."
Naruto asked urgently, "What on earth happened?!"
Gaara glanced at Naruto and said, "I have been assassinated by my own father multiple times in the six years since I was six years old. The reason started when I lost control of my emotions."
"An existence that is too powerful becomes a terrifying existence, a monster that is considered terrifying. I am just a dangerous tool in the village, and I am used carefully."
"So what am I here for? And what am I here to survive? Every time I think about this, I can't find the answer, so I finally came to this conclusion: to exist by killing everyone except myself."
Boruto never imagined his childhood would be so cruel, fighting only for himself and becoming a demon who only loves himself?
Naruto's eyes widened as a strong sense of resonance welled up within him. His own experience was strikingly similar to Gaara's; both of them had been ostracized by their villages after a sudden accident.
Naruto recalled his previous loneliness and the pain of being ostracized, the feeling of being abandoned by the whole world, and he knew that Gaara must have suffered the same torment.
Moreover, Gaara's experience was far more tragic than mine. I was ostracized in the village, but at least I never faced any danger to my life, unlike Gaara, who was shrouded in the shadow of assassination from a young age.
He later met many good teachers and friends, but he continued to live a lonely life.
Naruto was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I can understand how you feel. I was once alone, not knowing why I was alive, and it was very painful."
"But then I met Teacher Iruka, who acknowledged my existence, and for the first time, I felt a real sense of being alive. After that, I met many more friends who understood me..."
Gaara's face showed a cold smile, and he interrupted Naruto with a contemptuous tone: "Who knows if your so-called friends are just trying to please you out of fear? I've seen this kind of thing far too often."
In his view, relationships between people are often based on interests and fears, and true friendship does not exist.
"You bastard!" Naruto was furious after hearing Gaara's words and threw a punch. He couldn't tolerate anyone questioning the friendship he cherished.
Gaara was still under the control of Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique, unable to move and forced to watch helplessly as Naruto threw a punch at him.
Naruto's punch landed squarely on Gaara, producing a dull thud.
As Naruto's punch landed, Gaara's sand armor could no longer maintain its intact shape, and a clear gap appeared on the armor.
"What happened?" Naruto looked at Gaara's shattered face in surprise. His punch had actually damaged Gaara's face.
At the same time, Shikamaru, who was standing next to Boruto, suddenly swayed as if he had been punched and almost fell to the ground.
"Hey, Naruto! When I use the Shadow Imitation Technique, my body moves too!" Shikamaru shouted to Naruto, clutching his chest and panting.
Naruto scratched his head, looking apologetic, and said, "Oh? I see... I'm sorry."
At that moment, Gaara seized the opportunity during Naruto's attack to break free from Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique.
A twisted expression of rage appeared on his face. He quickly gathered the surrounding sand, condensing it into several sand shuriken, and then hurled them at the unsuspecting Naruto.
"Watch out!" Boruto shouted, his hands quickly forming hand seals.
"Lightning Release: Swift Arrow!"
With a low roar from Boruto, a powerful bolt of lightning instantly pierced through the sand shuriken, shattering them to pieces.
However, Gaara did not stop his attack. A massive amount of sand surged forth from the gourd behind him, sweeping towards Boruto and Shikamaru like a raging sea.
"Sand-bound coffin!" Gaara growled in a low voice.
Faced with the sand rushing towards him, Boruto quickly prepared to use Water Release to disperse it, but then realized that he was inside a hospital and the massive flow of water could cause damage to the hospital.
"Lightning Release: Swift Arrow!" Boruto once again gathered lightning-style chakra and struck the sand.
It collided with the sand, making a crackling sound, and the sand was electrified and flew everywhere.
Although Boruto's Lightning Release ninjutsu had dispersed some of the sand, there was simply too much sand, and a continuous stream of grains of sand continued to surge forward, threatening to engulf them.
Facing the sandstorm that was about to engulf him, Boruto gritted his teeth and quickly assessed the situation.
It seems there are no other options left but to use the hidden trump card I prepared for the Chunin Exams.
Just as Boruto's palm was faintly emitting purple lightning, the sand suddenly stopped in front of him, so Boruto stopped what he was doing.
While Boruto successfully diverted Gaara's attention, Shikamaru seized the opportunity and used the shadow formed by the sand to perform the Shadow Imitation Technique, once again putting Gaara under his control.