Naruto: If I ask you to kill Sasuke, you will become a succubus?

Uchiha Madara left.

After a long while, when I was sure he wouldn't appear again, I rushed forward to check on Gaara.

Qu Gen has been wrapped up behind him all the time. If Qu Gen was also caught in the illusion, it means that Uchiha Madara indeed has a very accurate grasp of our intelligence.

After I woke Gaara up and confirmed that Tone was also under the genjutsu, my heart sank and I went to check on Temari.

After making sure that Togen and her illusion would be naturally dispelled in time, I did not wake up Temari. The matter of Uchiha Madara is currently a secret of the Hidden Mist Village.

Although I trust Temari's character, I still can't believe her position now - she must be on the side of the Sand Village.

"Did I fall asleep accidentally?" Gaara hesitated, "I suddenly felt very sleepy just now."

I said, "Gaara, I have a memory I want to show you."

I said this as I was about to open my Sharingan so that he could be prepared.

He was stunned for a moment, then nodded, indicating that he understood.

I said to Qu Gen, "Qu Gen, help us keep watch."

Although he was woken up from his sleep, the rigorous training of the previous years had obviously penetrated into his bones. He had no complaints and nodded silently.

However, maybe I have a different filter for him. Even though I didn't say anything, I still thought he was very well-behaved.

I opened my Sharingan and entered Gaara's mind, sharing with him the memory of my earlier conversation with Uchiha Madara.

This can minimize the loss of information and avoid Uchiha Madara's surveillance. Even if he returns to Konoha after taking Root, he doesn't have to worry about Konoha's people exploring his memory.

If we observe from another angle, Gaara might be able to discover details that I didn't notice at the time.

But Uchiha Madara was always wearing a mask, and Gaara was unable to analyze the changes in his expression.

Considering that Uchiha Madara might still be monitoring us in the outside world, I did not dispel the illusion and continued to talk with Gaara in the spiritual world.

I was a little annoyed: "Wearing a mask and all that, it's really cunning."

Unexpectedly, Gaara asked me, "Who is the person Chaolu loves the most?"

“…Huh? Is that the point?”

"Because Uchiha Madara seems to be planning to make a fuss about this. So, who is Chaolu's favorite person?"

I thought about it and said, "If Uchiha Madara wants to make a fuss about this, and his surveillance system is a mystery, then the safest way, I think, is to never tell anyone about it."

"Then if Chaolu wants to gain more power, will she want to kill me?"

"Of course not! I only want to protect Gaara, how could I possibly want to kill you!"

"What if... we must kill someone who is very important to Chaolu?"

My eyes widened and I shook his shoulders vigorously, "Gaara, you must have been screwed by Uchiha Madara's illusion! How can you ask such a question!?"

"Because...if I'm not the one Chaolu loves the most, I'll feel very sad."

"Idiot, how can you measure feelings like this? There are many people who are important to me. I work so hard, isn't it because I hope you can all live well? Why do you have to kill someone... It's impossible to pick them out! The method Uchiha Madara said is definitely wrong, Gaara, don't be fooled by his logic."

"So... who Uchiha Madara chooses means that he thinks that person is the most important to you." Gaara lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, "Besides, if he has been monitoring us, then we can mislead him."

"But why would he do this? Why would he... do this to me?"

I suddenly wanted to meet Itachi and ask him if Uchiha Madara was also so mean to him.

Is he one of those weird ancestors who enjoys torturing his descendants?

Does he want all Uchiha to lose their loved ones and become alone like him?

"Don't think about it, Chaolu." Gaara gently touched my head, "It's hard for normal people to understand the thoughts of a madman."

"Then...how can we mislead him?"

"Choose a person as bait and let Uchiha Madara mistakenly believe that he is your most important person. See what he is going to do."

"But who should I choose?"

I saw Gaara looking at me quietly.

"…Gaara?"

"Ah."

“This is very dangerous!”

If Uchiha Madara attacks Gaara, I have no confidence that I can save him.

"But you need someone you can trust." Gaara said, "You need someone who can fight alongside you. I am more suitable than Neji, at least in terms of defense, and I still have my mother."

"But Uchiha Madara said that the person you love the most should kill the person you love the most..." I was confused: "Even if he thinks Gaara is one of the people I love the most, then who would the other one be...?"

Shikamaru?

Naruto?

Sasuke?

Shino?

Ningci?

Both are possible.

He even mentioned Kakashi...

However, as Gaara said, it is normal for me to not understand Uchiha Madara's thought process, so no matter how hard I think about it, I can never think of his thoughts.

Before we came out of the illusion, Gaara held my hand and emphasized to me: "Remember, Chaolu, now, I am the one you love the most."

I nodded hesitantly, not sure if this plan was really appropriate, but at least it could slightly control the scope of Uchiha Madara's impact: "Okay."

I also held his hand tightly, "I... will protect you with my life!"

Gaara smiled, "Yeah. I would do the same, protecting you with my life."

We returned to reality and Gaara told me to go and rest, but I couldn't fall asleep for a while.

I lay next to Gaara as he raised a wall of sand to help me reach the windblown gravel of the desert.

He and I looked up at the moon in the sky.

Suddenly, he gently held my hand.

It was different from the handshake in the illusion, it was as soft as a feather, but it made me feel at ease.

Before I knew it, I fell asleep next to Gaara.

……

When daybreak came, Temari had no idea what had happened the night before.

We spent some time on the road and finally saw the outline of the Sand Village in the desert from afar.

Temari stopped and asked, "Are you worried that I have set an ambush?"

"You mean," I said, "that you want to lead us to the village in case Gaara might use the Sleeping Technique to release Shukaku of the Sand?"

Temari smiled: "I just want to make sure that we have the minimum trust in each other."

We followed the plan we had made previously, disguised ourselves as Temari's subordinates, and entered the Sand Village with her.

Can Uchiha Madara's surveillance still exist in the Sand Village?

Temari took us to Gaara's mother's grave first.

Although she and Yashamaru are siblings, their graves are not together.

Karura was buried with her husband in the family cemetery of the Kazekage, while Yashamaru was buried with his and his sister's original family.

"Now that we're here..." Temari whispered, "Would you like to pay your respects to father as well?"

The tombstone of the Kazekage is right next to Karula's, and Gaara can see him as long as he moves his eyes.

Gaara was silent for a long while, and no one knew what he was thinking, but soon, his eyes fell on his mother's tombstone.

He stared at the photo on the tombstone. The woman in the photo was still so young, with a calm and gentle smile.

I looked at Gaara next to me, and Temari on the other side. They were standing in front of their parents' grave, and it seemed that they didn't need me to be there.

I said to Gaara, "I'll wait for you over there."

But Gaara shook his head and held my hand: "No, I want my mother to know you."

He pulled me back to his side, and we stood side by side in front of Gaara's grave. Gaara said, "I want my mother to see the person I love the most now."