"Alright, brother, I'll listen to you."
Hearing A's suggestion to assassinate the Kazekage, Killer B's was excited.
"Lord A, Lord B. The Raikage has an urgent order for both of you."
Just as they were no longer satisfied with just wiping out the Sunagakure squad attempting to infiltrate the Land of Lightning.
And instead chose to rush deep into the Land of Wind alone to clash head-on with the Suna forces, a figure suddenly dashed toward them at extreme speed from afar.
"It's you, C."
The moment A saw the newcomer was C, most of the tension in his heart vanished.
"Did father give us a mission? Is it to kill the Fourth Kazekage? Or Chiyo?"
Before C could speak, A was already excitedly firing off question after question.
"Neither."
Seeing how happy A was, C hesitated.
"Then what is it?"
A couldn't stand C's stammering and urged him impatiently.
"It's about Iron Fist joining the battle… I believe Lord A has heard the rumors."
C sighed internally.
"I've heard. Something about him being a 'hero of the shinobi world.'
That old fart, who knows if his skills are actually that great, but he certainly has a big reputation.
What? Did father send you to tell us to go kill him?"
A looked at C with eager anticipation.
"No… that won't be necessary. Not long ago, the Raikage fought him on the frontlines of the Land of Fire."
C's expression twisted with bitterness.
As expected, like father, like son.
The father called Garp a relic of the past, the son called him an old fart.
"Then father must've won."
A looked genuinely disappointed.
Iron Fist… Garp?
He also wanted to personally slay such a legendary figure.
"No. The Raikage lost."
C shook his head and delivered a bombshell that made both A and B freeze.
"Impossible. My father is invincible. There's no way he could lose to some relic of a bygone era. He must have been ambushed during the fight. Otherwise, he absolutely could not lose."
A stared at C, and when he confirmed C wasn't joking, he roared in disbelief.
"He wasn't ambushed. In fact, we had hundreds of our shinobi surrounding Iron Fist during the battle. But with just a single kick… we lost over two hundred comrades. Even the Raikage…"
C let out a long sigh.
"What happened to my father?"
For the first time in his life, A felt true dread.
"Garp picked up a rock, casually threw it, and shattered the Raikage's strongest armor. Then, with just one finger, without even using chakra, he snapped the Raikage's strongest spear technique."
C recounted the full details of the battle between the Third Raikage and Garp.
"….."
A's mind went blank. He stood frozen in place.
The defeat of the Third Raikage, despite being backed by hundreds of Cloud shinobi, was already hard enough to accept.
Learning that Garp shattered the pride of Kumogakure, the strongest armor and strongest spear, with only two moves… that completely broke him.
"Brother…"
Killer B looked at A worriedly.
"My father… how is he?"
"Terrible. He's hanging by a thread. Before he fell unconscious, he ordered me to bring you and Lord B back."
Before A could ask, C delivered yet another suffocating piece of bad news.
"I'm not going back. B, follow me. I'm going to kill Garp."
A finally snapped. Lightning Release chakra erupted from his body, blue lightning wrapping around him like a storm.
The calm desert suddenly howled with wind and sand.
"Lord A, Lord B, you two must not go."
C grabbed both of them desperately.
"C… you dare stop me?"
A lifted C off the ground with one hand, his crimson eyes filled with killing intent.
"It's not me stopping you. It's the Raikage. Before he blacked out, he commanded that no Cloud shinobi may step into the Land of Fire for the rest of their lives."
C held A's gaze without the slightest fear.
"If I could, I'd want you to avenge the Raikage too. But… can you? Even Raikage-sama lost. If you go, Lord A, it will only be suicide.
Right now, the urgent matter is for you to return immediately and take the Raikage's position to stabilize the village.
The news of the Raikage's defeat will spread across the ninja world soon. At that time, Suna, Iwa, maybe even Kiri, will take the chance to strike us when we're weak.
Do you want Cloud's century old foundation to collapse because of your impulsiveness?"
Every word hit A's heart like a hammer.
"Iron Fist… Garp…Someday… I will kill you."
A panted heavily, torn between avenging his father and protecting the village.
"B… we're heading back."
After a hysterical roar, he finally regained a semblance of calm and set C down.
"Okay, brother."
Killer B nodded.
Honestly, he also preferred A returning to lead the village. But if A truly wanted to charge recklessly, B wouldn't stop him, nor would he retreat.
Recklessness wasn't exclusive to the Raikage.
"When Raikage-sama learns of this, he'll certainly be relieved by your decision, Lord A."
Seeing A's reason finally return, C quickly led both the brothers back toward Kumogakure.
Clearly, he feared that if too much time passed, A might lose control again.
And that worry wasn't unfounded, after all, the Third Raikage and his son were far too similar.
From what happened just now, A didn't only inherit the Third Raikage's strength and talent, but also his perfect recklessness.
Otherwise, upon learning of the Third Raikage's defeat, his first reaction wouldn't have been to return and stabilize Cloud, but to run off seeking revenge against Garp.
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