BOOM!
Once he made up his mind, Killer B exploded with all his strength, his body shooting forward like a bolt of lightning.
Zzzzt—crackle!
The roar of lightning instantly woke the nearby "park workers" who had been knocked flat and were still lying on the ground in confusion.
They were the closest, so they were the first to notice.
"Isn't that… Lord Killer B?"
"Oh no! The Eight-Tails Jinchūriki is trying to escape!"
"What do we do? Should we stop him or not—uh."
A Kumogakure shinobi blurted it out instinctively, but halfway through, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
Wasn't he from Kumogakure himself?
At a time like this, one of his own people was running away, and he was still hesitating over whether to stop him?
Hesitate my ass.
He immediately shouted toward the surrounding overseers,
"The Jinchūriki Killer B is running! Hurry up and stop him!"
"The Jinchūriki is running? What?"
The two Uchiha jōnin responsible for guarding the area instantly activated their three-tomoe Sharingan the moment they heard that.
With the Body Flicker Technique, they transformed into gusts of wind and charged forward!
Trying to intercept him!
At the same time, they hurled the kunai in their hands.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
"Get lost! Fool! Idiot!"
Sensing the pursuers behind him, Killer B grew furious.
The Tailed Beast cloak around his body swelled violently, and three octopus tails lashed through the air like enormous whips, producing explosive sonic booms.
Bang, bang, bang!
Very quickly, that berserk power directly blocked the incoming kunai and shuriken!
At the same time, one Uchiha jōnin who tried to close in was sent flying by a single tail swipe!
Crack, crack, crack!
Along the way, he smashed through several newly grown trees.
"Lightning Release: Lariat!"
The other Uchiha jōnin, whose chakra nature was Lightning Release, had his scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan spinning wildly in his eyes.
He was predicting Killer B's movement path. Then lightning burst from his entire body.
Zzzzt—
In an instant, he turned into a deadly streak of lightning and slashed toward Killer B's neck!
This had originally been Kumogakure's secret technique.
But during this period of time, it had already been copied by the Uchiha jōnin!
With the visual prowess of the Sharingan—
Especially the three-tomoe Sharingan—
They could clearly see the chakra flow path, movement method, and timing of the technique.
So copying it was not especially difficult.
As long as the user's chakra nature matched, it could be done.
Of course, the main reason Konoha had never learned this move for so long was that they had never been able to observe various Lightning Release shinobi performing this ninjutsu at close range over a long period of time.
The other reason was that Konoha itself possessed all kinds of powerful ninjutsu.
There was no real need to learn it.
"Yo~ too slow! Fool! Idiot!"
Seeing the lightning power behind him, Killer B suddenly laughed aloud.
One octopus tail behind him arrived first despite moving later, coiling around like a giant python.
The other two tails tore through the air with a sharp whistle before crashing down with thunderous force.
Their target was the Uchiha's head. If he failed to dodge and took that blow, he would probably die on the spot.
Fast, accurate, ruthless.
What Killer B wanted was a one-hit kill.
He was escaping right now. He could not afford to be tied down by others for too long.
However, the intense sounds of battle here, along with the chakra erupting from Eight-Tails Mode, were like a lamp in the middle of the night, instantly drawing quite a lot of attention.
Naturally, that included Uchiha Kai, who had only just calmed the power inside his body.
The instant he saw the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki Killer B, Kai, who had been nursing a headache, immediately had his eyes light up.
"If I remember correctly, in the original story, the Edo Tensei Nagato with crippled legs encountered Naruto and Killer B…"
"And after draining Killer B of the Eight-Tails' chakra, he recovered to a healthy state, didn't he?"
Thinking of this, his small eyes curved slightly, almost bending into crescents.
On his baby-fat face, the expression that had originally looked a little gloomy because his lifespan had not increased instantly turned sunny again.
"The power bank I worked so hard to find… hasn't it just delivered itself to my door?!"
"With this kind of power bank around, even if Urashiki gets drained dry, he should recover very quickly!"
"Then I can refine Urashiki into pills again, eat them, and spend my chakra to help Killer B recover…"
"Good grief! Isn't this the legendary conservation of energy?!"
Thinking of this, his eyes instantly turned deathly white.
Clearly reflected within those eyes were the violent crimson chakra and the familiar form.
The Byakugan—or rather, the Pure Byakugan—could capture vision with a 365-degree, no-blind-spot field of view!
Almost immediately, he saw Killer B, who was currently speeding away.
The corner of his mouth split into an arc, and he laughed silently.
It was as though he had opened a sack and was saying to Killer B—
Come on in, you!
"Hahahahaha! This is way too convenient!"
Kai rubbed his hands together, the curve of his mouth nearly stretching to the backs of his ears.
"Lord Jiraiya, keep an eye on these two 'future local specialties' and that pile of 'scrap materials.' I'm going to borrow a power bank!"
After saying that, he turned and left without looking back, his voice carrying a barely suppressed eagerness and excitement.
The next moment, his figure gradually began to fade.
In the end, he turned into a faint afterimage and vanished.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
Whoosh!
When Uchiha Kai's figure appeared again, he was already behind Killer B!
Pressed right against his back!
In a place Killer B could not see, a string of Flying Thunder God formulae was glowing faintly.
"So fast! Even faster than before…"
Seeing this scene, the Sharingan in Sasuke's eyes contracted violently.
He had never expected his second brother's speed to have already reached such a level!
Even space–time ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God would produce subtle changes before activation.
He had been unable to see them before, but now that he was fully activating the Rinnegan, he should have been able to see them.
But!
At the instant Kai spoke just now, he had clearly been concentrating with all his focus!
Yet in the end, he still had not seen even the slightest fluctuation!
It was as though there had simply been a single ripple—
And then Kai had vanished directly!
Without any preparation!
Time seemed to freeze completely at this moment.
At the same time, Killer B's octopus tail, powerful enough to smash apart a mountain ridge, carried a foul wind as it came crashing down!
Right now, it was less than three inches away from the Uchiha jōnin's head!
It seemed that in the next second, his head would be smashed apart on the spot.
The Uchiha jōnin's vision was completely swallowed by that violent red light.
"Oh no!"
His heart shook with alarm. He had never imagined that even after using Lightning Release: Lariat himself, Killer B would still arrive first despite attacking later!
In a rush, he tried to lift the kunai in his hand to block the octopus tail above him.
But…
It was too close.
The distance was too close.
No matter how fast he was, there was no time at all!
"Am… am I going to die?"
His mind trembled, and he suddenly sensed the aura of death.
But right at that moment, a fair, even slightly baby-fat little hand suddenly appeared before his eyes.
More accurately, it appeared behind Killer B!
That little hand easily grabbed the Tailed Beast cloak.
Then casually tugged it.
Pa!
The Tailed Beast tail that was about to fall was forcibly stopped above the jōnin's head!
He could even clearly feel that his forehead had already been touched by the Tailed Beast tail.
That slippery tentacle was pressed against his scalp.
But now, it was completely motionless.
"Hah… hah… hah… Thank you, Young Master. Thank you, Young Master."
The Uchiha jōnin panted heavily, his eyes filled with gratitude as he looked at Kai.
Just now, if not for his young master, he might really have been flattened like a melon rind!
"It's fine. Go on. Leave this to me."
Kai smiled at his clansman. Then he turned around and looked at Killer B, whose entire body had stiffened, the corner of his mouth lifting.
"Octopus monster, since you delivered yourself to my door…"
"Don't blame me."
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