Elsewhere, deep in the forests along the northern border of the Land of Fire.
Amid the raging lightning, broken trees lay everywhere, the ground covered in scorch marks and crackling sparks.
If environmentalists saw this, they would probably curse the other party's ancestors for eighteen generations!
Jiang Rui was actually curious too. There were fire-starting experts everywhere in Naruto, so how were there still so many trees?
But then he remembered that a single White Zetsu was a whole tree...
Suddenly, it did not seem so surprising anymore. It even made arson feel somewhat justifiable!
As mentioned before, while Jiang Rui was still dazed by the Water Shadow's antics, the Raikage swiftly seized the opportunity. Not only did his lightning-fast fist slam into Jiang Rui's abdomen, but the lightning formed from massive amounts of Chakra turned that fist into a drill, plunging directly into Jiang Rui's body.
Ripples spread from the wound. Coming back to his senses, Jiang Rui suddenly asked, "Do all you Raikage get called A?"
Jiang Rui was thoroughly confused right now, which somehow made him rather excited. The brainwaves in his head were also getting strange, and on a whim, he asked again, "Come to think of it, what's your name?"
"Hmph." Though the Raikage was briefly thrown off by the other party's erratic train of thought, he clearly had no intention of trying to keep up with Jiang Rui's leaps of logic. Instead, he snorted and answered with action!
He pulled back his fist, then viciously swung a kick, sending Jiang Rui flying into a tree with a rumbling crash—
The massive tree snapped and toppled over. Amid the dust filling the air, Jiang Rui slowly crawled to his feet with a pained expression, angrily shaking his little arms and legs as he bared his