Killer B Appears

After learning the identities of Gigue and the other two, Yugito completely collapsed and lost all will to fight.

Seeing Yugito seemingly resign herself to her fate, the Raikage, pinned to the ground, immediately roared,

"Yugito! What are you doing?! Stop holding back! Release the Tailed Beast's power already!!"

The Raikage had always assumed Yugito had refrained from using the Tailed Beast's power because she feared its destructive force would harm the village. Nor was he the only one—everyone else in Kumogakure thought the same.

At this moment, only Yugito herself knew the truth. She was not worried about the village at all. The Tailed Beast inside her had simply surrendered. Even if it still wanted to make one last stand, with Gigue holding her captive, she could not even circulate her chakra. How could she possibly transform into a Tailed Beast?

Yugito could practically see her own fate already. She only hoped that Killer B, the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki, would flee far away and never be caught by Gigue and the others...

"Let Yugito go! Kuno Yaro~ Baka Yaro~"

The familiar rap rang out, and Yugito's heart instantly sank to the bottom.

What she feared most had come to pass. Killer B had come after all.

The next second, a figure wrapped in red chakra flashed forward and charged straight at Gigue.

"Raikiri!!"

With a dull thud, Gigue caught Killer B's forearm in one hand. With a slight squeeze, Killer B immediately let out a scream and hurriedly darted backward.

Having retreated before the Kumogakure crowd, Killer B kept rubbing the arm Gigue had nearly crushed. Tailed Beast chakra covered it, rapidly healing the injury.

So shocked was he by Gigue's strength that he did not even use his usual rap. In a rare normal tone, he said,

"How can