Yagura was practically a name reserved for the Raikage.
Especially after Kumogakure obtained the Eight-Tails and Two-Tails, it became customary for the Raikage to be named A.
At the very least, both the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage had been like that.
"Darui? If he had gone to the Ōtsutsuki side with us, his current strength might not have been much weaker than Kakashi's," Kitahara Kaede said after thinking back.
Darui had actually been very similar to the Fourth Raikage. While the previous generation of Kage was still around, both of them had been calm, decisive, and capable assistants.
But once they became Kage, they turned into hotheads cut from the same mold.
Kitahara Kaede knew that very well.
As for his estimate of Darui's strength, Kitahara Kaede was not just talking nonsense!
Darui had been raised as the next Raikage, so he had definitely mastered the Lightning Release Armor, the signature technique of the Raikage lineage.
Furthermore, he possessed the Storm Release Kekkei Genkai, making him one of the standout talents among the younger generation.
If Kitahara Kaede had not appeared, Darui would have achieved an impressive record during the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Though there had been some luck involved when he defeated the Gold and Silver Brothers, his strength was beyond question.
At the very least, he was far stronger than Chojuro.
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Chojuro had only been at the Jonin level, still falling a little short of Elite Jonin.
But Darui had already been a genuine Elite Jonin then.
If Kakashi did not possess that passive ability to always fight evenly matched opponents, his performance might not have been much better than Darui's.
"Let's notify Nagato and head straight to Kumogakure. I'm curious how A is going to deal with Darui," Kitahara