"B... You are a special existence to me! We're the strongest partners!"
Back then...
"The words I said to you in front of the True Waterfall were..."
"You finally figured it out~♪! You bastard~♪, idiot~♪~! Lecturing your older brother all high and mighty... It's not a delusion anymore, oh yeah~~~~~♪!"
Killer B laughed.
"I did say those words to you, B..."
A sat up from the ground.
"Could it be that those words alone made you stronger?"
Killer B had not used his Tailed Beast Cloak or transformed into a Tailed Beast.
Yet he had defeated A, who had unleashed the maximum-power Lightning Armor and Extreme Speed Mode.
But A did not believe that a single sentence could make a Jinchuriki's younger brother become this strong.
"I'm not only important to the village and the country; I'm important to you, too~♪! But you care too much about protecting me~♪, so you never want to believe in my strength~♪."
"..."
Killer B told A the truth.
A lowered his head, seemingly reflecting on his actions.
"After becoming a Jinchuriki, you lose many things, and your heart becomes empty~♪. But precisely because of that, the things you don't want to lose become even more dazzling, and your heart becomes more fulfilled~♪!"
Killer B explained.
"My power doesn't come only from the Tailed Beast... OK? If something was already shining before I accepted the Tailed Beast... then I should have discovered that it was as immense as the sun... This is very important~♪! Only then can you discover the source of your power. That's why I'm certain that only I can control the Eight-Tails~♪, and everyone has a sun in their heart~♪. The key is discovering it~♪!"
"..."
A clenched his fists.
Then he sighed.
He admitted that he had been wrong.
Killer