A possessed Tailed Beast-level Chakra.
--That had been the assessment many years ago.
After his first defeat during the Third Shinobi World War, when he had lost to Hyuga Sho, A had desperately worked to improve his strength.
More than a decade had passed.
A's strength was now on an entirely different level.
He was no longer the same A from the original manga.
He was not only more savage and bulkier, but also possessed a greater Chakra Amount.
If...
His father, the Third Raikage, was the Strongest Spear and Strongest Shield.
Then...
A was the fastest shinobi in the Shinobi World, Flying Thunder God aside.
Especially after he had developed his own Ninjutsu, he had pushed his speed to the extreme.
And usually... speed was power. There was no doubt about that.
Although Kimimaro was no longer the same Kimimaro from the original work.
He had successfully survived until three years later... which was today, the beginning of Shippuden.
But no one could say for certain whether Kimimaro, the village leader of this small shinobi village, could defeat the Raikage.
At that moment.
The lightning around A had practically fused with his body.
No...
It would be more accurate to say that A's entire body had nearly transformed into a human shape made of lightning.
Even his dark muscles were enveloped in blue light.
This pure Lightning Release was very simple.
But precisely because it had been refined to the extreme, it was also incredibly powerful.
As the lightning around A continued to expand.
Kimimaro condensed a thick bone spear in his hand. Layer after layer wound around his arm and shoulder, forming something like a spiral lance.
The next moment, Kimimaro suddenly stepped forward and charged.
"Dance of the Spider Lily... Flower!"
Kimimaro's strongest attack stabbed toward A.