Sasuke had no interest in joining Akatsuki or capturing the Nine Great Tailed Beasts to bring peace to the world.
Itachi was dead. Sasuke wanted revenge on those responsible.
For that, he would work with the devil.
Karin instantly turned starry-eyed.
"Sasuke is so cool!"
Suigetsu cheered him on. "Hurry up and shut that guy with the bad jokes up!"
Killer B shot back, "They're not jokes. That's rap, straight from the Land of Lightning!"
Karin bristled. "That guy has no talent for rap at all!"
Killer B shuddered as though lightning had struck him.
Call him weird. Call him a loner. But saying he had no talent for rap?
That hurt!
The Eight-Tails spoke inside Killer B's mind. "Bii, that girl's right. You really have no talent for rap. Everyone in the village hides whenever you start."
Killer B stubbornly replied, "That's because I'm your Jinchuriki, Eight-Tails."
"Even if you weren't my Jinchuriki, the people of Cloud Village would still chase you out."
"They just can't appreciate your rap!"
"I don't believe it! Someone will appreciate my rap!"
Killer B refused to back down, as usual.
At the same time, he grew serious.
Sasuke moved fast, more than twice as fast as Suigetsu's earlier attack. He charged at Killer B like a black shadow.
Killer B reacted just as quickly. He snatched up the Kubikiribōchō beside him and swung hard at Sasuke.
The massive blade clashed with Sasuke's Ninja Sword.
Sasuke couldn't match Killer B's strength and was easily knocked into the air.
Fortunately, Sasuke had expected that. He knew he couldn't overpower the Big Black Guy.
In midair, Sasuke twisted and planted his sword in the hollow near the Kubikiribōchō's tip, blocking Killer B's second strike.
Killer B held the Kubikiribōchō in only his right hand, yet the