Killer B watched from the side, showing no intention of stopping them from treating Sasuke.
Suigetsu asked Killer B, "Why? Didn't Sasuke's illusion technique already get you?"
Killer B explained, "To break an illusion technique, you need a partner who can disrupt your chakra and snap you out of it!"
Suigetsu looked around twice. "You're the only one here!"
Killer B's body slowly swelled, as though some monster inside him were tearing through his skin and bursting out.
"No, my partner is the Eight-Tails inside me."
"Didn't the Akatsuki tell you? I'm a perfect jinchuriki. Illusion techniques don't work on jinchuriki!"
Suigetsu grew angry. "Damn it, the Akatsuki never told us!"
They were still too inexperienced. They hadn't suffered enough setbacks.
The Hawk Team wasn't actually weak, with Suigetsu's Hydrification Technique, Jugo's Sage Transformation, and Karin's support abilities.
And then there was Sasuke's Mangekyō Sharingan.
They could handle any tailed beast or jinchuriki below the Eight-Tails, but they had run into the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.
Even without the Eight-Tails, Killer B was one of the strongest fighters in the Cloud Village.
The nastier surprise was still to come. The boss had entered his third stage!
The first stage was Killer B in his normal form. Using Acrobat, he had overwhelmed Sasuke and the other two, slashing Sasuke six times and practically chopping him into mincemeat.
Without Karin restoring his health, they would already have been holding Sasuke's funeral feast.
The second stage was the eighth sword—Killer B's Tailed Beast Cloak stage.
In that stage, Killer B had shattered a hundred-meter stretch of ground in front of Cloud Thunder Canyon with a single blow, then knocked Sasuke's innards out with an elbow strike.
The third stage was Killer B's ultimate form—the Eight-Tails' tailed beast form.
The Eight-Tails' towering body was enormous. His