Suddenly, Eight-Tails sensed something was wrong.
"Bad news, Bii! There's another expert!"
Eight-Tails lacked a sensory ability like Nine-Tails' Malice Perception, and Killer B was not a sensory-type ninja either.
But they were still highly sensitive to danger nearby.
After all, Killer B was a Jinchuriki who had fought in the Ninja World War and survived numerous assassination attempts.
Those assassins were not just enemies from outside the village. People within the village had tried to assassinate Killer B too.
"Who is it now? Fool, you fool! ♪"
Killer B transformed into a miniature Eight-Tails—his Tailed Beast Cloak form—and fled at high speed beneath the lake's surface.
Killer B had wanted to use Sasuke and his companions to escape Cloud Thunder Canyon and get out from under the Fourth Raikage's watch.
So unless he had no other choice, Killer B did not want to reveal himself.
But Itachi pursued him relentlessly, turning into a flock of Crows that chased Killer B from the sky as he swam through the lake.
Killer B swam like a Sailfish, so fast that he seemed to be flying through the water.
But the Crows Itachi had become were flying too.
The resistance in the air was far lower than in the water.
In the past, Itachi could never have managed a chase like this, pushing beyond his limits.
His body had been frail, incapable of such extreme exertion.
But this was a Healthy Itachi. He was no longer plagued by his serious illness.
His Sharingan could see Killer B's chakra flowing, and his body contained white Zetsu cells as well as spores implanted by Liao Wu.
With the sensory abilities of the white Zetsu cells, Itachi could track Killer B's movements.
One fled, the other chased—there was no escape, even with wings!
With nowhere