"You from Konoha, come give me a hand."
Yet even as the Second Raikage, A, shouted, he turned and ran toward Konoha's forces.
He knew perfectly well that Konoha was fighting Hanzō of the Rain Village, and Tobirama Senju had his own hands full.
But he still had to shout, still had to gamble. It was a desperate last resort, but even if there was only a sliver of hope, he had to seize it.
"If I die here, even if you had nothing to do with it, the ninja of Kumogakure won't let Konoha off!"
His words echoed through the air, only to sink without a trace. No response came.
On Konoha's distant battlefield, purple poison mist spewed by the giant Ibuse Hanzō had summoned continued spreading in every direction.
The Konoha ninja fell one after another in the poison mist. Some of the weaker ones were poisoned to death on the spot.
Konoha could barely fend for itself now. No one would come.
Kinkaku and Ginkaku soon caught up with him, savage grins spreading across their faces.
"A, your time is up."
Kinkaku rolled his neck, the nine-tails chakra surging around him growing ever more violent, enveloping his entire body like burning red flames. The chakra coursed over his skin, radiating a brutality that made the heart tremble.
Ginkaku drew his long blade, blue-white lightning likewise coiling around it with an ear-piercing hiss. He licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with bloodlust.
"Cloud Release."
The two formed hand seals almost simultaneously, then became two blurs, charging at the Second Raikage, A, from either side.
The Second Raikage, A, gritted his teeth and met them head-on. Lightning release chakra erupted over his body as he shot forward like a bolt of blue-white lightning. He knew he had no way