The Land of Lightning was mountainous, its terrain exceptionally steep. Kumogakure itself was formed by dozens of peaks rising side by side.
These peaks towered into the clouds. Standing atop them, with misty clouds blanketing the ground below, one felt as though they had left the mortal world behind.
As the Fourth Raikage's younger brother and the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki, Killer B lived in a vast residence that occupied an entire towering peak. He had even violently flattened several nearby mountaintops to use as training grounds.
At that moment, Killer B had just finished training and was coming down from the grounds, drenched in sweat. Wearing sunglasses, he swayed his burly body and rapped under his breath, dancing and gesturing to his own "yo, yo, yo," in an excellent mood.
"Right, today I'm learning a new singing style from Teacher Little Gold!"
Killer B twisted his hips, tapped off with his toes, and instantly shot into the sky, vanishing into the clouds.
Though autumn had not yet arrived, cold currents from the far north had already swept into the Land of Lightning. Temperatures plummeted, and heavy snow fell wildly. The farther north one went, the deeper the snow on the ground became.
North of Kumogakure stood a lush forest, though it was now buried under snow and appeared utterly lifeless.
The singer Mr. Little Gold and his pet raccoon, Pang Tai, lived here.
Killer B wore a skimpy shinobi outfit that barely covered him, leaving his chest exposed, with his entire right pectoral bared to the frigid air.
Rustle, rustle, rustle...
As he trudged through the snow, the surroundings were deathly silent, and Killer B's expression gradually turned grave.
He turned his head and saw a man in a black cloak patterned with red clouds walking toward him.
Seeing those unmistakable