Uzumaki Kuming's sudden arrival had caught everyone by surprise. In the large crater not far away, A slowly climbed out and walked over to Killer B. He watched Kuming with a grave expression and murmured:
"That's incredible power. He's even stronger than me!"
"His speed is terrifying, too. He can keep up with my attacks."
"That lightning armor surrounding his whole body—is it true, as the intelligence reports say, that Konoha succeeded in stealing our village's secret technique?"
A stared at Kuming, Chakra surging violently around him. At the same time, a stream of water suddenly burst from the woods not far away, where flames had been raging, dousing some of the fire on the ground. Thick mist enveloped the entire forest. Cloud Ninja emerged from the woods and quickly gathered around A and Killer B.
"Stealing? Does a technique of this caliber really need to be stolen? My technique is nothing like yours!"
"If you want to know the difference, it's that mine is stronger!"
Kuming smiled at A's words, then vanished from where he stood.
"He's coming!" A assumed a fighting stance. The moment Kuming disappeared, he strained to sense his whereabouts. At Kuming's speed, without a special ocular Kekkei Genkai, it was difficult to track him by sight alone.
Though A's speed was terrifying, even he relied on Sensory Ninjutsu to track his enemies' movements and positions at high speed. He couldn't depend entirely on his eyesight.
At A's warning, Killer B stowed his extra weapons in the sheath on his back, keeping just one in his hand so he could block with it.
"Crackle!"
As the two stood on guard, Kuming didn't appear in front of them to attack. Instead, he materialized right in the middle of the Cloud Ninja formation behind them, and his terrifying