Watching the two men gradually close in, Hatake Sakumo took a slight step back, doing his best to keep them from surrounding him from both front and rear.
He kept both of them within his line of sight.
Just as the AB Combination was about to join forces against Hatake Sakumo, a burst of purple chakra energy suddenly appeared atop a mountain peak. Explosive tags tied to kunai landed in the center of the battlefield, and the explosion interrupted them.
They both looked up in unison. Uchiha Yū's purple chakra energy was impossible to miss.
Knowing that Uchiha Yū had survived the Tailed Beast Ball, Killer B assumed that the chakra in his body had to be nearly depleted. Yet he still dared to appear before them. Killer B extended a tentacle between the mountain peaks, intending to cut off Uchiha Yū's retreat.
Faced with the approaching tentacle, Uchiha Yū did not make the slightest move to dodge. Instead, he took two steps forward. His voice echoed through the empty valley, and a single sentence filled Killer B with apprehension.
"If I were you, I wouldn't do that. Even if your Tailed Beast cloak lets you resist radiation energy, everyone fighting in the valley will die, including A beside you!"
After fighting him, Killer B knew that terrifying poison could take a ninja's life in an instant. Even though his brother's body was protected by Lightning Release chakra, that power was simply too strange. He did not dare let A take such a risk, much less the comrades inside the valley.
For a moment, Killer B found himself restrained by concern. In that brief hesitation, Hatake Sakumo found his opportunity. He swiftly moved into the mountains and arrived beside Uchiha Yū. The two stood shoulder to shoulder, forming a clear