The repeated, concentrated blasts at fixed points fell far short of the sea of explosive tags in power.
The unending explosions had already begun to unsettle the Hidden Cloud ninjas.
The Eight-Tails' body vanished into the flames, gradually falling silent.
Konan hovered in the air, looking into the distance.
"Looks like someone's coming..."
Looking down again, she saw that the Eight-Tails seemed to have stopped moving.
The explosions ceased, and Konan turned her gaze downward.
Killer B lay facedown on the water, his charred back exposed. He seemed to have passed out.
"The Eight-Tails Jinchuriki... was he really this easy to beat?"
But that didn't matter.
Konan wrapped Killer B's body in sky-blue paper and swiftly flew away.
At the bottom of the lake, the real Killer B poked his head out of an octopus tentacle.
"Awesome! Now I can fool Big Brother and go have some fun! Oh yeah!"
"B, is this really a good idea...?"
"Don't be scared, Eight-O! We're free!"
Following the river that flowed into the lake, Killer B began sneaking out of Kumogakure.
By the time Fourth Raikage A arrived with his men, Killer B was nowhere to be found!
A's already dark skin flushed red with rage!
"What the hell happened here?!"
The Hidden Cloud ninja who had brought the report stepped forward, trembling as he spoke.
"Lord Raikage... the person fighting Lord B was a blue-haired woman wearing a black cloak with red clouds...
If I remember correctly, she belonged to the mercenary organization that disappeared over the last two years, but used to operate all across the nations-Akatsuki..."
"Akatsuki! Is that so? They dared to abduct my little brother! Unforgivable!"
A immediately gathered his subordinates and prepared to notify the other shinobi villages.
Just as he was issuing orders, another report arrived.