The Fourth Raikage was still immersed in the excitement of being about to succeed when Naruto's eyes suddenly shifted, locking directly onto him.
At that instant, it was like the bullet time created when the Flash ambushed Superman had suddenly been shattered by a punch.
Bang!
A dull impact rang out as the Raikage's chopping hand was firmly caught in Naruto's grip.
Everyone around them changed expression. They had not seen when Naruto had raised his arm at all. It felt as though that hand had been waiting in midair from the beginning, as if the Fourth Raikage had voluntarily delivered his chop into it.
"Not good! Fool! Bastard!"
Killer B snapped out of his shock. His body swayed, and in an instant, he transformed into the Eight-Tails' head. A Tailed Beast Bomb condensed inside its enormous mouth and blasted straight toward Naruto.
Naruto swept his gaze over everyone, his expression cold.
"Is this your answer?"
As soon as those words fell, the Fourth Raikage suddenly felt a force utterly beyond his own.
In the next instant, Naruto grabbed him and smashed him viciously into the ground.
With a boom, the Raikage's body embedded itself in the earth. His eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.
The last person who had overpowered him in strength was that Konoha old hag whose appearance had not changed in years—Tsunade.
Back then, while collecting ninjutsu, he had encountered the Xuanyuan Group, who made their living by assassinating ninja. Later, when he competed with Tsunade in arm wrestling, he had only barely won through a few underhanded tricks. Yet the strength Naruto displayed now far surpassed Tsunade's.
Of course, the Fourth Raikage had no way of knowing that Naruto had never truly valued the number of ninjutsu he possessed. What he valued was a