"Stop!" The muscular, dark-skinned man leading the charge halted abruptly. The ninja behind him stopped at once.
"Lord B!" A fair-skinned ninja formed hand seals, apparently using Sensory Ninjutsu. A moment later, he reported, "There's a trap, and quite a few ninja are lying in ambush nearby."
"A trap?" The man sneered. Lightning crackled around him as he charged straight into it.
He had the boldness of a man who saw a tiger on the mountain and climbed it anyway.
Of course, he had no reason to fear those traps.
As he stepped inside, explosions thundered around him and countless kunai flew his way. They struck him without doing the slightest damage.
"Damn, it's Jirabi!" Hidden among the trees, Hatake Sakumo grew grave at the sight of him. His right hand closed around the short blade on his back, and he held his breath, ready to strike.
"Jirabi?" Uchiha Yi blinked. If he remembered correctly, wasn't Jirabi the legendary guardian of the forest?
How had a Pokémon ended up in this world?
He quickly realized that Jirabi was probably the man's name.
A flash of murderous intent crossed Uchiha Yi's eyes. Damn it, who gave you the right to call yourself Jirabi?
You're dead!
"Jirabi is Kumogakure's second-in-command. He's not much weaker than the Raikage," Tsunade explained softly beside Uchiha Yi's ear. "Every generation in Kumogakure has a B who serves as the Raikage's right-hand man. His position is like Shimura Danzō's relationship with Teacher Sarutobi."
Uchiha Yi nodded in understanding. He remembered that Killer B would also serve as the Fourth Raikage's B.
He hadn't expected to meet this generation's B on his first mission outside Konoha.
And the technique Jirabi was using had to be the Lightning Release Chakra Mode he'd been dying to see. He had only