"Are you kidding me? Madara Uchiha? That guy should have been dead for decades!"
Even the Fourth Raikage had heard of the battle between the First and Madara Uchiha. Naturally, when Obito posed as Madara, his first reaction was disbelief.
"Whether you believe me is up to you. For now, at least, you're at my mercy."
Obito ignored the Fourth Raikage's doubts and simply aimed his hand at Kumogakure's shelter.
At the sight of Obito's gesture, the Fourth Raikage gritted his teeth so hard they nearly shattered. Yet even this hot-tempered Raikage could only swallow his rage.
Although the Raikage was deeply worried about B, a Kage's first duty was to protect Kumogakure's people. He knew the enemy had already reached B, but he could only remain here in a standoff with Obito.
"Looks like the plan is going very smoothly."
In the Valley of Clouds and Lightning, shortly after the Fourth Raikage left, Kisame appeared before the battle-ready Killer B with his Greatsword in hand.
"You're from the Akatsuki. It was your companions who attacked our village, wasn't it?"
The usually irreverent Killer B drew every samurai sword on his body as soon as Kisame appeared. In the end, he held all seven swords in a bizarre stance.
"Hey, hey, hey. You're a jinchūriki, yet you're this worried about your own ninja village? You're a strange one."
Jinchūriki were generally shunned in their villages. Those like Killer B, who were willing to risk their lives for their village, were rare indeed.
"Eight-Tails, let me tell you up front: my Greatsword, Samehada, loves powerful chakra!"
Even outside the village, Samehada had been itching to devour Killer B's and the Eight-Tails' chakra. Kisame had never seen Samehada this excited, not even when fighting the Four-Tails' jinchūriki.
"Don't worry. I won't kill