A swift kill!

Madara Uchiha's speed alone had already nearly exceeded the Tengu Mask Ninja's ability to react. With the added propulsion from Arakawa Kiba's ninjutsu, Madara's ninja short sword pierced the Tengu Mask Ninja's heart before he could react at all.

Meanwhile, once Arakawa Kiba realized that Madara Uchiha had somehow blocked his attack from behind, he immediately gave chase. By the time Madara's ninja short sword pierced his subordinate's heart, Arakawa Kiba was almost upon him from behind.

Madara Uchiha's wealth of combat experience told him he had no time to pull his blade free. Since he could not withdraw it and escape, he simply left it where it was.

Holding the sword in both hands, Madara Uchiha turned and swung the enemy's corpse straight at Arakawa Kiba.

"Not bad, brat!"

Whether it was his strength, his fighting techniques, or his cold judgment in that moment, nothing about Madara Uchiha resembled an eight-year-old child. In Arakawa Kiba's mind, killing Madara now took priority even over killing Shinhiko Kōzuki. If a monstrous prodigy like this was allowed to grow, he might well become the next Minato Namikaze!

Disregarding the fact that the corpse Madara Uchiha had hurled at his face belonged to his own subordinate, Arakawa Kiba swept his Ninja Long Sword across, its blade infused with wind release chakra. He intended to cleave both Madara and his subordinate's corpse in half.

Madara Uchiha knew perfectly well how sharp a ninja weapon became when a Jōnin infused it with wind release chakra. Although the ninja short sword Shisui had given him was of excellent quality, Madara would still be the one to suffer if he met that strike head-on.

Arakawa Kiba's long sword swept across, cutting the Tengu Mask Ninja in half at his own captain's hands. Madara Uchiha vanished in a