"Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop!"
The Raikage slashed a knife-hand strike at Naruto, aiming straight for a vital point.
"If I can't convince you, Raikage, then I'll just have to fight!"
"Rasengan!"
As always, it was the same old spinning ball from start to finish.
Even against the Raikage, Naruto still charged in with his classic Rasengan.
Naruto faced the Raikage head-on, but he was clearly still struggling to match him.
"Lightning Blade!"
Kakashi darted in from the side, lunging forward with a Lightning Blade.
Seeing Kakashi charging at him, the Raikage dared not take him lightly and swiftly dodged.
This was a real war, not some ninja fighting tournament.
Kakashi understood that perfectly, so he would never stand by and watch Naruto duel the Raikage alone. Naruto had grown incredibly quickly over the years, but even so, there was still an enormous gap between him and a battle-hardened master like the Raikage.
"Naruto, don't let your guard down. This is Kumogakure's Raikage. We'll take him on together!"
"Understood, Kakashi-sensei!"
"Neji, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is yours. You only need to hold him off. Can you do it?"
Neji took a deep breath.
"Leave him to me. I'll be fine."
Defeating the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki outright might be difficult, but if all he needed to do was hold him off, Neji was capable of that.
"Big brother!"
Seeing the Raikage surrounded, Killer B immediately tried to go help him.
But Neji stepped directly into his path.
Earlier, Neji had wanted to save someone, and Killer B had stopped him.
Barely any time had passed, and their roles had completely reversed.
"I won't let you through."
"Then I'll just have to finish you off!"
With an angry roar, Killer B charged at Neji.
Meanwhile, in Konoha, the Hokage, who was overseeing the entire operation