Sasuke discreetly wiped the sweat from his forehead as he eyed the dark-skinned fat guy. It seemed the man had some skill, but Sasuke was no longer the Sasuke he used to be.
"So you can fight? What damn good does that do you? Out here, you need connections. You need backing. Turns out you're just a small-time punk. Get him, Suigetsu, Jūgo. Flank him from both sides."
With that, Sasuke charged in alongside the two of them.
Killer B, meanwhile, was still mulling over what Sasuke had said. He thought it sounded pretty good, with a nice rhythm to it, and decided to jot it down in his little notebook later.
Suigetsu raised the Kubikiribōchō and slashed at Killer B, but Killer B hadn't earned his nickname for nothing.
His Taijutsu technique, Acrobat, was one of his specialties. Controlling swords with different parts of his body, he left all three of them helpless. After stabbing Jūgo several times, he kicked him away, then toyed with Sasuke and soon punched several holes in him too. Luckily, Suigetsu liquefied in time, or he would have ended up just like Sasuke and Jūgo.
Killer B seized the opening and moved to finish Sasuke off, but Suigetsu appeared just in time to block the fatal blow with the Kubikiribōchō. The sword, however, was now all but ruined.
"Fool, you fool! A bunch of weaklings, daring to talk smack to the great Killer B! Today I'll beat you so bad your own mothers won't recognize you!"
Sasuke had only just escaped when he heard Killer B running his mouth. He was about to strike back, only for Killer B to send him flying.
"Lariat!"
Killer B's taunts infuriated Sasuke. *Why was this guy so cocky? Damn it, I'm usually the cocky one. How could