This was not, in fact, the first time this battle had taken place.
When the Cursed Spirit turmoil first began, the Fourth Raikage had decisively ordered the extermination of every monster in the Land of Lightning.
Under Kumogakure's relentless extermination campaign, most of the early Cursed Spirits had been killed before they even had a chance to grow.
In this respect, Kumogakure could be said to have done even better than Konoha.
As a result, the Land of Lightning had the fewest Cursed Spirits, and they were the least established.
But there were exceptions to everything.
With the birth of a Special Grade Cursed Spirit who called herself Kongni, Kumogakure's slaughter of Cursed Spirits had been checked.
Kongni was a Special Grade Cursed Spirit born from lightning, an embodiment of humanity's fear of thunder.
The Lightning Release that Kumogakure's Ninja took such pride in was as laughable before her as trying to stab an elephant to death with a strand of hair!
Violent lightning was as docile as a stuffed toy in her hands.
After more and more Kumogakure Ninja died at Kongni's hands, the Fourth Raikage immediately led a force to surround and kill her himself. That marked the beginning of their battles against each other.
At first, the newly born Kongni was no match for the Raikage and was nearly killed in their very first encounter.
But Kongni could fly, even as high as the clouds.
With that ability, Kongni had escaped the Raikage's pursuit more than once.
There was nothing he could do. No matter how strong the Raikage was or how high he could jump, he had few options if she was determined to flee.
Once, he had even brought Killer B along to hunt Kongni down, hoping to have him destroy her with a Tailed