On a street in the Land of Iron.
Every passerby nearby backed away. Waves of air kept surging around two dazzling figures, sweeping through their surroundings like primordial beasts.
Before those two figures, one blue and one gold, the lightning around A actually seemed weak.
His pupils suddenly contracted. Looking at the two masked figures, the corner of his mouth twitched before he spoke.
"Do you two know what you're doing?"
The mask, tinted gold by the light of Kurama's Tailed Beast Cloak, tilted as though questioning the Raikage's sanity.
"Stopping you to give Kakashi-sensei some privacy, of course."
"That bastard Kakashi! He's just trying to steal our Jinchūriki!"
Naruto shrugged helplessly. His teacher had finally found romance, against all odds. As his student, he had to lend a hand.
A took a deep breath, then fixed Naruto's eyes with a gaze as sharp as a blade.
"In other words, if I want to find Yugito Nii, I have to beat you two?"
The blue and gold masks nodded at the same time.
Crackle, crackle, crackle.
More and more electricity flickered over A's body.
Like the warrior race from a certain other world where people casually blew up planets, his hair gradually rose under the effects of the current.
"Holy shit, Super Saiyan 2?!"
Naruto's pupils contracted behind his mask. Looking at A, whose hair stood on end and whose muscles had grown somewhat larger, he murmured those words.
"I won't be holding back now."
His irritable voice rang out amid the thunder. Having activated the Strongest Lightning Release Armor, A could even rival the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God in speed at close range.
He roughly flung his white cloak into the air.
The green shuriken-shaped markings on his bulging shoulders stood out conspicuously.
"Naruto, be careful."