"Run, run, kid!" the Eight-Tails kept urging him in his mindscape.
Bee ignored the Eight-Tails and ran madly forward. Just as he left the battlefield, the sense of danger grew stronger and stronger. "Damn it, damn it, damn it, we're still being targeted!" the Eight-Tails roared incessantly.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, are you really determined to fight to the death?" the Raikage asked anxiously.
Hiruzen Sarutobi paid him no attention whatsoever. He continued sensing what was happening on Itō Yuying's side.
"Hey, hey... I'm talking to you. Did you hear me? Are you deaf?" The Raikage was still provoking him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned. You think I'm a pushover just because I haven't shown my teeth? He grabbed his huge staff and swung it at the Raikage. The Raikage dodged nimbly, counterattacking now and then, leaving Hiruzen Sarutobi unable to spare any attention for what was happening with Itō Yuying.
Faced with the Raikage's reckless fighting style, Hiruzen Sarutobi suffered quite a few setbacks. He simply couldn't put any distance between himself and the Raikage. Forced onto the defensive, Hiruzen Sarutobi accumulated quite a few more injuries during this time.
The Raikage seized an opening and knocked Hiruzen Sarutobi down with a Hell Stab. With a bang, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned into smoke that dispersed through the air.
The sight nearly drove the Raikage mad. After all that fighting, he had only been fighting a clone made with the Shadow Clone Jutsu. He was so furious and frustrated that he spat blood. "Come out here! You scheming bastard! You coward who clings to life! Fight me for real if you've got the guts!" the Raikage hurled insults at Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Then I'll grant your wish." Hiruzen Sarutobi emerged from the ground and swept the Raikage off his feet, then brought his staff down at