"Heh, you sure talk a lot!" Kisame Hoshigaki tightened his grip on his sword's hilt.
"We have plenty of time, but can't we skip the pointless chatter and have a good, satisfying fight?"
As he spoke, Kisame suddenly felt a chill at the back of his neck.
A palpable cold filled his body.
Acting on instinct, Kisame swung Samehada behind him to block.
But he was still too slow.
A shadow wreathed in lightning appeared behind him with blinding speed. With a boom, Kisame was sent flying and slammed into a distant boulder, his flesh mangled and bloody.
It was the Raikage's attack!
"Hmm? This is...?" Although he had successfully sent Kisame flying, the Raikage's body had still come into contact with Samehada.
A large amount of the Lightning Release chakra covering his body was absorbed by Samehada.
"Looks like that unusual sword must be Samehada." Although the Raikage had never seen it, he had heard about its abilities.
Once it made contact, it would absorb chakra.
"Hmph, once this is over, that sword will become another of Kumogakure's spoils!"
"So fast!" Seeing what had happened to Kisame, Uchiha Itachi and Zetsu hurriedly scattered.
Looking at the ground where Kakuzu's and Hidan's bodies had vanished, the Raikage roared furiously:
"Where are those two bodies?! Where did you hide them?!"
White Zetsu gave an irritating chuckle. "Hehe, if I told you, wouldn't hiding them have been a waste?"
He had already used a clone to transport Hidan's and Kakuzu's bodies away underground.
No matter how perceptive Kumogakure's ninja were, they could not possibly have noticed.
Furai seemed to think of something and hurriedly looked down at his feet, crying out in alarm, "Oh no! Lord Raikage, those two heads are gone too!"
"What?!" The Raikage flew into a rage. "Damn it,