"You demon!!!"
The Fourth Raikage A's hoarse roar, filled with endless hatred, echoed across the silent battlefield, yet it seemed so pale and powerless.
Gen'yō didn't even bother to lift his eyelids.
His entire focus was on "soul training" of the Eight-Tails Gyuki.
He simply replied casually, in an impatient tone as if shooing away flies:
"Demon?"
"No, I'm just performing a necessary surgical procedure."
"Your brother had a malignant tumor in his brain called 'pride' and 'rebellion.' I'm just helping him remove it."
"And by the way, collect some medical fees."
Medical expenses?
Raikage A watched as the massive Tailed Beast Chakra was continuously drained from Killer B's body and poured into Gen'yō's body, and he trembled with rage, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood!
How shameless! How humiliating!
He not only wants to destroy your personality, but also plunder your power, and finally tell you it's all for your own good!
"You bastard--!!!"
Raikage A felt like his lungs were about to explode with rage!
As one of the Five Kage, the pinnacle of the Shinobi World, when had he ever suffered such a humiliating disgrace!
In front of the globally broadcast screen.
Everyone was Gen'yō's seemingly casual yet utterly cruel words.
"He's actually forcibly extracting the Eight-Tails 'Chakra?"
"Oh my god! Jinchūriki die when their Tailed Beast are removed! Is he trying to kill Killer B in front of the whole world?!"
"This is too cruel! This is no longer war! This is massacre! This is torture!"
Countless viewers with a saintly heart began to voice their righteous indignation and condemnation.
However, those truly at the pinnacle of power, the Kage Level experts, sensed a deeper chill from Gen'yō's words, a chill that made them tremble to their very bones!
Konoha.
He wasn't killing Killer B.
Hiruzen Sarutobi at the crystal ball, his voice hoarse as he said, "He's taming the Eight-Tails."
"Look, Killer B is in pain, but his life force hasn't weakened. And what's being extracted is the Eight-Tails' most violent and primal Chakra."
"He's using this method to rid himself of the Eight-Tails ' wildness, leaving only its purest and most obedient power!"
"This method, this understanding of Chakra and the soul, is simply unheard of!"
Jiraiya's expression Jiraiya became extremely solemn.
"If he succeeds, wouldn't that mean he can mass-produce ' Perfect Jinchuriki ' at will?!"
The moment this speculation was uttered, the entire Hokage's office fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone was terrified by this horrific possibility, their hands and feet turning cold.
On the battlefield.
Raikage A had clearly considered this as well.
He looked at his younger brother, who was convulsing in pain on the ground, and then at the man in the sky who was manipulating the power of the Tailed Beast like a god or demon.
An unprecedented sense of despair and helplessness welled up in his heart.
We lost.
A complete and utter defeat.
Whether it's strength, wisdom, or methods.
The Kumogakure —or rather, the entire ninja world of the old era—was like a toddler facing a fully armed adult in front of this man.
There was absolutely no chance of winning.
Perhaps giving up like this is a kind of relief?
In Raikage A's eyes, that indomitable fighting spirit was gradually extinguished, replaced by a lifeless emptiness.
However!
Just as he was about to completely give up resistance!
"Big Brother--"
A faint, intermittent call came from not far away.
It's Killer B!
While enduring the boundless pain of his soul being burned, he still retained a sliver of consciousness and used his last strength to cry for help to his brother!
"Run!"
"Leave me alone--"
boom!!!
These two faint words exploded like a thunderclap in Raikage A's mind!
It shattered all his despondency, all his despair, and all his cowardice!
yes!
He's the Fourth Raikage!
They are the pillars of Kumogakure!
He's the only family member of this silly little brother who loves rapping!
How could he, how could he just stand by and watch his younger brother suffer before his eyes, while he himself stood there like a coward, ready to give up?!
He can die in battle!
But he absolutely cannot be born on his knees!
"B--!!!!!!!"
A roar that transcended human limits, seemingly erupting from the depths of the soul, resounded through the heavens from Raikage A's mouth!
boom--!!!
A surge of indigo lightning, more violent, more concentrated, and even carrying a tragic aura of burning life than ever before, erupted from his already exhausted body!
A final burst of energy before death!
No! It's a final, transcendent elevation of life, beyond a fleeting moment of lucidity!
His muscles, which had become somewhat withered due to severe injuries and depleted Chakra, inexplicably swelled and bulged again at this moment!
His crippled, carbonized right arm was actually torn off by himself under the violent stimulation of lightning!
Blood gushed out like a fountain!
But he seemed to feel no pain at all!
His only remaining left arm shone with an unprecedented, dazzling light at that moment!
He poured all his remaining life, his last Chakra, his last will, and all his dignity as an older brother and as the Raikage into this one punch!
"Asshole!!!!"
"Let go of my brother!!!"
Raikage A's body transformed into a final, and most dazzling, blue shooting star!
He did not choose to run away.
With the resolute determination of a moth drawn to a flame, he launched the final and most glorious charge of his life towards Uchiha Gen'yō, who was seemingly defenseless and "casting a spell" in the sky!
At this moment, he was not fighting for victory.
He was simply fulfilling his duty as an older brother—to protect the most important person in his life with his own!
Before the global live broadcast.
Everyone was deeply moved by this scene.
" Lord Raikage-- "
Countless survivors of the Kumogakure watched the resolute blue lightning bolt on the screen, weeping uncontrollably.
Even those self-righteous people who had previously condemned Gen'yō fell silent at this moment.
They saw in that figure a great power, the purest and most primal, called "protection."
"Well, he's quite the man."
Seeing this, Ōnoki couldn't help but sigh.
Despite their differing stances, he held a degree of respect for Raikage A's choice at this moment.
However--
Just when everyone thought this would be a tragic, heroic farewell.
In the sky.
He faced the blue lightning bolt that was fueled by life itself, bursting forth at its maximum speed, and shooting towards him.
Uchiha Gen'yō finally slowly opened his golden eyes.
He glanced at the burning "ant" below, then at the Eight-Tails 'Chakra in his hand, which had been almost "purified".
A look of extreme impatience appeared on his face.
He didn't even bother to use the golden Susanoo.
He simply raised his right hand slowly.
He lightly drew a line in the air in front of him with his index finger.
It was as if they were brushing away some annoying dust.
Buzz--
A tiny, almost invisible ripple in space flashed past him.
After doing this, he even yawned out of boredom.
That indifferent yet utterly contemptuous voice clearly reached everyone's ears.
"Too slow."
"And it's too noisy."