Hearing Sora's words, A's pupils contracted to pinpricks!
The next second, he roared out: "Damn it! I refuse to accept this!"
A felt utterly stifled and aggrieved.
An intense frustration made him want to vomit blood.
He had B expend immense effort to execute a technique comparable to the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, and he himself had gambled his lifespan on that final, desperate thrust.
But A never, ever imagined that his all-or-nothing strike would hit nothing but air!
Forget the haori,
After all, for A, hitting a haori was no different from hitting air!
Moreover, for a warrior, being wounded in the back was a disgrace!
A never thought there would come a day when he would be ambushed and run through from behind!!!
However, after whiffing such an all-in, desperate attack, A had no further means to deal with Sora!
He had no cards left to play!
Fortunately, while A himself was a brawler, Kumogakure's strategists never were.
For a situation like today, Kumogakure's strategists had long prepared a contingency plan!
So...
"Raaaaagh! I haven't lost yet!"
Roaring, A grabbed hold of the Hyorinmaru's blade that had pierced through his chest!
Screech, squelch!
His hardened right hand, coated in the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, grated against the sharp Hyorinmaru, producing an ear-piercing screech!
Simultaneously, while the Lightning Release Chakra Mode was the strongest spear and shield for others, to Sora it was merely so-so, and to Hyorinmaru, the concept of a 'strongest shield' meant nothing.
Therefore, by forcefully gripping Hyorinmaru, A naturally had to accept his palm being sliced open by the blade!
Copious amounts of blood dripped from between his fingers!
But A seemed completely unaware.
Faced with this situation, Sora tried to pull his sword back, but found it impossible.
"Hmph!" Sora frowned slightly.
"Won't let go, huh?!"
"Fine then, just die!"
Sora extended his pale hand, palm aimed at the back of A's head.
He began the incantation for an execution directly!
A light, clear voice rang out.
"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on to the south!"
"Hado #31…"
As Sora chanted, his most familiar, most commonly used attack was about to be unleashed!
But at that moment, the previously silent A finally spoke.
He roared again: "B! Where are you? You're not dead, are you?"
"Of course not, brother! Yo, check it out!"
Continuing his awful rap, B emerged from somewhere.
He was no longer in his Tailed Beast State.
From his bloodstained body, it was clear the Eight-Tails had also sustained severe injuries, to the point it could no longer properly protect its Jinchuriki.
Yet, even covered in wounds without a single patch of good skin, B was still full of vigor!
After all, he had to be full of vigor now! He had to let his brother see him full of vigor!
Because next...
"You know what you have to do, right?" Looking at B, A said seriously!
"Yeah, I know, brother!" B nodded heavily.
His ox-bell-sized eyes were filled with hot tears: "Brother, I won't hold you back!"
The next moment, under Sora's surprised gaze, the bubbling Tailed Beast's Chakra Cloak rose once more from B's body!
As if knowing B's body couldn't sustain it for long, the Eight-Tails' Chakra Cloak spread extremely rapidly this time!
In an instant, the Chakra Cloak completely enveloped B.
With the omnipotent power of Chakra, the gigantic Eight-Tails reappeared out of thin air!
Then, aiming at both A and Sora, B launched another tentacle lash!
The massive, heavy tentacles pounded the ground like pile drivers, his attack making no distinction between friend and foe!
'Hmm? Attacking even A now?' Seeing B's abnormal behavior, Sora frowned deeply.
Where there is abnormality, there is deceit.
This unusual situation put Sora on high alert.
The next moment, Sora expanded his perception, sweeping across the entire Kumogakure.
And then he understood.
Why had only two groups of Ninjas emerged from Kumogakure from the beginning until now?
It was because all the other Ninjas were on the other side… precisely where Sora had previously sensed the Chakra Cannon.
Initially, Sora had detected the Chakra Cannon but paid it no mind, as it posed no threat to him.
But now, with all the remaining Kumogakure's Ninjas pouring their Chakra into it, the Chakra Cannon had gained that qualification!
Because the one leading the Chakra Infusion at the very front was an elderly woman who looked frail with age!
However, the old woman wasn't the key point.
The key was the aura within her!
This old woman was unmistakably the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki!
Clearly, this was the predecessor to Nii Yugito!
At this moment, under the command of the previous generation Two-Tails' Jinchuriki, the Chakra Cannon was charging up!
An unprecedented sense of threat washed over him!