"Calm down? How the hell am I supposed to calm down?
The assassination failed… What do we do now? What about Father? And what about Kumogakure?"
A had just let go of Killer B, but with his emotions completely spiraling out of control, he lashed out and slapped C aside, sending the already severely weakened man crashing to the ground.
Before the assassination, he had been as reckless as a charging bull. Now, he was just as panicked.
Even though his entire mind was flooded with Lightning Release chakra, at this moment he finally understood how serious the situation was.
"..."
Faced with A's furious roar, C opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
At this moment, regret flooded his heart.
He should never have acted on impulse and gone along with A's madness.
Not only had he failed to stop the A–B duo, he had even joined them, forming the so-called ABC combination.
To die in battle, C, as a Kumo shinobi, did not fear that.
What he truly feared was that everything their ABC combination had done would enrage Garp, making him believe that the Third Raikage, that Kumogakure, had gone back on their word and broken their promises.
While this kind of behavior had always been standard practice for Kumogakure, or even all of the Five Great Ninja Villages, it still depended on the situation.
Just like during the years when Hashirama was alive and in his prime, when none of the Five Great Ninja Villages dared to provoke a war.
As long as Garp was alive, who would dare play those usual ninja tricks with a man like this?
C had read through the intelligence dossier personally written by the First Raikage about Garp countless times.
Because of that, he knew better than anyone that Garp was fundamentally different from ordinary ninja.
This man valued credibility above all else. The consequences of betraying his trust, just thinking about them was enough to make cold sweat pour down C's back.
"Gyuki, why did it turn out like this? Was there something wrong in one of the steps when I condensed the Tailed Beast Bomb?
Otherwise… how could the Tailed Beast Bomb be shattered by a single punch?"
Although B did not display the same level of hysteria as A, the turmoil, anxiety, and shock in his heart were no less intense.
As the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki, he understood better than anyone just how terrifying the super large scale Tailed Beast Bomb he had formed with all his strength truly was.
A casual Tailed Beast Bomb from the One-Tail alone was enough to flatten several mountains.
As the Jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails second only to the Nine-Tails, his super large scale Tailed Beast Bomb, formed after several minutes of gathering Tailed Beast chakra, was more than enough to erase a small country from the shinobi world, let alone threaten the Five Great Ninja Villages.
"Garp's Haki, Hashirama's Wood Golem, and Madara's Susanoo can all effectively restrain our Tailed Beast Bombs.
Especially Garp's Haki! It doesn't just alter the form of his body, it can be projected outward like Tailed Beast chakra, and can even cause internal destruction!
Back in the Warring States Era, the Nine-Tails once tried to attack him with a Tailed Beast Bomb, only for it to be smashed apart by a single slap."
After a few seconds of silence, the Eight-Tails' voice echoed in B's ears.
"So it looked like he was just punching the Tailed Beast Bomb, but in reality, his Haki had already been projected outward, transmitted into the Tailed Beast Bomb, and destroyed it from the inside?"
After hearing this, a chill shot up Killer B's spine, from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head.
If even something as massive as a Tailed Beast Bomb could be destroyed from within, then it was no wonder that the Third Raikage's strongest shield had been as fragile as paper in front of Garp.
"B, what you should be thinking about right now isn't why Garp can shatter a Tailed Beast Bomb, it's… running…"
As soon as the Eight-Tails said this, Killer B snapped out of his chaotic thoughts.
"Brother, let's run! Now!"
Seeing A still roaring in place, Killer B rushed over and shouted sharply.
"Run…? The shinobi world is vast, but where can we even run to?"
A's crazed eyes finally regained a hint of clarity.
"Back to Kumogakure!"
Killer B blurted out instinctively.
"We're already criminals in the eyes of the village. Are we really going to go back and drag them down with us?"
A shook his head bitterly, rejecting Killer B's suggestion.
"This isn't the time to say that. I believe the Raikage-sama will definitely have a solution!"
Gritting his teeth, B stepped forward, hoisting A over his left shoulder and C over his right, then turned and prepared to flee in the direction of Kumogakure.
"B, you…. "
Seeing this, A was about to struggle, but just as Killer B turned around, he suddenly set him down.
Momentarily stunned, A instinctively raised his head.
A figure clad in a black suit had already entered his field of vision, more burly, taller, and stronger than both himself and the Third Raikage, yet more streamlined and refined than the Raikage father and son.
"Iron Fist!"
When they clearly saw the face of the man who had appeared behind them at some unknown moment, A, Killer B, and C all stiffened, their expressions and bodies frozen solid.
If Garp's single punch that had shattered the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's super large scale Tailed Beast Bomb earlier had displayed a power that drove people to despair.
Then his silent appearance behind the three of them now demonstrated a speed that crushed the soul.
Especially since, within the ABC combination, the first two excelled in speed and strength, while the third possessed sensory abilities.
Yet even so, none of the three had detected when Garp had moved from the Valley of the End to directly behind them.
"That Tailed Beast Bomb just now was fired by you, wasn't it, you brat?"
Garp swept his gaze over the three of them, taking in the complex expressions of the ABC combination, before his eyes settled on Killer B.
"..."
Killer B said nothing. He only forced his stiff neck to move and gave a small nod.
"Not bad. Among all the Jinchuriki I have seen, you're one of the best. Especially just now… you were this close to killing me."
Garp looked deeply at Killer B, then bared his teeth in a broad grin.
"Stop lying to us."
A, Killer B, and C all cursed inwardly at the same time.
If they hadn't personally witnessed how Garp had casually shattered the Tailed Beast Bomb with a single punch, they might really have believed the nonsense coming out of this man's mouth.
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