"Yo, the old me, lonely and sad, now Big Bro Gyuki's with me, yo!"
"Wow! Is that so? This is how the relationship between a Jinchuriki and a Tailed Beast should be…"
"This is the first time I've heard of such a situation. I originally thought it was some secret technique of your village."
"Oh NO! Accidentally revealed, too many secrets! Yo!"
'So noisy-'
'What happened-'
The Fourth Raikage, A, was awakened by his brother's loud rapping.
Holding his head, he still felt somewhat dizzy, but after all, he was a man who long tempered his body with lightning, and he quickly shook off this discomfort.
But when he saw the scene before him, he felt like he was still dreaming.
That Uzumaki Naruto, who had fought fiercely with them earlier, once overwhelming him in strength and speed, was now sitting together with B and Konoha's Jiraiya, chatting and laughing.
They even clinked glasses and took sips from time to time.
'Wait, where is this? And where did that alcohol come from?'
Raikage finally recalled the last scene he saw before losing consciousness.
It was a constantly enlarging palm.
After it pressed against his face, aside from feeling a pain in his head, he remembered nothing else.
"B! What's going on here!?"
Raikage immediately activated the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, assumed a defensive stance, and shouted at B.
It must be said, Raikage A's physical constitution is truly strong.
Despite falling unconscious like the others, being severely hit several times, and being washed over by Conqueror's Haki, he actually woke up earlier than Sasuke and Karin.
"Yo, you're awake? Killer B's Big Bro."
Facing Raikage A's stance as if facing a great enemy, Naruto instead smiled nonchalantly and lightly raised his glass towards him.
It's worth mentioning that he didn't address him as the Fourth Raikage, but as Killer B's older brother.
It seemed that compared to the Kage of a village, B, whom he had just met but hit it off with, held more weight in Naruto's heart.
"Want a drink?"
"What trick are you trying to pull? Uzumaki Naruto, if you want to kill us, then do it, don't play any-"
Raikage wanted to say more, but B suddenly jumped over and covered his mouth.
"Brother, misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!"
"?"
Raikage still trusted B greatly, so he turned his gaze towards him, seemingly asking what had happened.
"It's like this..."
B recounted what happened after A lost consciousness.
After wresting control of his body back from the [Nature Will], this series of encounters in the Land of Rain temporarily came to an end.
…
At that time, B had been forced out of his Tailed Beast Mode, but even so, he didn't choose to escape alone. Instead, he stood guard in front of Raikage.
"Tch… Why does it seem like I'm the villain here? Weren't you the ones who attacked me first?"
Naruto also scratched his head a bit.
Although his actions during the time he was controlled were indeed somewhat strange, the Raikage's side did strike first.
Even arguing till the skies fell, the other side was at fault.
"Humph! You attacked Kumogakure first, comrades severely injured, for revenge!"
Even at this time, B didn't forget his rapping skills.
After hearing this, Naruto was also stunned but could understand the meaning in his words.
"No no no, I didn't do such a thing."
"Yeah, we've been in the Land of Fire the whole time, we've never gone to Kumogakure."
Jiraiya, seeing Naruto's condition had returned to normal, quickly came over.
"Don't try to fool me, I saw it with my own eyes, comrades lying in the hospital!"
Seeing that B still didn't believe him, Naruto thought for a moment, then said to him with a serious expression.
"Do you think, with my strength, if I really attacked Kumogakure, would you even have had a chance to escape?"
The persuasiveness of these words was overwhelming.
This world didn't have those melodramatic plots where a poor guy falsely accuses a powerful and rich tycoon.
Judging solely by the Jutsu Naruto had just released, if he had intended to ambush them, probably the entire Kumogakure would have been blown sky-high, so how could only a few guards have been injured?
"By the way... your rapping skills are pretty good."
Seeing the other party fall silent, Naruto initially planned to turn and check on Sasuke and the others, but as if remembering something, he suddenly turned back.
"You understand rap too!?"
Did Naruto understand it?
Well, yes.
In his youth, he had experienced a similar 'musical art' on an island called [Kenzan Island] in the Grand Line.
There is a country called [Tehna Gehna Kingdom], where the Longarm Tribe enjoyed performing in a rap style while, uh, spinning plates?
They even called it [BATTLE].
Naruto didn't really understand it, but he quite liked the joyful and passionate atmosphere.
Hearing the word 'rap' from Naruto's mouth, B's attention was immediately captured.
After all, this was the first time he had heard someone other than 'Master Sabu-chan' mention rap.
"Yeah, I know quite a few rap masters. I'll take you to see them sometime when I have the chance."
The two started chatting freely, using rap as a starting point.
Somehow, the conversation even turned to Teacher Jiraiya's upcoming new book [Icha Icha Tactics], and even brought out the other two books, [Icha Icha Paradise] and [Icha Icha Violence].
In a way, Killer B was also an artist.
Although it was his first time reading the Icha Icha series, he could already feel the profound emotions beneath the words.
In short, he greatly appreciated it.
When Konan, after dealing with Nagato's body, arrived at the scene, she saw three grown men sitting by a campfire, chatting and drinking freely.
They were completely immersed in discussions about art.
One really couldn't tell that they had been fighting to the death just hours earlier.
The other three were lying on the ground unconscious, with no one paying them any attention.
…
"So that's how it is. The guy pretending to be Naruto should be his enemy, a masked man with Sharingan."
"Brother, that intangibility ability you mentioned, that masked man can use it too."
Raikage listened to B's account with a serious expression, roughly understanding the truth of the matter.
In short, he had been used as a pawn.
"Even so, this brat is the son of that Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato. He's still an enemy of our Kumogakure."
Having the misunderstanding cleared up didn't mean Raikage would adopt a friendly attitude towards Naruto.
He had never forgotten how badly Naruto's father had beaten them during the Third Great Ninja War.
The other party, single-handedly, defeated their A-B combo, and once curbed Kumogakure's offensive momentum.
It can be said that the final outcome of the Third Great Ninja War was inseparable from Minato's contribution.
"Sigh… You guys. I'm not even holding a grudge for you attacking me first, and you're still being so hesitant."
Watching his newly made friend being lectured by the Raikage into silence, Naruto showed a dissatisfied expression.
"What happened between you and my father, what does that have to do with me?"
Naruto took a sip of the Land of Rain's specialty brew from his cup.
'-Bah, tastes like water.'
"Should I send you down to have a chat with him personally?"
"You!"
Raikage, who had always shown a tough attitude, was choked by Naruto's words. He wanted to say something harsh but couldn't get it out.
What else can he say?
Any harsh words now would just be the barking of a loser.
A loser must have the awareness of being a loser.