After Sailing with the Pirate King, I Returned to Konoha - 198

Chapter 198: Ninja World New Rap

"Hey, past me, lonely and sad, but now Big Bro Gyūki is with me, yo!"

"Is that so? This is how jinchūriki and tailed beasts should relate..."

"This situation is the first I've heard of. I thought it was some secret jutsu from your village."

"Oh NO! Unintentionally revealed too many secrets! Yo!"

So noisy—what happened—

Fourth Raikage A was awakened by his brother's loud rap. Clutching his head, still feeling somewhat dizzy, but as a man with years of lightning release training, he quickly shook off this discomfort.

But when he saw the scene before him clearly, he felt like he was still dreaming.

That Naruto Uzumaki, who'd fought fiercely with them, once crushing him in strength and speed, was now sitting together with Killer Bee and Konoha's Jiraiya, chatting and laughing. Occasionally clinking glasses and taking drinks.

Wait, where is this? Where did that alcohol come from?

Raikage A finally recalled the last scene before losing consciousness. A continuously enlarging palm. After it pressed his face, aside from feeling his head hurt, he remembered nothing else.

"Bee! What's the situation!?"

Raikage A immediately activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, assuming a defensive posture while shouting at Killer Bee.

Honestly, Raikage A's physical constitution was truly strong. Despite being knocked unconscious, receiving several fierce strikes, and being hit by Conqueror's Haki, he could still wake before Sasuke and Karin.

"Yo, you're awake? Killer Bee's big brother."

Facing Raikage A's appearance as if facing a formidable enemy, Naruto smiled unconcernedly, lightly raising his cup toward him.

Worth mentioning, he didn't address A as Fourth Raikage, but as Killer Bee's elder brother. Apparently this Killer Bee he'd just met and hit it off with held more weight in Naruto's heart than a village's Kage title.

"Want a drink?"

"What trick are you playing? Uzumaki Naruto, if you want to kill, just kill; don't engage in some—"

Raikage A wanted to say more, but Killer Bee suddenly jumped over, covering his mouth.

"Big brother, misunderstanding! All misunderstanding!"

"?"

Regarding Killer Bee, Raikage A was very trusting, so he shifted his gaze over, seemingly inquiring what exactly happened.

"It's like this—"

Killer Bee recounted what happened after A lost consciousness. After Naruto regained control of his body from the "natural will," this series of battles in the Land of Rain temporarily came to a close.

At that time, Killer Bee had been forced out of jinchūriki mode, but even so, he didn't choose to flee alone but instead stood guard in front of Raikage A.

"Tsk—why does it seem like I'm the villain? You guys clearly attacked me first, right?"

Naruto also scratched his head in confusion. Though during that controlled period his actions were indeed strange, the Raikage's side had definitely struck first. No matter how you looked at it, they were in the wrong.

"Hmph! You attacked the Cloud first! Injured our ninja—so we came for revenge!"

Even at this moment, Killer Bee didn't forget his rap skills. After hearing this, Naruto was also stunned but could understand the meaning in his words.

"No, no, no, I never did such a thing."

"That's right, we've been in the Land of Fire all along. We never went to Hidden Cloud Village."

Jiraiya, seeing Naruto's condition had recovered, quickly walked over.

"Don't try to deceive me; Big Brother saw our injured shinobi in the hospital with his own eyes!"

Seeing Killer Bee still didn't believe, Naruto thought for a moment, then said to him with a serious expression:

"Do you think, with my strength, if I'd really attacked Hidden Cloud Village, you would still have had a chance to escape?"

This statement was compelling. In the shinobi world, the strong don't need to make excuses to the weak. Just from the jutsu Naruto had just released, if he'd intended to ambush, the entire Hidden Cloud Village would've been blown sky-high. How could only a few guards be injured?

"By the way... your rap skills are quite good."

Seeing the other party go silent, Naruto was about to turn and check on Sasuke and the others' condition but, as if remembering something, suddenly turned back.

"You also understand rap!?"

Did Naruto understand? Very well indeed.

When young, he'd experienced similar "musical art" on an island called "Kenzan Island" on the Grand Line. There was a country called "Longarm Kingdom" where the Longarm Tribe liked performing while scratching records, using rap. They even called it a "BATTLE."

Though Naruto didn't quite understand, he really liked that joyful, passionate atmosphere.

After hearing the word "rap" from Naruto's mouth, Killer Bee's attention was immediately drawn over. This was the first time he'd heard about "rap" from anyone besides his mentor.

"Yeah, I know quite a few rap masters. Next time there's a chance, I'll take you to see them."

The two began chatting enthusiastically, using rap as their topic. During this, somehow they also discussed Jiraiya-sensei's new book, Icha Icha Tactics, being prepared, even taking out the other two volumes, Icha Icha Paradise and Icha Icha Violence.

In a certain sense, Killer Bee was also an artist. Regarding the Icha Icha series works, though it was his first time reading them, he could already feel the profound emotions beneath those words. In any case, he was quite impressed.

When Konan finished handling Nagato's corpse and arrived here, what she saw were three grown men sitting by a campfire enthusiastically drinking and chatting. Completely immersed in discussing art.

You really couldn't tell that during the day they'd been fighting to the death. Meanwhile, the other three lay on the ground unconscious with no one caring about them.

"The situation is this—that guy pretending to be Naruto should be his enemy, a masked man with Sharingan."

"Big brother, that intangibility ability you mentioned—that masked man has it too."

Raikage A listened gravely to Killer Bee's account, roughly understanding the truth. Simply put, he'd been played for a fool.

"Even so, this kid is Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's son. He's also Hidden Cloud's enemy."

Resolving the misunderstanding didn't mean Raikage A would treat Naruto with friendliness. He'd never forgotten how brutally Naruto's father had crushed Hidden Cloud during the Third Shinobi World War.

With one person's strength, he'd defeated their AB Combination, single-handedly halting Hidden Cloud Village's offensive momentum. It could be said the Third Shinobi World War's final outcome was inseparable from Minato Namikaze's contributions.

"Really now—you guys, I'm not even holding you accountable for attacking me first, yet you're still complaining."

Seeing his new friend being lectured and unable to speak, Naruto's face showed dissatisfaction.

"What does your beef with my father have to do with me?"

Naruto took a sip from his cup of Land of Rain special brew.

Ugh, watery taste.

"How about I send you down to chat with him personally?"

"You!"

Always presenting a tough attitude, Raikage A was choked by Naruto's words, wanting to say something harsh but unable to speak.

What else could I say? Any harsh words now would just be a loser's whining. The defeated should know their place.