Considering the rate of fire of Aerosmith, and the distance between Ryosuke and the Eight-Tails,
It can be assumed that the instant the bullets are fired, they will hit their target.
Aerosmith and Killer Queen, two five-star Stands. Ryosuke pushed his spiritual power to the very limit, making it possible to keep both of them active simultaneously for four seconds.
Killer Queen can plant one bomb every half second.
In four seconds, a total of eight bullets carrying the First Bomb would fly out.
Three bullets collided with incoming Tailed Beast Bombs and canceled each other out, but the remaining five all struck the enormous body of the Eight-Tails.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A string of silent explosions echoed in the depths of the soul.
The vicious, savage chakra of the Eight-Tails plummeted to rock bottom.
Of course, it wasn't dead yet.
Killer Queen's ability was bizarre and myriad, able to turn anything it touched into a bomb and transfer explosive force, but it also had a limitation.
"Range."
The effective range of an explosion was roughly a sphere with a three-meter diameter. Beyond that, it would have no effect.
If not for this restriction, "Bites the Dust" could just blow up the entire planet directly.
The Eight-Tails Gyūki stood fifty or sixty meters tall. Five three-meter-deep wounds weren't enough to kill it immediately, but its chakra circulation was now in disarray.
["B! It's that strange explosion attack again!"] The voice of the Eight-Tails rang out in Killer B's mind.
["Among the bullets that plane shoots, some are hidden bombs, you absolutely cannot let them hit you."]
Killer B felt his palms drenched in cold sweat.
That was easy to say… but with a body this enormous in tailed beast mode, combined with the plane's 1,200 rounds per minute rate of fire, how was he supposed to dodge?
"Don't let him bluff you!"
A's roar came from the other side.
"He can't use that ability continuously, look, the plane disappeared! What we're facing now is a war of attrition!"
Killer B looked over, and sure enough, the plane had vanished. Only Killer Queen still stood beside Ryosuke.
Counting the time that the little plane and the pink humanoid cat had Bn active together, it seemed to be… only three or four seconds?
A's guess was correct.
After using time stop and pushing two five-star Stands to their limit, Ryosuke had to pause and "take a breath." The time was short, but for the Raikage A, master of Lightning Release Body Flicker, it was enough for one round of assassination.
Though his body had already Bn battered from Star Platinum's barrage of "ora ora," his fighting will only grew fiercer. Every strand of hair stood upright, and his eyes contained nothing but the focus of battle.
'Now is Ryosuke's weakest moment. I must seize the chance and kill him in one strike!'
The thought flashed in an instant, and A soared into the air.
"Lightning Release, Lariat Chidori Chop!"
The comment in the original Data Book was, [This is a hand-chop sharpened to a blade of light, tempered through countless broken bones.]
In plain words, it was simply concentrating high-voltage Lightning Release chakra into the hand, then diving down with a chop. A very simple move.
But after exchanging several rounds with Ryosuke, A had realized, against this enemy who surpassed him in speed, strength, and ability across every dimension, only simple, efficient tactics could work.
Other abilities, ninjutsu, barriers, before they could even be activated, Ryosuke would rush in and smash them apart.
In this sense, the Raikage A and Ryosuke did share some similarities, both wreathed in lightning, one golden, one blue.
Both with superhuman physiques and unmatched close-combat power.
Both with a mighty, call-on-command ally, Star Platinum/Killer B.
The difference was, Raikage A was the low-end version.
Of course, A didn't see it that way.
"Die!!!"
His hand-chop slashed down. Thunder roared, and even before it struck, the earth quaked, as if beneath heaven and earth nothing existed except his falling hand.
Ryosuke, holding the Sword of Ruin in one hand, paused, then switched to a two-handed grip. At the same time, Killer Queen gently touched the blade.
Click!
The First Bomb was armed.
Golden Ripple energy pulsed along the blade. Ryosuke swung upward to meet the strike.
Hand-chop met greatsword. They clashed for half a second,
Then the First Bomb detonated.
BOOM!
The Raikage's Lightning Release armor shattered in large swathes. Ryosuke's strike did not pause. The sword continued down,
With a slicing sound, A's arm was severed, flying high into the air.
Blood sprayed, instantly evaporated by the heat of lightning chakra and Ripple, forming a crimson mist.
"Big brother!"
Killer B shouted in alarm.
Seeing Ryosuke about to swing again, B raised his massive palm and slapped down.
Ryosuke easily dodged, stabbing his blade into the Eight-Tails' hand, then vaulting upward.
Rest was over.
The little plane appeared again.
Killer B, A, the Eight-Tails, and even the Hidden Cloud shinobi outside the field all felt their hearts sink.
Too fast.
The terrifying four-second bombardment had barely ended. How long had Ryosuke's "rest" lasted?
Two seconds? Three seconds?
The Eight-Tails hurriedly threw its eight tentacles in front of itself.
A was right, the coming battle would be one of attrition.
As long as B and the Eight-Tails had enough chakra, they could keep blocking the explosive bullets, keep using Tailed Beast Bombs to pin Ryosuke down, and create an opening for A to land the killing strike.
But this time, Ryosuke did not launch a strong assault. Killer Queen merged back into his body, and Ryosuke reached his hand into the plane's bomb bay.
"What… what is he doing?"
Many were bewildered.
A was the first to realize.
"He's hiding them!"
"This way, no one can know when a bullet carrying a bomb will be fired!"
Killer Queen and Aerosmith could indeed only exist for four seconds, but no one knew which four seconds.
The Eight-Tails had no choice but to remain on constant defense, obediently acting as a spectator.
The moment it tried to help A attack with a Tailed Beast Bomb or anything else, an explosive bullet could rain down on its head.
Even though the Eight-Tails was a chakra construct, there was a world of difference between blowing up its tails and blowing up its head.
"Despicable coward!"
A Hidden Cloud shinobi cursed through clenched teeth.
But A knew, this wasn't despicable.
This was tactical brilliance.
His gaze grew heavier. Ryosuke was without a doubt the strongest opponent of his life.
Not just because of his fearsome power and abilities,
But because of his battlefield mind, turning weakness into strength with tactical adaptation.
This was an evenly matched fight.
Ryosuke, one hand on the little plane to threaten Killer B, one hand on his sword.
A, one arm severed, also left with one hand.
The two clashed, thunder rolling, blade and gauntlet ringing again and again.
But anyone with eyes could see the difference.
Ryosuke's strikes were steady from start to finish. His face calm, as though this were only practice.
Raikage A, his dark face, worn down under the insane frequency of combat and exhaustion, began to fade.
Anyone could tell where the outcome was headed.
Ryosuke's sword pressed against A's arm guard, pushing down, forcing the Raikage's body lower, until one knee hit the ground.
"You still refuse to admit defeat?"
After constant clashes and grappling, A's organs were long since riddled with internal bleeding. Blood dripped from his nose and mouth, yet he roared, "Men of the Hidden Cloud can die, but they will not be defeated!"
Ryosuke nodded.
"I understand."
He raised his sword again.
At that moment, several tentacles lashed toward him.
Seeing his big brother about to die, Killer B finally couldn't hold back.
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