Think about it if raikae were as fast as the speed of light he wouldnt have needed to teleport there using the treasure. He could have literally been there in a very short amount of time without it.
Light travels around the earth 7or 8 times per second.
The naruto verse is mapped out as one continent if raikage was as fast as the speed of light he could have made it to fight to the battlefield to fight madara in less than a second.
The Cloud villages teleportation device sends inanimate objects in the form of a lightning bolt.
It is admitted by all that its far faster than anything else and that no one can keep up with its speed. Notably how they said the Raikage isn't 'durable' enough to take the speed. At this point his speed wasn't even considered, only how tough he'd need to be to be a human bullet.
Hyperbole or simile. Either work fine.
Originally posted by BloodRain
The Cloud villages teleportation device sends inanimate objects in the form of a lightning bolt.It is admitted by all that its far faster than anything else and that no one can keep up with its speed. Notably how they said the Raikage isn't 'durable' enough to take the speed. At this point his speed wasn't even considered, only how tough he'd need to be to be a human bullet.
Hyperbole or simile. Either work fine.
Either way it all adds up to him not being ls on his own
To put it I perspective (and hopefully to rest), light (in a vacuum) moves at around Mach 881,000+.
To believe anyone in Naruto-verse is even approaching that requires such an absurd suspension of disbelief that it's not even worth considering.
With that, you can quit inventing light speed feats for a series without them just to make a case here, because it won't matter anyway.