Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 568 Colosseum

Kisame Hoshigaki's words, though not loud, were clearly heard by everyone.

Most people instinctively cast astonished glances at Kisame Hoshigaki.

However, all they saw on Kisame Hoshigaki's grinning face, with its sharp teeth bared, was arrogance and swagger.

It was as if a wild, untamed aura was emanating from within him.

The Cloud Ninja Troy, who was already preparing to step onto the stage, could only awkwardly stop in his tracks.

Only a few quick-witted individuals, upon hearing Kisame Hoshigaki's words, immediately looked towards the location of the Mizukage, Tachibana Nagakawa.

Although today's competition may seem somewhat informal, its actual importance to the five great ninja villages is self-evident.

The fact that Kisame Hoshigaki dared to make such a statement so directly must be because he was instructed by Tachibana Mizukage.

Meanwhile, Tachibana Kanagawa, who remained calmly seated without uttering a word to stop Kisame Hoshigaki's actions, seemed to be indirectly confirming the speculations of the others.

"Is he really that confident in his subordinates?"

Although Kisame Hoshigaki performed with great ease in the battle against Huang Tu, one-on-one and one-on-many are completely different challenges.

Based on Kisame's statement just now, even if the other four Kage show no mercy and have all the ninjas attack together, Kirigakure will have no way to reason with them.

The ninjas who were sent to join the peacekeeping force were basically the elites of their respective ninja villages. Even among the Kage present, not one of them could guarantee victory.

"Aren't they afraid that this master of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen might be killed on the spot by the other enraged ninjas?"

This is what most ninjas were really thinking at this moment.

Many people even felt a sense of humiliation and anger.

Onoki, whose own son Huang Tu had just been eliminated, looked even more displeased and directly asked Jianchuan Tachibana a question.

"Mizukage, this seems a bit against the rules, doesn't it?"

Hearing Onoki's slightly questioning tone, Tachibana Kenkawa didn't even look at him, but replied in a flippant tone.

"There's nothing wrong with the rules. Since this battle is meant to establish the authority of future commanders, it should be done to the best of our ability so that all of you Kage won't have made such a trip in vain."

After saying this, Tachibana Kenkawa turned his gaze away from the increasingly noisy ninjas, glanced at Onoki beside him, and said with a smile.

"Lord Tsuchikage, there's no need to worry. We, Kirigakure, don't mind if the Jonin from Hijikata continue to participate in the upcoming competition, even if we send out all the people we brought."

"The same goes for Sunagakure."

The second half of the sentence was spoken by Jianchuan Ju to Fengying Luosha.

However, to the two shadows, these words were nothing short of a blatant insult.

Lei Ying Ai, who had remained silent the entire time, suddenly slammed his fist on the table in anger and stood up.

"Mizukage! Are you looking down on our Hidden Cloud Village?!"

However, despite the Raikage's fury, Tachibana Kanagawa's smile remained unchanged, and he simply replied with a light, casual remark.

"Oh, I forgot, the same goes for Kumogakure~"

Rasa and Onoki exchanged a glance, both sensing a chill in each other's eyes.

With things said to this point, the nature of this competition has completely changed.

Even someone as shrewd as Onoki could guess that Tachibana Kenkawa must have something to rely on to make such a move.

However, for the sake of Iwagakure's dignity, Onoki could not back down in the slightest at this moment.

Looking at his son, who was still somewhat dazed in the arena, Onoki shouted at him.

"Yellow Earth! Since Kirigakure is so confident, what are you waiting for?! All Iwagakure ninja, step forward!"

Hearing the shame and indignation in Onoki's voice, Huang Tu, who had been pondering the gains and losses of the previous battle, regained his determination and took a step forward without saying a word.

The Iwagakure ninjas following behind him, seeing that their own Tsuchikage had spoken, also stepped forward without hesitation.

Seeing that someone had already taken the lead, Kazekage Rasa naturally wouldn't hold back.

"All Sand Village ninja, step forward!"

After Urayasu Jin, the strongest leader of Sunagakure this time, was defeated, Rasa had already given up on the competition for the commander.

However, now that Kirigakure has taken the initiative to break the rules, Rasa certainly won't miss such a good opportunity.

"Hidden Clouds."

"Just a moment~"

Just as Raikage Ai was about to order Troy to follow with his men, Kenkawa Tachibana interrupted him with a smile.

Upon seeing that he was being treated differently, Ai Dang glared angrily at Jian Chuan Ju.

"What? Mizukage, are you scared?!"

"Haha, Lord Raikage, you're overthinking it. But since the scale of the battle has been upgraded, the spectator seating naturally needs to be adjusted a bit."

After saying that, Jianchuan Ju ignored the gazes of others, put his hands together, and then slammed them hard on the ground.

"Ice Release: Ice Pillar Prison!"

As Jianchuan Ju finished speaking, the temperature around him suddenly dropped.

Immediately afterwards, thick ice walls began to materialize out of thin air.

5 meters, 10 meters, 15 meters, 20 meters!

2 walls, 4 walls, 8 walls, 16 walls

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of thick ice walls, each over twenty meters high, surrounded this open training ground, transforming it into a massive arena with a diameter of nearly a kilometer.

Only behind Kisame Hoshigaki, there was a small door that was more than five meters high.

The sudden release of a wide-range ninjutsu by Tachibana Kenkawa immediately silenced the indignant ninjas from other villages.

"Is this the power of a Kage?!"

"Is Ice Release really that powerful?"

While everyone was stunned, Jianchuan Ju smiled and said to Raikage Ai beside her.

"Lord Raikage, please continue."

After saying that, Jianchuan Ju ignored everyone else's gaze and leaped onto the ice wall in front of her.

"Kisame, go inside and wait. The rest of you from Kirigakure, find yourselves a spot to watch the fight."

As Tachibana Kanagawa finished speaking, Kisame Hoshigaki hung the flounder back on his back and walked into the center of the circular arena made up of ice walls.

The other Hidden Mist ninjas who came this time also glanced proudly at the ninjas from other villages around them, then climbed up the ice wall to the top and took their spots to watch the battle.

"Lord Mizukage, why are you doing this?"

Slowly, Kanagawa Tachibana stepped onto the ice wall and saw that Kanagawa Tachibana had already conjured an ice crystal chair and sat down. With a wry smile, he walked up to him.

"Minato, aren't all the Konoha ninja coming at us together?"

Glancing at Minato Namikaze behind him, Tachibana Kenkawa leaned back in his chair indifferently.

Minato Namikaze's eyes flickered, and it was unclear what he was thinking, but in the end, he still spoke softly to Fugaku Uchiha below.

"Chief Fugaku, thank you for your help."

(End of this chapter)