Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 580 Unlucky, Aperture.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Kisame Hoshigaki picked up the small, thin Hiruko and swung his arm around her repeatedly, as if he were waving a rag doll, slamming her against the ground.

Hiruko's body slammed violently against the ground time and time again.

The earth trembled and groaned incessantly.

Spiderweb-like cracks spread rapidly on both sides of Kisame Hoshigaki, and in the blink of an eye, two huge craters appeared.

"Ugh~"

He vomited a mouthful of blood.

Even though Hiruko activated Steel Release to increase her defense the moment she was captured.

However, the continuous bombardment still caused enormous damage to his internal organs.

Hiruko, whose consciousness was already beginning to blur, once again activated his bandages and attacked Kisame Hoshigaki.

However, the bandages, as sharp as blades, only produced a clanging sound as they struck Kisame Hoshigaki.

"Why...why do you also have Steel Release?"

At this moment, Hiruko felt immense regret, wondering why he had given up on further improving himself in pursuit of a stronger bloodline limit.

Or if he hadn't tried to steal that nameless monster's Sharingan and been killed in one blow, he wouldn't be in this predicament now, without even a teammate to help him.

The Crimson Lotus and the others watching the battle from outside the barrier couldn't help but twitch their lips a few times as they looked at Hiruko's extremely miserable appearance.

On the contrary, Miru, who had come with Kisame Hoshigaki and was currently his secretary as the commander, smiled and comforted her two old teammates.

"It's alright, don't be afraid. Kisame-sama is usually a very gentle person~"

However, Miru had barely finished speaking when...

"Boom!"

Another loud thud as a heavy object crashed to the ground.

Seeing that the faces of the others were starting to turn pale, Miru could only playfully stick out her little tongue.

However, inside the barrier at this moment.

Hiruko was, after all, a ninja from the same generation as the Sannin, and did not lack combat experience as her apparent age suggested.

The thought of regret only flashed through his mind briefly.

Just as Kisame Hoshigaki was about to swing his arm again to slam him into the ground.

Hiruko gritted his teeth and used the bandages to sever his wrist, instantly breaking free from Kisame Hoshigaki's control.

Kisame Hoshigaki suddenly felt his hand go empty as Hiruko used Swift Escape to instantly retreat dozens of meters away.

Having temporarily escaped the enemy, Hiruko took several deep breaths, ignoring the intense pain in his wrist.

He wiped his left hand across the severed wrist, staining it with a little blood, and then quickly formed a hand seal.

"Bang!"

A gigantic monster with a lion's head and a snake's tail was instantly summoned.

The defensive barrier created by dozens of ninjas working together appeared somewhat crowded against the backdrop of the monster's enormous body.

"Roar~~"

As soon as the lion-headed monster appeared, it let out a deafening roar.

Then it opened its mouth wide and spewed out blazing flames at Kisame Hoshigaki.

Kisame Hoshigaki was not afraid of such a straightforward attack.

Immediately form hand seals to release the ninjutsu.

"Sage Art: Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique!"

A torrent of water gushed from Kisame Hoshigaki's mouth, transforming into a ferocious shark that instantly devoured all the incoming flames.

However, just as the water shark lunged to bite the lion-headed monster, Hiruko instantly appeared in front of the monster once again.

He raised his left hand, revealing two diamond-shaped runes.

Hiruko's third bloodline limit, "Dark Release," is activated.

The once menacing water shark was instantly sucked into Hiruko's palm.

Not only Kisame Hoshigaki's "Water Shark Bullet Technique," but also the golden-pink mist that had previously gathered in the "Mist Field" was swept away by Hiruko's powerful Dark Release suction.

However, just as Hiruko was looking smug and preparing to activate his Dark Release ability to unleash the ninjutsu he had just absorbed and launch a counterattack against Kisame Hoshigaki.

His previously distorted smile suddenly changed.

He looked at his palm with a face full of horror.

A pale gray aura spread rapidly across my palm.

Hiruko's head sprouted three horns, just like Kisame Hoshigaki's. His eyes twitched and turned into two slender "bean eyes". Even a pair of small fleshy wings began to grow from the back of his head, which was not visible to the naked eye.

Having had a similar experience, Kisame Hoshigaki immediately realized that the enemy had been invaded by a large amount of natural energy, causing a backlash.

"Don't!"

The plan was to capture someone alive and take them back. Kisame Hoshigaki quickly drew his Hiramekarei from his back and was about to step forward to help Hiruko cut off his arm to stop him from petrifying further.

As a result, the lion-headed, snake-tailed monster, seemingly eager to protect its master, roared and charged headlong at Kisame Hoshigaki.

After Kisame Hoshigaki wielded his flounder and cleaved the lion-headed monster in two with a single stroke.

Before him, Hiruko had been petrified, with only one terrified eye still visible.

In the blink of an eye, Beiliuhu was completely transformed into a strangely shaped stone statue.

"Sigh~"

Kisame Hoshigaki lowered his raised right hand again.

"According to the Mizukage's information, this guy only has two bloodline limits, right?"

"Where did this strange bloodline come from, daring to devour so much natural energy in one go?"

Kisame Hoshigaki shook his head helplessly.

The sheer amount of natural energy gathered from the 'Mist Field' was so immense that even someone who had mastered Sage Mode dared not absorb it all into his body at once.

The other party is so reckless that even if he wanted to save them, it would be too late.

However, what Kisame Hoshigaki didn't know was that Hiruko's Dark Release technique actually had some connection with Kirigakure.

During the reign of the Third Mizukage, the family of Nakayoshi, the head of the sensory class in Kirigakure, was conducting extensive human experiments in an attempt to develop a powerful bloodline limit for their family.

As a result, after the plot was exposed, the entire family was almost wiped out.

A few escaped the Land of Water and became rogue ninja, but the initial research did not stop there.

And the final research results.

This is the kind of "Dark Release" bloodline limit that can absorb ninjutsu and reflect it back after being enhanced.

Unfortunately, this last family, which could have shone brightly in the ninja world, was ultimately devoured by Hiruko through the "Oni-Garra Technique" and turned into nourishment for himself.

Even Obito Uchiha, the leader of the Zero organization, was unaware of this matter, so Kisame Hoshigaki naturally wouldn't know about it either.

Nowadays, it's hard to say whether Kisame Hoshigaki is unlucky or Hiruko is unlucky.

Even Pain, who possessed the Rinnegan, dared not rely on his ability to absorb ninjutsu to absorb large amounts of uncontrolled natural energy.

With that one bite, Hiruko, who could have been captured alive and taken back as a prisoner, died instantly.

Kisame Hoshigaki, having deactivated his Sage Mode, stepped forward and tapped the strangely shaped gray-pink stone sculpture in front of him.

After confirming that Hiruko was indeed completely dead, he reluctantly signaled to the surrounding ninja from the maintenance forces to dispel the barrier.

"Fall back!"

After Kisame Hoshigaki led his team away from the Land of Snow, this relatively isolated country seemed to have returned to its former tranquility on the surface.

Although they were unaware of the ambush of Bilihu by the Wei Diao troops, the effects of the previous Feng Hua Nu Tao rebellion had not yet subsided.

The struggle for power continues in secret.

Inside the Daming Mansion in the capital, in a bright, beautiful, and warmly decorated young girl's boudoir.

Princess of the Snow Kingdom, and currently the only nominal heir of the Snow Kingdom, Kazahana Koyuki, helplessly huddled in the shadows of a corner of the room, hugging her knees.

There was no one else in the empty room except for herself.

Those officials who used to be obsequious are now busy colluding with others, and even their servants are looking for new patrons.

Nobody had time to pay attention to her, a princess in name only.

Since her father's death that morning, Feng Hua Xiaoxue hadn't eaten a single thing. Now, she was just sitting there in the shadows, staring blankly at the golden metal ring in her hand.

This ring, which looks somewhat like an ordinary gold ring, was something the blue-haired woman, the only one who had ever comforted her, secretly slipped to her before leaving.

According to the blue-haired woman, this ring can bring her help.

"But how can this ring help me?"

Perhaps it's just a consolation prize?

Thinking of this, tears welled up in the little girl's eyes once again.

However, just as tears were about to overflow and slide down her cheeks...

The golden ring in his hand began to emit a faint light.

Before the somewhat panicked Xiaoxue could even throw away the ring, the faintly glowing ring quickly floated into the air and began to spin rapidly under the light.

As the ring rotates faster and faster in mid-air, it gradually grows larger.

Amidst the hissing sound of fire, the golden ring had expanded to a size of over two meters tall.

The central part of the ring also began to shimmer with a blue luster like water ripples.

Just as Feng Hua Xiaoxue was dumbfounded and at a loss for what to do.

Behind the circular blue light screen, a figure seemed to be about to emerge.

At the same time, a gentle and sunny voice entered Feng Hua Xiaoxue's ears.

"Little Snow Princess, would you be interested in becoming the true Queen of the Snow Kingdom?"

(End of this chapter)