Naruto: From Shikotsumyaku to Otsutsuki

"Cough cough cough..."

Beside the warm campfire, Kaguya Kazama was suddenly awakened from the shadow of death, coughing violently.

He was startled awake from his deathbed.

He stood upright like a zombie, his bone veins surging, and sharp bone spurs sprouted.

"I'm still alive?" came the incredulous voice.

Kimimaro rushed forward excitedly, ignoring the sharp bone spurs, and hugged him tightly, his eyes reddening.

"Lord Kazama, you've finally woken up."

"Kimimaro?"

Kaguya Kazama had already realized that she had been rescued.

He quickly looked around and saw the warm campfire and the food cooking on it, Kimimaro with a concerned look in his eyes, and a cold-looking man with a shark-like face on a tree trunk in the distance.

"Kisame-sensei, thank goodness you came." Kaguya Kazama sincerely thanked Kisame Hoshigaki.

The next moment, Kaguya Kazama felt a blur before her eyes, and her neck was grabbed and lifted high. A tremendous force came and locked her airway and blood vessels.

The backlash from the "Talk-no-Jutsu: Exploiting Weaknesses" technique has arrived!

Kisame Hoshigaki appeared instantly, his mouth slightly open, and a voice so cold it seemed to freeze someone to death squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Kaguya Kazama, who gave you the audacity to scheme against me?"

A chilling killing intent surged forth as Kisame Hoshigaki stared at the boy before him, veins throbbing on his forehead.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, he probably can't escape the fate of working as a nanny for three months.

"Damn brat, from this day forward, I hate the Kaguya clan."

He gritted his teeth, overwhelmed with resentment, wishing he could strangle the sickly ghost in front of him.

"Cough cough cough..." Kaguya Kazama's face turned red from suffocation as she patted Kisame Hoshigaki's arm, signaling him to let go.

"Hmph!" Kisame snorted coldly and threw the person away.

boom!

Kaguya Kazama crashed to the ground like a sandbag, the earth scattering as she gasped for breath, looking utterly disheveled.

Kimimaro quickly stepped forward to help the man up, glaring at Kisame Hoshigaki. He was about to speak when he was stopped by the words, "Ahem, Kimimaro, from now on, don't speak."

"Lord Kazama..."

"obedient."

Kaguya Kazama knew that Kisame Hoshigaki harbored a fire within him.

He knew he would be protected because of his scheming against him, but Kimimaro was a nobody to Kisame Hoshigaki. If he continued to provoke him, he would be killed without a second thought.

Kimimaro, seeing that his boss insisted, had no choice but to give up.

Kaguya Kazama saw Kimimaro return to prepare food and solemnly bowed to Kisame Hoshigaki to express her gratitude.

"Thank you, Kisame-sensei."

Kisame was reluctant to accept the debt of being saved, but the fact that he was saved was undeniable.

Seeing the respectful attitude of the boy in front of him, Kisame Hoshigaki felt his frustration eased slightly, but his killing intent did not diminish at all.

His sharp shark teeth opened and closed, gleaming with a pale, cold light.

"Kaguya Kazama, I will protect you for the next three months. But after three months, I will take your head myself."

"Kisame-sensei, that's how it should be."

Kaguya Kazama's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, as if he were not the one about to be killed.

He bowed again in gratitude and said, "Then for the next three months, I will go to Konoha to hunt for Hyuga bloodline materials. I entrust all enemies who want to kill me to you."

Upon hearing this, Kisame Hoshigaki felt his scalp tingle instantly.

He felt like he was hallucinating.

He stared wide-eyed at the sickly-looking boy before him, his eyes wide with disbelief, and pressed, "Tell me, what are you going to do in Konoha???"

"To obtain materials for the Hyuga bloodline." Kaguya Kazama's expression was serious and earnest, and her words were a sure-fire kill.

"I'm so angry..."

Kisame Hoshigaki was stunned by those words, and the cold-blooded elite Jonin broke down, hurling all sorts of foul language at him.

"Baka.....*/&@!...."

Kaguya Kazama silently endured the barrage of profanities, letting them go in one ear and out the other, not letting a single word stay in her mind.

Kimimaro fiddled with the bubbling food, his eyes gleaming, secretly memorizing Kisame's swear words.

He had never heard such a rich variety of profanities.

All told, it's only been two days since he came out of the dungeon. Let's see what he's been through.

He talked to Orochimaru, fled across borders, was beaten by a Kisakura Jonin, escaped death, and can still hear Kisame Hoshigaki's foul language when he broke down.

"The outside world seems so wonderful," he exclaimed.

Crackle, crackle...

The sound of the firewood exploding after it burned out pulled him back to reality. He looked at the person he followed who was able to deal with so many powerful ninjas and admired him from the bottom of his heart.

"As expected of my Kazama-sama, you're amazing!"

After a long while, Kisame Hoshigaki finished cursing.

He couldn't help but grab the boy's neck again, the sound of him grinding his teeth ringing out: "Kaguya Kazama, you still want me to fight the Hyuga clan of Konoha to protect you? Am I being too kind to you?"

"You planned this all along, didn't you? You planned it from the moment I stepped into the ramen shop, just waiting for me to jump into the pit?"

"Are you treating me like a fool, or like a beast of burden?"

By the end, Kaguya Kazama could already see sparks flying from Kisame Hoshigaki's shark teeth.

Truly furious.

The kind that produces sparks.

"Kisame-sensei, calm down. I just want to ask one question: Is my information accurate?"

Kaguya Kazama did not refute Kisame's words, but simply summarized the key points.

"real."

Kisame had to admit that the cunning young man before him indeed had a powerful source of information.

Upon hearing Kisame's reply, Kaguya Kazama immediately knew that Kisame must have verified the information during the Kaguya clan rebellion.

Kaguya Kazama smiled and immediately knew how to appease the enraged Kisame.

The flickering flames were reflected in the boy's eyes. He activated his "Talk-no-Jutsu: Strike at Weaknesses" technique again, enticingly asking, "So, Kisame-sensei, would you like to know more details? Do you want to know who's controlling the Fourth Hokage? Furthermore, do you want to know how to make that person reveal themselves?"

Intelligence suggests this is a special operation targeting Kisame Hoshigaki.

Unexpectedly, an expression of disbelief appeared on Kisame Hoshigaki's face the next moment: "You have such a powerful source of information?"

"Of course, I, Kaguya Kazama, am known for my integrity and never lie."

Kaguya Kazama said, patting her chest, "Three months, just three months, and you'll get all the information about the Fourth Hokage being manipulated. I can explain the whole story, even the methods of capture."

"real???"

"Bag, Kisame-sensei."

Kaguya Kazama pointed to her own head and guaranteed, "If I can't produce the information in three months, you can take my head anytime."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Kisame Hoshigaki said quietly, "Even without this information, I will still take your head three months from now."

Kaguya Kazama nodded, not annoyed at all: "Then consider this information as payment for hiring Kisame-sensei for these three months, as long as Kisame-sensei doesn't shirk his duties. I also find that person quite unpleasant."

"make a deal."

Kisame Hoshigaki knew he had been tricked.

He could not possibly violate the life principles he had set for himself, nor could he possibly turn a blind eye to information that was beneficial to Kirigakure.

But he was still somewhat apprehensive about the next three months.

This person in front of me has already made all sorts of plans before even leaving Kirigakure. Who knows what kind of trouble he'll cause once he gets to Konoha.

Although he was very confident in his combat strength, that was Konoha, the strongest of the five great ninja villages.

After thinking about it, he still couldn't help but give a warning:

"Kaguya Kazama, I don't know what you're going to Konoha for to gather materials for the Hyuga bloodline. But I'm warning you, you'd better have a well-thought-out plan before you go to Konoha. If you're just going to your death, I can grant your wish right now."

"Besides, I have my own mission, and I can't keep an eye on you all the time. If things get out of hand, I'll break all your limbs and take you away by force. Don't you dare talk to me about the price."

Kaguya Kazama dodged the spittle that Kisame Hoshigaki was about to spray onto her face, and said leisurely:

"Don't worry, Kisame-sensei, everything is going according to plan."

"By the way, Kisame-sensei, what mission do you have in Konoha? If you don't mind, you can tell me. I have connections with Orochimaru, maybe I can help you."