Ninja World: I, Kisame Hoshigaki, am no longer human!

Kisame smiled at Tsunade, and before he finished speaking, he leaped backward, jumped off the shore, and landed on the sea.

"You bastard, stop right there!"

Without hesitation, Tsunade chased after Kisame, demanding, "Where is Shizune?"

"Don't worry, she's fine."

Kisame, too lazy to argue with Tsunade, left those words behind and dived into the water, quickly disappearing from sight.

Tsunade was about to give chase when she heard Jiraiya's shouts from behind.

"Tsunade, come back quickly! The way these people died is very strange!"

After examining the corpses of the Hidden Mist Anbu, Jiraiya's expression changed drastically, and he shouted at Tsunade.

Tsunade watched helplessly as Kisame escaped into the sea, and with no other option, she could only return dejectedly.

“These people…”

She approached the corpses of the Hidden Mist members and saw the wooden spikes growing from their bodies. Her expression grew increasingly astonished, finding it hard to believe.

It is a Wood Release ninjutsu.

Someone used Wood Release to kill these dozens of Kirigakure ANBU members.

"Could it have been Kisame Hoshigaki who did it?" Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise.

He wasn't very familiar with Kisame, but then he remembered that he had met him once more than half a year ago.

At the time, Kisame was being transported in a prison cart to Hozuki Castle prison to serve his sentence. Unexpectedly, this prisoner, who should have spent the rest of his life in prison, ended up here.

"No, how could Kisame possibly know Wood Release? Besides, he's from Kirigakure, so why would he kill all the Kirigakure Anbu?"

Tsunade shook her head, denying Jiraiya's guess.

Faced with this enormous mystery, the two looked at each other in bewilderment.

It seems we can only ask Kakashi after he wakes up.

With that in mind, Tsunade treated Kakashi, especially stopping the bleeding from his left eye.

"Kakashi's left eye appears to be a Sharingan, transplanted from his deceased comrade Obito," Jiraiya said in a deep voice.

"No doubt about it, Kisame Hoshigaki must have taken it. That damned bastard..."

Tsunade couldn't help but grit her teeth whenever Kisame's name was mentioned.

at this time.

Somewhere within the Land of Fire.

"Heh...heh..."

Obito, panting heavily, fled frantically through the forest, glancing back nervously every now and then. Only when he realized that Kisame wasn't chasing him did he finally relax.

Not long after, he returned to Madara Uchiha's underground hideout.

What's wrong with you?

After seeing Obito, Madara asked with a look of surprise and doubt.

Although he expected Obito to return and awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, he did not expect Obito to end up with such a bruised and swollen face.

Ban almost didn't recognize him.

Keep in mind that Obito had just awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, and with the help of Tobi (White Zetsu), he possessed the powerful abilities of both the Senju and Uchiha clans, yet he still ended up in this state.

Impossible. If the enemy were an ANBU member from Kirigakure, they could never have done that.

Wait, could it be...?

Thinking of this, Ban's pupils contracted and his brows furrowed.

Obito did not answer Madara's question because as soon as he returned, he could no longer hold on and collapsed unconscious.

At this moment, Tobi, having left Obito's body, reported to Madara with a look of utter shock:

"Lord Madara, everything was going according to your plan until we encountered a perverted guy and almost lost our lives. He is Kisame Hoshigaki."

Sure enough it was him.

Upon hearing this, Ban's gaze turned cold.

In just a few days, this was the second time Kisame had managed to thwart Madara's plans. Fortunately, despite some setbacks, the original plan was successfully completed.

Thinking of this, Madara ordered White Zetsu to carry Obito to the bed and use the power of the Gedo Mazo to heal him.

After a period of time.

Obito suddenly opened his eyes, sat up in bed, his head covered in cold sweat.

It's clear that he had a nightmare while he was unconscious.

"You're awake." Madara stood by the bed, using a huge scythe as a cane to support his body.

Obito looked at Madara, his gaze gradually turning cold.

"Why did you deceive me and use me?" He got off the bed and approached Ban step by step.

"What are you talking about?" Ban asked, puzzled.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Tobi quickly ran over and tried to persuade Obito:

"Obito, you've been bewitched by Kisame Hoshigaki! Don't believe his attempts to sow discord! It was Madara-sama who saved your life, have you forgotten..."

Do you really think I'm a fool?

Before Afei could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Obito's angry roar.

His right eye instantly transformed into a kaleidoscope shape, and he charged straight at Madara, a Wood Release spike sprouting from his palm and piercing the latter's chest.

puff!

Madara remained motionless, allowing Obito to plunge the wooden spike into his heart.

"Madara-sama!"

Both Tobi and the spiked White Zetsu were shocked and rushed forward to attack Obito.

"stop!"

Madara Uchiha coldly shouted, stopping White Zetsu's actions.

"Why...why didn't you dodge?" Obito stared blankly at Madara Uchiha, his expression already showing some regret.

"Hehe, I was already a dying man, cough cough..."

Ban gave a bitter smile, then coughed up blood halfway through his sentence.

His self-inflicted injury ploy worked.

Please take one day off.

"Your life must have been very difficult."

"Mr. Itachi, before you died, did you also see yourself clearly?"

"I want to go see it too, Infinite Tsukuyomi... that's the real world without any falsehood."

"Kisame Hoshigaki, I will remember you for the rest of my life."

……

Fragments of memories flooded back like a tide.

On a dam on the border of the Land of Water, 12-year-old Kisame Hoshigaki was startled awake from his midday nap, his head throbbing and cold sweat beading on his forehead.

It looked as if the young ninja had just had a nightmare.

He instinctively gripped his ninja sword tighter and looked around, only to find everything as usual—his ninja companions were either patrolling or resting nearby, and a group of workers were repairing a dam damaged by the enemy.

Kisame's expression changed several times before he finally stood up, walked to the water's edge, and looked down at the clear, calm surface of the water.

On the water's surface, a slightly childish boy's face was reflected.

He had bluish-green skin and short, upright blue hair. He also had a pair of signature dead fish eyes, and shark gill-like lines on his cheeks.

The first impression this face gives is not that it's ugly, but rather that it looks rather unconventional and unique.

However, it must be admitted that this nascent human-like appearance is clearly not suited to be a protagonist; it's as if the words "villain" and "minion" are written all over its face.

Looking at his reflection in the water, Kisame suddenly smiled.

He never imagined that he, a modern human from the 21st century, would transmigrate into the world of Naruto and be reborn as Kisame Hoshigaki in his youth.

This happens to be his favorite villain character.

The memories that flooded Kisame's mind were all related to the plot of the Naruto anime.

So, getting back to the point—

Did Kisame truly see himself clearly before he died in his past life?

Kisame Hoshigaki, a ninja.

He was very polite, calling Itachi "Itachi-san" and Jiraiya "Jiraiya-sama". He always performed hand seals properly when fighting, always obeyed his superiors' orders, and always executed his missions perfectly and loyally.

Even though he had to kill his companions time and time again, and even summon sharks to devour him, all in order to protect the intelligence at the cost of his life!

In the end, compared to the "Naruto and Sasuke" who all lived like gods, Kisame, who had already died, was just an ordinary ninja.

As he once quipped, "Anyway, I'm just a minor supporting character in a variety show."

However, this minor character is one of the most realistic ninjas in Naruto.

Because Kisame Hoshigaki, from beginning to end, firmly adhered to his ninja way, without the usual whitewashing before his death, without regret, and without being "reformed" by Naruto's talk-no-jutsu.

All that remains is a calm acceptance of death, and a soft murmur at the moment of passing—

“Mr. Itachi, it’s not entirely true that I’m a hopeless person.”

Kisame is a true man in every sense of the word.

pity.