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

"Lord Mizukage, I..."

Mei Terumi was flattered. She understood what Kisame's words meant, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond, as it was both an unparalleled honor and a heavy burden.

Kisame saw through Mei Terumi's thoughts at a glance, smiled, and said to her, "Don't feel pressured. Just stay true to your original aspirations and do your job well. Remember, what our Land of Water wants is peace and development."

"I understand." Mei Terumi nodded seriously.

Then, Kisame summoned the maids and instructed them to take care of Genji and Terumi Mei's daily life.

"Lord Mizukage, where...are you going?"

Mei Terumi mustered her courage and asked cautiously and curiously.

"There are still some malignant tumors within the Land of Water, and we must find a way to eradicate them one by one."

Kisame smiled mysteriously.

In the past few days, he has ordered the people of Daming Prefecture to collect intelligence and identify several targets, which he will personally deal with.

After handing over the daimyo prefecture to Yuan Shi and others, Kisame left the capital and embarked on his journey once again.

His first destination was the gold exchange in the Land of Water.

166. Cleaning the house

For the Water Kingdom to develop peacefully, it must first "clean its house".

In Kisame's plan, killing the daimyo was only the first step; there would be a second and a third step.

One day later.

It was still that ordinary, unremarkable, remote town.

At the end of the deserted street stands a tall building; the gold exchange of the Water Kingdom is hidden behind a secret door in the toilet within the building.

More than a year later, this is Kisame's second time visiting the underground gold exchange.

It's quite poignant to think that the last time he came here, he was just an ordinary Kirigakure genin. Now, he's a sage standing at the pinnacle of the ninja world, the ruler of this country.

Money changers are places where money laundering, the sale of stolen goods and intelligence, and the posting of revenge bounties are rampant; they are rife with filth and crime.

Such an existence is a malignant tumor for the Land of Water, bringing only instability and destruction to the country, so it must be eradicated.

With that thought in mind, Kisame pushed open the hidden door to the toilet and strode inside.

In order not to alert the enemy, he used a transformation technique to make himself look like an ordinary ninja with an unremarkable appearance.

Upon arriving at the underground hall of the gold exchange, it was as lively as ever, with bounty hunters, ronin, samurai... all sorts of strange and wonderful people gathered together, making a noisy and chaotic scene.

"Have you heard? Kisame Hoshigaki has a bounty of 300 million! If you can take down that guy, you can live a life of ease for the rest of your days."

"Stop dreaming. Even if there's a bounty of five hundred million or a billion, who could possibly assassinate this demigod of the ninja world? He's already invincible throughout the ninja world."

"Even gods can fall. If we plunge a knife into Kisame's heart while he's sleeping, I don't believe he won't die."

"..."

A group of people were making all sorts of boastful remarks, all wanting to kill Kisame and get that coveted 300 million bounty.

Ha ha.

Kisame's lips curled into a smile. He ignored the group for the time being and walked straight through the corridor to the morgue.

In the cold morgue, only the owner was there at the moment, counting the bodies and checking the accounts.

Suddenly, a loud bang came from behind, startling the boss.

Kisame locked the door, walked up to the boss with a smile, and said, "Let me see how much this corpse is worth."

No sooner had he finished speaking than, to the astonishment of the shopkeeper than he patted his chest and took out Hanzo's corpse from the Box of Bliss.

Kisame had planned to exchange Hanzo's corpse for a bounty a long time ago, but he had been too busy to do so. If he didn't come soon, the corpse would rot away and only bones would remain.

"This is……"

The boss stared at the corpse for a few moments, then his pupils dilated suddenly. He stumbled back a few steps, pointing at Kisame with a terrified expression, and said, "Who are you? Why do you have Hanzo's corpse?"

As we all know, Hanzo of the Salamander, once a demigod of the ninja world, died at the hands of Kisame Hoshigaki, who then took away his title of demigod.

Could this person be one of Kisame's subordinates?

"Why do you care so much? Just give me the money. A demigod's corpse should be worth at least a hundred or two hundred million."

Kisame approached the boss, grabbed him by the collar, and chuckled.

"This is a gold exchange, do you dare to act recklessly?" the boss roared, his voice stern but his heart pounding.

Upon hearing this, Kisame laughed even louder: "Hahaha, if I'm not mistaken, the backer of this gold exchange is the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Water, right? I even crushed the Daimyo to death with one kick, and you still want to threaten me with the name of a dead man?"

"You, you really are..."

The boss was struck dumb, his face turning ashen.

Ten minutes later.

Kisame, having bound the shop owner, led him to the vault of the gold exchange and ransacked the place. He stuffed over a billion taels of silver into sacks and stored them all in his "Box of Bliss."

After Kisame took the money, he looked at the trembling boss and said mercifully, "Since you're also a worker, I'll spare your life. Get out of here."

"Thank you, sir!" The shopkeeper felt as if he had been granted a pardon and ran out without looking back.

Kisame strolled leisurely into the hall, hands in his pockets. He glanced at the bustling crowd, then suddenly coughed violently. Amplified by his chakra, the cough sounded like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

It instantly attracted everyone's attention.

"Look this way, everyone. I have something to announce."

Kisame cleared his throat and, facing hundreds of gazes, said in a serious tone, "From today onwards, the gold exchange is closed and will never reopen. In other words, go back to where you came from, find a proper job and work hard, and stop thinking about fooling around."

After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent for a moment.

"Who are you? Are you crazy?" someone shouted at Kisame.

"Hahahaha." The others came to their senses and also burst into laughter.

To everyone else, this guy who suddenly appeared must be out of his mind, brazenly announcing that he was going to close the gold exchange. Anyone who didn't know better would think he was the owner.

Seeing their reactions, Kisame sighed and shook his head, saying, "I've already given you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he formed a hand seal, took a deep breath, puffed out his cheeks, and then exhaled sharply forward.

hula.

A large cloud of purple poisonous mist spewed from Kisame's mouth, rolling forward and engulfing the entire exchange hall in less than ten seconds, permeating every corner.

The poison of the salamander!

"What is this? Cough cough."

"This fog is poisonous, be careful!"

In the poisonous fog, many people coughed violently, causing a chaotic scene. But as the fog gradually dissipated, the hall became quiet again.

That's because everyone collapsed to the ground, their faces contorted in agony, dying from the extreme pain of poisoning.

Suddenly.

Whoosh.

Amidst the pile of corpses, a figure leaped up, flashed past, and rushed out the door, escaping the gold exchange.

Oh?

Kisame hadn't expected anyone to survive the poisonous mist from the salamanders, and he immediately gave chase. However, by the time he reached the ground, the other person had already vanished without a trace.

They run pretty fast.

Oh well, just one who slipped through the net, Kisame can't be bothered with him.

He extended two wings from his back and slowly flew into the air, looking down at the tall building below.

Then, Kisame raised his left hand and snapped his fingers, remotely detonating the Explosion Release technique he had left in the Gold Exchange.

Rumble.

With a deafening roar that shook the earth, the tall building collapsed, turning the original underground gold exchange into a tomb that buried the corpses.

With that, the first problem is solved, and it's time for the next one.

Kisame nodded in satisfaction, flapped his wings, and flew away from the place.

In a grove of trees outside the town, a figure emerged from the ground, looking utterly terrified, after watching Kisame fly away.

He was the one who had just escaped, the only survivor among Kisame's men—Kakuzu.

Kakuzu suddenly looked pained and arched his back, sweating profusely. As his back muscles bulged, a dark shadow burst out of his body and collapsed to the ground.

Click.

The mask worn by the dark figure cracked with a sharp sound.

This means that Kakuzu lost a heart and clearly died from the poison of the salamander.

However, he still has four hearts left, and with the help of the Earth Grudge Technique, he can replenish them with new hearts, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Kakuzu was also attracted to the Land of Water by the 300 million bounty on Kisame's head.

Years ago, he attempted to assassinate Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi. Although he failed, he escaped unscathed. Therefore, Kakuzu has the confidence to assassinate Kisame and sees this mission as a challenge.

Unexpectedly, he encountered this attack as soon as he arrived at the gold exchange to gather intelligence, losing a heart in the process.

The campaign got off to a bad start.

As far as Kakuzu knew, there were only two ninjas in the entire ninja world who could use the venom of the salamander. One was the deceased Hanzo, and the other was Kisame, who killed Hanzo and stole the venom sac from his salamander.

In other words, the person he just encountered was Kisame Hoshigaki.

The other party was much more powerful than he had imagined.

Kakuzu couldn't help but feel a desire to retreat.

He realized that his assassination attempt... had failed. He could no longer stay in the Land of Water; he had to leave as soon as possible.

However, Kakuzu did not come away empty-handed.