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

Just as Kisame was about to be trampled to death by the wooden figure, a sage's face instantly appeared on his face.

Swish.

Kisame, having activated Sage Mode, quickly formed hand seals, finally clasping his hands together. With a loud "bang," a massive shield appeared in front of him.

This wooden shield, over thirty meters in diameter, with a fanged demon face carved on its surface, lay on the ground, protecting Kisame inside.

Wood Release: Ranking Technique.

This is a Wood Release ninjutsu known as "absolute defense." Hashirama Senju once used it to block a frontal slash from the Armored Susanoo, leaving the surface of the jutsu completely unharmed.

boom!

The next second, the wooden figure's large foot slammed onto the shield, making a loud bang that shook the ground and kicked up a cloud of dust.

"Oh?"

When Tsunade saw that her sneak attack had failed and Kisame had defended against it, she was extremely displeased. She snorted coldly and jumped off the wooden dummy's head, plummeting to the ground like a shooting star.

Immortal Magic - Superhuman Strength!

Tsunade descended from the sky, raising her fist as she did so, unleashing a powerful aura that caused her loose clothes to flutter wildly. With a final punch, she slammed her fist into the surface of the Ranking Technique.

Click.

With a crisp crack, the blue-faced, fanged demonic face on the shield split open from the nose, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading across its entire surface.

The ninjutsu, touted as an absolute defense, was actually punched into a large hole by Tsunade with her bare fist.

This demonstrates just how terrifying her innate superhuman strength, amplified by Sage Chakra, reached.

However, just as Tsunade was feeling smug.

Shhhhhh.

From the hole in the shield's surface, a dozen thick Wood Release vines suddenly shot out, instantly wrapping around Tsunade's body, binding her tightly, and dragging her inside the shield.

boom! boom! boom!

From inside the shield, the dull thuds of flesh colliding soon came, mixed with Tsunade's angry shouts, indicating that a fierce hand-to-hand combat was taking place inside.

Ten seconds later.

boom!

A large hole was punched through the side of the shield, and Kisame and Tsunade flew out of it, entangled together.

Glug, glug.

The two took turns being pinned down by each other, rolling dozens of times on the ground, covering a distance of over a hundred meters before finally coming to a stop.

In the end, Tsunade gained the upper hand. Her blonde hair was disheveled, and her face was flushed from the exertion. She straddled Kisame and raised her fist to punch him in the face.

Kisame tilted his head, barely dodging the punch.

boom.

Tsunade's fist struck the ground, creating a large hole that caused the ground beneath them to sink several tens of centimeters and develop numerous cracks.

It's easy to imagine the terrible consequences if that punch had landed on Kisame's face.

"Do you really want to kill me?"

Kisame's killing intent surged, and he shot out a large number of chakra threads from his right index finger, which traveled all over Tsunade's body, binding her up again and tightly binding her clothes, revealing her alluring shape.

"That damned bastard!"

Tsunade shouted, and a powerful force erupted from her body once again, severing all the chakra threads binding her.

But the next second, a shark tail shot out from between Kisame's legs, like a nimble snake, tightly wrapping around Tsunade's voluptuous body and releasing dazzling lightning.

sizzle.

Under the continuous attack of lightning, although Tsunade's Sage Body wouldn't kill her, she would inevitably become paralyzed and lose the ability to resist.

Kisame seized the opportunity to flip over and pin Tsunade down.

Then, he revealed a sinister smile, raised his fist the size of a clay pot, and brought it down on Tsunade's delicate face.

Tsunade's pupils contracted sharply, and Kisame's fist was reflected in her eyes, getting closer and bigger, about to smash her head.

At that moment, she felt intense fear, as if death had come before her.

"do not want!"

Fear of death finally made her beg for mercy.

Kisame's fist stopped less than a centimeter from Tsunade's nose.

"You think you're all that now that I haven't hit you for a few days, huh?"

He looked down at Tsunade beneath him, changed his fist into a palm, and slapped her cheek twice, amidst her humiliated expression.

Two crisp, loud snaps.

"Get off me."

Tsunade stared at Kisame with tears in her eyes and said through gritted teeth.

"Don't make that face, it makes it seem like I did something to you."

As Kisame spoke, he stood up and retracted his shark tail, which had been wrapped around Tsunade. For him, teasing Tsunade occasionally was a fun way to relieve stress.

Who can blame me when this woman is so amusing?

Tsunade clenched her fists, veins bulging on the back of her hands and forehead, and stood up without saying a word.

She thought that by learning Sage Mode, she could close the gap in strength with Kisame and even get revenge for all the humiliation she had suffered at his hands.

However, after fighting Kisame, she was dismayed to discover that even after learning Sage Mode, she was still no match for him.

Tsunade stared at Kisame's back, her eyes almost spitting fire, but she dared not launch another sneak attack, because she did not want to invite trouble upon herself.

Just then, a voice rang out from the side.

"What a spectacular match!"

One of the slug's clones, waving its tentacles, crawled toward the two of them.

Just now, it witnessed the entire fierce battle between Kisame and Tsunade. From the slug's perspective, it was undoubtedly a thrilling sparring match, and apart from that, there was nothing amiss.

"Humph."

Tsunade snorted again, turned her head away, her face cold, tied her messy blonde hair into twin ponytails that hung down behind her head, and straightened her disheveled clothes.

The marks left on her body from the battle healed and disappeared during this time, restoring her snow-white and elastic skin.

This shows that Tsunade's current physique is very close to that of Hashirama Senju back then.

"Lord Kisame, don't be fooled by Tsunade's seemingly angry appearance. She's actually very grateful to you. After all, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique you gave her saved her a lot of time, allowing her to complete her Sage Mode training so smoothly."

The live slug approached Kisame and whispered in his ear that it didn't want the two of them to misunderstand each other.

Of course, Tsunade overheard every word of his whispered conversation.

"Who thanked him? I'm warning you, you slug, don't talk nonsense!"

Tsunade turned around and yelled at the live slug, which trembled in fear and quickly hid behind Kisame.

Kisame frowned, narrowed his eyes at Tsunade, and said coldly, "You are not allowed to disrespect the Slug Sage."

In his heart, Sumire would be his woman sooner or later, so how could he let her be bullied by Tsunade?

"..."

Tsunade's expression changed as she sensed Kisame's killing intent, and she shut her mouth and stopped talking.

She thought about it for a long time, hesitated for a long time, and finally walked up to Kisame, casually tossed her hair, and said:

"Um... thanks."

This expression of gratitude was not only due to the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, but also to the Hashirama cell plant from before.

It can be said that without Kisame's help, Tsunade could not have reached where she is today, and may even have become a powerful figure comparable to her grandfather in the future.

Although Tsunade disliked Kisame, she wasn't an ungrateful person. She not only said thank you, but also silently remembered this kindness.

"Wow, the sun must have risen in the west today, you're actually thanking me?"

Kisame looked at Tsunade with surprise for a few moments, then changed the subject, saying, "However, I'll say it again: if you're going to express your gratitude, then offer something tangible. What do you say?"

"What do you want?" Tsunade asked through gritted teeth.

Kisame was waiting for her to say those words.

His eyes darted around, and he said with interest, "I remember you said you hid the great sword passed down through the Thousand Hands clan in the Wet Bone Forest. Could you take it out and let me see it? I swear, I'll just take a look."

Tsunade was taken aback upon hearing this.

She had almost forgotten about this incident, but she didn't expect Kisame to still remember it.

He's so fixated on that sword, yet he says he's "just taking a look," pretending he has no ulterior motives—nobody believes that.

However, it wouldn't hurt to let him take a look.

If this is how she repays Kisame's kindness, wouldn't she have made a huge profit?

With that thought in mind, Tsunade smiled and immediately said to Kisame, "Come with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and walked in one direction.

Kisame suppressed his excitement and anticipation, following behind Tsunade until they arrived behind a small hill.

"This is it."

After Tsunade assessed her surroundings, she looked at the ground and then threw a punch.

boom.

The ground cracked open, revealing a large hole. Tsunade jumped in, and a few seconds later, she threw out a huge scroll, a meter tall, made of white paper with a black axis.

Kisame caught the scroll and immediately recognized it as the scroll that Hashirama Senju had once carried on his back.

"Help me unfold it."

Tsunade spoke to Kisame, then formed several hand seals and placed her palm on the scroll.

With a thud, a giant sword the size of a door panel was summoned from the scroll, its tip pointing downwards, and stuck into the ground.