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

Kisame chuckled self-deprecatingly. He hadn't done anything yet, but he'd already scared the little girl like this. It seemed his villainous image was already deeply ingrained in people's minds; he wondered if Tsunade had instilled it in Rin.

"Lord Mizukage, I'm sorry, I..." Rin was even more frightened and didn't know how to answer.

"Alright, no need to explain, and don't be afraid. I've come here to ask about the condition of the Three-Tails inside you."

Kisame stopped teasing the little girl and directly stated his purpose.

The Three-Tails, Isobu, was implanted into Rin's body by Madara Uchiha. To some extent, Madara controlled the Three-Tails.

But after Madara died, the seal he left on Rin would inevitably loosen over time. If the Three-Tails were to go berserk, Rin and those around her would be in mortal danger.

Nohara Rin is Kisame's trump card; we can't let her die for no reason.

Faced with Kisame's question, Rin paused for a moment, then calmed down and quickly replied:

"Reporting to you, my lady, for the past six months, the Three-Tails has been restless within me. It has frequently tried to influence my mind and even seize control of my body. Fortunately, Lady Tsunade strengthened the seal, which suppressed the Three-Tails' power and prevented it from bothering me so frequently."

After saying this, she hesitated for a moment, but finally lifted her clothes and showed Kisame the sealing technique on her lower abdomen.

Oh?

Kisame looked over and immediately recognized it as a Wood Release sealing technique.

That's true. With Tsunade's current power, even the Nine-Tails would probably have to behave itself in front of her, let alone the mere Three-Tails, Isobu.

However, while Tsunade could help Rin suppress the Three-Tails' chakra and prevent it from causing trouble, she couldn't go any further and help Rin completely resolve this major problem within her body.

Kisame is here today not only to solve the problem that's been bothering Rin, but also to turn the troublesome Three-Tails into a pleasant surprise, making it a power that Rin can control.

Thinking of this, he beckoned to Lin, then patted the hospital bed next to him and said to her, "Come here and lie down on this."

"……Yes."

Lin hesitated for a moment, then walked to the bedside and slowly lay down.

"Close your eyes and don't think about anything. Next, I will enter your body and have a friendly chat with that Three-Tails. After today, you won't have to worry about this anymore."

As Kisame said this, he smiled at Rin and then placed a large hand on her lower abdomen.

"Ok."

Lin tensed up, obeyed Kisame's command, and closed her eyes.

next second.

Kisame unleashed a powerful burst of chakra from his palm, creating a breach in the Wood Release sealing technique left by Tsunade. Immediately afterward, his consciousness entered Rin's body.

It was a dark space, with puddles of water on the ground and a damp, musty smell in the air.

Da da da.

Kisame waded through the puddles and walked step by step into the darkness, soon arriving in front of a huge cage.

The cage was constructed from thick logs, and Kisame sensed Tsunade's familiar chakra from it.

Just then.

A pair of scarlet eyes shone from the darkness behind the cage.

196. Isobu and Nohara Rin

Behind the massive Wood Release prison within the sealed space inside Rin Nohara's body.

As a pair of scarlet eyes lit up in the darkness, a colossal creature appeared—a giant turtle covered in gray thorns and with three tails.

Three-tailed jifu.

"Who disturbed my sleep? State your name."

Isobu said in a deep voice, then looked at Kisame and asked in confusion, "Why is it a different person again? Where is the blonde woman from last time, and the white-haired old man from the time before that?"

The blonde woman it mentioned was clearly Tsunade. As for the white-haired old man, he was naturally Madara Uchiha.

"Hey, human, I'm asking you a question!"

When Isobu saw that Kisame did not answer its question immediately, it became very angry and exhaled two streams of icy air from its nostrils, which made the temperature drop several degrees even through the cell.

Facing the volatile Isobu, Kisame raised his head, squinted, and stared at him for a long while before calmly speaking:

"Let me introduce myself. I am Kisame Hoshigaki, the Fifth Mizukage. If I remember correctly, you were someone Kirigakure bought back at the Five Kage Summit for a hefty sum. And since I am the ruler of Kirigakure, in other words, I am your current master..."

"What did you say? I'm not your pet, humans!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Three-Tailed Isobu. Enraged, it slammed its massive, hard head against the prison pillar with a series of dull thuds, making the cell tremble precariously.

However, Kisame completely ignored the Three-Tails' protests and continued speaking to himself:

"Listen up, big turtle. I am now ordering you, as your master, to immediately cease all disruptive behavior. I want you to lend your power to Nohara Rin and do everything in your power to help her become the perfect Jinchūriki. Do you understand?"

"Kid, you're dreaming!"

Upon hearing this, the Three-Tailed Fox stopped its destructive actions against the prison and coldly mocked, its tone full of condescending disdain.

As a tailed beast, most humans are like ants in its eyes, especially that brat named Nohara Rin, who is pitifully weak and has never been taken seriously by it.

Asking it to lower its noble head and lend its chakra to Nohara Rin is simply a pipe dream, an impossible thing.

"It seems you didn't understand."

Kisame shook his head and sighed, "Since that's how it is, there's nothing I can do. Remember, I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it."

After saying this, he walked straight to the prison cell under Isobu's shocked and angry gaze, and placed one hand on a pillar. The next second, with a series of cracking sounds, numerous cracks appeared on the surface of the pillar, indicating that the sealing technique left by Tsunade was being broken.

Before long, the Wood Release prison blocking the way for the Three-Tails Isobu collapsed under the destruction of Kisame's chakra.

"I'm free?"

Isobu was stunned by what it saw. Although it didn't understand why Kisame was doing this, now that the seal had been broken, this place could no longer confine it.

However, just as Isobu was preparing to kill Kisame and then escape from Rin Nohara's body—

The Kisame opposite it suddenly revealed a sinister smile, and its entire body immediately swelled and deformed, transforming into a truly enormous creature in just a few seconds.

Whale body, shark fin, eagle wings, dragon tail.

The Kun appeared.

At this moment, Kisame transformed into a Kun. Even though this clone only had one-third of his original body's chakra, it was still far superior to a low-ranking tailed beast like the Three-Tails Isobu.

"What exactly are you...?"

The three-tailed isobu stared in horror at the strange fish that was more than five times its size. A terrifying power emanated from the fish, making its soul tremble with fear.

You must understand, it's a Tailed Beast, an apex predator in the natural food chain. But now, for the first time, Isobu felt like it had become prey.

Faced with the dual suppression of the Kun bloodline and power, the giant tortoise was terrified and instinctively retreated.

But the next second, Kun opened its abyss-like mouth, and as Kisame activated its devouring power, an irresistible and powerful suction force emanated from Kun's mouth, enveloping the three-tailed Isobu.

Under the immense suction force, which was like a black hole, the desperate Isobu was unable to put up any resistance. Its massive body floated off the ground and flew into the mouth of the Kun.

It was swallowed whole by the latter.

Tailed beasts don't actually have physical forms; their essence is a mass of chakra.

When the nine tailed beasts combine, it becomes the chakra of the Ten-Tails. This chakra, when combined with the Ten-Tails' husk, the Gedo Mazo, can revive the true Ten-Tails.

Tailed beasts are virtually immortal due to their inherent characteristics. In most cases, they can only be sealed away. Even if they are killed by human ninjas, they can be reborn in the wild after a period of time.

This is the source of Mitsuo Isobu's arrogance.

Unfortunately, it encountered a Kun.

Kisame's incarnation, the Kun, possesses the ability to devour energy, making it the nemesis of all tailed beasts. In Kisame's eyes, tailed beasts and natural energy are not much different; they are simply his food.

After swallowing Isobu, nearly half of the tailed beast's chakra was quickly absorbed by Kun. At this rate, Isobu will soon disappear from the world completely, leaving only eight tailed beasts in existence.

Just then, Kun slowly opened its mouth and vomited out Isobu, whose body was covered in gastric juices.

This wasn't because Kun had indigestion, but because Kisame deliberately spared Isobu's life, since the latter's life was already tied to Nohara Rin's. If Isobu were destroyed, Rin would likely also die.

boom.

Isobu fell to the ground, and at this moment, its size had shrunk considerably, to only half of what it was before.

Under the oppressive power of the Kun, it was so frightened that it shrank its head and limbs into its shell, trembling and no longer displaying its former majestic appearance.

Kun transformed back into human form, taking the shape of a Kisame, and landed in front of Isobu.

dong dong!

Kisame tapped Isobu's shell and said calmly, "I have taken half of your chakra as punishment for your disrespect towards me, your master. Now, answer my question again, or you can give me the other half of your chakra."

After saying that, he revealed a sinister grin.

Swish.

Upon hearing this, Isogai immediately poked his head out of the tortoise shell, his voice filled with terror:

"Lord Kisame, please stop consuming my chakra. I will follow your orders and wholeheartedly assist Nohara Rin to help her become a perfect Jinchuriki."

Whenever it recalls its experience inside the Kun's belly, the pain of having its chakra forcibly devoured is unforgettable, and it never wants to experience it a second time.

Isobu had come to realize just how terrifying this man named Kisame Hoshigaki was; he was definitely the most terrifying human it had ever seen.

"Very well. You should have agreed to it earlier. You had to suffer a bit before you learned to be honest, didn't you?"

Kisame nodded in satisfaction and gave Isobu a few words of advice with a half-smile, which the giant turtle later regretted.

But in reality, his goal this time was to absorb half of Isobu's chakra. Regardless of its attitude, this outcome would not change; it was predetermined.

Moreover, for Kisame, this was just the beginning.

His bigger plan was to find the nine tailed beasts scattered throughout the ninja world one by one and devour all or part of their chakra, which would be equivalent to indirectly swallowing a ten-tailed beast.

In other words, Kisame had three plans.

Currently, his true form is absorbing natural energy in the Wet Bone Forest;

His clone was out searching for various massive energy sources throughout the ninja world, such as dragon veins and the Grell Stone mine.

In addition, there's the plan to hunt down the nine tailed beasts.

With this three-pronged approach, Kisame firmly believed that the Kun he had transformed into would one day become a great Six Paths level being.