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

I pulled myself back to reality.

Kisame looked at the three-tailed Isobu lying prostrate on the ground before him and said again in a low voice:

"Remember what you just said. If I find out you've done anything dishonest, or deliberately slacked off, or treated Nohara Rin negatively, I, Kisame Hoshigaki, won't give you a second chance. Understand?"

"Understood!"

Isobu nodded repeatedly. This time, he truly understood.

Kisame didn't say anything more, turned around and drifted away.

His consciousness withdrew from Nohara Rin's body.

"Alright, you can open your eyes now."

At the bedside, Kisame spoke to Rin. Upon hearing this, Rin slowly opened her eyes, but the tension and unease in her expression remained.

At that moment, Kisame's large hand, which had been resting on Rin's stomach, made a gentle wiping motion. The seal that Tsunade had left behind was thus wiped away.

Immediately afterwards, he formed the hand seal again, leaving a new seal on Lin's lower abdomen.

In this way, if the Three-Tailed Isobu tries to break the seal, or if someone attempts to destroy the seal, he can sense it immediately and take appropriate action.

After doing all this, Kisame explained to Rin:

"You must be very curious about what I did after entering your body. Don't worry, the Three-Tails Isobu will no longer be a problem for you. If you don't believe me, you can try communicating with its chakra right now."

Upon hearing this, Lin was filled with doubt and surprise, but she tried it once as Kisame had suggested.

Sure enough, the big tortoise that used to either ignore her or yell at her fiercely has now become unusually docile and incredibly nice.

"Lord Mizukage, what... what's going on? Did you tame the tailed beast inside me?" Rin looked up incredulously and asked Kisame cautiously.

"You guessed right. This is all I can do for you."

Kisame nodded, gazing at Rin, and said earnestly, "I know that becoming the Three-Tails' Jinchūriki wasn't your own choice; you were forced into it, a victim of a conspiracy. But you should also understand that what's done is done. Whether you accept it or not, you and the Three-Tails can never be separated again in this lifetime, unless you die. So my advice to you is—accept the current situation and use the power of this tailed beast to arm yourself and become stronger."

After hearing Kisame's words, Rin remained silent for a moment, then looked thoughtful and nodded solemnly.

"Yes! Lord Mizukage, thank you for your kindness. I will certainly not let you down."

She knew that Kisame did this for her own good. For this, Rin felt a deep sense of gratitude.

"That's for the best."

Upon hearing this, Kisame and Rin exchanged a smile. Rin's tense body finally relaxed and was no longer stiff.

Just then.

"Rin, are you in there? What did Kisame Hoshigaki do to you?"

Suddenly, Tsunade's voice rang out from outside the door. Immediately afterward, with a loud bang, the door to the ward was kicked open, and Tsunade and her other disciple, Shizune, appeared in the doorway.

Ten minutes ago, Tsunade was about to send Rin on an errand, but she couldn't find her anywhere. She asked a nurse and learned that Rin had been taken away by Kisame, but she didn't know why.

Although Tsunade had only taken Nohara Rin as her disciple for a short time, she deeply appreciated the latter's talent and loved her personality. In her heart, Rin, like Shizune, was one of her beloved disciples.

Therefore, when she heard that Kisame had taken Rin away, she immediately sensed something was wrong and hurriedly took Shizune with her to search everywhere. Just now, she sensed that the sealing spell she had left on Rin had been broken, finally pinpointing her location and charging over in one fell swoop.

Sure enough, as soon as Tsunade kicked open the door, she saw Rin lying on the hospital bed, her clothes lifted up. Kisame's large hand was placed on Rin's lower abdomen, seemingly doing something indescribable.

"You bastard, let her go!"

Tsunade was instantly enraged and charged at Kisame with her fist raised.

Rin stared in disbelief as Tsunade rushed over. After regaining her senses, she quickly cried out, "Lady Tsunade, you've misunderstood! Lord Kisame came to help me. He subdued the Three-Tails inside me!"

Ok?

Tsunade was startled, but it was too late to stop; she had already rushed in front of Kisame.

Kisame reacted swiftly, grabbing Tsunade's wrist in a flash and blocking her punch. Then, with a quick pull, he spun her around, dissipating the forward momentum, and she fell directly into his arms.

boom.

The two collided head-on.

"What do you mean by rushing into my arms so quickly? Lin and Jingyin are watching. It's not a good look in front of the children."

Kisame felt Tsunade's softness and smelled the woman's fragrance so close to him. As soon as he opened his mouth, he spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Tsunade's face flushed red instantly, and she struggled to stand up from Kisame's arms.

She snorted coldly, ignoring Kisame's words, and instead looked at Rin beside her, changing the subject by asking, "Rin, what exactly happened?"

Nohara Rin glanced at Kisame, and seeing that his gaze was approving and he had no objection, she told Tsunade everything that had just happened.

It turned out to be the case.

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's expression finally relaxed. It turned out that she had been too nervous and had thought too badly of Kisame.

Before this, she had tried to communicate with the three-tailed Isobu inside Rin's body, but that guy was fearless because it shared life and death with Rin, and wouldn't listen to either soft or hard tactics.

Left with no other choice, she could only help Rin strengthen the seal, causing the Three-Tails to fall into a deep sleep.

It seems that evil people need to be dealt with by other evil people.

No one knows what method Kisame used, but he managed to subdue the Three-Tails so completely that it willingly lent its power to Rin to help her grow.

After much hesitation, Tsunade reluctantly said to Kisame on behalf of her disciple, "Um... thank you."

"If you're so unwilling, you don't have to thank me. Don't force yourself."

Kisame stood up, patted Tsunade on the shoulder, and strode out of the ward amidst her resentful, gritting gaze.

He didn't go to the office or go home. Instead, he came outside and sprouted wings on his back, soaring into the sky.

It's time to get down to business.

197. Meteorite

At a height of a thousand meters, Kisame flew swiftly and left the Land of Water in less than half a day.

He had already planned his "treasure hunt" route: first, go to the Star Ninja Village in the Bear Country to get the meteorite, then go to the big tree in the Takigakure Village to get the Hero's Water, then go to the ruins of the ancient Loulan Kingdom to explore the dragon vein, and as for the final Grell Stone mine, since he didn't know the exact location, he could only leave it to fate.

The Land of Bears is located southwest of the Land of Water, separated by a sea.

Not long ago, due to Kisame's assassination of the daimyo, the major powers almost simultaneously announced the severing of diplomatic relations with the Land of Water. Although the Land of Bear is a small country, perhaps in order to demonstrate its presence, it also followed suit in a high-profile manner, not only severing diplomatic relations with the Land of Water, but also announcing a series of sanctions against the Land of Water.

Moreover, the leader of the Star Village in the Land of Bears is the only one among the many small ninja villages in the ninja world who dares to call himself "Kage" and boasts that he is on par with the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

This shows that although the country is small, it has great ambitions.

The reason why Hoshigakure is so arrogant is because of a meteorite, a treasure that all five great ninja villages have long coveted.

Kisame recalled the plot and compiled some information.

More than two hundred years ago, a meteorite fell from the sky and landed near the Star Ninja Village.

The First Hokage unexpectedly discovered that this mysterious meteorite possessed the power to activate chakra, which meant that it could be used for training!

So, after some secret research, he finally developed a secret technique called the Peacock Magic.

However, later, during the era of the Third Generation Star Shadow, the Peacock Mystic Technique was suddenly forbidden to be practiced.

That's because the Third Hokage discovered that while meteorites amplify a ninja's chakra, they also have significant side effects on the practitioner's physical body.

There are gains and losses.

Many ninjas from the Star Village suffered damage to their health while rapidly gaining immense power, with some even losing their lives in the most severe cases.

Kisame speculated that this meteorite most likely originated from the moon. More precisely, it was once part of the Ten-Tails, which accidentally detached and fell into the ninja world, hence its immense power.

However, the chakra of the Ten-Tails is far beyond what a mortal body can withstand, which is why many ninjas who practice the Peacock Technique die.

This meteorite is Kisame's target for this trip.

Unbeknownst to him, he had already crossed the sea and arrived in the territory of the Bear Kingdom.

Below, a long, narrow valley appeared, stretching across the land for dozens of miles. Passing through this valley, one would be not far from Hoshinin Village.

"Is this why Star Village has been able to survive for two hundred years without being destroyed by other ninja villages and having their meteorites stolen?"

Kisame descended from the sky, looked down at the valley below, and muttered to himself.

It turns out that this long valley was filled with yellow miasma, which was highly poisonous.

"Chirp."

A bird flew past Kisame, flapping its wings in an attempt to cross the valley, but it also inhaled the poisonous gas and struggled to fall into the deep valley.

Even birds can't fly over there, let alone humans.

In fact, if you look closely, you will find that at the bottom of the valley, you can vaguely see a large number of animal bones, which is enough to show that this is a forbidden zone for life.

The Star Village not only possesses the invaluable treasure of meteorites, but its leader also considers himself a Kage and has been constantly provoking neighboring countries and ninja villages for a long time, courting death without any limits.

However, the existence of this valley surrounding the poisonous gas field provides Hoshigakure with a natural barrier that can prevent other ninja villages from invading.

Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure, which was recently "punished" by Hoshigakure, all had their eyes on Hoshigakure. However, when the ninjas from the various villages came to this Valley of Death, they all had to back down and ultimately returned empty-handed.

Therefore, Hoshigakure has survived unscathed and isolated from the world to this day.

Until Kisame arrived.

This small valley can't stop him, after all, he can fly. Even if he doesn't need to fly, with Kisame's inhuman steel body, he could probably just swagger across the valley without any problems.

After flying through the valley, Kisame soon spotted a huge meteorite crater in the distance.

This meteorite crater is spectacular; it's the largest Kisame has ever seen, over 300 meters in diameter and more than 100 meters deep. At the center of the crater's bottom stands a tall, reddish-brown building that looks quite old.

That place is where Xingnin Village has worshipped the meteorite for two hundred years and where the village's ninjas have trained.

Kisame's plan was simple: go straight in, find the meteorite, take it, and leave.

Of course, considering that he is now a demigod in the ninja world, the ruler of the Land of Water, and a flawless sage in the hearts of millions of people, if he were to openly commit robbery, the consequences would be somewhat negative if word got out.

Therefore, Kisame put on his cloak and mask again, and temporarily transplanted Obito's Sharingan and the Hyuga clan's Byakugan.

Whoosh.

He jumped down from the edge of the pit, and after a few leaps, he arrived in front of the building.

Huh?