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

With a series of crisp cracking sounds, the surface of the boulder quickly split and crumbled, leaving only a stone base inside. On the base, a purple meteorite lay quietly.

The meteorite had many holes on its surface. As the seal was broken, a large amount of energy was released from those holes and quickly filled the entire cave.

"Take it away."

Summer glanced at Kisame and said coldly, then helped her husband to the side to rest.

Kisame's eyes lit up, and he walked over, picking up the meteorite with one hand. He immediately felt an enormous amount of energy emanating from within it.

Yes, it was worth the trip.

He smiled with satisfaction, and then, in front of the Summer Couple and their astonished gazes, he stored the meteorite into the Box of Bliss within his body.

Then, he spread his hands and said to the two of them:

"I know you hid this meteorite because you discovered the side effects of the Peacock Technique and didn't want it to kill more people. Rest assured, the situation you feared will never happen again, because I have absorbed this meteorite and it has become part of my power."

"Who...who are you?"

Hotaru stared at Kisame in disbelief, but before she could finish speaking, she coughed violently, spitting out a large amount of black blood from her throat.

He had exhausted the last of his chakra in order to break the sealing technique.

In other words, this man is about to die.

"Fireflies!" Xia Ri hugged her husband, sobbing uncontrollably.

But Hotaru stared intently at Kisame, and with her last bit of strength, she managed to say, "My lord, I beg you... to take Natsumi away, to leave this country, so that she and the child in her womb can live a peaceful life."

Firefly knew that as a rogue ninja, Summer Day could not return to Hoshigakure. She could not stay in this place; leaving was her only way to survive.

Faced with Firefly's request, and considering that she had died trying to break the meteorite seal, Kisame sighed and nodded, saying:

"I will take care of your wife and children, so you can go in peace."

Having received Kisame's promise, Hotaru finally felt relieved, a smile on her face, and then she breathed her last and left this world.

199. Takigakure and the Hero's Water

Inside the cave, Hotaru, a former Jonin of the Star Ninja Village, finally succumbed to exhaustion and passed away after using up the last of his chakra to release the seal on the meteorite.

Her wife, Xia Ri, thus became a widow with the child in her womb.

Logically speaking, Firefly wouldn't entrust his wife to a complete stranger, especially one who had come to steal the meteorite.

The reason he made this decision before his death was that he saw Kisame not only as incredibly powerful as he was, but also as a man of principle.

Kisame could have easily killed the couple, then found the seal and brute-forced its release. But he didn't do that; instead, he gave them a chance to live, and more than once.

Moreover, although Kisame's goal was to seize the meteorite, he also understood that the couple's original intention in sealing the meteorite was to prevent more people from being harmed by it.

Firefly thought that after her death, Xia Ri would be pregnant and helpless, facing endless pursuit, and her chances of survival were slim.

Therefore, he pleaded with Kisame to take Natsumi away from this country to a more peaceful place in the ninja world so that they could start a new life under different circumstances.

Kisame glanced at Hotaru's corpse and the grief-stricken Natsumi, then said to the latter:

"I'll wait for you outside the cave. If you don't come out in an hour, I'll leave."

After saying that, he walked out of the cave.

Xia Ri held her husband's body, like a motionless clay sculpture, and remained motionless for a long time before slowly moving.

She dug a pit in the cave, buried the firefly's body on the spot, and then packed some simple belongings.

Finally, she touched her lower abdomen, a determined light shining in her eyes, then looked at the cave entrance and quickly walked out.

She understood her husband's good intentions; for the sake of her child, she had to live.

Outside the cave.

"Oh? It hasn't even been an hour yet. Aren't you going to spend more time with your husband?"

Kisame turned around and looked at Natsumi, asking in surprise.

“I don’t want to keep you waiting too long,” Xia Ri said respectfully.

The mysterious person before her had displayed a terrifying strength that had exceeded her comprehension. No one dared to disrespect such a powerful figure.

"very good."

Kisame nodded, and to Natsumi's astonishment, a pair of large black wings unfurled from his back.

"It's time to leave."

He walked up to Xia Ri, put an arm around her waist, and asked, "Ready?"

Summer blushed slightly, but quickly regained her composure, nodding to Kisame in response, "Yes, sir. I'm ready."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kisame flapped his wings, creating a strong gust of wind in the forest, and soared into the sky on the wind.

call out.

The two flew eastward in the night sky, a hundred meters above the ground.

"Are you cold?" Kisame asked, glancing at Natsumi in his arms during the flight.

Although she shook her head and said she wasn't cold, Kisame still slowed down and transferred a stream of chakra into Natsumi's body, warming her up.

Summer cast a grateful glance at Kisame.

Soon, the two passed through the Star Ninja Village and the valley filled with poisonous gas, heading straight for the sea east of the Land of Bears.

Summer glanced back one last time in the direction of the village, her heart churning with countless thoughts, like waves crashing on the shore. Then she turned her gaze away, no longer lingering.

She didn't know where this man would take her, and she didn't dare to ask. She just let him carry her eastward.

One day later.

Kisame returned to the Land of Water, landed on the roof of the Mizukage Building, and then released Natsumi from his arms.

"This is... Kirigakure?!"

Summer stood on the rooftop, looking down at the village below, a look of astonishment on her face. Just then—

Whoosh whoosh.

Several figures appeared from all directions, landing on the rooftop and surrounding the two. They were all dressed in light gray uniforms, wearing various masks, and each one was agile, clearly an elite ninja.

Seeing this, Xia Ri panicked, thinking that Kisame had forcibly entered Kirigakure with her, just like when he had entered Hoshigakure before.

However, Hoshigakure cannot be compared to Kirigakure. In particular, the name of Kirigakure's leader, the Fifth Mizukage Kisame Hoshigaki, is known to every household in Hoshigakure.

If this demigod of the ninja world were to appear, it's hard to imagine how the mysterious person would react.

What she didn't expect was...

"Greetings, Lord Mizukage."

The Hidden Mist members who surrounded the two knelt down on one knee and bowed to Kisame.

Kisame gave Natsumi a reassuring look, signaling her not to be nervous, then went to a woman wearing a flame mask and instructed her:

"The woman I brought back is pregnant. Arrange a place for her to stay and have someone take good care of her."

The woman, Ye Cang, paused for a moment upon hearing this, then lowered her head and replied, "Yes."

Kisame turned to Natsumi and said:

"For the next year, you should stay in Kirigakure and focus on your pregnancy. After that, you can decide for yourself whether to stay or leave."

"Thank you... Lord Mizukage."

Summer bowed to Kisame. Even if she were slow-witted, she would realize that the mysterious man in front of her was the famous Kisame Hoshigaki.

Kisame smiled, flapped his wings again, and soared into the sky, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

After he left, Ye Cang stepped forward, looked at Xia Ri, the beautiful woman with red hair, and remained silent for a few seconds before saying, "Please come with me."

Summer didn't detect the disappointment in Yekura's tone. She nodded and followed Yekura to the small courtyard next to the Water Shadow Building.

There were no spare rooms left, but after Tsunade became the head of the medical department, she moved out with two of her disciples, leaving the rooms empty again.

crunch.

Ye Cang pushed open the door and brought Xia Ri into the room, asking if she was satisfied and saying that she would bring some money and daily necessities later.

"Thank you so much, sir."

Summer is very satisfied with her new place to live and is very grateful to Yekura.

"There are some things I need to explain to you in advance, so you may need to be prepared."

Yekura hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the next room and said to Natsumi, "The person living in there is called Yuki-onna, and she's the Mizukage's woman. I hope you can keep a low profile and try not to clash with Yuki-onna. If anything happens, we'll deal with it when the Mizukage returns. Is that alright?"

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Ri opened her mouth wide, and it took her a while to come back to her senses. She said with a wry smile, "You may have made a mistake. My relationship with Lord Kisame Hoshigaki is not what you imagine."

She had always felt that Ye Cang's gaze was somewhat complicated and strange, and now she realized that he had mistaken her for a mistress.

"The child in your belly isn't his?" Ye Cang asked in astonishment.

It turns out she had preconceived notions; seeing that Kisame had brought back another beautiful woman, who was pregnant, she assumed the two had an intimate relationship.

After learning the truth from Natsumi, Yekura apologized to the former somewhat awkwardly, while also feeling a sense of relief for some reason.

Put the matter of Mist Hidden Place aside.

After Kisame returned Natsumi to Kirigakure, he immediately set off again towards his next destination—Takigakure.

Takigakure is located northwest of Konoha, surrounded by four countries: Earth, Fire, Frost, and Grass.

Small ninja villages like these, situated between powerful nations, often face immense difficulties in surviving and inevitably become pawns in the power struggles between these nations.

However, Takigakure was much luckier than Amegakure and Kusagakure. Due to its complex terrain, filled with rolling hills and countless waterfalls of all sizes, it served as a natural barrier, effectively preventing invasions from other countries.

The location of Takigakure is hidden behind a huge waterfall, making it very secluded.

Once upon a time, Takigakure was incredibly powerful, and at one point it was poised to become the sixth greatest ninja village in the world. It was also the only village outside of the Five Great Ninja Villages to possess a Tailed Beast.

Moreover, the tailed beast of Takigakure is no ordinary beast; it is the third-ranked of the nine tailed beasts, and its power is second only to the Nine-Tails and the Eight-Tails, namely the Seven-Tails, Jōmyō.

With a strong hand, Takigakure could have easily won over the major powers and become a force to be reckoned with in the ninja world. However, the village's leadership became overconfident and their ambitions grew to an uncontrollable degree.