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

He was a blond boy in his early teens with six whisker-like lines on his cheeks, a pair of azure eyes, and wearing an orange and black ninja outfit.

However, the boy's posture at this moment was somewhat comical. He was headfirst on the ground, stuck in the soil in a headfirst position.

In contrast, his two companions were much more relaxed.

"Naruto! You brainless idiot, you charged in alone again. Do you know how dangerous that is? Every time, Sasuke and I have to clean up your mess."

A girl with short pink hair angrily grabbed the blond boy—Naruto—and pulled him out of the ground.

"Hehe, I was too impulsive, Sakura, don't be angry. I promise I won't do it again next time."

Naruto sat on the ground, rubbing the large bump on his head, and spoke with great conviction. But he soon realized that Sakura was ignoring him and instead looked around with a puzzled expression.

what.

Naruto then realized that the surrounding environment was completely unfamiliar and was no longer where they had been before.

"Something's strange here, so be alert."

A voice came from behind the two of them. It was a handsome young man with black hair, black eyes, and fair skin. He had his hands in his pockets and looked cool. After speaking, he glanced at Naruto with a faint look of disdain in his eyes.

"Yes."

Sakura responded quickly to Sasuke's words, her eyes filled with admiration and affection. What could she do? Sasuke was both handsome and incredibly strong.

"That despicable fellow."

Naruto, however, was unconvinced, especially when he saw Sakura acting like a lovesick fool in front of Sasuke. He became extremely jealous and immediately jumped up from the ground, showering Sakura with attention, "Sakura, stay behind me, I'll protect you."

"hehe."

Sakura gave a forced smile, silently taking two steps back to get closer to Sasuke.

All three are ninjas from Konoha, and they graduated from the Ninja Academy together, forming a team and remaining companions to this day.

In this three-person team, Sasuke Uchiha, the young leader, is already a Jonin, while the blond-haired Naruto Uzumaki and the pink-haired Sakura Haruno are Chunin. Over the past three years, the trio has worked together to complete many challenging missions, earning them the reputation of being Konoha's genius trio.

A few days ago, the Fourth Hokage, Jiraiya, personally ordered three people to capture a rogue ninja named Hyakuzu. The team tracked Hyakuzu to the ruins of Loulan, and during their battle, a violent explosion suddenly occurred, and a dazzling pillar of light engulfed everyone.

After a moment of disorientation, the three of them arrived at this strange and unfamiliar place.

"Hey, there's a noise over there."

Naruto opened his eyes wide and quickly spotted a tall earthen wall in the ruins opposite him, with sounds coming from behind it.

"There are enemies. Prepare for battle," Sasuke said in a deep voice, drawing his ninja sword from behind him.

"Let me do it! This time I'm going to defeat that Centipede guy and not let him escape again!" Naruto volunteered, immediately rolling up his sleeves to rush forward, secretly vowing that he would never let Sasuke steal his thunder in front of Sakura.

Just then, Maki and the others emerged from behind the wall, looking at the underground ruins after the explosion with lingering fear. Then, they also spotted Naruto and his two companions.

Konoha ninja?

Maki immediately noticed the Konoha headbands on the three men's foreheads and frowned. Where did these Konoha guys come from? Were they also here for the Dragon Vein?

Thinking of this, Maki made a gesture with a cold face, and the Sand Village ninjas instantly dispersed, forming an encirclement that surrounded Naruto and his two companions.

"Konoha ninja, how dare you ruin our plans? Are you tired of living?" Maki demanded sharply, leading the Sand Ninja to approach Naruto and his companions step by step.

"Who are you guys? Are you Centipede's accomplices? Where did that bastard go?" Naruto stood with his hands on his hips, showing no fear, and responded to Maki in a loud voice.

Centipede? Who's that?

Maki had no idea what Naruto was talking about, but he wasn't interested in knowing. His immediate priority was to eliminate those three Konoha ninja and then return to the surface to find the Dragon Vein.

So he drew a kunai and said coldly, "Kill them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of Sand Village ninjas rushed towards the three of them.

Faced with the enemy's siege, Sasuke was the first to react.

Whoosh.

He pushed off the ground and leaped high into the air, quickly completing a hand seal in mid-air. Then, he opened his mouth and spat out a scorching fireball.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

Splash!

The fireball flew towards the Sand Village crowd, rapidly expanding to a diameter of five meters before exploding in the crowd, instantly blasting away several Sand Village ninjas who couldn't dodge in time.

This guy is showing off again.

Not to be outdone, Naruto also unleashed his signature move, creating dozens of shadow clones that roared as they charged toward the enemy, determined to take on a whole group by themselves.

Sakura remained very calm.

Although she is a girl and the team's medical ninja, it would be a mistake to underestimate her.

"drink!"

Facing an enemy who charged at her, Sakura roared and threw a punch, sending the enemy, who was almost twice her size, flying backward on the spot.

The battle did not last long.

Although Sunagakure has a large number of people, they are basically a rabble, with only Maki possessing the combat strength of a Jonin.

In contrast, Sasuke is Konoha's top genius, and ordinary Jonin are no match for him. He not only held off Maki, but also had the strength to deal with other enemies.

As for Naruto and Sakura, although they haven't been promoted to Jonin yet, their strength is in no way inferior to Jonin. Especially Naruto, who usually seems carefree and unreliable, but is actually a terrifying freak; when he goes berserk, even Sasuke is afraid of him.

Soon, all the Sand Village ninjas except for Maki were defeated by the trio.

What kind of monsters are these little devils?

Seeing that all was lost, Maki turned and fled, completely unaware of the dazzling blue light shining behind him in his panic.

The next second, he suddenly stopped and looked down, only to see that his chest had been pierced and a blood-stained hand was sticking out.

Thousand Birds.

This is an A-rank Lightning Release ninjutsu that Sasuke learned from Kakashi, who was also the Hokage's assistant. It is extremely powerful.

As he slowly withdrew his arm, Maki's eyes glazed over, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, becoming a speechless corpse.

"Sasuke, why didn't you leave one alive? We haven't interrogated him yet!"

Upon seeing this, Naruto immediately shouted, thinking he had finally caught Sasuke's mistake.

Upon hearing this, Sasuke gave Naruto a cold look and scoffed, "Fool. Because there are even more powerful enemies lurking in the shadows, and that's our target."

Before he finished speaking, he flicked his wrist, and several shurikens flew towards a dark corner not far away.

There are still enemies?

Naruto and Sakura both paused, looking in that direction. Sure enough, they first heard the sound of shuriken falling to the ground, and then a tall figure emerged from the darkness.

"Welcome, ninjas from the future. I have many questions and eagerly await your answers."

Kisame smiled and opened his arms wide in a welcoming gesture.

"Let me defeat him!"

Naruto didn't listen to what Kisame was saying at all. Afraid that Sasuke would steal the spotlight again, he rushed towards Kisame in a hurry.

As a result, when he passed by Sasuke, the latter suddenly tripped him and he fell flat on his face.

Sasuke ignored Naruto, instead frowning and questioning Kisame with a look of surprise:

"You said we are... ninjas from the future? What does that mean?"

"It's very simple. The timeline you are in now is the ruins of the ancient Loulan Kingdom in Konoha 48. At that time, you should not have been born yet. The reason you came here is because the power of the Dragon Vein distorted time and space, and by some twist of fate, brought you here more than ten years later."

Kisame spoke eloquently, as if he knew everything.

He was very curious about Naruto and his two friends, and even more interested in the history of the ninja world more than a decade later.

In Kisame's memory, Team 7 in the original story was indeed affected by the power of the Dragon Vein and traveled back more than ten years. However, at that time, Team 7 was led by Yamato, and the third member of the team was not Sasuke as he was now, but Sai.

Now, Yamato, only a few years old, has already submitted to Kisame and become a Kirigakure ninja. As for Sai, due to the destruction of Konoha Root, his fate has certainly been significantly altered.

As for Sasuke, he doesn't seem to have defected from the village and joined Orochimaru as depicted in the original story, since Orochimaru had already joined Kisame.

Due to Kisame's influence, the history of the ninja world for the next ten years or so was completely different from that in the original story.

Therefore, Kisame was eager to find out from Naruto and the other two what would happen in the future.

"What...are you talking about? Is this Konoha Year 48?"

Faced with Kisame's astonishing words, even the usually calm and collected Sasuke was momentarily shocked and unable to accept it.

"Sasuke, you idiot! Don't be fooled by this guy, he's obviously talking nonsense!"

Naruto scrambled to his feet, pointed at Kisame, and shouted, "This must be a trap set by Centipede! Ignore what this suspicious guy says, defeat him first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he charged towards Kisame again.

This time, Sasuke didn't stop Naruto. Instead, he crossed his arms and waited to see what would happen, intending to let Naruto test the other party's strength.

"You charlatan, take this!"

Naruto leaped high into the air and created more than a dozen shadow clones, which swarmed towards Kisame.

Kisame neither dodged nor evaded, but simply raised his right index finger, and the sewing needle, connected with chakra threads, shot out like lightning. A series of "bang bang bang" sounds were heard, and Naruto's shadow clones were pierced by the sewing needle before they could even get close to Kisame.

"what happened?"

Before Naruto could react, he was left all alone, his physical body. And the next second, his body was also entangled in chakra threads, wrapped up like a dumpling, and crashed to the ground with a thud, rendered immobile.

"Let me go, you bastard!"

Naruto struggled desperately and shouted at Kisame, but a cunning glint flashed deep in his eyes.

That's because he had two shadow clones who somehow managed to get behind Kisame and, together, created a Rasengan to launch a sneak attack on him.

However, what Naruto never expected was—

Kisame's lips curled into a smile. Without even turning his head, he lightly dodged to the side, avoiding the attack from behind.

Whether it's his ability to read minds or the 360-degree perspective of his Byakugan, it's certain that no one can ambush Kisame from behind.

sizzle.

After Kisame dodged the attack, an electrified shark tail grew from his back. With a powerful tail sweep, he easily destroyed Naruto's last two shadow clones.

He ignored Naruto for the time being and walked over to Sasuke and Sakura, intending to capture all three of them before interrogating them.

He asked for all the information he wanted to know.