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

"Yahiko, Konan, are you in trouble?" Nagato looked at his two companions, his Rinnegan calm as still water, as deep as the ocean.

"We apologize, Nagato, we didn't mean to disturb your secluded cultivation. It's just that that behemoth is probably only someone you can handle."

As Yahiko spoke, he pointed to the steel fortress opposite him.

Oh?

Nagato turned around and looked at her, a slight smile gradually curving up at the corners of her mouth.

A moment later.

boom!

The steel fortress was torn apart by an inexplicable and powerful force, and collapsed with a crash.

The enemy leader, also looking terrified, knelt at Nagato's feet and surrendered to him.

210. Another encounter

In the mountains and forests.

With Nagato's arrival, the battle quickly lost its suspense. Even the enemy's steel fortress, which was a hundred meters high, was as fragile as paper under his power.

"Nagato, don't kill him yet. Ask him what the Grell Stone is," Yahiko stepped forward and reminded Nagato.

Nagato nodded, then activated his Rinnegan to interrogate the enemy leader.

From the other party, he learned detailed information about the Grell Stone, and based on his own experience in cultivating immortal arts, he immediately deduced that it was a huge underground mineral vein that had absorbed natural energy.

“I’ve already asked the caravan members, and they know nothing about the Grell Stone. The only one who knows is the caravan leader, He Yan, but he suddenly disappeared during the earlier chaos.”

Konan also came over and reported to Nagato.

"It seems that the old man named He Yan must know where the Grell Stone mine is."

Nagato's gaze sharpened, revealing a strong interest in the Grell Stone. Unfortunately, He Yan was nowhere to be found, making the search for the vein impossible.

At this moment, Xiao Nan's lips curled up into a smile:

“I noticed something was off with He Yan a while ago, so I left a paper crane on him. I think we should be able to find him soon with this mark.”

As she spoke, she waved her hand, and a paper crane flew from her palm, heading straight in a certain direction.

"Konan, you're so thoughtful." Yahiko praised her with a delighted expression.

"Let's go." Nagato smiled as well. The three of them exchanged a glance, and then, with a few swift movements, disappeared into the depths of the mountains and forests.

One day later.

This is a secluded valley rarely visited by humans.

The valley was filled with trees, a stream flowed through it, and the occasional bird call could be heard. It was quiet and peaceful, and there was nothing unusual about it.

However, the ferret named Nilugu, under He Yan's command, followed the scent with its nose all the way here and then refused to leave.

On a grassy area in the center of the valley, Nilugu jumped and hopped around in circles, chirping excitedly.

Huh?

Kisame stepped forward, lifted the turf, and sure enough, found a complex pattern underneath, flowing with a faint light, which seemed to be some kind of sealing technique.

found it.

Beneath this seal lies the Grell Stone mine, a remnant of an ancient empire. Because it was sealed by an array, not a single drop of the mine's energy leaked out, so it remained safely buried here for hundreds of years, undiscovered.

"Alright, your mission is complete. Now get some sleep. When you wake up, you'll forget everything that happened these past two days."

Kisame said to He Yan and Nilugu. Upon hearing this, the man and the ferret immediately collapsed to the ground, closed their eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.

After moving old man He Yan and Nilugu to a safe place, Kisame returned to the valley to try to break the sealing formation.

Preliminary assessment suggests that this seal is highly concealed, but once found, it is not difficult to break.

Kisame's method was simple and brutal: he directly used Explosion Release chakra to create hundreds of explosive tags, covered the sealing formation, and then detonated them on the spot.

Boom!

With a deafening roar that shook the earth, a violent explosion occurred in the center of the valley, causing the ground to collapse and creating a huge crater.

Whoosh.

Kisame jumped into the pit and was immediately bathed in a sea of ​​blue light. This was because there were many sky-blue crystalline minerals on the surrounding walls, emitting a faint fluorescence.

Abundant natural energy.

Kisame casually picked up a piece of Grell Stone and felt a warm energy emanating from his palm, making him feel warm and comfortable all over.

He looked around and roughly calculated the number of Grell's Stones. It was much more than he had expected, which was a pleasant surprise.

These stones once formed a glorious empire.

Kisame raised his head and looked up at the sky from outside the cave.

The true form of the Kun had appeared sometime earlier and was now hovering above the valley. The next second, it opened its huge mouth and emitted a powerful suction force.

buzzing.

The Grell Stones on the wall shook and fell off, gathering into a sky-blue ribbon under the suction force, and all of them entered the Kun's big mouth.

Not a single one was left.

That should be enough.

Kisame's own chakra, the energy gained from absorbing a large number of ninja tools, the Shikkotsu Forest hot springs, meteorites, Hero's Water, the Loulan Dragon Vein, the chakra of several tailed beasts, plus the Grell Stone mine.

After fully absorbing this energy, Kun will surely be able to cross the threshold of the Six Paths level and become a truly extraordinary being.

Kisame's eyes burned with anticipation for that day to arrive.

At this moment, the Kun let out a quiet, ethereal, and long cry, then flapped its huge wings, rode the wind and soared into the sky, quickly disappearing into the horizon.

It will travel across most of the ninja world, returning to the Shikkotsu Forest deep in the sea, where it will continue to absorb and digest the energy within its body until it completes its final transformation.

Kisame's clone did not leave with his main body, but remained in the valley.

He took a paper crane out of his pocket.

This paper crane may seem ordinary, but it can't escape Kisame's eyes—it was originally used by Konan to monitor old man He Yan.

However, after Kisame found the paper crane on He Yan, he did not destroy it immediately, but deliberately left it.

He hadn't seen Nagato for more than half a year since the last battle in Amegakure. He wondered how far Nagato had developed his Rinnegan and how much his strength had improved.

This is a good opportunity to test the waters.

Half a day later.

As evening falls, the afterglow of the setting sun bathes the valley in golden light.

Whoosh whoosh.

Three figures arrived one after another; it was indeed Nagato and his two companions.

"He Yan is over there." Xiao Nan spotted He Yan and Nilugu lying on the ground not far away, the two of them fast asleep.

Yahiko, however, looked towards the center of the valley, where there was a huge sinkhole that seemed to have just appeared. At the edge of the sinkhole, a mysterious figure stood with his back to the three of them, hands clasped behind his back.

"Has someone beaten you to it?"

Seeing this, Yahiko frowned. He guessed that after He Yan opened the Grell Stone mine, the mysterious person had intercepted it.

But why didn't the other party leave? Instead, they stayed, seemingly waiting here on purpose for the three of them to arrive.

"interesting."

Nagato looked at the figure in the valley and commented on it, then instructed Yahiko and Konan, "You two stay here and wait for me."

As soon as he finished speaking, he flew up and landed in the valley, only a few meters away from the mysterious man.

"Nagato, the prophesied child, you have arrived."

Kisame turned around, smiled slightly, revealing two rows of white fangs, "Thank you and your two companions for fighting those knights so hard, saving me a lot of time and effort, allowing me to obtain the Grell Stone with ease."

"who are you?"

Nagato frowned slightly upon hearing Kisame's words and asked calmly, "You've gotten a good deal and you're still not leaving? Are you trying to show off to me?"

"This isn't about showing off, it's about expressing my gratitude. In return, I'll give you some very important information."

Kisame's eyes flashed, and he said to Nagato in a mysterious way, "Actually, you are not the child of prophecy at all. That is just your wishful thinking."

How did you know?

Nagato countered with a dismissive question.

Today, the entire ninja world, including himself, believes that he is the child of prophecy, a savior destined to change the world and bring peace to the ninja world.

Nagato never doubted himself, especially as his power grew stronger day by day, which made him firmly believe that he was the chosen one.

"Because I recently met the true Child of Prophecy. He comes from the future and his name is Naruto Uzumaki. He is the successor chosen by the Sage of Six Paths. And you, like me, are just a villain."

Kisame shrugged and said this.

Naruto Uzumaki? From the future?

Nagato looked surprised upon hearing this, then shook his head. He felt that the other party was simply talking nonsense.

Forget it, there's no point in talking to this kind of person. Just defeat him and make him hand over the Grell Stone.

Thinking of this, Nagato sneered and stretched out a hand towards Kisame.

As his Rinnegan emitted waves of ocular power, a powerful gravitational force acted on Kisame from a distance.

All things guide the heavens!

It's that move again, Nagato's signature opening move.

Most ninjas, when faced with the Universal Pull, would usually lose control of their bodies and be unable to resist, leaving them at Nagato's mercy.

So he used this tactic to test whether the opponent was just a weakling or an opponent worth taking seriously.

Kisame certainly wouldn't let Nagato down.

He lifted his feet off the ground and seemed to fly uncontrollably toward Nagato, but just as he was about to collide with the black chakra rod in Nagato's hand, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a spray.