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

Ten minutes later, Tsunade and Kisame walked out of Ryuchi Cave and returned to the surface.

boom!

Tsunade unleashed a punch that caused the cave entrance to collapse completely, burying the snakes' corpses underground forever.

"In this way, the snake problem is solved, and no more venomous snakes will come out to devour humans. However, what about the problem of natural energy leakage? If someone accidentally comes nearby, they will still turn into stone."

Tsunade rested her chin on her hand, frowning in deep thought.

"Our Lady Tsunade is truly kind, full of compassion for ordinary people. I can solve this problem."

Kisame smiled mysteriously, then lifted his feet off the ground and floated into the air, slowly opening his arms.

Then, under Tsunade's astonished gaze, he suddenly opened his mouth and inhaled sharply, as if a whale were swallowing water, his belly bulging high.

With a clear and distant cry, a phantom of a Kun, hundreds of meters long, appeared behind Kisame, opening its abyss-like maw as if to swallow the entire world whole.

Take a break.

Countless natural energies gather together to form points of light, and thousands of these points of light converge to form rivers of energy that stretch from the ground to the sky.

Finally, they were all devoured by Kisame and entered his body.

"This guy"

When Tsunade saw this, she was stunned and finally realized what Kisame was planning to do: he wanted to devour the natural energy of the entire Ryuchi Cave.

If it were anyone else, such crazy behavior would be tantamount to suicide, and the final result would definitely be being burst by natural energy. But Kisame is different, because this is not the first time he has done this.

His ability is to devour, to devour without end in his insatiable greed.

Years ago, Kisame had drained the natural energy of Shikkotsu Forest, a process that took him nearly two years.

Now that he has become a Six Paths level expert, the process is obviously much faster, and he no longer has to wait so long.

Three days later.

As the last river of energy dried up and slowly disappeared, it meant that Kisame had, to some extent, swallowed up the entire Ryuchi Cave, turning this once sacred place into history.

Now, Ryongji Cave has become an ordinary cave, and it no longer leaks natural energy that would turn the nearby villagers into stone.

"Tsk tsk," Tsunade clicked her tongue in amazement. She had to admit that Kisame Hoshigaki was a true monster.

Of the three sacred ninja lands that were once the most powerful, two have now been destroyed by Kisame, leaving only Mount Myōboku.

Tsunade couldn't help but wonder when Kisame planned to go to Mount Myōboku and swallow the toads there, along with their natural energy.

She had a feeling that this kind of thing would happen sooner or later.

At that moment, Kisame slowly descended from the sky and landed in front of Tsunade.

"I thought you had already gone back. Did you stay here to keep me company?" he asked, feigning surprise.

"Stop flattering yourself, you idiot. Hurry up and open the portal, I'm getting a little bored here." Tsunade frowned, looking displeased.

"of course."

Kisame had just absorbed all the energy of Ryuchi Cave and was in a good mood, so he opened a spatial portal with a smile. However, before leaving, he suddenly blocked Tsunade's way.

"Tsunade, I haven't seen the slug in a long time. You can't keep it locked inside your body forever and never let it see me, can you?"

Kisame stared intently at Tsunade and asked her to see Katsuyu.

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's expression changed.

Deep down, she knew that she couldn't and shouldn't stop the live slug from meeting Kisame; it would be a selfish act that only cared about herself.

Back then, even though she knew the relationship between Katsuyu and Kisame, she still chose to become Katsuyu's jinchūriki.

She should have realized what might happen in the future at that time and been mentally prepared to take responsibility.

Tsunade's expression shifted several times before she finally pushed Kisame away and said coldly, "We'll talk about it when we get back."

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared into the portal.

Kisame smiled slightly and followed.

While Kisame and Tsunade were away, the battle that had taken place in Kirigakure a few days earlier had spread throughout the entire ninja world at an extremely fast pace.

The legendary powerhouse Uchiha Madara has been resurrected, and he has even taken back the Rinnegan that originally belonged to him from Nagato, resurrecting with unprecedented power.

But then, when he went to Kirigakure to steal the Tailed Beasts, he was mercilessly beaten by Tsunade, the God of Shinobi.

The scene of their battle was recorded without any error and placed on the desks of the highest-ranking officials in various ninja villages on videotape.

Konoha, Hokage's office.

In the dark room, the screen was showing the battle between Tsunade and Madara Uchiha. When the giant yellow sword that pierced the sky appeared and cleaved the over 100-meter-tall Perfect Susanoo in two, Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the others in the room fell silent.

No one spoke for a long time.

After a long pause, Jiraiya turned off the projector, sighed deeply, and remarked:

"Tsunade is stronger than she was during the Fourth Shinobi World War. Her strength may have reached a completely new level, a level we cannot even imagine. She is a true sage."

"Teacher, do you mean Tsunade might become the second Sage of Six Paths?"

Minato Namikaze looked shocked.

He thought of his son, Naruto Uzumaki. If there truly is a child of prophecy or a savior in this world, it seems that person is more like Tsunade.

Not Naruto.

283. Showing off gets you struck by lightning.

The atmosphere in the Hokage's office was heavy.

According to Minato Namikaze, Tsunade had already gathered all eight tailed beasts plus half of the Nine-Tails. Now that she had defeated the resurrected Madara Uchiha, she most likely took the Gedo Mazo from him.

If she so desired, she could revive the Gedo Mazo at any time, merge with it, and become the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki. At that point, Tsunade, already invincible in the ninja world, would undoubtedly become even more powerful.

Judging from the current trend, she will become the second Sage of Six Paths, or even surpass him.

However, this very person did not appear in the future prophesied by the Great Toad Sage. Instead, in his dream, he saw the blue-eyed boy Naruto Uzumaki playing with the nine tailed beasts, the true child of prophecy and savior.

But Minato Namikaze couldn't understand how his son, Naruto Uzumaki, could accomplish all of this.

Could Naruto be able to defeat Tsunade in the future?

Minato slowly voiced his doubts.

"Minato, you must have faith in the Great Toad Sage's prophecies. After all, the future he sees in his dreams has never been wrong. The death of Kisame Hoshigaki back then has already proven this point well."

Jiraiya patted Minato on the shoulder with a solemn expression, having no doubt about Gamamaru's prophecy.

"Jiraiya is right. What we need to do now is wait patiently. Trust Naruto, trust the future of Konoha."

Hiruzen Sarutobi echoed in a deep voice.

Let's hope so.

Minato Namikaze silently said something to himself.

Meanwhile, somewhere in the ninja world.

"Lord Madara, you're awake. How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?" Black Zetsu entered the room, looked at Uchiha Madara lying on the bed, and asked.

"Tsunade may have won, but I will not fall so easily."

Madara Uchiha snorted coldly and glanced down at half of his body. His arm and leg, which had been severed by Tsunade's sword, had regrown back to their original state thanks to the power of his Hashirama cells and the Rinnegan.

However, Madara was able to escape from Tsunade this time thanks to Obito's timely appearance. Obito used Kamui to rescue him and took him to this secret base to recuperate.

Madara was already extremely disappointed in Obito, but Obito's outstanding performance this time made him decide to forgive and forget about the latter.

Just as I was thinking of Obito, he returned.

"The Gedo Mazo of Amegakure is missing. According to the village ninjas, Tsunade broke into the Akatsuki base before we could and took the Mazo."

As soon as Obito entered the room, he spoke in a deep voice, his expression solemn.

After his battle with Tsunade, Madara was severely injured and fell into a brief coma. During this time, Black Zetsu and Obito discussed the matter and decided that Obito would go to Amegakure to retrieve the Gedo Mazo.

Unexpectedly, it was still too late.

"It really was her."

Upon hearing this, Madara's Rinnegan flashed with a fierce light, his killing intent palpable.

However, he had to admit that Tsunade's strength far surpassed his, and now that she had obtained the Gedo Mazo, Madara's last hope was extinguished.

He had no way to defeat this terrible woman.

"Lord Madara, what are your plans next?" Black Zetsu asked tentatively.

Ban pondered for a moment, then his eyes flashed and he said:

"No matter how powerful Tsunade is, she is ultimately just one person and cannot be in two places at once. Since we can't deal with her for the time being, let's start with her and her allies in Kirigakure and see what information we can find."

"You mean Cloud Shadow Village?"

Upon hearing this, Black Zetsu hesitated before saying, "But I've heard that Cloud Shadow Village is currently ruled by a guy named Takemikazuchi. He claims to be a god who has lived for over a thousand years, and has even seen the Sage of Six Paths."

Black Zetsu was also completely baffled by this suddenly appearing Takemikazuchi.

As the mastermind behind the ninja world, it has been hiding in the shadows for hundreds of years, knowing everything about every part of history and every secret in the ninja world.

Even it had never heard of Takemikazuchi's existence before. He appeared out of thin air and became Raikage in a very short time, controlling Kumokage Village and the entire Land of Lightning.

Regarding the concerns expressed by Black Zetsu.

"Hmph, playing tricks."

Madara snorted again, saying dismissively, "No matter what this guy who calls himself the God of Thunder's background is, I don't believe he could be a second Tsunade."

Although he lost to Tsunade, Madara remained confident. In his eyes, no one in the entire ninja world, except for Tsunade, could stand against him head-on.

Tsunade was ranked first, and he was ranked second. The others were left far behind by the two of them.

"Lord Madara, when shall we depart? I'm also quite interested in this Takemikazuchi." Seeing that Madara had made up his mind, Black Zetsu stopped trying to dissuade him and instead showed an expectant expression.

"Now."

Madara immediately strode towards the door, leaving behind a remark: "I have a feeling that if we capture that Takemikazuchi and interrogate him, we might be able to glean the secret to Tsunade's immense power from him!"