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

"The requirements for graduating from my program are simple. If any one of you can defeat this shadow clone, you will graduate successfully, and I will personally put a headband on him, making him a... genin. Anyone want to try right now?"

As Kisame spoke, his gaze fell on Kimimaro, who was at the very front of the crowd.

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290. Tsunade's Bet with Kisame

"I'll give it a try."

Under Kisame's gaze, Kimimaro calmly spoke and stepped out from the crowd.

Driven by a desire to become stronger, he will not miss any opportunity to challenge himself.

The battle has begun.

"Drink!"

Kimimaro's deep, stern shout echoed through the training ground. He unleashed his full power with his Shikotsumyaku bloodline limit, employing every trick in the book except for borrowing the Nine-Tails' power, taking it even more seriously than when he fought Deidara.

"Is this guy's true strength?"

Deidara murmured, watching Kimimaro fight desperately. If Kimimaro had started the fight in this state from the very beginning, he would have had absolutely no chance.

However, even the mighty Kimimaro was powerless against Kisame's shadow clones, and was completely outmaneuvered by them.

boom!

Kisame's shadow clone instantly appeared behind Kimimaro and delivered a powerful kick, sending the latter flying more than ten meters before crashing into the wire fence of the training ground.

The outcome is decided.

"Kimimaro!" Upon seeing this, Bai rushed over and helped Kimimaro up from the ground.

Kisame snapped his fingers, retracting his shadow clone, then stood before Kimimaro with his hands in his pockets, and said with a faint, mocking tone:

"I heard you were the best among these kids, but it turns out you're nothing special. What a disappointment, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Kimimaro clenched his fists, lowered his head, and remained silent.

Haku couldn't stand it anymore and mustered up his courage to retort to Kisame: "Just a few days ago, Kimimaro defeated a Jonin in the village! Your Shadow Clone is at least at the level of an elite Jonin, yet we have to defeat it to be promoted to Genin. Such a condition is too much; no one can meet it."

"is it?"

Kisame scoffed, glancing at Haku before turning to the other kids. He said casually, "That's because in my eyes, anyone below the Kage level is an ant, unworthy of being called a ninja, just cannon fodder. Do you understand?"

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His words left the kids speechless.

In other words, if they want to graduate from the masked man's tutelage and become nominal genin, each of them must reach the Kage level.

This is simply a fantasy, an impossible feat.

However, Kisame didn't care what these kids thought. He immediately took on the role of teacher and made his students train hard.

These kids were all personally selected by Kisame and brought back to Kirigakure. He knew their potential better than anyone else.

Therefore, Kisame's principle in teaching these students was to train them to the point of death as long as they didn't die.

They started with high-intensity, grueling training.

So, for the entire morning and most of the afternoon, the training ground was filled with the cries of the little devils.

These hothouse flowers, once pampered and cared for, had never experienced real hardship. But Kisame, their instructor, showed them what barbarity and brutality truly meant for the first time.

By evening, with even the strongest Kimimaro collapsing to the ground with a thud, the demons were all wiped out, collapsing to the ground exhausted.

They were all panting heavily, their clothes soaked with sweat, and all of them were injured; none of them could stand up.

"You can't handle this? This is only the first day of training. I've already gone easy on you and only given you half the intensity."

Kisame crossed his arms and looked down at the little devils sprawled on the ground, utterly disappointed in them.

Faced with his mockery, the group of kids, no matter how much dissatisfaction and grievance they felt, were too weak to refute him.

Just then, a voice that everyone was very familiar with suddenly came from outside the training ground.

"What are you doing now, you bastard? These children aren't your slaves. Do you want to torture them to death or work them to death?"

Tsunade stormed into the training ground in a rage, walking towards Kisame, her chest trembling with anger.

"Lady Tsunade has arrived!"

Tsunade's appearance brought a spark of hope to the children's despairing eyes, as if they had seen a savior.

"You appointed me as the ninjutsu instructor for these kids, have you forgotten so quickly? As their instructor, of course I have to do my best to train them, so as not to betray Lady Tsunade's trust, right?"

Kisame calmly defended himself in the face of Tsunade's anger.

"It was the live slug who appointed you, not me!"

Tsunade walked up to Kisame, grabbed his collar, and whispered a warning.

"Anyway, you've come at the right time. Hurry up and treat these kids. They are indeed much more spoiled than I imagined."

Kisame shrugged and changed the subject.

I'll settle the score with you later.

Tsunade glared at Kisame, then turned around and looked at the children lying on the ground, her brows furrowing.

The next second, she quickly formed a hand seal, summoned a slug, and made it split into ten smaller slugs, which then crawled onto each person.

Then, as the slug's body glowed with blue light, Tsunade used the slug to distribute her Yang Release chakra to the children, quickly healing their injuries.

It restores everyone's spirit and vitality, sweeping away all fatigue.

"This is amazing! This is Tsunade-sama's medical skill!" The kids exclaimed in surprise as they got up from the ground one after another.

"Great! We can continue training before it gets dark." Kisame's face lit up with joy, and he immediately decided to continue training the kids.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the children all showed expressions of fear and panic, and their eyes all turned to Tsunade, casting pleading glances at her.

Tsunade glanced at Hinata in the crowd, then beckoned to her, signaling the little girl to come over.

"Hinata is my personally accepted disciple, and I will teach her. You don't need to worry about her." She took Hinata's hand and said coldly to Kisame.

Upon hearing this, the other kids all showed expressions of immense envy.

In their eyes, Hinata had not only escaped her suffering, but also had the guidance of a more skilled teacher like Tsunade, making her the luckiest child in the world.

Kisame noticed the expressions on everyone's faces and, with a sudden thought, said to Tsunade, "These kids like you so much, why don't you take on a few more disciples?"

After saying that, he walked to the side and said to Kimimaro and the others, "Those who want to become Tsunade's disciples, go to her side. Those who want to stay, come to my side. Don't say I didn't give you a chance."

The little devils looked at each other in bewilderment upon hearing this.

What's this guy up to now?

Tsunade frowned, unsure of Kisame's intentions. Seeing the group of kids staring at her expectantly, she softened and said to them, "You all heard that. Those who want to be my disciples, come over here."

Upon hearing this, the children were overjoyed and rushed to Tsunade's side one after another.

"Hinata!"

Karin was the first to run over, after all, Hinata was her good friend, and good friends should naturally be together.

Then, Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara exchanged glances, nodded to each other, and walked over.

As expected, Yamato, Jugo, and Hozuki Suigetsu chose Tsunade instead of Kisame.

"Um"

Deidara rested his chin on his hand, looked at the masked man, then at Tsunade, and then at Kimimaro. After pretending to hesitate for a moment, he still ran to Tsunade's side with a grin and a trot.

In the blink of an eye, all the little devils had run away, leaving only Kimimaro and Haku still undecided.

Haku was determined to follow Kimimaro; whoever Kimimaro followed, he would follow too.

Kimimaro, on the other hand, had been standing still since the beginning, his brow furrowed in deep thought.

"Huh, isn't Kimimaro coming over? Do we still need to consider such a good opportunity? Compared to being tortured by that perverted masked man, training by Tsunade's side is so much more comfortable."

Kankuro muttered, feeling quite puzzled.

The other little devils also spoke up, urging Kimimaro and Haku to come over and join them.

"Kimimaro, do you want to choose that guy?" Tsunade suddenly asked.

Upon hearing this, Kimimaro took a deep breath and finally nodded, saying, "Yes, Lady Tsunade."

"why?"

Tsunade asked, somewhat surprised.

She had assumed that all the children would choose to come to her side without hesitation, leaving Kisame as a lone commander, so that she could laugh at that bastard mercilessly.

"It's just my gut feeling."

Kimimaro gave a reason that didn't seem like a reason at all.

After saying this, he glanced at the masked man. Although he couldn't see the man's expression, Kimimaro sensed that the man seemed to be giving a faint smile.

After making this difficult decision, Kimimaro turned to Haku and said to him, "Haku, go to Lady Tsunade's side."

Bai shook his head, saying nothing, but his expression was firm.

So the two of them came to Kisame together.

"Hahaha, you two brats are in luck. I, your teacher, will not let you down. The disciples I teach will definitely surpass Tsunade's disciples."

Kisame laughed loudly, stretching out his two large hands, one stroking Kimimaro's white hair and the other stroking Shiro's black hair, leaving the two little devils speechless and already beginning to regret their actions.

"Completely crush? Are you kidding me?"

Faced with Kisame's provocation, Tsunade revealed a cold smile, her face full of disdain.

"Oh, you're not convinced? How about we make a bet and see which of our disciples is more outstanding?"

Kisame made the suggestion on the spot.

"Let's gamble then, who's afraid of you?"