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

"Enemy attack!"

Huo Lan was the first to react. While shouting a warning to his subordinates, he reached into his ninja tool pouch at his waist, pulled out a kunai with an explosive tag attached, and threw it in the direction from which the shuriken had come.

boom!

After the kunai flew deep into the forest, it quickly caused an explosion, producing a dazzling flash of light and knocking down a large tree.

Did you succeed?

Huo Lan frowned, her eyes fixed on the direction of the enemy. With a series of footsteps, three figures emerged from the woods, forming a standoff with Huo Lan and the others.

Ok?

Upon seeing the attacker's appearance, Huo Lan Tong shrank back, revealing a surprised expression.

He originally thought that the enemy might be Konoha's ANBU ninja sent to hunt him down, or other bandits or rogue ninja gangs, but he never expected that the other party would be three children.

Indeed, the enemies that appeared before everyone consisted of two men and one woman. The oldest, a white-haired boy, looked no more than seven years old, while the youngest, a red-haired girl, appeared to be only four or five years old.

The three were Kimimaro, Haku, and Karin Uzumaki.

"Were you three brats who ambushed us just now? Are you ninjas too?"

Huo Lan narrowed his eyes, his gaze sweeping over Kimimaro and the other two before settling on the woods behind them. Clearly, he believed these three were merely a smokescreen or bait thrown out by the enemy; the real enemy had yet to appear.

"Stop looking around, it's just the three of us."

Kimimaro said calmly, his gaze sweeping over the group of enemies as well. Finally, he instructed Haku and Karin beside him, "I'll take care of this Konoha rogue ninja. You take care of the rest. You must finish this battle within three minutes. Understand?"

"Understood." Bai nodded solemnly and raised his hands to form a hand seal.

"Yes, I understand," Karin quickly replied, though she looked quite nervous, as this was her first real combat experience, and she was facing so many enemies.

"Arrogant brat."

Huo Lan scoffed at Kimimaro's words. The bandits behind him burst into laughter, thinking these three brats were either insane or tired of living.

But soon, the laughter stopped.

Whoosh.

Kimimaro's eyes turned cold, and he instantly activated his attack, his figure like an arrow released from a bow, rushing to Huo Lan in the blink of an eye.

He kicked straight forward with one foot, and there was a loud bang.

Huo Lan let out a scream on the spot, caught off guard and had several ribs broken by the kick, flying back more than ten meters.

At that moment, all was silent; the laughter of everyone abruptly ceased.

The bandits turned around in horror to see their leader, Huo Lan, had knocked over a large tree and was painfully getting up from the ground, shouting at the group:

"What are you all standing there for? Kill them!"

The bandits snapped out of their daze, grabbed their weapons, and charged toward Kimimaro and his companions with shouts.

"drink!"

Facing the approaching enemies, Bai shouted and clasped his hands together, activating the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai.

Swish.

A massive ice mirror rose from the ground, blocking the enemy's path.

What is this?

As they were filled with doubt and uncertainty, a second, third, and more ice mirrors rose from the ground and floated into the air, surrounding them.

stop.

Bai leaped into a mirror and disappeared inside. The next second, one of the ice mirrors suddenly shot out several ice spikes, instantly hitting the necks of several bandits, causing blood to spurt out.

"The enemy is hiding inside the mirror, break it!"

The remaining bandits roared, and the closest ones quickly joined forces, rushing forward to smash the ice mirror with their weapons, causing it to shatter into countless ice shards that fell to the ground.

However, before they could catch their breath, several more ice spikes shot out from an ice mirror in another direction, causing several bandits to fall to the ground.

Magic Mirror Ice Crystal.

This is the most powerful ice-style ninjutsu that Haku currently possesses. It involves condensing a large number of ice mirrors around the enemy, then moving rapidly between the ice mirrors and launching a sneak attack with ice spikes.

It's a technique that's hard to defend against.

The only way to reveal Bai is to destroy all the ice mirrors.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

Just then, a furious shout came from not far away. It turned out that Huo Lan had formed a hand seal and spat out a huge fireball, which melted a lot of ice mirrors in its path.

However, just as Huo Lan was about to press his advantage and use Fire Release to destroy all the ice mirrors, his vision blurred and he saw Kimimaro.

"Your opponent is me."

Kimimaro said coldly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he threw a punch at Huo Lan.

"Kid, don't be so arrogant."

Huo Lan roared, catching Kimimaro's punch with a single hand. After all, he was a former Jonin of Konoha Village; he had only been caught off guard and taken advantage of the attack. His true strength was not to be underestimated.

However, just as Huo Lan gripped Kimimaro's fist, preparing to retaliate, he suddenly felt another sharp pain coming from his palm.

With a soft "plop," Huo Lan's palm was pierced by a bone knife, causing him to gasp in shock and force him to let go and retreat rapidly.

What's going on with this white-haired brat?

He looked at Kimimaro in horror, only to see the latter slowly open his hand, and the bloodstained bone knife grew out of his palm.

"This is my bloodline limit, Shikotsumyaku. You will be killed by it."

Kimimaro, with great composure, gave Huo Lan a special reminder, and before he finished speaking, he activated his attack again, rushing towards the enemy like lightning.

"hateful!"

Huo Lan cursed angrily, took out a kunai and fought back fiercely, and was immediately engaged in a fierce battle with Kimimaro.

the other side.

"Forget about these ice mirrors, grab that red-haired brat first, then use her as a hostage to threaten her companions!"

One of the bandits shouted loudly, and immediately he and several others broke through the encirclement of the magic mirror ice crystals and rushed to Karin's side.

Faced with a ferocious enemy, Karin instinctively felt fear and dread, but in that instant, her mother's smile flashed through her mind.

She recalled those turbulent days of the past, and her mother who had become a human medical kit in Kusagakure.

She remembered the vow she had made in her heart to be strong and never back down or be afraid again.

The next second, Karin's gaze hardened.

Whoosh.

She nimbly dodged backward, avoiding a large hand that an enemy reached out to grab her, and then, summoning all her courage and strength, she let out a loud shout and threw a punch.

boom!

The enemy in front of Karin was punched in the abdomen. Before he could even scream, he was sent flying backward like a cannonball into the bushes in the distance.

"what?!"

The remaining enemies were stunned by what they saw.

"how come"

Karin snapped out of her daze, startled even herself. She had never known she was so strong, capable of sending someone flying with a single punch.

"Superhuman strength, huh?"

Not far away, Kisame, who was hiding in the woods, saw this scene and his eyes flashed.

He could tell at a glance that Karin's punch was very similar to Tsunade's monstrous strength, both using the powerful Yang Release chakra within their bodies to create destructive power.

However, Karin is probably far from mastering this power yet; she only used it by accident.

Just as Kisame predicted.

Karin's powerful punch was short-lived; when she tried to knock her enemy away with her fist again, she unsurprisingly failed.

Swish!

A bandit, wielding a kunai, slashed backhand, leaving a large gash on Karin's arm, from which blood gushed forth.

"Ah!" she screamed and fell to the ground.

It seemed that Karin was about to fall into the enemy's hands.

Karin!

Bai let out a cry of surprise, his figure moving swiftly within the ice mirror, arriving just in time to kill several bandits from behind with an ice spike and save his companion.

"Brother Bai, thank you. I... I'm so useless."

Karin's eyes welled with tears as she looked at the enemy corpses scattered on the ground, almost all of whom had been killed in vain. Thinking of herself, unable even to protect herself, she was filled with self-blame and despair.

"Karin, you did a great job just now, really."

Shiro patted Karin's head, then noticed the shocking wound on her arm. His expression changed, and he said anxiously and concernedly, "Your arm is badly injured; it needs immediate treatment, otherwise..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Chi Chi Chi.

To Bai's astonishment, a puff of white smoke suddenly rose from Karin's wound, which then healed automatically at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Not only did the bleeding stop, but not even a single scar remained.

"Brother Bai, thank you for your concern. I think I'm alright now," Karin said happily, waving her arm.

""

Bakugo was dumbfounded. It seemed Kimimaro was right; Karin's hidden talent and potential were astonishing, in no way inferior to Kimimaro's.

By the way, Kimimaro is still fighting the enemy.

Realizing this, Bai and Karin quickly looked towards the battlefield, only to see Huo Lan defeated and lying on the ground.

"How is that possible?"

His face was filled with resentment, he held a broken kunai in his hand, and a bone knife was stuck in his back. He struggled in vain for a moment, and finally died in despair.