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

Swish swish.

Deidara's hands flew, creating afterimages, and the two mouths on his palms worked in tandem with the mouth on his face, quickly creating a clay doll.

"go to hell!"

After the puppet was completed, his eyes turned red, and he shouted excitedly before throwing it out, letting it fall freely from a height of tens of meters.

During this process, the originally small doll suddenly grew to a huge size, quickly becoming a giant nearly ten meters tall, and accelerated its fall towards the ground.

Its name is C3 No. 18.

"Has Deidara gone mad?!"

Temari and the others on the ground were terrified when they saw Number 18 descend from the sky. Even a fool could tell how terrifying the explosive power of this doll was.

really.

"Hahaha, witness my ultimate art! My Number 18 is an unparalleled super bomb, its explosive scale is enough to destroy a village!"

Deidara raised his hands above his head, just like Android 18, and entered a state of extreme excitement, his wild laughter echoing in the air above the Divine Tree Grand Stage.

"This guy"

After seeing Number 18, Haku's expression finally became extremely solemn. He immediately abandoned the idea of ​​attacking Deidara and returned to the ground, quickly forming hand seals.

A layer of black ice several meters thick formed a hemispherical protective shell, enveloping Bai's entire body.

This is his strongest defensive form.

On the sidelines, Tsunade glanced up at Android 18 who had descended from the sky, then at Haku on the court, her brow furrowing. She called out to Kisame in the distance:

"Hey, are you just going to do nothing and watch your disciple get blown up? Admit defeat for Bai while you still can!"

"I believe him," Kisame replied with a smile, uttering only these four words.

"asshole!"

Tsunade cursed, but her hands didn't stop. Instead, she formed hand seals and pressed her palms to the ground, summoning a huge, golden barrier.

Swish!

A massive golden barrier rose from the ground, separating Temari and the others watching from the sidelines and preventing them from being hit by the impending explosion.

"This is Lady Tsunade's barrier! That's great! Now I can safely detonate Android 18 and let it unleash its most magnificent art!"

Seeing this, Deidara was overjoyed and immediately completed the hand seals without hesitation, shouting, "Hah!"

The next second, countless cracks appeared on the surface of Number 18's body, and dazzling golden light shot out from them until it engulfed everything.

Boom!

An unimaginable explosion occurred.

Although the barrier created by Tsunade absorbed most of the impact of the explosion, Temari and the others outside the barrier still fell to the ground amidst the shaking of the earth.

Many villagers in Kirigakure looked up in surprise at the center of the sacred tree, wondering what had happened.

After a long while, the light faded.

With a wave of her hand, Tsunade dispelled the semi-transparent golden barrier, allowing the ravaged Divine Tree Grand Stage to reappear before everyone's eyes.

"How is Bai? Could he have been killed by Deidara's explosion?"

Kankuro looked at the completely unrecognizable stage before him, his face twitching as he muttered to himself.

As far as the eye could see, everything was charred black, with broken tree trunks and burnt wood everywhere, and no trace of the ice escape was left. A large hole had appeared where Bai had been standing, constantly emitting black smoke.

Whoosh.

Deidara, riding the clay bird he had summoned again, landed triumphantly on the stage and laughed wildly to the sky once more.

"Hahaha, I won in the end. My art is superior!"

He pointed to the large hole not far ahead, declaring his victory.

However, at this very moment...

Snapped.

Suddenly, a hand appeared and grabbed the edge of the hole. Then, to Deidara's astonishment, a black-haired boy struggled and crawled out.

It is white.

He looked disheveled, as if he had suffered a serious injury, covered in blood, but his eyes remained as firm and full of fighting spirit as ever.

Chunks of black ice peeled off his white body; it was their presence that allowed him to survive the terrible explosion.

"Are you kidding me?"

Deidara snapped out of his daze and muttered to himself. He had risked being annihilated by Lady Tsunade by unleashing his power—Power 18, enough to destroy a village—yet he still couldn't bring Haku down.

Impossible, this is impossible.

Enraged, Deidara could not accept this and immediately formed hand seals again, throwing out several small clay birds from his palm, which flew straight towards Haku.

Bai's gaze sharpened, and he dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the bird's attack.

Boom!

As Deidara detonated the flying bird, Haku was thrown seven or eight meters away by the shockwave.

He was indeed at his last gasp.

"Heh, heh"

Bai was breathing heavily, his vision gradually blurring, but he still managed to raise his hand and conjure an ice spike in front of him, intending to fight to the death.

He must win this victory, no matter the cost.

"enough."

Suddenly, a voice rang out behind Bai, and then a large hand pressed down on his shoulder.

Bai was immediately jolted, and murmured, "Teacher, I..."

"You've done your best, and I'm satisfied with your performance. So, let's stop here."

Kisame said with a smile and patted Haku on the shoulder.

In his view, White was limited by the venue and could only withstand Deidara's No. 18 bombardment without being able to dodge, which put him at a disadvantage in terms of the rules.

Kisame also knew that if Haku continued to fight, despite the great disadvantage, the boy still had a chance to turn the tide.

However, as a teacher, he was unwilling to see his students continue to take risks.

Therefore, Kisame stepped forward and stopped the battle.

"Bai, bite me quickly."

Karin, who was standing on the sidelines, came to her senses and ran over, extending an arm to Shiro.

Karin, no need.

Haku forced a smile, instinctively wanting to refuse, but Kisame interrupted, saying, "Just do as Karin says. After all, she's your team's medical ninja, and she should be there to help at this time."

"Yes, teacher."

Bai realized he was wrong. He should have treated Karin as a trustworthy and reliable companion, not as a little sister who needed his care.

So he lowered his head and bit Karin's arm.

Karin endured the pain and transferred her chakra into Haku's body, healing his injuries at a visible speed and allowing Haku to recover.

the other side.

"Damn it, are we just going to give up like this? This isn't the victory I wanted."

Deidara stared intently at Haku, clenching his fists and muttering to himself. His C3-18 had failed to break through Haku's ice-style defense, which was already a defeat for him.

"You should be happy about it since you got a good deal."

Tsunade walked over and saw through Deidara's thoughts at a glance. She immediately reprimanded him, "Although you won, you need to reflect on your actions. You always cause such a commotion. Your so-called art is all just flashy and impractical stuff."

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Upon hearing this, Deidara gritted his teeth, but could not refute it. Under Tsunade's stern and cold gaze, he quickly slumped his head, like a wilted eggplant, and returned to his companions dejectedly.

At this moment, Kisame fought against Tsunade's disciple, and the score was tied one to one.

The third match will be the decisive battle that will determine the outcome.

Thinking of this, Tsunade's gaze swept past the others and landed directly on Yamato, and she said in a deep voice, "Yamato, step forward!"

Upon hearing this, Yamato was startled and slowly walked out amidst the astonished gazes of his companions.

"Don't forget this is the Divine Tree. For a Wood Release user like you, this is practically your home turf. Don't think about winning or losing, just go all out and do your best."

Tsunade patted Yamato on the shoulder and gave him some instructions.

In her view, if they wanted to defeat Kimimaro, Yamato with Wood Release was the only person on their side who could potentially create a miracle.

"Yes, Lady Tsunade."

Yamato sensed Tsunade's expectations of him, nodded solemnly, and walked resolutely to the center of the stage.

"Kimimaro, go. Show no mercy and end the battle as quickly as possible."

On the other side, Kisame also gave Kimimaro orders.

"Teacher, I understand."

Upon hearing Kisame's words, Kimimaro walked towards the center of the stage, as black curse marks covered his face and body, while a shark tail and black wings appeared behind him.

"What is that?!"

Yamato-do shrank back, staring blankly as Kimimaro, like a demon from hell, walked towards him step by step. The aura emanating from the latter was terrifying.

But this is not the end.

When Kimimaro arrived opposite Yamato and stopped, a pair of scarlet Mangekyou Sharingan quietly appeared in his eyes.

"Can we begin?"

He asked Yamato calmly, his Sharingan slowly rotating. Once the battle began, he would not hesitate to use Amaterasu on Yamato and summon Susanoo.

Just as Kisame had instructed, Kimimaro would go all out to end the battle as quickly as possible and give his opponent no chance to retaliate.

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