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

Yamato was drenched in sweat and trembling uncontrollably. Just as he had finally mustered the courage to prepare for battle...

Whoosh.

This time, it was Tsunade who appeared behind Yamato.

She glanced deeply at Kimimaro and Kisame not far away, and said with great reluctance but helplessness, "I give up the third match. You guys win."

She made this decision because she realized that if the battle started, Yamato would likely die.

Upon hearing this, Kimimaro remained silent and turned back to Kisame's side.

Yamato, on the other hand, plopped down on the ground, his eyes losing their luster.

303. Seven years later

The grand stage of the sacred tree was completely silent.

To everyone's surprise, the third match, which should have been the most crucial and exciting, was forced to end before it even began, due to Tsunade's voluntary surrender.

Such a disappointing ending left Temari, Deidara, and others on the sidelines somewhat bewildered.

The only explanation is that Kimimaro was too strong, so much so that Tsunade believed Yamato had no chance of winning and that it would be better to just admit defeat.

"Kimimaro, he actually made the opponent admit defeat just by his aura. He truly lives up to his reputation as our captain."

Karin and Shiro exchanged a glance, a sense of pride welling up within them.

Tsunade was silent for a moment, then walked up to her disciples and said to them, "Don't worry, I won't blame you, because I know you've all done your best, including Yamato. You're on vacation from now on, go have some fun."

After saying that, he waved his hand, signaling everyone to disperse.

Upon hearing this, the little devils looked at each other, and none of them moved.

Ok?

Seeing this, Tsunade frowned and raised her voice, shouting, "Didn't you hear me? Get out of here!"

Upon hearing this, the disciples all showed expressions of fear and scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.

Seeing this, Kisame smiled silently, and then instructed Kimimaro and the other two, "You should go back first. You've been away from the village for three months. Yuki-onna and Haruna must be very worried about you."

Upon hearing this, the three nodded, silently passed by Tsunade, and left the Divine Tree Grand Stage.

After everyone else had left, only Kisame and Tsunade remained. He strode towards Tsunade, whose face was grim and whose fists were clenched, and soon stood before her.

The two faced each other, less than a meter apart.

"It seems I've won. You should keep your promise, Tsunade," Kisame declared, looking down at Tsunade with the air of a victor.

Tsunade didn't speak, but from her clenched fists, the bulging veins on the back of her hands and forehead, and the anger in her eyes, it was clear that she was extremely unwilling.

The two stared at each other in silence for a long while.

Just when Kisame thought that Tsunade was probably going to renege on the bet, the anger in her eyes suddenly vanished without a trace, replaced by joy and sweetness.

"Kisame-sama!"

The next second, Tsunade suddenly threw herself into Kisame's arms, pressing herself tightly against his body.

Kisame paused for a moment, then smiled and put his arm around Tsunade, saying gently, "Katsuyu, it's been a long time."

at the same time.

Inside the treehouse of the Divine Tree, Hinata Hyuga, lying on the bed, opened her Byakugan and peered through the large stage below, just in time to see Kisame and Tsunade embracing each other tenderly.

"what!"

She gasped in surprise, quickly averting her gaze with disbelief on her face.

"Hinata, did you see the result? Who won?" Otsutsuki Toneri asked curiously from the side.

"I am not."

Hinata stammered, still in a state of extreme shock, and didn't come to her senses for a long time.

What are Tsunade and the masked teacher up to?

Young Hinata couldn't comprehend what she had just witnessed. So she could only shake her head vigorously, trying to forget what she had seen.

Time flies like an arrow.

Time flies, and before we knew it, a month had passed since Kisame and Tsunade's duel.

The morning was sunny and breezy.

Amidst the melodious chirping of birds, a ray of sunlight streamed through the window into the treehouse, illuminating Tsunade's beautiful face.

"Um"

She let out a soft groan, slowly opened her eyes, and awoke from her sleep.

Today is the day she will exchange bodies with the live slug.

Strange, even though she had slept all night, she should be full of energy, but Tsunade felt numb and weak all over.

However, when she finally regained consciousness, her eyes suddenly shrank, and her face turned extremely horrified.

She realized that she was hugging Kisame Hoshigaki, with her arms around his neck and her thighs draped over him.

What drove Tsunade even more crazy was that neither she nor Kisame were wearing clothes.

Intimacy.

The next second, a flood of memories from the live slug surged from the depths of her mind. Everything that happened in this treehouse last night, scene after scene, left Tsunade dumbfounded and completely stunned.

In the end, it still came to this.

Born in the tenth year of Konoha, Tsunade, now in her forties, finally matured last night and became a true woman.

And the man she grew up with happened to be the guy she hated most in the world, Kisame Hoshigaki.

A myriad of emotions converged within Tsunade, ultimately culminating in a scream:

"what!"

The piercing scream echoed over Kirigakure, startling a flock of birds perched on the sacred tree. It also made the early-rising villagers of Kirigakure look up at the sacred tree in surprise, wondering what had happened.

Time continued to pass.

In the blink of an eye, several years have passed.

In the past few years, the ninja world has undergone some changes, but not many.

The Land of Wind.

With Nagato's death and the destruction of the Akatsuki, Amegakure quickly declined. After that, a group of exiled ninjas, under the guise of being descendants of Sunagakure, grew in strength over the next few years and eventually controlled the entire Land of Wind.

The Sand Village, which was once destroyed by Nagato's Shinra Tensei, has now returned to the ninja world and once again become one of the five great ninja villages.

However, this Sand Village and the original one have nothing in common except for the name.

The Land of Earth.

After suffering a crushing defeat in the Fourth Shinobi World War, losing the Third Tsuchikage Onoki and two tailed beasts, Iwagakure, under the leadership of Yotsuchi, spent a long period of biding its time and building up its strength.

The Fourth Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi, protected his village while raising his genius daughter, Kurotsuchi, living a quiet and unassuming life in a secluded corner of the ninja world.

The Land of Fire.

In recent years, nothing earth-shattering has happened in Konoha Village. The most eye-catching event, however, occurred with the Uchiha clan.

Several years ago, ever since Fugaku Uchiha made a grave mistake and was removed from his position as elder by Minato Namikaze, and the power of the police force was also reduced, the Uchiha clan has not had a good time.

As time went on, the Uchiha clan grew increasingly dissatisfied with the village's leadership, accumulating a great deal of resentment, like a powder keg about to be ignited.

The Konoha leadership also noticed this trend, so they turned Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi against their own side, ordering them to monitor the Uchiha clan and guard against a coup.

If this continues, it seems the story of the night of genocide from the original work is about to unfold again.

But one night two years ago, Shisui and Itachi suddenly did something shocking: they joined forces to assassinate the clan leader, Uchiha Fugaku, and then defected from the village that same night.

This incident caused a stir throughout Konoha. Soon after, Hokage Minato Namikaze declared the two to be rogue ninja and dispatched elite troops to hunt them down.

After losing their clan leader, Shisui, and Itachi—the three strongest fighters—overnight, the Uchiha clan was leaderless, and their original rebellion plan quickly fell through.

Soon after, Konoha's elite forces located Shisui and Itachi, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

During this process, Shisui and Itachi, who were outnumbered, quickly fell into a disadvantageous position. Perhaps in order to cover Itachi's retreat, Shisui chose to lure the enemy away alone, resulting in his death.

Despite being severely injured, Itachi awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan on the spot after witnessing Shisui's death and killed all the enemies.

After that, Itachi Uchiha disappeared without a trace and remains an S-rank rogue ninja wanted by Konoha with a bounty of 50 million ryo.

In any case, after this incident, the once glorious Uchiha clan was completely devastated.

The last hope of this clan is Sasuke, the youngest son of Fugaku Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha's younger brother. He is considered the last genius of the Uchiha clan and shoulders the mission of reviving the clan.

Compared to the Uchiha clan, the Hyuga clan is in a slightly better situation.

Despite the kidnapping of Hinata, the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan, Hinata has never been favored within the clan since birth, and has even been neglected by her father, Hiashi Hyuga.

After Hinata was taken away by the Thunder God Messenger from Kumokage Village, the Hyuga clan made no effort to rescue her.

The following year, Hyuga Hiashi gave birth to another daughter, named Hyuga Hanabi.

Unlike her older sister Hinata, Hanabi displayed extraordinary talent from a young age and was deeply loved by Hiashi Hyuga, who devoted all his energy to nurturing her.

Hanabi, at such a young age, is already on par with Uchiha Sasuke, a rare genius in Konoha. If nothing unexpected happens, she will likely inherit the position of head of the Hyuga main clan in the future.

The Land of Thunder.

Several years ago, the sudden appearance of Takemikaze resolved the long-standing internal strife in Kumokage Village, bringing the village back on track.

Since then, Samin and Mabui have become Raijin's right-hand men, loyally assisting Lord Takemikaze Raijin and driving the development of Kumokage Village.

During this period, Cloud Shadow Village occasionally engaged in some economic exchanges with Mist Hidden Village across the sea, but not much.

As for Kirigakure Village.

In recent years, the Land of Water has become increasingly isolated, almost cutting off all communication with the outside world, and has become an isolated island in the ninja world.

In the eyes of other ninja villages, Kirigakure became even more mysterious, unknown to the outside world.

In reality, this village, which was gradually being forgotten, experienced rapid development.