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

"I don't understand what the adults are talking about."

Kisame pretends to be stupid. He'll deny it to the death until he's completely exposed.

"Hmph, you've got a tough tongue."

Fuguki snorted coldly, threw the document aside, and said to Kisame in a deep voice, "Regardless of whether you did it or not, the Fuji family is now putting pressure on the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and the Daimyo has found Kirigakure and is demanding that you be executed. Give them an explanation."

When the word "execution" was uttered, the pufferfish demon's voice turned icy, instantly lowering the atmosphere in the room to freezing point.

Kisame finally raised his head, looked straight at the pufferfish demon, and stopped pretending.

Since the Samehada sword is right in front of us, why don't we... just grab it?

Kisame quickly weighed the options in his mind.

With Samehada in hand, Fuguki already possesses Kage-level strength, and this place is also an Anbu base, with hordes of Anbu ninjas outside...

Taking action against the will would be too risky.

Although Kisame's strength had grown, his mentality remained unchanged; he was as cautious and prudent as ever. Directly confronting the entire Kirigakure ANBU was not in line with his preferred style of warfare, which favored ambush and stealth.

Once you make a mistake, there will be no going back.

Then...how about we find a way to leave?

Kisame calmed down and began to consider retreating. He glanced at Samehada, who was right in front of him, and thought to himself that he could only look for another opportunity later.

So, under the pufferfish demon's gaze, his expression changed several times, finally feigning fear as he pleaded with the demon:

"Then... Lord Pufferfish Demon, what are your plans for dealing with me?"

The pufferfish demon squinted its eyes.

"To be honest, you were a rare genius, and it's a real pity that you died like this. But you can escape the death penalty, but you can't escape punishment, so I've decided to send you to the Hozuki Castle prison to serve your sentence. This way, I can give the Fuji family an explanation."

He slowly opened his mouth and pronounced Kisame's fate.

Hozuki Castle Prison?

Kisame paused for a moment when he heard those words, but quickly remembered what kind of place it was.

First of all, Hozuki Castle and the Hozuki clan of Kirigakure have no relation whatsoever.

Hozuki was originally the name of a type of sour berry. The so-called Hozuki Castle is a small island near Kusagakure, surrounded by the sea, and named for the abundance of Hozuki berries growing on it.

The prison in Hozuki Castle is a prison built by the Grass Village at the request of various major countries, specifically for imprisoning criminal ninjas!

85. Not in jail, but an undercover agent.

In various countries and ninja villages, any ninja who commits a serious crime that violates the rules will be escorted to Hozuki Castle.

The person in charge there is skilled in sealing techniques. He can embed chains that bind chakra into the bodies of criminal ninjas, restricting their ability to gather chakra and thus rendering them unable to use ninjutsu, making them no different from ordinary people.

This method was used to brutally suppress and control offending ninjas.

Moreover, if a prisoner attempts to escape, the sealing technique within his body will transform into chains of flame, burning him alive.

Since its construction, the Hozuki Castle Prison has been highly praised. No matter what kind of criminals they are, they can all turn over a new leaf after going there.

It's basically a place where you can never return.

It's similar to the legendary hell.

The pufferfish demon had been observing Kisame's reaction, and Kisame's behavior after hearing the verdict was much calmer than he had expected.

Hmm, not bad.

The pufferfish demon nodded slightly; it seemed he hadn't misjudged the person.

So, he softened his tone slightly and continued speaking to Kisame:

"Kisame Hoshigaki, don't despair just yet. Don't forget, you are now a member of the Kirigakure Anbu, my subordinate. The reason I sent you to Hozuki Castle this time is not to put you in jail, but to infiltrate your unit."

Undercover?

"Please enlighten me, sir." Kisame pretended to be all ears.

"I recently received classified information. According to the information, an internal strife of unknown cause has occurred in Sunagakure. In this internal strife, Pakura, the Scorching Release ninja who killed three of my Kirigakure members, Kurosuki Raiga, Kurihara Kushimaru, and Murashi Jinpachi, has committed a serious crime and has been exiled to Hozuki Castle Prison to serve his sentence."

Fuguki slowly revealed a shocking piece of news, then instructed Kisame, "Your mission is to infiltrate that prison and find a way to kill Yekura, eliminating this enemy for Kirigakure."

Is there internal strife in Sunagakure, and Yokura is serving time in prison?

After hearing what Fuguki said, Kisame roughly guessed that the Third Kazekage must have gone missing.

To be precise, the strongest Kazekage in history was secretly killed by Sasori of the Red Sand, who was 16 years old at the time, leaving Sunagakure in a leaderless situation.

What happened there was probably similar to what happened in the recent Mist Village; it was nothing more than a power struggle.

Kisame thought he could change Yokura's fate.

Now it seems that things have indeed changed, but they've gotten worse.

He was sent straight to prison.

It seems that she must have had a very unpleasant encounter with the other members of Sunagakure.

Let's return to this task.

On the surface, sending a newly promoted Chunin to Hozuki Castle prison as a criminal, whether to serve time in jail or to assassinate Yoshikura, an elite Jonin from an enemy village, is practically suicide.

But if Kisame doesn't agree, he won't have to go to prison; he'll be killed on the spot right here.

"Is there anything else you don't understand about this mission?" Pufferfish Demon asked, tapping his fingers on the armrest of his chair.

"Kisame will obey your orders, sir, and will certainly complete the mission to the death."

Kisame spoke firmly and bowed deeply.

His agreement to the pufferfish demon wasn't a delaying tactic, nor was it to rescue Yekura; rather—

He suddenly remembered something from the Ghost Lantern Castle prison.

Compared to that thing, even the Samehada sword in front of him, the ninja sword most suitable for Kisame, seemed utterly unattractive to him at this moment.

"Good, as expected of the ninja I have high hopes for."

The pufferfish demon nodded in satisfaction, clapped his hands, and several ANBU ninjas appeared out of thin air, carrying shackles as they walked towards Kisame.

It seems these people had set up an ambush long ago; thankfully, they didn't act rashly.

Kisame willingly stretched out his hands, was shackled, and then was taken away.

He will be imprisoned in the temporary cell of Kirigakure, and will be sent out of the village early tomorrow morning to the Hozuki Castle prison.

Seeing Kisame being taken away, Fuguki secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he really admired Kisame Hoshigaki, especially now that there was a shortage of talent and he needed to cultivate such a young genius into a trusted confidant.

Even if he faces questioning from the Fuji family, he has plenty of ways to protect Kisame if he wants to.

However, after carefully examining Kisame's ninja career, Fuguki discovered that this person was good in every way, except that he was a bit... a nemesis to his superiors.

Kisame's previous superiors all lost their lives for various reasons, which is quite strange.

The pufferfish thought long and hard, but still dared not keep such an unlucky creature by its side, so it came up with this idea.

Send Kisame to the Hozuki Castle prison.

The moonlight was cool and clear at night.

Pale moonlight streamed through the small window, illuminating the makeshift prison in Kirigakure. Outside, ANBU ninja patrolled back and forth, maintaining a tight guard.

Inside the cell was the notorious criminal Kisame Hoshigaki.

Being imprisoned would never make anyone happy, but Kisame was incredibly excited.

They even wished they could sprout wings and fly to the Ghost Lantern City prison to become prisoners.

Because there was something there that he desperately desired.

Its name is the Box of Bliss.

It is a ninja tool that the Sage of Six Paths is said to have used.

It is said that during the era of the Sage of Six Paths, the Hidden Grass Village launched war after war through the Box of Paradise, and almost gained control of the entire world.

According to Kisame's understanding.

The Box of Bliss, as the ultimate weapon of the Sage of Six Paths era, devoured the negative emotions in the hearts of countless people over a long period of time, eventually creating a monster called "Sūki".

This box was born from enlightenment, moved with enlightenment, and ended with enlightenment.

Satoru not only has the ability to read people's minds, but he is also incredibly powerful. In the original story, even someone like Gamabunta, upon seeing Satoru, immediately took Naruto and ran away without saying a word.

He would never win if he went head-to-head with Wu.

Later, Satoru was persuaded by Naruto's words and his strength was greatly reduced. He was then defeated by Naruto and others, and finally, he was thrown into the sea along with the Elysium Box by Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

"The Box of Elysium..."

Kisame muttered those four words.

So far, the ninja tools that Kisame has devoured have indeed made him much stronger.

He now possesses many powerful abilities comparable to bloodline limits. In terms of strength alone, at only thirteen years old, he is already capable of serving as the Kage of a village.

but.

Kisame did not experience a qualitative leap in his life form.

Even if he devoured a hundred of the Seven Ninja Swords and mastered a hundred bloodline limits or A-rank or higher ninjutsu, what difference would it make?

When facing enemies of the caliber of Hashirama Senju or Madara Uchiha, they would still be instantly killed by the opponent's devastating ninjutsu.

Kisame realized:

Once a ninja reaches the Kage level, every step they take to climb towards the higher "Super Kage" level, the pinnacle of the ninja world, or even the Six Paths level presents a huge bottleneck.

He is currently facing a bottleneck.

Therefore, Kisame desperately needs to devour an unprecedentedly powerful ninja tool in order to achieve a breakthrough in his life level.

Six Paths level ninja tools are the best choice.