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

"Lord Kisame, please keep your voice down..."

Scarface quickly made a shushing gesture, nervously peered outside the cell, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he found no one else had heard.

Then, he pulled Kisame to a corner and whispered mysteriously to him:

"I know you came to Ghost Lantern Castle to sincerely repent for your sins and never thought about escaping. But unfortunately, this prison is not the place of redemption you imagined, but a terrible place that uses prisoners for human experiments. What's even more terrifying is that the city lord here, Wuwei, may already have his eye on you."

After speaking, Scarface showed Kisame some evidence, which he had collected from various places after entering the prison.

This guy is no simpleton either.

Kisame looked at the evidence and became even more wary of Scarface.

But he continued to pretend on the surface, his expression shifting from suspicion to shock, and after seeing all the evidence, his face changed drastically, and he began to believe most of what Scarface had said.

Of course, Kisame was already fully aware of the situation at Hozuki Castle.

After a moment of silence.

"What's your plan?" Kisame asked Scarface in a low voice, feigning a serious expression.

"Lord Kisame, I've figured out the prison's layout over the past few days and discovered two feasible escape routes. When the guards change shifts, we'll each choose one route and escape separately, which will greatly increase our chances of a successful breakout and ensure that at least one of us gets out of this hellhole."

Scarface pulled a hand-drawn map from the sole of his shoe and showed Kisame his meticulously prepared prison break plan.

According to Scarface, if either of the two manages to escape and reveal the dark events that have occurred in Hozuki Castle to the entire ninja world, then the Grass Village leadership, headed by Muwei, will be finished.

When the prison closes down, both of them will be saved.

Moreover, thanks to his achievement of revealing the dark truth of Hozuki Castle, he might be spared imprisonment.

"When do you plan to make your move?" Kisame seemed interested.

“Tonight is the best time. The longer we delay, the greater the risk of being exposed,” Scarface said decisively.

"it is good!"

Kisame's eyes gleamed, and he bumped fists with Scarface, decisively finalizing the prison break plan.

late at night.

The cell was silent, except for the occasional sound of a prisoner snoring.

Scarface and Kisame hadn't slept, and finally began their operation during the break when the prison guards changed shifts.

Scarface tiptoed to the cell door, opened his mouth and spat out a piece of wire, then reached into the lock and fiddled with it for a while.

A snap.

The cell door opened in less than ten seconds.

"Walk."

Kisame let out a low shout and fled with Scarface, quickly passing through cell after cell until they reached the end of the corridor.

As planned, the two fled separately, one on the left and one on the right.

However, after running a distance, Scarface stopped and waited patiently.

A short while later.

Sure enough, from another direction of the prison came the stern shouts of the prison guards, followed by a flurry of lights and the piercing sound of an alarm.

Swish.

Scarface formed hand seals and leaped onto the ceiling of the corridor, his figure quickly becoming transparent and invisible.

The Rain Village excels at pushing each ninja's abilities to their limits and has developed many unique techniques, especially assassination techniques.

As Hanzo's left-hand man, Scarface, an elite Rain Ninja, is one of the best among them.

He is proficient in reconnaissance, infiltration, and assassination.

"Quick, someone's escaped from prison!"

A group of prison guards carrying batons and matchlock guns rushed through the corridor, completely unaware that someone was overhead.

Scarface landed silently.

The Heavenly Prison spell that should have been on him had been quietly dispelled at some point.

Scarface had been preparing for this undercover mission for a long time, and had repeatedly and carefully studied the imprisonment techniques of the Grass Ninja Village. Finally, he came up with a way to deceive Wuwei.

"Hopefully this idiot can drag this out a bit longer."

He sneered, and taking advantage of Kisame attracting most of the prison guards' attention, he climbed up the outer wall of the prison like a gecko and silently made his way to the tallest building in Hozuki Castle.

That was Wuwei's office.

It turns out that all of this was Scarface's plan.

There are two reasons why he chose Kisame as a sacrifice.

Firstly, it's because of Kisame's eccentric personality and formidable strength.

Only a prison break by someone like that could create a big enough commotion to give Scarface the opportunity to sneak deep into Ghost Lantern Castle and search for the Box of Elysium.

The second reason is purely a personal grudge.

On the way to Hozuki Castle, Kisame, the guy who hitched a ride on the prison cart, bullied him terribly the whole way. Scarface, on the other hand, had no choice but to endure the humiliation because he was on an undercover mission.

Now I've finally gotten my revenge.

?

The answer is: no.

Because, no sooner had the scarred man left than Kisame returned.

After separating from Scarface, he temporarily suppressed the Heavenly Prison Technique within his body and used chakra to create two shadow clones.

One of the shadow clones transformed into the appearance of Scarface and swaggered out of prison, only to be discovered; the other shadow clone returned to its cell and obediently went to sleep.

As for Kisame's true form, he activated the "Change" sigma on his right shoulder once more, transforming into an unfamiliar appearance.

Then, using the Explosion Release chakra he had secretly left in the soles of Scarface's shoes over the past two days, he sensed the latter's whereabouts and quietly followed him.

Ten minutes later.

Inside a spacious conference room in the main building of Hozuki Castle.

The city lord, Wuwei, sat separately from a group of people dressed in red and black cloaks and wearing cow and horse masks, across a huge round table.

These people are all high-ranking members of the Grass Ninja Village, and they are holding a secret meeting.

"The Land of Grass is situated between the three great powers of Fire, Wind, and Earth. Every time a Shinobi World War breaks out, our country becomes a chessboard for these great powers to vie for supremacy, resulting in countless deaths and injuries among the ninjas and civilians of the Grass Village. This tragedy must be stopped!"

"The situation in Amegakure is similar to ours, but that village has a demigod of the ninja world—Hanzo of the Salamander—which is why the other ninja villages dare not invade. Wuwei, your mission is to open the Box of Bliss, obtain powerful strength from it, and become our Kusagakure's Hanzo, or even surpass Hanzo!"

"..."

These high-ranking members of the Grass Ninja clan spoke to Wuwei, each one speaking with great emotion.

Within the Hidden Grass Village, there have always been two opposing forces.

One faction, known as Kusanagi no Mi, wanted to use the power of the Paradise Box to revitalize Kusagakure; the other faction opposed the war and wanted to permanently seal the Kusanagi no Hana of the Paradise Box.

Over the years, Grass Fruit has gradually gained the upper hand. Wuwei and the people in the conference room are all members of Grass Fruit.

"I have a list here, all carefully selected prisoners. Their chakra might be able to help us open the Chest of Elysium."

As Wuwei spoke, he took out a list and showed it to the members of the Grass Fruit group present.

The name Kisame Hoshigaki is prominently featured among them.

Besides Kisame, another prisoner was also on the list—Yakura, the Scorching Release user from Sunagakure.

97. What a coincidence, you're an undercover agent too!

The Ghost Lantern Castle hides a great secret.

Who would have thought that the purpose of the Grass Ninja Village building a prison here was to extract the chakra of the prisoners in order to open the ancient Box of Bliss?

The list of sacrifices carefully selected by Wuwei consisted mainly of Jonin from various ninja villages, including the genius female ninja from Sunagakure, Scorching Release: Pakura.

Kisame Hoshigaki is the only Chunin on the list because, according to information from the Hidden Grass Village, Kisame won first place in the Chunin Exams held in Konoha a few months ago, and his chakra reserves are enormous, comparable to those of a Jonin.

Moreover, the day Kisame went to prison left a deep impression on Wuwei.

Unfortunately.

In this prison, any inmate who is targeted by Wuwei is not far from death.

Unbeknownst to the group, a thief was hiding on the roof beam of the conference room, eavesdropping on their conversation.

It's the invisible scarred face.

"The Box of Bliss is indeed in the Ghost Lantern Castle prison."

Opening this box requires drawing chakra from so many people; it seems those rumors are true.

These overconfident fools actually mentioned Lord Hanzo. How dare a mere nobody try to compare himself to a demigod? What a joke!

The Box of Bliss will surely fall into the hands of Amegakure, helping Lord Hanzo unify the ninja world.

Scarface thought to himself, these thoughts flashing through his mind.

While the group of people from Kusanoshi were having a meeting, he quietly turned and left, intending to go to Wuwei's office to investigate.

However, what Scarface never expected was—

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

Kisame followed behind Scarface and overheard Wuwei and the others' conversation through the wall.

"Let's have some fun."

He whispered something, formed a hand seal, and instantly detonated the Explosion Release chakra from the sole of Scarface's shoe.

With a "bang".

A dazzling flame lit up the roof beam, followed by splattered blood and the scarred man's screams.

After he was injured, his invisibility was also canceled.