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

"Who?!"

The members of Wuwei and Caozhishi were all startled and looked up.

This high-level meeting of the Grass Ninja, which involved the Box of Paradise, was overheard.

Whoosh whoosh.

Without any orders from Wuwei, several high-ranking members of the Grass Ninja, wearing cow and horse masks, leaped onto the roof beams and launched an attack on Scarface.

Damn it, what on earth is going on?

Scarface roared inwardly, desperately trying to break through the encirclement, but he was already injured and lacked the strength to do so.

"Certainly!"

A high-ranking member of the Grass Ninja cast a binding spell, freezing Scarface in place like a statue, unable to move an inch.

Then, with a bang, he threw Scarface off the roof beam.

"Wuwei, who is this person? Is he also a prisoner in the prison? Why doesn't he have the Fire Release: Heavenly Prison technique on him?"

The people asked Wuwei about the fruit of the grass.

Wuwei squatted down, scrutinized the scarred face, and gradually frowned.

As a prison warden in charge of thousands of prisoners, he had an excellent memory, one could say he could remember everything he saw.

Furthermore, the scarred face made it easy for Wuwei to quickly recognize that the other person was a prisoner from Amegakure who had just arrived at the Ghost Lantern Castle prison a few days earlier.

not good.

Wuwei's expression suddenly changed, and he had an extremely ominous thought.

"What's wrong?" Kusanagi and the others asked.

"This person is very likely an undercover agent sent by Amegakure. We... are afraid that we have been targeted by that demigod of the ninja world."

Wuwei stood up, took a deep breath, and slowly spoke.

"What?!" Upon hearing this, the members of Kusanagi and the others panicked.

Grass Village and Rain Village are very close neighbors.

For many years, the higher-ups of the Grass Ninja have carefully guarded the secret of the Box of Bliss, but they can't help but feel uneasy, worried that their fierce neighbor might covet this treasure.

Unexpectedly, their worst fears came true.

Huh?

Even Kisame, who was hiding in the shadows, couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

At this moment, he wanted to say to Scarface: What a coincidence, you're an undercover agent too.

What surprised Kisame even more was that the scarred man also seemed to be after the Box of Elysium. Moreover, he was acting on the orders of the demigod of the ninja world—Hanzo the Salamander.

Now it's interesting.

Inside the conference room, the Grass Ninja's high-ranking officials were in complete chaos. After all, a person's reputation is invaluable, and the intimidating power of the name Hanzo was simply too great.

"Tell me, did Hanzo send you? Confess everything honestly!" A high-ranking member of the Grass Ninja grabbed Scarface by the collar and questioned him loudly.

"Humph."

Scarface gave a cold laugh, his gaze mocking, without uttering a single word.

With the mission failing, he was clearly prepared to die.

"Wuwei, what should we do now?" everyone asked.

"What's the panic? If Hanzo really had that ability, he would have attacked long ago. Why resort to such petty tricks and send undercover agents to sneak in? Don't forget, this is our territory. Whoever covets the Box of Bliss, we will make them pay the most painful price."

Wuwei remained calm, his tone firm and cold.

With him as their pillar of support, the members of the Grass Fruit gradually recovered from their panic.

The next question is how to deal with Scarface, the infiltrator.

"Don't waste your energy interrogating him; he definitely won't reveal any information. However, since he's here for the Chest of Bliss, let's be merciful this once and take him there before he dies."

Wuwei looked down at the scarred man and revealed a playful smile.

"Hehehe." The members of Kusanagi present also laughed knowingly.

The group escorted Scarface out of the conference room and headed straight for Wuwei's office.

Kisame followed silently.

The group walked through a long corridor and arrived at their destination.

Squeak.

Wuwei pushed open the office door and walked in, where he saw a row of huge bookshelves.

He walked straight to the middle bookshelf, found the third blue book from the left, and then pried it off.

With a loud bang.

The mechanism was activated, and the bookshelves slowly opened to both sides, revealing a hidden door in front of everyone.

Wuwei and the others filed in.

After entering the hidden door, there was a winding staircase leading downwards. The length of this staircase was unknown, and its end seemed to extend into a dark abyss.

It makes people feel uneasy and fearful.

The group of men escorted Scarface down the steps.

Ten minutes later.

After walking up the steps, the group arrived at a spacious laboratory.

In the very center of the laboratory, there was an operating table stained with blood, with various instruments of torture, equipment, and bottles and jars arranged on both sides.

Clearly, this is where Wuwei and his associates persecuted prison inmates.

boom.

Scarface was pinned to the operating table.

Then, Wuwei took a syringe and injected a drug into Scarface's vein, instantly paralyzing the latter's body so that he couldn't even move a finger.

"You're looking for the Chest of Ecstasy, aren't you? It's right in front of you."

Wuwei looked at the scarred face, which was filled with terror, and smiled.

Scarface looked ahead and saw a large door over six meters high directly opposite the operating table. A lifelike human face was carved on the door, its expression filled with indescribable sorrow.

Is the Chest of Bliss... just behind this door?

However, what Wuwei said next made Scarface's eyes widen in disbelief.

98. Kisame's amulet

“My family has been doorkeepers for generations, which literally means guarding a door. Yes, the door I need to guard is this one.”

Wuwei suddenly raised his voice and pointed to the large door, "That is the Box of Bliss!"

Not only him, but other high-ranking members of the Grass Ninja also fell into a state of fanaticism.

They stood around the operating table, circling the scarred man, muttering incantations as if performing some kind of devout prayer ritual.

At the crowd's call, the human face on the door slowly opened its huge mouth and emitted a hurricane-like suction force.

"what!"

Scarface let out a scream as his chakra surged from his abdomen, forming a purple energy stream that continuously flowed into the Box of Elysium.

During this process, Scarface's body was visibly wasting away, and he was completely drained.

In less than a minute, it became a dried-up corpse.

But the Box of Bliss seems far from being satisfied.

Kisame watched all of this unfold from the shadows.

At that moment, the cheat device in his mind emitted an unprecedentedly strong signal, forming two completely opposite emotions within him.

These two opposing emotions clashed violently.

One is desire, the other is fear.

Kisame yearned for it because the Box of Bliss was one of the most powerful Six Paths-level ninja tools in the world, and if he could devour it, he could gain unimaginable power.

The fear stemmed from the fact that the cheat device in Kisame's mind sensed danger and issued a death warning to him.

Given Kisame's current physical strength and chakra reserves, if he succumbs to temptation and forcibly devours the Box of Elysium, the consequence would likely be a moth drawn to a flame, leading to his own demise.

He needs time to develop his potential to the limit and reach the level of a "tailless tailed beast" from his previous life's peak ahead of schedule.

This is a prerequisite for devouring the Box of Bliss.

Before that, Kisame realized that he had to wait patiently.

So, while Wuwei and the others were still caught up in the frenzy and their attention was drawn to the Box of Bliss, he blended into the darkness and quietly left.

Ten minutes later.

Kisame successfully evaded the sight of all the prison guards and inmates, returned to the cell, and replaced the shadow clone left there.

At the same time, he also remotely dispelled the shadow clone that was impersonating Scarface—the latter had been leading a large portion of the prison guards of Ghost Lantern City in circles around the prison, delaying a considerable amount of time.

Kisame lay on the bed, pretending to be fast asleep.

A few minutes later.

dong dong dong.

A series of hurried footsteps came from the corridor, indicating that quite a few people had arrived.

With a loud clang.

The cell door was pushed open, and the prison captain and his men burst in, waking Kisame.

Scarface and Kisame were cellmates, and it's hard to say that Kisame was completely unaware of the former's escape; he's likely implicated.