Chapter 66: I Was Joking, Don't Pester Us

Chapter 66: I Was Joking, Don't Pester Us

In reality, Kitahara had no intention of inducing Kisame Hoshigaki's surrender. Its main purpose was to cause trouble for Uchiha Obito.

Kisame Hoshigaki's own honest and straightforward character made him relatively easy to trust. Kitahara just treated him as a nail placed casually, to be used for getting under someone's skin.

The thought of a future Uchiha Obito attempting to recruit Kisame, only to be backstabbed by him...

The crow couldn't help but feel a sense of joy.

After the initial exchange, Kisame Hoshigaki had come to accept what Kitahara said, but he immediately raised a difficulty, "I don't know if I'm considered an enemy or a comrade in the village right now..."

"If someone really is controlling the Fourth, what should I do when I encounter that person? Where should I send the intelligence? He used the Fourth to drive me out of the village, where should I go to find you?"

Kitahara: "..."

It was stumped by Kisame Hoshigaki's questions.

You don't need to contact us!

You can go wherever you want!

You can do whatever you want!

Isn't it good to just act as if we were never together after a breakup... Do you have to have another story happen to be satisfied?

As long as you don't defect to Obito, you can even go and snatch the position of Fifth Mizukage! Why do you have to latch on...

This part, however, couldn't be blamed on Kisame Hoshigaki.

Kisame Hoshigaki had no friends in the Hidden Mist Village, no comrades. Because of his appearance and his style of carrying out missions, no one was willing to get close to him.

The promising ninjas of the Hidden Mist, like Mangetsu Hozuki and Mei Terumi, wouldn't think of befriending an ordinary ANBU member who liked to kill his own comrades.

Moreover, in this mission, he had killed the only person in the Hidden Mist Village who was willing to treat him gently.

Encountering Kitahara and Uchiha Itachi, this pair who were trying to induce his surrender, the shark-faced man was a bit tempted.

Look at the ninjas of Konoha! When one ninja gets into trouble, other ninjas risk their lives to come to the rescue! Might Guy was still lying not far away!

Look at the missions the Hidden Mist Village assigned him. If a certain mission failed, he was to eliminate the ninjas who carried out the mission along with the mission target...

The Hidden Mist's leadership was truly clean and decisive in handling such matters...

Kisame Hoshigaki never wanted to be a tool for killing his own comrades. In his heart, he had once held expectations for friendship.

The Hidden Mist Village truly gave him no chance. The blood of fellow village ninjas on his hands increased, and he had long since lost that kind of yearning...

Now, two characters suddenly appeared. Not only were they ridiculously strong, but the meaning behind their words was: here's a job that's both easy and can save your village, come work with us!

"Why aren't you guys talking..."

Kisame Hoshigaki looked at the silent little boy and the crow and couldn't help but roll his eyes at them, "You're not going to tell me you didn't even think of this, are you!"

"I've only just been a ninja for a year..." Uchiha Itachi looked at the crow embarrassedly, "Kitahara, do you have any ideas?"

"..."

There was dead silence. Speaking the truth was definitely impossible. It really wanted to use Kisame to get under Obito's skin, so it could only resign itself to leaving a crow-shaped seal on Kisame Hoshigaki and Samehada.

"Caw!"

Kitahara raised its head. When you need to find me, try to weaken this mark with chakra. I'll rush over immediately after sensing it... Just have the shark fin ready.

"Flying Thunder God Technique?"

The words sounded familiar to Uchiha Itachi, who asked in surprise, "When did Kitahara learn the Flying Thunder God Technique!"

"Caw..."

Kitahara gave its cub a sidelong glance. This matter cannot be revealed to the outside... Right now, Flying Thunder God users are a taboo in Konoha.

Hearing their words, Kisame Hoshigaki's bean-sized eyes immediately sparkled. This crow's strength was truly reliable; it even knew a space-time ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Technique.

At the end of the Third Shinobi World War, the Hidden Mist Village was thrashed by Minato Namikaze. The reputation of the "Yellow Flash" and the Flying Thunder God Technique had risen by several levels.

"Since there's nothing else, I'll be leaving first."

The matter having been discussed, Kisame Hoshigaki shouldered the greatsword Samehada, "As for the Ibiki Morino you're looking for, he should be in the woods behind."

"Fuguki Suikazan had originally returned Ibiki Morino to that green jumpsuit guy..."

"But that guy, like a madman, only chased after Fuguki, kicking him away!"

Before leaving, Kisame Hoshigaki glanced at Might Guy and sighed with a "tsk tsk," "You guys go look for him. I don't know if he's still alive..."

Kitahara: "..."

Uchiha Itachi: "..."

A rational discussion: could a kick from a Six-Gates Guy, delivered by chance, kill someone? This question would soon have an answer.

The answer was no.

But if that person was thin-skinned, they might have suicidal thoughts. Ibiki Morino's skin was much thicker than most people's.

Uchiha Itachi carried Might Guy and saw Ibiki Morino, who had successfully escaped for the second time in Konoha... He happened to be hanging from a tree.

He was glaring at the people watching him: Uchiha Shisui and four ANBU members who had come as support.

Although the person in the lead wore a mask, his white hair couldn't hide his identity.

Kakashi Hatake stood beside Ibiki Morino, poking at his dangling head, "What happened?"

"..."

Ibiki Morino refused to answer any questions. He was from the Torture and Interrogation Unit; he would never speak of such an embarrassing matter.

"This person is hopeless. Let's continue the pursuit!"

Kakashi waved his hand indifferently, and the remaining three ANBU members indeed looked ready to leave.

The other honest person in the ninja world chuckled awkwardly, "That's not very nice, Senior Kakashi..."

"Hmm, Uchiha Shisui... I heard that after you join ANBU, you might be assigned to my squad?" Kakashi stroked his chin, glancing at him with feigned innocence.

"..."

Don't make your intention to use public office for private revenge so obvious!

"Alright, Kakashi Hatake, I'll remember you..." After letting out a threat, Ibiki Morino struggled to lift his head, "That madman named Might Guy did this!"

When he was thrown out by Fuguki Suikazan, the astonishingly powerful Might Guy had unconsciously kicked him away.

"Oh? You guys take him back to the village then!"

Kakashi Hatache waved his hand, signaling his comrades to rescue Ibiki Morino. Might Guy and the pursuit had nothing to do with them; their mission was to rescue the Torture and Interrogation Captain at all costs.

"What about you, Captain?"

"I'm going to help collect the bodies of those two invading Mist ninjas!"

Given Kakashi's style, he wouldn't abandon Might Guy. Even though the guy's clothes were annoying, and even though he always found strange reasons to fight... he was still a comrade.

"Senior Kakashi, I'll go with you!" Uchiha Shisui stood beside him. With Kitahara by Itachi's side, nothing should go wrong, right?

"No, perhaps we don't need to go."

Kakashi Hatake looked up, watching the little boy descending from the sky with a tall young man slung over his back. He took a step forward, "Thanks, hand him over to me!"

(End of this chapter)