In the wild stone gorge, the air is filled with refreshing cold water vapor.

In this hot season, it is one of the few places where people can calm down.

Kisame was covered in sweat and took off his upper body clothes, leaving his upper body naked. He had transformed from a boy into an adult. His body was much stronger than before, and his muscles were unusually developed.

After a whole day of training, Kisame felt exhausted.

For a young and strong ninja, his age is a critical moment for rapid growth in strength.

Therefore, when there is no mission, Kisame prefers to find a secluded place to practice alone and continue to improve himself every day.

However, Kisame also pays great attention to his daily health, and his diet and sleep will be adequately ensured.

During my half-year spy training career in the Kingdom of Ghosts, I learned far more than just how to become an excellent and qualified spy, but more importantly, I gained a more scientific training method that can better maintain healthy growth of the body.

Because the place he will join later is not a simple organization, but a mysterious organization called "Akatsuki", but it is not well known to the world.

The leader of this organization possesses the legendary Rinnegan Eye, and the core members of the organization are many famous S-class defector ninjas in the ninja world.

Even Orochimaru, one of the three ninjas, has joined this organization, which shows that there are many masters among them.

If you are not strong enough, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this organization, let alone provide information about this organization to Kirigakure Village in the future, so that Kirigakure Village and the Kingdom of Ghosts have room to respond.

Kisame didn't know the specific things from his boss Yagura, but he also vaguely knew that Yagura and the man from the Kingdom of Demons were secretly plotting an earth-shattering plan that would be launched in the future, and the impact would be very serious.

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Among them, ‘Xiao’ is an important link in the plan.

This is also the fundamental reason why he is sent to Akatsuki to serve as a spy.

In order to give him enough time to become stronger, Yagura did not force him to perform the duties of Mizukage's guard, but tried his best to buy time for him to become stronger quickly.

He was very grateful for Yagura's unconditional trust and vowed to fulfill his duties and obligations as a Kirigakure ninja.

The ninjas and civilians in the village were understandably in awe of him.

But there is no need for a special explanation. Rather, these people's grudge against him also provided good material for his defection.

For the next mission, the more they hate themselves, the smoother their spy mission will progress.

He bent his body forward slightly, put his head into the water of the waterfall, and let his hair bathe in the natural water. A refreshing coolness poured into his heart, making Kisame feel comfortable.

The sultry heat of summer also dissipated a lot unconsciously.

After washing his hair, Kisame shook his hair to get rid of the water stains on his hair. He picked up the shirt next to him and put it on his shoulders casually. He then put the sword and Samehada behind his back and headed in the direction of Kirigakure Village.

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Back in Kirigakure Village, walking on the streets of the village, some people would occasionally point and point, but most people still looked at Kisame in awe and did not dare to look directly at him.

This is natural. As one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village, Kisame can be said to be a well-known figure in Kirigakure Village.

In the past, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were always regarded as heroes by the villagers in Kirigakure Village.

However, after the bloody mist incident, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were unnaturally burdened with a bloody name, and their reputation declined.

Even so, most villagers respect Kisame more than they reject him deep in their hearts.

Kisame ignored these people.

As a ninja, you must be prepared to sacrifice for the village at any time. Compared with his previous boss, Suikoyama Fuguki, Yagura can be said to be a Mizukage who is dedicated to the healthy development of Kirigakure Village.

Although he came to power through a coup, he will be criticized by many people, but he is not the same, and he also has a life stain like betraying his boss, Xiguashan Pufferfish.

In a sense, he and his current boss Yagura are both unique beings who have been criticized by some people.

Especially after becoming the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the pressure from public opinion became even greater.

His home is in a relatively remote medium-sized apartment building in the corner of the village.

When he took out the key and opened the door, he noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere in the room.

The window on the balcony opened at some point, and a man about ten years older than him was sitting on the sofa, wearing an eyepatch on his right eye, waiting for his arrival.

"It's illegal to break into a house without the owner's permission, isn't it, Senior Qing?"

Kisame grinned his sharp teeth and snorted, as if he was very dissatisfied with the other party's intrusion into his house.

In fact, I want to be dissatisfied. No matter who it is, I don’t want anyone to break into my house.

Even though ninjas can often act cheaply due to time constraints or urgent tasks, this approach is still not recommended.

However, most ninjas would turn a deaf ear to this rule.

Not just the Kirigakure ninjas, but many ninjas in the shinobi villages may have this bad habit.

The male ninja who came to his house was the same level as him and the bodyguard of the Fourth Mizukage Yagura, Jonin Ao.

He is a jounin with powerful sensory ninjutsu. His ability can be said to be a very important ability for Kirigakure Village.

When war breaks out, the strategic significance of perceptive ninjas will increase infinitely.

Ao didn't pay attention to Kisame's dissatisfaction and just said: "I will pay attention to it next time."

Kisame didn't take his words seriously.

Next time... wait until the next time, I will probably repeat the same mistake.

"So, you came here specifically to see Mizukage-sama. Do you have any tasks for me to handle?" Kisame asked with interest.

It is impossible for Qing to come to chat with me for no reason. This person has always been the type to talk to others when he has something to say, and he will not chat with others casually when he has nothing to do.

If it weren't for the new mission above, Qing would never come to his home as a guest.

Ao nodded and said to Kisame: "I'm here to formally inform you that your mission is about to begin. Next week we will go to the Daming Mansion with Mr. Mizukage. You must be prepared."

Hearing Ao say this, Kisame knew what was going on.

Kisame tightened his grip on the handle of the Samehada sword placed behind him and grinned.

"I see, is it finally going to start?"

Ao looked at Kisame who looked eager to try, but actually felt a little hesitant in his heart.

Without him, Kisame's time to join Mizukage's camp would be too short.

Five years ago, he was still a subordinate of the Xiguashan Pufferfish Ghost. With such a special background, theoretically, even if he had extremely strong strength, it would be difficult for him to be reused by the higher-ups.

It's a pity that Kisame is undoubtedly the most suitable person in Kirigakure Village for this dangerous task.

Precisely because he joined the Mizukage camp for a short period of time and was once a subordinate of Yagura's political enemy Mizumelama Fugu Oni, he would not arouse suspicion after defecting.

In Ao's opinion, Yagura's approach of trusting Kisame easily was too risky.

He could only hope that Kisame was really an outstanding ninja who was loyal to Kirigakure as Yagura expected, instead of actually planning to betray the village, join the Akatsuki organization, and exact revenge on Kirigakure.

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Mid-September.

An announcement that could not be sent out from the land of water caused an uproar in the ninja world.

That is, the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water suddenly died suddenly in his prime. The cause of death was unknown. The Kingdom of Water fell into the embarrassing state of losing its Daimyo. Around the position of the Daimyo, the upper class of the Kingdom of Water will soon usher in a bloody power revolution.

In struggle.

At the same time, Kirigakure Village quietly released a news, that is, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village, Inikigaki Kisame, defected because of committing a felony. Based on this, this person's loyalty to the country and the Ninja Village was determined.

It was stable and caused extremely bad effects, so he was designated as an S-class defecting ninja and wanted by the entire ninja world.

The ninja world is currently involved in heated discussions about the sudden death of the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and the defection of ninjas from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. On the contrary, the response to this matter is relatively muted.

However, the senior officials of Ninja Village, who were also from a large country, still noticed something abnormal.

That is, Kisame Inegaki, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, became an S-class defector ninja because he committed an unforgivable felony. However, the information provided by Kirigakure Village did not mention the felony committed by Kisame Inegaki.

The exact nature of the crime was vague.

Thinking of the sudden sudden death of the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and the fact that one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen was judged as an S-class defected ninja due to an unknown felony, this has to make people think of the two events, and there is an inevitable causal relationship.

Although there is no definite evidence, the high-level officials of the Great Country Ninja Village assumed this answer and believed that this answer was more reasonable.

For some reason, Inikaki Kisame assassinated the Daimyo of the Country of Water and then fled the Country of Water. Then his identity as an S-class defector ninja was confirmed.

Generally speaking, S-class defecting ninjas are not only recognized as ninjas, but also because they committed incidents that had a bad impact on the village and the country when they defected. This is also a major evaluation criterion.

As long as they do not pose a significant threat to the village or the country, being rated as an A-level defector ninja is the limit.

S-class defector ninjas are dangerous ninjas involving the country and the ninja village. Strength is only the basis for judgment, but it is not the only criterion.

The death of the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water caused an uproar in the ninja world. The news could not be contained at all. The top management of the Kingdom of Water could not hide such a thing, so they were forced to announce it and determine the candidate for the next Daimyo of the Kingdom of Water as soon as possible.

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Shiraishi, who was in the Kingdom of Ghosts, also quickly received the news through the channels of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

Yagura's actions were faster than he expected, and more decisive than he expected.

But in this way, their plan can be regarded as taking the first official step.

As long as Kisame can successfully attract Akatsuki's attention and join in the follow-up actions, the Demon Country can also appropriately reduce some pressure and not have to keep an eye on Akatsuki's movements all the time.

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To be continued...