Chapter 66: The Broken-Defensive Hoshigaki Kisame

"Who is it?"

Hoshigaki Kisame looked around vigilantly, but saw no one.

He formed hand seals,

and a thin layer of water mist spread outward from the ground centered on him; the small skull head of Samehada opened its mouth, sucking in this layer of water mist.

It extended for several hundred meters, yet he did not sense any chakra fluctuations.

Could it be Genjutsu?

Thinking of this, Hoshigaki Kisame looked at Itachi Uchiha, only to find his teammate shaking his head, signaling that it was not Genjutsu.

"It is merely a wisp of a curse technique Sasuke left behind in your body; it will dissipate soon."

The voice sounded again.

Itachi Uchiha suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a clump of black blood.

This was the residual aura of Sasuke's cursed Black Flame, capable of marking the enemy's general position; it seemed that although he had been defeated, Sasuke had not given up on his revenge against Itachi Uchiha.

Itachi Uchiha had never heard of such methods from another world.

Using the coordinates of Sasuke's curse aura, a translucent shadow slowly teleported over.

Fang Yi smiled politely and said, "Let me introduce myself. I am a merchant selling the Samsara Game. Are you interested in participating in the game?"

【Hoshigaki Kisame (Silver)】, 【Itachi Uchiha (Gold)】

Both of their Soul Potential was extremely high.

Is this a Phantom Lantern Body Technique similar to the Leader's?

Hoshigaki Kisame subconsciously touched the ring on his finger; wasn't this kind of Ninjutsu, which could ignore distance and directly transmit thought waves for long-distance communication, unique to the Leader?

How could the man who suddenly appeared before him also know it?

No, even the Leader required chakra and the ring as a medium, but when the mysterious man appeared, there was not the slightest fluctuation of chakra.

This kind of Weirdness made the alarm bells ring in their hearts for a moment.

"Samsara Game?"

Itachi Uchiha, his complexion weak, repeated the term that sounded somewhat familiar.

It seemed that some peripheral members of the Akatsuki had mentioned it, but it had been ignored by their core unit composed of S-Rank Missing-nin.

Fang Yi smiled and said, "A game that can make dreams come true. For example, Sasuke's dream is to kill you. Looking at your body currently being eroded by the bloodline disease, I'm afraid his dream will be realized very soon."

"The peculiar Black Flame, is it a Ninjutsu you taught Sasuke?"

Itachi Uchiha took a breath and couldn't help but cough twice more.

Hearing that it was related to Sasuke, he forced himself to perk up and carefully scrutinized the man before him.

He wore very ordinary Noble attire, soft silk that was very comfortable to wear, but difficult to adapt to long-distance travel or harsher environments.

Although ninjas were well-paid, except when disguised, few were willing to wear such unsuitable clothing for combat.

Fang Yi shook his head and said, "I did not teach Sasuke. If I must say, Sasuke is indeed a player I invited into the Samsara Game, but the Black Flame he mastered is the core ability of a Cursed Swordsman and has nothing to do with me."

"Cursed Swordsman?"

Itachi Uchiha showed a look of confusion once again.

It sounded like a warrior who specialized in using a sword, but could those groups that had been eliminated into the corners of history by ninjas actually possess such strength?

"Not a warrior, but a game class from another world."

Fang Yi saw from his expression that he had misunderstood, and not wanting to explain too much, he directly exchanged two sets of Samsara Game data and stuffed them into his and Hoshigaki Kisame's heads.

In an instant,

Hoshigaki Kisame's eyes widened, and Samehada, which he regarded as a treasure, nearly slipped from his hands.

"This kind of thing..."

Hunting Pollution Monsters, exchanging for Reward Points to buy equipment and skills, would allow one to possess incomparably powerful strength, rare treasures, and the ability to live forever.

This was simply like a fairy tale.

If not for the strength Sasuke had suddenly displayed earlier that defied common sense, Hoshigaki Kisame would have felt the man before him was a lunatic.

But now, he did not act rashly, but instead fixed his gaze on Itachi.

"I really didn't expect such a change to occur in the ninja world."

Itachi Uchiha thought of Sasuke's murderous gaze and fierce attack methods, and a wry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

It was clearly a very absurd thing.

Yet he could believe it immediately; perhaps he was truly too tired.

Bearing the sin of slaughtering the Uchiha Clan and surviving until now, this body tortured by the bloodline disease was already, like the fate of the Uchiha Clan, about to be swept into ashes and disappear from the ninja world.

Crack.

Hoshigaki Kisame said nothing and suddenly struck at the phantom image Fang Yi had condensed.

Samehada pierced through the phantom and slammed into the ground, leaving a deep crater.

Fang Yi's expression remained as usual, and even his smile did not change as he muttered to himself, "To dare to strike at me resolutely even without knowing my strength, is it because you are worried that there will be a flaw in Madara Uchiha's plan? You really are a qualified ninja."

His shark-like eyes widened abruptly, Hoshigaki Kisame's heart pounded, and he glanced at Itachi Uchiha without leaving a trace.

This guy actually knew about Madara's Eye of the Moon Plan.

He wanted to use Samehada to tear the other party's head open, but the probing attack had already confirmed that the phantom before him could not be interrupted at all.

"I don't understand what you mean."

Kisame carried Samehada back on his back, revealing a blank expression, intending to deny it to the death.

He was a person who could give up everything for a mission.

Back when he was in Kirigakure, he was willing to kill all his companions to protect intelligence; if the risk of leaking intelligence came from himself, he could also bite off his own tongue without hesitation.

This was the ninja way he practiced.

Only by firmly walking down a single path could Kisame feel his true self and touch his own flesh and blood.

Otherwise, everything would be drowned in falsehood and pain.

"The Eye of the Moon Plan."

Fang Yi spoke the secret buried deep in Hoshigaki Kisame's heart as if it were a joke casually tossed out during a gathering of friends on some afternoon.

"Kisame, don't be impulsive!"

Itachi Uchiha stopped Hoshigaki Kisame, who was on the verge of an emotional outburst, and held down his constantly trembling arm.

The information about the Samsara Game that had suddenly appeared in his mind was enough to shroud the man before him in a veil of mystery—a game merchant capable of bestowing all sorts of incredible powers upon players.

If Hoshigaki Kisame tried to strike at such an existence, the outcome would likely not be good.

Itachi Uchiha took a deep breath and asked, "My lord, have you appeared before Kisame and me because you wish to invite us both to become players as well?"

Fang Yi nodded with a smile and said, "That's right. You are fortunate enough to possess the talent and potential favored by the world, which is why I have appeared here."

Hoshigaki Kisame, who possesses a massive amount of chakra and a unique constitution, is also highly compatible with Samehada, making him a variant among commoner ninja.

Itachi Uchiha was able to become Awakened with the Mangekyo Sharingan at a young age and possesses treasures such as the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror.

Both men have the potential to become Elite players.

Of course, the most important thing is to find a way to scrape away the origin contained within them.

(End of this chapter)