Kisame escaped Turtle Island to the sea, summoned his shark, and placed the intelligence scroll in the shark's mouth.
However, at this moment, Kai, who had caught up, saw this scene.
"I saw it, that scroll is the intelligence! I absolutely won't let you escape."
Kisame chuckled and said, "Can you stop me? I have the advantage of terrain now."
"Water Style, Thousand Feeding Sharks!"
While speaking, Kisame did not forget to form hand seals. As soon as he finished speaking, he summoned thousands of shark clones, each identical, making it impossible for Kai to distinguish which shark had the scroll.
"In that case, I'll blow them all away!"
"Morning Peacock!"
Kai leaped into the air, using the power of high-speed punches to rub the air, generating flames and destroying countless sharks, but many still remained.
Seeing that this wouldn't work, Kai directly jumped into the water, blocking the sharks' path.
"Seventh Gate, Open!"
The green steam from Kai's body instantly transformed into blue steam, and the powerful steam actually separated the seawater.
"Water Style, Great Shark Bullet Technique!"
Underwater, one white tiger, one great shark, neither side retreated, facing each other directly.
The Great Shark Bullet Technique could devour the opponent's ninjutsu chakra and enhance its own ninjutsu, but the White Tiger was not ninjutsu, but pure taijutsu. Absorbing it would not make it grow.
The White Tiger's momentum grew stronger and stronger, causing a powerful storm on Turtle Island, even surpassing the size of the island.
Kisame was shocked to see that the Great Shark Bullet Technique did not grow larger. He then thought of a possibility: the other party was not using ninjutsu.
"Roar! Youth!"
As this thought arose, the Great Shark Bullet Technique was completely destroyed by the White Tiger. Kisame took the full force of the attack head-on, and all the sharks disappeared in an instant.
...
Kai successfully retrieved the scroll and brought Kisame back. Kisame's movements were sealed by Yamato's Wood Style. Next, Aoba Yamashiro of the Intelligence Department was responsible for investigating Kisame's memories.
Just as Aoba Yamashiro was about to see the true face of the masked man in Kisame's memories, Kisame suddenly regained consciousness. No, Kisame bit off his tongue, forcibly waking himself up.
At this moment, Kisame broke free from Yamato's Wood Style. Kai was about to punch Kisame, but Kisame immediately used the Water Prison Technique.
The one trapped in the Water Prison Technique was none other than Kisame himself, and Kai had already deactivated the Eight Gates, his current strength unable to break the Water Prison Technique.
"Summoning Jutsu!"
Knowing he could not escape, Kisame chose to summon a shark to eat him. Before his death, Kisame recalled his life.
Ever since he became a ninja, Kisame had been on exclusive missions hunting his companions. He thought of the girl from the Cipher Department, who was thinking of Kisame even as she died, but Kisame couldn't even fulfill a small request like eating together.
After killing his superior, Fuguki Suikazan, Kisame learned that the Fourth Mizukage had been controlled all along. From the Blood Mist to the Akatsuki, Kisame couldn't understand what was real and what was false, and couldn't even distinguish friend from foe among those around him. In such a world, what else could be trusted? Even the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan mentioned by Obito was a deceptive scam.
Finally, Kisame remembered what Itachi had said: only when people are on the verge of death do they truly understand themselves. Kisame finally understood now.
"Mr. Itachi, did you see yourself clearly before you died? It seems I am truly a hopeless person!"
After Kisame said this, the shark ate his body clean, leaving only a pool of blood on the ground. Hoshigaki Kisame, deceased.
Everyone present was silent, as he chose suicide to prevent intelligence leaks. Undeniably, Kisame was a person worthy of respect, even as an enemy.
"Hoshigaki Kisame, I will remember you for my entire life," Kai said with his head lowered. Not many opponents were remembered by Kai; before this, there was only Kakashi.
Then Kai took out the intelligence scroll, saying he wanted to see what intelligence Kisame had recorded. However, the moment he opened the scroll, a stream of clear water gushed out.
"This is... Water Prison Technique!"
Everyone present was shocked. A trap had been set on the scroll. Then, a shark suddenly appeared, bit down on the scroll, and escaped into the sea with a mass of water. Everyone could only watch helplessly as the intelligence was sent away.
...
At the Akatsuki base, not long after Obito and Li Xing had left, Kisame's intelligence was delivered to Zetsu. It recorded the hiding places of the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, the number of ninja soldiers, their combat distribution, and even the headquarters of the Allied Shinobi Forces.
"Kisame's intelligence has arrived. What do you want to do? Should I make a move, or wait for Lord Li Xing and the others to return?" Kabuto asked Zetsu with a sinister smile, adjusting his glasses.
"Let's wait for them to return. For now, you can only stay here. You know the location of our base, and you can't go anywhere without permission."
Facing Zetsu's distrust, Kabuto didn't think it was a problem. He only served Lord Li Xing. He had no interest in the masked man impersonating Uchiha Madara.
...
In Amegakure, Konan stood on a high tower, enduring the rain, as if waiting for someone.
Not long after, Obito and Li Xing appeared behind Konan.
Konan turned her head slightly to look at them, surprised to see that Li Xing was not sealed. But it didn't matter; a final confrontation had to happen today.
"You go look first, I'll handle Konan. Prioritize searching underground; perhaps Konan has specifically created a completely sealed secret room to store it."
Li Xing waved his hand, letting Obito leave, intending to fight Konan himself.
Obito left a single sentence, "Hurry up and finish," and disappeared using Kamui. Now, only Li Xing and Konan remained on the tower.
Konan did not stop Obito, nor could she. Li Xing's appearance had surprised Konan, but she would not flee. Then, Konan's body transformed into paper butterflies and dispersed.
A moment later, Konan appeared over the sea. Li Xing followed closely behind, carrying a woman on his back.
"It seems this is the storage location for Konan's six hundred billion explosive tags. I need to be careful, or Anko will be easily injured."
Li Xing looked at Konan, waiting for her to speak. However, Konan seemed to have nothing to say. Both stood on the sea in silence for a long time.
Finally, Li Xing couldn't bear it and spoke, trying to persuade her, "Konan, why don't we stop? Come with me, I'll take you traveling. I don't want to kill you. My purpose for coming here today is to save you."
Konan looked at Li Xing. "I want to know why you weren't sealed by the Chibaku Tensei. Although Nagato was weak at the time, it's impossible that he couldn't seal even one person."
"You're asking about that, it's true. Normally, it's very easy for Nagato to seal someone. However, I am not human. I can only say that my first life was an ordinary person. My current self should be called Rakshasa, or Asura? Yama?"