"Why kill your comrades?"
Morino Ibiki and the others surrounded Kisame Hoshigaki.
To the Konoha Ninja, Kisame Hoshigaki's actions were incomprehensible.
"Sometimes, intelligence is more important than life... I can't give our code words to the enemy... Besides, if they fell into your hands, they'd immediately talk... They absolutely wouldn't survive the interrogation..."
After answering Morino Ibiki's question, Kisame Hoshigaki pointed the sword in his hand at the only female companion.
At that moment, the Konoha Ninja saw Kisame Hoshigaki hesitate.
That was the only hesitation Kisame Hoshigaki had shown that night, but it lasted only an instant.
Then, Kisame Hoshigaki raised his sword.
"Don't be afraid..."
Kisame tried to comfort the woman who was about to die by his hand, but as someone who was bad at speaking, he could only say a few simple words.
"Death only lasts an instant..."
"Mm..."
Meiru nodded. She seemed to have seen the despair in Kisame Hoshigaki's heart.
"Mr. Kisame... please don't apologize... Compared to us... your life must have been much more painful..."
This time, she finally revealed a smile.
A gentle, compassionate, comforting smile.
But that smile caused Kisame Hoshigaki's shark-like round eyes to dim.
As if they had lost all their luster, becoming a dead fish in a lake.
Kisame Hoshigaki drove his sword into the girl's heart.
"!"
But the next moment, Kisame sensed that something was wrong.
Because what he had stabbed was only an illusion.
Just as he was about to kill his last companion, Hyuga Sho emerged from the shadows and saved—or rather, snatched away—the female ninja from the Bloody Mist Village.
With a light tap, she lost consciousness.
"Watch her."
After tossing the female ninja from the Bloody Mist Village to Anko, Hyuga Sho said coldly.
Although Anko was quite rebellious,
her position was