"What... is going on?!"
Mei Terumi hesitated, then went over to the enormous block of ice.
At that moment, all that remained inside the ice was a little ash that was still sizzling, along with the long sword, which was rusting rapidly in the sunlight.
"Is it the sunlight?"
Kisame narrowed his eyes, sounding uncertain.
While Mei Terumi and Kisame were distracted by the sudden change, Haku quietly made his way beneath the huge boulder, found the five stone tablets buried there, and destroyed them.
"Did I make it in time?"
After he had finished, Haku breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter how much time had passed, the Shinobi World hadn't been destroyed. So, as far as he was concerned, he must have made it in time.
Still full of questions, Mei Terumi and Kisame searched the entire island. After finding no one else suspicious, they took Haku back to the fishing boat offshore.
"The Akatsuki Organization's test this time was very strange. I'm worried they have some other motive!"
Haku, who knew everything, could only remain silent.
Kisame stared at Haku. "The mission failed. You might be in danger if you go back to Konoha. Why not return to the village with us?"
Haku shook his head. "I don't think I've been found out yet."
"Don't count on that!" Mei Terumi paused, then continued, "The Akatsuki Organization can't be judged by ordinary standards. There must be some deeper purpose behind what they arranged this time. And that samurai on the island just now was absurdly strong. He even had an immortal body. I wonder where the Akatsuki Organization recruited him from!"
Kisame suddenly said, "Could that monster have been created by the Akatsuki Organization?"
Mei Terumi was taken aback, then furrowed her delicate brows. "You mean that samurai