Mei Terumi was surrounded and attacked, but on the other side, Kisame Hoshigaki and Hozuki Mangetsu weren't having an easy time either.
They had only one enemy.
And yet—
It was this one man who kept Kisame and Hozuki Mangetsu from daring to let their guard down.
By now, the mist had spread over a much wider area.
This tactic consumed a lot of chakra, but Kisame had no choice—
Without spending chakra, there was no way to stop Kyohiko's terrifying "clones."
The Hidden Mist Technique was at least working.
The two suppressed their chakra and concealed their presence and footsteps.
Hozuki Mangetsu shaped his fingers like a "gun" and aimed toward the area where Kyohiko was.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Faint sounds of something cutting through the air rang out in the mist. Kyohiko instantly figured out—
Hozuki Mangetsu was on his right.
He quickly dodged.
Not one of the many water bullets hit!
At the same time,
a sound came from his left—someone leaping into the air.
Kyohiko vanished from where he stood.
Kisame leaped into the air and spewed water from his mouth, sending a surging tide crashing toward the ground.
Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!
But before the jutsu could build in scale, he sensed Kyohiko leaping up.
The next moment, three figures emerged from the thick mist.
Only one of the three was real!
Kisame plunged into the water, hoping to use the current to escape quickly. But in the next instant, a terrifying impact suddenly struck from below.
How...
could this be?
His mind went blank. The violently surging water was terrifying; a metallic sweetness flooded his throat, and his face turned deathly pale.
But Kisame's hands never slowed. He immediately bit his finger, and a shark appeared in the water.
This was the