This man later became the head of Kirigakure's Intelligence Division and Kisame Hoshigaki's superior. During a later operation, he assigned Kisame the task of protecting the Intelligence Division's personnel.
Under the rules at the time, whenever the Intelligence Division was intercepted by enemies, they had to prevent the intelligence from falling into enemy hands by any means necessary.
Thus, when Kisame was surrounded by Konoha ninja led by Ibiki Morino, he chose to kill all his comrades to protect the intelligence. Yet Fuguki himself, as one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, sold intelligence to a neighboring country. In the end, he died at Kisame's hands, and Samehada was taken by Kisame as well.
This man could be said to have abandoned even the village's interests for the sake of his own life, and he had no ninja pride in his heart. Ninjas could indeed stop at nothing for profit, but having gone as far as he had, Li truly looked down on him. Still, this also showed that the man was somewhat more human.
"Hmph!" Perhaps because Li had somewhat ignored him, a flash of anger appeared on Kushimaru Kuriarare's face. He yanked back the blade in his hand, then gave it a fierce pull. Countless threads instantly burst from beneath Li's feet, crossing over one another as they shot toward his legs to bind them.
This was Kushimaru Kuriarare's signature technique, Longsword Ninja Art: Ground Spider Stitch. Using Nuibari, it hid multiple steel wires underground. Once the setup was complete, those steel wires would converge and sever the enemy's feet.
But Li merely sneered. "Gate of View, open!" Someone capable of opening the Gate of View could generally keep themselves in a half-open buffer state at any time—maintaining the green energy emitted after opening the gates