Epilogue, Kisame Was Ready

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of surging waves echoed across the field as clusters of crimson fist shadows crashed down upon the water's surface.

Amid the churning water, a somewhat bedraggled figure appeared beneath the surface—it was Kisame. The confidence he had displayed earlier was nowhere to be seen.

His expression was dark as he continuously darted through the water, moving at high speed to evade the crimson fist shadows.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Guy stood atop the water, yet his arms never stopped moving. He swung them rapidly, sending one crimson fist shadow after another hurtling down beneath the surface.

Gradually, as the number of crimson fist shadows increased, the pressure Kisame felt grew ever greater.

Buzz! Buzz!

Just then, Samehada, strapped to Kisame's back, suddenly began to tremble.

Kisame instantly understood Samehada's meaning. Chakra surged through his body, and in the next moment, rapidly spinning water wrapped around him, forming an enormous sphere of water that enclosed his body.

Boom!

But at that moment, a crimson fist shadow had already plunged beneath the surface and blasted toward the water sphere.

Bang!

A deafening crash rang out as the crimson fist shadow struck the water sphere.

Whoosh!

But just then, a figure suddenly shot out, evading the fist shadow's attack.

With a shark-like head, something resembling a fish tail protruding from his back, and both arms bent into strange shapes, Kisame could no longer be described as human.

He now looked like a fish-man.

This was his appearance after merging with Samehada. In this state, he could not only breathe freely underwater, but the amount of chakra in his body and his sensory abilities were both significantly enhanced.

Kisame then moved underwater like a true fish, swiftly shifting through the water. Every crimson fist shadow that had been aimed at