"Kisame?"
Mei Terumi's gaze fell behind her, where she saw a figure leap down from the treetops.
There was neither sorrow nor joy on his face. When his eyes fell on Mei Terumi, they carried a trace of apology. He bowed slightly and said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, Lady Fifth Mizukage, but I can no longer serve you. In the village, my strength has no way of improving further. Through the battle just now, I realized that only by following the enemy before me can I raise my strength to another level."
Those words meant that Kisame Hoshigaki would no longer be a ninja of Kirigakure from this day onward. Instead, he would be a rogue ninja who warranted an S-rank kill-on-sight order!
Such a dramatic scene had unfolded right before the Fifth Mizukage. At that moment, Mei Terumi wanted nothing more than to use Lava Release to melt the traitor before her into a pool of blood. Gritting her teeth, she said:
"Do you know what you're saying? You're betraying your own village! We worked so hard to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage's rule. We should be working together to rebuild, not stabbing each other in the back! Yet you've openly rebelled and even joined the ranks of today's attackers!"
Kisame Hoshigaki acknowledged that she was an exceptionally charismatic leader. Unfortunately, he had no attachment to the village whatsoever. His former duty in the village had been to serve as a weapon and complete the tasks assigned to him. As for whether he lived or died, the village had never cared.
Moreover, the Fifth Mizukage had held her position for too short a time to earn much of Kisame's recognition. Especially after seeing the Fifth Mizukage suppressed by a group of people today, he understood that Kirigakure could not help him