Kaguya Clan

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Long Ye saw that she clearly had no room for negotiation and explained with a smile:

"You should know that I defected from Konoha. Faking my death was something I had no choice but to do, or I would have faced endless pursuit!"

"To be honest, among all the friends I know throughout the Shinobi World, you're the first person to learn that I'm still alive."

His final words seemed to have an effect. Mei Terumi's cold expression softened slightly.

Long Ye struck while the iron was hot and stated the purpose of his visit:

"As far as I know, there's a man named Kisame Hoshigaki in your Kirigakure."

"What do you want with him? He defected from the village long ago. He's now an S-rank missing-nin of Kirigakure, with a bounty of five million." Mei Terumi asked suspiciously.

"I'm not here to find him. I want to ask about him! There's no one else here, so I'll get straight to the point. I heard he was the product of cross-species hybridization?"

Mei Terumi's expression shifted slightly. "How did you learn about that?"

"I heard it by chance. The reason I came to find you this time is to learn the background of that experiment and how he was created through surgery."

Mei Terumi furrowed her brows and fell silent for about a minute.

"That incident... happened not long after Karatachi Yagura began ruling Kirigakure. The goal was to create humanoid weapons comparable to Jinchuriki. Some of the procedures went against human ethics and morality."

Long Ye nodded. "I'm not asking about the specific process. I want to know some details of the experiment, such as what materials were used in this human experiment."

"Why are you asking about this?" Mei Terumi asked, visibly unsettled.

"Don't worry. I won't