In truth, Kitahara had no intention of recruiting Kisame Hoshigaki. Its main goal was to make things difficult for Uchiha Obito.
Kisame Hoshigaki's honest nature made him easy to trust. Kitahara merely treated him as a nail casually hammered into place, one meant to stab someone in the heart.
Just imagining Uchiha Obito trying to recruit Kisame in the future, only for Kisame to turn around and slash him with a blade...
The crow could not help feeling delighted.
After their initial exchange, Kisame Hoshigaki more or less accepted Kitahara's words, but he immediately raised a problem. "I don't know whether I count as an enemy or an ally in the village now..."
"If someone really controlled the Fourth Mizukage, what should I do when I encounter that person? Where should I send information? If he uses the Fourth Mizukage to drive me out of the village, where am I supposed to find you?"
Kitahara: "..."
It was stumped by Kisame Hoshigaki's questions.
You don't need to contact us!
Go wherever you want!
Do whatever you want!
Shouldn't we act like we were never together after breaking up...? Do we really have to make more of a story out of this before you're satisfied?
As long as you don't side with Obito, you could even go seize the position of Fifth Mizukage! Why did you have to keep clinging to us...
Still, Kisame Hoshigaki could not really be blamed for that.
Kisame Hoshigaki did not have any friends or comrades in Kirigakure. Because of his appearance and the way he carried out missions, no one was willing to approach him.
Promising Kirigakure ninjas like Hozuki Mangetsu and Terumi Mei would never think of becoming friends with an ordinary Anbu member who enjoyed slaughtering his comrades.
Moreover, during this mission, he