My Life as Itachi's Crow

Chapter 155: Kisame Hoshigaki: Have You Discussed the Matter of Me Succeeding as the Fifth Mizukage Yet?

Kisame Hoshigaki doesn't like to curse.

He believes that a qualified ninja should not be overjoyed by material gains nor saddened by personal losses. Cursing is an act that lowers a ninja's class, a meaningless gesture.

Today, Mr. Kisame wanted to make an exception.

The person who agreed to his casual remark was not Mei Terumi.

The speaker was named Yagura Karatachi.

Of course, if he were still under control, his words would certainly not count. The problem was, Kisame Hoshigaki could clearly feel that the Three-Tails behind him had disappeared…

In its place were the Fourth Mizukage and a host of Hidden Mist ninjas. Ao and Mangetsu Hozuki were among them. Most importantly, Lord Yagura's eyes were clear…

You sure know how to pick a time to break free from genjutsu control!

The Fourth Mizukage had returned to his short stature. He looked at Kisame Hoshigaki and nodded, "The village will not pursue the matter of you assassinating the Mizukage. After I die, I will have Elder Genshiki choose you to succeed as the Fifth Mizukage."

"Lord Mizukage!" Ao quickly spoke up to stop him.

"No need to persuade me, Ao."

Yagura waved his hand to stop Ao. He turned his head and said in a low voice, "Even if it was because I was being controlled, the continuation of the Bloody Mist era under my hand is an indisputable fact. The harm was even greater than during the Third Mizukage's era."

"Lord Mizukage, the next generation in the village has not yet grown up. If you feel guilty, you should use the rest of your life to make up for your mistakes!"

"I know, but I have already found someone to whom I can entrust the future."

A smile appeared on Lord Fourth Mizukage's lips as he looked at Kisame Hoshigaki, "Kisame Hoshigaki's strength is sufficient to protect the village from harm; I believe that with your joint efforts, you will surely be able to lead the future Land of Water to revival."

"I know most people in the village dislike the ANBU, but the orders they carry out, after all, are issued from me. The fault does not lie with him."

"His purpose in assassinating me was to change this twisted village. A ninja who wants to protect the village, we have no reason to give up on him."

Yagura glanced at the people around him, then refocused his gaze on Kisame Hoshigaki, "Clearly a very rational ninja, yet having to carry out the mistaken order of killing comrades, must be a very painful thing, right?"

Yagura understood Kisame Hoshigaki's feelings when killing his comrades better than anyone, because he had directly or indirectly murdered countless ninjas over the years.

"..."

This matter, the shark-faced man didn't know how to respond…

It was indeed very painful at the beginning. Later, with a crow often helping out, and even accompanying him to eat and relieve his worries, his feelings for the village faded, and this matter became irrelevant…

Kisame Hoshigaki glanced at the crow that had quietly flown away. It had probably gone to discuss countermeasures with Tobirama. He calmed his mood, "Why don't we first talk about what the current situation is?"

In this situation, he hadn't thought of how to handle it, but stalling for time was undoubtedly the right move!

"Actually, we discovered traces of an unknown seal on Lord Mizukage a long time ago, so we have been looking for an opportunity to investigate the truth, including the deceased former ANBU captain, Fuguki Suikazan…" Mei Terumi stood up and walked towards Kisame Hoshigaki.

"Until yesterday, we received news of you assassinating Lord Mizukage and rushed to the Land of Waves." Her gaze shifted, passing over her friends and subordinates one by one, stopping on the eye-patched Ao, and she said in a low voice, "Is it confirmed?"

Ao rubbed his fingers nervously and nodded, "Mm, the genjutsu control on Lord Mizukage has been lifted."

"What's wrong?" Yagura asked with an innocent look, "Do you think there's a problem with my decision just now?"

"This subordinate wouldn't dare!"

Mei Terumi and Ao exchanged a look and half-knelt on the ground.

A Hidden Mist ninja, however, whispered from the side, "Lord Mizukage, there's one more thing. A Konoha ninja squad appeared in the Land of Waves today. Do we need to send an elite squad to deal with it?"

"No need, the war should stop." Yagura shook his head, looking at the group of people surrounding him, "Let's go back to the village first…"

"Lord Mizukage!"

"Lord Fourth!"

Amidst the cries of alarm, Yagura looked at the shark-faced youth who stood out from the crowd, a smile on his face, "Kisame Hoshigaki, Ao, Mei Terumi, the hunter-nin squad is not here. You three will temporarily serve as my direct guard squad!"

Anyone who can become the Kage of a village has some brains. This delicate balance was precisely what everyone wanted at the moment.

"Yes!"

The two ninjas, a man and a woman who had accepted the Mizukage's order, looked up curiously at the stiff-faced shark man. Brother, what... do you mean by this?

"Fourth Mizukage, they are right."

Kisame Hoshigaki gripped Samehada in his hand and said in a deep voice, "I am just a ninja who slaughters his comrades... Too much has happened today. I want to be alone for a while."

Yagura: "..."

Did he really choose the wrong person? This Kisame Hoshigaki fellow isn't very bright, is he! Can't he see the situation?

The Hidden Mist Village was about to face a drastic change…

Even if the incident would be concealed from the lower ranks of the Mist, the future Mizukage's power would certainly be restricted among the upper echelons.

And Yagura himself wasn't sure if he could continue to live on. Perhaps after returning to the Hidden Mist Village, those bloody memories would surge up. The Kage of a village nearly destroying the ninja village that trusted him; death was not enough to atone for his sins…

"Kisame Hoshigaki, if you insist, then I appoint you as the ANBU Commander-in-Chief. For now, stay in the Land of Waves and gather the hunter-nin squads!" The Fourth Mizukage took a deep look at Kisame Hoshigaki and sighed almost inaudibly, "This is for the best…"

A group of ninjas swarmed around Yagura and left. On the contrary, the female ninja who had just been appointed as the Mizukage's guard paused in her steps.

"Actually, we are the cowardly ones…" Mei Terumi brushed her long hair aside and glanced at Kisame's fearsome shark-like face, "You are a true hero! Don't mind it, I will persuade them to support you as the Fifth Mizukage."

Kisame Hoshigaki: "..."

Please don't!

Just stop it! If I succeed as the Fifth Mizukage, the dead-man strategist in the organization will probably consciously take over the hat and take office in the Mizukage's office…

That fellow, from the first day Kitahara brought him to the Land of Water, has very likely been eyeing the position of Mizukage! Is being a village leader... that interesting?

Mei Terumi looked at the silent shark-faced man, thinking he held a grudge, and in turn, tried to persuade him, "The Hidden Mist Village has already experienced too much infighting. We can't continue to exhaust ourselves internally…"

Kisame Hoshigaki: "..."

This woman is crazy, no wonder she can't get married!

After the Fourth Mizukage and the host of Mist ninjas left, Kisame Hoshigaki, disregarding the order Yagura had given him, stimulated the Flying Thunder God mark with his chakra while rushing towards the coastline.

He waited and waited but received no news from the crow.

And judging by the situation just now, if Kitahara wasn't there, and he had really defected, he might have died a rather unsightly death!

Whether it was the Fourth Mizukage Yagura and a large group of powerful Mist ninjas or Tobirama Senju from the organization, neither would let him go.

Someone recommends you to be Mizukage, yet you insist on being a rogue ninja…

This is beyond just being unappreciative…

After the crow sensed the abnormality of the Flying Thunder God mark, it didn't take long to appear before Kisame Hoshigaki, "Caw?"

What's up?

"Hmm? The Fourth Mizukage recommended me to succeed as the Fifth. Hasn't the organization discussed a countermeasure? I don't want to sit in that position, but besides that, what else can I do to conform to the organization's interests…"

Kisame Hoshigaki spoke softly, but hearing Kitahara's puzzled tone and seeing the grease stains on the crow's sharp beak, he was even more puzzled than the crow, "What's with you..."

Kitahara: "..."

What if I told him... because the food Kosuke cooked while camping was too fragrant, I forgot about his matter? Would this shark-faced man blame me?

The position of a Mizukage, it's not that important, is it?

(End of this chapter)

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