Kisame Hoshigaki once thought about just going back to the Akatsuki organization. Staying in Otogakure, he would sooner or later be suffocated to death... The people here were particularly exclusionist, they all looked down on him, an outsider rogue ninja. The key point was they always brought up his ugly appearance, making him want to kill someone several times...
He actually knew that Otogakure didn't trust him. But he thought that by working hard without complaint, he could gradually gain the Shadow's trust. He never expected that after so long, Ryun still hadn't given him a single ninja sword... It was simply like not treating him as a human!
Kisame Hoshigaki felt he was just pure cattle and horse labor. He could no longer endure this hopeless life. He wanted to go to the battlefield in the Land of Rain. If Uchiha Ryun that guy didn't agree, then he would find a chance to defect back to Akatsuki...
"You want to go to the Land of Rain battlefield? I understand your desire to show loyalty, but you are not needed there for now. You should continue staying in the village doing missions. Relatively speaking, it is safer here..."
Ryun had a 'I'm taking care of you' expression, which made Kisame Hoshigaki's eye corner twitch. In his heart, he quietly cursed his entire family.
"Shadow-sama, could you please give me the Samehada sword..." Kisame Hoshigaki finally gritted his teeth and asked Ryun for this large sword.
"Samehada? That sword cannot be given to you..." Ryun smiled and replied.
When he clearly heard the refusal, the anger in Kisame Hoshigaki's heart almost burst out.
So the other party never intended to give him this sword from the very beginning!
"You never planned to give Samehada to me, right? You never trusted me, right? Even though I did so much..."
Even though reason told Kisame Hoshigaki he should leave gracefully and then find a chance to return to Akatsuki, when he thought about how he had worked diligently for so long without complaint, not only gaining nothing but also suffering a bellyful of grievances, he ultimately asked these words with a face full of unwillingness.
"Hehe... You guessed right... But unfortunately, there is no sword reward." Ryun said leisurely with a laugh.
"..."
"In that case, please rest first. Kisame takes his leave..."
Kisame Hoshigaki performed a bow and then thought about leaving this place. But the next moment, Ryun suddenly put away his smiling face.
"I didn't say you could leave."
"!!!"
Upon hearing this, Kisame Hoshigaki's pupils sharply contracted, and his heart couldn't help but start beating violently.
"May I ask what other orders the Shadow-sama has?" Kisame half-knelt on the ground again, still appearing very obedient.
"Don't you want to know why I refused to give you the ninja sword? And why I never trusted you from the start?" Ryun stood up and then walked directly in front of him.
Looking at Ryun's feet, Kisame remembered the scene when he first met this Shadow. Again the same condescending gaze from above, again this damn sense of oppression on his head, even the positioning and attitude were almost exactly the same!
"Why?" Kisame gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice.
"I do need some obedient, loyal subordinates, like you who are willing to work hard and handle practical matters... Unfortunately, your loyalty was never with me from the beginning. How could I give a ninja sword to an undercover agent? How could I trust a spy?"
As soon as Ryun said these words, half of Kisame Hoshigaki's heart turned cold. But at this moment, besides stubbornly denying it, he had no other choice.
"I don't know what the Shadow-sama is talking about... My loyalty to Otogakure can be witnessed by heaven and earth. I have killed many Kiri ninja too. How could I possibly be an undercover spy..." Kisame Hoshigaki started playing dumb.
"Hehe, who said you were an undercover spy for Kiri? You, this guy, look honest and simple, but playing dumb is not sloppy at all..." Ryun was amused by him.
Hearing this, the back of Kisame Hoshigaki's clothes was instantly soaked with cold sweat.
"Come out, all of you... Come see your good colleague." Ryun called out towards the back of the room.
The next moment, Sasori of the Red Sand and Kakuzu immediately walked over with ferocious smiles.
When he saw the Akatsuki's distinctive black robes with red clouds, the other half of Kisame Hoshigaki's heart almost turned completely cold. But his survival instinct was strong. He still forced out a trembling smile and asked,
"Sh... Shadow-sama... Who are they?"
Ryun smiled without speaking. Sasori of the Red Sand and Kakuzu then smiled and began their self introductions.
"I am Sasori of the Red Sand. My code name is 'Jade' of Akatsuki."
"My name is Kakuzu. Code name 'Hokuto' of Akatsuki... Kisame, as 'Souten' of Akatsuki, how could you ask such a stupid question?" Kakuzu looked at him with a mocking expression.
The moment this code name was called out, Kisame Hoshigaki knew there was no chance of luck. He was completely exposed!
Moreover, given that these two Akatsuki members he had never met before knew his code name, his identity was most likely revealed by someone high up in the Akatsuki organization. He never thought there were also hidden moles within Akatsuki, and actually two of them!
"If you want to run, you can try..."
When he saw Kisame Hoshigaki's small eyes moving left and right, Ryun smiled and 'kindly' reminded him.
"Hehe, Kisame... If you can run out of this garden, I, Kakuzu, will follow your surname from now on..." That stingy Kakuzu couldn't help but chuckle when he heard Ryun's reminder.
"Don't do meaningless stupid things. Perhaps you can still have a dignified death." Sasori of the Red Sand sneered and reminded.
"You actually managed to turn members of the Akatsuki organization. Truly extraordinary..." Kisame Hoshigaki slumped on the grass, completely accepting his fate.
Sasori of the Red Sand was right. Escape was impossible in front of the strongest in the ninja world. Rather than wasting effort, it was better to be dignified. Maybe he could suffer less physical pain.
"Turned? Hehe... We two were already members of Otogakure before joining Akatsuki. The reason we didn't refuse the Akatsuki organization was because undercover work required it. We would never betray the Dragon Lord-sama..."
Kakuzu and Sasori of the Red Sand looked at Kisame Hoshigaki as if he were a clown.
"So that's how it is... I still want to ask, did you already know my undercover identity when I came to pledge allegiance?" Kisame Hoshigaki looked directly at Ryun and asked.
"Yes!" Ryun calmly gave an accurate response.
"Where did I expose myself?" Kisame Hoshigaki didn't want to die a confused ghost, so he started 'breaking the casserole asking to the end'.
"I've said it before. No one can lie in front of these eyes of mine." Ryun's black eyes at this moment were calm as water. When Kisame saw these eyes, he suddenly was no longer confused.
"Thank you for your answer. I have no more questions..." Kisame Hoshigaki said, closing his eyes, a smile on his face as he calmly awaited the arrival of death.
Unfortunately, the expected pain did not come. Instead, a gentle voice came from above.
"I originally intended to go to Kiri to recruit you. It's a pity a guy who hides his head and shows his tail beat me to it... But it's still not too late now. Submit to me... Kisame Hoshigaki!"
The moment he heard this sentence, Kisame Hoshigaki was completely stunned.
However, after a long silence, Kisame Hoshigaki ultimately gently shook his head.
"I am tired of endless betrayal. Please, Dragon Lord, give me a quick death..."
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