Chapter 475: Kisame Hoshigaki: Are You Going to Kill Me, Partner?
"Impossible—you're not real!"
Just as Kisame Hoshigaki patiently waited, the Hokage Building suddenly trembled violently.
Accompanied by Uchiha Itachi's voice, the massive glass windows shattered, and black curse flames erupted.
"Damn it, the Hokage!"
The members of the Shadow Organization guarding Kisame turned pale.
Yamato moved with incredible speed. With a single hand seal, a massive wooden dragon burst from beneath his feet. He stood atop its snarling head, charging toward the Hokage's office.
And then, he saw a terrifying scene.
Uchiha Itachi, expression twisted, stood mumbling to himself.
On the charred wall, Danzo—wearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's skin—was nailed through the chest with a sharp steel spike.
"What the hell is going on?"
Itachi, suppressing his inner shock, spread his fingers and gripped the Hokage's throat, demanding, "It was you, Shimura Danzo! Where is Lord Hiruzen really?!"
He had come with full confidence, ready to tell the Hokage about Aizen's deception.
But the moment he looked up, he saw Shimura Danzo seated in the Hokage's robes and hat.
Such a shallow disguise couldn't fool him.
As a gold-tier Dark Curse Sorcerer and a master of soul energy, he could instantly see through Danzo's mask and identify the soul beneath.
The clash began.
"Impossible!"
Danzo choked under Itachi's grip, his eyes filled with disbelief.
His disguise matched Hiruzen's aura perfectly. He had even embezzled Konoha clan funds to purchase a rare Dark-Gold aura-masking artifact dropped by the boss [Centipede Taoist].
Even if Itachi was a gold-tier curse user, it shouldn't have been this easy to detect the truth.
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Danzo had dared give Aizen so much power because he had [Tongue of Silencing +2], [Flesh-Eye Curse +2], [Bone Worm +2]—an arsenal of spiritual-detection and manipulation tools.
Nothing Aizen did should have escaped his notice.
He could've killed Aizen with a mere thought if necessary.
If this was Aizen's setup, how had he failed to notice a single thing?
"Stop! Release the Hokage!"
Yamato's furious voice echoed from behind.
The wooden dragon's head shattered the ceiling, crashing into the office. Curse flames scorched it black.
But the regenerative power of Wood Style quickly restored it.
Back in the old shinobi world, this was a jutsu only the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, could use.
Now Yamato wielded it with ease.
The dragon snapped its jaws.
Itachi sidestepped. Danzo seized the opening, pulling a green staff from nowhere and swinging it into Itachi's stomach.
"Die, Uchiha Itachi! Traitor!"
Blood dripped from Danzo's mouth as he chanted, summoning a storm spirit from the demon realm.
BOOM.
The wind roared, swallowing Itachi whole. The suction tore at walls and ceiling tiles, turning the office into a vortex of destruction.
"Close call… almost exposed myself…"
Danzo took a deep breath, steadying his energy.
His soul was still that of Hiruzen's spirit-familiar.
He couldn't resurrect—doing so would break the bond he shared with Hiruzen, destroying his ability to disguise himself as the Hokage.
But that same limitation meant his strength as a Samsara player grew slowly.
It was why Itachi had nearly killed him so easily.
Danzo's face darkened. "Is Aizen really dead?"
Yamato, who had just confirmed the Hokage was safe, teared up as he replied, "It's the Shadow Organization's fault. We underestimated how insane Itachi is. We didn't think he'd dare attack Captain Aizen within Konoha clan territory…"
Danzo scowled.
His spiritual detection gear—Tongue of Silencing, Flesh-Eye Curse—all broken. The only explanation was Aizen's death.
Then… who was behind this?
Someone used the unstable, uncontrollable blade that was Uchiha Itachi to expose him…
The only Konoha players with soul-detection were from the Yamanaka clan, masters of mental jutsu.
But the strongest among them was Yamanaka Inoichi.
A top-tier elite player, but not yet gold. He wouldn't risk everything on a frontal confrontation.
Which left the Mobile Division?
Asuma wasn't a sensor-type, but as Hiruzen's biological son, he might have sensed something wrong.
And he had the nerve to act.
"Once Itachi's dealt with… the Yamanaka clan will be first to fall."
Danzo's eyes went cold.
The Shadow Organization that Aizen had built was like an iron fortress. Even Asuma's Mobile Division couldn't match its scale.
Its only flaw was the lack of top-tier combatants.
The Mobile Division was a tough nut to crack.
But with Danzo's philosophy—better to kill one innocent than spare one threat—the weak but suspicious Yamanaka clan was his first target.
"I just want to lead Konoha to greatness. Is that so wrong? The Uchiha, the Hyuga, the Yamanaka… all those who care only for their clan must be eradicated!"
Danzo's speech was cut short.
A burning pain exploded in his chest.
He looked down.
A jet of scalding heat burst from his sternum—followed by raging curse flames.
In half a second, the intense soul fire consumed most of his spirit-familiar body.
Before he could even scream,
He turned to ash.
"The Hokage!"
Yamato stared in disbelief at the remains.
At that moment,
The storm faded, and Itachi emerged, blood-soaked but alive. Wounded—but not fatally.
"It was you… Uchiha Itachi! You killed the Hokage?!"
Yamato's voice shook with rage and sorrow. It echoed across most of Konoha, reverberating off the broken walls of the tower.
Civilians, ninja, and craftsman alike stopped what they were doing.
They turned toward the source of the cry.
"The Hokage… is dead?"
"No way… Lord Hokage was the pillar of the village. How could he be killed so easily?"
"Uchiha Itachi? The one who massacred his entire clan? What's he doing in Konoha?!"
The rumors spread.
The entire Hidden Leaf Village fell into a strange, tense atmosphere.
Most were in disbelief.
A few ninja who realized what was happening raced toward the Hokage tower.
"Kill Uchiha Itachi—and his companion. Don't let the Mist traitor escape!"
At that moment,
Kisame's face darkened. Truthfully, the explosion earlier had already made him uneasy.
But now—Itachi had really done it. Attacked the Hokage and killed him.
Only...
Had he forgotten that Kisame was still wearing the Magic-Sealing Chains?
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