Naruto's Review : First Viewer is Senju Tobirama?

Kisame's expression was very serious at this moment.

Facing a One-Tailed Jinchuriki, he couldn't afford to be careless.

The battlefield was in the desert, too.

Kisame understood that if this turned into a tug-of-war with his opponent, even he, known as the "Tailless Beast," wouldn't be able to outlast the One-Tailed Jinchuriki.

Thinking this, Kisame quickly decided to end the battle swiftly.

"Water Style: Great Exploding Water Collide Wave!"

Kisame opened his mouth wide, and a massive amount of water began pouring out.

Gaara, upon seeing this, only slightly furrowed his brow. He didn't immediately try to increase the distance between him and Kisame.

He wanted to see what this shark-faced man was up to.

Using Water Style in the desert?

Did he think he was the Second Hokage or something?

However, as Kisame's water output continued to increase, Gaara instinctively sensed a hint of danger.

He lightly tapped his right foot on the ground and started jumping backward.

Seeing Gaara trying to increase the distance, Kisame, who had been "slowly" spitting out water, immediately exploded with chakra and rapidly increased his water output.

In the blink of an eye, a massive, oval-shaped water prison formed in the desert.

Gaara, who was trying to jump back to escape, never expected Kisame's water output to be so large and so fast.

His hesitation led to him being trapped inside the massive water prison.

"Hehehe, the Jinchuriki is in the water. This makes things easier."

Kisame had decided to end the battle quickly, so he wasn't holding back.

He picked up the sword Samehada again and began fusing with it.

Soon, a mutated shark with a narrowed head, long fins on both arms, and a tail appeared in Gaara's line of sight.

"Sa~ the hunt begins!"

At this moment, Gaara was feeling very uncomfortable.

As the Jinchuriki of Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, his main ability was controlling sand.

Originally, the endless yellow sand around him was his best battlefield.

But that guy, Kisame, didn't play by the rules.

With one use of Water Release, he immediately changed the battlefield environment.

Gaara went from being in a favorable position to being at a disadvantage.

What made Gaara feel most desperate was that, trapped in the water prison, not only could he not speak, but his sand control technique also became extremely difficult to manage because of the water.

That's right, it was hard to control, not impossible to control.

In water, the amount of chakra Gaara had to use to control the sand was drastically different from what was required on dry land.

If controlling the sand on dry land took a chakra cost of 3, and in a desert it was 1, then in water, the chakra needed to control the sand would be 50.

Rather than controlling the sand, it felt more like he was controlling a mixture of sand and water, which had turned into "mud."

"This is bad."

Kisame, transformed into the shark-man, was in his element in the water.

He moved at incredible speed, constantly circling around Gaara, forcing Gaara to use large amounts of chakra to control the "mud" for defense.

As they say, prolonged defense leads to weakness.

After several defensive attempts, Kisame figured out the speed and strength of the "mud" defense.

Once he understood this, Kisame seized the opportunity and struck Gaara hard.

If Gaara hadn't had his Sand Armor, this attack would have seriously injured him.

"I can't do it anymore. Though I really don't want to, it's your turn."

"Tch~ I should have been the one to do it earlier."

Since the Chunin Exams, Gaara's relationship with Shukaku had improved a little.

In his free time, they would talk occasionally.

Without realizing it, they had formed a small bond.

Of course, if the situation hadn't been so dire, Gaara would never have let Shukaku out.

But it couldn't be helped.

"Feigning Sleep Jutsu"

As soon as I closed my eyes, Gaara fell into a deep sleep.

And as he began to fall asleep, a fierce presence exploded from his body.

Just like with summoning jutsu, Shukaku's massive form instantly appeared in Kisame's sight.

"Hahaha, I'm finally out~"

"Ugly shark monster, just let me finish you off!"

Shukaku's body was enormous, and Kisame's oval-shaped water prison couldn't completely cover it.

"You ugly, fat, dead pig! Who gave you the confidence to call me ugly?"

"In the Shark Clan, I'm a big handsome guy!"

Shukaku's appearance didn't make Kisame feel like he was in trouble; he just thought it was a bit annoying. He even had time to snap back at Shukaku.

He didn't expect Gaara to act so decisively.

Seeing the situation was bad, he immediately summoned Shukaku.

Luckily, this technique was different from the normal Tailed Beast transformation.

Kisame knew that he just needed to wake Gaara up again.

To ensure the successful capture of the One-Tail, Black Zetsu had given Kisame a lot of information.

He just needed to recreate what Naruto did to Gaara during the Chunin Exams.

"Thousand Shark Jutsu"

In the blink of an eye, Kisame summoned a thousand man-eating sharks to distract Shukaku.

He himself used a transformation jutsu, turning into an ordinary shark and blending in with the thousand sharks.

He was looking for a chance to appear above Shukaku's head and wake Gaara, who had fallen into a deep sleep.

"So many small fries."

Shukaku waved his hand, and dozens of sand arrows made of sand began attacking the school of sharks.

His sand control technique was fundamentally different from Gaara's.

Inside the water prison, Gaara could only control "mud."

But Shukaku could form a faint chakra membrane on the surface of the sand, isolating the water.

"Hahaha, no matter how many small fish there are, it's useless."

Shukaku attacked with both hands, and the number of sand arrows kept increasing.

Out of the thousand sharks, over a hundred were killed in the blink of an eye.

If Kisame didn't come up with something soon, Shukaku would only need a little more time to kill the remaining eight hundred sharks.

However, Kisame didn't care. After all, these sharks were only summoned to buy time and distract Shukaku.

At this moment, now in his normal shark form, Kisame had unknowingly swum to the top of the water prison. A single leap would take him directly above Shukaku's head.

"Hahaha~ I knew there was something strange about this small fish."

Seeing Kisame transform back into his shark-man form and leap upwards, Shukaku immediately launched an attack.

He had actually noticed that this fish was odd.

The other sharks were lining up to die, but this one kept swimming upward, not coming to die like the others.

That was definitely suspicious.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere!"

The water dragon shot out, and mid-air Kisame had no way to dodge.

He could only cross his arms in front of his chest and take the hit.

Bang~

A loud noise rang out as the Vacuum Sphere successfully hit Kisame. The moment he reached the top, he was sent back into the water.

"Hahaha, you think you can wake my host up? How naive."

"Is that so?"

Shukaku, who was still excited that he would have a good time this time, immediately narrowed his eyes when he heard the sound in his ears.

At the same time, he felt someone appear above his head.

"It's impossible. I already knocked you back into the water."

"Then take another look at what fell back into the water."

Shukaku obediently looked toward the water.

What he didn't expect was that it wasn't Kisame who fell back into the water, but the transformed Kisame's body, Samehada.

"I already knew that using the Thousand Hungry Sharks to draw your attention was too obvious. You definitely wouldn't fall for it. For that, I even thought of three backup plans. I didn't expect you to fall for the simplest one."

"I refuse to accept it. You're cheating. Let's start over."

"I can't do anything if you refuse. I'm not stupid enough to give you another chance."

With that, Kisame raised his fist and swung it toward Gaara, who had appeared on Shukaku's forehead.

"You've played around long enough. Now, go back!"

"No~ I just finally got out!"

Bang~

Kisame ignored Shukaku, grabbed a sandbag-sized fist, and slammed it into Gaara's face.

With that, the One-Tail Jinchūriki was awakened, and Shukaku returned to Gaara's body.

"That's it. Work's over!"

Whoosh~

Black Zetsu appeared right in front of Gaara, pressing his hand on Gaara's chest, knocking him out while also temporarily isolating him from Shukaku.

"Alright, take him back to the Hidden Rain Village."

"How about you?"

"I still need to go to Sunagakure to delay the information of the One-Tails to buy us enough time."

"Alright then, be careful."

"Mm."

Hearing Kisame's words of concern, Black Zetsu suddenly thought that maybe this guy wasn't so bad after all.

Just as Black Zetsu was thinking that after rescuing his mother, he could spare Kisame's life, Kisame, who had already gotten dressed and was carrying Gaara, spoke as he headed towards the Land of Rain.

"Time to go home and pick cotton!"

"Kisame, you damn chatterbox~~~"

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