The bodies of several assailants, as well as a young man, lay beside Hoshigaki Kisame.
Hoshigaki Kisame paused for a moment, then showed a look of surprise.
"Soma, are you okay over there?"
"It's almost done."
Uehara Soma's tasks have all been completed.
And Uehara Soma also noticed that Dr. Stylish's expression had changed. It was no longer the previous confusion and helplessness, but there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.
In other words, as long as Dr. Stylish snapped out of it, Uehara Soma's mission in the Dungeon Instance would be completed.
"That's great."
Hoshigaki Kisame got up from the ground.
"These people seem to be mad, completely indifferent to their own lives. Clearly, they have the numerical advantage and could win by wearing us down with time and numbers."
Hoshigaki Kisame couldn't understand their behavior at all.
"It's as if they deliberately came to stop us from completing the mission."
Uehara Soma shook his head.
"They couldn't possibly know about our mission. It's likely just the pressure from their superiors forcing them to act like this."
The world of Akame Ga Kill, Uehara Soma would understand it better than Hoshigaki Kisame.
This is a country that can be described as completely rotten.
Those in power basically do not consider the lives of those below them as lives.
"If that's really the case, then they're pitiful."
Hoshigaki Kisame glanced at the body of the young man on the ground.
"Among them, there are a few guys who are not bad."
The young man had just sacrificed his own life to restrict Hoshigaki Kisame's movements, putting him in danger, but also earning Hoshigaki Kisame's respect.
Hoshigaki Kisame felt that the young man was a worthy opponent.
"But Soma, why is your Water Release Ninjutsu so powerful now?"
Uehara Soma smiled.
"After Juzo-senpai came to Forging Island, he gave me some combat training. It seems that I have some talent in Water Release, and I've made some progress."
Hoshigaki Kisame nodded.
"Soma, you really need to improve your combat strength. If other ninja villages find out about your information, they will definitely send ninja to target you."
"Your situation will become very dangerous."
Not far away, the middle-aged man's face grew even darker, especially after he took out the binoculars and saw the young man's death.
"They're all useless!"
"Not a single one of them is useful!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
In his anger, the middle-aged man, disregarding everything, directly ordered the firing, even though there were many of his own people below, and only three on the other side.
The man in charge of the cannon hesitated.
"Sir, but there are still many of our people below."
The middle-aged man stared coldly at the man.
"I said fire, don't you understand? Or are you going to defy my orders?"
Speaking, the middle-aged man had already placed his hand on the hilt on his waist.
Faced with the middle-aged man's gaze, the man became frightened, lowered his head, and quickly waved the flag in his hand.
"Yes, sir!"
One shell after another was loaded, and the fuses were lit.
The next moment.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
One cannonball after another roared towards the direction of the laboratory entrance.
Biwa Juzo lifted his head, showing a serious expression. Even though he hadn't seen what it was, Biwa Juzo could feel the threat of this thing, its power was definitely not weak.
Hoshigaki Kisame felt the same.
Uehara Soma's expression became even more solemn.
Because Uehara Soma knew what it was.
"Not even sparing their own people, are they going to kill us all together?"
"Is this the world of Akame Ga Kill?"
"Indeed, it's a world beyond salvation."
At that moment, inside the laboratory, Dr. Stylish snapped out of his daze, his eyes shining brightly with excitement as he couldn't help but dance around.
"I got it!"
At the same time, a voice echoed in Uehara Soma's mind.
[Congratulations, host, on completing the mission.]
[Would you like to leave the Dungeon Instance?]
"Yes!"
Originally, faced with incoming cannonballs, Uehara Soma, preparing to use Water Release to block them for a moment, took advantage of this time to escape. Upon hearing the voice in his mind, he couldn't help but show a hint of joy.
The middle-aged man's eyes widened greatly.
Because just as the cannonballs were about to fall, the middle-aged man saw through the binoculars that Uehara Soma, Biwa Juzo, and Hoshigaki Kisame had all disappeared in a very eerie way.
Vanished into thin air.
"Could it really be the power of Teigu?"
"Teigu with spatial abilities?"
"Dimensional Formation?"
"But how could it be in the hands of these people?"
Uehara Soma and his companions disappeared.
The middle-aged man ordered the cannonballs to be fired, all of which fell on the middle-aged man's "own people".
A chorus of wails arose.
The middle-aged man remained indifferent, showing no concern.
...
Back at Forging Island,
Uehara Soma collected the materials for God's Hand that appeared in front of him.
"Juzo-senpai, Kisame, thank you for your hard work."
Biwa Juzo shook his head and asked,
"Soma, when do you plan to start forging this ninja tool?"
"I'll start preparing tomorrow, and once everything's ready, we'll proceed," Uehara Soma replied.
Biwa Juzo nodded.
"Before you officially start forging let's not train for a few days, otherwise, my condition might be affected and I won't be able to fully utilize my strength."
The incident with Kaguya Hikari last time made Biwa Juzo very worried that Uehara Soma's forging would be disrupted.
Acquiring the materials was not easy at all.
If Uehara Soma's forging failed due to interference,
Biwa Juzo would feel it was his own negligence and couldn't forgive himself.
"Alright, Juzo-senpai."
Hoshigaki Kisame left Forging Island and returned to Hoshigaki Island.
After completing the mission and reporting to the Third Mizukage, Hoshigaki Kisame immediately came to Forging Island to assist Uehara Soma in acquiring materials, without even going home first.
Neither of them paid any attention to what happened in the Dungeon Instance.
Even though it was really dangerous inside.
They were almost killed.
But whether it was Biwa Juzo or Hoshigaki Kisame, they had experienced countless such incidents.
Uehara Soma, like before, was preparing.
He took out the blueprints, conducted research first, then deduced in his mind. Once the deduction was completed, he simulated the forging with similar materials.
Arafuni was very excited to assist Uehara Soma in forging.
Three days later.
"Juzo-senpai, I'm going to start the formal forging now," Uehara Soma said, carrying the materials into the forging room.
"Okay."
Biwa Juzo held the Blue Rose Sword, guarding the door of the forging room, completely focused and alert, like a statue standing guard at the entrance.
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