Eleven water dragons crashed towards Zabuza, who could only adjust his position to avoid a few as much as possible, and reluctantly formed six hand seals to summon a Water Formation Wall—which, compared to Naruto's Tobirama version, was like the difference between a rammed earth wall and a cement brick wall.
The water dragons fell, and the water wall collapsed at the first touch. A large amount of water engulfed Zabuza, and the water flowed around, washing away a lot of building materials.
Seconds later, Naruto saw Zabuza's figure again.
Zabuza lowered his head, kneeling on one knee, one hand propping himself up, and the other holding his sword. A small pit had already been pressed into the bridge surface by his knee, with fine cracks distributed around it.
Led by Shadow Clone number 001, ten Shadow Clones rushed up, each with a small blue Rasengan in hand.
Naruto had learned the principle of striking while the iron is hot from many movies. Even if he was already dead, he would have to add ten or eight more stabs, who knew if he was faking it.
The Shadow Clones also understood this principle, so without saying a word, they were about to slam the Rasengan onto Zabuza.
Zabuza suddenly raised his head and smashed a smoke bomb on the ground. A cloud of smoke rose, enveloping Zabuza and the ten Shadow Clones. Immediately, Naruto felt two clones being cut down. Several explosions came from the smoke, sounding like they had hit the bridge surface.
The smoke dissipated, and Zabuza disappeared. The nine clones looked around but couldn't find Zabuza's figure. The clones scattered, some searching in the distance, some looking at the sea on both sides, and some approaching the main body.
Sakura looked around vigilantly. Naruto glanced at the clones and frowned. One, two, three... how come two out of ten died, leaving nine... No! Naruto's eyes widened. There was a traitor among the Shadow Clones!
At the same time, Sasuke, with red eyes, scanned and shouted, "Naruto! The Chakra of the clone at the front is not right!" As he spoke, he quickly formed the Chidori.
As soon as he finished speaking, the clone had already returned to Zabuza's appearance, and swung his large sword down: "Little brat, prepare to die!"
That Zabuza guy actually took advantage of the smoke obscuring the view to kill the two clones closest to him, then transformed into Naruto's appearance and mixed into Naruto's Shadow Clone team!
Sasuke dragged the Chidori and rushed up, hitting the hilt of the sword with his hand. Zabuza's arm went numb, and the large sword fell out of his hand, followed by golden chains wrapping around his legs, causing him to fall to the ground.
Sakura's two Kunai accurately pinned Zabuza's arms. This time, she didn't detonate the Exploding Tags on them, mainly because the distance was too close and it was easy to accidentally injure Sasuke.
Zabuza groaned twice, looked at the chains on his legs, and said in shock:
"What's going on? My Chakra... Could this be a Sealing Technique?!
How is it possible? Such a little brat actually..."
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura all breathed a sigh of relief. Sasuke closed his Sharingan, supported himself on his legs, and panted heavily. He had consumed too much today, almost non-stop Fire Release output, and finally another Chidori, he was too tired.
Sakura sorted out her ninja tools bag. She had too much fun detonating today, and then began to feel distressed. How much money did I throw out today...
Naruto thought for a while, and then controlled the chains to extend, binding Zabuza's upper body as well, according to the standard of a mummy.
At this time, Kakashi walked over, carrying the unconscious Haku in his hand. Seeing Zabuza's shape, he recalled some unbearable past events, and his eyelids twitched.
However, seeing the same thing happen to someone else, why does he feel so amused?
Kakashi coughed and joked, "Isn't this Zabuza-sensei, who looked down on the little brats around me? How did you lose to the little brats so quickly?"
"Hmph, the winner is king, the loser is the villain. Kill me if you want." Zabuza was very tough. He had already had this awareness when his assassination of the Mizukage failed, and as a ninja, dying in a mission could be considered dying in the line of duty. Zabuza couldn't help but glance at Haku.
Naruto couldn't help but glance at Haku, mainly looking at the neck. There was an Adam's apple, but it wasn't obvious. He was indeed a man, my youth is over.
"Kakashi-sensei, what should we do with these two in this situation?" Naruto asked.
Kakashi replied, "In this situation, there are generally three ways to deal with it.
The first is to hand them over to Kirigakure for disposal, after all, they are Kirigakure's rogue ninjas.
The second is to kill them directly, once and for all. This is how most rogue ninjas are dealt with.
"Third, naturally, is to bring them back to Konoha. But bringing them both might attract pursuit, which would be troublesome."
"Wait!" Zabuza struggled to speak, his face changing repeatedly before he finally said, "I'm a rogue ninja, so whatever.
But Haku, he can only be considered a wandering ninja, temporarily following me. You, no, please you..."
"Zabuza-sensei!" Haku woke up, eyes filled with tears, "I failed the mission, I'm just a useless tool, you don't need to go to such lengths for me!"
Zabuza roared, "If you're a tool, then shut your mouth!"
"I didn't expect the Demon Man to say something like that." Kakashi scratched his head, feeling a bit troubled; he wasn't a cold-blooded person either.
Naruto didn't really want to kill them either.
Mainly because there wasn't any deep-seated hatred, just a mission conflict between ninjas, at most a fight over business.
In his past life, he quite liked these two, a pair of unfortunate lovebir... when will this suffering end? Anyway, it's about sentimentality. Saying it out loud might get him called a saint; they just wanted to kill you, and you still want to let them go?
But that's just the shitty nature of being a ninja. They fight to the death for a small, broken mission, and after it's over, they might never see each other again, or they might cherish each other.
It's a bit like what Li Yunlong said about Chu Yunfei in Bright Sword: there are rules on the battlefield. Back then, we were each serving our own masters. If I had killed him, the enemy would have lost a capable general, but that doesn't affect our personal friendship.
And Naruto admired this pair of partners who had seen true affection in adversity, and he wanted to give them a better ending.
But he was having a headache about how to do it. Then, Naruto had a flash of inspiration, "Leave it to me!"
Amidst his teammates' puzzled gazes, Naruto used the Four Limbs Heavy Sealing on Haku and Zabuza respectively, sealing their Chakra, then released the Adamantine Sealing Chains and tied them up with ordinary ropes.
That thing is strong, but maintaining it constantly wastes Chakra. Although Naruto isn't short on it, he needs to conserve his blue before a team fight; that's called awareness.
Admiration is admiration, but he still needs to be cautious. If he screws up because of kindness, he'd die unjustly.
Naruto clapped his hands and said, "Wait for me, I'm going to make a phone call."
(Tazuna, who had been watching the whole time: Does anyone remember me?)
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