Chapter 27 Witnessing Growth

Zabuza leaped onto the water surface, with a beheading sword that was much longer than his height already on his back.

I saw him making a seal with his right hand in front of his chest and raising his left hand high.

"Ninjutsu: Mist Hidden Technique"

This is a ninjutsu that consumes a huge amount of chakra. It splashes water to artificially create thick fog. Not only does the caster blend into the fog, but he also effectively blocks his opponent's vision.

"Gone?"

Ripples were faintly visible on the water surface, but Zabuza's figure had completely disappeared.

"He will probably come for me first..." Kakashi was alert all around, "Zabuza Momochi was famous for his silent assassination when he was still in the Kirigakure Assassination Unit. You might be dead before you can react.

"My Sharingan cannot be fully used, you must not let your guard down!"

So why do you want to take the initiative to reveal your weaknesses? Luo Yi scratched his head helplessly.

With his senses enhanced by Yang Dun, he could vaguely sense that Zabuza was lurking in a nearby tree, waiting for his chance to strike.

"Eight places..." The chatterbox Zabuza's voice came from an unrecognizable direction, "Throat, spine, lungs, liver, carotid artery, subclavian vein, kidneys, heart... Let me ask you, which one do you want me to attack? Hehe..."

"Uh..." Luo Yi's eye twitched.

Perhaps what Zabuza wanted to express was that he was confident that he could attack their various fatal weaknesses, but what's with this semi-illiterate showing off his limited medical knowledge?

The cold murderous aura swept over, making Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura shiver and feel a chill down their spine.

Especially Sasuke, with his keen senses, he even felt that life was worse than death.

"Sasuke, don't worry, I will protect you with my life." Kakashi turned around and gave a warm smile, "I will never let him kill my friends!"

"That's not necessarily true..." Zabuza's faint voice surrounded them.

"I say, that's enough." Luo Yi finally waited until Kakashi finished the important line to encourage Sasuke, and couldn't help showing his attack power, "You've been whining like a nagging woman for so long, and you're so weird. Are you really in need of love?"

Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura: "..."

What is this person talking about?

"You..." Zabuza's voice was a little out of tune.

"What do you mean by "you"? You pretend to be cold and heartless on the surface, but in fact, you can chat with any passerby for a long time. For a man to be so repressed, why don't you finish the fight quickly and go back to hug your little brother and cry for comfort." If it weren't for the fact that some words could easily lead the innocent Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura astray, Luo Yi would have shown off his intangible ventriloquism skills in every minute.

"What... are you talking about?" The fog around them rolled unnaturally, just like Zabuza's blood pressure at the moment.

"What is he talking about?" Sakura couldn't help but ask.

"I don't understand, but I feel inexplicably happy when I hear it..." Even though he was surrounded by murderous intent, Naruto still pulled the corners of his mouth.

Luo Yi raised his eyebrows. Oh no! It would have a bad influence on the protagonist, causing his mouth-to-mouth illusion to turn into a foul-mouth illusion in the future.

Fortunately, Zabuza seemed to have broken through his defense. He fell from the sky almost recklessly and landed behind Luo Yi in the blink of an eye.

What does it mean that trouble comes from the mouth?

"Brat..." Veins popped out of Zabuza's head, and he looked like he was on the verge of a cerebral hemorrhage. "It's over."

So I’m still too young.

"Earth Style: Rock Ridge"

The ground beneath Zabuza's feet seemed to come alive, like a long-awaited trap that broke out of the ground the moment Zabuza landed.

This is not the top of the ball used when practicing with Kakashi's shadow clone, but a ruthless pointed thrust!

"Puff——"*4

The rock-made spear took advantage of the opportunity when Zabuza's center of gravity sank and he could hardly jump again, and as expected, pierced through his limbs.

Taking the visual experience into consideration, it is better not to use earth escape to "open his eyes".

"It's OK. You've passed the psychological quality test." After confirming that Zabuza in front of him could not continue to move, Luo Yi looked behind him, "At least the real body did not show up directly, otherwise the chakra of the Mist Hidden Technique would be wasted."

"what?"

"This is?"

"Water clone technique!"

Although Zabuza's clone's first attack was blocked by Luo Yi, the formation protecting Dazna collapsed at the same time.

Kakashi fired a kunai to kill the water clone, and just as he turned around, Zabuza appeared behind him.

Zabuza was not careless this time. Before he spoke, he had already swung his beheading sword and cut Kakashi in half.

The two halves of Kakashi's body turned into clear water in front of Zabuza, which was the water clone technique that Kakashi had just copied.

Zabuza still maintained the chopping posture, with the beheading sword staying on the right side, while a kunai was pressed against the left side of his neck.

Kakashi, holding the kunai, slowly emerged from the mist, "Don't move! It's over."

This flag is set...

"Awesome, teacher!" Naruto's big eyes almost glowed.

Sakura was also deeply shocked by the unimaginable battle. Only Sasuke looked back and forth suspiciously between Kakashi and Luo Yi.

Why could he ignore the influence of that level of murderous aura and still challenge Zabuza? Also, was the earth escape technique just now the teacher's ninjutsu?

"You are too naive. You can't defeat me this way." Zabuza didn't care about the kunai on his neck at all. He turned his head and looked at Kakashi. "You copied my water clone technique, and your real body hid in the fog to observe my movements, but..."

The same Zabuza's voice sounded from behind Kakashi, "I'm not that easy to deal with."

Or a water clone!

Even with the Sharingan, he couldn't see through it. Could this be the so-called plot-killing power? Luo Yi was secretly surprised.

While Zabuza was speaking, the beheading sword was already slashing towards him. Kakashi could only crouch down and dodge as much as possible. This action, which was not conducive to subsequent actions, was exactly what Zabuza wanted.

A backward kick from bottom to top hit Kakashi's abdomen solidly, kicking him ten meters away and into the water.

When Kakashi surfaced, Zabuza had already appeared behind him, quickly forming several seals with his hands.

"Water Style: Water Prison Technique"

"Oops!"

With Kakashi as the center, the water from all directions instantly formed into a sphere, becoming a literal water prison, trapping Kakashi inside and depriving him of his ability to move and form hand seals.

"Hehehe... you've been fooled, don't even think about escaping from here." Zabuza reached his right hand into the water prison, which was a necessary action to maintain the water prison, "Only if I can control you, can I take action.

"Kakashi, let's decide who's better later. I want to kill them first." Zabuza made a seal with his left hand.

"Water Clone Technique"

On the waterside where Luo Yi and others were, a water clone of Zabuza appeared in front of everyone.

"Hehe... Don't think that you are a ninja just because you wear a forehead protector. Only those who have experienced life and death can be called ninjas." The water clone is as talkative as the original body. "In other words, only those who are registered in my manual can be considered ninjas. You are not qualified..."

"boom--"

As he finished speaking, Naruto, who was standing in the front, was kicked away. The water clone kicked Naruto's forehead intentionally, and as expected, kicked off Naruto's forehead protector, and then stomped on it mercilessly.

Oh my god, is the forehead protector so easy to kick off?

Or is it that Zabuza has extraordinary kicking skills?

"It's just a little kid." Zabuza's true form made a sharp comment.

"You guys, take Mr. Dazna away from here! You can't deal with this guy!" Kakashi warned, "He won't leave here in order to trap me in the water prison, and the water clone cannot be used if it is far away from the main body! In short, run away!"

It turns out that people can still talk in the water dungeon?

Obviously, Kakashi didn't think that his students were a match for Zabuza; and Luo Yi, on the other hand, was just watching from the sidelines like an outsider, even though he had already thought of three tactics to break the deadlock.

Now is an important node in the protagonist's growth, and he cannot intervene too early.

"Ahhhhhh—" Naruto roared and rushed forward.

As expected, he could not escape or give up his oath to be a ninja and the forehead protector he received from Iruka.

As a result, he was kicked away again.

In fact, Luo Yi was quite nervous. He was a little worried that Zabuza's clone would go crazy and take out his beheading sword to chop the protagonist to death.

Fortunately, the water clones' brains were not completely filled with water. Zabuza, who looked down on them from the bottom of his heart, had no intention of using his knife.

Although extremely embarrassed, Naruto still struggled to stand up, holding his Konoha forehead protector in his hand.

Good eyesight, Luo Yi commented silently.

"Listen, the guy without eyebrows." Naruto's lips were bleeding, but his mouth corners were raised confidently. He tied the forehead protector back on calmly, "Hurry up and write it down in your handbook that sooner or later you will become a Hokage -

"Konoha ninja, Uzumaki Naruto!"