NOVEL NEXT Chapter 26: Zabuza Who Dare Not Show His Face
Heavy fog filled the air and visibility dropped rapidly.
Everything around him became blurry.
"Alert!" Mizuki shouted.
"What's going on? I can't see anything. Why is there such a heavy fog all of a sudden?" Naruto still didn't understand the seriousness of the matter.
Mizuki said solemnly: "This is not a naturally formed mist, but a ninjutsu that the ninjas of the Land of Water are good at, the Mist Shinobi Technique."
"You guys, form a swastika formation to protect Mr. Dazuna."
"The next battle is not something you can interfere with."
The three brats realized the seriousness of the matter, protected Dazuna behind them, and stood on guard with kunai in hand.
Sasuke even closed his eyes and focused on his ears.
In the heavy fog, vision was severely obstructed and both eyes lost their function.
Little Sakura asked: "Master Mizuki, who is that person?"
Mizuki said loudly: "Momochi Zabuza, an S-class rebel nin from the Land of Water. Before he defected to Kirigakure, he worked for Mist Shinobi Anbu. He is a man famous in the ninja world for his Grandmaster silent killing technique."
Naruto was shocked: "No...silence?"
Mizuki: "As the name suggests, it's a killing technique that silently and instantly harvests lives."
"By the time I realize it, I'm already in another world."
Little Sakura worried: "Aren't we in danger? Anyone who can enter Anbu must be at least a Jōnin-level expert."
It means, Mizuki is just a Chūnin and can’t protect us...
Mizuki smiled and said: "Zabuza's strength is neither a special Jōnin nor an ordinary Jōnin, but has reached the level of Elite Jōnin. It is only a little weaker than your Kakashi-sensei."
Naruto shouted: "Master Mizuki, the enemy is so strong, why can you still laugh?"
Mizuki: "Well, it's such a big deal, if it doesn't work, I'll just die."
Little Sakura: "Hey, don't be ridiculous, what time is it?"
The fog is getting thicker and thicker, and the atmosphere is getting more and more tense.
Suddenly, Zabuza's voice sounded.
"Eight places!"
"Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, carotid arteries, subclavian arteries, kidneys, heart."
"So, which key point should I choose?"
The three brats and Tatsuna were so frightened by Zabuza's murderous intent that their bodies became stiff, and they even had terrifying hallucinations of being killed.
Sasuke even took a kunai and wanted to stab himself.
Mizuki stopped him in time: "Can't you bear this murderous intention? Sasuke, you can't get revenge like this."
Hatred flashed in Sasuke's eyes, and his fear of murderous intent immediately diminished.
Mizuki: "Don't worry, you will be safe with me here."
"Is this really possible?" Zabuza's voice sounded again.
Mizuki took action directly.
He fired a kunai from his hand, passed through the thick fog, and nailed Dazna behind him.
Everyone turned around in shock, only to see Zabuza who was about to chop with a big sword, with a kunai stuck in his chest.
"Under such a thick fog, your attacks are so precise. It's true, you master sensory ninjutsu."
As soon as he finished speaking, water began to flow out of the kunai's open wound.
It is the body of water.
Mizuki was not happy after getting rid of a water clone.
He turned around and looked 30 meters away, where there was a river.
On the river, three streams of water surged out of the water and turned into human shapes, taking on Zabuza's appearance.
They are all water bodies.
"Hiding underwater?" Mizuki frowned.
He kept talking loudly, extending the effective range of his echolocation.
All scenes within a 50-meter radius were presented in his mind.
The trouble is, echolocation can't detect what's going on underwater.
The position of Zabuza's body can only be determined based on the position where the water body appears, but it cannot directly use the shapeshifting to attack Zabuza.
"He was afraid of my transformation, so he didn't dare to show up in his true form. He just tested it with water."
We must find a way to draw out his true form and then kill him with one blow.
His brain was spinning rapidly, and he soon had an idea.
Three kunai were shot towards Zabuza's water body, but they were all easily dodged.
"It's just Chūnin, your kunai throwing skills are terrible. If I try to hide, you can't even attack me."
"You don't need that kind of position-swapping ninjutsu, you can't even touch my clone."
Zabuza mocked coldly.
Little Sakura reacted very quickly and said: "Master Mizuki, he is forcing you to use the transposition ninjutsu to consume your Chakra."
"He is Jōnin and you are Chūnin. He has more Chakra, but you can't use up his."
Mizuki smiled bitterly and said: "You have to use it up if you can't use it up."
The detonating talisman's shape-shifting play is reappeared!
Disapparating three times in a row, the three water bodies were killed before they got close.
"Hu~hu~hu~"
Mizuki hunched over and gasped for air, looking like he was exhausted.
"Master Mizuki, how are you?" Naruto asked worriedly.
Mizuki pointed in a direction and said: "You protect Mr. Dazuna and retreat in that direction first. After I break up, I can continue to attack a few more times."
"No, we have to fight alongside you." Naruto said hurriedly.
Sasuke: "Idiot, we can't do anything here, but it will only hinder us. Let's go first. Without our ties, Mizuki can leave the battle at any time."
Naruto was unconvinced, but he also understood that Sasuke's words were right.
So, the three imps protected Tazuna and retreated in the direction pointed by Mizuki.
At the same time, Mizuki killed two of the three clones that Zabu summoned.
At this time, Mizuki looked pale, looked sluggish, and was a little unsteady on his feet.
But even so, Zabuza is still cautious, and until now his body has been hiding underwater without showing up.
"Am I not acting realistic enough?" Mizuki doubted his acting skills.
Seeing that the four Sasukes had walked out of the thick fog, Mizuki once again used the detonating talisman to change his form and kill Zabuza's last water clone.
Then dragging his "tired" body, he staggered towards Sasuke and the others.
Even so, Zabuza still didn't come out of the water.
"You're too cautious!" Mizuki was really speechless.
Soon, he caught up with the four of them and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Master Mizuki, how are you?"
Naruto and Sasuke hurried over and helped Mizuki up one on the left and the other on the right.
"It's okay, it's just that the chakra was consumed too much."
Sasuke asked: "Where's Zabuza, is it solved?"
Mizuki shook his head: "He was too cautious. He kept using his water body to pretend to attack. He didn't know where he was hiding. Even if I ran out of Chakra, he didn't dare to show his face."
Little Sakura: "Then, will he catch up?"
Mizuki smiled and said: "I'm just a coward, I don't dare to chase. Besides, I ran out of chakra just to show him. In fact, I still have some chakra left, which can be used three times."
Dazna: "Then don't worry!"
Mizuki: "Let's go to Mr. Dazuna's house. I need to take a good rest."
The five people left quickly along the road, and Mizuki had a faint smile on his lips.
After the five people walked away, a person walked out from behind the tree on the roadside, wearing Kirigakure's Anbu mask.
After taking a look at the direction Mizuki and others left, the man turned back and quickly came to the river.
"Zabuza-sama!"
Zabuza rose from the water and stood on the water.
"How long will you wear this mask, Shiro?"
Bai took off his mask, revealing a prosperous and beautiful face.
Unfortunately, it's a boy...
"Have they left?" Zabuza asked.
Shiro nodded: "Let's go. The Chūnin named Mizuki had excessive Chakra consumption and was being helped to walk. I overheard on the side and he said that she was in disguise and still had 3 attacks left."
Zabuza sneered: "I'm just telling you. He has the ability to perceive. If you were hiding aside, he would have discovered you long ago."
Bai: "I know, but he didn't do anything to me, which means that his Chakra is indeed exhausted."
Zabuza: "Don't be careless. His ability is too weird. Combined with the detonating talisman, he has the ability to kill with one hit. This is why I have never dared to attack with my body."
"He's obviously a Chūnin, but he's more dangerous than most of the Jōnin I've faced before."
Bai asked, "Since it's dangerous, it's better to give up on Cardo's commission."
"Haku!" Zabuza yelled, interrupting Haku's words.
"The money given by Cardo is very generous. We need this money, so we can't give it up. When the time comes, you and I will take action together."
"But we can't strike first and let Cardo's warriors rush in front and consume his Chakra with human lives."
"When his chakra is exhausted, there will be no threat."
"Next time, he will die in my hands."
Mizuki and his party soon arrived at Dazuna's house.
"Mr. Dazna, when do you plan to start building the bridge?"
Dazna: "It will take me one day to gather the old guys and two days to prepare the wood. It is tentatively planned to start building the bridge in three days."
Mizuki nodded and looked at Naruto and the others: "In the past three days, you will practice by yourself nearby."
Naruto asked: "Then what is Master Mizuki doing these three days?"
Mizuki: "I can also practice. I have an idea for a ninjutsu."
Naruto asked curiously: "What ninjutsu is it? Is it powerful?"
Little Sakura and Sasuke also looked curious.
Mizuki smiled: "That's a ninjutsu developed by Fourth Hokage. It's very strong and cruel!"
"Well, when I succeed in practicing, I will find an opportunity to teach you."
It was still early, so Mizuki went to the market and bought a lot of balloons and rubber balls.
"Rasengan, I've been waiting for a long time."
In the village, with Anbu watching and the Third Generation's telescope Technique, he did not dare to practice Rasengan.
But now, there is no such worry.
"Although there are a few annoying guys secretly following from Konoha to here, their purpose is to protect Naruto and Sasuke."
"When I practice, I am separated from Naruto and the others, so I don't have to worry about being discovered."
"As for the apparation, just expose it. It will happen sooner or later anyway."
At this time, Konoha Village, Hokage office.
Third Generation murmured: "A ninjutsu that can instantly switch places with people, combined with the detonating talisman, no one dares to show his face even if he doesn't zap."
"No wonder!"
"He is just a Chūnin with ordinary qualifications. How can he develop such a powerful space ninjutsu that is comparable to the Flying Thunder God?"
"Could it be that Chakra deceived me about controlling Dan?"
"Or maybe he got other things in Uzushio Village?"