It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

"Kakashi, I win!"

Zabuza loudly declared his victory, he raised the sword in his hand and slashed towards Kakashi.

The hot blood splashed onto the faces of the three members of Team 7, who witnessed Kakashi's death at close range.

The tip of the sword in Zabuza's hand was flowing with Kakashi's blood, and the white bandage covering his face was also dyed bright red.

"Kakashi...Sensei?"

Sakura couldn't believe what she saw, she called out to Kakashi softly.

But Kakashi, lying in a pool of blood, did not respond.

This time it was not a clone technique, nor a substitute technique.

Kakashi seemed...really dead.

"hateful!"

Sasuke woke up from his shock, he clenched his kunai and maintained a fighting stance against Zabuza.

Only Naruto, as he stared at Kakashi's body, felt that the scene was familiar.

Is this another substitution technique that uses transformation technique?

This time, Team 7 is not facing a Chunin like the Demon Brothers, so Kakashi can't just hide in the dark and observe leisurely.

Team 7’s current enemy is Zabuza Momochi, who is also a Jonin like Kakashi!

Exposing Team 7, which had no ability to fight Zabuza, to such an extreme danger - at least on the surface of Naruto's disguise, Team 7 had already fallen into a dead end -

What exactly is Kakashi going to do?

No matter how hard Naruto thought, he couldn't find the correct answer.

Naruto looked at Zabuza in front of him again. Perhaps in Zabuza's eyes, Naruto and the others were just little Genin brats who posed no threat to him.

Zabuza was in no hurry to get rid of them.

He just grinned and admired the fear deep in Sasuke and Sakura's hearts.

wrong!

Naruto felt a strong sense of disobedience in his heart.

As long as the enemy is alive, he is a threat. A defecting ninja like Zabuza should understand this principle even more.

Hearing Zabuza's hideous grin, Naruto suddenly realized something!

He immediately injected a very small amount of the Nine-Tails Chakra into the chakra veins of his body and voluntarily gave up control of the Nine-Tails Chakra.

The violent Nine-Tails Chakra immediately broke free from its reins and rampaged through Naruto's chakra veins.

It disrupted the circulation of chakra in Naruto's body.

He regained control of the Nine-Tails' chakra and circulated the chakra through his own veins again.

The sense of disharmony finally disappeared.

The hideous laugh of Zabuza that had just been ringing in his ears stopped - no, Zabuza had never laughed hideously!

Naruto looked at Zabuza once again.

"Zabuza, I win."

Kakashi's deep voice echoed in Naruto's ears.

The thick fog of the Mist Hidden Technique had long since dissipated, and the kunai in Kakashi's hand was pressed against Zabuza's neck.

Kakashi only needed to slightly tilt the angle of the kunai and Zabuza's carotid artery would be cut directly.

It’s indeed an illusion!

The hand seals that Kakashi had made in the thick fog were actually an illusion created by using the Mist Hidden Technique performed by Zabuza!

As for Zabuza, his limbs were torn by several ninja dogs of different sizes, and his movements were severely restricted.

"You are so bold to use my ninjutsu to perform illusions!"

Zabuza's tone was full of anger. He stared at Kakashi and said, "Aren't you worried that I might notice your intentions and use you to kill you?"

"The truth is that you didn't even notice it, and the person who's about to die is you."

The kunai Kakashi held against Zabuza's neck dug slightly into the muscle.

All it takes is a small wound and the blood from the artery will flow out in an endless stream.

The only difference is the size of the wound, which affects the speed of Zabuza's death.

"Hehe, use a kunai? Why don't you continue to use the lightning escape technique you were going to use to finish me off at the beginning?"

Facing his own death, Zabuza was more interested in how Kakashi was going to kill him.

Kakashi didn't answer.

Zabuza seemed to have guessed the reason.

"Just using the Sharingan consumes a lot of your chakra, and the lightning release requires a lot of chakra as well. It's really pathetic that you are called a copy ninja, and you have copied more than a thousand ninjutsu with the Sharingan's 'copy eye' feature, but you can only use a handful of ninjutsu in battle."

Even though his face was covered with bandages, Zabuza's hideous features were still clearly visible.

He suddenly began to struggle, not caring about the fact that his struggle only caused the ninja dog that was biting him tightly to tear his wounds further.

"I still have a lot of chakra! Kaka--!"

Zabuza suddenly started to fight back desperately before he even finished saying Kakashi's name.

Two long needle-shaped Senbon swords shot out from high above, cut through the air, and pierced Zabuza's neck.

Zabuza glared with his eyes wide open, and died with his eyes open.

The sudden situation made Kakashi instantly alert.

"Please don't worry, I mean no harm."

Following the direction from which the Senbon was shot, on the branch of a large tree not far away, a masked boy expressed to Kakashi that he had no hostility.

Kakashi stared at the mask on the boy's face: "That mask, are you from the Kirigakure ANBU?"

"Yes, I am from the Kirigakure Anbu, a member of the rebel-nin hunting team."

The masked boy bowed slightly to Kakashi to express his gratitude: "I have been looking for an opportunity to kill the rebellious ninja Momochi Zabuza, but things have not been going smoothly... Therefore, your appearance has helped me solve a big problem. I hope you can accept my gratitude."

"..."

Faced with the masked boy's identity and the kindness he showed, Kakashi was silent for a moment and put the kunai back into the ninja tool bag: "I need to check if Zabuza is really dead first."

"As you please."

The masked boy still stood on the tree without any movement.

Kakashi squatted down, looked at Zabuza's body, and reached out to check Zabuza's pulse, heartbeat, and pupils...

Various conditions of Zabuza's body indicated that he was indeed killed by the masked boy.

After confirming this, Kakashi released the ninja dog's summons.

The technique that was also lifted was that of the three members of Team 7 and Dazna, who had been controlled by the illusion that failed to distinguish between friend and foe in his panic.

After all, Kakashi injected his own chakra into Zabuza's chakra.

Kakashi mixed his chakra into the mist, which was a flash of tactical judgment brought about by his profound combat experience.

In order to prevent Zabuza from discovering anything unusual, Kakashi could only ensure that Zabuza was trapped in the illusion as quickly as possible, leaving him no time to consider the control range of the illusion.

"what happened?"

Sasuke was at a loss. Wasn't he still on guard against Zabuza just now?

"Ah! Kakashi-sensei is not dead!"

Sakura has discovered that Kakashi is still alive. She finally breathes a sigh of relief, but she doesn't know what happened for a moment.

"It's an illusion."

Naruto pretended that it was Kakashi who broke the illusion and woke up with everyone else, and gave the two people an answer.

Now he could finally openly pay attention to the masked boy on the tree—

——Zabuza’s companion, Shiro.

Inwardly, I couldn't help but admire Zabuza's strategy.

After discovering that it was Kakashi who was protecting Dazna in the beginning, he asked Shiro to hide.

If Kakashi could be killed directly, that would be the best case scenario, but Kakashi possesses the Sharingan, and Zabuza, who has been in the Kirigakure Anbu for many years, knows how difficult Kakashi is.

Therefore, this encounter was more of a test.

Once Zabuza falls into a disadvantage in the battle with Kakashi, Haku will appear as the Kirigakure Anbu and create Zabuza's "death".

Zabuza's question "before his death" was his real purpose. This battle had allowed Zabuza to obtain enough information about Kakashi.

Next time, Kakashi will have a hard time taking advantage—

——And on Zabuza's side, there is also Haku, a ninja with the bloodline limit of ice escape, whom Kakashi doesn't know about.

"what happened?"

Noticing Naruto's gaze, Shiro tilted his head and asked curiously.

"who are you?"

Naruto still pretended to be someone who had just woken up from an illusion and was confused about nothing.

But he had completely different thoughts in his mind.

It's too troublesome to be targeted by Zabuza.

Kakashi will lose his combat effectiveness for a period of time after this battle.

And it's rare that there's no Danzo watching over him in Wave Country.

During this period of time, Naruto can show his true strength without restraint.

Taking this opportunity, he secretly killed Haku and Zabuza——

——Kill him.