"Kid, there's malice approaching," Nine Tails suddenly warned.
Naruto, who was warming up by running, stopped and touched the ground with his fingers, closing his eyes to sense: two people, not deliberately hiding, it should be Zabuza and Haku.
"Kakashi-sensei, there's a situation!" Naruto quickly took off his weights and rushed towards Tazuna, with Sasuke and Sakura following closely behind.
Kakashi was faster, and when the three arrived, Kakashi had already blocked the steel needles that Haku was stabbing at Tazuna with a Kunai.
Zabuza was still more than five meters away on the bridge, saying provocative words: "Long time no see, Kakashi, you're still carrying those kids, aren't you afraid they'll be a burden?"
Kakashi wasn't one to back down, retorting, "Didn't you bring a kid this time too?"
"Hmph." Zabuza sneered a few times: "Haku is different from them. From the time he was a child, I taught him all my combat skills. Today, you won't be able to stop us no matter what!"
As he spoke, Zabuza raised his hand to form hand seals to use the Kirigakure Technique.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura also arrived at the battlefield. Seeing Zabuza about to form hand seals, Naruto threw a Kunai and shouted, "Sakura Bro! Sasuke!"
"Got it!" Sakura also threw a Kunai.
Zabuza tilted his head to dodge the two Kunai, and was about to mock, "As expected of kids, these little tricks... Exploding Tag?"
Zabuza's pupils shrank, and he jumped to the side. The Exploding Tag exploded in the air with a bang, failing to achieve its goal.
Sasuke had already completed the hand seals for the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique. With red eyes, he predicted Zabuza's landing point by observing his muscle movements, and spat out more than a dozen fireballs.
Zabuza hadn't even stood still when he drew his large sword, scattering several fireballs that were about to hit him. The whole set of actions made him look a bit disheveled.
Although this wave didn't do much damage, it was extremely insulting. Zabuza roared, "Damn brat!"
Naruto turned his head and said to Sakura, "Sakura Bro, don't save the Exploding Tags. We absolutely can't let him form hand seals properly today!"
"Okay!" Sakura replied happily, finally able to help.
So Sakura threw out three more Shuriken, also attached with Exploding Tags.
Naruto turned his head and shouted to Kakashi, "Kakashi-sensei! We'll leave that guy to you. Today, we're going to play a ranged mage style and see if we can take down this Zabuza."
"Ah, leave it to me."
Kakashi remembered the strength of the three's coordinated battle during the graduation exam, and felt that his students would be fine for the time being, as long as he quickly dealt with this young man and came back to help.
"Boom boom boom!" Zabuza dodged Sakura's three Shuriken with Exploding Tags, his headband fluttering in the aftermath of the explosion. He shouted:
"Don't get carried away, you brat! Who do you think I am!
Haku, hold off Kakashi, I'll take care of these three kids right away!"
As he spoke, he picked up his large sword and rushed forward.
"Yes, Zabuza-sensei!" Haku also felt that the three children couldn't possibly be Zabuza-sensei's opponents, and he just needed to hold off Hatake Kakashi.
So Kakashi and Haku intentionally led the battlefield to a slightly farther direction.
For a time, Tazuna stood in the middle of the two battlefields, somewhat at a loss. Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
Zabuza hadn't run two steps when Naruto's Water Dragon Bullet went straight for Zabuza's face. Of course, the hand seals were formed while Zabuza was saying harsh words. They were fighting, old iron, did he really expect them to obediently wait for him to finish speaking?
As long as the enemy stopped to speak in battle, in Naruto's eyes, it was the enemy's skill pre-animation or post-animation. He would be sorry to himself for all the games he had played before if he didn't take the opportunity to give him a hard hit.
Zabuza dodged the Water Dragon, a small amount of splashing water on his face calming him down slightly.
There was no need to rush in. They would eventually run out of Exploding Tags, and with the meager Chakra of a mere Genin, they couldn't use Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique-level ninjutsu many times. If they kept fighting like this, their Chakra would soon be exhausted.
Although Zabuza felt annoyed at having to use such tactics against a few brats, reason told him it was the best way. He had to admit that these little brats were worthy of him doing so.
Of course, things would be simpler if he could find an opportunity to use the Kirigakure Technique.
Unfortunately, every time Zabuza tried to form hand seals, Sakura could accurately send an Exploding Tag right in front of him.
Sakura Bro's Taijutsu skills hadn't improved much since graduation, but watching Sasuke practice Body Flicker Technique and Chidori, these high-speed thrusting ninjutsu, had indeed improved Sakura Bro's eyesight. It allowed her to see Zabuza's movements clearly. If she didn't have good dynamic vision, how could she see Sasuke's handsome face moving so fast? This was the power of love (infatuation).
Zabuza didn't want to risk being blown up by an Exploding Tag to complete his ninjutsu, so he had to dodge quickly. But before he could get his footing, Naruto's Water Release or Sasuke's Fire Release would follow. These two cooperated seamlessly, their skills connecting without a break, just wanting to use their numbers to interrupt the enemy's skills.
In any case, the goal was to rely on mid-to-long-range attacks to prevent Zabuza from getting close, either to kill him directly or to drag it out until Kakashi came to support them.
No matter how much of a slacker Old Kakashi usually was, he was still one of Konoha's top-tier Jonin. He wouldn't be so useless as to be evenly matched with Haku, would he? No way, right? No way?
Ten minutes later, Zabuza tried to rush in many times without success, and his attempts to form hand seals failed. He was so angry that he wanted to curse.
Zabuza felt that things were a bit beyond his expectations. How did this little girl have so many Exploding Tags? He watched the little girl throw all her Shuriken and Kunai, and then take a ninja tool bag from the blondie, but the Exploding Tags kept coming one after another. Are Exploding Tags free in your house? Won't you lose money on this mission? Or is Konoha's Exploding Tag production in surplus and there's deflation?
And that blond brat, did your Chakra come from the wind? Your Water Release is more powerful than mine, and that's without the help of seawater! The Uchiha brat next to you is sweating on his forehead, and you're not even breathing hard? Are you even human?
The Uchiha brat is also strange. How come the same Fire Release looks stronger in both scale and temperature than what I've seen others use before?
If you guys at this level are still Genin, then what are those two mediocre Chunin, the Demon Brothers, considered? Trash?
Naruto didn't know that Zabuza had countless complaints he wanted to make. He only knew that he had discovered that Sasuke was almost at his limit, so he decided to unleash a big move.
Taking advantage of Zabuza dodging the Exploding Tags, Naruto formed the Rat seal:
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Then ten Shadow Clones, along with the original body, simultaneously formed hand seals:
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!" * 11
Today, I'll let you know what it means to be poor and use tactical insertions, but when you're rich, you just bomb them all!
Zabuza widened his eyes, looking at the eleven Water Dragons that blocked all his escape routes, and made Kakashi's voice:
"You call this Water Release?!"
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