[Kakashi appeared behind Zabuza at some point.]
[A Kunai was held against Zabuza's neck.]
["Copy Ninja Kakashi Hatake..."]
["However, if it's only to this extent... Heh, you're just an empty name."]
[Zabuza sneered.]
["Don't move," Kakashi replied calmly.]
[Zabuza shook his head.]
[Puchi—]
[The Kunai instantly pierced his throat.]
[Splash—]
['Zabuza' immediately turned into a puddle of water.]
[Water Clone.]
[Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly.]
[The difficulty of learning the Water Clone is not low.]
[Of course, they were all created based on the Shadow Clone.]
Senju Tobirama: "Hmph~"
Senju Tobirama: "Black-Framed Naruto is still the one who respects this old man enough."
Senju Tobirama: "This old man indeed brought many changes to the Ninja World and advanced the development of Ninjutsu in the Ninja World."
Uchiha Izuna: "Enough, how old were you when you died? 'This old man, this old man' my foot."
Senju Tobirama: "What's it to you?"
Senju Tobirama: "According to the time since I died, what's wrong with calling myself 'this old man'?!"
Senju Hashirama: "Tobirama, didn't you use my Wood Clone as a reference to..." Senju Tobirama: "Big brother, you be quiet for a moment."
[Hidden in the thick mist, Zabuza frowned slightly, "A bit troublesome."]
["Then let's start with the weakest."]
[Zabuza closed his eyes, released his perception, and then suddenly snapped them open.]
[Swoosh—]
[In the next instant, Zabuza disappeared from the spot.]
[In the thick mist, Zabuza's speed was extremely fast.]
[In the blink of an eye, he arrived behind Sasuke.]
Uchiha Sasuke: "..."
The weakest?
Me?
Impossible! It's absolutely impossible to be me!
At this moment, Sasuke's self-esteem suffered a severe blow.
["Is this how you protect your subordinates with your life?"]
[Zabuza's voice came from behind Sasuke.]
[Naruto: "..."]
[Too much talking.]
[Didn't they say he kills invisibly and silently?]
[Could it be that he's enjoying the hunt and intends to play with his prey?]
[Sasuke's pupils shrank suddenly.]
[He instinctively wanted to counterattack.]
[But he ended up frozen in place.]
[Move!!!]
[Sasuke roared inwardly.]
[But his body completely refused to listen.]
[Bearing Zabuza's Killing Intent from such close range, Sasuke's body was already stiff with fear.]
["Dammit!"]
[Sasuke was both angry and annoyed, but there was nothing he could do; he could only watch helplessly as the Kunai swung toward his neck.]
Uchiha Izuna: "Dreams or whatever... I don't have any, but if it's ambition, I have that."
Ino Yamanaka: "'To kill a certain man!'"
Uchiha Sasuke: "..."
I'll slaughter you all!
Pfft—
Even Sakura couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"If Sasuke had been following Naruto-kun like us, this definitely wouldn't have happened."
[This situation was actually similar to being caught in a Genjutsu.]
[Sakura was also considerably affected.]
[But after years of training under Naruto, her body already had instinctive reactions.]
[The moment Zabuza released his Killing Intent.]
[Sakura disrupted the flow of Chakra within her body.]
[Forget Killing Intent, even a Genjutsu could be broken immediately.]
[Of course, if it were a specific and extremely high-level Genjutsu, there would indeed be no way.]
[But that level of Genjutsu isn't common like cabbage.]
[The people who can use it are few and far between.]
[On this point, Kurenai Yuhi still had quite a bit of authority to speak.]
[Especially after Naruto investigated her academic background and she spent a night studying, she decided to pursue another path simultaneously.]
[Whoosh—!!!]
[The sound of something slicing through the air came.]
[Zabuza frowned.]
[He gave up on assassinating Sasuke.]
[It was too late to retreat, so he immediately raised his arm to block.]
["Bastard!!!"]
[Sakura roared.]
[Smack—!!!]
[Zabuza: "???"]
[The executioners blade... not used to cut people, but to slap them?!]
[Swoosh—]
[Zabuza, whose figure was rapidly flying backward, fell silent.]
[This strength is immense!]
[In mid-air, Zabuza glanced at his naturally drooping arm.]
[Crack—]
[He expressionlessly reset his dislocated arm.]
["It's over."]
[Just as Zabuza was hesitating whether to continue.]
[Kakashi's voice rang out from behind him.]
[Zabuza unhurriedly formed a hand seal with one hand.]
[Bang—]
[Substitution Jutsu.]
[This is the advantage of arriving at the battlefield early and being able to prepare in advance.]
[Kakashi raised an eyebrow.]
[But he didn't lower his guard.]
[He immediately released his perception, searching for Zabuza's figure in the thick mist.]
[That move just now allowed Kakashi to confirm that for a short time, he didn't need to worry about the safety of Team 7 and Tazuna.]
[They had enough power to counterattack and wouldn't easily let Zabuza succeed.]
[Right now, he only needed to focus on dealing with Zabuza.]
[However, Kakashi had been dormant for too long after all.]
[His strength had even regressed a bit.]
[Splash—]
[A pair of hands reached out from under the water and grabbed Kakashi's ankles.]
[Plop—]
[Immediately after, Kakashi was dragged into the water.]
[A moment later, Zabuza climbed out of the water.]
["Is this the Sharingan?"]
["Even through the Hidden Mist Jutsu, you could still copy my Water Clone Jutsu."]
[True, Kakashi's strength had indeed regressed quite a bit.]
[Otherwise, even if it was a Water Clone, it wouldn't have been solved so easily.]
["Boring probing is unnecessary."]
[Zabuza tilted his head and glanced to the side.]
[Kakashi's figure slowly emerged from the thick mist.]
[Not far away, Sasuke watched this blurry scene.]
[For a moment, he was somewhat indignant and slammed a fist into the ground.]
["Dammit!!!"]
[He hated!]
[He hated his own weakness.]
[He hated that he had wasted so many years.]
[In this mission, his performance wasn't even as good as Sakura's.]
[Suddenly, Sasuke seemed to think of something and hurriedly looked at Naruto.]
[Sensing something, Naruto retracted his gaze and looked at Sasuke.]
[Their eyes met.]
["Naruto... help me..."]
["I want to become stronger!"]
[The three of them: "..."]
["Hahaha~"]
[Inside the Sealing Space, the Great Fox laughed uproariously.]
[Is there anything more pleasing for a fox than watching an Uchiha suffer a setback?]
[On the other side.]
[Kakashi took a deep breath.]
[He formed hand seals.]
[Zzzzt—]
[Lightning overflowed.]
[Chidori.]
["Oh~!"]
["A very powerful Lightning Release."]
[Zabuza narrowed his eyes; his intuition told him that if he were hit by this Ninjutsu, the battle would be over.]
[However.]
[The corner of Zabuza's mouth curled up slightly.]
["Kakashi, your name will be written in this great one's notebook."]
[Splash—]
[The same trick.]
[Kakashi's pupils shrank suddenly, his face full of astonishment.]
[When?!]
["Copy Ninja?"]
[Zabuza gave a mocking laugh.]
[When Kakashi wasted a Chidori and climbed out of the water.]
[Kneeling on the water's surface, his hairstyle had gone flat.]
['This water... is so heavy... could it be?']
[Kakashi was terrified in his heart and wanted to take countermeasures, but it was too late; he couldn't even lift his arm.]
["Water Release: Water Prison Jutsu."]