Tazuna was really relieved when he heard Gajeel say that he wouldn't give up on the request, especially after seeing his strength just now.
This way, even if the Konoha ninjas abandoned the mission, it wouldn't have much impact. He didn't use that moral kidnapping trick on Naruto Uzumaki and the others.
Objectively speaking, Tazuna's practice of concealing key information was indeed very selfish. You had to know that if ninjas with a little less skill hadn't known that they would encounter ninjas, they would probably be killed by the Demon Brothers before they even saw Zabuza later on.
And his attempt to use moral kidnapping had a kind of absurd feeling of "good people should have guns pointed at them."
But in this distorted world, Tazuna still had to bet that the ninjas who accepted the request were moral "good people", and he was really forced to the end of the road.
But the good news was that Naruto Uzumaki and the others had finally decided to continue the mission. Although these little brats didn't seem reliable and hadn't performed well just now, it was good to have one more person and one more strength.
The Land of Waves was a neighboring country to the Land of Fire, and was a completely isolated island country. So after reaching the sea, everyone could only take a small boat to continue to the Land of Waves.
What was outrageous was that there was actually an engine installed on this boat. Drake watched for a long time before holding back the urge to take it apart and see what kind of power it was driven by.
But in order not to be discovered by Gato's subordinates, the person rowing the boat didn't dare to turn it on at all, and could only use oars to carry the group into the Land of Waves.
Passing through the heavy fog, according to the person rowing the boat, it was only in this kind of foggy weather that there was a chance to bring people to the Land of Waves.
And entering the territory of the Land of Waves, the first thing everyone saw was a huge bridge that had only been half-built.
Drake glanced at Tazuna. No matter what his character was, his ability as a craftsman wasn't bad.
Under Gato's various blockades, it was rare to be able to build the bridge to this extent with a lack of funds and manpower.
The boat passed under the bridge pier and docked at a dilapidated small pier, and everyone finally set foot on the ground of the Land of Waves.
But before they had gone far, Drake, who was leading the way, raised his hand to stop the others from moving forward.
Looking at the forest on the side, Drake said, "Such a heavy killing intent. If you didn't want to hide yourself from the beginning, why don't you just come out?"
After hearing Drake's words, even Kakashi and the others realized that the second wave of enemies had appeared.
After all, they were ninjas who had undergone formal training, and Team 7 quickly formed a formation to protect Tazuna in the middle.
In their wary gaze, a spinning large sword flew over with a whistling sound and stuck straight in front of everyone. A figure followed closely and stepped on the hilt of the sword in a standard ninja squatting posture.
"For someone who isn't even a ninja to be able to discover me, it seems like you're not an ordinary person.
Generally speaking, I'm not interested in the names of those who die under this sword, but I can make an exception and remember your name."
Kakashi looked at the man with bandages wrapped around his face and a forehead protector worn diagonally, and said, "Zabuza Momochi, the renegade ninja from Kirigakure and one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. I didn't expect that Gato guy to even find you!"
Just by looking at the large sword that was like a door panel, one could recognize the identity of the person who had come. After all, neither the sword nor the person were unknown characters in the ninja world.
Drake really wanted to tell Zabuza that neither having him remember his name nor being killed by the large sword in his hand was something to be proud of.
But that blood-sucking and regenerative Kubikiribōchō did indeed make Drake very interested, and Gajeel on the side was drooling with envy.
Zabuza looked at Kakashi. Compared to Drake, he was indeed more concerned about this ninja who was also famous.
"I didn't expect to see Kakashi of the Sharingan here. The information in my hand, who used to be in the Kirigakure Anbu, clearly remembers the man who copied thousands of ninjutsu - Kakashi the Copy Ninja."
While praising his opponent, Zabuza didn't show any signs of retreating, and continued, "But even the Copy Ninja can't interfere with my work. My goal is just to kill that old man."
Saying this, his killing intent focused on Tazuna, but was blocked by Kakashi halfway through.
"It seems that I have to take care of you first!"
Saying this, Zabuza used the Body Flicker Technique to retreat, and at the same time retrieved the Kubikiribōchō that was stuck in the ground.
Standing on the water, Zabuza raised one hand high and made a hand seal with the other. Thick fog swept out from his side, and soon enveloped everyone.
The Hidden Mist Technique, the most iconic technique of Kirigakure, would block general perception abilities in this fog. But the user could clearly observe the opponent's every move.
Coupled with the Silent Killing Technique, ninjas from Kirigakure had the strongest assassination ability among the five great ninja villages.
Drake rubbed his fingers. According to his research, the principle of the five nature transformations in ninjutsu lay in the connecting ability of Chakra. To be precise, the nature transformation of Chakra came from this.
By connecting Chakra with the attribute energy in nature, Chakra was transformed into the same attribute.
And because everyone's degree of adaptation to each kind of natural energy was different, they had attributes that they were good at.
But after acquired development, they could also learn the ability to connect and transform with other attribute energies.
The Hidden Mist Technique was also like this. These mists were all transformed from Zabuza's Chakra. That was why he could sense all the situations in the mist.
"Eight places, throat, spine, lungs, liver, carotid artery and subclavian vein, kidneys, heart. Which part do you want me to attack?"
Zabuza's voice echoed in the mist, accompanied by a gloomy laugh. Although Drake knew that this was just to increase the psychological pressure on his opponents, it really gave Drake an unspeakable feeling for being able to sense everything.
So Drake raised his arm and snapped his fingers, and a ring of fire spread out from under Drake's feet. Wherever the fire passed, the mist instantly dissipated, revealing Zabuza, who was hiding inside and about to launch an attack.
Kakashi was startled by the flames that swept over his body, and then saw Zabuza, who had already approached.
The atmosphere was really awkward for a while. Just as Kakashi was thinking about whether to say hello again, Zabuza reacted first and retreated. Then he began to frantically form hand seals.
It appeared, that Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique with forty-four hand seals!
Kakashi pulled down the forehead protector that was blocking his eye, revealing the Sharingan with three tomoe that had appeared below.
Then Kakashi's hands also moved, forming the same hand seals as Zabuza.
Gajeel curled his lips in disdain. In a battle where victory or defeat and even life and death could be decided in a second, these ninjas were still doing such complicated things. It was really hard to understand.
Just as he was about to step forward and knock Zabuza down, Drake reached out and stopped Gajeel.
"It's rare to see a proper ninja who forms hand seals so honestly. Seize the opportunity and take a good look!"
Gajeel: ?
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