Ch. 1Heaven Village
Kirigakure’s Zabuza Momochi led an attack that destroyed Heaven Village, where its elder used a life-sacrificing heavenly technique to protect the village’s heir and leave Zabuza alive as a future challenge for his grandson. The story then shifted to Yi Shui’s heartbreak over Xiao Nan before a truck struck him.
- Zabuza Momochi led his Kirigakure squad into Heaven Village and ordered them to kill the villagers and seize their ninjutsu scrolls.
- The village elder sent Ichiro Yamada to take Issui Kanna to Konoha and seek the Third Hokage’s protection.
- The elder used Heavenly God Descends to fight Zabuza, then restored Zabuza’s life force and spared him before dying.
- Yi Shui gave Xiao Nan a lily for her birthday, but she rejected him and said she liked Xiao Han, concealing that she had acted under pressure from her family.
- A distracted truck driver struck Yi Shui as he walked away in grief.