"Ah, what a pain." Kyosuke looked at the rather beautiful ice mirrors around them and let out an inexplicable sigh.
However, his words received no response from Sasuke.
At that moment, the stubborn youth wore a dark expression as he sulked to himself.
Kyosuke did not need to think to know that Uchiha Sasuke was probably spiraling into his own thoughts again.
"What?! I'm actually worse than a six-year-old kid."
"How am I supposed to avenge myself against that man like this?!"
Kyosuke would bet that such thoughts were definitely running through his head.
"Hey, could you tone down the inner drama? The enemy is staring us down right now." Kyosuke spoke to him helplessly.
"Hmph, I know. I don't need you to remind me." Though Sasuke talked tough, his attention returned to the enemy.
The two looked at Haku's figures filling every ice mirror around them. After exchanging a glance, they began forming hand seals at the same time.
Naturally, Haku would not just stand there and watch them prepare their Ninjutsu.
From the countless figures that resembled clones, volleys of senbon flew out almost simultaneously, raining down densely upon the two of them.
Ninja Art: Summoning Technique.
Kyosuke swiftly summoned countless Poisonous Snakes of various sizes and commanded them to surge wildly in every direction.
Kyosuke had not expected those weak Poisonous Snakes to harm Haku. He intended to use them as shields so that the two of them could endure Haku's assault.
Haku had not used a Ninjutsu like Shadow Clone. Those duplicates were merely afterimages left behind as he moved, and they possessed no offensive power of their own.
The reason it looked as though they had attacked at the same time was simply the effect caused by Haku moving at high speed between the ice mirrors.
Though this method was ferocious, it could not possibly be sustained for long.
As long as they weathered this round of attacks, Haku would surely need time to catch his breath.
At that point, it would be time for them to counterattack.
Sure enough, once the Poisonous Snakes had blocked the vast majority of the senbon, Haku finally came to a stop.
"Sasuke!" Kyosuke shouted.
The instant his voice rang out, Sasuke unleashed the Ninjutsu he had prepared long ago.
Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique.
A straight line of flame shot toward Haku's position at tremendous speed.
The greatest difference between this Fire Release technique and the Great Fireball Technique was its swift travel speed.
Although their power was not greatly different, its speed was nearly more than twice that of the Great Fireball Technique.
Therefore, with Sasuke having successfully locked onto the enemy using the Sharingan, this Dragon Fire Technique could not possibly miss.
Sure enough, although Haku reacted quickly and tried to evade it, his speed was ultimately a fraction too slow due to excessive exhaustion.
And that fraction was the difference between victory and defeat, life and death.
The Dragon Fire Technique struck Haku accurately. The violent explosion not only sent him flying, but also shattered the uncontrolled Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals.
Watching Haku struggle on the ground, the two Uchiha boys, both covered in senbon, looked at each other and smiled at the same time.
"You're pretty strong." The proud Uchiha Sasuke rarely praised anyone.
After all, he knew that without Kyosuke, he might not even have survived Haku's first round of attacks.
Haku had not held back at every turn as he had in the original story.
That was because the combination of Kyosuke and Sasuke with his Sharingan activated was far stronger than the Sasuke and Naruto team at this point in the original story.
The pressure they brought was beyond doubt.
No matter how kind Haku was, he was not foolish enough to gamble with his own life.
Yet in the end, he had still lost to the two of them.
"I'll finish him. You go check on Kakashi-sensei." Kyosuke said somewhat awkwardly, then walked toward Haku.
Sasuke silently watched him from behind for a moment before heading toward the other battlefield without a word.
Kyosuke did not know about the changes in Sasuke's heart. Of course, with the Instance Dungeon about to be completed, he had no interest in worrying about an NPC's thoughts.
When he reached Haku, he looked down at the grievously wounded boy, who was still trying to turn his gaze toward the other battlefield.
With a silent sigh, Kyosuke lightly flicked his wrist and completely ended Haku's suffering.
"Don't worry. I'll make it up to you someday."
Ninja Art: Summoning Technique.
As Kakashi formed hand seals, several Ninja Dogs were suddenly summoned.
Caught off guard, Zabuza was immediately restrained by those fierce Ninja Dogs.
At the same time, an arc of lightning that seemed capable of piercing through the thick mist suddenly appeared in Kakashi's hand.
This was the signature technique that had made his name: Lightning Blade.
"It's over, Zabuza." Kakashi spoke with a cold expression, then charged toward Zabuza at incredible speed.
At the sight of this, Zabuza nearly stopped breathing.
He understood clearly that he probably could not evade it.
At that moment, he suddenly felt as though everything before him had slowed down.
Everything that had happened in the first half of his life flashed rapidly before his eyes like a slideshow.
In the end, it froze on a boy as white as snow.
Faced with the fatal blow rushing toward him, Zabuza did not even look at it. Instead, he desperately turned his head.
He looked in the direction where that boy was.
But when he saw Sasuke enter the battlefield, his emotions suddenly surged violently.
A desperate roar suddenly burst from his mouth:
"No!!!"
Splat—
A hand filled with countless arcs of lightning suddenly pierced through Zabuza's chest.
At the same time, the roar that had continued to echo came to an abrupt stop.
The smoke gradually dispersed. When Kyosuke arrived, he saw Kakashi, who had lowered his forehead protector again.
And Zabuza, whose pained expression carried a trace of regret.
"..."
Though they had won the battle, for some reason, none of the three showed even a hint of joy.
Even Kyosuke was the same. Although he knew these people had all been created by the system, the extremely realistic scene still left him feeling somewhat melancholy.
After a long while, everyone finally gathered themselves. After simply burying Haku and Zabuza, they continued deeper into the Land of Waves.
What followed was simple. With a single Ninjutsu, more than half of Gato's ragtag group were killed or injured.
The remaining men were all killed by Kyosuke and Sasuke working together.
Finally, as a ripple passed through the air, Kyosuke's figure vanished from the place.
"Land of Waves" Instance Dungeon completed!!!
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