Haku and Kado Who Wouldn't Give Up

Zabuza's hideout. Several days had passed since Zabuza's death, and Wu Liang's group had safely arrived at Tazuna's home.

Inside the hideout, a delicate-looking young man sat on the sofa, staring blankly into space.

Bang

The hideout's door was violently shoved open. The short Kado walked in with his bodyguards. Looking at the delicate young man, he said, "Didn't you say you'd deal with that bridge builder? So why did you end up getting yourselves killed instead? Just as I thought, ninjas are completely unreliable."

However, the delicate young man seemed not to have heard him at all. He merely continued carefully gathering Zabuza's belongings.

A chilling aura swept over him, making Kado shudder. Though Kado acted arrogant on the surface, he was actually quite afraid of these ninjas. Thus, despite his bluster, he did not dare go too far. He continued, "I'll give you one last chance. Next time, I'll lead the team myself. Gather everyone you can contact, and come with me to settle things with them once and for all."

The delicate young man's hands paused as he packed. "I'll contact them. I will also avenge Mr. Zabuza."

After returning home, Tazuna did not stay long. After introducing his family to Kakashi and the others, he hurried off to continue building the bridge.

It was Wu Liang's first time visiting a town in an island nation. Well, how should he put it? Before entering this town, Wu Liang could not have imagined that any country other than the Land of Wind could be so poor. Beggars filled the streets, and every resident looked lifeless, like puppets.

According to Tazuna, ever since Kado had arrived, the people here had become like this. Under his oppressive policies, they had grown increasingly timid and had even lost the courage to resist. They muddled through life day after day, so this bridge had to be built. That bridge was their only hope of escaping Kado's control, as well as the perfect symbol to help them regain their courage.

To be honest, Wu Liang sympathized with this country's plight. But this was, after all, a world of ninjas. Ordinary people could not choose their own lives and could only passively endure. Moreover, countries without armed forces of their own were the favorites of armed groups and illegal ninja organizations. A rogue ninja at Jonin level, or a band of brigands made up of lower-ranked ninjas, could control and dominate a town like this. Not to mention an ambitious man like Kado, who had both money and armed forces.

During this time, Kakashi had Wu Liang and the others take turns protecting Tazuna every day. The rest of their time was spent training desperately. After seeing Wu Liang's explosive strength, Naruto no longer dared slack off. He even deeply regretted not listening to Wu Liang's training arrangements before.

The training continued until the bridge was nearly finished.

Wu Liang and Sasuke were responsible for protecting Tazuna today, while Naruto was probably taking a break. According to Tazuna, the bridge would be fully completed that afternoon.

Yet Wu Liang felt faintly uneasy. According to the original story, today should have been the day Zabuza attacked again. But Zabuza was already dead. Could it be Kado? But without Zabuza taking the lead, did he still dare show himself?

Just as Wu Liang was bored enough to prepare to go fishing, a masked youth appeared on the bridge not far from him, staring at Wu Liang with hostility. Sasuke, sensing that something was wrong, rushed over from behind.

Looking at the youth in the distance, Wu Liang could not help sighing inwardly. This should be Haku, right? I liked him quite a bit when I watched the anime, but after the author revealed his gender, my enthusiasm faded a lot. Why is such a gentle young man actually a cute girl with a huge dick? Sigh, cross-dressing pros are not to be messed with.

Wu Liang did not move, while Sasuke drew a kunai and stared at the masked Hidden Mist Ninja youth ahead. He shouted, "Who are you? Why are you here? What do you want?"

Haku ignored Sasuke. He only stared at Wu Liang, releasing a biting chill as he walked closer. "It was you who killed Mr. Zabuza."

Looking at the youth approaching him, Wu Liang said to the wary Sasuke beside him, "Go protect Tazuna first. Leave him to me."

Sasuke froze for a moment, then nodded. "Alright. I'll protect Tazuna. Be careful."

After saying that, Sasuke headed toward Tazuna. At that moment, Tazuna had also run into trouble. A large group of samurai, along with a few ninjas hidden among them, were closing in on him. Kado's armed group had clearly arrived as well.

After watching Sasuke leave, Wu Liang looked at Haku again. "I know you. A kid who can use Ice Release."

Haku Yuki halted in surprise. "You gathered intelligence on us?"

Looking at Haku, who was only a few steps away, Wu Liang said, "No, I just happen to know. And at this distance, it's enough for you to use your secret art, right? Then let me see just how powerful that secret art of yours is—the one they say cannot be broken once someone is trapped inside."

Haku Yuki was even more shocked. "I've never used this secret art in front of anyone. How do you know about it?"

"Heh, don't worry about how I know. Are you here for revenge or not? If you want to fight, hurry up. I still need to deal with those small fry over there." Wu Liang had no interest whatsoever in a ninja like Haku Yuki, whose strength was only at Elite Chunin level. If he had not wanted to see that secret art, Haku would have been dealt with the moment he appeared.

Seeing Wu Liang's impatience, Haku Yuki did not get angry. Instead, he gave Wu Liang some rather unpleasant information. "If you mean Kado's men, then you won't need to deal with them. But he recently hired several rogue ninjas at Jonin level to assist him. Their strength may not be that great, but that kid from earlier probably won't be able to stop them."

Wu Liang was not particularly worried after hearing that. Kakashi was also fishing nearby. If Sasuke encountered danger, he would appear immediately.

Seeing that Wu Liang was still not worried after hearing the information, Haku Yuki sighed. "Since you're so determined to die, I'll let you experience my secret art."

Then Haku Yuki formed a hand seal. "Secret Art: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals."

Haku Yuki's Chakra, mixed with icy air, surrounded Wu Liang. Before long, it formed a spherical world of mirrors around him. Unlike in the anime, this Secret Art: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals was a seamless spherical space entirely composed of ice mirrors. Mirror after mirror enclosed Wu Liang without the slightest gap. As the spherical space formed, Haku Yuki slipped into the mirrors, and in an instant, every mirror in the entire space displayed a Haku Yuki.

Wu Liang released his spiritual sense to probe, but he could not determine which Haku Yuki among the mirrors was the real body. This secret art should have combined reflected light, genjutsu, and Ice Clones. In his previous life, Wu Liang had searched up this secret art online. The search engine said that Haku's secret art created ice mirrors out of water, allowing ultra-high-speed movement through mirror reflections. Because of its unique speed, opponents could not predict where the attack would come from.

But only after Wu Liang entered the space created by this secret art did he realize that was not the case. Every Haku Yuki in this secret art was a physical entity. The use of reflections was likely meant to conceal the true body more effectively, and Haku could probably freely switch his true body and clones among the mirrors. No wonder they said it could not be broken once someone was trapped inside.

Wu Liang focused fully on sensing Haku Yuki's true body, while every Haku Yuki in the mirrors pulled out senbon and attacked Wu Liang within the space at once.

"Damn, full-body acupuncture? But the strength doesn't seem that high. Water Release: Inner Water Prison Technique."

Wu Liang used the Water Prison in reverse, tightly protecting himself within it. Countless senbon struck the outer wall of the Water Prison but could not pierce through to reach Wu Liang inside. Before long, the Water Prison had turned into a prison of needles, its outer wall covered in icy senbon.

Seeing that his attacks were ineffective, Haku Yuki stopped throwing senbon and began forming hand seals instead. "Secret Art: Doubtful Ice Technique."

The senbon from all directions were replaced by freezing air. Wu Liang's Water Prison immediately froze into a massive lump of ice, trapping him inside.

After experiencing the secret art, Wu Liang was instantly disappointed. "Your secret art is decent, but your strength is average, so you can't bring out its full effect. Also, its weakness is easy to find. Any taijutsu expert stronger than you can immediately shatter your secret art. The same goes for genjutsu. Since the nature of your secret art is to share visual information in real time, if even one clone falls under genjutsu, your true body will be affected as well. So it isn't very practical."

After Wu Liang finished speaking, before Haku could react, he condensed Chakra into his fist and shouted inwardly, Super Strength Fist.

Bang

His punch struck the huge ice sphere trapping him. Ice fragments immediately shot in all directions, striking the ice mirrors and then reflecting back from the mirrors on the other side.

"Oh? So it has that function too. Looks like those ice mirrors have quite a few uses. But they're still useless. Super Strength Sky Pain Kick!"

As soon as Wu Liang finished speaking, he stomped down. The bridge deck instantly collapsed, and Wu Liang dropped through the hole, escaping Haku's secret art space. Though this secret art space was good, it did not cover every direction. There were no ice mirrors beneath his feet, making that its easiest weakness to exploit. If they had been on land, anyone who knew Earth Release could easily break it, let alone on a bridge. Tazuna would just have to work harder and repair it slowly after they dealt with Kado.

"Lightning Release: Lightning Blade!"

Just as Wu Liang returned to the bridge deck, he heard Kakashi's voice from nearby. Wu Liang had no time to deal with the Chakra-depleted Haku in the distance. Turning around, he saw Sasuke severely wounded by several rogue ninjas, while Kakashi had arrived and used Lightning Blade to kill a Jonin-level rogue ninja who had been about to finish Sasuke off.

Seeing that Sasuke was no longer in danger, Wu Liang even felt a trace of regret. Sasuke still had a gap to overcome when facing Jonin. Whether in combat experience or ninjutsu strength, he was lacking. Fortunately, Kakashi had arrived in time. Otherwise, Sasuke would have truly been in danger.

Then Wu Liang turned and saw Haku Yuki sprawled weakly on the bridge deck. With a dark expression, he headed toward Kakashi.

When he reached Kakashi's side, Tazuna was carrying the blood-covered Sasuke away. Since consumable items had been declared unusable when Wu Liang first arrived in this world, otherwise, one Delicious Cookie would probably have been enough for Sasuke to get back up and fight again.

After glancing at the injured Sasuke, Wu Liang turned to the remaining two Jonin and said to Kakashi, "One each."

"If you want, you can take both. I'll deal with those samurai and thug small fry." The seriousness on Kakashi's face instantly turned into dead-fish eyes when he saw Wu Liang arrive.

"Works for me. Shadow Clone Technique."

Bang

Wu Liang created a clone, and the clone immediately threw a Super Strength Fist at one of the rogue Jonin.

Meanwhile, intending to end this quickly, Wu Liang drew the Certain Kill Sword. Looking at the rogue Jonin before him, he said, "Being killed by my swordsmanship is your honor. Really."