Naruto secretly hid behind Kakashi's back and formed three hand seals. Then a sudden thought struck him. What would happen if I hit Kakashi with a Konoha Taijutsu Secret Technique right now?
No, no, they were fighting. Focus. Old Kakashi was one of them. Naruto drove away the strange thought and activated his ninjutsu.
Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!
A massive water dragon, four or five meters in diameter, interrupted Kakashi and Zabuza's mutual back-patting.
Zabuza's eyes widened. "You call that a Water Dragon Bullet? That's practically on par with the Great Waterfall Technique!"
In his haste, Zabuza grabbed the massive blade at his feet, kicked off the tree trunk, and used both hands to smack the dragon's head with the blade. Borrowing the force, he leaped away from his original position and somewhat awkwardly jumped into the nearby lake.
Naruto suspected that smacking things was the Executioner's Blade's proper use. Back when he had watched the anime, Biwa Juzo and Itachi had gone to Kirigakure to carry out a mission for the Akatsuki. To protect Itachi, Juzo had actually used the Executioner's Blade to smack away a miniature Tailed Beast Ball.
Naruto had been utterly amazed at the time. What a beast. The most absurd part was that Biwa Juzo had not died to the Tailed Beast Ball, but to the broken blade after the Executioner's Blade was blown apart. All he could say was that Juzo had been a real man.
It seemed that even if Itachi had not joined the Akatsuki in this life, Juzo had probably still died during a mission in Kirigakure. Otherwise, the Executioner's Blade would not have ended up in Zabuza's hands.
Interestingly, the Executioner's Blade's three owners—Juzo, Zabuza, and Suigetsu—were all rogue ninja from Kirigakure. Naruto wondered if this lousy sword