"Huh huh huh...Kakashi, it seems you are wrong. My ambition is going to end here... it has to be annihilated too early!"
Although Zabuza declared victory in escaping from a dead situation in a low voice, his still slightly trembling pupils revealed the violent shock and... shake in his heart.
Shiro, who was holding [Lightning Cutter] hard on his chest, could clearly feel his life passing by rapidly. Before his consciousness completely blurred, he did the last thing he thought he could do for Zabuza - he used his last bit of strength to grab Kakashi's arm that was still inserted into his chest and was releasing Lightning Cutter, trying to imprison it.
Looking at Bai's pale but unusually calm face, and his eyes that gradually lost focus, Kakashi understood that this young boy... was hopeless.
This familiar scene instantly brought back the most painful episode in his memory... A severe colic tightened his heart.
Zabuza, who had just escaped from trouble, suddenly raised the cold long knife again, and he deliberately let out a cruel laugh. "Hahahaha! I really picked up a useful tool! In the end... it created such a perfect opportunity for me!"
No! How could he imagine... that he would also kill this child?! Kakashi looked at the long knife that was slashing mercilessly, feeling horrified in his heart!
But Bai's fingers that tightly grasped his arm became his biggest restraint at the moment! Can't escape!
With the speed and strength of Zabuza, Kakashi, whose arms were imprisoned and his mind was shocked, was absolutely unable to avoid this precise and cruel blow!
However——
At the moment when the long sword was about to be cut down, Kakashi gritted his teeth suddenly, not trying to break free from Bai's hand, but because of Bai's strength in grabbing him, with Bai's weak body, he made an extremely reluctant sideways roll and jump!
The blade struck the bridge heavily, sending up a string of sparks!
"..."
After narrowly avoiding this blow, Kakashi knelt down on one knee and gently put Bai down. He completely understood the current situation and saw through Zabuza's true heart behind the cold mask.
Just then.
"Naruto! Satsuki!"
Sakura, who was nervously protecting Tazuna from the rear, saw the two people coming - Satsuki was carefully supporting Naruto, who looked a little tired, and rushed towards the battlefield here.
Kakashi carefully placed Bai Ping on the bridge. The trauma on the young man's chest was shocking, and his breath of life was as weak as a candle in the wind.
Immediately afterwards, the Taijutsu duel broke out again between Kakashi and Zabuza.
However, just before Bai's consciousness was about to completely sink into darkness - a mutation occurred.
Dozens of long white and black hair fell off silently, trembling and deforming slightly in the air as if they had life, and finally turned into dozens of butterflies. This is exactly what Naruto secretly left on Bai's body, and it finally started to work at this moment.
These butterflies composed of life energy flew lightly to Bai's empty heart, which was penetrated by Lightning Cutter, and then quietly integrated into his flesh and blood.
The next moment, a gentle life energy began to slowly pour into Bai's body, which was about to die completely, stabilizing his last chance.
If he could hold on for a while longer, Bai's consciousness was temporarily stagnated on the borderline between death and death in the warm package.
On the other side, Zabuza roared and slashed hard at Kakashi, but the move was full of flaws and had long since lost its previous sharpness.
Kakashi just turned sideways to easily avoid this unorganized attack, and then hit Zabuza's abdomen with a heavy fist!
"Uh-huh!" Zabuza was in pain and staggered back a few steps. He roared and rushed forward again without believing in evil, wielding his long knife and slashing at random.
But there is no fighting skill left in his movements, leaving only energy and chaos to vent.
Kakashi Even before he swung the knife, Body Flicker Technique appeared behind him, and his hand Kunai pierced the shoulder joint of Zabuza's knife-holding arm!
"Pfft!"
One of Zabuza's arms instantly dropped weakly and could no longer be raised. He was breathing heavily, shouting in a thick and confused voice. "Why... why can't I keep up with you?!"
"You have already lost, Zabuza." Kakashi's voice was so calm that it was almost cruel, "Don't you pay attention now?"
Kakashi clearly remembers the scene just now - facing the slash that seemed to tear him and Bai Yiyi apart, he should be absolutely unable to avoid it. However, Zabuza hesitated at the most critical moment.
The slight deviation in the trajectory of the blade and the moment of stagnation were all clearly captured by Kakashi.
Even Zabuza himself was unconscious. Witnessing Bai's "passing away", the huge sadness and emptiness he had experienced had eroded his fighting ability, making him unable to think normally, let alone control his body.
At this moment, he was standing on the verge of a complete emotional breakdown, and all his attacks were just desperate and unwilling struggles.
Right in the hands of Kakashi, Kunai was about to stab Hand Seals, who had no ability to resist Zabuza, and gave him the final blow.
A dense and chaotic sound of footsteps suddenly sounded from the other end of the bridge, breaking the condensed atmosphere on the battlefield.
Kakashi and Zabuza are played sequentially. I saw a short man wearing round sunglasses, leaning on a cane, and with one hand comically wrapped in a bandage. Surrounded by a large group of vicious-looking hooligans armed with sticks and swords, he strutted Earth Flow onto the bridge.
"Gato... What are you doing here?" Zabuza recognized the person and asked Yu in a hoarse and tired voice.
"Oh oh oh~ Isn't this our Mr. Dingding Daimyo'Demon of the Hidden Mist'Zabuza Momochi?"
Gato's playful and mocking voice sounded, "It's really ugly to lose. It's... so disappointing."
"What do you mean?" Zabuza's eyes swept over the group of thugs behind Gato who appeared to be malicious and ready to make a move, "Also, why did you bring so many people here?"
"Hehehehe..."
Gato let out a cold chuckle and tapped the bridge deck gently with his crutch, "Aren't I honest enough, Mr. Zabuza? I have changed my mind - please, just die here."
He told his true purpose without any hesitation.
"You know, hiring you serious people Ninja will cost me a huge amount of money! That's why I found you cheap and useless rebels in the first place."
Gato looked like a businessman who knows how to calculate everything, "But now... you have already fought with Konoha Ninja, both of you will lose. It's really a waste of time." It's a lot of trouble for me. If both of you die here, not only will I not have to pay the huge commission, but I will also be able to save the down payment! This is a very good deal, isn't it?"
With the support of Satsuki, Naruto had just rushed to the battlefield. He looked at Gato's self-satisfied appearance as the mastermind behind the scenes, and then glanced at the group of crooked and undisciplined rogue thugs behind him...
How did this idiot become one of the richest people in the world? Is there really nothing wrong with this world's economic system?
Naruto felt deeply unable to complain.
(Fourth update today, the author's task is about to be completed.)