Seeing this, Kakashi slowly retracted and pointed at Zabuza and Kunai. He has completely understood - the Zabuza Momochi in front of him is no longer the enemy that needs to be dealt with first.
He became a victim of Gato's conspiracy, a "tool" that had lost its use value and was about to be cleared by the employer.
"What's 'Demon of the Hidden Mist'? In my eyes, he's just a clown who wields knives and guns!"
Gato and the group of miscellaneous fish men behind him were completely ignorant of life and death. They still taunted Zabuza with extremely unpleasant words and fell to the ground. Their harsh laughter echoed on the bridge.
"Kakashi," Zabuza's voice carried an unprecedented calmness, "I'm sorry, our fight ends here. I have no reason to kill that old man anymore." He took the initiative to speak out the words of truce.
Gato proudly took a few steps forward and soon found him lying not far away, motionless and pale.
"Oh? Is this kid dead already?" Gato kicked Bai's body, which had no reaction, with the toe of his leather shoe, and said in a frivolous tone, "Huh, how dare you touch me... Huh!"
He raised his bandaged hand, which was the scar left by the previous lesson. After saying that, he vented his anger and kicked Bai Er's body hard.
Seeing Bai's "remains" being treated so roughly, Zabuza still looked expressionless and cold on the surface, but the knuckles of his clenched fists were already white, and all the muscles in his body were tense to the limit.
He is standing on the edge of a complete emotional breakdown, and the string of reason may break at any time.
Naruto knows that all he needs now is a final push to make him completely white. He cannot really regard Bai as an insignificant "tool" at all.
He gently broke away from Satsuki's support, gave her a "don't worry" soothing look, then took a step forward and spoke in a quiet voice.
"His body was treated like that... Aren't you going to do something? Zabuza."
"... Bai is dead." Zabuza's voice tried to convince himself, "As a tool, he has completely lost its use value. How he is treated... doesn't matter."
"Then he is really pitiful..." Naruto sighed with a hint of appropriateness in his tone, "You know, until the last moment of his life, he was thinking about you and risking his life to protect you... but you were the only one."
These words accurately penetrated the deepest soft spot in Zabuza's heart, a soft spot that even he himself was unwilling to admit!
Zabuza The lower half of his face, which was tightly wrapped in bandages, began to tremble slightly uncontrollably, and the teeth in his mouth were clenched tightly, making a gurgling sound. The cold shell that was forcibly constructed was cracking at a speed visible to the naked eye.
On the side, Kakashi looked at Naruto's behavior in confusion, which seemed to add fuel to the fire. However, out of trust in Naruto and the current need to be wary of the main threat of Gato and his men, he did not say anything to stop it, but only observed the changes in the situation more vigilantly.
"Do you really feel nothing in your heart?" Naruto's voice slowly cut through Zabuza's hard disguise, "You know... he gave his life for you without any regrets, and he was thinking of you until the last moment."
"He is a difficult opponent... He tried his best to kill me, just because this is part of your dream..."
"Shut up... brat." Zabuza's voice came out from between his teeth.
"His dream... is your dream... how pitiful..." Naruto seemed not to hear, and continued to hit his guard with words, "He likes you so much and respects you... but in the end he can only die like a disposable tool... What a cruel and pitiful life."
"I told you to stop talking!!"
Zabuza suddenly burst out with an almost collapsed roar, forcibly interrupting Naruto's words. His heart could no longer bear the huge pain and guilt.
Finally, the hot tears broke through all the restraints, "Demon of the Hidden Mist", which had never shown weakness in front of anyone. At this moment, the tears surged out uncontrollably, mixed with the blood on the face, and dripped on the bridge.
"I know... I know! Bai... Bai is a good guy through and through! He's a fool!"
How could he not care? Bai's "death" had already broken his heart into millions of pieces. It's just that he himself didn't realize that in spending time with Bai day and night, he couldn't let go of this feeling and could no longer regard Bai as just a tool.
"The real Ninja"? At this moment, Zabuza completely understood one thing - Ninja is also a human being, a person with flesh and blood who can feel pain and cry. He cannot become a killing tool without emotion at all.
"Hey... you guys, don't you take me too seriously?" Gato, who was standing aside, laughed impatiently, interrupting the heavy atmosphere, "Forget it, it's not worth wasting my time and money on you dying people. Do it! Kill them all!"
He gave the order, and the group of ruffians behind him who were already eager to try immediately displayed all kinds of weapons with malicious intentions and surrounded them with shouts.
I... must do something for Bai in the end...
Zabuza is extremely certain in his heart. His eyes blurred by tears were fixed on Gato who had insulted Bai's "remains".
Very good... it seems that he has understood his heart.
Naruto looked at Zabuza's reaction and knew that the time had come. Next, it's the turn of the other "self" to appear.
Zabuza moves his only remaining moving arm, with the will to die burning in his eyes, preparing to rush towards Gato and his army of miscellaneous fish for the last battle - at this moment!
"Boom!!!!——"
A violent hurricane suddenly blew up on the bridge without warning! The strong wind pressure even made the thin Gato stagger and almost fall to the ground! Satsuki's face changed suddenly, not knowing what this sudden change was. She subconsciously immediately protected Naruto, who looked a little weak, behind her.
Kakashi also immediately entered a high alert state again, and Sharingan quickly scanned the surroundings. A hurricane of this magnitude... can never be a natural phenomenon!
"Who is it?!" Gato shouted in confusion, and his men looked around in panic.
At this moment, clear footsteps came from the other end of the bridge. It sounds like the footsteps of two people.
Under the gaze of everyone who was looking at them in shock and uncertainty, two figures penetrated the wind pressure that had not yet completely subsided and walked slowly towards them.
The leader was wearing a strange Fox Mask and a black robe, and behind him was a man wearing a black robe and exuding danger - Kakuzu.
[Menma], who was wearing Fox Mask, stopped and glanced across the audience, finally settling on Gato. His voice came out through the mask and clearly echoed in everyone's ears.
"This boring farce can end."
"Sorry, these two people, I can't let them die here..."
His tone suddenly became extremely cold, "The real person who deserves to die is you, Gato."