The three swiftly appeared beside Tazuna, drew their kunai, and took up defensive stances. The battlefield no longer belonged to them; all they had to do was protect the person this mission required them to protect.
Seeing that Shino had already said everything, Chen Fan could only smile. Since Shino had put it that way, he could not let his three students down.
"My students have already said everything I wanted to say. Besides, your actions just now have already sentenced you to death," Chen Fan said as he looked at Momochi Zabuza.
"Looks like we can't come to an agreement. I'll have to defeat you first. Remember, the name of the man who kills you is Momochi Zabuza." Zabuza flipped backward, pulled the Executioner's Blade from the tree trunk, slung it across his back, and rolled several times before appearing on the river's surface.
He formed hand seals with both hands. The water beneath his feet began to spin, and soon a current wrapped around Zabuza's body, slowly rising upward.
"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Technique!" Zabuza's body gradually vanished. At last, a leaf fell onto the river, sending ripples spreading across its surface before the water returned to stillness.
The white mist around them grew denser and denser. Just as Hinata was about to use the Byakugan, Chen Fan raised a hand to stop her.
A smile appeared on Chen Fan's lips. "Forget Hidden Mist. Even if you could truly turn invisible, what could you do to me?"
"Tempest Kick!"
Chen Fan kicked in one direction, and a powerful vacuum shockwave tore a gap through the mist.
Through that gap, they saw a man whose upper and lower body had been sliced in half by Chen Fan's kick. Disbelief still seemed to linger in the severed man's eyes.
"What