"Bang! Splash!" It was a Water Clone. That bastard had pulled the same trick again, and he had actually fooled him. Had his acting improved?
Five Zabuza appeared soundlessly around Hinata and the other two.
"Get down!" Chen Fan shouted.
Hearing Chen Fan's words, the three of them and Tazuna all quickly dropped to the ground. "Whoosh...!" A crescent-shaped Vacuum Slash flew over their heads.
"Splash!" All five Zabuzas shattered into water that fell to the ground. They were all Water Clones.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...!" Several senbon shot toward Chen Fan. It was Haku. After Zabuza made his move, Haku attacked Chen Fan as well. This seemed different from what the two had said earlier. Haku had charged at Chen Fan, apparently intending to use Haku to hold him back while Zabuza dealt with Tazuna.
But Zabuza was nowhere to be seen. The one who had stood beside Haku earlier had also been a Water Clone. Zabuza was lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity. He only needed an instant, and Zabuza was confident that no one could match his grasp of timing. He had been far too careless in his previous battle with Chen Fan. Killing Chen Fan would be difficult, but killing Tazuna would not be. He only needed a fraction of a second to take out Hinata, Shino, and Kiba.
Chen Fan sensed it as well. Ninjas could not be judged by ordinary logic; that had limited him and tied his hands.
"Hinata, Shino, Kiba, be careful. Zabuza could appear at any time. Now is the real test of your strength. Most of the time, one plus one is less than two, but sometimes one plus one plus one is greater than three," Chen Fan told his three students. He himself intended to defeat Haku as