"Tempest Kick: Dragon Sever!" Chen Fan kicked Zabuza's blade. Zabuza's sword flew from his grasp, and his body toppled toward the bridge, both his hands split open and bleeding.
"Bang!" Zabuza's body crashed onto the bridge. Pain twisted his face as he struggled, unable to move.
After slipping from Zabuza's hand, the Executioner's Blade spun continuously through the air. "Whoosh!" It pierced into the bridge deck, passing straight through it, showing just how sharp it was. After colliding with Chen Fan's leg, anyone unaware of the truth might have thought it was made of wood.
"Whoosh!" Chen Fan appeared beside the Executioner's Blade, narrowing his eyes slightly as he looked at Zabuza.
Haku quickly rushed to Zabuza's side. Zabuza saw that Haku had not suffered a single injury.
"Slap!" Zabuza struck Haku across the face. "Trash. You couldn't even buy me time." Chen Fan frowned slightly as a red handprint appeared on Haku's face.
Haku lowered her head without saying a word, her eyes filled only with worry as she tried to bandage Zabuza's wounds. "Slap!" Zabuza swung his hand again, striking the other side of Haku's face.
This time, even Hinata, Kiba, and Shino could no longer stand it. This man actually beat his own companion. How could such a frail girl possibly delay Teacher Chen Fan? Zabuza was simply demanding the impossible.
"Hey! Why are you hitting your own companion? If it weren't for her, you would have died a week ago!" Inuzuka Kiba shouted indignantly. Though Zabuza was an enemy, he could not bear to watch such behavior.
Kiba's words made Zabuza even angrier. "It's because she failed to kill those five people as I ordered that this happened. She even let herself be followed. Useless trash. What use is a tool like that?"
"No, she has