The sun sank in the west~~
Hao Shuai left Tazuna's house alone without even staying for dinner.
After all, Hao Shuai was used to fine food and delicacies, so he didn't have much hope for the meals at Tazuna's house.
Besides, he knew that Kakashi would be training Team 7 for the rest of the day, and he didn't want to stick around and be bored.
Hao Shuai knew there was an underground bounty station in the Land of Waves, too. Rather than waste time here, he might as well take another mission for fun before Zabuza showed up.
Even if there weren't any suitable missions, going into town to enjoy himself was still better than being cooped up at Tazuna's house!
As for why Hao Shuai didn't take the opportunity to look for the injured Zabuza—
It was obvious that wasn't going to work~~
The Land of Waves wasn't huge, but it wasn't small, either. If Zabuza and his companions really wanted to hide, Hao Shuai would have to spend ages searching every inch of the place with his Divine Thought. Otherwise, he had no chance of finding them.
And why would Hao Shuai bother doing something so tedious? They'd show up on their own in a few days anyway.
In the blink of an eye, seven or eight days passed.
During that time, aside from training hard under Kakashi's supervision, Naruto and the others took turns escorting Tazuna to the bridge construction site.
With no outside interference, the bridge was nearly finished after just seven or eight days.
Naruto and Sasuke also lived up to their protagonist status. Their strength had grown rapidly thanks to their grueling, sleepless training.
That morning, it was Kakashi's turn to take Sasuke and Sakura to protect Tazuna while he worked on