"Wasn't the intelligence saying that a Konoha squad was protecting Tazuna? Why is there only one brat here?" Zabuza sensed that something was wrong. But his sensory abilities couldn't tell that Yu was particularly strong. With Yu's youthful face, most ninja would take him for a rookie—especially an elite jōnin as long-established as Zabuza.
"Never mind. I'll capture the brat first. I should be able to interrogate some useful information out of him." Zabuza narrowed his eyes, a thick bloodlust showing in them.
"Be careful now. Don't cut the brat down in one stroke. Just cut off his hands and feet." Zabuza spoke icily as he formed a hand seal with one hand and pointed it toward the sky. Dense white mist rose around them and drifted toward Yu.
The sky had been clear just moments ago, but suddenly, white mist rose from nowhere, shrouding the entire forest. Visibility dropped to about five meters.
That was with the boost from Yu's Sharingan. An ordinary person probably wouldn't have been able to see even one meter through the fog.
Yu stopped when he saw the mist.
"Kirigakure Ninja's Hidden Mist Technique—Silent Killing Technique."
The sudden appearance of the white mist made it obvious that Zabuza was somewhere nearby. Kirigakure's Hidden Mist Technique—Silent Killing Technique was famous throughout the Shinobi World, and it was one of Kirigakure's trademarks.
Almost all Kirigakure ninja knew the Hidden Mist Technique—Silent Killing Technique, and Zabuza was one of its finest practitioners.
"I wonder what white mist looks like when it meets a raging fire," Yu murmured, then quickly began forming hand seals.
[Fire Style—Great Fireball Technique]
The Great Fireball Technique was the offensive ninjutsu he knew best. As he performed it, he opened all eight of his Chakra Hearts, pouring an enormous amount of Chakra into