Chakra! I Order You to Spin!

"A ninja's end should be a silent death, with no trace of bones left behind."

"But it seems I've made quite a commotion. I wonder if Mr. Zabuza will be angry."

Haku smiled shyly, her soft black hair cascading over her shoulders. Her bare feet touched the rippling seawater, and the spots where she landed instantly froze.

With a death wish, she single-handedly faced Gato's ronin army, the samurai guards hired by the Land of Iron. She charged from the first floor to the seventh, killing them all without exception.

Only when she finally checked the bodies did she discover that Gato had already died while shouting for the door.

Her chakra was consumed without regard for the cost, leaving both her body and spirit depleted. She fainted on the spot.

But her life was incredibly resilient, and she actually woke up among a pile of corpses on a cart carrying bodies.

Having lost Zabuza, Haku had no desire to live.

After dying once, she confronted her inner self even more directly. She used the Kubikiribōchō to sever her lower body, cleaning herself up thoroughly. She wanted to meet Zabuza in the underworld with a completely new demeanor.

Her chosen escort to the afterlife was, naturally, the murderer of Zabuza.

Kakashi, Naruto.

At the entrance of the seaside pier, Naruto held a long sword diagonally. The sword was nothing special, just a sharp piece of iron, an extension of his arm.

He watched Haku walk over on the ice, his eyes fixed, silent, his fighting spirit surging.

Now that Kakashi was incapacitated, he was the one who had to shoulder the burden.

Things in this world are always like this; there is no fairness, no perfection. Even his adoptive father had died at sea.

Whether he could bear it or not, he had to bear it first.

Whichever path he chose, he would see it through.

Naruto raised his sword with a straight arm. "State your name."

"Haku."

Haku stood on the floating ice, as beautiful as her name suggested, like a patch of snow. "Your name."

"Uzumaki Naruto!"

Without further exchange, the battle immediately erupted.

Naruto stepped on the water, holding his sword, while Haku formed hand seals with one hand.

Sword Qi covered the long sword. His arm was like a bow, the sword like a string and arrow, unleashing a charged strike directly at Haku's heart.

"Ice Release: Ice Rock Dome!"

With the seals formed and the technique complete, an oval-shaped ice wall appeared out of thin air in front of Haku.

Naruto thrust his sword, arm and all, into it. With a clang, it penetrated deeply but not enough to break through.

He bent his legs and kicked off the wall, pulling his sword back while releasing a burst of chakra behind him to absorb the impact.

He jumped onto the ice wall and, treading on air, swung his sword down at Haku again.

Naruto knew his advantage lay in not needing to form hand seals, allowing him to be faster and fiercer.

But facing Naruto's attacks, Haku made no move to dodge. Her hand seals were formed with incredible speed.

Before the sword could land, another ninjutsu was released.

"Secret Technique: Demonic Mirror Ice Crystals!"

Mirrors of ice formed from all directions, surrounding Naruto. Haku's figure seemed to teleport and merge into one of the mirrors, appearing simultaneously in all of them.

Dozens of Hakus looked down at Naruto with sadness.

"Even if I kill you, Mr. Zabuza won't be resurrected. So, try your best to kill me."

Hot air puffed from Naruto's nostrils.

The Nine-Tails' leaking chakra, absorbed by the Eight Trigrams Seal, fed back into his physical cells under the drive of his fighting spirit.

"What are you saying? I don't understand!"

Surging, flame-like chakra covered his entire body and flowed into his sword. The blade grew increasingly dazzling, like the outline of a hellish day.

At this moment, Naruto had only one thought—swing the sword!

The sword moved with his body, his body followed his steps. Naruto, guided by instinct, charged towards an ice mirror suspended in the air.

Raise the arm! Swing the sword!

All the Hakus showed surprise and simultaneously dodged to the side.

The ice mirror felt as hard as granite against his sword, but under Naruto's blade, it melted and was cut through as easily as butter.

He charged forward, but the circle of ice mirrors expanded and rotated, encompassing him again. Dozens of steel needles attacked from behind, aiming for his vital points.

Naruto turned around, sweeping his sword horizontally.

Clang, clang, clang. The steel needles broke and fell onto the ice.

He understood now; this secret technique was difficult to escape.

The only way was to kill Haku's true body or deplete her chakra.

Instinct is something that, when acted upon impulsively, often hits the mark. If you try to force it, though, you lose your grip.

Fortunately, he still had his wits.

He'd slash through wall after wall! He'd keep cutting until this woman couldn't take it anymore!

A wild laugh spread across Naruto's face, and then, his frantic slashes crisscrossed the ice mirror.

"Haku! Your death is upon you!"

Haku smiled sadly in the mirror. Though he still formed various Ninjutsu and attacked with senbon needles, Naruto blocked every single one, without exception.

It almost made her doubt if her clan's secret technique's extreme speed was still effective, but the speed of each movement proved she was already very fast.

Exhausted from the continuous battles without rest, her Chakra was dwindling, and her life was truly being consumed.

She, who once feared no cold in the snow, was now numb and chilled to the bone.

She seemed to recall the day Zabuza took her away from the Land of Mist.

"Haku, I'm abandoning this rotten country, but I will definitely return and make it my nation."

"I'm sorry, I really can't inherit your dream alone."

Haku's eyes gazed at the sky. "Since the ending is already decided, I'll go see you sooner then."

She emerged from the mirror, spreading her arms, and lunged at Naruto without using any strength.

Naruto never held back against his enemies, and he wouldn't now.

The blade plunged straight into his heart, piercing Haku through the gap in his ribs.

The moment the other party smiled gently, he realized this was a beautiful woman.

Without drawing his sword, he carried Haku back to the flower field where the other had come from.

Naruto's innate perception told him Haku had a kind heart.

But his position dictated his actions. Zabuza had attacked them first, so he could never show mercy.

On the other shore, Sasuke, who had received news from the beggars, arrived late. Gazing across the sea at Naruto, who had won alone, he felt the gap in their strength was as vast as an ocean.

Haku held Naruto's hand, blood constantly flowing from his mouth. He was weak and frail, wanting to speak but unable to.

He looked, choking.

Naruto's mercy instinctively prompted an action, an action that defied reality.

He channeled Chakra into Haku's heart, activating "Cellular Reorganization."

He had tried to release Chakra externally before, but once it left his body, he couldn't control it precisely.

But now, his Chakra seemed to have nerves, eyes, connected to his brain.

It stopped the bleeding, tightly sealed the blade to Haku's heart, and forcibly pumped it.

Haku turned his head, spitting out the blood clogging his throat, and said with a smile, "As expected... it was right not to kill you."

"You're very suited to using a sword. I want to give Mr. Zabuza's Kubikiribōchō to you. I buried it..."

Naruto didn't have many sentiments. He only had one thing to say: "Woman, do you still want to live?"

Haku had never expected Naruto to ask that question and was momentarily stunned.

But Naruto's desire to push Cellular Reorganization to a higher intensity couldn't be held back for even a second.

It was like a flag pulled taut, just waiting to burst forth!

"Whatever! If you don't want to live, I'll just kill you again!"

Naruto's Blonde Hair stood on end, and his pores expanded.

Bang!

A life-draining suction erupted from within him, spreading outwards. The surrounding flower field rapidly withered as its vitality was siphoned away.

"Chakra! I command you to spin!"

The current, originally at two hundred fifty thousand volts and only able to control internal energy, fluctuated violently and climbed under Naruto's forceful intent.

Despite lacking the necessary power level, he had briefly broken through the connection channel to external natural energy.

Sip!

Naruto yanked the sword out of Haku's heart, cleared all the blood from his lungs, and pressed his five fingers against his left chest.

Chakra, brimming with life force, poured in frantically, and the stab wound gradually healed at a visible rate.

Haku lay in the withered flower field, unable to believe what was happening.

Even more unbelievable than the exaggeration of abilities was Naruto's very existence.