Listening to Sasuke's words, Sakura felt a little embarrassed. Wasn't I just afraid of disturbing you? Why don't you understand at all?!
Seriously, he deserved to be single... Hm? That didn't seem right. If he stayed single, wouldn't that mean her hopes would come to nothing?
Watching Sasuke's retreating figure, Sakura's feelings were complicated. What a contradictory problem.
After a simple breakfast, everyone set off again. Thank goodness, Tazuna finally hadn't lied this time. After traveling for half a day, they arrived in a forest. This was the place where Sasuke remembered encountering Momochi Zabuza—the place where Team 7 would first fall into a bitter battle.
Of course, the reason they fell into a bitter battle was simple: Kakashi had been careless. He hadn't dodged Zabuza's Water Release ambush and ended up trapped in a Water Prison. It was truly speechless.
"Watch out!"
Just as Sasuke was still thinking, Kakashi's voice rang out, accompanied by a series of strange sounds. The moment he heard them, Sasuke hurriedly dropped to the ground. Damn, the plot's coming this fast?!
The instant Sasuke hit the ground, he heard that eerie sound fly over his head. Once it faded into the distance, he raised his head and stared at the Kubikiribōchō embedded halfway into the tree ahead, his expression blank with surprise.
Then, a strange man wrapped in bandages landed directly atop the Kubikiribōchō. Once one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, now a rogue ninja of Kirigakure—Momochi Zabuza!
"Copy Ninja Kakashi. No wonder those two Chunin never came back. If they ran into a ninja like you, it'd be stranger if they did return. How about a deal? Hand over the old man behind you," Zabuza, standing atop the Kubikiribōchō, proposed as he looked down at Kakashi, who had already revealed his Sharingan and