"The intelligence here has been successfully delivered to Konoha. The village will send reinforcements soon. As long as we hold out until then, everything will be fine!"
After discovering that the ninja hounds had returned, Kakashi watched Sakura receive treatment and finally breathed a sigh of relief. The pressure of facing the current situation alone had truly been a bit too much.
Not only did his team include the last survivor of the Uchiha clan, but also the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki, known as a strategic weapon. If anything happened to them, Kakashi would not even know what to do.
"That's great!" Upon hearing Kakashi's words, Naruto, who had been tortured into a miserable state over the past few days, was the first to voice his thoughts. He had not even had a single sweet dream these past few days, so it was no wonder he reacted like this.
Sakura also breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the news. These past few days had truly exhausted her. Sasuke, however, showed no reaction at all. Aside from helping the two of them recover, he had spent the past few days resting with his eyes closed.
Looking at his student, Kakashi was somewhat puzzled. Sakura and Naruto's reactions were normal enough, but wasn't Sasuke being a little too calm?
"Sasuke, do you have any thoughts?" After thinking for a while, Kakashi finally asked the question. Ever since awakening his Sharingan, Sasuke had become increasingly strange.
"I don't think there's any need to wait for reinforcements. With my current strength, I'm ninety percent sure I can deal with Zabuza!" Faced with Kakashi's question, Sasuke slowly raised his head and voiced his thoughts.
"Don't overestimate yourself. Zabuza is an S-rank rogue ninja, after all. It's still too early for you to be saying something like