Zabuza was stunned.
Everyone present was stunned as well.
At a time like this...
Naruto actually dared to mock his opponent outright?
Couldn't he see that the situation was unfavorable for them?
Kakashi, Mr. Fifty-Fifty himself, assessed the battlefield as a four-to-six split—six for the enemy, four for their side.
As for why it was only four...
Wasn't it because he had to divide his attention?
He had to figure out how to protect Tazuna and keep Naruto and the other three safe...
While fighting Zabuza at the same time!
If Kakashi had been facing Zabuza alone...
He naturally wouldn't have had so many concerns.
Sakura Haruno tilted her head in confusion.
She couldn't help but think to herself.
"Did Naruto-kun take up key-copying jobs before? How come I never knew about that...?"
"Maybe he took them on secretly and just didn't tell me."
"That makes sense. He doesn't like me anymore, so why would he need to tell me about these things?"
Zabuza, the target of the mockery, was not pleased.
He hadn't caught anything strange about that later joke involving copying keys.
But everything Naruto had said before that...
Was a complete challenge to his authority!
Who was Zabuza?
The kind of person who could fly into a rage over the smallest thing.
He was born hot-tempered!
The Ninja World's angry old brother.
The type to start throwing hands at the slightest disagreement!
It would have been one thing if Kakashi had mocked him.
After all, Kakashi had the strength to fight him evenly.
But now even some insignificant genin dared to ridicule him in public.
Did he have no pride?
"Heh heh! Good, very good! You're dead, brat!"
"Damn it, you look like some fresh genin who just started taking missions."
"In your next life, be born