The water clone burst like a fragile water balloon beneath Sen's fist.
It dissolved into a shower of spray, drenching Sakura beside him.
At the same moment, Zabuza's real body in the middle of the lake jolted violently.
"Ugh!"
He grunted, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
The chakra backlash from his water clone being forcibly destroyed made even the hand maintaining his Water Prison tremble.
His browless eyes were fixed on the Kubikiribōchō onshore, crushed into two pieces.
At last, undisguisable horror and despair welled up in his eyes.
Impossible... this is absolutely impossible!
Zabuza roared frantically inside his head.
That was the Kubikiribōchō! It was forged from a special metal that could absorb iron from blood to repair itself!
And some brat had snapped it apart with his bare hands?!
Was that even fucking human strength?!
"Three."
Onshore, Sen held up three fingers and began counting down.
His voice was utterly flat, yet it felt like a death talisman pasted firmly against Zabuza's forehead.
"Two."
Zabuza gritted his teeth, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.
Let him go?
If I release Kakashi, I'll be facing an elite jonin and a monster of a brat at the same time. I'll be dead for sure.
But if I don't, will that kid really charge over and crush me along with the Water Prison, just like he said?
Zabuza didn't dare gamble.
But the vicious streak in his bones wouldn't let him submit just like that.
"One."
Sen lowered his hand.
He looked at Zabuza, who was still stubbornly holding out, and sighed helplessly.
"So you're throwing my kindness back in my face."
Sen took a step forward.
"Game over."
Without another word, he slammed his hands together before his chest.
A perfectly formed Snake seal!