Rewriting the Core Plot, Bloodline Limit Limited Card Pool

Chapter Seven: Rewriting the Core Plot, Bloodline Limit Limited Card Pool

A massive tree trunk smashed through the bridge deck, carrying a shower of rubble as it thundered toward Zabuza.

Zabuza gripped the Executioner's Blade with both hands and brought it down heavily.

With a deafening crash, the trunk split down the middle, while he himself was jolted backward several meters.

Before he could steady himself, Chenshu Senju's wood clone appeared behind him.

Several vines burst from the ground, wrapping around Zabuza's wrists and ankles.

Thorns pierced his skin, forcing him to release the Executioner's Blade.

"Wood Release: Thorn Binding."

Zabuza's expression darkened as his chakra erupted, forcibly tearing apart two vines.

But the severed vines quickly regrew, blocking off his retreat once more.

Watching this, Chenshu Senju felt rather speechless.

This Seven Ninja Swordsman had certainly looked imposing upon his entrance, but when it came to an actual fight, he only had three moves.

Water clones, dense mist, and the Executioner's Blade.

Once those three moves were spent, he left everything else to Haku.

"Brat, where are you looking?"

Zabuza suddenly vanished, and dense mist spread across the bridge.

The Executioner's Blade fell from behind Chenshu Senju, only to pass straight through his body.

Bang.

The wood clone exploded into dozens of wooden spikes, stabbing back at Zabuza.

Zabuza raised his blade to block the spikes, but the real Chenshu Senju had already risen from underground and slammed a fist into his abdomen.

Zabuza spat out blood as his body flew backward.

Elsewhere.

Inside the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals, Sasuke's Sharingan spun rapidly, barely keeping track of Haku's movements.

All of Naruto's shadow clones had already vanished, and more than a dozen wounds left by senbon needles covered his body.

"Naruto, get down!"

Sasuke spun around and stepped in front of Naruto.

Dozens of senbon flew from the ice mirrors, shooting toward their vital points.

Sasuke's pupils contracted. Within his crimson Sharingan, a second tomoe was slowly taking shape.

But just as the senbon were about to strike, the bridge deck suddenly cracked open.

Thick tree roots burst from underground, intertwining to shield the two of them.

The senbon struck the roots, leaving behind only a row of shallow holes.

"What's going on?"

Naruto looked up and immediately saw Chenshu Senju's wood clone standing outside the ice mirrors.

"You two have been fighting this long and still haven't broken a few mirrors?"

Sasuke's face darkened. "Shut up."

Haku immediately changed direction, firing countless senbon at the wood clone.

The wood clone pressed both hands against the ground, and more roots spread across the bridge deck, stabbing toward the surrounding ice mirrors.

Haku moved swiftly between the mirrors, trying to evade the roots.

However, Wood Release did not need to catch him.

"Break."

All the roots expanded at once.

Crack.

The first ice mirror was forcibly pierced, followed by the second and third. Cracks spread rapidly, and the entire Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals shattered with a thunderous crash.

Haku fell from the mirrors, a wooden spike piercing his shoulder. His mask also fell to the ground.

Naruto saw his face clearly and stared in astonishment. "It really is that medicine-gatherer?"

Haku did not answer.

He looked toward the other end of the bridge, just in time to see Chenshu Senju controlling vines to pin Zabuza to the ground.

Kakashi's right hand also lit up with blinding lightning.

"Lightning Cutter."

Haku's expression changed drastically. Enduring his injuries, he rushed forward.

"Zabuza-sama!"

His speed instantly rose to its limit as he threw himself directly in front of Zabuza.

Chenshu Senju had been prepared. He controlled the wood clone and raised its palm.

Roots rose from beneath Haku's feet, firmly binding him in midair.

At the last moment, Kakashi also diverted the Lightning Cutter. The lightning grazed Zabuza's shoulder and struck the bridge deck, blasting out a massive crater.

"Why did you stop me?" Kakashi asked with a frown.

"Killing them won't earn us any extra money."

Chenshu Senju walked over to Zabuza and stepped on the Executioner's Blade. "Besides, a living Seven Ninja Swordsman is more useful than a corpse."

Zabuza glared at him coldly. "You want me to work for the Hidden Leaf Village?"

"You're overthinking it."

Chenshu Senju controlled the vines to pierce Zabuza's right shoulder, directly sealing the chakra pathways in his arm. "At the very least, you're not qualified to negotiate with me right now."

Zabuza let out a muffled groan, and his right arm hung limply at his side.

Haku struggled desperately. "Stop! Take it out on me!"

"A survivor of the Yuki Clan, willing to die for someone who calls himself a tool—do you think that's worth it?"

Haku's movements immediately stopped.

Zabuza's expression shifted slightly. "Shut up."

"If he truly saw you as nothing but a tool, he wouldn't have been distracted looking at you just now."

Chenshu Senju released the vines, his tone calm. "You can leave, but Zabuza cannot continue trying to assassinate Tazuna. If we meet again, I won't hold back."

Haku landed on the ground and immediately supported Zabuza.

Zabuza remained silent for a long time. In the end, he lifted the Executioner's Blade with one hand, turned, and walked into the dense mist.

"Brat, I'll repay this favor."

The two figures soon disappeared.

Naruto could not help asking, "We're just letting them go like that?"

"What else?"

Chenshu Senju glanced at him. "Are you going to feed them?"

Naruto: ...

Several days later, the bridge was completed without incident.

Standing at its entrance, Tazuna looked at Team 7, who were preparing to leave, and said earnestly, "This bridge will carry your names into history."

Chenshu Senju reminded him, "Pay the difference for the A-rank mission first."

The gratitude on Tazuna's face immediately froze.

[Land of Waves challenge completed.]

[Defeated Zabuza Momochi. Obtained twenty draw chances.]

[Destroyed the Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals and defeated an Ice Release Bloodline Limit user. Obtained ten draw chances.]

[Successfully rewrote a core plot point. Obtained twenty draw chances.]

[Bloodline Limit exclusive limited card pool unlocked.]

Fifty ordinary draws.

Added to the original eighteen remaining, his reserves had reached sixty-eight draws.

Just as Chenshu Senju was about to inspect the limited card pool, his expression suddenly changed.

The Wood Release roots he had spread into the nearby sea sensed dozens of unfamiliar chakra signatures approaching.

Within the dense fog over the sea, a fleet slowly sailed toward the Land of Waves.

The mast of every ship bore the emblem of the Hidden Mist ANBU.

Chenshu Senju narrowed his eyes.

It seemed Zabuza's defection had never been merely an individual act.