Kill Yourself, Kado!

The leader had a head full of tightly permed curls.

He was short and wore sunglasses.

His mouth drooped downward, and his face looked like a pair of briefs.

Green leather shoes, green pants, a green jacket, a green belt, a green cane, and even a green hat.

This man was Kado!

He had murdered a minister of the Land of Waves.

He recruited wandering ninja and samurai, formed a new violent sect, swept across the Land of Waves, and became the tyrant of the nation!

The sect was called the Naked Photo Sect.

"Just as sleazy and annoying as he was in the anime." Chiye Jun narrowed his eyes.

Kado planted one foot on Haku's corpse.

"Hey... you bastard!" Naruto cursed furiously.

Haku was already a corpse. How could he do something like that?

The other rookies were boiling with rage as well, rubbing their fists and itching to charge forward.

Chiye Jun stopped them.

The final mission was his.

He would slaughter Kado!

"Move your filthy foot!"

Chiye Jun's gaze turned icy, killing intent surging around him.

He tore open his clothes, his shoulders twitching as he slowly walked toward Kado.

Relying on his numerical advantage, Kado was not afraid at all. He even crouched down and stroked Haku's cheek with a blissful expression.

Sleazy!

Perverted!!

Disgusting!!!

Yet faced with this scene—

Zabuza, whose arms had been crippled, said nothing.

That made Naruto furious!

He ran over and unleashed a barrage of Talk-no-Jutsu. At last, the iron-blooded man began shedding tears uncontrollably.

(It was clear just how powerful Naruto's Talk-no-Jutsu was!)

Zabuza finally admitted his feelings for Haku...

At that moment!

Chiye Jun roared.

"Go die!"

Bone spikes burst from his body, gleaming with a cold white light beneath the sun.

Using the Body Flicker Technique, he charged at Kado.

Six incomparably sharp bone spikes pierced his eyes, throat, chest, abdomen...

When the bone spikes were pulled out!

Blood-red holes in Kado's body sprayed dark crimson blood.

Chiye Jun was still not satisfied!

He swung his palm at the bleeding Kado.

Every strike sent sprays of blood flying in all directions.

Until Kado had been reduced to a puddle of mangled flesh.

The hundred-plus people behind him froze in shock.

A deputy commander suddenly shouted, "Kill this brat! Avenge the sect master!"

Chiye Jun sneered.

Until now!

There was still one awesome ninjutsu he had not shown in actual combat.

"Lightning Release: Thunder Blast"!

Countless lightning spears shot from Chiye Jun's mouth, spraying into the enemy crowd like a Gatling gun.

A group AOE attack!

Sasuke and the others were dumbfounded.

Including Kakashi.

At this moment, Chiye Jun had become a demon.

There was only slaughter in his eyes!

A few minutes passed.

Corpses covered the ground, and blood dyed the bridge red.

Hundreds of skeletons suddenly rose to their feet, creaking as they followed behind Chiye Jun.

[Corpse Fusion Technique and Skeleton Resurrection proficiency +210, upgraded to Advanced]

Meanwhile, Zabuza was on the verge of death.

"Kakashi... I want... I want to see that person's face..."

He begged Kakashi to bring him to Haku's side.

Kakashi nodded.

He picked Zabuza up from the pool of blood and brought him beside Haku's corpse.

At that moment.

Snowflakes slowly began to fall, leaving everyone slightly stunned.

It was snowing in autumn?

Zabuza gasped weakly, "It's snowing... Haku, are you crying?"

He murmured:

"Haku, at least let me stay by your side at the end."

He looked at Haku tenderly, using the last of his strength to raise his ruined hand and gently stroke Haku's cheek.

"Haku was born in a village where it snowed..."

"If possible, I want to go somewhere with you..."

After a long while, Zabuza closed his eyes as well.

Peach blossoms fell to the ground like white snow; from then on, he would no longer touch the mortal world.

Kakashi lowered his forehead protector.

"You will be together forever..."

He and Asuma each carried a body on their backs and headed toward the village.

Chiye Jun suddenly thought of his previous life...

He had watched this episode while working a night shift at the hospital.

The beautiful nurse, Xiao Zhou, who had watched it with him, had cried her eyes out and collapsed into Chiye Jun's arms.

After she finished crying, the two of them secretly went to an empty duty room...

As for Zabuza.

Chiye Jun did not dislike him.

Perhaps some people saw Zabuza as a cruel, heartless villain.

But in Chiye Jun's eyes, he was a hero who had fallen into darkness!

As a member of Mist Village, Zabuza had worked wholeheartedly for the village.

Unfortunately, the village chief was an idiot—though he had actually been controlled by someone—and committed many heinous acts.

One of them was the brutal killing examination:

Children were made to slaughter one another from their days at the ninja academy!

When Zabuza killed more than a hundred people during his graduation exam, it was more like a child protesting against such a cruel rule!

It also became a nightmare that haunted him for the rest of his life.

Thus!

He wanted to overthrow the tyranny.

He wanted to ensure that the terrifying childhood he had endured would never repeat itself, that Mist Village would no longer be the "Blood Mist Village," and that it could return to happiness and peace.

That was why.

He launched the assassination attempt against the Mizukage.

(It was absolutely not as some novels wrote it—claiming Zabuza had great ambitions and assassinated him because he wanted to become the Mizukage...)

But...

He ultimately failed.

He also became an "infamous" rogue ninja.

The Fourth Mizukage at the time should be mentioned here:

Yagura Karatachi.

He had a baby face and looked very cute.

In fact, he already had a grandson, Kagura...

Yagura also became the second Three-Tails jinchuriki.

But during his rule, he was controlled by Obito Uchiha's genjutsu.

This isolated Mist Village from the outside world for a long time, creating a horrifying environment that came to be known as the "Blood Mist Village."

Fortunately, after Yagura died, the stunning Mei Terumi became the Fifth Mizukage.

Mist Village was finally no longer controlled by the Sharingan and gradually returned to normal.

Tragedies like Zabuza's never happened again...

And the reason Zabuza accepted employment was simple: he needed money!

He needed to survive, needed money to make a comeback, and needed money to overthrow the tyranny once more.

Of course, after constantly doing work that involved killing, Zabuza witnessed the darkness of the world and ultimately fell completely into darkness.

That was the Zabuza they had first encountered.

Now, let's look at Haku.

At the time, Mist Village had been constantly killing the descendants of those with bloodline limits.

Haku, who possessed the Ice Release bloodline, lost his entire family.

In the end, Zabuza took him in.

That also showed that Zabuza had a soft side to him and was not truly so heartless.

He always claimed that Haku was merely a tool.

But deep down, he cared for Haku dearly. That was why Haku was so utterly devoted to him.

Haku and Zabuza became one of the best duos in Naruto.

Regrettably, they both ultimately died at the hands of Team 7.

Zabuza was a milestone character.

He had completely ignited Chiye Jun's obsession with the world of Naruto:

There was not only comedy and passion here, but also villains with complicated personalities, as well as the enormous worldview revealed through those villains...

With that!

The Land of Waves mission came to an end.

At dinnertime.

The children wolfed down their food.

They had emerged from the sorrowful atmosphere.

Team 10 sincerely admired Team 7's achievements!

Asuma Sarutobi could not help asking, "Kakashi, how did you do it?"

"Hehehehe..."

After cackling, Kakashi looked toward Team 7.

"Kids, tell them the secret to success!"

Sasuke: "Persistence."

Naruto: "Shamelessness."

Chiye Jun: "Persist in being shameless."

Hinata: "Applause if you understand..."

"Clap clap clap clap clap!"

Applause broke out.

That night.

Chiye Jun lay on his bed.

His state of mind had completely emerged from the chaos of battle.

"Oh right, the three missions are complete. Time to check in."

He called out to the system and completed the check-in.

What shocked him was:

This check-in!

Actually rewarded two extremely awesome ninjutsu!

Though it wasn't an offensive ability, Chiye Jun was so excited that he rolled around on the bed.

He came to the window and faced Konoha Village beneath the moonlight.

"Perverted Sage!"

"Even if you die a thousand times from now on, I can save you a thousand times..."

Then he quietly left the room.

In the hazy night.

Chiye Jun walked toward Haku and Zabuza's graves...