Zabuza and Raiga Kurosuki

After Zabuza retreated, no one continued the pursuit.

Uchiha You led Team 7 and Tazuna safely to the Land of Waves.

They encountered no further attacks along the way.

But everyone knew this was only the calm before the storm.

Zabuza would never give up the Kubikiribōchō so easily.

And Gato would never stand by and watch the bridge be completed.

At Tazuna's home.

After some simple treatment, Naruto's injuries were no longer serious.

Although Sakura was not yet proficient in Medical Ninjutsu, stopping bleeding and treating external wounds were no longer a problem for her.

Sasuke sat cross-legged in the courtyard, continuously forming hand seals.

His left eye had returned to normal.

But during the earlier battle, that eye had once turned into a One-Tomoe Sharingan.

That had not been an illusion.

Sasuke Uchiha had already awakened his One-Tomoe Sharingan.

It was just that Sasuke still could not control those eyes at will.

"Wind Release: Cloud-Piercing Wings!"

Whoosh!

A fierce wind gathered behind Naruto.

A pair of translucent wings made of wind blades slowly took shape, with a wingspan of nearly two meters.

Excitement immediately appeared on Naruto's face.

"Success!"

Just as he was about to shoot into the sky, the wind-blade wings behind him began to shake violently.

After lasting only a few breaths, the wind wings suddenly collapsed.

Naruto landed on the ground on his backside.

"Why did it fail again?"

Uchiha You stood beside him and said calmly:

"Your chakra output is unstable, and the structure of the wind wings has not fully formed."

"This ninjutsu is not simply about gathering Wind Release chakra behind your back."

"You need to make wind-nature chakra form a stable flow structure. It must remain sharp without losing its balance."

Naruto scratched his head.

"That sounds so complicated."

"Then