"Secret Technique. Thousand Flying Water Needles."
In the sky, countless water droplets turned into tiny ice spikes, covering Aoba's body.
A tornado rose around him, flicking all the ice spikes away.
At this time, an ice wall rose behind Zabuza.
"Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals."
On the ice wall that was as smooth as a mirror, he stretched out a hand and dragged Zabuza into the ice wall. Aoba Body Flicker, drew out his sword.
A sword directly cut through the ice wall. But hundreds of meters away, the reflection of another ice wall flickered. At the same time, the figure of Zabuza was reflected.
"Interesting, Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals can still be used in this way?"
Aoba watched from a distance as Bai used Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals and shuttled continuously with Zabuza. After a few breaths, he disappeared from sight.
He didn't catch up, but turned back to check on a few little guys.
As a result, apart from being soaked by water, there were basically no injuries.
"Okay, it's getting late. We'll be here today. Find a safe place to camp and start resting. Then, the three of you, review today's battle."
The group of people moved away from the woods where they fought before and settled down. A few of the gangsters began to discuss why today's battle failed.
"This failure was just my carelessness. If that guy dares to show up again next time, I'll see if I don't..."
Reviewing the battle was a bit over the top for Naruto. As soon as he sat down, he started talking. As a result, Karin punched him in the head.
"Shut up. The three of us could have lasted longer. But in fact, in less than three minutes, we were cornered. This shouldn't be the case."
"There is a problem with the tactical arrangements. To be precise, we failed to make any tactical arrangements at the beginning. Naruto suddenly rushed forward, how could I cooperate?"
"What? You're actually blaming me. It's obviously Sasuke, you're too slow."
Seeing a few brats arguing endlessly, Aoba did not step forward to judge them. Instead, he left Shadow Clone behind and left the camp quietly.
Karin's perception was very keen. He raised his head and glanced at Aoba, but did not speak. Instead, he lowered his head and continued to quarrel with the two fools.
Tazuna on the side was suffering from a cold due to being wet. He was huddled by the fire and shivering. The battle during the day really scared him. It was completely different from the battle where swords met in his imagination.
When the waterfall rushed over, he was so scared that he peed. But he didn't expect that a few inconspicuous children could actually block it. He had never seen such a level of power at Gato.
At this time, dozens of miles away, in a cave.
Zabuza is lying on the ground, coughing up blood.
"Uh, cough, cough."
Zabuza Mr., if you persist, the medicine will be cured soon.
"Ahem, cough, Bai, help me up."
"Mr. Zabuza, you need to rest now."
"Ahem, I have to get up. He's coming soon."
"Who?"
"Wind-Chasing Sword Aoba Kamikawa. He should be here soon."
"Mr. Zabuza, we have got rid of him."
"No, you are too naive, Bai. During the battle today, he held back his hand. If he had drawn his sword at that time, I would be dead now. He deliberately spared my life. He didn't even pursue you, which means that we are already under his control."
As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps came from outside.
"It seems like this is it."
"Who is it?" Bai pulled out a Kunai and stood guard at the entrance of the cave. But he was extremely nervous. All the traps he set around him had no effect at all, and the other party directly invaded this distance.
Two figures appeared at the entrance of the cave. Using Kakkō, Bai could see that they were wearing the same red-bottomed Xiangyun uniforms. They were obviously from the same organization.
Bai originally thought it was Mr. Zabuza who was right. Aoba Kamikawa chased after him. But a closer look revealed that neither of them was Aoba Kamikawa.
There are two people, a man and a woman. The man is tall and has his face covered. He wears the Longren's rebellious symbol on his head.
The other one is a young woman with a delicate face and lavender hair with a paper flower on it.
The two people have completely different styles. If they weren't wearing the same uniform, it would be hard for Bai to believe that they were the same person.
The tall man took a step forward and saw Zabuza lying on the ground.
"Is this this guy? He's a loser after being beaten like this. Isn't it bad for a guy like this to be my teammate?"
"Zabuza Momochi is not weak. He just met Aoba Kamikawa. The opponent is a master who can fight Raikage without losing."
"Tch, it's not like I haven't encountered Aoba Kamikawa before. The one who was beaten by me was so scared that he ran away. Has the current shadow fallen to this level?"
"Don't be careless, Kakuzu. According to our intelligence, Aoba Kamikawa is most likely hiding his combat power. His actual combat power may be much stronger than what he shows."
Zabuza was also confused. He originally thought that the person coming was Aoba Kamikawa. The other party had intentionally let him go before. It was obvious that he had some agenda.
But I didn't expect that two strange guys who had nothing to do with each other came. And it sounded like they were here to recruit me.
Zabuza Although he was seriously injured, his vision is still correct. The strength of these two people must be very terrifying. Bai may not be able to stop him alone, let alone two people.
"Who are you?"
Kakuzu looked at Bai. There was a hint of interest on his face.
"This guy seems to have a good heart. I want to add it to my collection."
Although Bai didn't understand who these two people were, he understood the words that he wanted to keep his heart.
"Damn. Secret technique, Thousand Flying Water Needles."
Bai knew that the person coming was evil, so he took action first.
"Fire Release, Head Moulder."
Kakuzu moved faster, and the powerful Fire Release directly blocked the entire cave.
"Mr. Zabuza." Bai didn't dare to get out of the way, so he had to answer hard.
But at this time, Bai, compared to Kakuzu, is really far behind. Whether it is experience or chakra, they are all very different.
The real strength of this guy Kakuzu is one level higher than that of Zabuza. Zabuza is considered to be at the Elite Jonin level. And Kakuzu has already crossed the threshold of Kage Level.
Among Kage Level, it is not considered strong. But it is not something that Bai can fight now.
"Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals."
Bai stood in front of him and continuously summoned Six Paths Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals. But he still couldn't block Kakuzu's Fire Release.
"Water Release, Water Wall Formation." Zabuza forced himself to stand up, reluctantly cast the spell, and together with Bai, blocked the shot Fire Release.
"That's enough Kakuzu, we are here to recruit members, not to kill."
"Tch, just do it." Kakuzu stopped his hand with a slight disdain. Apparently he looked down on Zabuza.
Konan took a step forward.
"As you can see, this is a recruitment operation. We belong to an organization called Akatsuki and specialize in recruiting elite ninjas. You..."
Just as Konan opened his mouth to recruit Zabuza and Bai, he heard a voice coming from outside the cave.
"I'm sorry, I have already booked these two people."