Konoha: After the Diary Was Exposed, the Female Ninja Fell Apart

"Haku?"

"Can you take off your mask?"

"Or..."

"Show me the Mizukage's Secret Order."

So Your Name Is Actually Hatake Erkang, Huh?

As Mei Terumi pressed him for an answer, the atmosphere grew tense.

Meanwhile,

Kakashi Hatake noticed that something was wrong.

Without drawing attention, he led Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Naruto Uzumaki over to Tazuna.

Whatever happened,

their mission was to keep Tazuna safe.

As for Zabuza,

there was no need for them to get any more involved.

"What's wrong?"

"Can't produce it?"

Mei Terumi gave Haku a dangerous smile.

"When the Mizukage gave me my orders, he didn't give me any Secret Order."

"And... you have no right to demand that I remove my mask."

"Step aside. I'm taking Zabuza back to the village to report in."

Haku spoke calmly.

Unfortunately,

Mei Terumi remained in front of him, unmoved.

The next moment,

Haku flicked his wrist,

sending several senbon flying at Mei Terumi.

"So you finally showed your true colors?"

Mei Terumi snorted and formed hand seals.

"Water Release: Water Formation Wall!"

A wall of water rose before Mei Terumi, blocking every senbon.

"Water Release: Water Gun Technique!"

Mei Terumi kept forming seals. Water bullets rapidly condensed in the air, then rained down on Haku from every side.

"Ice Release: Ice Rock Dome!"

Faced with the barrage, Haku formed a seal with one hand. Four walls of ice appeared around him and blocked Mei Terumi's attack.

"Oh?"

"An Ice Release Kekkei Genkai?"

Mei Terumi looked at Haku with interest.

Not bad, Zabuza.

He had actually found a kid with a Kekkei Genkai.

"Hmph!"

"Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"

Haku attacked Mei Terumi again.

This time,

dozens of ice mirrors appeared in every direction around Mei Terumi, trapping her completely.

The next moment,

Haku merged into a mirror.

"Interesting."

Mei Terumi showed no sign of panic.

Their brief exchange had already told her that although this kid called Haku had a Kekkei Genkai, he wasn't particularly strong.

At most, he was at the level of an Elite Chunin.

"Ice Release Secret Technique: Demonic Mirroring Ice Crystals!"

Haku knew

that if he failed to end this fight quickly, he would lose.

So

he skipped testing her and went straight for his strongest move.

The next moment,

Haku emerged from a mirror and rushed at Mei Terumi.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

Kunai struck kunai, throwing off dazzling sparks.

As Sasuke Uchiha watched the fight, his expression grew darker.

How was that guy Haku's Body Flicker Technique so fast?

And

he seemed able to move freely between those ice mirrors. How was anyone supposed to counter that?

Sasuke Uchiha thought it over.

If Haku had been attacking him,

he would probably have lost already.

Damn it!

Naruto was one thing,

but why did some random guy have to be this strong too?

At this rate,

how am I supposed to get revenge on that man?

"No wonder he's Indra's reincarnation."

Watching Sasuke Uchiha's eyes develop a second tomoe, Naruto Uzumaki couldn't help but marvel.

In the Original Story,

Sasuke had only just awakened the One-Tomoe Sharingan at this point.

But this time,

Naruto's presence had spurred him on, and he had gone straight to the Two-Tomoe Sharingan.

That rate of progress was ridiculous.

"All right, little one."

"Big sister's had her fun."

Mei Terumi smiled and put away her kunai.

Ice Release might have been powerful,

but Haku was only a Chunin right now.

The idea that he could threaten her was laughable.

She had a fair idea of his strength now. It was time to end the fight.

"Boil Release: Skilled Mist Technique!"

Mei Terumi opened her mouth and breathed out a vast cloud of scorching, acidic mist.

In an instant,

it swallowed every ice mirror.

Hiss, hiss, hiss...

The acid mist rapidly ate through the mirrors, melting them all.

Haku had no choice but to pull back.

"You're not getting away!"

The moment Haku emerged, Mei Terumi locked onto him.

Thud!

With a dull impact, Mei Terumi kicked Haku away.

"Pfft!"

Haku's mask flew off. He struggled a few times, but couldn't get back to his feet. He was clearly out of the fight.

"She's so strong!"

"That woman... she might be just as strong as Zabuza and Kakashi."

"Are there really this many powerful people in the Shinobi World?"

"I'll have to work even harder!"

With the fight over, Kakashi and the others came forward.

"Hello. We're Ninja from Konoha."

"Let me introduce everyone."

"These are my students: Sasuke Uchiha of the Uchiha Clan, Sakura Haruno, a Commoner Ninja, and Naruto Uzumaki, a Konoha orphan."

"And I'm Kakashi Hatake, Konoha's Elite Jonin known as the greatest genius in the Shinobi World, a former Anbu squad captain, and the Copy Ninja who has mastered over a thousand jutsu!"

Naruto Uzumaki: ???

Sakura Haruno: ???

Sasuke Uchiha: ???

Seriously?

Could his favoritism be any more obvious?

So you really are the legendary Hatake Erkang, huh?

With that earnest face of yours, who would've thought you'd start showing off the moment you saw a beautiful woman?

"Mei Terumi."

"Elite Jonin of Kirigakure."

Mei Terumi gave Kakashi Hatake a brief nod.