Zabuza was now covered in blood. Only half of his Kubikiribōchō remained, tossed aside, and Kakashi had bound him with steel wire, leaving him kneeling on the ground, unable to move.
"Zabuza! I'm coming to save you!"
Seeing Haku blasted over to his side, he glanced at him. "No! Haku, this guy's too strong. Run! Otherwise, neither of us will get..."
"Sure thing! See ya!"
"∑(❍ฺд❍ฺlll)?"
Before Zabuza even finished speaking, Haku leaped toward the sea without the slightest hesitation, trying to leave.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Just then, however, a barrage of kunai and shuriken flew in from the far end of the bridge, striking Haku's body head-on.
"Ah! I've been hit by kunai and shuriken! I can't swim! I'm falling into the sea! Ah! I'm going to die! Zabuza, avenge me!"
"Spurt!" Blood sprayed from his wounds like a fountain.
"Holy crap, that's a ton of blood!"
Tears filled Zabuza's eyes. "Haku! How did you get turned into a sieve? (˘̩̩̩ε˘̩ƪ) I'll avenge you!"
"Splash!" A great quantity of red liquid spread across the surface, staining the entire sea red.
Hongshi said, "(•́ω•̀٥) Isn't that acting way too over the top? And where did you get all that blood?! Who'd believe that?!"
"Hahaha! What an idiot! What kind of Water Release ninja can't swim?"
"Thank goodness. An idiot like Naruto wouldn't see through it."
Sakura also fell silent for a while. "Ah, what a shame. Such a powerful ninja."
"??? Sakura, what's wrong with you?"
Kakashi, however, shook his head.
Hongshi thought, Kakashi probably won't believe it, right? That acting was so over the top.
"I was hoping to get some information out of him. A Mist Ninja who couldn't even swim. What a shame."
"(ºДº*)?? Are they all idiots??"
The Lord God said, "Feeling that face slap?"
"Hahaha! That useless brat's dead? Good riddance! I never liked him anyway!"
At one end of the bridge, Gato stepped off his boat, his mercenaries following behind him.
Zabuza stared at Gato, his eyes filled with fury. "Gato!!!"
Kakashi straightened up. "Gato? He's that Gato?"
Zabuza struggled to his feet. "I'll kill you!"
Naruto's face was also full of anger. "Damn it! You're ambushing us while we're weakened?"
Kakashi told Naruto, "We can't attack civilians. Take Zabuza and leave."
Zabuza said urgently, "What? Take me with you? No, no, no! I'm going to take them down with me!"
Kakashi held Zabuza down. "Go, now!"
"No, no, no! Kakashi, I have to avenge Haku. Could you please let go of me?"
"Enough nonsense! Naruto, carry Sasuke! Hieimon, protect Tazuna!"
"Fuck!" Zabuza tore free of the wire and charged toward Gato's group. "I'm going to kill you all! You'd better get ready!"
"Right, right, right! We're going to kill you too!"
Tazuna said, "(°ー°〃) I really feel like something's a little off."
"No! Zabuza, come back!" Kakashi shouted, moving to pull Zabuza back, only for his legs to give out. He collapsed to the ground. "Huff, huff, huff... Have I used up too much chakra?"
Hongshi picked Kakashi up. "Mr. Fifty-Fifty, let's go."
"All right... let's go."
For some reason, the mist on the bridge thickened again. All they could see was Zabuza's lone figure slowly charging into the fog. "You'll all pay for Haku's death!"
And so, all Kakashi's group heard from the bridge was...
"Gato! I'm going to chop your head off! Hah!"
"Oh, oh! Ah! My head's been chopped! Even my brains have burst out! Ah! I'm dead."
"Ah! My third vertebra!!"
"Oh, my biceps!"
"Aah! Zabuza stabbed me in the stomach!"
"Eek! Zabuza punched my kidney stones right out!"
Hongshi's expression grew darker and darker. "Motherfucker..."
Sakura spoke as she ran. "Zabuza's methods of killing are really too brutal!"
Sasuke said, "Well, those people are all scoundrels. They deserved to die."
Naruto said, "They're the reason the Land of Waves ended up like this!"
Kakashi said, "Zabuza will probably die too, at this rate."
Tazuna said, "(°ー°〃) I really think something's a little off..."
Hongshi said, "(ºДº*) Are you all missing a few brain cells?!!!"
On the bridge, Zabuza sat while Haku bandaged his wounds beside him.
"Hey! Keep screaming!"
Waraji's voice had gone hoarse. "They left half an hour ago. We don't need to keep screaming, do we?"
Gato said, "All right, let's set the scene..."
Zabuza told Haku, "Haku, take off your mask."
Once he removed his mask, everyone marveled at Haku's face. "So pretty!"
"I'm a fucking man."
"Oh, what a handsome young fellow."
"Say that again, I dare you!"
"Ahem." Zabuza cleared his throat twice, resuming his cold-blooded killer demeanor. "All right, this matter is settled for now. Gato, have you finished preparing what the boss assigned you?"
Gato chuckled. "Everything's ready."
"Good." Zabuza looked at Haku. "Next, Haku, go meet up with the boss and the others. We'll see you in the Land of Snow in three months."
"Yes!" Haku answered, then left using Water Body Flicker.
Gato's subordinates carried out more than thirty corpses and arranged them on the bridge. Some were still warm. "These bandits were the people who killed Hieimon's entire family back then. They've all been killed."
Zabuza slowly stood up. "Good. Let's go, then."
Everyone boarded the boat and slowly departed.
After Hongshi and the others returned home, they opened the door to find a very delicate-looking person talking to Tazuna's daughter.
Naruto said, "Oh? What a pretty young lady!"
Hongshi's two Shadow Clones put Kakashi and Sasuke on the beds, then used healing ninjutsu on them.
Sakura asked, "Miss, who are you?"
The moment Hieimon saw this person, he rushed over. "Big sis!"
"Σ(°Д°; Big sis?"
This person was, of course, Haku in disguise. Kakashi and the others had never seen Haku's face, so Hongshi simply had him show his real face.
Haku caught Hieimon in a hug. "Little brother!"
Tazuna looked at Hieimon and Haku. "Hey, hey, hey! You two don't look anything alike!"
Hongshi smiled. "That's because they're siblings with different fathers and different mothers. ╮(•́ω•̀)╭"
The Lord God said, "So here's the question: is Haku a man or a woman?"
Hongshi said, "She's that pretty. Do you think I care whether she's a man or a woman? Hehehe."
The Lord God said, "Yeah, you're hardcore."
"Ugh! Am I dead?!"
After receiving treatment, Sasuke slowly woke up on the bed and saw Sakura's face. "Sakura."
"Sniff, sniff... Sasuke! You're finally awake!"
Once Hongshi's Shadow Clones finished the treatment, they vanished in puffs of smoke. Naruto and the others were chatting animatedly.
Hongshi ate an apple. "So, what's your name?"
Haku smiled. "My name is Yuhan."
Tazuna said, "Hey, hey, hey! Even their names don't sound like they're from the same family. Isn't this way too suspicious?"
"Hieimon already said she's his sister. Surely he recognizes his own sister!"
"(ºДº*) A whole bunch of idiots."
"Yuhan, why don't you two come back to the village with us?"
Haku nodded. "Yes, I want to become stronger too, and become a ninja."
Naruto frowned. "Becoming a ninja is really hard! Especially becoming as strong as me! You have to go through a lot!"
Haku thought, I could already one-shot you eight ways from Sunday.
Out loud, however, he said, "People can truly become very strong when they're determined to protect something important to them."
Naruto sank into a memory. "Yeah! I know that very well too!"
Hongshi stood up and slowly extended his right hand, his eyes resolute, his face smiling, and his expression very kindly. " .•ω•)っ Gurararara! Then become my daughter... my disciple! Carry my name and do as you please throughout the Shinobi World!"
The Lord God said, "Why am I hearing lines from the dimension next door again?"
Seeing that Hongshi intended to take another disciple, Sakura hurriedly said, "Hongshi's really powerful! He's proficient in everything-taijutsu, ninjutsu, and genjutsu."
Haku smiled faintly. "(*＾ー＾) Sure."
Hongshi said, "Mm..."