On the bridge, the battle was about to break out. Kakashi watched Zabuza and Haku calmly.
He still looked so calm, as if he didn't pay too much attention to everything in front of him.
Zabuza seemed extraordinarily cold and vigilant. He had already seen Kakashi's strength. This kind of person was not that easy to deal with.
Especially the damn Flying Thunder God Technique. Although he said he wasn't afraid, he was extremely worried in his heart.
This kind of power once allowed Namikaze Minato to kill fifty Iwa-nins in an instant, which made all the Iwa-nins feel in danger and finally had to choose to surrender.
Kakashi is not Namikaze Minato, but Zabuza will definitely not be able to do it. The current Kakashi does not have that ability!
"You are responsible for assisting me. You must not let his kunai fly to me. Do you understand?"
"yes!"
The young man wearing a mask responded softly, his voice calm, like a puppet without emotions.
"Is it coming?"
Kakashi's eyes focused for a moment. He held the short sword behind him with one hand, and already took out several kunai with the other hand.
He didn't know what abilities the young man in front of him had, but he instinctively felt that this young man was probably not simple.
In the last brief battle with Zabuza, Sasuke was basically fighting Zabuza, and he just took care of Zabuza in the end.
And that time, the young man had no chance to show up, let alone take action, and everything was over.
Kakashi doesn't know this boy's information at all, but in any case, being led by a threatening guy like Zabuza, he probably has pretty good abilities.
No matter what, it's always good to be careful.
Suddenly, the masked boy suddenly formed a seal, and a cold breath instantly filled the entire bridge. Dazuna, who was next to Kakashi, suddenly began to tremble.
It's cold, and I'm scared, because it's a hot day now, and it won't be cold even if it's foggy.
But at this moment, the temperature seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes. How could Dazna accept this strange situation?
And all he could think about now was 'Are all ninjas monsters?' Even the weather could be changed, what else could they not do?
"Ice escape?"
Kakashi murmured, and he immediately thought of the Snow Clan in Kirigakure Village.
And he was somewhat afraid of Ice Release, and this reason was caused by Habara.
Because in his opinion, Habara's strength has reached this level, and he even managed to create Ice Escape by himself.
It is conceivable that the ice escape is still very powerful, and the frost that covered the earth at the beginning also left a deep impression on him. How could he be careless?
when!
In an instant, Kakashi drew out his ninja sword and swung it quickly. Clear clashing sounds continued to sound, and thousands of books fell to the ground at his feet.
Although Kakashi no longer has the Sharingan, his basic strength is still that of a Jonin, so this method of throwing Senbon is still not enough in his eyes.
"Go to hell!"
Zabuzai suddenly rushed forward, and the decapitating sword in his hand struck hard at Kakashi's neck.
"snort."
Kakashi snorted, and with a quick turn of his body, he created a shadow clone and took Tatsuna away. At the same time, his body had already arrived at Zabuza's flank.
In this position, Senbon's flight path was completely blocked by Zabuza himself, and the ninja sword in his hand struck Zabuza unceremoniously.
When, when, when...
For a while, the sound of fierce collision of ninja swords continued to sound. Although it is not uncommon for two jounin to fight swordsmanship.
But one is the inheritor of Konoha White Fang swordsmanship, and he is fighting swordsmanship with a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen in front of Kirigakure Village. This is a relatively rare scene.
It's just that in just a few rounds of sword fighting, Kakashi had already gained a huge advantage!
Now that he is no longer bound by the Sharingan, his chakra is more abundant. Coupled with Konoha's full training and his own efforts, his current strength is truly immeasurable.
When, when, when...
The fierce collisions became louder and more rapid. Zabuza never dreamed that he would be suppressed like this by Kakashi in terms of swordsmanship.
This guy's speed is so fast that it's suffocating, and his knife skills are so weird that it's incredible.
He had heard that Kakashi's father was a famous swordsman in the ninja world, but he chose to commit suicide due to some changes.
And Kakashi's previous fighting style basically determined that it would be impossible for him to pick up a sword again, which made him slightly regretful.
But now he has seen Kakashi's sword skills, he has seen the sword skills known as Konoha White Fang, and this sword skills really makes him a little desperate!
"Damn it, am I no match for even sword skills?"
Zabuza kept shouting in his heart, but at this moment Kakashi suddenly turned sideways to avoid his ninja sword, and then the short sword slashed towards his throat like a life-threatening attack.
"Oops!"
Zabuza's expression changed. If he was hit this time, he would really be dead!
At the moment of life and death, he burst out with unimaginable strength. He immediately forced his body to move aside, narrowly avoiding the knife in the midst of lightning and flint.
However, he had no time to express his regret for the rest of his life, as Kakashi's ninja sword bit him again like a poisonous snake!
"Secret Technique·Magic Mirror Ice Crystal!"
At this moment, Shiro, who had been hiding aside, took action, but in an instant, an ice crystal stood up between Kakashi and Zabuza.
Kakashi's ninja sword struck directly on the ice crystal. The ice crystal could not withstand his power and instantly turned into fragments.
But this blockage also allowed Zabuza to seize the opportunity, and he jumped back without hesitation.
"Secret Technique: Qian Xiang Water Kill!"
Kakashi frowned. Just when he was about to chase after him, the powerful chakra boiled again, and the surrounding water mist condensed, turning into sharp arrows and shooting at him.
When Kakashi saw this, he didn't press any further. He immediately ducked back, but compared to Zabuza's embarrassment, he looked so calm.
"It's interesting, your ice shield."
Kakashi fell on the spot, he nodded slightly and said, but soon he shook his head and sighed.
"It's just that I have seen stronger ice shields. That ice shield froze the ground in an instant, causing huge damage to the surrounding enemies and blocking the dust escape of the third generation of Tsuchikage.
Your ice shield is okay, but it is far from good enough. I hope you will have the opportunity to make your ice shield stronger in the future."
Although Kakashi said this, the movements of his hands were not slow at all. He was just feeling the existence of Ice Release, but he did not pity his enemies.
Of course, he would still be willing to do it if he could stay alive. After all, these two guys could be used as evidence against Cardo.
In addition, you can make Kirigakure feel disgusted, and at the same time you can study the bloodline of this snow clan, why not?
Of course, he had almost had enough fun now. The main reason why he didn't solve the battle directly was because he was curious after seeing Zabuza.
After all, when he met a guy who was good with a knife, Kakashi was naturally a little bit itch, so he decided to play with it.
And now that he knew the approximate level of his sword skills, and at the same time, Naruto, Sasuke and Xiang Rin were all performing their respective tasks, he couldn't continue to play like this.
"Fire Escape, a powerful fireball technique!"
With this thought in his mind, Kakashi quickly formed seals with his hands, and a huge and burning fireball was instantly ejected, roaring towards Shiro.
"What a powerful fire escape!"
Looking at the huge fireball, Bai's heart shook slightly, and then he immediately jumped behind him.
However, just when he had just dodged the fire ball, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, and Kakashi suddenly hit him on the neck with a knife.
"What!"
At this time, both Shiro and Zabuza were stunned. They had no idea how Kakashi did it.
Even though Zabuza knew that this might be the Flying Thunder God's Jutsu, he didn't see Kakashi overdrawing his kunai at all!
Bang!
With a muffled sound, Shiro's body was knocked away by Kakashi, and his body slid hard on the ground for a while before barely stopping.
"white!"
Zabuza shouted, but at this moment, he felt an incredible coldness all over his body.
An invisible murderous intention had locked onto him, and the suffocating breath made it impossible for him to breathe. He had a premonition that he was dead!
The chirping of thousands of birds rang in his ears, the sharp sound seemed to be calling for life, and the next moment he felt a slight pain in his chest.
The pain was not severe, and was accompanied by a feeling of numbness, which suppressed the pain to a minimum.
But what shocked him was that he found that his chest had been pierced!
Purple thunder kept beating on his body, and the aura of death became stronger and stronger. At this moment, he was completely convinced that he had been defeated by Kakashi.
"I forgot to say, the farce should end."
Kakashi's calm voice sounded in Zabuza's ears. This voice was so indifferent and cold, and so dismissive.
"But you can rest assured for the time being, because I avoided your vital point and the brat is not dead either.
Your life still has some value, but this value depends on whether you are willing to cooperate or not."
Having said this, Kakashi pulled his hand out of Zabuza's chest, and then looked at Zabuza who fell to the ground indifferently.
At this time, Zabuza's wound had stopped bleeding strangely, because Kakashi's Purple Thunder not only inherited the high penetration and high explosiveness of the Thunder Release.
It also has an ultra-high temperature. At such a temperature, Zabuza can naturally form a hemostatic effect.
It's just that he was penetrated through the body. If not treated in time, then this guy is not far from death, it's just a matter of time.
But this period of time is also what Kakashi needs. He can just have a good chat with this guy and talk about some interesting topics he wants to talk about.
"I know you have a lot of doubts, such as why you lost so quickly. In fact, many people have great misunderstandings about the art of Flying Thunder God.
The same goes for you, do you really think that the flying thunder god technique can only rely on throwing kunai to complete the shuttle? If this is the case, then the value of this technique will be greatly weakened.
From the moment you and I took action, your outcome was actually destined, and there was no way you could escape or avoid it."
Kakashi said slowly, but he did not tell the real secret of Flying Thunder God. He was never stupid in this regard.
He can talk about some insignificant things casually, but when it comes to some secret things, his mouth is stricter than anyone else.
What's more, the art of Flying Thunder God is really too unfamiliar to other people. Even Konoha's own people actually know very little about Flying Thunder God.
Most people's stereotype of flying thunder gods is that they only rely on throwing kunai, and then traveling through space to kill enemies.
But the key to flying thunder god has never been relying on kunai, but the mark covering the kunai!
"Whether it's you or that kid, they're all the same."
Kakashi continued to speak. As he spoke, he threw a first aid medicine and a kunai in front of Zabuza.
Then he continued to speak under Zabuza's confused and doubtful eyes.
"Now you have two choices, one is to live, and the other is to die.
Of course, there is a price for living. I have told you before that you have to show your value.
Konoha already captured the Country of Grass and the Country of Yu three years ago, and now we want the Country of Waves, especially since the bridge is almost completed.
This facilitates communication between us, and as the bridgehead of the Kingdom of Water, you should understand the value of this.
Back then, wasn't your Kingdom of Water the Kingdom of Whirlpool that you entered through the Kingdom of Waves? But now we naturally need to make some preparations, and the Kingdom of Waves is the place we want.
But Konoha is a reasonable ninja village, and even if we have thoughts about the Country of Waves, we must enter it openly."
Kakashi spoke unhappily, and Zabuza also listened attentively. Although his life was constantly draining away, he knew that now was one of the few opportunities he had.
And the chance to decide whether he lives or dies is also in his hands, Kakashi will definitely let him listen to everything.
He believed that Kakashi would also control it and let him use what he should use before he died. Otherwise, what choice would he have?
And now he finally knows Konoha's ambitions, or in other words, he finally knows what Konoha wants to do.
The ambition and appetite of these guys are still so big. I am afraid these guys are interested in more than just the Kingdom of Waves!
Such an expression made Zabuza a little hesitant and embarrassed, but he had to think carefully now.
"You may not know what life is like in Konoha, but I don't need you to know either."
Before Zabuza could think about it, Kakashi spoke again.
"Anyway, it won't be like you, who will force all the descendant families in your village to death, and it won't be like your people who are in dire straits and all of you will harbor hatred.
It won't be like that. Even after graduation, you have to kill your classmates to show your strength.
Now our eyes are only on the Kingdom of Waves, and only the Kingdom of Waves. What I want is for you to do it at certain times as evidence.
When things are done in Konoha, it is best to comply with the law, I think you can understand what I mean, right?"
"you....."
Zabuza raised his head slightly and looked at Kakashi, and soon he opened his mouth with difficulty.
"Do you want...the Kingdom of Waves, do you want to get rid of Cardo...
Yes, I promise you, but what are your plans for the future?"
"The future is too far away, who knows."
Kakashi spread his hands indifferently and continued to speak slowly.
"I can't guarantee this kind of thing, because I don't know it myself, and I have to wait for the Hokage-sama's order so that we can have an idea.
As for Cardo, it's not like you can't refuse. After all, you're not the only one he's recruiting.
It's just that you are the heaviest, which makes me have the urge to save your life.
The choice is yours, and you don't have much time."
After saying this, Kakashi stood up and looked at Zabuza quietly.
After Zabuza thought about it for a while, he sighed sadly, he was not afraid of death and was not afraid of death.
But he knew that his death was worthless, and he still died for people like Cardo.
The most important thing is that he also knows that his death may cause the death of the child whom he regards as a tool.
Although he really used Bai as a tool, that was only the beginning. After so many years, no matter how cold his heart was, he had already let this child enter.
It doesn't matter if he dies, but he really doesn't want to let that child go to the Pure Land to accompany him so early.
And once I die, the child will probably not be able to live alone, right?
"I see....."
Zabuza sighed, then stared at Kakashi and spoke word by word.
"I betrayed my employer, so I'm afraid I will have to stay in the Country of Fire for a while..."
"We are very interested in the bloodline of that brat. We will provide you with the necessary education and give you a chance to live. The price is that you have to perform a mission."
Kakashi made his promise without hesitation. As a jounin, he still has some rights in this regard.
"As for this brat, we'll probably ask him to cooperate with them in some research when necessary, that's all."
"You can make the decision?"
"Although I am only a jounin, the power of jounin in Konoha is greater than you think, as long as it is reasonable.
But before that, as I said, you have to show your value."
Kakashi raised his head slightly, he looked a little proud. Konoha's reforms had benefited all of them, and Kakashi was one of them.
The power they have gained is beyond the reach of jounin in other villages. They can make their own decisions on this small matter.
Of course, the premise is that Zabuza does what Kakashi asked him to promise, otherwise the end of waiting for Zabuza will not be much better!
"I see...."
Zabuza gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand to grab the first aid medicine, and then stuffed it into his mouth.
Kakashi couldn't help but nodded slightly when he saw this scene. Now their work was more than half completed.
Next, let’s see the performance of Zuosuke, Naruto, and Xianglin...
...
"Are you coming?"
At Dazna's house, Xianglin had been waiting, and she was already a little irritable.
Although it was less than half an hour before Kakashi and the others set off, for her it was really like a year.
She had never thought of sitting in this place waiting for news from others. Although it was a very good job, Xianglin didn't like it.
Especially when she stayed in this place and could only watch the group of brats baring their teeth, this feeling made her even more devastated.
And just when she was thinking about whether she should just create a shadow clone in advance and go find Naruto and the others, she suddenly felt a group of people coming from all directions.
This immediately cheered her up, because she knew she no longer had to wait here.
"It's just that these guys are too arrogant. They don't even have a single ninja. Do you really think we can't guess that they will send someone here?"
After feeling it for a while, Xianglin said unhappily, and soon she stood up and walked out.
The kunai in her hand is constantly emitting a cold light, making people shudder...
.....
"This is it, let's do it!"
When Naruto and Zuosuke arrived at Cardo's base, Naruto immediately spoke, but as soon as he finished speaking, Zuosuke held him down.
"You idiot, you have to understand the situation before you take action."
Zuosuke glared at Naruto with dissatisfaction, and after making sure that the guy had calmed down, he slowly spoke.
"We know from our previous investigation that they still have a lot of ninjas here.
Although they are all weak guys, they still have many ordinary thugs and gangsters, so we must be careful.
After figuring out their location, we will quickly clear out the ninjas, and finally deal with the ordinary people in Kadoko.
Don't forget, we don't have "eyes" now. Xianglin is at Dazna's house, and we can only rely on ourselves.
You don’t want a bastard like Cardo to escape under the encirclement and suppression of the two of us, right?”
Zuosuke was as calm as ever. He immediately analyzed the current situation, and Naruto nodded even though he was a little reluctant.
He didn't want a villain like Cardo to escape. It would be better for such a villain to die, so that he could be worthy of the innocent souls who died at his hands or because of him.
Taking a few deep breaths, Naruto immediately calmed down. He began to think seriously, and soon he spoke slowly.
"I know, then I will use the transformation technique and shadow clone to investigate. After we get the information, we will take action together."
"No problem, you deal with those ninjas, and I'll capture Cardo."
Zuosuke nodded, his expression still extremely serious.
"Naruto, this is a task for the two of us, and we must complete it.
You don’t want to make Mr. Hahara, Mr. Kakashi and Lord Hokage feel embarrassed, right?"
.......
"I'm so exhausted."
At dusk, Habara walked out of the Hokage's office with a bitter laugh. He looked a little tired at this time.
Not only him, but Fugaku and Shisui who were with him, as well as the people around him who came out of the Hokage's office, also looked extremely tired at this time.
Their meeting took a bit long today because they had to discuss too many things.
After it was determined that Orochimaru would instigate a lunatic to cause trouble in the village, he also had to prevent Orochimaru and his Akatsuki organization from taking action together.
There are so many things that Konoha needs to prepare, and how to prepare and how to prepare, naturally they need to hold meetings one after another to determine.
For example, how to protect the villagers from being damaged as much as possible, how to quickly eliminate these enemies, and how to deal with those people organized by Akatsuki.
The first question involves Konoha's rapid response mechanism and Konoha Village's handling mechanism for major crises.
This is a huge headache. Konoha has indeed developed a lot of coping mechanisms because of the Nine-Tails incident.
But the problem is that Konoha has very few drills in this area, which has also caused some minor problems.
That is, once everyone needs to retreat into the shelter, whether they can react immediately and whether they can enter the protective area in time.
This is really a challenge for Konoha. If we don't react, we will be in real trouble.
In fact, Hahara is a little confident about this, because the response from the residents of Konoha in the original work was very good.
During the raid on Sunagakure Village, they all quickly entered the shelter under the guidance of ninjas from all sides, thereby avoiding heavy losses to civilians.
But Habara is confident, but Konoha has been going too smoothly in the past few years, especially with Habara around, everyone feels at ease.
This kind of mentality makes even Hahara himself feel a little scary. This is something they have to be careful and guard against.
Therefore, Hahara proposed that all ninjas in the security department should strengthen their training in this area as much as possible.
In particular, this area actually belongs to the scope of the security governor. The most important thing is to have the security ninja respond to the mobilization as soon as possible and quickly evacuate the people.
"Civilians need someone to guide them, and the most important task of the guard governor is to guide them correctly to do these things.
I believe they all have the due obedience, especially those civilian personnel and students who do not need to participate in the battle, and let them retreat with the civilians.
This will have better results, and they can also respond to each other and complete the guidance faster.
Therefore, those who guard the governor need to strengthen training in this area, especially during this period. Of course, this matter can also be regarded as regular training in the future.
Only those who know how to protect ourselves can better protect our homeland."
Habara's proposal was instantly approved by everyone, especially the subordinates of the security governor and the security forces in each neighborhood, who could notify everyone immediately.
At this moment, they suddenly felt that the importance of guarding the governor was really unexpected.
"Besides that, I think the first group of people to stop the enemy should be the security governor and ANBU.
The security governor himself is an important part of the defense force of the village, and is also the last line of defense and the first line of defense of the village.
So after the situation suddenly changes, I hope that everyone can unify the ninjas around them as soon as possible to quickly integrate.
During this period, the security governor and ANBU will be responsible for all defenses, and we will launch a unified counterattack after everyone is integrated."
From its establishment to the present, the Security Governor has basically played the role of training and cooperating with the ANBU in the suppression of rebels and bandits within the Land of Fire.
They have received substantial combat and sufficient training, especially since they were once members of the Anbu and have sufficient combat experience.
No matter how you look at it, it is most appropriate for them to cooperate with the ANBU in carrying out the first batch of defense.
Moreover, ninja combat really needs to be integrated so that it can exert its greatest strength. Habara's proposal was quickly approved.
As for the rest, how to defend, how to deal with those members of the Akatsuki organization, etc.
In the first aspect, Hahara could not help much, or it was impossible for him to think about this matter alone.
The most he can give is a general opinion, and other details will naturally need to be supplemented by others, not to mention these people are not stupid, they are all the elites of Konoha.
Many of their ideas are even better than Hahara's, and Hahara doesn't need to get too involved.
As for the people in the Akatsuki organization, Hahara already had information about these guys, whether it was Uchiha Itachi or Nagato, or even the newly joined Shennong or Beiruhu.
However, Hahara still hid some information slightly, such as Nagato's complete information, and he handed the rest to the people of Konoha.
The main reason why he didn't give it to Nagato was that he didn't have too much contact with it, and it was impossible for Orochimaru to get too much, or even give that much.
Naturally, Hahara didn't want to cause too many complicated things. If Nagato really caused trouble, the worst he could do was just gouge out Nagato's eyes!
"I've had the power of time for so long, and I haven't had a chance to use it yet. Although I don't want to use it, I won't hide it if necessary!"
Habara was muttering silently in his heart, and the three of them were almost reaching the Uchiha clan.
The three of them seemed a little silent. They were all thinking about what they had to do, especially Shisui and Fugaku. They knew how important this matter was.
To put it bluntly, this is the first time they have experienced how much responsibility they have to bear with the amount of power they get.
They are all a little stressed now, but pressure is motivation, and there is a fire burning in their hearts.
"Okay, don't be so nervous, just treat it normally."
Just when they were about to enter the Uchiha clan, Hahara suddenly stopped and said with a smile.
"I have been asking you all to train hard on weekdays and I have strict requirements on everyone. Isn't it time to show the results of their training?"
"Yes, Mr. Patriarch."
When Shisui and Fugaku heard this, they nodded solemnly involuntarily. They did not call Habara by his name directly, but called him the clan leader, which also showed their importance and seriousness.
"Don't worry, you have to believe in our ninjas and our strength, especially your own strength."
Hahara patted both of them on the shoulders, and his tone became a little serious.
"You are all specially strengthened Uchiha, your strength is unimaginable.
And this time is the first time we in Konoha have taken action in the past three years. For our dream of peace, you are really important.
Don't be too nervous, and this is also a moment to show the authority and strength of our security department.
What's more, your authority will increase again soon, because I got the news.