Chapter 43 Main Quest 1: Comics from the Land of Waves

In order to find out what happened in the Land of Waves, Shingo entered the manga forum.

The comic has been updated several chapters on the forum. Zhenyan skipped the part about Team 7's training and daily tasks and went straight to the latest updated part about the Wave Kingdom mission.

Zhenyan first glanced at the comments below.

[Wait until the update, want to know if there will be any shadows this time]

[I also came here for the shadow]

[The latest episode should reveal the identity of the black shadow]

[I bet the 50-cent black shadow is the villain]

Seeing the comments about Black Shadow, Shinge was very calm, because he did not go to Wave Country this time, and it was impossible for him to appear in the comics.

Thinking so, Zhenyan confidently clicked on the latest updated comic.

This comic opens with an old man from the Land of Waves coming to Konoha Village to hire ninjas. Shingon guesses that it was arranged by Zabuza.

This is indeed the case. After receiving Mangon's commission, Zabuza and Haku went to Wave Country in advance to make arrangements. However, when they arrived at Wave Country, they found that Wave Country was controlled by an evil businessman named Cardo.

The Kingdom of Waves is a very small island country that relies entirely on maritime transport to communicate with the outside world. Cardo controls the entire Kingdom of Waves by controlling maritime transport.

The old man who came to Konoha to issue the mission was named Dazna. Dazna wanted to build a bridge leading to the outside world for the Wave Country in order to get rid of Cardo's control. After the evil businessman Cardo found out, he wanted to hire someone to assassinate the rebellious Dazna family.

When Zabuza and Haku arrived at Daba Country, they happened to see Dazna being assassinated. The assassin was not even a ninja and could only use some chakra superficially. Zabuza took action and took care of the man in just a few moves.

Dazna thanks Zabuza for saving his life and wants to hire Zabuza and Shiro to protect his family while they are repairing the bridge in Wave Country.

Zabuza, who was commissioned by Shingen, naturally would not agree. He showed Dazna a way, which was to go to Konoha Village to hire people.

While Dazna was in Konoha, Zabuza and Haku directly assassinated Cardo and replaced Cardo. The two played the role of villains in the Land of Waves, waiting for Kakashi to lead Team 7 to arrive.

However, the two waited for a long time but no one showed up, so Zabuza asked Bai to go to the road to find out the situation. After Bai's investigation, he found out that Kakashi was teaching three students to practice on his way, which caused some delay.

The reason why Kakashi seized the time to teach his students was because he realized from Dazna's evasive words that this mission might not be as simple as it seemed.

Naruto and Sasuke have been influenced by Kakashi since they were young. Before graduating from the Ninja School, they had already practiced climbing trees with chakra. This time, Kakashi asked them to practice treading water.

Whether it is tree climbing training or water treading training, it is all for enhancing one's own chakra control, but water treading training is an advanced version.

Treading water training requires concentrating the chakra at the soles of the feet and then standing on the water. Since the water is constantly flowing, the chakra under the feet must also be constantly transformed, otherwise you will fall into the water.

Sakura Haruno had never received any training in this area before, but she had laid a good theoretical foundation in the ninja school. With Kakashi's guidance, Sakura Haruno quickly passed the tree climbing training, and then practiced treading water with Naruto Sasuke.

The three of them practiced together by the river and rested on the spot when they were tired.

Mingren was carefree. When he took a rest, he just found a tree and lay down. He fell asleep without even changing his wet clothes.

Shiro saw Naruto coming over to investigate the situation and couldn't help but show up to remind him. The conversation between the two was also drawn into the comic.

Bai went forward, nudged the dazed Naruto, and reminded him: "You will catch a cold if you sleep in wet clothes."

Naruto opened his eyes and saw the person in front of him clearly. He was stunned for a moment. After a while, he reacted and asked: "Big sister, why are you here?"

Bai curled his eyes and smiled: [I'm looking for someone.]

Naruto: [Did you find it?]

[Yes, I found it.] Shiro looked at Naruto and asked curiously, [What are you doing here?]

When this was mentioned, Naruto immediately became excited: [I am practicing!]

Bai: [Practice?]

[Hmm.] Naruto put his hand on his forehead, as if to emphasize his status, and said, [I want to become stronger!]

Bai smiled again and asked: [Why do you want to become stronger?]

Naruto thought for a moment and said, "Because I want to be a ninja who is more powerful than Naruto, and surpass a certain guy."

[Is that so?] Naruto's words brought back Shiro's memories, and the next scene is Shiro recalling his encounter with Zabuza.

The flashback scene ends, and Shiro says to Naruto: [When a person wants to protect something important, he or she will truly become strong. *]

[See you sometime.] Bai said goodbye to Naruto and turned to leave, but after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped and added, [By the way, I’m a man…]

The next frame is a close-up of Naruto’s face distorted with shock: [How is this possible!!!]

Seeing this, Zhenyan couldn't help but read the comments. At the beginning of the comments section, there were still "The little sister is so pretty" and "The little sister is so gentle", but at the end, there were only wails...

Zhenyan felt relieved, and he said that mistaking Bai for a girl was not just his problem.

The following comics show Kakashi leading Team 7 to escort Dazna back to the Land of Waves. However, during the construction of the bridge, two masked ninjas suddenly jumped out and blocked the construction.

Kakashi had anticipated that this mission would not be easy, so he made arrangements in advance. As soon as the enemy appeared, Haruno Sakura quickly protected the client, while the remaining Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke held back the enemy in front.

The masked ninjas were none other than Zabuza and Haku in disguise. Because of the requirements of the truth, Zabuza and Haku had a clear target from the beginning, but with the presence of Kakashi, a senior ninja, it was difficult for them to directly approach the target.

Zabuza used a water clone to fight Naruto to test Naruto's strength first, while Haku fought with Sasuke to test Sasuke's strength. As for Zabuza's real body, he had been entangled by Kakashi from the beginning.

Zabuza knew that his sword could easily expose his identity, so he didn't take it out at first, but only used ninjutsu to fight Kakashi. As a result, Kakashi used the Sharingan, and no matter what ninjutsu Zabuza used, Kakashi would copy it and fight back with the same ninjutsu...

Kakashi pressed on step by step, and finally forced Zabuza to take out his beheading sword.

[Demon Zabuza!] When Kakashi saw the beheading sword, he instantly recognized Zabuza's identity.

[As expected of the Copy Ninja Kakashi.] Zabuza also affirmed Kakashi's strength and hinted, [I hope you won't stop blocking us.]

Seeing this, Shingen couldn't help but wonder, he knew that in the ninja world, powerful ninjas all had special titles, and these titles were an affirmation of the ninja's strength. For example, Namikaze Minato was called "Yellow Flash", Uchiha Shisui was called "Instant Body Shisui", Jiraiya and two teammates were called "Three Ninjas", etc., but what was the title of Kakashi's "Copy Ninja"?

Aren't ninjutsu patented in the ninja world? Is it really okay for Kakashi to plagiarize like this?

The most important thing is how good at copying one must be to make others grit their teeth and give him the title of "Copy Ninja"?

Today, Shingen once again refreshed his understanding of Kakashi. He never thought that Kakashi was actually the plagiarized Kakashi.

Shinon continued to read the comic below. Kakashi realized something from Zabuza's words, and began to deliberately draw water. In the end, he sold a broken thread and pretended to be trapped in Zabuza's water prison, and then began to secretly observe the reactions of the three students.

After Kakashi was trapped, Zabuza exchanged positions with the water clone, and the original body fought Naruto directly. The previous water clone had already tested Naruto's strength, and Haku was almost the same, so the two decided to follow the plan and complete Managa's request to let Naruto and Sasuke realize the dangers of the ninja world.

Bai used his blood limit, Ice Release: Magic Mirror Ice Crystal, to trap Sasuke, and then attacked Sasuke with ice needles. Sasuke had always been targeting Itachi, and when he encountered a powerful enemy, he did not feel frustrated, but became more and more courageous, and even opened his Sharingan.

Sasuke's Sharingan was actually activated when the Uchiha clan was "annihilated", but the shock Sasuke received was too great at that time, and he was in a trance. He himself did not realize it until he met a strong opponent at this time, and his Sharingan was activated again.

With the help of the Sharingan, Sasuke was finally able to capture the afterimage of Bai's movement. He wanted to predict Bai's movements and attack, but when Bai noticed that his reaction became faster, he hid in an ice crystal in the blind spot behind him.

Bai quickly attacked from behind Sasuke, and two ice needles hit the acupuncture points on Sasuke's arm, causing Sasuke's arm to lose consciousness...

Naruto, who was fighting Zabuza outside the ice crystal, noticed something was wrong with Sasuke. In a hurry, he shouted at Zabuza who was suppressing him: [Get out of the way!]

In the comic, these two words are enlarged, bolded, and have trembling outlines to highlight their unique power.

Zabuza was indeed shocked when he heard these two words, and stood there for several seconds without any reaction...

After Naruto finished roaring, he plunged into Bai's magic mirror ice crystal.

Below this page, comic readers speculated that Naruto used the Lion's Roar Technique...

But Shingon understood that Naruto must have used the method of talking, which was indeed the case. Zabuza was greatly shocked when facing Naruto, so he could not stop Naruto, allowing Naruto to break into the battlefield between Haku and Sasuke.

Although Bai was some distance away, he was also somewhat affected, which distracted him and caused cracks to appear between the two ice crystals.

Bai calmed himself down again. He looked at Naruto who suddenly broke in and remembered the request that Shinko later added. Shinko said that Naruto and Sasuke's relationship was a bit stiff, and he hoped that he and Zabuza could help the two of them develop a tacit understanding between teammates.

Bai decided not to hold back any more. He found a blind spot where Mingren couldn't see him and planned to focus on Mingren. The most important thing was that he was a little worried about Zabuzhan's situation outside, so he wanted to end the battle quickly.

Bai Xuan's attack angle was very tricky. Although Naruto couldn't see it, it was within Sasuke's field of vision. After Sasuke noticed it, he quickly reminded Naruto: [Be careful!]

Naruto had just come in and was not familiar with Bai's attack method, so he didn't know which direction to dodge. This time, Bai shot out eight ice needles at the same time. Just as those ice needles were about to hit Naruto, Sasuke suddenly rushed over and used his body to block all the ice needles for Naruto.

Sasuke, who was stabbed with several needles, could not hold on for a moment and staggered backwards and fell. Naruto subconsciously reached out to catch him.

Naruto was momentarily unresponsive, the limp figure reflected in his dark blue pupils. When he realized what had happened, his emotions exploded instantly: [Ah——]

This "Ah" was even bolder and louder than the two words "Get out of the way" just now, and its power was also obvious. Bai's ice crystals were shattered, or it could be said that Bai bore the impact of the mouth-to-mouth attack head-on, and was unable to concentrate on controlling the ice crystals at all.

[Such a noise, the last one.]

The fallen Sasuke suddenly spoke, and Naruto regained his senses instantly. He looked at the person who had woken up, with surprise in his eyes: [Sasuke... That's great!]

[Please help me remove the needle first.] Sasuke said that Bai's ice needle did not hit his vital point, he was just pierced in the acupuncture point and lost the ability to move.

After pulling out the ice needle, Sasuke regained his ability to move. He stood with Naruto and looked at Shiro, whose true form was revealed after the ice crystal was lost.

At this time, Bai had not yet fully recovered, and his whole head was buzzing...

[Who are you?] Naruto asked Bai, but Bai didn't answer him.

Naruto could no longer bear it, he punched directly at Shiro's mask, the mask cracked, revealing the "big sister" he had only met once...

Naruto was stunned for a moment.

[Quick battle, quick decision.] Sasuke reminded Naruto, and then fought with Zabuza who came to support him.

Naruto's roar just now reminded Sasuke of the effectiveness of his mouth-to-mouth technique, so while he was fighting Zabuza, he kept talking and using his mouth-to-mouth technique to interfere.

It can be said that from this moment on, the situation has completely gotten out of control...

The other two members of Team 7 were already prepared when Naruto shouted out the first word of the mouth-to-mouth trick. Kakashi put on earplugs, and Haruno Sakura took the client far away from the battlefield to protect her client.

As for Naruto and Sasuke, their mouth-to-mouth tactics cannot disturb each other, just like when one launches a mouth-to-mouth tactic, the sound is ineffective against oneself. The two people who have learned the mouth-to-mouth tactic can be immune to each other's mouth-to-mouth tactic.

Therefore, in the entire battlefield, the only two people who were persecuted by the verbal attack were Zabuza and Haku.

As Sasuke kept talking, Zabuza's movements began to become slow and jerky, just like a machine that was stuck due to an overloaded CPU...

In the end, the excessive sound blocked Zabuza's mind and even caused him to suffer from temporary deafness...

Zabuza had reached the point where he could no longer tolerate it. In order to force Sasuke to retreat, he threw out his beheading sword, then made a retreat gesture to Haku and left the battlefield first.

Meanwhile, the fight between Naruto and Shiro wasn't intense. Naruto was holding back because he was thinking about his previous encounter with Shiro, while Shiro hadn't recovered from the yelling from the mouth-to-mouth attack yet...

After receiving Zabuza's signal, Shiro no longer wanted to fight and quickly got rid of Naruto, who had little fighting spirit, and withdrew from the battlefield.

The backs of Zabuza and Bai as they left looked somewhat panic-stricken, especially Zabuza, who didn't even have time to pick up his beheading sword.

Sasuke wanted to continue the pursuit, but Kakashi, who had been watching the battle with earplugs, couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to stop Sasuke: [Don't chase after the enemy, protecting the client is the most important thing...]

The bad guys who hindered the construction of the bridge have been driven away. All that is left is for Team 7 to complete their mission once the bridge in Wave Country is built. However, except for Dazna's family, the residents of Wave Country have lost the courage to resist due to long-term oppression. They are afraid that the bad guys will make a comeback, so they dare not participate in the construction of the bridge.

Seeing this situation, Naruto, the protagonist of the comic, stood up. He started to speak with his mouth. Perhaps it was the effect of the protagonist's halo, but the mouth-to-mouth that could shock the enemies before actually had the effect of inspiring people at this time. The numb residents of the Land of Waves were awakened by Naruto.

The residents of Wave Country regained their courage and joined in the construction of the bridge. Soon, the bridge was completed and named "Naruto Bridge" by the residents of Wave Country.

At this point, Team 7's mission in the Land of Waves was successfully completed.

The last scene is the four-member team of Class 7 returning to the village in the sunset.

Kakashi is walking on the far left, carrying his war trophy beheading sword. Next to him is Naruto, who has his hands raised high as if cheering for something. Next to Naruto is Sasuke, who has his hands in his pockets and looks cool. Next to Sasuke is Haruno Sakura, who turns her head to look over. The setting sun stretches the shadows of the people very long, and the warm yellow tones make the picture look very cozy.

In addition, there are two small dialogue bubbles above Haruno Sakura and Sasuke's heads, adding a bit of playfulness to this warm scene.

Haruno Sakura: [You Uchiha, the prettier you are, the more talkative you are?]

Sasuke: […………]

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[Hahahahahaha this is a complaint from teammates]

[I always thought Sasuke was aloof, but I didn't expect him to be so talkative when fighting]

[This should be the contrast. Normally, I am very frugal with my words, and I only use them when I fight.]

[I think Sasuke is using words to harass the enemy. Didn't you notice? When Sasuke speaks, the enemy's movements become inconsistent.]

[Before, Naruto's roar also shattered the ice mirror. Could it be that the two of them used a sonic attack?]

[It should be a special ninjutsu, looking forward to the following plot]

[We look forward to the same thing, Team 7 is a good team]

Seeing the comments below this page, Shingen couldn't help laughing but also felt a little confused: is the mouth-to-mouth ninjutsu he developed really that effective?

He initially developed this ninjutsu just to enhance his ability to persuade, just like how Naruto persuaded the residents of Wave Country. That was what he imagined the effect of mouth-to-mouth persuasion should have.

Although he was still a little doubtful about the effectiveness of the mouth-to-mouth trick, Zhenyan thought of Zabuza and Haku who had been recuperating in seclusion recently, so he decided to take out another commission as work-related injury compensation to make up for the mental damage the two had suffered in this mission.

Zhenyan was about to quit the forum, but at this moment he found that there was another page after the comic. He clicked on it and found that there were two pictures at the back, explaining some subsequent content.

One of the pictures shows Zabuza and Shiro leaving. The two of them support each other and walk through the night. The gray tones form a sharp contrast with the warmth of Class 7 returning to the village on the previous page.

[Master Zaibuzhan, what is the purpose of our visit this time?] Bai asked with some suspicion.

Zabuza didn't answer, but the next picture was a flashback of Zabuza. The background of the picture was indoors. Zabuza and Shiro were standing in the light, and in the shadow behind the light stood a black shadow. The black shadow held a bag of commissions in his hand and had a bubble dialogue box on his head.

Black Shadow: [Let them know the dangers of the ninja world...]

The comic ends here, and the comments below are boiling because of the appearance of the black shadow.

[Ahhh the shadow appears again!]

[So the protagonist's experience this time was all the result of the shadow's conspiracy?]

[Who is this black shadow? Why is it targeting the protagonist?]

[I guess the black shadow is also from Konoha, after all, he appeared in Konoha Village before.]

[I guess he has a grudge against the protagonist, so he hired someone to kill him]

[How could the protagonist, who is so young, have any deep hatred? I think it might be a grudge between his parents]

[I think so too. Maybe the protagonist's parents killed Black Shadow's parents, so Black Shadow came to seek revenge.]

[Can't Black Shadow simply be a villain with a dark mentality?]

[We share the same hatred and deep hatred, can't Black Shadow be a pure villain?]

[Don't be bitter and vengeful, just be a pure villain]

[Pureblood Villain +1]

[Pure Blood Villain +2]

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[Pure Blood Villain +10086]

Pure-blooded Villain·True Words: “…”

Manabu didn't expect the comic author's angle of capture to be so tricky. As the prototype of the "pure-blooded villain", Manabu felt that it was her responsibility to guide public opinion.

Zhenyan wanted to register an account for herself, but at this moment the system suddenly went online.

[Main Mission 1 Completed.] The inspiration system reminded Zhenyan, but the voice did not sound like the joy of mission completion, because the deviation rate of this mission was 10% again.

After experiencing an 80% deviation rate, the inspiration system felt that 10% was a very friendly number. However, as soon as it thought that the deviation rate of three consecutive tasks was 10%, it couldn't help but worry. The inspiration system was worried that these deviations would accumulate and ruin the ending of the comic.

[Host, the deviation rate cannot increase any further.] Before the new main mission begins, the inspiration system repeatedly reminds Zhenyan, [There must be no more mistakes in the next main mission!]

[What is the new main quest?] Truth Question System.

Inspiration System: [Main Mission 2: Chunin Exam.]!