The Hidden Mist Village was built in the Land of Water, and the foundation of the country was an archipelago. Naturally, the most proficient ninjutsu of the Hidden Mist Ninjas is water-style ninjutsu.

But the strong ones among the Hidden Mist Ninjas either rely on the bloodline limits of ice escape, melt escape, and boiling escape to become strong, or they hone the qualitative change of water escape to the extreme, approaching or even surpassing the bloodline limit, just like the Hozuki clan.

Both of these paths are very difficult, and very few ninjas can successfully walk through them. This is also one of the reasons why there are so few top-level Kage-level ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village.

Therefore, the Kirigakure ninja developed very distinctive ninja swords and ninja swords with different functions.

The reason why the Kirigakure Ninja is so difficult is because water jutsu has a fatal flaw, that is, the destructive power of water jutsu is seriously insufficient. If you want to kill the enemy with water jutsu, you have to rely on a huge amount of chakra to crush the enemy.

As they were used to this situation, the Kirigakure ninjas had no complaints about it. They just honestly accumulated chakra, practiced swordsmanship, and delved into the qualitative change of water escape technique.

Until the second unruly Hokage appeared in Konoha Village, who used his extremely cool transformation and ultimate water jutsu to make the Mist Ninjas' faces blossom with joy.

After the First Ninja World War, the Kirigakure ninjas had an additional direction to work towards. Through their efforts in water-style transformation, they developed many powerful ninjutsu.

For example, the Shark-Jiao series of water-style ninjutsu of the Hoshigaki clan is an excellent achievement in the direction of transformation.

The strongest water-based jutsu in the Hidden Mist Village is the Fourth Mizukage Yagura Karuta. He developed the Water Mirror Technique by combining shapeshifting, qualitative change, and illusion. Within the range of his strength, he can copy the mirror image of any enemy, making it the most difficult technique.

But when it comes to the easy-to-use and powerful water-based ninjutsu, it is still the related ninjutsu developed by the second-generation Hokage of Konoha Village. Just thinking about it makes the Kirigakure ninjas discouraged.

Therefore, the two water-style ninjutsu, Water Style: Water Cutting Wave and Water Style: Hard Vortex Water Blade, which are rewards for the mission, are the ones that Zabuza Momochi will never give up.

As for the copyright issue, that’s it.

Ninjutsu is never just about hand seals, it also requires the flow, operation, and output of chakra to coordinate, so that the ninjutsu can be fully released.

The hand seals that can be seen with the eyes are just one of the many aspects of ninjutsu, and they are of no use at all once learned.

The ninjas from each village and clan were not guarding against someone stealing their skills on the battlefield, but rather against someone stealing their secret manuals.

Especially with the Uchiha clan and the "copy ninja" Kakashi Hatake as examples, the fact that one can learn ninjutsu just by watching it on the battlefield will make people extremely jealous, but no one will pursue the issue of being pirated.

After Momochi Zabuza learns these two water-style ninjutsu, he can use them openly and the Konoha Village will not cause trouble for him.

Once the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village, Orochimaru, completed his self-examination and confirmed that it was not his own ninjutsu scroll that was stolen and that no Konoha ninja was teaching ninjutsu to outsiders, the matter would be completely over.

Orochimaru will only lower the confidentiality level of Water Style: Water Cutting Wave and Water Style: Hard Vortex Water Blade to give more Konoha ninjas the opportunity to learn.

However, the situation in this time and space is different. He has no idea what the consequences will be when Zabuza publicly uses the Second Generation Hokage's iconic water jutsu.

Because the head of Konoha Village here is the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, and according to the original body's memory, the big villain of Konoha Village Danzo Shimura is also alive.

The two of them are extremely contradictory beings with strange ways of thinking.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo would look down on any individual ninja, but at the same time they would be submissive to the ninjas representing the powerful ninja village.

Zabuza judged based on his original body's memory that if he used the Second Hokage's ninjutsu, he would most likely be hunted down by the Anbu ninjas of Konoha Village.

But if he overthrew the Fourth Mizukage and became an important figure in the Hidden Mist Village, Konoha Village would immediately stop chasing him.

He really wanted to see this extremely contradictory response, it would definitely be fun.

Full of expectations for reward and the anticipation of embarrassing the Third Hokage of Konoha Village, Zabuza completed the hand seal slowly.

Water Style: Great Explosion Water Wave

A long river flowed out from Zabuza's mouth.

Because he was at the seaside, the power of water escape was amplified to the maximum. The erupting flood was as turbulent as a real river, submerging everything in front of Zabuza.

As mentioned before, the biggest problem with Water Style: Great Explosion Water Wave is that it lacks power, and it is not fast enough, making it easy to dodge.

This technique is usually not used to attack the enemy, but is used by the Kirigakure ninja to create a water environment in order to gain an amplification when using water-style ninjutsu next.

But when Zabuza used this technique at this time, he achieved unexpected results.

As the huge waves hit them, the Uzumaki people screamed and tried all kinds of evasive actions, but they were all hit by the waves or swept under the water by the current and turned into puffs of white smoke.

Bai was stunned again. He couldn't believe that this guy who had fought with him back and forth was defeated so easily by an impractical water escape technique.

Could it be that the Big Water Wave had some magical effect that he didn't know about?

Momochi Zabuza explained: "Haku, it's not that the Great Explosion of Water Wave is so powerful, but that Uzumaki Naruto has too little combat experience."

"Of course, Bai's experience is too thin, otherwise you would have noticed that Uzumaki Naruto actually only has two advantages: enough chakra and strong endurance of shadow clones."

"And when you attacked Uzumaki Naruto, his shadow clones couldn't do anything effective to counter you. You were easily defeated."

Bai thought about it and nodded in agreement with Zabuza's judgment: "Mr. Zabuza is right, Naruto-kun really has no ability to resist, but the number of his shadow clones is too large, I..."

Zabuza interrupted Bai and said, "So you panicked and kept using advanced ice escape ninjutsu, which put you in trouble."

"In fact, it is very simple to defeat Uzumaki Naruto. Just use a large-scale attack ninjutsu to cover him. He will have no way to deal with it. All his shadow clones will be destroyed by the ninjutsu."

Zabuza's words could not be refuted, because the dense white smoke exploding underwater was the most powerful proof.

Bai was amazed and said, "Mr. Zabuza is really amazing, but why is this happening?"

Zabuza said: "It's simple, Uzumaki Naruto is a true genius with enviable talents."

"But for some reason, his ninja foundation is almost zero, which not only greatly limits his ability to realize his talent, but also leaves a huge flaw."

"Shiro, if you just calm down, it won't be difficult to defeat Uzumaki Naruto."

"No matter what, you are also a true jonin, a jonin who has mastered the Ice Release Bloodline Genkai. Facing a genin with a weak foundation, you have an absolute advantage."

Bai nodded seriously and secretly made up his mind to participate in as many battles as possible in the future and accumulate combat experience as quickly as possible.

[I was lucky today. I almost held back Mr. Zabuza. I can’t let this happen again.]

After Zabuza finished speaking, he focused his attention on observing the battlefield.

Bai turned around and straightened up Kakashi Hatake, who was floating because his lower body was frozen, to prevent him from drowning in the water due to his upside-down position.

Afterwards, Bai took advantage of Zabuza's inattention and secretly glanced at Zabuza's profile.

[Mr. Zabuza was so strange today. He said a lot and answered my questions seriously. Most importantly... his tone was so gentle today...]

【That’s great. 】

The flood caused by the ninjutsu showed no signs of receding. All obstacles were submerged below the water surface. The remaining 12 shadow clones of Uzumaki Naruto could only stand on the water surface.

As the 13th figure standing, Uzumaki Naruto, with Uchiha Sasuke standing next to him, can no longer hide his existence.

Thousands of shadow clones were killed in an instant. Even Uzumaki Naruto felt an irresistible feeling of suffocation. Most of his chakra was consumed. At this time, he was furious and pointed at Zabuza and cursed.

I have to say, Naruto's mouth stinks.

The experience of being targeted by the entire Konoha Village since childhood caused him to be malnourished, developmentally delayed, autistic and inferior, and he also passively learned all the swear words.

Just a few words were enough to break down Zabuza, who had always used his fists to resolve any issues since childhood. Although his expression could not be seen through his covered face, the bulging blue veins on his forehead showed that he was very angry.

Zabuza took the broken beheading sword in his hand and stared at Naruto with murderous eyes: "You foul-mouthed golden-haired boy, you really deserve to be punished."

"Let me see which one is harder, your foul mouth or my beheading sword."

"What kind of beheading sword is this? It's just a broken piece..."

With a bang, Zabuza appeared beside Naruto. He used the broken beheading sword as a fly swatter and swatted Uzumaki Naruto away.

Zabuza's attack not only attacked Uzumaki Naruto, but also Uchiha Sasuke beside him, and the other 12 shadow clones were also attacked by the ninja sword and turned into white smoke almost at the same time.

Uchiha Sasuke's recovery was very slow. Although he saw the attack trajectory of the beheading sword, his body was unable to dodge it. He could only bend his arms and curl up to reduce the damage.

But the tremendous power from the ninja sword easily broke Sasuke's defensive posture, hitting his head dizzy and sending his body flying far away.

【bite--!】

[Task 2 Progress 1/2: Under your attack, Uchiha Sasuke's left arm was broken, his left thigh bone was broken, and his ribs were broken, meeting the conditions for serious injury.]

Zabuza was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Sasuke to be so fragile.

The first person he attacked was Uzumaki Naruto. The opponent, without any protection, endured the blow of the beheading sword and continued to curse in mid-air with full energy, as if he had not suffered any harm.

So Zabuza misjudged his own strength, and after clearing out his shadow clones, he used all his strength to attack Uchiha Sasuke. As a result, he not only broke the opponent's defense, but also caused serious injuries.

This made Zabuza break out in a cold sweat. If he accidentally killed Uchiha Sasuke, wouldn't he be in big trouble with Uchiha Itachi?

[System] But I have reminded you that Uchiha Itachi is an incurable brother-con and a lunatic with weird thinking logic.

He could collaborate with others to kill an entire family, slaughtering the old and weak in the clan, and he could also use the strongest illusion on his beloved brother, torturing Sasuke to the point of wanting to die.

But he could not accept anyone hurting Sasuke, let alone anyone killing Sasuke.

No matter who hurts Sasuke, this pervert will remember it and kill to vent his anger when he gets the chance, but he will not drop everything and actively hunt down the person.

But if anyone dared to kill Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi would go completely crazy and abandon everything to hunt down the murderer.

Zabuza Momochi is not afraid of Uchiha Itachi. He even looks forward to a high-end fight where his life is at stake. After all, as a time traveler, he will not die in this time and space.

The only one who would die would be the unlucky guy he possessed.

(26-year-old Zabuza's original self: ...)

But Zabuza didn't want to confront Uchiha Itachi so soon because he still had unfinished business.

Injuring Uchiha Sasuke is the most suitable situation. Uchiha Itachi will not chase Zabuza immediately. He has enough time to complete the mission in the Hidden Mist Village.

At the same time, Uchiha Itachi would not be so crazy as to kill innocent people indiscriminately. After killing Zabuza, he would not kill Byakuya together.

That's good.

"Sas give it to me!!"

The heart-wrenching cry interrupted Zabuza's thoughts and drew his attention to Uzumaki Naruto in the distance.

Uzumaki Naruto ran wildly on the water, running towards the falling Sasuke, as if preparing to catch his companion. His movements were so swift, as if the heavy blow just now had done no harm at all.

Zabuza suddenly disappeared on the water. He swung the beheading sword again and chopped it with all his strength at Uzumaki Naruto's unprotected ribs.

Naruto was caught off guard and chopped by the ninja sword. He was knocked out like a ball and skipped several times on the water surface before falling into the water.

But he quickly climbed out of the water, and although he covered his wound with a grimace, he ran at full speed again.

This time it was Zabuza's turn to be stunned. He had to admit that it was not because he was too gentle, but because Uzumaki Naruto was too tough.

The beheading sword used its blade to chop his unprotected ribs, but it only tore his clothes and didn't even bleed. This was simply unreasonable.

If ninjas had such strong defense, the style of the Ninja War would have been completely changed.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Zabuza's mind, and he discovered something. It seemed that when the beheading sword chopped off Uzumaki Naruto's body, an orange light flashed under his torn clothes.

[Is that the Nine-Tails' chakra? Is the Nine-Tails actively helping the Jinchūriki defend himself?]

Zabuza's expression became solemn. He didn't care about the special Genin. No matter how special Naruto was, his strength was very limited.

But the Jinchūriki who can get the help of the tailed beast is completely different. He must not be treated as a Genin, but must be treated as a very powerful Jonin and fight against him with all his strength.

Zabuza took a deep breath, licked his tongue excitedly, then bent down with the book back, ready to sprint.

[I'm really lucky this time. I can fight with the Jinchūriki before returning to the Hidden Mist Village and gain experience fighting with the Jinchūriki in advance.]

[Even if this Jinchūriki is weak, he is the Jinchūriki of the strongest tailed beast, the Nine-Tails, so it is unknown what kind of power he will have. ]

Zabuza disappeared, and before Uzumaki Naruto could catch Uchiha Sasuke, he slashed Naruto's wrist with a knife.

This time he really went all out. Not only did he use all his strength, he also took advantage of the speed of the body-flash technique and chopped the fragile wrist bone with precision.

Although the neck is the most vulnerable part of the human body, the power of a horizontal slash is too different from that of a vertical slash, so the attack method chosen by Zabuza has the greatest overall power.

The violent chop knocked Naruto under the water, causing a huge splash.

But Zabuza was very sure that even though he had used all his strength to chop, he still did not make Uzumaki Naruto bleed.

But he finally saw clearly that the orange light that emerged from Naruto's wrist at that moment was an ominous chakra that made people feel deeply uneasy and fearful.

Just by seeing it, Zabuza felt very uncomfortable, so he was sure that the light was chakra that was condensed to the limit and thus appeared, and it was the chakra of the tailed beast Nine-Tails.

It was the first time that Zabuza saw the chakra of the tailed beast. If he had not received the information from the [System], he would not have been sure at all, and might even have ignored this flash of orange light.

Battle intelligence between ninjas takes priority. If Zabuza didn't know the information about the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he would definitely be deeply confused about why his slashes couldn't break the defense, and the following battle would be difficult.

If he is not careful, he might even fall into the gutter and be defeated by the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

As a rebel ninja from the Hidden Mist Village, there is only one outcome of defeat, and that is death.

Now of course everything is different.

Zabuza sneered and thought:

[It seems that the Nine-Tails' active help is limited, otherwise it would not last so short a time. I remember that the intelligence about the tailed beasts mentioned the so-called "tailed beast coat" that provides defense.]

[Based on the analysis of the intelligence related to the "Tailed Beast Coat", it should be that the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki is too young to withstand the stronger Tailed Beast Chakra, so he chose to provide defense instantly. ]

[Haha, it seems that I was wrong just now. ]

[The Nine-Tails and its Jinchūriki didn't get along well, but was worried that the death of the Jinchūriki would kill it as well, so it had to take the initiative to provide help]

Zabuza's thought suddenly turned and an idea came to his mind.

He shouted, "What the hell, how come even the beheading sword can't cut it?"

"Damn Konoha Genin, you're forcing me to use ninjutsu!"

"You are such a bad luck as a Konoha Genin. My mission is only to seriously injure you, not to kill you. I originally thought that I could control the power and damage with my ninja sword, so that you would not die in vain. But since you force me to use ninjutsu, then you can only wish me the best!"

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

With just three hand seals, the water around Zabuza condensed into a dragon shape and attacked Naruto who had climbed out of the water.

Seeing that Zabuza only had three hand seals, Kakashi Hatake's eyes widened instantly. He recognized that this was a technique developed by the Second Hokage, and it was also an advanced ninjutsu technique that was difficult to replicate with the Sharingan.

Although this is neither a forbidden technique nor a highly confidential ninjutsu, it is also a very advanced ninjutsu skill, and few people in Konoha Village have mastered it.

At least, that's not what Kakashi Hatake would do.

But compared to the leakage of advanced water-style ninjutsu techniques, Kakashi was more worried about why Zabuza would use this advanced technique against Uzumaki Naruto at this time.

Could it be that the secret that Naruto is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki has been leaked?