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Chapter 43 The young monk has some medical knowledge

Zabuza wanted to use the Water Dragon Bullet to make Li Chuan give up his powerful Zen staff and kill him when he was unarmed, but he didn't expect that Li Chuan was already prepared.

Would Li Chuan be without weapons?

His mission space is filled with a huge number of swords, spears, and halberds, and he can take them out and put them back in instantly.

If he wanted, he could be empty-handed one second and have a longsword in his hand the next, and the longsword he swung at the next second would turn into a big axe.

Compared to Tian Tian's method, which requires a pre-emptive action of retrieving a weapon from the sealed scroll, his method is far more unpredictable and difficult to defend against.

"How is that possible? Where did he get that weapon from?"

Zabuza, whose water clone had been defeated and who was controlling Kakashi with the Water Prison Technique, suddenly widened his eyes.

Because he couldn't figure out where Li Chuan had taken the weapon from. Could it be some kind of spiritual technique? In any case, it couldn't have been taken from a sealed scroll, otherwise it wouldn't have escaped his notice.

However, the art of summoning spirits requires biting one's finger to perform, and Li Chuan did not do that just now.

Or perhaps, it's some kind of special bloodline limit?

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Naruto, who was hiding in the distance, saw Li Chuan successfully defeat Zabuza's water clone and immediately shouted excitedly. Sakura, who was next to him, breathed a huge sigh of relief.

As for Sasuke, that guy had a constipated look on his face, probably once again caught in his daily internal struggle: "Why am I so weak? When will I ever be able to kill my old man?"

"Zabuza-san, would you like to release the water prison spell yourself, or should I come forward and help you release it?"

After landing, Li Chuan, carrying the long sword, walked step by step toward Zabuza by the river.

Zabuza let out a cold snort, withdrew his ninjutsu, and quickly retreated, widening the distance between himself and Kakashi and Li Chuan.

Given Li Chuan's demonstrated combat ability and experience, he had no chance of defeating him when he was immobilized by the Water Prison Technique with one hand.

Instead of doing that, it would be better to abandon the Water Prison Technique and then create distance to win using ninjutsu.

"Kawa, leave the rest to me!"

Kakashi, emerging from the water prison technique, spoke with a noticeable hint of anger.

Having been outmaneuvered by Zabuza, who nearly put his target and three adorable disciples in danger, he was now seething with anger.

"Alright, then I'll go protect Mr. Tazuna."

Li Chuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately agreed.

He needs Kakashi and Zabuza to both be severely injured for it to be in his favor.

"Trying to take me on alone is not a wise choice."

Seeing Li Chuan turn and leave, leaving only Kakashi standing opposite him, Zabuza revealed a cold smile and then began to form hand seals.

However, his smile quickly faded, because Kakashi actually formed hand seals at the same time as him, and all the movements were exactly the same, before unleashing the exact same ninjutsu.

He always thought that Kakashi's Sharingan was used to copy and use the techniques he saw the human perform after casting a ninjutsu, but he never expected that he could cast them simultaneously.

"They're here!"

Meanwhile, Li Chuan, who had reunited with Naruto and the other three, was watching the spectacular ninjutsu battle between Kakashi and Zabuza when his ears suddenly twitched.

He noticed that there seemed to be another person in the woods not far away.

If I'm not mistaken, it should be Zabuza's subordinate, Haku.

He knew that Zabuza's attack had two main objectives: first, to kill Tazuna and complete the mission; and second, if the mission failed, to have the highly intelligent Haku analyze Kakashi's information and find his weaknesses through the battle.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

After a battle, Kakashi copied Zabuza's ninjutsu and movements, and secretly used his Sharingan to cast genjutsu on Zabuza, causing his mental defenses to collapse. In the end, he defeated Zabuza first with the A-rank Great Waterfall Technique.

"Get up the tree!"

Seeing the huge wave of water surging towards them after defeating Zabuza, Li Chuan grabbed Naruto with one hand and Tazuna with the other, and jumped onto a nearby tree.

Sasuke and Sakura followed closely behind.

After the waves subsided, the heavily injured Zabuza lay under a large tree. Kakashi had kunai stuck into several joints of his arms and legs, rendering him unable to continue fighting.

However, just as Kakashi was about to finish Zabuza off, two steel needles about thirty centimeters long suddenly flew out from the dense forest and accurately pierced Zabuza's neck, killing him on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing a mask from the Mist Shadow Pursuit Team, appeared on the tree trunk.

"Thank you for your help. I've been looking for an opportunity to kill Zabuza."

Each ninja village has its own pursuit force, specifically tasked with dealing with ninjas who defect from the village, preventing their bodies from being taken away by other ninja villages after their deaths, and thus uncovering information such as secret medicines and ninjutsu that could be detrimental to the village chief.

So the boy's intention was clear: to kill Zabuza, the rogue ninja from Kirigakure, and then take his body back to Kirigakure.

Kakashi stepped forward and touched Zabuza's neck, nodding after confirming there was no heartbeat.

It is a time of peace, and as a Konoha ninja, he cannot stop the Hidden Mist's pursuit force from taking Zabuza's body away, otherwise it will cause disputes between countries.

"Wait!"

Just as the boy was about to step forward and pick up Zabuza's body, Li Chuan suddenly spoke up to stop him.

The boy calmly looked up at Li Chuan:

"Is there a problem?"

Kakashi and the others also turned their gazes toward Li Chuan.

Li Chuan said with a smile:

"I forgot to tell you, although I am not good at ninjutsu, I am somewhat knowledgeable in medicine. And those two senbon needles of that boy just now, although they pierced Zabuza's neck, only stuck in pressure points."

Therefore, Zabuza was only feigning death; he will wake up after the senbon needles are removed.

"What?!"

Upon hearing Li Chuan's words, Kakashi and the others were immediately taken aback.

At this moment, Haku, who was impersonating a Hidden Mist ninja, was exposed. He reached out and threw out a senbon needle, picked up Zabuza from the ground, and quickly fled.

Li Chuan used his long sword to knock away the thousand bonsai, then leaped up and jumped several times on the tree, chasing after the fleeing Bai.

"You protect Mr. Tazuna and get him back; I'll go after them!"

"I'll go help too!"

Naruto was about to follow when he saw this, but Kakashi stopped him.

"There might be accomplices. Protect Mr. Tazner and get him home first."

Naruto wanted to argue, but he found that Kakashi's eyes rolled back and he had fallen to the ground.

It turns out that in the battle after Zabuza, although Kakashi won the final victory, he also exhausted his chakra and suffered serious injuries.

Unlike his own inventions, Chidori and Raikiri, which are incredibly powerful but don't consume much chakra, Zabuza's water-style ninjutsu are all area-of-effect attacks that require a large amount of chakra.

(End of this chapter)