Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Zabuza's Executioner's Blade was instantly caught by Yu Ming once again.

This time, Yu Ming didn't waste any words with him and kicked Zabuza.

"Boom!"

Yu Ming used a lot of force in that kick, and Zabuza was sent flying dozens of meters away like a cannonball, crashing into several large trees and breaking them.

He was in excruciating pain all over his body; if it were an ordinary person, that kick would have killed them.

Zabuza was an elite Jonin, and Yu Ming hadn't gone all out, so the kick only hurt him a lot, but it didn't make him lose his fighting ability.

Yu Ming remained completely calm.

When Zabuza got up from the ground, he coughed up blood and frowned, "How did that guy find my location? Could it be that the Hidden Mist Technique couldn't confuse him at all?"

The Hidden Mist Technique is arguably the most commonly used method by the Hidden Mist Village's ANBU (Anbu) for assassinations.

Often, when Kirigakure assassinates those of higher rank, they use the Kirigakure technique.

This ninjutsu is incredibly effective, giving the Hidden Mist Village's Anbu a very high success rate in assassinations.

For some reason, Zabuza seemed to be able to sense Yu Ming's presence.

Standing in the woods dozens of meters away, surrounded by mist, Zabuza thought to himself, "Fine, since you can block taijutsu, let's see if you can block ninjutsu."

After saying that, Zabuza began to form hand seals with his hands, "Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique".

After forming dozens of hand seals, Zabuza clapped his hands together.

The river water on one side surged up, transforming into a water dragon that roared "Roar~".

They rushed towards Yu Ming's location.

Sasuke and his two companions stood beside Tazuna. Although they couldn't see anything, they could hear a roar coming from not far away.

Kakashi was also standing in the mist, and even with his Sharingan, he still couldn't see through the Misty Concealment Technique.

So Kakashi is currently making his way towards Tazuna's location.

Because they had never fought against the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, even Kakashi didn't have a good way to deal with them and had little experience.

Yu Ming naturally sensed Zabuza's movements.

So he put his hands together, forming only two mudras, and then clapped them together with a "slap~".

"Water Escape Technique: Water Formation Wall Technique".

Zabuza's water dragon is tens of meters long and draws water from the river, making it extremely powerful.

After Yu Ming completed the hand seal, water droplets suddenly floated out around him and began to rotate.

In an instant, these water droplets accumulated into a water curtain, which spun wildly around Yu Ming and Tazna.

Like a tornado, it created a thunderous roar and spun wildly around Yu Ming and the others with terrifying power.

The water dragon quickly crashed into the water curtain.

"Boom!"

The water jets continuously crashed against the walls of the water array.

Unfortunately, the water array wall released by Yu Ming was too sturdy, and the wildly rotating water array wall was constantly consuming the power of the water dragon bullet.

Within seconds, the water jet could no longer sustain itself.

To be precise, Zabuza's chakra couldn't sustain it anymore.

Although the power of his Water Dragon Bullet Technique was greatly enhanced by the river, he was only an elite Jonin, not a ninja with an extremely large amount of chakra like Kisame.

That's why I could only hold on for a few seconds before I couldn't keep going.

After the water dragon fell, Yu Ming also deactivated the water array barrier.

At this moment, countless cracks had appeared beneath Yu Ming's feet.

When the water dragon collided with the water array wall, it generated an extremely powerful force that tore apart the ground where the people were standing.

After the water array wall spun wildly, it formed a tornado, blowing away the surrounding water mist.

Sasuke looked around and was immediately filled with fear.

"What a terrifying ninjutsu that guy just unleashed."

He had only heard the sound of ninjutsu colliding until the very end, when he finally saw Yu Ming dispel the water barrier.

The commotion just now was like the sound of two floods colliding and crashing against each other.

Yu Ming's strength has already put Sasuke under immense pressure.

It even gave him the feeling that he could never catch up with it.

Zabuza was equally shocked. "This guy can actually unleash a water-style ninjutsu of this level? Are you kidding me? Is he really just a genin?"

If someone is stronger and has faster reflexes, Zabuza can be accepted in 223, since some people are indeed naturally much stronger than ordinary people in terms of physical ability.

But if even ninjutsu is this terrifying, Zabuza finds it hard to accept.

At this moment, Kakashi also came to Tazuna's side and said to Zabuza, "Zabuza, I hope you can leave here, otherwise you will die here."

Zabuza frowned as he looked at Yu Ming, who had a calm expression. "Kid, what's your name?"

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Yu Ming, Zabuza, just like Kakashi-sensei said, you'd better leave here quickly, or you will die."

Zabuza frowned. He hadn't fully assessed Yu Ming's strength yet, but he was definitely at least a Jonin level. Now, facing Kakashi and Yu Ming was equivalent to facing two Jonin.

He weighed the options and realized he had no chance of winning.

He took a deep breath. "Yu Ming, right? I'll remember your name."

After saying that, Zabuza used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

Tazner frowned. "Why let him go? Aren't you worried he'll come back?"

Yu Ming glanced at Kakashi, who explained to Tazuna, "Our mission is to protect you as you finish building the bridge. The opponent is an elite Jonin, not someone who can be killed so easily."

In fact, with Yu Ming's strength, killing Zabuza wouldn't be difficult, although it wouldn't be as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

However, Zabuza will inevitably be defeated within a minute.

Chapter 69

Kakashi sighed, "I hope he can give up. Killing him might not be difficult for you, but now is not the time to reveal your strength."

Kakashi spoke to Yu Ming in a low voice.

In fact, Kakashi didn't want Yu Ming's strength to be exposed. If there were no one else here, Kakashi would definitely support Yu Ming in killing Zabuza.

But with Sasuke, Naruto, and the others all here, including Tazuna, Kakashi felt it was unnecessary to reveal Yu Ming's strength.

Sasuke's gaze narrowed slightly as he looked at Yu Ming, clenching his fist. He thought to himself, "Why is this guy so strong? He didn't seem this strong at all when we were in school. He's been pretending all along, but I didn't notice."

Sasuke felt like a clown when he used to act all cool and aloof, as if he were the best in the class.

"But I will definitely surpass you. I still have the Sharingan. As long as I awaken the Sharingan, I will definitely be able to surpass you."

Sasuke was quite confident in the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan. He believed that as long as his Sharingan evolved, he could immediately defeat Yu Ming.

Ultimately, the Uchiha clan still prioritizes the Sharingan.

Naruto also regarded Yu Ming as his goal and wanted to surpass him.

Sakura felt nothing at all; on the contrary, she was quite grateful to Yu Ming because he had saved her before.

Tazuna also realized the strength of Yu Ming and Kakashi, and that Zabuza was probably no match for the two of them.

He felt much relieved.

He led the four people towards the village.

However, Tazuna showed much more respect to Yu Ming along the way, even though his strength might be greater than Kakashi's.

This was Tazuna's feeling; he had this feeling the moment Yu Ming released his killing intent.

When they arrived at Tazuna's house, Kakashi began assigning tasks, and every day they would send two people to protect the bridge construction work.

The rest of the people stayed at Dazner's house until the task of building the bridge was completed.

The construction of the bridge will take at least another month to complete.

Therefore, Yu Ming and the others will have to stay here for at least a month.

Zabuza, who returned without completing his mission, was severely criticized by Gato. Haku was watching from a short distance away at the time, so he was well aware of the situation.

He was furious with Gato and said, "Don't you know how strong our opponents are? That's Kakashi Hatake, and the ninja next to him is also a Jonin. Are you asking Zabuza to face two Jonin by himself?"

Kado looked at Haku and shouted, "Then you're a piece of trash. You call yourself one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen? You're stumped by Kakashi? Are you trash? You call yourself an assassination expert? I think you're the one who's a useless assassin."

Hearing this, Bai was furious and drew out a thousand books to attack Kado.

Zabuza stopped him, calmly saying, "I will go and assassinate them again."

Kado chuckled, "Of course. If you take the money but don't go, then return the money."

Kado is an extremely arrogant person, and of course, quite wealthy.

In this world, although ninjas do possess martial power, they are still subject to the constraints imposed by wealthy individuals like Gato.

He would never easily make a move against Cardo, because if he did, no wealthy person would hire him in the future.

So even though Gato was extremely arrogant, Zabuza still didn't make a move against him.

After Kado left, Haku frowned and asked, "Zabuza-san, why didn't you kill him?"

Zabuza sat in his chair and said calmly, "We are currently in exile, so we need to be employed; otherwise, we cannot survive."

While being a thief is possible, Zabuza, a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, would never do that; he would disdain it.

He still considered himself a ninja.

This is his pride.

Moreover, thieves are easy to wipe out, and even if they are very strong, they will be powerless against the five great ninja villages.

Therefore, unless he is in a desperate situation, he will never attack his employer.

Zabuza didn't care about Gato's arrogance. These rich people all had some flaws; they were fine as long as they were paid.

Being a ninja is a profession that relies on carrying out missions.