Chapter 13: Is It Over?
"Naruto, get farther back first."
After saying that to Naruto behind her, the Water Clone Kakashi beside Zabuza turned back into a puddle of water and disappeared.
"Don't even think about it."
Hearing that, Zabuza finally calmed down a little from the anger of being toyed with. He thought that as long as he captured that brat, he could force Kakashi to hand over Tazuna.
After all, Kakashi really was a troublesome opponent. If they kept fighting, he could still win, but it would be a huge hassle.
"Zabuza, I advise you not to move."
At that moment, on Kakashi's side, a tiny high-speed spinning Rasengan had already formed at the tip of her raised left index finger.
At the same time, crackling blue electric currents covered its surface.
"What is that?"
Everyone present felt their scalps go numb at the sight.
"Hmph. The one who shouldn't move is you."
Even though a strong sense of danger rose in Zabuza's heart when he saw that, by visual judgment, the distance between him and Kakashi was already over forty meters, while the brat behind him was less than seven meters away.
That meant he could completely capture the brat before Kakashi's attack reached him.
After saying that, Zabuza noticed that Kakashi really did not seem to dare move recklessly, so he immediately spun around at high speed and rushed toward Naruto.
Slash—
The instant Zabuza turned, Kakashi immediately fired the modified version of the Super Electromagnetic Rasengan Cannon, the Super Electromagnetic Rasengan Spear.
A blazing orange-red beam wrapped in blue electric current instantly pierced through Zabuza's left shoulder.
Then the projectile Rasengan that had passed through Zabuza exploded on the water not far beside Naruto.
The surging blast of water drenched Naruto like a soaked dog and even sent him flying straight into the sea.
"Ahhh—glub glub—"
The whole process was completed in the blink of an eye, not giving Naruto any time to react at all.
Not only Naruto, but Sasuke, Sakura, and the others watching nearby all widened their eyes and stared blankly at the scene before them.
"What... kind of Ninjutsu is this?"
Zabuza quickly stood back up while clutching his left shoulder, his expression grave as he looked at Kakashi.
He knew this mission had failed.
The intelligence had been wrong.
If his information on Kakashi had been even a little more accurate, he would not have lost.
"Lightning Release: Super Electromagnetic Rasengan Spear."
Kakashi lowered her left hand and spoke slowly.
"Damn it, Kakashi-sensei, you almost killed me too!"
At that moment, Naruto also surfaced from the sea. Still shaken, he could not help shouting toward Kakashi.
"Relax, Naruto. I already calculated the force and distance, so I wasn't going to hit you. But getting caught a little in the aftermath was unavoidable."
Kakashi sounded rather casual, after all, what she had just used was not the Super Electromagnetic Rasengan Cannon.
"I don't care. As compensation, I want to learn that Super Electromagnetic Rasengan Spear too!"
The moment Uzumaki Naruto thought of that technique just now, his eyes lit up. Point with your finger and it hits wherever you aim. It was way too cool.
"Well, that depends on whether your chakra nature is suitable for it."
Kakashi did not really mind. If he wanted to learn, she would teach him. Whether he could actually master it or not was another matter. If the release principles of this technique had not been directly imprinted into her mind, she probably would have had a hard time learning it herself.
As for Naruto, that went without saying.
Sasuke saw that and his lips moved slightly. He wanted to say that he wanted to learn it too, but he felt too awkward to say it aloud.
Sakura also wanted to learn it a little, but she thought that when Kakashi-sensei taught Naruto later, she would definitely teach the rest of them too, so she said nothing.
"What's a chakra nature?"
Naruto hurriedly ran over and immediately asked.
"We'll talk about that later. Right now, we need to deal with the enemy in front of us first."
Kakashi's gaze passed over Naruto and landed on Zabuza, who was standing with difficulty on the water while clutching his wound.
As if in response to her words about dealing with Zabuza, a slight disturbance suddenly came from a tree not far away.
Kakashi sharply noticed that subtle movement and immediately turned to look.
Several senbon suddenly flew out from the tree and shot straight toward Zabuza.
Kakashi reacted extremely quickly and instantly threw a shuriken, knocking those senbon away.
"Who?"
Naruto, Sakura, and the others were also startled by this sudden scene and quickly turned to look toward the place the senbon had come from.
A masked person jumped out from the tree.