txolops Chapter 395 The Hidden Master
Chapter 395 The Hidden Master
"Do you want revenge?" Night fell, the sky darkened, and Zabuza sat on the sand dune, hearing strange sounds coming from all around him.
"Who are you? Show yourself!" He held the last kunai in his hand, looking around warily.
"You don't need to know who I am. I just want to ask you if you want to eliminate those few Konoha ninjas. There aren't many spots left for advancement."
There are still many obstacles and traps ahead of you, and with your strength alone, your speed will definitely be much slower. But you are still ahead of the Konoha team...
"Do you want me to ambush them, or do you want me to die?" Zabuza didn't think the other party would be so kind.
Puppet threads, invisible and intangible, shot out from the desert and adhered to his limbs. "Don't resist. I just want you to be more obedient and help me obtain some good materials."
Zabuza's body stiffened instantly, but soon, as the puppet strings manipulated his body, he swallowed a strange-tasting pill, which instantly restored his body and even enhanced his strength, stamina, and speed. The effect was immediate.
"What...is this?" she asked with difficulty, trying to break free from control.
But all that could be heard was a voice from beneath the desert, "The elixir that helps improve your qualities has a side effect of taking away 20 years of your lifespan in your later years."
On the other hand, as night falls, the dangers in the sand increase. If they are not careful, venomous snakes and insects that may appear out of nowhere could take their lives.
However, this is not a problem for the powerful clans of Konoha who possess Sharingan and Byakugan eye techniques.
The only one who suffered was the Konoha ninja who accompanied the prince on his journey. He not only had to set up a tent, but also bring out ingredients, start a fire, and cook, doing all sorts of hard work.
But he could only greet them with a smile and dared not complain.
After all, he had paid a great price to squeeze into the team this time. As long as he could cling to the coattails of the two powerful families, he might just become a swaggering watchdog in the future.
This wasn't just his own idea, but the idea of most of the civilian ninjas in Konoha.
This is the current situation in Konoha, because there are very few Jonin among the common people; you could count them on your fingers.
Moreover, being a dog isn't easy; the competition is fierce.
Just as he was diligently cooking, a senbon suddenly flew from afar, moving very fast and making a whooshing sound.
He couldn't dodge it, so he picked up the iron pot to hit it, thinking he could block it, since it was just a thousand pieces of wood, how much strength could it have?
Unexpectedly, the skewer pierced through the iron pot and, without slowing down, went straight through the brain.
"Oh no, we're under attack!"
Inside the tent, the Hyuga branch family hurriedly threw a palm strike into the air, but Zabuza's body drew a strange arc in the air, skillfully dodging the attack. He then drew two shovels with his feet, and two blades emerged from under his feet, sliding towards the Hyuga branch family's neck.
He could have easily dodged by taking a step back, but the dead body suddenly grabbed his legs, rendering him immobile. In that instant, the blade sliced across his neck, making him unable to die any longer.
After killing several people, Zabuza retreated rapidly. Enraged, Hyuga Akiyama brought his palms together and took two steps at a time, blasting towards Zabuza.
For some reason, the opponent's physical skills had improved several levels compared to before. Most importantly, even though the opponent's arm was already bruised, he could still ignore his pressure point strikes.
"Is there a problem?" Hyuga Akiyama activated his Byakugan and quickly saw that Zabuza was covered in dense puppet threads; he was being controlled!
Are they ninjas from the Sand Village team? I didn't expect to meet them so soon.
He just didn't expect that there would be a puppet master hidden in the Sunagakure team, so powerful that he could control others to perform such powerful taijutsu. His clansmen died without cause.
"But that's all for now."
"Eight Trigrams, Sixty-Four Palms!" Hyuga Akiyama assumed a stance, and a Eight Trigrams diagram appeared beneath his feet. But just as he was about to realize what was happening, he felt a tightness in his chest and spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Upon seeing this scene, the Uchiha clan members who had returned from patrol immediately frowned and said, "You Hyuga are truly useless, getting beaten up like this by a surviving ninja."
"Run! It's poisonous!" At this moment, Hyuga Akiyama's body had already turned black, and he waved his hand to urge him on.
Uchiha Kai was no novice ninja after all, and he immediately sensed something was wrong. No matter how powerful Zabuza was, he couldn't possibly defeat Hyuga Akiyama so easily.
But as soon as he looked up, he discovered that the surveillance camera in the sky had been broken.
In addition, it was nighttime, and most of the audience members in the stands could no longer endure it and gradually dispersed, leaving only a small group of people and ninjas still holding on.
"Damn it!" he cursed, holding his breath, and immediately led his clansmen in a retreat. "Someone cheated! Sunagakure is truly despicable!"
But how could the enhanced demon Zabuza let him escape? He had already laid a trap around the area. Although they could see through the traps, it would still take some time to either bypass or break through them.
In the end, he was caught up by Zabuza the Demon.
Uchiha Kai looked at Zabuza and said, "You sneaky thug, come out here. Are you afraid to face the Uchiha?"
"Ha! Uchiha, what an arrogant race! Do you really think I'm being controlled right now?"
Zabuza, the Demon King, drew a long, slender katana from seemingly nowhere. "Even without anyone controlling me now, I can still kill you all without hesitation!"
Soon, the view in the sky returned, but the battle was over.
Despite the numerous sword wounds on his body, Zabuza stood atop the sand dune, laughing arrogantly, "Hahahahahaha!"
The two Uchiha clan members lay on the ground, their hands and feet severed, their eyes wide open in death, along with the three Konoha ninja who had been assassinated earlier.
Unexpectedly, Zabuza the Demon King managed to assassinate two Konoha teams single-handedly, securing their spots in the next round.
Looking at the reconnected screen, the Kazekage had a general idea of what had happened. He smiled and turned to look at Hozuki Mangetsu, "Your Kirigakure has produced a genius!"
"You flatter me."
Yamanaka Inoichi, standing to the side, blushed. He couldn't imagine how to explain this to the two powerful clans or to Konoha.
Of their six teams from Konoha, only two survived, and one advanced.
The situation is now clear; there's no need to wait until tomorrow, the eight teams have already been selected.
The largest group consists of five people from the Sound Village, followed by three from the Iwagakure Village, three from the Takigakure Village, three from the Hoshigakure Village, three from the Land of Demons, one from Konoha, and one from the Kirigakure Village.
The scene follows the heavily wounded demon Zabuza as he heads towards the central area.
The corpses on the ground, as the image disappeared and became a blind spot, were gradually buried by sand and dragged into the sand.