Naruto: I wrote in my diary that I exposed the Otsutsuki's arrival.

Chapter 23 Naruto Uzumaki - An Unexpected Turn of Events

Despite the extremely unfavorable situation, Zabuza showed no fear whatsoever. He had already analyzed Kakashi Hatake's strategy and even realized that his body was a water clone.

He appeared behind Kakashi Hatake in an instant and kicked him into the water.

When Kakashi Hatake tried to climb out of the water, he was restrained by Zabuza's Water Prison Technique.

"This is an unbreakable special prison. If you can move, it will be difficult for me to do anything," Zabuza said with a cold laugh.

In this clash of Jonin, he used his cunning to outmaneuver Kakashi Hatake and control him.

Zabuza then unleashed his Water Clone technique, heading towards the three little ones.

"So arrogant, thinking that just because he wears a ninja headband he's a ninja?"

"But true ninjas are those who have faced life and death many times."

"In other words, only those whose names are written in my manual can be called ninjas."

"Guys like you don't deserve to be called ninjas."

"They're just a bunch of brats."

Zabuza unleashed a torrent of trash talk, completely disregarding the genin before him. Even if it was just a water clone, it would be more than enough to deal with a group of genin.

Kakashi Hatake, trapped in the water prison, shouted for everyone to take the mission leader Tazuna and run away quickly.

"You three hurry up and take Mr. Tazuna away. There's no chance of winning against him. As long as I'm still locked up in this water dungeon, this guy won't be able to leave. His water clones won't work once they're a certain distance away from their original bodies. So, get out of here while you can."

However, in this critical moment, Sasuke Uchiha, who had just been terrified, coldly said, "Tell us to run away? What a joke. From the moment you were captured, we no longer had that option."

"Even if we escape like this, without you, we'll still be killed by Zabuza sooner or later, and our entire army will be wiped out."

At the critical moment, Sasuke Uchiha made a calm analysis.

"good!"

Kakashi Hatake, watching from outside the screen, nodded in agreement with Sasuke Uchiha's assessment. The actual situation was indeed as Sasuke Uchiha had analyzed. If he himself in the scene were killed, then facing a Jonin, they, as Genin, would have no chance of winning at all, and scattering to escape would be useless.

The speed difference is too great.

The only way is to save yourself.

But what are they going to do?

Having watched Kitahara Kaede's previous videos, Kakashi Hatake knew very well that he should win this battle against Zabuza Momochi.

In other words, the water prison spell ultimately failed to trap them, but the question is, how did they win?

Because he was certain of his victory, Kakashi Hatake wasn't nervous at all; instead, he began to think about many other things.

Uchiha Sasuke performed well; after all, he is of the Uchiha clan and that person's younger brother.

In contrast, both Naruto Uzumaki and that other girl whose name we don't yet know are far less impressive.

In the scene, Sasuke Uchiha, with a desperate determination, launched an attack on Zabuza's water clone, but was easily blasted away.

Naruto was simply gripped by fear, convulsing, and his only thought was to turn around and run away; it was instinct.

This was the first time in his life that he had truly faced a Jonin-level expert who had shown him such terrifying killing intent.

"Really, I really will die."

However, just as Naruto was about to escape, he touched the wound on his left hand and remembered that he had sworn by the pain in his left hand that he would never let anyone save him again, nor would he be frustrated or run away.

Finally, having figured all this out, Naruto rushed forward, only to be soundly beaten away by Zabuza.

But to everyone's surprise, he was trying to reclaim his headband. Facing a powerful elite Jonin, he didn't give up. Instead, he rediscovered his courage as a ninja.

"Hey, you eyebrowless guy, add another entry to your handbook: 'The man who will become the Hokage of Konoha sooner or later,' Konoha ninja, Uzumaki Naruto!"

Naruto put his headband back on, and his words shocked everyone.

"Ha, her personality is more like her teacher's wife than her teacher's."

Kakashi Hatake, who was off-screen, saw this scene and couldn't help but laugh out loud. What an unexpected ninja!

It seems this team is quite good; two out of the three are promising talents, and they dared to take action against Jonin-level experts on their first encounter.

If you lack ability, you can train later, but if you lack innate courage, you cannot become a powerful ninja.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"This loser..."

Looking at Naruto Uzumaki, who had revitalized the atmosphere with just a few words on the screen, Sasuke Uchiha had to admit that he was amazed by Naruto.

In the scene, Naruto Uzumaki actually called Sasuke Uchiha over and came up with a tactic.

Under such dangerous circumstances, his reliability exceeded everyone's expectations. Before this, whether it was Uchiha Sasuke, Sakura, or Tazuna, they all thought Naruto was unreliable. Unexpectedly, this most unreliable person could still come up with tactics in such a critical situation.

Faced with this situation, Zabuza Momochi just kept sneering and said, "Ninja game, when are we going to stop?"

"When I was your age, my hands were already stained with blood."

"Zabuza the Demon!" Kakashi Hatake stared intently at Zabuza Momochi and said.

"Oh? It seems you've heard about it too," Zabuza said.

Then everyone learned from Kakashi Hatake's words that in the past, in Kirigakure, a special graduation exam was required to graduate from the Ninja Academy.

The graduation exam required participants to kill a friend or comrade, and only the survivor could become a genin.

This brutal assessment method also frightened the few children from Konoha Village who had grown up in a greenhouse, and even Uchiha Sasuke, who was off-screen.

What a brutal ninja village this is! It's so terrifying, they're practically inhuman.

Even more terrifying is that Zabuza actually killed all his classmates, forcing Kirigakure to change its Blood Mist policy.

Those who emerge from such an environment naturally wouldn't take Uchiha Sasuke or Uzumaki Naruto, who grew up in a greenhouse, seriously, believing they were just playing some ninja games.

With a single, casual strike, he easily crushed Uchiha Sasuke under his feet.

"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"

At the critical moment, Naruto Uzumaki unleashed his ultimate move, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.