As the last scene of the second round and a battle between Kirigakure and Konoha ninjas, the battle between Kakashi and Zabuza attracted a lot of attention.

If Zabuza wins, then the top four will be half Kirigakure ninjas and half Konoha ninjas. If Kakashi wins, then the top four will be Kirigakure ninjas only, Kisame Kisame, and the rest will be Kirigakure ninjas.

Leaf Ninja.

Naturally, Kirigakure wanted Zabuza to win, otherwise it would look bad. If Kisame loses in the semi-finals and the final is a civil war in Konoha, it will be even worse. They are both the top five ninja villages.

It’s also about saving face.

Of course, in the eyes of those who are familiar with Kakashi and Zabuzaruto, or in the eyes of some people with strong eyesight, this is a battle without suspense.

"How could he win? He lost to that guy a month ago." In Kurosawa's mind, Zabuza would come up to watch the battle with him in a few minutes at most.

Zabuza didn't try to guess what the audience was thinking. He had never been the kind of person who went out of his way to cater to other people's expectations.

Seeing Kakashi's calm and calm look, Zabuza's thoughts couldn't help but go back to a month ago.

Facing a strong enemy like Hideyuki Akumi, Kakashi and his team truly did not abandon or give up, and everyone fought to their own limits.

But Kakashi didn't even have the strength to run, so he still chose to step forward to help his teammates, and swung a sword that he still couldn't understand.

Zabuza really didn’t understand it at all. He clearly looked like he had to exert all his strength to even walk. There was a feeling of weakness inside and out, and it was such a weak Kakashi who instantly killed Akumi Hideyuki with a single blow.

Zabuza felt that he might never be able to understand Kakashi's power, because he really couldn't think of anyone for whom he would risk his sword.

"The competition between people starts before they are even born. If you were born in Kirigakure, you would probably be similar to me now." Zabuza said.

He is still a little unwilling to admit defeat, but what he is dissatisfied with is not the strength, but the village.

Zabuza has been in Konoha for a month, and within this month he has fully felt the difference between Konoha and Kirigakure.

To graduate from Konoha's ninja school, you don't need to kill your classmates. The atmosphere among ninjas is not so cold and bloody.

When you grow up with your companions in such an environment, your relationship will naturally become better, and you will have the idea of ​​​​protecting your companions.

Bei Ruhu next to him had some sympathy for Zabuza's words, but he was not because of the Ninja Village, but because of the gap between people's talents. This is also determined at birth, such as the Sharingan, not

It's basically impossible to be born in Uchiha.

"There are no ifs in the world. It seems that the previous sword did not completely cut off the dissatisfaction in your heart." Kakashi replied calmly, his expression did not change because of Zabuza's words.

In Kakashi's opinion, this assumption doesn't make much sense, because he doesn't even know what kind of environment Kirigakure is.

Kakashi admits that the environment can affect people, but this is not absolute. For example, Obito was born in an Uchiha, but his personality is completely different from ordinary Uchiha in all aspects.

"If you think Kirigakure is not as good as Konoha, then try your best to change it, instead of imagining that I will become Kirigakure." Kakashi said.

After studying the history of the ninja world, Kakashi realized that where they were born is determined by God and cannot be changed, but they can choose what they do in this life.

For example, Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, although they were born into rival families, eventually chose to join forces to create Konoha.

Senju Tobirama is a member of the Great Ninja Clan, but in order to strengthen the Ninja Village, he can weaken the Ninja Clan and allow more civilian ninjas to appear.

"That kind of thing can't be done just by talking about it." Zabuza sneered. Kakashi said it easily, but the blood mist was the policy decided by the Mizukage.

"Then do you think it's easy to kill a Jonin?" Kakashi said calmly.

It's difficult to change, but if you don't try, there will never be a possibility of success. If Kakashi lay down because of the pain and lack of physical strength, then there would be no way for him to enter the transparent world and kill Hideyuki Akumi.

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Zabuza was speechless. The one who was killed was his instructor. He naturally knew how exaggerated the difficulty was.

"The battle begins!" Bei Liuhu adjusted his inner emotions slightly and then shouted quickly.

"Kirigakure no Jutsu!"

In order to prevent being killed directly by Kakashi with extreme speed, Zabuza immediately retreated and formed a seal to create a thick fog on the field, and at the same time used the teleportation technique to quickly change positions.

But to Zabuza's surprise, Kakashi made no move, causing him to switch positions and dodge in a series of battles of wits with the air.

"What does that guy want to do?" Zabuza frowned and guessed Kakashi's tactics.

This was completely different from what he had imagined. He imagined that the battle scene would be that Kakashi rushed directly at top speed, but the reality was that Kakashi was walking slowly without even drawing his sword.

In fact, Zabuza's initial guess was not wrong. Previously, Kakashi wanted to kill Zabuza instantly with just one dodge.

But after a conversation, Kakashi gave up this idea. He wanted to completely convince Zabuza and use his newly developed Thunder Flash.

Kakashi used his thunder breathing to the limit, greatly increasing the strength and speed of his body. At the same time, he gathered a large amount of chakra in his legs and right hand, ready to explode at any time.

Kakashi tried hard to enter that clear and transparent world. He made many attempts over the past month, but they all failed.

This time he failed as expected, but Kakashi keenly noticed that although it failed this time, it was different from before. He could vaguely feel something.

Kakashi felt a little relieved. After a month of hard training, he had made some progress. As expected, he still had to fight.

Unable to figure out what Kakashi was thinking, Zabuza created a water body and let the water body attack Kakashi. The main body waited for Kakashi to take action and reveal a flaw.

In order to strengthen that feeling, Kakashi tried closing his eyes.

The water body rushed forward upon seeing this.

Whoosh!

Kakashi drew his sword at a very fast speed and slashed, causing the water body to split into two and flow into a stream of water.

Zabuza was about to rush forward with cold sweat on his forehead. He really couldn't understand what Kakashi was doing. His eyes were closed and it happened so quickly.

Just when Zabuza was thinking about new tactics, Kakashi moved again, this time he was heading in the direction of Zabuza.

Kakashi converted all the gathered chakra into thunder attribute chakra, and a dazzling yellow flash enveloped Kakashi's legs and right hand.

Yellow lightning was transmitted from Kakashi's arm to the White Fang short blade in his hand. Under the influence of chakra, the short blade extended a section of the lightning blade and turned into a sword style.

"Thunder flash!"

Zizzi!!

boom!

At this moment, the lightning on Kakashi's body became even more dazzling, and even the thick white mist could not cover its light. The audience could clearly see the yellow light exploding from the white mist, followed by the roar of thunder and lightning.

Zabuza didn't know how Kakashi discovered him. The moment the thunder and lightning exploded on Kakashi, he wanted to dodge, but as soon as the idea appeared in his mind, his eyes suddenly opened before his body could take action.

Filled with yellow lightning.

Kakashi had already arrived in front of him and wielded the lightning blade.

"So beautiful." Looking at the dazzling lightning strike, this thought suddenly appeared in Zabuza's mind.

Boom!!

With a loud noise, the white fog on the field quickly faded and then dissipated, and the audience finally saw the scene clearly.

Kakashi stood in front of Zabuza, with a sharp blade wrapped in lightning chakra in his hand, with an indifferent look on his face, as if he had done something very ordinary.

Zabuza faced Kakashi and held the hilt of the sword in his hand. Beneath him were dozens of broken pieces of iron, and there was a large pool of blood and scorched marks on his chest.

The most shocking thing for the audience was that there was a long, scorched black slash mark beside Zabuza. Some people estimated that it was at least six meters long.

The next moment, Zabuza couldn't control the flow of blood from his mouth and fell to the ground.

"What kind of technique has Kakashi practiced? I remember he didn't fight like this before?" Asuma's eyes widened as he looked at the marks left by Kakashi's sword.

He thought that in the past, Kakashi's sword skills were good, but they were only good at physical skills, which was not the same as now.

Sarutobi Hiruzen touched his mustache and nodded. The Kakashi in front of him was even more dazzling than White Fang of the same age. And although the styles were somewhat similar, Kakashi had found a path that was more suitable for him.

Kisame, the dried persimmon in the lounge, looked solemn, and Kakashi felt like a huge threat.

Kisame Inikikaki calmed down and took a look at Metkai. It would be the semi-finals in a moment. He had to defeat Metkai first before he could meet Kakashi in the finals.

"As expected of a close friend, I can feel this intense youth!" Metkai clenched his fists, tears of emotion flowed from his eyes, and his desire to fight Kakashi became even higher.

"Kakashi is really good at pretending!" Obito felt that Kakashi did it on purpose. He chose to use the strongest move when there was a more labor-saving move, which was a pointless waste of energy and chakra.

It was even more uncomfortable to think that Nohara Rin might still look at Kakashi Obito like this with shining eyes in the audience, and vowed to give Kakashi a good beating in the semi-finals.

"Are you looking down on me? You actually held back your hands again." Zabuza, who was lying on the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood and said.

Although he was seriously injured, Zabuza knew that he was only affected by Kakashi's slash. Kakashi slightly deflected the direction of the slash and did not swing it directly at him.

It was precisely because Zabuza didn't take the slash head-on that he understood more deeply how powerful Kakashi was. Just a part of his power could break his new weapon into pieces and injure him at the same time.

If all this power were poured out on him, I'm afraid even Tsunade, the so-called medical saint, wouldn't be able to save him.

"I just think you will never be able to defeat me like this." Kakashi replied as he sheathed the White Fang short blade.

"You haven't understood what true strength is."

Zabuza was silent. He looked at the blue sky. Now Kakashi was indeed qualified to say this, because Kakashi did use only part of his slashing power to beat him to the point where he could no longer fight.

Way to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.

"One day, I will stand in front of you again and defeat you." Zabuza suddenly said.

He is a person who refuses to admit defeat. Kakashi says he can't do it but he has to do it. Whether it's changing Kirigakure or finding true strength, he has to do it. The worst thing in life is death, because Kirigakure's mission is...

He had passed through death's door twice and had nothing to fear.

"If you can do it, go ahead." Kakashi said calmly.

"Kakashi Hatake wins!"
To be continued...