“Zabuza, leave Kakashi Hatake to me.” The masked boy said softly.
As Zabuza’s killing weapon, Haku possessed a calmness beyond his years.
“Kid, do you have no manners?
Don’t you know how to be humble in front of your seniors?” Raiga said, his voice high-pitched with dissatisfaction.
Clearly, he had also set his sights on Kakashi Hatake.
“Haku, go deal with the brats over there.
Our target is Tazuna.
Find an opportunity and take his head.” Zabuza looked at the three of them—Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto—opposite him.
Tazuna was tightly guarded behind the three children.
“Yes!
Zabuza!” The masked boy immediately formed hand seals, instantly flashing in front of Sakura and the others.
“Swish, swish, swish!!!” Three silver needles flew toward Tazuna.
Sakura chuckled, spinning the Kunai twice between her fingers before flicking it toward the needles.
“Clack!” The needles were blocked and fell to the ground, making crisp sounds.
“This girl actually blocked Haku’s attack so easily.
Konoha truly has no shortage of talented people.” Raiga looked at the pink-haired girl in front of him, appearing exceptionally excited.
He seemed quite interested in Sakura.
“Water Release!
Hidden Mist Technique!” At the same time, Zabuza had disappeared, his massive frame hidden within the thick fog.
The legendary “Demon of the Hidden Mist” who kills without a trace?
Sakura’s heart grew tense.
Kakashi gathered Chakra at the soles of his feet and dashed forward, delivering a whip kick toward Haku; he would at least take out one of the small ones first.
“Kakashi, your opponent is me!” At this moment, a cold whisper came from behind Kakashi.
The vanished Zabuza suddenly appeared, delivering a heavy elbow strike to Kakashi’s back.
Caught off guard, Kakashi was blasted dozens of meters away, falling off the bridge and straight into the churning waves below.
“Kakashi-sensei!” Naruto shouted aloud.
If Kakashi were gone too, they would undoubtedly lose this battle.
“Do you still have the heart to worry about others?” Raiga looked at Naruto, raising his lightning blades with both hands.
Twisted blue lightning rolled over the blades.
“Lightning Release: Lightning Ball!” Two fist-sized balls of lightning flew toward Naruto.
“Water Release!
Water Dragon Bullet Technique!” While using Water Release to close in on Raiga, Sakura instructed Sasuke and Naruto behind her to ensure they protected Tazuna.
The girl prepared to lure this dangerous Raiga Kurosuki away.
His Lightning Release had too wide a range; one wrong move and they would be burned to a crisp, something a civilian like Tazuna couldn’t withstand.
The Water Dragon Bullet collided with the lightning balls, emitting sizzling blue and white sparks before canceling each other out.
Raiga followed the girl’s footsteps toward the distant sea.
He didn’t care about the bounty or the head; he only cared about Ninjas who could excite him.
Most of the previous generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were psychopaths.
Meanwhile, Kakashi, who had fallen into the sea, reappeared on the bridge, barely parrying Zabuza as he swung his kubikiribocho.
The two faced off once again.
Sakura looked back at the scene on the bridge.
Just like in the original story, it was still Haku vs.
Naruto and Sasuke, and Kakashi vs.
Zabuza.
The only difference was the addition of the troublesome Raiga.
She wondered if she would die here; after all, she didn’t have the Crown Prince’s fox cheat!
Sakura felt afraid just thinking about it.
Pfft!
She wasn’t allowed to curse herself; that was bad luck!
“Little girl, how long do you plan on running?
Come and take a lightning strike from me.” Raiga shouted excitedly.
The lightning on the blades was sharp and exposed, having merged with him.
“What a crazy guy.” Sakura bit her lip.
She was far enough from the bridge now; it was time to face the enemy head-on.
“Why aren’t you running?
Are you ready to accept my judgment?” Raiga sneered.
Judgment?
Why was this guy’s personality so similar to Hidan’s from the Immortal Duo?
He even plagiarized his lines.
“Heh, it’s not certain who will be accepting judgment.” Sakura sneered, forming hand seals with her fingertips: “Shadow Clone Technique!” Three pink-haired girls appeared on the sea.
Facing a Jonin of Raiga’s caliber, the girl had begun planning her battle strategy from the very start.
“Shadow Clones, huh?
That kind of thing is useless against me.” Raiga carried his twin blades on his shoulders, unconcerned.
“How do you know if you don’t try?” Sakura murmured.
Two clones had already condensed Chakra at the soles of their feet, attacking Raiga from the front and back.
“Tricks of the trade.” Raiga sheathed his twin blades, catching the girl’s two whip kicks with his bare hands, and forcefully gripped the girl’s ankles, restricting her movement.
“It’s not over yet!” With her lower legs gripped by the opponent, Sakura launched two uppercuts, left and right, toward Raiga’s head.
Raiga tilted his head back, easily dodging the girl’s punches.
“Little girl, getting this close to a Lightning Release Ninja is very dangerous, you know!” Looking at the girl now inches away from him, Raiga gave a lewd smile: “Lightning Release: Lightning Armor!” In an instant, Raiga’s body was enveloped in a mass of lightning, blue light flashing on every inch of his skin.
“Zzzzzz!!!” Sakura wanted to break free from this old geezer, but he was holding her tightly.
The girl’s delicate body was numb from the electric shock.
The two Shadow Clones immediately turned into two puffs of white smoke with a “pop!” Sakura had originally wanted to use the Shadow Clones to create an opening, but it seemed this method wouldn’t work.
“What, is that all you’ve got?” Raiga brandished his twin blades.
At that moment, the sky suddenly became overcast with dark clouds, and lightning flickered within the clouds.
“Let me show you the power of thunder merged with natural energy!” Raiga controlled the lightning blades in his hands.
The lightning on the blades spread out like a spider web, connecting to the clouds in the sky.
“It’s natural energy.
This guy, though he looks a bit like an idiot, can rationally utilize natural lightning in battle!
Not only does it save a massive amount of Chakra, but it also multiplies his power.” Sakura looked up at the blue lightning spreading across the high sky, her eyes appearing exceptionally calm.
The girl’s fingertips danced, forming hand seals rapidly; she also wanted to know which was stronger, Water Release or Lightning Release.
“Lightning Release: Spider Web!” “Water Release: Five-Point Whip Kill!” The sea immediately surged with monstrous waves.
Five speeding, blue, tornado-like long whips rose from the waves, attacking straight toward the Lightning Release above.
Sakura controlled her petite body, rising and falling in the terrifying waves, yet her body remained untouched by a single drop of seawater, calm and composed.
The girl had used the Water Armor Technique from the very beginning to protect her body.
For a moment, nothing could be seen but a burst of white light; it was impossible to distinguish day from night.
Raiga looked at the massive Chakra before him, his pupils constricting sharply: What kind of Ninjutsu was this?
He had never seen it before.
Before long, the sea returned to calm.
The two moves just now had consumed a significant amount of Chakra from both of them.
However, Raiga opposite her appeared slightly disheveled, his whole body soaked, breathing heavily.
Sakura, too, had expended half of her Chakra on that move.
The ensuing battle had to be resolved quickly; the longer it dragged on, the more disadvantageous it would be for the girl.