In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Kakashi stretched out his hand and slowly reached towards Zabuza's neck. Everyone's eyes were focused on Kakashi's hand, and Sakura and Sasuke subconsciously held their breath.

【Melting Escape】

Naruto, who was standing next to Kakashi, suddenly jumped up, a large amount of chakra surged out of his body, and his eyes instantly turned scarlet.

Hot magma gushed out from Naruto's hands, and the scorching heat instantly evaporated the white mist around them.

Seeing that Naruto had thrown a handful of lava at Zabuza who was pretending to be dead on the ground, Bai was shocked and pounced on Zabuza.

Bai's right hand was burned black by the high temperature of the melting escape, but he also saved Zabuza, and used his left hand to deftly pull out the steel needle from his neck.

Zabuza's eyes snapped open and he instantly came back to life.

"Mr. Zabuza, I failed." Bai said to Zabuza apologetically, his face not distorted at all because of the great pain in his right hand.

It seemed as if the right hand was not his, but someone else's.

After he finished speaking, Bai formed a seal with one hand and took Zabuza away in a whirlwind like a happy wind man.

This secret escape technique is similar to the smoke escape technique. Naruto can understand it, but he can't learn it.

Kakashi watched Zabuza and Haku leave the whole time, and three seconds later he fell to the ground and fainted.

"Teacher Kakashi!" Sakura hurried forward to check the situation.

"It must be that the chakra has been used up." Naruto followed Kakashi's example and shook the nose in front of Zabuza's nose, imitating the method Kakashi used to detect Zabuza's breath before, and said calmly.

Kakashi on the ground had fallen into a baby-like sleep. Fortunately, his breathing was still steady. He had indeed fainted.

"This is not the place to talk. Let's take him back first." Sasuke said with one hand in his pocket.

He had just tried to form a seal with one hand, but it hadn't worked. The hand he had left trembled uneasily, and he pulled Kakashi up and placed one of his hands on his shoulder.

Naruto also took the other hand and placed it on his shoulder, and directly lifted Kakashi up on both sides.

"The village is just ahead, take us to my house." Dazna, the protected target, suggested.

The three members of Class 7 discussed it for a while and agreed directly.

At Dazna's home.

The three of them placed Kakashi in a clean room with a quilt spread on the tatami. Sakura tucked the quilt for Kakashi with a worried look on her face.

When she walked out the door, Naruto and Sasuke were already waiting for her in the hallway.

When Sakura saw Naruto's gaze, she nodded in understanding, did not say anything, and followed him directly.

The three of them walked to a place not far from the house. Here, they had a wide view so they could detect the enemy, and they could talk without being heard by others.

"How's Kakashi?" Sasuke asked coldly.

Sakura said with a tired look on her face, shaking her head worriedly.

"He just passed out from exhaustion. He shouldn't be a problem."

"We can't let our guard down until Kakashi-sensei wakes up," Naruto said. "The enemy will come to kill us at any time before they die."

"Who are those people?" Sakura was obviously a little flustered. After all, it was her first time facing a life-and-death battle between ninjas.

"The traitorous ninja from Kirigakure," Sasuke said calmly, a bit calmer. "What worries me is Zabuza's murderous aura. He's as strong as Kakashi."

"And that masked man can form seals with one hand. We must be on guard against that move when we face him next time."

"Then kill them next time." Naruto raised his hand and made a cutting gesture. "The right hand of the masked ninja is already broken."

"The mission must be completed. Kakashi-sensei is incapable of fighting in his current state. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you a question."

At this point, Naruto's voice suddenly lowered a lot.

"This mission should have ended here. We've already sent that old drunk back. But if we don't kill those two while they're injured, it will be a hidden danger for us."

"I have a way to kill those two Kirigakure rebel ninjas before Kakashi-sensei wakes up."

Chapter 23: Killing

Kill...the Kirigakure rebel ninja?

Sasuke raised his head and looked at Naruto, frowning almost subconsciously.

With just three of them, they wanted to kill an elite jonin with the same strength as Kakashi?

Not to mention that Zabuza has a masked boy by his side whose strength is unknown. How is this possible?

It's crazy.

Sakura looked at Naruto in astonishment, she almost felt like her ears were broken.

"Naruto, the three of us are still Genin! Killing a Jonin... is that impossible?"

"Yes." Naruto raised his hand, and the hot molten escape surged into his palm. "I can kill them if I seize the opportunity."

"What is this?" Sakura was stunned for a moment.

"I don't know how I learned it." Naruto scratched his head in an innocent manner, "I used it once in a desperate situation."

Sasuke was speechless, his eyes began to wander, as if he was unaware that the gap between them had widened since he left the ninja school.

The guy seemed to have said before that the other classes are almost all family ninjas, and they probably have the same family ninjutsu as the former Uchiha clan.

But now the Uchiha clan no longer exists... Sasuke's eyes dimmed for a moment, and a feeling of powerlessness surged into his heart and disappeared in an instant.

"What should we do?" Sasuke raised his head, his eyes becoming determined.

Either he becomes stronger in battle or he dies in battle. If he continues like this, he will never have a chance to kill that man.

"Strike him while he's weak!" Naruto said decisively, "Kakashi-sensei was already seriously injured, not to mention Zabuza who was at a disadvantage at the time."

"That masked boy has half his arm broken. Now is the best opportunity!"

"Naruto!" Sakura was stunned when she heard this. She finally understood that these two people were really planning to kill those two senior ninjas.

"But we don't know where they are."

"I know!" Naruto suddenly smiled, "They can't run away, they must be hiding somewhere in the woods."

"Maybe in a cabin, or maybe in a house."

Upon hearing this, Sakura looked at Naruto and then at Sasuke, knowing that at this point both of them had made up their minds and there was absolutely no turning back.

"Would it be too risky?"

After saying this, Naruto and Sasuke looked at her.

Sakura was a little confused and suddenly felt at a loss, and asked stutteringly.

"what happened?"

"It's okay." Naruto said, "Sakura, if we don't take action now, it will be even more dangerous when those two recover."

"We have no way out. Zabuza is backed by Cardo. Didn't you hear what that old drunkard Psyduck said?"

"Kado has many wandering ninjas and wandering samurai under his command. If we don't get rid of Zabuza and that masked boy, we will have to face sieges from both forces."

As he said that, Naruto held up four fingers.

"There are only four of us, one jonin and three genin. We will have almost no chance of winning against Kado and Zabuza then."

"There are three of us now, and we only have to deal with a masked boy with half his hand broken. No matter how you think about it, the best strategy is to act now."

Naruto's words made sense. Sakura opened her eyes wide, but she had no way to refute it. Finally, she bit her lip and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Naruto glanced at the two of them and said seriously.

"Believe me."

"We will definitely win this time. If we deal with Zabuza, Cardo will be just a bug."

He wasn't exaggerating, but Zabuza was the most powerful ninja Cardo could hire. A profit-seeking and unscrupulous businessman like Cardo would never be willing to spend a fortune to hire a serious ninja.

You have to know that his subordinates are a group of wandering ninjas and wandering samurai, to put it bluntly, they are hooligans. He hired Zabuza only because he was interested in his status as a traitor and wanted to get a free job.

So the whole story is easy to understand. Cardo wanted to kill the bridge-building expert Psyduck, Tazna. But when he learned that Psyduck had paid for a bodyguard in Konoha, he also called a Didi to do it for him.

Cardo wanted to get something for free, so he didn't look for a regular platform to find a thug, but instead found Zabuza privately and promised to pay him after the fight.

But Cardo never thought of paying, but wanted to take advantage of the situation where both sides were hurt to rob the robbers.

into the night.

Class 7 took their first solo group action and entered the woods in the dark.

"Found it." Naruto understood the situation, jumped back to the two of them and said in a low voice, "The person is in the two-story cabin in the forest."

Hearing this, Sakura couldn't help but get nervous.

"I'll attack head-on, you go around the rear, and Sakura can assist with illusions, how about that?" Sasuke quickly gave a battle plan.

"Okay!" Naruto nodded, "But there's something I want to confirm."

"what's up?"

"The Uchiha clan can all use the Sharingan and so on." Naruto said casually, "Sasuke, you'd better use your full strength from the beginning. That way Sakura will be safer."

"The longer it takes, the more dangerous Sakura's situation will be."

"Me?" Sakura was a little confused, but she couldn't help but get more nervous. "You...you don't have to worry about me. I can protect myself."

"Sakura, your strength is not in fighting." Naruto looked at Sakura deeply and said, "You don't need to show off. Sasuke and I will take the responsibility of fighting."

"You only need the illusion to support us. If the situation changes, we will have to rely on you to escape."

Hearing this, Sakura couldn't help but feel touched and nodded heavily.

"Don't worry, I can do it!"

Naruto didn't know if it would work, but he knew Haku and Zabuza were right in front of him. If he and Sasuke used their killing moves right from the start, Haku alone wouldn't be able to stop them.

The three of them took their positions, appearing on either side of the two-story wooden house.

After a brief exchange of glances, Sasuke moved first. Still running, he instantly unleashed three shurikens, flying towards the cabin at an odd angle.

Naruto circled behind him, dark red chakra surrounding his entire body, and scorching hot molten escape enveloping him. This time he released all his chakra, hoping to kill with one strike.

Sakura took a deep breath and followed the landing point of the shuriken thrown by Sasuke. At the moment when the window was shattered by the shuriken, she formed a hand seal and activated the illusion immediately.

Naruto directly smashed into the cabin, and the scorching hot molten escape instantly set it on fire. Bai fled from the cabin in a very embarrassed manner, carrying Zabuza on his back, with a black hand hanging in front of him, already useless.

"Sasuke!" Naruto shouted.

At this moment, Sasuke was blocking the direction of Haku and Zabuza's escape, and his scarlet magatama Sharingan suddenly opened!

Bai, who was still forming seals with one hand, was caught off guard and froze in place. Even though the time was less than a second, Sakura still seized the opportunity to cast another illusion.

"Die!" Naruto was almost crazy, his pupils were blood red.

He grabbed the moment when Bai was stunned again and rushed towards the two of them with his molten heat, directly piercing Bai's chest.

The scorching magma directly burned through Zabuza, who was extremely weak and unable to move. The two of them opened their eyes wide in disbelief. After all, they had capsized in the gutter.

【Kado's treasure has been stored in the warehouse.】

Chapter 24 Sakura and Medical Ninjutsu

At the Konoha training grounds, a pure black crow with blood-red eyes swooped down from the sky. The sunlight cast its shadow on the muddy ground, forming a small black dot that flew by at high speed.

Uchiha Sasuke stopped the training at hand, raised his eyes from the grass and looked into the distance, through the gusty grass and fixed his eyes on the black spot hovering above the training ground, blocking the sun.

The thin-faced Sasuke sensed something strange and squinted his eyes as he was about to open his Sharingan.

"Sasuke!" Sakura's voice came from a distance.

A girl holding a lunch box stood at the edge of the training ground and waved. The wind in the wilderness blew her long hair, and her whole body was coated with a layer of gold in the sunlight.

"Thank you." Sasuke took the food box and noticed that it had two layers. "Is this for that guy?"

"Yes." Sakura nodded and smiled awkwardly, "After we came back that day, Kakashi-sensei was very angry."

"Naruto has to complete twenty D-rank missions alone as punishment. Team 7 can't take any more missions until he completes them."

"Kakashi meant well. If the village knew about this, I'm afraid even more severe punishment would be waiting for that guy," Sasuke said while eating a rice ball.

Hearing this, a trace of worry flashed across Sakura's face.

"Kakashi-sensei changed the mission briefing, changing our solo action to a group action under the leadership of a jonin. Naruto also took all the responsibility, so we don't have to be punished."