Chapter 107 - 7

Chapter 7: Gato KilledHe knew exactly where the most vulnerable parts of the human body were, and he knew too well how to execute the most precise kill within the smallest space and the shortest time.The glint of Kunai flickered constantly amidst the crowd; each flash was accompanied by a scream and a spray of blood.Samurai fell one after another, their lives cut short before their long swords and spears could even be aimed at the target.Standing in the distance, Kakashi watched Zabuza's figure, moving like a mad demon back and forth through the crowd, and frowned slightly.He felt that Zabuza did not need anyone's help at this moment.A raging beast has its own battlefield.But Zabuza was, after all, not invincible.His injuries were too severe; the loss of his hands made it impossible for him to maintain balance or disperse force, and his stamina was draining rapidly.After slitting the throats of over a dozen samurai in succession, his speed began to slow, and openings began to appear in his movements.A long spear thrust from the side; Zabuza could not fully dodge it, and the spearhead tore through the flesh on his waist, leaving a wound deep enough to see the bone.Immediately after, another sword struck his shoulder from behind, and blood flowed down along the blade.Then came an arrow, piercing through his thigh; the arrowhead protruded from the back of his leg, dragging a piece of mangled flesh along the shaft.But Zabuza did not stop.Carrying weapons all over his body, with the arrow stuck in his thigh and the sword embedded in his shoulder blade, he walked step by step through the group of samurai who had been scared out of their wits.Bright red, scalding blood drew an intermittent red line on the ground. With every step, more blood dripped from his various wounds, mixing with the soil under his feet to become a dark red sludge.The samurai began to retreat.Many of them were seeing what a true Ninja was for the first time.The man before them was not human at all; he had more weapons stuck in his body than they held in their hands, and the wounds on him were enough to make one's scalp tingle at a single glance, yet he was still walking.The blood from the Kunai dripped down Zabuza's chin, accumulating into a small puddle.His face was fully exposed to the sunlight at that moment, like a ghost that had just crawled out of a slaughterhouse.The last few samurai standing between him and Gato exchanged glances, threw away their weapons in unison, and turned to run.Gato sat slumped on the ground, his fat body scraping backward continuously until his back hit the railing at the edge of the bridge; there was no escape left."Don't... don't kill me... I have money, I'll give it to you, I'll give you everything!" Zabuza did not say a word.He lowered his head, looking at this short, fat man who had kicked Haku's corpse, looking at that face twisted and deformed by extreme fear.The next moment, a cold flash of a Kunai swept by.Gato's scream was abruptly cut off, as if choked off by an invisible giant hand.A shocking red gash appeared on his short, thick neck, and blood gushed from the incision, tracing a high arc in the air.He clutched his neck with both hands, his mouth opening and closing like a fish thrown onto the shore, and then he was kicked away by Zabuza, flipped over the bridge railing, and plunged into the cold seawater with a splash.A large patch of red foam appeared on the water's surface, then returned to calm.With Gato's death, the group of wandering samurai hired by him completely lost their reason to fight.But immediately after, another, more dangerous thought began to spread among them."The boss is dead, no one is paying the commission...""A wasted trip? Are you kidding me!""Aren't there still people in the town?""The Land of Waves may be poor, but we can always squeeze some profit out of it if we loot it..."In an instant, pairs of eyes turned in unison toward the direction of the Land of Waves town.Their eyes burned with the desire for plunder, the fear on their faces was gradually replaced by greed, and the samurai tightened their grip on their weapons."This is bad," Kakashi said in a low voice.Just then, the sound of chaotic footsteps and clashing metal came from the direction of the town.Immediately after, a group of young and middle-aged men from the Land of Waves rushed to the bridge head, armed with harpoons, hoes, wooden clubs, and crude bows and arrows, blocking the exit of the bridge completely.At the lead was Tazuna's grandson; at this moment, his eyes were bloodshot and his face was resolute.The crowd behind him erupted into a chaotic shout; some voices were trembling, some were choked with sobs, but not a single person retreated.Naruto looked at this group of people.They wore patched clothes, and the weapons they held could hardly be called weapons; some people's legs were trembling, and the hands gripping the wooden clubs were shaking so much that the clubs themselves were swaying."Relying on you is not as good as relying on myself!"Naruto took a deep breath and formed a cross hand seal with both hands."Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"Bang bang bang bang bang...This time, the smoke was larger than any previous time.After the smoke cleared, hundreds of Naruto's Shadow Clones stood neatly on the bridge.Hundreds of Narutos were arranged in a neat square formation, a golden expanse bathed in the sunlight spilling through the gaps in the thick fog, with an astonishing presence.All the Narutos clenched their fists in unison, their knuckles cracking in a chorus, their eyes staring simultaneously at the wandering samurai, eerily quiet.Kakashi looked at this formation, the only eye exposed bending slightly."This method can intimidate this group; it's worth a try...""Shadow Clone Technique."Thinking of this, Kakashi formed the same hand seal.Following a dense burst of smoke, Kakashi's Shadow Clones appeared on the other side of the bridge; the green Ninja outfits created a sharp contrast with the gold of the Narutos—one green and one gold—blocking the exit of the entire bridge like an iron barrel."Come on, let's do it!"Hundreds of Naruto clones and dozens of Kakashiclones spoke simultaneously; their voices overlapped, forming a deafening wave of sound that echoed over the bridge.The bridge was silent for a second.Clang!The katana in a samurai's hand dropped to the ground; the sound of metal striking the stone surface was exceptionally crisp in the silence.Then came the second, the third, the tenth sound.The wandering samurai who were still clamoring to loot the town just moments ago had their fighting spirit collapse in an instant when faced with this terrifying number of Ninja.They threw down their weapons, turned, and ran, scrambling backward in a panic.One person running led ten to run, ten running led everyone to run; in less than half a minute, only scattered weapons were left on the bridge deck.This group of wandering samurai fled completely, leaving only a mess behind.After a brief shock, the townspeople of the Land of Waves erupted into deafening cheers.Some jumped up to cheer, some knelt on the ground kowtowing to the sea, some threw their hats into the sky, and some hugged each other, crying their eyes out."Great!""Great!""We defeated Gato..."The cheering spread from the bridge head all the way to the sea, drowning out even the sound of waves crashing against the reefs.Naruto watched this scene and dispelled his Shadow Clones; in an instant, fifty Shadow Clones turned into white smoke and dissipated under the sunlight.Kakashi's Shadow Clones also vanished at the same time.