"Kakashi-sensei, I'm leaving this person to you. I'm going to find the Scroll of Seals!"
Naruto Uzumaki had no intention of fighting Haku.
His goal was to lead Zabuza into darkness, not to be the one who carried the darkness.
If he were to die at his own hands, not only would he fail to achieve the desired effect, but he would also incur Zabuza's wrath.
Therefore, Haku could only die at the hands of Kakashi Hatake or someone else.
Furthermore, Zabuza had to witness Haku's death firsthand.
Unfortunately, Zabuza didn't have the Sharingan, otherwise, he might have witnessed the birth of another pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Okay," Kakashi Hatake nodded, even though he no longer had the Sharingan.
He was once a top genius, graduating from the Ninja Academy at the age of five, becoming a Chunin at the age of six, and a Jonin at the age of twelve.
He relied not only on the Sharingan, but also on his own talent and hard work.
Furthermore, due to the disappearance of the Sharingan, his weakness of insufficient chakra was compensated.
He was no longer the man who needed half a month to recover after a fight.
"None of you are leaving." Seeing Naruto trying to leave, Haku moved swiftly, and countless ice mirrors radiating cold air surrounded Kakashi Hatake: "Hyōton: Makyō Hyōshō!"
Fortunately, Naruto Uzumaki ran fast enough and wasn't trapped in the magic mirror's ice crystals.
"Bloodline Limit?"
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, not daring to be careless.
...
In a secret room.
Zabuza Momochi was studying the Suiton ninjutsu in the Scroll of Seals.
"Tome Guardian, didn't you say that after signing a contract with you, I would gain chakra comparable to that of a Tailed Beast?"
"Why don't I feel anything at all? And that Mizuki, such a useless person, you all made a contract with him?"
After the initial excitement, Zabuza Momochi finally began to think about the problem.
Before signing the contract, the so-called Tome Guardian had made a good promise: after signing the contract, one would possess chakra at the level of a Tailed Beast.
After signing the contract, Black Zetsu had turned his back on him.
"Huh? Didn't I tell you?"
"After forming a contract with my Tome Sage Realm, one must also obtain the approval of the Spirit Book Master in order to acquire Tailed Beast-level chakra."
Zabuza was not Mizuki after all, and Black Zetsu did not break off relations with him.
Zabuza Momochi: "..."
He suddenly had a very bad feeling that he had been tricked for a small profit.
Before the contract was signed, Black Zetsu had treated him like royalty; after the contract was signed, Black Zetsu held all the power of interpretation?
"Who is the master of the Spirit Book?" Zabuza Momochi asked, barely suppressing his anger.
"The previous master of the Spirit Book was the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju," Black Zetsu said without hesitation. "The current master is Naruto Uzumaki, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki of Konoha."
Naruto Uzumaki?
Zabuza Momochi was slightly taken aback; it was yet another name he had never heard of before.
However, he certainly couldn't appear too ignorant.
"So it was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki." Zabuza Momochi said, a look of reminiscence in his eyes: "Back then, I had a great battle with the Fourth Mizukage, the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, and I lost."
"However, I am not the same as before. If the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki cannot surpass me in strength, I will not acknowledge him!"
Black Zetsu: "..."
Black Zetsu had been listening to him show off here!
Was that what one called a major battle?
At best, one could say his assassination attempt had failed and he had fled in a sorry state.
That was the Fourth Mizukage, who had even killed Itachi Uchiha. If it weren't for Jūzō Biwa's sword cutting the Bijūdama, giving Itachi time to release Amaterasu, they might both have died at Yagura's hands.
"Is this the place?"
Just as the two of them were talking, Naruto Uzumaki pushed the door open and entered from the outside.
Even Zabuza, who had seen countless people, was startled by the strange boy who suddenly barged in.
From the time he was old enough to understand things until his defection from Kirigakure and his journey to the Land of Waves, he had never seen such a uniquely-looking brat.
That half-black body gave people a chilling feeling at first glance.
Black Zetsu possessing Naruto Uzumaki was not as pleasing to the eye as Black Zetsu possessing White Zetsu.
Although black and white was a simple combination, it was at least not too jarring.
However, Naruto Uzumaki had yellow hair on one side of his body, azure eyes, and three whisker marks on his face.
Paired with an orange jacket suit featuring blue shoulder pads and a white collar, and the other half of his body being pure black, it was truly as bizarre as could be.
"What are you?" Zabuza Momochi was startled, but quickly regained his composure: "How dare you trespass into my training grounds?"
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki, and I am the man who will bring light to the ninja world."
"Now that you have made a pact with the Tome Sage Realm, follow me and let us bring light to the world together!"
Naruto Uzumaki didn't waste any words and got straight to the point.
Zabuza Momochi: "..."
Madman!
What did it mean to bring light to the ninja world? Was that something a normal person would say?
"Are you sure he's the Lord of the Spirit Book you mentioned?"
Zabuza's lips twitched. If it were in the past, he would have already killed Naruto with a single strike.
However, since Black Zetsu had told him about the Lord of the Spirit Book beforehand, Zabuza, no matter how much he disliked Naruto, couldn't actually cut him down with one strike.
"That's right, he is the Lord of the Spirit Book." Black Zetsu said with certainty, "You must not think of him as a madman. He has the strength to bring light to the ninja world."
"Really? I don't believe it!"
"Unless he can defeat the decapitation blade in my hand."
As Zabuza spoke, he slowly stood up, his icy gaze fixed on Naruto Uzumaki.
"Zabuza, as a contractor of the Tome Sage Realm, you don't still have any hope for this dark, corrupt, and filthy world, do you?"
Naruto Uzumaki didn't fight him; instead, he prepared to talk him out of his wits.
His persuasive skills, combined with Black Zetsu's millennia of directing experience, made him virtually invincible!
"This world is indeed rotten to the core, but it is beyond human power to change."
"Even if someone can change things, it's definitely not a madman like you who just talks nonsense."
Zabuza Momochi was also deeply disappointed with this world, especially with the Blood Mist policy of Kirigakure, which he loathed.
"I am not just making empty promises."
"I am the inheritor of the will of the Sage of Six Paths, the only one who can create the 'Infinite Tsukuyomi'."
"In the world of Infinite Tsukuyomi, there is no war, no killing, no equality or injustice, and no regrets in life..."
"You may think I'm crazy, but when you see the truth of the world, you will understand that I am right. 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' is the only way to save this world."
Naruto Uzumaki said, making way for Zabuza.
Go!
"When you see the truth, you will definitely come back to me."
Zabuza Momochi looked at Naruto Uzumaki with the kind of gaze one would give someone who's mentally ill.
The idea of a successor to the Sage of Six Paths or a world of infinite dreams was utter nonsense.
Boom!
That thought had just crossed Zabuza's mind when a loud booming sound suddenly came from outside.
...
Smash that Powerstone!
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