He has even practiced his Haki, and you say this is Naruto?

Zabuza's strength has indeed improved rapidly, but the next moment.

"Ding!"

The water prison technique did not trap the opponent, and a kunai also appeared in Jiraiya's hand.

The two sides retreated immediately after just one contact.

Jiraiya stood on the water and grinned.

"Hahaha, I was actually seen through. It seems that I haven't sneaked in for too long, and now I can't do it."

"Stop here, the area ahead is not the area you should set foot in."

Zabuza said coldly. The opponent's strength is very strong. He noticed it from the moment of contact.

"Oh? To stop me, you can only rely on the kunai in your hand. If you don't take out your beheading sword, you can't stop me."

Jiraiya's expression is still relaxed.

This is the confidence of the three ninjas. The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist Village, unless seven people come together, just one of them is not enough!

"Just what I want."

Zabuza didn't hide it, and took out the sword on his back...

Yes, there is only one handle, and the rest of the blade has been gone since it broke.

"It is said that the beheading sword, one of the Seven Ninja Swords, can remain sharp as long as it absorbs blood. Even if the sword is broken, it can grow a new blade by sucking the blood of the enemy."

Jiraiya's words have implications, that is, Zabuza has not killed anyone during this period, and has not even killed ordinary animals.

"Although I don't know what my future path will be, I know very well that the path I took as one of the Seven was wrong."

"Becoming an executioner cannot bring hope to the village."

Zabuza said. Although he has not found his own future path, he is no longer muddleheaded. Killing people? For Zabuza now, this is the most boring thing.

Executioner, he Zabuza has long been tired of being an executioner.

How can a person who can bring hope to the village be an executioner who kills people!

"Is that what you want to protect?"

Zabuza's answer was a little unexpected to Jiraiya, but these few words alone could not stop him.

Jiraiya moved, and his low figure rushed towards Zabuza, and the kunai in his hand stabbed towards Zabuza's arm.

"Protect? It's just a favor I owe him. That man doesn't need me to protect him. I will only restrict his free will."

Dang!

Zabuza's left hand's kunai blocked Jiraiya's attack.

The next moment, the air on the water surface exploded directly.

Jiraiya's figure stuck to the water surface and flew backwards.

I don't know when Jiraiya's hair behind him had rolled to the front, and the white hair like needles emitted a cold light.

Zabuza's chest was already wet with blood.

The wound on his body was not caused by Jiraiya. On the contrary, there was a wound on Jiraiya's arm, and his hair did not completely block Zabuza's attack.

"The sword in the hands of a swordsman is always the most trustworthy companion. Similarly, the swordsman himself is also the most trusted companion of the sword in his hand.

As long as I am alive, the beheading sword in my hand will not break."

Zabuza trembled. At that moment, he used his own blood to directly recast the beheading sword with only the handle left.

"The secret of assassination. Silent!"

Zabuza's eyes were stained with blood at this moment, and he swung the sword with both hands again. At this moment, his thoughts were extremely pure. Only Jiraiya in the distance was left in his eyes. He had only one thought-cut it down!

"Cut!"

A roar came, and the originally silent forest was broken by the roar. The flash of the beheading sword tore the air in an instant, and rushed towards Jiraiya with a sharp tearing sound.

Chapter 8 Jiraiya's strength

"Ninjutsu. Lion's hair technique!"

Jiraiya's eyes condensed slightly. He had never seen this kind of slashing technique before, and he had to face it with caution.

The hair behind him stretched out at this moment, and the hard hair like iron rushed towards Zabuza's slash with the sound of breaking wind.

Bang! !

The air vibrated again, and water splashed.

Jiraiya's expression finally became serious. He underestimated Zabuza's strength, and also underestimated Zabuza's determination.

Zabuza in front of him was definitely not an ordinary elite jonin.

Jiraiya had a lot of combat experience, and at this moment he had clearly perceived Zabuza's strength.

"Such a strong force, a slash with almost no chakra fluctuations, is this also a kind of physical technique?"

Jiraiya's figure disappeared on the spot.

Jiraiya had come into contact with many physical ninjas, but only a few physical ninjas in the ninja world could do this.

Using powerful physical techniques to achieve long-range attacks is not something that ordinary physical ninjas can do.

The sound of breaking air was heard again in the air, and Zabuza's figure appeared behind Jiraiya.

"Ninjutsu. Yellow Spring Swamp!"

The next moment, the soil under Zabuza's feet turned directly into a swamp, and Zabuza's attack was instantly interrupted.

At the same time, a water clone on the other side also completed the seal.

"Water Style. Waterfall Technique!"

As the water style was performed, the water in the river not far away was drawn out, forming a waterfall that hit Jiraiya.

Jiraiya's Rasengan in his right hand was also canceled at this moment, the moment the waterfall hit him.

Bang!

As a burst of white smoke appeared, only a piece of substitute wood was left at the original place.

At this time, Zabuza had successfully escaped from the Yellow Spring Swamp with the Great Waterfall Technique. The surface of the swamp was covered with a layer of water, and Zabuza stood up by stepping on the water.

"Toad Flat Shadow Manipulation Technique."

Jiraiya's voice came from behind him, and Zabuza could no longer react.

The right hand holding the knife just moved, and then it paused, and the body was firmly restrained at this moment.

"When!"

"When I exchange positions with the Stand Wood."

Jiraiya stood behind Zabuza, his tone calm.

When he used the "Yellow Spring Swamp", the Stand Wood was hidden. Under this large-scale ninjutsu that changes the terrain, normal people cannot find the Stand Wood.

And Zabuza was the same. Just because of this small mistake, he lost.

"You are too anxious. The injuries on your body force you to choose to attack and try to resolve the battle quickly."

Jiraiya smiled.

"Hahaha, but it's no big deal to lose to my Toad Sage Jiraiya."

"Jiraiya? Are you Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas?"

Zabuza was surprised. It was Jiraiya. No wonder he was so strong.

It was not surprising to lose to Jiraiya. It would be surprising if he really won. It was already very good to be able to hold on to Jiraiya for so long.

"Cough!!"

Zabuza's injury began to bite back, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

The beheading sword in his hand also shattered at this moment.

The beheading sword could be recast at that moment, not only by Zabuza's blood, but also by his chakra.

At this time, Zabuza's body could no longer support it, and his breath also took a sharp turn for the worse at this moment.

Just when Zabuza's eyes dimmed, a hand pressed on Zabuza's chest, and a stream of chakra emerged from Jiraiya's fingers, blocking Zabuza's acupuncture points.

"Stay here, I'll go see what it is."

Jiraiya put Zabuza on the ground, stood up and walked towards Shanks.

"That's where Shanks practices, he's from the Uzumaki clan, are you sure you want to go?"

Zabuza's weak voice came, although the voice was weak, but it successfully stopped Jiraiya.

Uzumaki clan.

The Uzumaki clan used to be Konoha's ally, but it was obvious that Konoha did not fulfill its responsibilities as an ally. Konoha must be responsible for the destruction of the Whirlpool Country.

This made Jiraiya stop in his tracks.

"Shanks? A member of the Uzumaki clan?"

"Impossible, even if it's a member of the Uzumaki clan, it's impossible to touch these natural energies."

Shaking his head, Jiraiya denied Zabuza's statement.

"Of course it's impossible for a normal person, but Shanks is different. What if he uses the huge amount of chakra of the Uzumaki clan and uses it all for perception?"

"With such a huge amount of chakra, there should be no other except the Uzumaki clan."

Zabuza smiled.

For some reason, after seeing Jiraiya's unbelievable expression, he felt proud.

That was Shanks. Although he was a little strange, he was the strongest genius Zabuza had ever seen.

Of course, Zabuza did not realize that during the time he spent with Shanks, a "strange" person, he had already regarded Shanks as his companion, the kind of "companion" he had never had before.

He also became "strange".

"And Shanks has not been in contact with the ninja world for a long time. He doesn't even know that the fourth generation Hokage Minato Namikaze has died, and he doesn't know that the princess of the Whirlpool Kingdom also died in the disaster ten years ago."

The Nine-Tails incident in Konoha was naturally hidden, but for a high-ranking official in the Hidden Mist Village like Zabuza, it was easy to get access to some secret information.

After Zabuza finished speaking, he closed his eyes.

If it was Jiraiya from Konoha, it shouldn't have any impact on Shanks, but it's not suitable. At least in Zabuza's opinion now, the two are not suitable to meet.

"Friend of Minato?"

Jiraiya didn't have the impression of "Shanks".

But as a member of the Uzumaki clan, it is normal for him to know Minato, after all, he has a relationship with Kushina.

Just thinking that the other party doesn't know the news yet, Jiraiya gave up the idea in his heart.

"You keep these medicines."

Jiraiya turned and left, leaving some medicine for Zabuza.

"I found something in the Hidden Mist Village. The Mizukage under the blood mist seems to be someone else."

After Jiraiya finished speaking, he disappeared into the forest.

These news are some clues that Jiraiya found when he explored the organization, but he did not investigate in depth.

After all, Jiraiya felt that he seemed to be used as a gun by Orochimaru.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After Orochimaru betrayed the Akatsuki organization, he has been hunted down and can only use Jiraiya to interfere with the power of the Akatsuki organization from time to time.

But all this has nothing to do with Zabuza now.

"Is there someone else? Forget it, I'm no longer a ninja from the Hidden Mist Village."

"Even if there is someone else, let Mei Terumi deal with it. Akainu, who is valued by Shanks, will become the Mizukage if he is like Kizaru and Minato Namikaze."

Chapter 9: God's Escape