Hatake Kakashi lay helplessly on the hospital bed.
Because Akihara Kagura directly resolved the trouble caused by Momochi Zabuza, the plan for Team 7 to gain so experience fell through.
However, Hatake Kakashi could not disclose this underlying reason and could only helplessly watch as Akihara Kagura left with the Root ninjas, even refusing to let Karin help treat his wounds, leaving only two large fish behind.
"Never mind."
Hatake Kakashi had to treat this as a routine C-rank escort mission, planning to lead Team 7 to protect Tazuna once his injuries healed, to complete the bridge connecting the Land of Fire and the Land of Waves, and consider it finished once they dealt with Gato's gang entrenched in the Land of Water.
No matter what…
It would still involve these young ones in a real battle.
During his recovery, Hatake Kakashi had the three youngsters of Team 7 practice tree climbing, water treading, and refining their chakra control.
Tazuna's family, upon learning of Akihara Kagura's identity and that Momochi Zabuza, Gato's strongest subordinate, had been dealt with, felt sowhat relieved.
A week later.
Tazuna continued with the bridge construction.
After Hatake Kakashi recovered, he led Team 7 in protecting Tazuna. The bridge was shrouded in dense fog, making it impossible to see any figures.
"Didn't Gato send anyone to stop us?"
Hatake Kakashi was still puzzled and stroked his chin, pondering, "Could Gato have been dealt with by Kagura too?"
Could it be…
Was this trip for Team 7 just a leisurely outing?
Just as Hatake Kakashi was contemplating, Sakura noticed a shadowy figure at the end of the bridge through the fog and quickly alerted her teammates.
"Everyone, it looks like soone is coming."
"Huh?"
Team 7 looked toward the bridge in astonishnt.
On the foggy bridge, a figure in the mist approached them, appearing slightly stiff and even sowhat staggering.
"It doesn't look like an enemy…"
Hatake Kakashi was still doubtful as he observed the newcor.
However…
In the next mont!
The figure in the mist suddenly clasped his hands together, and a towering wave rushed towards Team 7!
"Water Release: Water Shockwave!"
The wave, swirling like a tornado, turned into a raging river as it neared Team 7, aiming to sweep everyone on the bridge away!
"This level of Water Release…"
Hatake Kakashi quickly positioned himself in front of the three youngsters of Team 7, rapidly forming hand seals while urgently shouting, "Everyone, get behind !"
This level of Water Release technique, more fearso than that of Momochi Zabuza, had gathered a large river on the bridge surface!
This was no ordinary foe!
"Earth Release: Multiple Earth Flow Walls!"
Hatake Kakashi's hands swiftly completed the seals, and walls carved with dog heads erged around them, encircling them to protect against the onslaught of the water wave!
"The enemy is strong!"
Hatake Kakashi pressed his hands to the ground, solemnly instructing his subordinates, "You all must be extra careful, don't…"
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!"
The enemy suddenly unleashed another technique!
Crack!
The multiple earth flow walls were instantly penetrated by a stream of water!
The water surged like a high-pressure water cannon, cutting through the entire earthen wall and revealing Team 7 and Tazuna among others hidden inside; the water imdiately flooded in!
"Everyone, walk on water! Protect Mr. Tazuna."
Hatake Kakashi quickly instructed, thankfully he had urgently trained the three young mbers of Team 7, who were quite adept at using chakra to walk on water.
However...
Hatake Kakashi looked at the cut in the earthen wall.
Even Kakashi, with his extensive knowledge and mastery of thousands of ninjutsu, had never seen such a technique of Water Release. He was astonished, staring in disbelief at the smooth and neat cut surface of the severed earthen wall!
"Take Mr. Tazuna and go first!"
Hatake Kakashi sensed sothing was amiss!
The next mont!
"There's soone under the water..."
Naruto felt soone grab his foot, barely had he shouted a warning when he was pulled down into the water!
"Naruto!"
Sasuke quickly grabbed Naruto's hand, trying to rescue him from the water, but he too was pulled in!
"The enemy is under the water!"
Hatake Kakashi rushed over, grabbed his two subordinates, and rescued Naruto and Sasuke!
The figure originally holding the two young ones underwater was also dragged out by him, allowing Hatake Kakashi to see the newcor's appearance!
The newcor had silver hair and red eyes, dressed in a close-fitting combat uniform with a blue armor over it, wearing sothing like a protective forehead protector...
The swirl mark on the forehead protector...
The Konoha Village ninjas couldn't be more familiar with it.
"Kakashi sensei, is he a ninja from the Konoha Village?"
Sakura was sowhat surprised to see the Konoha Village mark on the enemy's forehead protector and curiously asked, "But why does he look so familiar? Have we seen him before?"
"Of course we have..."
A drop of cold sweat appeared on Hatake Kakashi's forehead, his pupils involuntarily constricted, even though he had not t the man before, he had seen his statue!
Hatake Kakashi looked nervously at the enemy before him and asked solemnly, "Sir, what exactly is your relationship with the Second Hokage of the Konoha Village?"
Hatake Kakashi had many speculations but could not imagine that the person was the Second Hokage of the Konoha Village, Tobirama.
Orochimaru, having tasted the sweetness of the Edo Tensei, naturally would not give up resurrecting Tobirama, a formidable figure whom he greatly admired.
This is the Land of Waves.
It is well-suited for a ninja skilled in Water Release to battle.
Orochimaru directly sent the Second Hokage to confront Hatake Kakashi and Team 7, showing high regard for this squad.
"A ninja from the Konoha Village?"
Tobirama furrowed his brows, watching Hatake Kakashi and a bunch of kids, imdiately discerning what kind of team this was – a supervising jonin and three kids who seed to be genin.
After many years.
Tobirama never thought that after his resurrection, he would be manipulated to attack ninjas from the Konoha Village, which to any Hokage of the Konoha would undoubtedly be a disgrace.
However...
Tobirama didn't mind, he unhesitatingly stated his identity, planning to first resolve the crisis of the Edo Tensei.
"I am Senju Tobirama."
Tobirama looked at Hatake Kakashi and solemnly stated, "A guy nad Orochimaru used the forbidden jutsu Edo Tensei, which I developed, to resurrect ..."
"Orochimaru!"
Hatake Kakashi rembered that night.
When Orochimaru defected from Konoha, Hatake Kakashi was ordered to stop him, but was paralyzed by Orochimaru's murderous intent, similar to how the mbers of Team 7 were recently intimidated by Momochi Zabuza's killer intent...
That was an extrely terrifying individual!
Of course.
The person before him was also very terrifying!
"Is it really... the Second Hokage?!"
Hatake Kakashi stared at Senju Tobirama in front of him, his heart surging like the tide. He had never imagined encountering such a formidable enemy in the Land of Waves!
"Second Hokage!"
The three young mbers of Team 7 were terrified!
Their experience was even less than Kakashi's; they had never imagined eting a forr Hokage of Konoha, weren't these figures of legend?
After realizing the situation, Tobirama quickly started explaining his solution: "Orochimaru is controlling to attack you, but the Edo Tensei doesn't allow to use my full strength. You must follow my instructions to defeat …"
At this point, Tobirama suddenly noticed that one of Hatake Kakashi's eyes was a Sharingan, and interrupted himself, asking: "Hmm? Are you a mber of the Uchiha clan?"
"Not..."
Kakashi shook his head, pushed away Naruto and Sasuke, and quietly replied, "I rely transplanted a friend's eyes."
"It seems you have friends from the Uchiha clan..."
Tobirama, looking at Kakashi, seed to recall the Uchiha he knew and was about to say sothing complintary: "The Uchiha are passionate and loyal to their friends..."
"Kakashi's friend defected."
Naruto added from the side.
"A rogue ninja?"
Tobirama imdiately frowned, rembering the first Uchiha who defected from Konoha, his expression turning grim as he said: "The Uchiha are indeed mostly born evil, although so of them…"
"What did you say!"
Sasuke's eyes instantly turned a deep red with anger, even though the person before him was the village's Second Hokage, it was unacceptable to insult his family na!
Even if Sasuke was the only remaining Uchiha, he was determined to uphold the Uchiha's honor!
"The little Uchiha?"
Tobirama glanced at Sasuke, noticed the Sharingan revealed by the young boy, and seeing his forehead protector and clothes, decided to properly tell the story of the Uchiha clan to this young one.
However...
Kakashi knew so of the unpleasantness between the Uchiha and the higher-ups of Konoha, patted Sasuke on the shoulder, and softly said to the Second Hokage, "Lord Second, the Uchiha clan has been wiped out, and now only this young man remains in the village…"
"Is that so..."
Tobirama's deanor imdiately softened.
Tobirama wanted to ask about what he was most concerned about, but suddenly felt Orochimaru invading his consciousness, with Orochimaru personally controlling his body to attack!
"..."
Kakashi also realized that the opponent seed to have changed into another person!
Tobirama quickly charged towards Sasuke, and Kakashi could only rush to intercept the Second Hokage!
The two engaged in a fierce clash!
While resisting Orochimaru's invasion, Tobirama began explaining how to break the Edo Tensei: "First defeat , and my body will be forced to recover and be unable to move. At that mont, take the opportunity to seal away..."
"..."
Kakashi's feelings were complicated.
Was the Second Hokage expecting too much from them?
The first step to defeating this Hokage is a significant challenge; with just the group of graduates I have, it seems nearly impossible to defeat a Hokage, so don't make it sound easy. My subordinates aren't like that guy, Akihara Kagura...
Wait a second...
Akihara Kagura?
Hatake Kakashi quickly ca up with an idea; he didn't need to worry about these problems as long as he could delay until Akihara Kagura arrived!
Of course...
He also had to hope that Akihara Kagura had learned the sealing techniques.
However...
It wouldn't be easy for Hatake Kakashi to stall...
The Second Hokage, Tobirama, felt he had fully assessed Kakashi's strength and proactively offered a battle strategy: "Use that Uchiha kid as bait, I'll rush over and kill him, and you can take the opportunity to break my body too..."
"I can't sacrifice my comrades..."
Hatake Kakashi found it a bit peculiar.
Though the strategy suggested by the Second Hokage seed sowhat sound, Kakashi, who values his comrades above all, couldn't possibly consider his subordinates as sacrificial pawns!
"But you're no match for ..."
Tobirama's figure moved swiftly along the water, charging toward Sasuke, a kunai appearing in his hand!
It was clear!
If the Second Hokage could get close to Sasuke first, given Sasuke's prowess in physical techniques, the outco would not be favorable!
"Sasuke, co to my side!"
Hatake Kakashi quickly converged with Sasuke!
Yet, soone else got there even faster—Naruto was closer to Sasuke, suddenly a burst of red chakra enveloping him and a red chakra tail appeared, shielding Sasuke!
"This is... the Nine-Tails' chakra?"
Tobirama imdiately recognized Naruto's identity, his mind intensely battling against Orochimaru's influences, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is extrely important to Konoha!
"Driven back, huh?"
Kakashi also noticed the chakra cloak on Naruto and Tobirama's retreat: "Worried about the village's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"
However...
Regardless, it was a good thing!
As long as the Second Hokage wasn't fully controlled, they weren't without hope. Kakashi took the opportunity to get close to his two disciples, protecting them!
"Everyone, co over."
Kakashi called out loudly to his disciples, placing his palm on the ground where a black seal appeared: "Stand inside the seal for now, if the Second Hokage circles around to attack you, I can imdiately co over!"
"This is..."
Tobirama looked at the black seal on the ground, about a ter wide, frowning as he tried to discern what it was: "It looks like... the Flying Thunder God seal?"
This kind of Flying Thunder God seal...
Doesn't it look a bit novel?
However...
Tobirama quickly thought of a solution based on the Flying Thunder God seal, saying sternly: "Wait, don't let these kids stand inside the seal!"
"Let them set up explosive tags and traps around it, you can instantly teleport to the traps near the seal, and use them to break my body!"
"..."
Kakashi also quickly understood.
The Second Hokage was clearly familiar with the effects of the Flying Thunder God Technique; his battle tactics and intelligence were astonishingly sharp, finding a solution so swiftly!
At the bridgehead…
Orochimaru stood here, still recording information about this battle and summarizing the lessons learned: "It won't do. The consciousness of these reanimated beings must be extinguished; otherwise, if so highly intelligent practitioners figure it out, they could easily devise a plan on how to defeat them..."
Especially the Second Hokage, Tobirama!
The wisdom of this Hokage is astonishing in any era, and in just a short while, he provided Kakashi and Team 7 with a solution.
"However..."
"What good does it do to handle the Second Hokage?"
Orochimaru glanced at another coffin beside him and chuckled lightly: "There are even more formidable people than him. Hurry and embrace the source of your power, Kagura-kun…"
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