Chapter 136 - The Fight Against the Vasto Lorde

Even if shocked by the fact that their attack was unable to damage Nanto, Atsui and Samui chose to not dwell on it, and quickly retreated next to Darui, who asks "Atsui, Samui-san are you all right!?" but before they could answer, Nanto appeared in front of Darui with a static noise, a clear sign that he used Sonido, a technique with an effect similar to Shunpo that Hollows at the Vasto Lorde level instinctively learn to use, and forcefully swung one of his blades.

Darui was barely able to defend, but the force was so strong that it blew him away, and Atsui and Samui yelled "Darui!!!" but they had no time to worry about him as Nanto once again used Sonido and appeared in front of them and swung both his sword in their direction but just as he was about to hit them, both sword change direction and clash against a high-pressure stream of water that is powerful enough to cut cleanly through all the White Zetsu in the way and push Nanto back by a few meters.

Nanto, Atsui, and Samui looked at the one that released such powerful Jutsu, and saw the figure of Zabuza, calmly walking toward them, Zabuza looks at Nanto who was only pushed back and that was now looking straight at him and says "Damn! You Vasto Lorde sure are tough... that was the Suiton: Suidanha (Water Release: Water Severing Wave) one of the fastest and most lethal water Jutsu, and you parried just like that..." and Nanto just says "Another ant joins the fight..."

Then Hokuto notices his attire and says "Urgh... a Shihakusho (Garment of Dead Souls)! That is impossible... he said that they were extinct thanks to that bunny-like alien slut..." but Nanto calm him down by saying "Calm down Hokuto, he isn't a Shinigami you can clearly feel it if you calm down!".

In the meantime, Darui recovered from the attack and once again moved closer to the group "Thanks for your help Zabuza-san... They are much stronger than I thought... Do you have some tips?" and Zabuza replies "Aim for the mask and imbue your sword with as much Chakra as you can... normal attack without Chakra do nothing to them... to make you understand, treat them like your Raikage that is constantly in Lightning Release Chakra Mode without draining his Chakra reserve... And If we can't kill them the only way is to seal them..."

Hearing that Darui's face turns grim and says "Shit! What a monster... And there are two of them here...Atsui! Samui! you two go back and call for the others this isn't a fight we can take alone..." then he turns to Zabuza and says " What do you say Zabuza-san I take the big one, and you deal with the other?".

Hearing him everyone nods and move but just as Atsui and Samui were retreating, Nanto once again uses Sonido to appear in front of them saying "You know... It is bad to turn your back to an enemy..." but just as he was about to attack, Zabuza soundlessly appeared in front of him and attacked with his Kubikiribōchō clad in water Chakra, forcing Nanto to defend once again, giving the twins the chance to retreat and call for reinforcement.

As their blades clash, Nanto says surprised "Oh!... That is Shunpo... Thousands of years passed since I saw one... So you have some connection with those bastards..." and as they keep fighting Zabuza replies "Well I sparred with one that used this technique, and found it really useful, so I asked him to teach it to me...".

As Zabuza and Nanto keep moving at fast speeds, appearing and disappearing all around the battlefield, Darui, looks at the hulking figure of Hokuto and decides to go all out from the start, so he quickly does a series of hand seals, puts his hands forward, and a halo of bright energy spreads around his hands as the Jutsu is activated, then it encircles the user's hand and from that, countless beams are shot out towards the Menos "Ranton: Reizā Sākasu (Storm Release: Laser Circus)!".

Hokuto just looks at the coming beams without moving, and soon he is hit by them causing many small explosions and producing many small holes in Hokuto's body, but in the next instant those holes close soon after like nothing happens, the only hole that remains after Darui's attack is the that Hokuto already had on his chest, but Darui's objective using this Jutsu wasn't to wound Hokuto but to obstruct his sight.

Then Darui want takes advantage of the smokescreen created by his jutsu to use an even more powerful one, but as he was molding his Chakra, Hokuto appeared in front of him with a static noise and says "I got bored of waiting..." and quickly slapped Darui with his huge hand, Darui is able to barely defend himself with his sword, but the slap still broke his sword in half and sent him crashing against a near rock.

Looking at him coughing blood Hokuto asks "Done already? I didn't even start..." and slowly walked toward Darui who was quickly getting up, at the same time, the fight between Zabuza and Nanto is going on, but while some wounds could be seen all around Zabuza's body, while his opponent's body is as good as new, but Nanto didn't notice that Zabuza, was slowly leading him in a more isolated zone of the battlefield.

Once Zabuza reached his destination he finally used his signature Jutsu, the Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hiding in the Mist Technique) and fills the air around them with mist so thick that makes it impossible to see for Nanto, then he quickly uses a mix of Shunpo and Sairento Kiringu (Silent Killing) to appear silently behind him and did a powerful vertical swing with Kubikiribōchō, aiming to slip in half his opponent head.

But at the last moment from Nanto's back a big bone shield grow out and deflected Zabuza's attack, making him hit the opponent's shoulder, cutting off his arm, then after screaming in pain, Nanto turns his head 180° and quickly form a small ball of red Chakra, and the next moment he shoots his Cero at Zabuza, who too invested in his attack was unable to defend himself and took a direct hit, that blast him out of the mist crashing against the shore, with his upper wear destroyed and a nasty burn mark on his chest.

Soon after Nanto walks out of the mist with his cut arm in his hand, he slowly put it back in place, and in a few seconds, the arm is once again, back in place like it was never cut off, then he looked at Zabuza who was slowly getting up and says "Oh... Still alive...even if it wasn't a full power Cero it is admirable that you survived...".

Back to the HQ Shikaku ask "Reinforcement haven't arrived yet!? What is the situation of Darui's Unit!?" and Inoichi replies "It seems that our forces were able to kill 3 Gillians thanks to the efforts of Choza, Asuma, Atsui, Samui, and the others! But the Vasto Lorde are going wild and Zabuza and Darui are unable to defeat them!".

Hearing that A yells "Hurry they need help, If we lose those two our strength will fall even more!" then Tsunade says "We should send the tool that the Uzumaki girl from Baransa created to seal the Hollows...but it won't make it in time..." A stood up and says "Follow me...".