Chapter 68 Silent Killing: Mist Slash

[Your thoughts are too naive]

Asuma sighed helplessly as he looked at the ultimate Jutsu animation flashing on the screen.

"It seems there's still a gap in raw skill. Well played, Kakashi!"

In the second round, Asuma's Kabuto only managed to secure the first move once, and then Kakashi spent the rest of the match kiting him, never letting him land another skill.

By the third round, Asuma tried to show off with [Hatake Kakashi] in front of Kakashi...

But Kakashi barely took any damage and even activated his ultimate Jutsu to secure the win.

"Good game, good game."

Kakashi was in high spirits, thoroughly enjoying the sparring process.

Especially since it was a pressure-free, bloodless match.

After watching the two finish their match, Zabuza still didn't leave. Instead, he turned to Kakashi and said, "I'd like to play with you too."

"Huh? Sure... let's add each other as friends first."

Kakashi was a bit surprised by Zabuza's challenge but didn't refuse.

In fact, the two had never fought before, even though they were the players with the most online time in the game.

When Kakashi was teaming up with the Anbu for mutual score boosting, Zabuza had just started playing ranked matches.

But back then, Zabuza spent most of his time in casual matches practicing his mechanics.

By the time Zabuza started playing ranked, Kakashi had already finished boosting and reached the Anbu rank, where he had stayed ever since.

As for Zabuza, because he didn't have enough Ninjas to unlock the Jonin rank, he had been stuck.

As a result, the two had never had the chance to face off.

But now, with this challenge, Kakashi felt a surge of excitement, even more so than when he had fought Asuma.

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"Add friends? How do I do that?"

Zabuza said blankly.

He had been playing the game for so long but had never seen the friends interface and had no idea where to add friends.

At this point, Asuma eagerly stepped in to help.

"I'll handle this. I'm very familiar with adding friends."

Zabuza didn't refuse Asuma's enthusiasm and handed over his phone.

Then, Asuma glanced at Zabuza's Ninjas lineup and fell silent.

"Cough... I suddenly forgot where to add friends. How about this, Zabuza, you can use my phone to fight."

Zabuza was taken aback but then thought about the Ninjas Asuma had and nodded, "Okay."

Asuma generously handed over his phone.

Zabuza could clearly feel his hands trembling slightly as he took the phone.

Once he had the phone, Zabuza immediately checked Asuma's Ninjas...

Full collection!

Then, his hands were shaking even more now.

After accepting Kakashi's match invitation, Zabuza didn't hesitate and chose Kakashi as the lead, Haku in the second slot, and Zabuza as the safety net.

Kakashi's lineup was the same as Zabuza's, just in a different order.

At this point, Kurenai whispered to Asuma, "Do you think... Zabuza will use the Ninjas on your phone?"

She had seen everything that had just happened, but Zabuza didn't have those Ninjas, so how could he possibly use them?

Asuma, suddenly realizing the problem, had an epiphany. But it was too late to regret now, as the match had already begun.

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As the match progressed, Zabuza was soon left with only one Ninja.

Admittedly, this was Zabuza's first time using these Ninjas.

He wasn't used to them at all. At first, he couldn't even tell which skill was which.

Meanwhile, Kakashi was giving it his all.

After all, Kakashi was using his most familiar lineup.

Zabuza glanced at Kakashi's second character, [Hatake Kakashi].

Although this was Zabuza's first time using this lineup, he had faced these Ninjas many times in ranked matches.

Because there are many players in the Chunin rank now, and among these players, there are many rich people who own Ninjas like Zabuza and Kakashi.

So, even though Zabuza had no experience using these Ninjas, he was quite familiar with their skills and knew how to counter them.

At the start of the fourth round, Zabuza opened with Water Dragon Bullet Technique to pressure the field.

It missed, so he entered stealth and moved in.

Kakashi, of course, was prepared for Zabuza's stealth.

When he felt the timing was right, he immediately used Raikiri on the wall!

When Raikiri is used against a wall, it creates an electric current behind the user as a wall compensation.

This electric current damages enemies who touch it.

This was one of the small tricks Kakashi had picked up in the Arena.

Besides, if you ask Kakashi when he feels most secure…

He would immediately say: "Reverse Raikiri!"

At that moment, the electric current behind Kakashi's character revealed a figure...

[Momochi Zabuza].

'It hit? Just like that?'

Asuma, who was watching, was stunned.

He finally understood why he always lost to Kakashi.

Putting aside raw skill, just in terms of attention to detail, Kakashi was miles ahead of him.

However, in the next moment, Zabuza immediately substituted out and caught Kakashi during his recovery frames...

Water Prison Technique!

After the water prison appeared, Zabuza entered stealth again, and Kakashi didn't rush to substitute out.

So, Zabuza had to follow up with basic attacks.

1a, 2a...

On the 3a, Kakashi immediately substituted out.

Thanks to Yuto's optimizations, Zabuza's first two basic attacks were faster and smoother, but the 3a still had a significant recovery frame.

Although Kakashi couldn't see Zabuza in stealth, he relied on instinct and substituted out to counterattack!

He started with basic attacks.

However... they missed.

Substituting out automatically places you behind the enemy, so the basic attacks should have had a high chance of hitting.

Kakashi felt something was wrong and immediately used his Ninja Dogs in the opposite direction.

'Could Zabuza have really stopped after the 2a and run away?'

As the Ninja Dogs also missed, Kakashi began to feel a bit panicked.

Zabuza still hadn't come out of stealth.

When Kakashi was using Zabuza, he often complained that the stealth duration was too short.

But now, facing this [Momochi Zabuza]... it felt like he was up against the real thing. The stealth usage was terrifying.

'Could it be... behind me?'

By the time Kakashi realized, he had no skills left.

Even if he knew Zabuza's position now, he had no way to counterattack.

What came next was the decapitating slash of Zabuza's Kubikiribocho.

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After two rounds of exchanges, when Kakashi substituted out for the last time.

[Momochi Zabuza], used by Zabuza, stood in the center of the arena, waiting for Kakashi to attack.

Then...

Silent Killing: Mist Slash.

[It is because I have ambition that I fight here]