Chapter 26: Tactical Explosions

Chapter 26: Tactical Explosions

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Chapter 26: Tactical Explosions

"Ahh!" Sakura screamed and dropped to the ground, pulling Tazuna along with her.

Sasuke, who had been busy throwing kunai and shuriken at the real Zabuza, was startled by the sudden explosion and turned to look.

"Naruto, what kind of explosive tag was that?!" He had never seen one that exploded in such a way.

"It didn't just explode; it also burned everything around the area of the detonation," Zabuza said, narrowing his eyes.

Naruto walked out from behind the smoke. "Explosive tag? Ohh! You just gave me an idea!" He recalled a book chapter about Konoha's explosive tags and how to use them efficiently.

"An idea?" Sasuke was getting worried.

"Yes...let's blow him up." Naruto pointed at the Mist ninja.

"Kakashi is there too," Sasuke felt the need to remind him. They were trying to save their teacher, not blow him up.

"Don't worry, the water should protect him." Naruto pulled out a few kunai. What he used before on the clone's sword was a rank 1 Fire Seal. They worked a bit differently in his world, but it was somewhat equivalent to the explosive tags everyone mentioned.

Except his seal was a lot more volatile since it concentrated a large amount of yang energy in a single spot and let it go out of control. This created a fiery explosion with a short radius of effect.

"Let's see..." Naruto placed the seal on the kunai. The metallic surface became red as the yang energy accumulated and grew out of control. He could not waste any time, so he threw the kunai at Zabuza immediately.

Zabuza hurriedly created another water clone between him and Naruto. The newly created clone intercepted the kunai before it exploded.

Zabuza heard something and immediately reacted by making a clone in that direction.

The clone blocked something, but it didn't explode afterward.

"A shuriken?"

A red kunai then came from a completely different direction.

"They tricked me!" Zabuza understood the deceit. They were both hidden, so the black-haired boy was now also throwing weapons at him, but those were not explosive.

'They want to make me waste my remaining chakra.'

He had no time for a clone, so he had to resort to another water technique to stop the kunai. This one was not as effective, and he still felt some of the explosion's effects on him.

"Urggg..."

More weapons came flying at Zabuza from different directions as Naruto and Sasuke moved through the nearby forest that surrounded the lake.

Now the Mist ninja had to do extra work and identify which ones were explosive and which ones he could just block with his free hand without wasting more energy.

Zabuza was having a hard time keeping his breath steady. He also needed to keep his concentration on the Water Prison while tracking all the weapons thrown at him and reacting accordingly.

Eventually...the inevitable happened. His hold on the Water Prison wavered, giving Kakashi a chance to escape. The white-haired ninja was not going to waste this opportunity. His students had worked hard to give him this chance.

The prison exploded, and Zabuza was sent flying into the woods.

Kakashi's Sharingan began to spin. He stared at Zabuza with an impassive expression, but deep inside...he was extremely angry.

"Now it's my turn...Zabuza. And let me tell you something. I never fall for the same trick twice."

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