The Naruto fan war has given the Uchiha clan a huge shock.

Chapter 18 Mei Terumi: Stop, Zabuza! If you don't want the Fourth Mizukage to go insane!

Kakashi, on the other side of the Fourth Shinobi World War, scratched the headband covering his left eye. "It seems that while ninjutsu and taijutsu are ineffective, genjutsu can work."

Rewind to the time when Kakashi used the Lightning Blade in the Land of Waves—

Before Naruto could tell Kakashi to stop in the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi had already used Sharingan genjutsu on his other self and Zabuza.

He showed his counterpart in the Land of Waves timeline the scene they least wanted to see—the scene before Rin's death—and stopped less than half a meter away from Haku.

So that Naruto in that world could establish his own ninja way, and also so that Zabuza could face his true feelings about Haku.

Based on his past memories, Kakashi and Zabuza staged a play, manipulating the timeline of the Land of Waves mission.

Bai, on the other hand, acted like a spectator throughout the entire process.

Watching Kakashi use Shadow Clones to transform into her, watching Zabuza shed tears for her, saying that she was not his tool...

"Kakashi Hatake!!!!"

Zabuza roared, enraged and ashamed, believing that Kakashi was behind everything, and swung his sword to strike!

However, his injuries were indeed quite severe; he was already panting heavily after just one slash.

In reality, Kakashi was even more confused than him!

He knew someone had used illusion magic on him, but he didn't know who it was that could weaken his mental defenses through Lin.

Just as the greatsword was about to strike Kakashi—

"Stop! Zabuza!"

A voice that sounded somewhat familiar to Zabuza came from another direction.

Upon hearing the woman's voice, Zabuza was immediately taken aback.

He was quite certain that there shouldn't be anyone else here, and Zabuza's voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Once Zabuza remembered that the voice belonged to Mei Terumi of Kirigakure, he stopped bothering Kakashi and quickly jumped back dozens of meters with Haku, away from the source of the voice!

"Mr. Zabuza?"

"It's Mei Terumi! The Fourth Mizukage's men are here!!"

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How terrifying is the Fourth Mizukage!

Juzo Biwa once told Itachi Uchiha, "If I am captured by the Mizukage, do not hesitate, kill me immediately!"

"Please allow me to buy you some time, Mr. Zabuza!"

Haku stood in front of Zabuza without hesitation, grabbing a senbon needle to prepare for battle against the people sent by the Fourth Mizukage.

But Zabuza didn't leave; he had let go.

If we can't escape, then let's die together.

The fog concealment technique is dispelled, and the fog dissipates...

The assassination squad of the Fourth Mizukage, as envisioned, does not exist; only in a glass mirror-like object does Mei Terumi's figure appear.

"Sasuke-kun?!!"

After the fog dissipated, Sakura saw Uchiha Sasuke lying on the ground.

Sakura, who thought Sasuke was dead, suddenly threw herself on him and burst into tears.

"Sakura," Sasuke whispered weakly, "you're so... heavy..."

Sasuke slowly woke up, and the first thing he did was complain that Sakura was too heavy on top of him.

"Haha! Just how heavy is it?"

One of the ninjas from the Allied Shinobi Forces couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Whoosh—!!"

Something flew past his ear.

"Bang!!!!"

The Ten-Tails split off and slammed heavily into the ground, impossible to pull out!

Konoha's medical ninja, Sakura Haruno, smiled and asked, "What would you like to ask?"

The ninja shook his head frantically, like a rattle-drum, his will to survive couldn't be stronger.

Sure enough! A woman's age and weight are the most taboo topics to discuss!!

"Where's Naruto...?"

After Sasuke woke up, he immediately asked about Naruto's condition.

But before Sakura could tell Naruto and Sasuke that they were still alive, that peculiar voice arrived unexpectedly...

[“Uchiha Sasuke, do you agree with the statement, ‘Uchiha Sasuke is incredibly unlucky to have a friend like Uzumaki Naruto!’”]

"What?"

Sasuke, who had just woken up, was still a little disoriented.

Naruto, who was just happy that Sasuke was still alive, immediately jumped up in anger, "Who's talking nonsense?! Sasuke is not unlucky at all to have a friend like me, Uzumaki Naruto!!!"

Zabuza and Haku also looked over.

This blatant attempt to sow discord, especially against two Konoha genin—whose prank is this?

In short, when Naruto turned around and saw that Sasuke was still alive, he was so happy that tears welled up in his eyes and he almost cried.

Sasuke recalled the words he had said to Naruto, which he considered his last words...

The awkwardness at this moment was no less than that of Zabuza; he was too embarrassed to look at Naruto when he waved and greeted him.

The selector, about the size of a shuriken, landed in the hand that Sasuke had extended to Naruto.

[The red button on the option selector indicates agreement, and the blue button indicates disagreement.]

"—Please make your choice, Uchiha Sasuke."

[Please note that this poll is anonymous.]

Naruto realized that Sasuke almost died because of him holding Sasuke back, or rather, if Haku hadn't shown mercy, Sasuke would have been dead.

Feeling a lingering fear, Naruto jumped over and kept bowing to Sasuke, promising him ingratiatingly that he would never hold him back again.

"But I beat that guy up for you later! Don't be angry anymore, okay, Sasuke~~"

"Who are you calling Sasuke?!" Sasuke's cheeks flushed red with anger, but overall his face remained pale due to his injuries.

Sasuke didn't believe that Naruto had defeated Haku.

"It all comes down to you! Always trying to show off, you completely disregard the caution expected of ninjas!"

"It's clearly you who loves to show off! Suddenly blocking my way at a time like that, saying something about your body moving on its own or something!!"

"Uh!" Recalling what he said back then, Sasuke's face turned bright red. He was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to retort. Naruto had gotten away with it, and Sasuke was so angry that he didn't want to talk.

Sakura, unable to get a word in edgewise, went to help Kakashi, who was running out of chakra.

Gato is dead, and there's no need for them to continue fighting Zabuza.

Kakashi wanted to see if the selector Sasuke had obtained contained any hidden mechanism, but he found that the thing could not leave Sasuke no matter what, as if it had recognized Sasuke as its master.

Zabuza ignored them and instead spoke to Mei Terumi on the other side of the mirror.

Mei Terumi, having witnessed Zabuza's genuine emotions during their conversation, looked at him with a teasing expression, saying, "I never imagined you were this kind of man, Zabuza."

Thinking about how he had fallen under Kakashi's genjutsu, not only did he say those things to Haku, but he also shed tears, Zabuza was on the verge of exploding with shame and anger!

Mei Terumi also knew when to quit while she was ahead, and at this moment she still had to fight against the Ten-Tails' split bodies together with the Allied Shinobi Forces.

Zabuza: "Weren't you ordered by Yagura Karatachi to capture us?"

He could tell that Mei Terumi was fighting someone, but Zabuza had no interest in knowing who his opponent was.

Mei Terumi had to juggle combat and command, leaving her no time to reply to Zabuza. In fact, she was even caught off guard by the Ten-Tails' split entity.

At that moment, another unexpected figure darted out!