Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Refusal
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Zabuza's face changed abruptly. He looked coldly at a hidden bush not far away and said coldly, "Who is it!!! Come out!!!" But after several breaths, that bush still didn't move at all.
"Hmph!!! Do I have to invite you?!" Zabuza said coldly. His icy black pupils instantly transformed into the scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan, its fresh red ominousness like fresh blood. He stared coldly at that bush.
"Hehe, as expected of the genius ninja of the Uchiha clan who awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, Zabuza-kun's sensory abilities are truly sharp."
Just as Zabuza was about to make a move, a figure suddenly emerged from within that bush, accompanied by a slightly playful laugh.
Hearing this voice, Zabuza's expression didn't change at all. There were quite a few people who knew of his existence and that he had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. Most people in Amegakure knew, so if someone really put in the effort, it wasn't difficult to obtain this information.
He saw the ground beneath the bush begin to stir. Immediately, a figure slowly rose from the ground, wearing a strange and eye-catching black windbreaker with red clouds and a high collar. Two large leaves wrapped around his head slowly opened, revealing a human face inside—half black, half white. It was one of the members of the Akatsuki organization, White Zetsu.
"You are!!!???" Zabuza was slightly startled in his heart seeing the way he appeared, but he wasn't overly surprised. There were countless strange ninjutsu in the ninja world; this wasn't too unusual.
However, when he saw the red cloud windbreaker on Zetsu's body, his eyebrows also furrowed slightly. "Akatsuki?" He was naturally clear about the Akatsuki organization's attire. Not to mention having seen it in anime in his previous life, the three Uchiha brothers he had encountered before were dressed exactly like this.
But what Zabuza didn't know was that a surging wave of shock was rising in Zetsu's heart. You must know that very few people could detect his presence while he was in his Spore Technique state. Even among the Akatsuki organization, not many could detect his movements. That Uchiha Zabuza had discovered him so easily was something he had completely not expected. Originally, he had planned to observe for a bit longer.
Zabuza stood quietly in place, his fierce red Sharingan staring coldly at Zetsu. The three black tomoe in his exposed left eye quickly circled around the black dot. White Zetsu saw Zabuza's eyes, and his vision instantly blurred.
"Not good!! It's genjutsu!!" Black Zetsu's hoarse voice sounded urgently. He rapidly circulated chakra throughout his body. "Release!!" As Black Zetsu's voice sounded, White Zetsu also trembled violently, and his consciousness recovered. Immediately, he looked at Zabuza with a face full of shock.
"To actually make me fall into genjutsu in an instant!! What terrifying dōjutsu*," White Zetsu said with lingering fear. He no longer dared to underestimate Zabuza. The playful expression on his face had long since disappeared. "Don't look directly into his eyes, otherwise, you'll accidentally fall into his genjutsu. Don't you know the Uchiha's ability?" Black Zetsu's heavy voice sounded.
He understood the Uchiha's dōjutsu ability far better than White Zetsu, which was why he was prepared just now and didn't fall for Zabuza's genjutsu.
"So it's one body, two consciousnesses*, huh? No wonder you could break free from my genjutsu. You don't seem human," Zabuza said with a cold laugh, but his heart was also incomparably surprised. He had never seen this kind of being before. He didn't look like a normal person.
"What we are isn't important. What's important is that we didn't come here today to fight you. We just want to invite you to join our organization. Our organization believes you should also know, after all, you've dealt with our organization before," Black Zetsu said, his tone concise and clear.
"I refuse," Zabuza said without the slightest hesitation. "You don't need to answer so quickly. You can reconsider. All the members of our organization are S-rank traitors, the strongest of the strong. And the organization can also provide you with abundant resources. Moreover, Konoha already knows about your existence. It's very likely they will send many ninjas to hunt you down. Although your strength is high, you probably don't want to live constantly being hunted, right? The organization can provide you with sufficient protection," White Zetsu said.
"Oh? There's such a good thing under the heavens? Do you take me for an idiot?" Zabuza said with a cold laugh, his tone filled with mockery.
"That's right, everything I said is true. It's just that after joining the organization, you occasionally need to go on some missions, and when you don't have missions, you are free to act as you wish. As long as you don't leak organizational information, you can do anything you want; no one will control you," Black Zetsu also said.
"I refuse. Although the conditions you mentioned are very good, the more beautiful they are described, the more cruel reality is. Furthermore, I don't have the habit of living under others. You can leave now. Today, my mood is very good, I won't kill you," Zabuza said with a cold laugh.
"Aren't you really going to reconsider? You should know that your fellow Uchiha, Itachi, is also a member of our organization. After joining the organization, you can also communicate with him much more," White Zetsu said, still trying to persuade him relentlessly.
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"It seems you don't understand me very well, do you? Do you know? There are two things I hate the most. One is Konoha, and the other is Uchiha!!!" Zabuza said with a cold laugh. As he said this, a wave of terrifying, oppressive aura suddenly burst forth from Zabuza's body. The terrifying chakra waves instantly swept around. Even the ground began to crack. His fierce red, ominous Sharingan was filled with killing intent as he stared at Zetsu not far away.
"Zabuza!!!!!" Zetsu's body was unstable for a moment. White Zetsu looked at Zabuza in shock. "What terrifying chakra! He's stronger than back then!!!" Black Zetsu's hoarse voice sounded. Zetsu's body leaped back several steps, distancing itself from the spot.
Boom!!!!!! With a loud bang, countless green leaves rustled down from the sky. Zabuza's hand had somehow already condensed a Rasengan. From the Rasengan extended a thin beam of light, a Sharp Light Sword*, which silently pierced the spot where Zetsu had just stood. The ground there was also split in two by the Sharp Light Sword. A perfectly straight fissure appeared on the ground, with no visible bottom.
It was precisely the Rasengan Blade, extremely similar to Uchiha Sasuke's Chidori Sharp Spear* in the original story.
It was a variation of the Rasengan's form change, completely maximizing the sharpness characteristics of the wind nature.
"Your movements are quite agile, aren't they? It seems you were well-prepared," Zabuza said with a cold laugh. The Rasengan Blade also quickly retracted and was absorbed back into the Rasengan.