"As long as you're interested in making a deal."
"Na your price."
Kyoshin sounded very generous.
Zabuza imdiately opened his mouth wide like a lion demanding tribute. "I want three hundred million ryo, plus monthly updates about Haku!"
Kyoshin nodded without hesitation. "Deal."
Zabuza, "?"
In truth, Zabuza's psychological expectation had only been one hundred million.
That was already a huge amount, enough for him to live extravagantly for the rest of his life.
He didn't gamble, nor did he have any way to "start a business."
But seeing Kyoshin agree so easily, Zabuza started wondering if he had asked for too little.
At that mont, in front of Zabuza, the tears that had gathered in Haku's eyes finally fell, sliding down his delicate cheeks that looked soft enough to break with a touch.
"Zabuza, you traitor!"
A shrill voice rang out from one side of the bridge.
Gato arrived with a large group of subordinates, glaring viciously at Zabuza through gritted teeth.
"I knew a bastard like you couldn't be trusted!"
"And that useless half-man half-woman freak. If you weren't at least a little useful, I would've thrown you into the sea to feed the fish long ago!"
Hearing that, rage surged through Zabuza's chest. He was about to get three hundred million ryo. Why would he still care about Gato's petty paynt?
"What did you just say?!" Zabuza's killing intent exploded outward. The rows of sharp steel-like teeth in his mouth looked ready to tear through Gato's throat at any second.
Gato snorted coldly and waved his hand.
His lackeys imdiately parted to make way for soone walking out from the crowd.
What drew attention was the pair of ninja swords in the man's hands, both curved downward at the tips, along with the bizarre object strapped to his back.
"Oh?" Zabuza asked mockingly. "Raiga? You're planning to make a move against ?"
Kurosuki Raiga, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsn of the Mist, the second wielder of the Kiba blades.
Raiga looked sowhat unstable in the head. Staring wide-eyed at Zabuza, he sneered, "The genius who slaughtered all his classmates, huh? Pretty rude way to talk to your senior. Looks like I'll be arranging your funeral today."
The users of the Mist Village's ninja swords were all very familiar with each other.
Still, Raiga's seniority really was slightly higher than Zabuza's. Just slightly.
Raiga knew well enough how fearso Zabuza's reputation was. Under normal circumstances, if Zabuza weren't injured, Raiga might have been sowhat wary.
But right now, Zabuza was obviously at the end of his rope, yet he still dared to act arrogant in front of a senior.
Zabuza shifted his gaze away from Raiga and toward Kyoshin.
"You still rember our deal, right?"
At that mont, Kyoshin was thinking, 'Why is Raiga here?'
In the original story, Gato had never hired Raiga. The two of them should have had absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Still, since he was already here, Kyoshin couldn't do much about it.
Raiga's attention was also drawn toward Kyoshin, and he imdiately frowned.
Kyoshin stepped forward two paces and slowly raised his hand.
At the sa ti, a trembling little boy's voice ca from behind Raiga.
"Run."
The next second, Raiga turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.
Gato was completely dumbfounded and shouted, "Where the hell are you going?!"
Raiga's voice drifted back from farther and farther away.
"I'll avenge you another day!"
"Well then..." Zabuza took a step forward and began advancing toward Gato. "What was it you said just now?!"
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[On The Other Side]
Naruto's eyes widened. "Whoa! The enemy instantly beca our friend!"
"Masked big bro, thanks a lot!"
Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura, "..."
Before Zabuza could make his move, Kyoshin spoke first.
"Leave him alive. That's our money."
Zabuza instantly understood what he ant. But his brow twitched.
"You're planning to use Gato's money to pay ?"
Now he understood why Kyoshin had agreed so quickly.
'Isn't this just shalessly freeloading?'
Kyoshin wore a mask, so his expression couldn't be seen, and his tone remained unchanged.
"I know Mr. Zabuza is a man with professional ethics. You'd never rob your employer."
Zabuza, "..."
'Forget it.'
Kyoshin scaring off Raiga had basically saved his life just now.
There was no need to get upset over sothing this minor.
More importantly, he wanted to find Haku a good future.
Of course, the biggest reason was that Zabuza didn't think he could beat Kyoshin.
He didn't know why Raiga had run, but he could tell this person was far from ordinary.
In the Hidden Stone Village, only Onoki could fly.
After all these years, for a second person to appear, it definitely had sothing to do with Onoki.
If not his son or grandson, then at the very least his disciple.
A cautious old fox like Onoki daring to let this kid wander around the ninja world alone ant he absolutely trusted his strength.
Zabuza charged into the crowd, swinging the Kubikiribocho wildly.
Haku followed closely behind him.
Even in poor condition, this was still an elite jonin of the Hidden Mist, a monster who had nearly pushed Kakashi into a dead end.
Against a bunch of samurai and rogue ninja, it was like using a cannon to kill mosquitoes.
Very quickly, Gato's subordinates were wiped out. So died, while others fled in terror.
Seeing this, Naruto excitedly wanted to run over and catch up with Haku, while also sincerely thanking Kyoshin.
But Kakashi stopped him.
"Our mission is only to protect the bridge. Don't cause extra trouble."
Naruto looked disappointed.
anwhile, Sasuke stared fixedly at Kyoshin's back, his fists clenched tightly.
'Why?'
'Why?!'
That guy looked about the sa age as them, yet with a casual gesture he had scared away a jonin on the sa level as their teacher.
How exactly had he trained?
Naturally, Kyoshin had no idea what Sasuke was thinking, nor did he have the ti to care.
This trip had only been for Haku and money. As for reconnecting with the people of Konoha, there would be plenty of opportunities during the Chunin Exams soon enough.
Kyoshin walked over to the tied-up Gato, then frowned.
Even through the mask, he could sll urine.
This scumbag who had terrorized others for so long had literally pissed himself in fear.
When Gato saw Kyoshin approaching, he trembled violently.
"You can't kill ! If you want my money, then you can't kill ! Otherwise you won't get anything!"
That was also one of the reasons Zabuza had never considered robbing Gato himself.
Kyoshin didn't waste words with him. His three-tomoe Sharingan activated, casting a genjutsu.
Gato's expression cald as he muttered blankly, "All my money is hidden in a base near the northern harbor of the Land of Waves."
The next instant...
Gato's head separated from his body and flew high into the air.
"What a powerful genjutsu." Zabuza put away the Kubikiribocho and said to Kyoshin, "Let's go. Before certain people beat us to it."
Not far away, Kakashi and Team Seven, who had been eavesdropping, "..."
What happened next was much simpler.
Kyoshin, Zabuza, and Haku went to retrieve the money.
The total ca to 1.2 billion ryo. After giving Zabuza his promised three hundred million, nine hundred million remained.
Rather than imdiately taking Zabuza away as promised, Kyoshin used those nine hundred million to purchase food, seeds, and farming tools from various places, providing the people of the Land of Waves with several months' worth of food supplies and agricultural resources.
That amount of ti was enough for the Land of Waves to hold out until the crops matured.
In the end, not only did Kyoshin fail to make any money, he actually lost nearly ten million of his own and even had to borrow it from Zabuza.
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