Esdeath walked up to the little girl and looked down at the weak and emaciated baby, lowering her head.
"So this is Yuki Haku, the owner of the ice kekkei genkai that Naoki was talking about?" Esdeath muttered as she crouched down and watched the little girl closely.
The little girl also noticed that someone was looking at her, and couldn't help but look at Esdeath. The moment she saw Esdeath, Haku decided that it was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen, which made her feel completely inferior.
But she also found that her older sister's eyes were somewhat similar to her own, and a strange resonance arose in her heart.
"Sister, your eyes are very similar to mine!" Haku couldn't help but mutter.
"Oh? Similar to yours?" Esdeath couldn't help but flinch when she heard that. She looked closely at Haku's bright eyes again. It seemed like she saw something in her eyes that was close and familiar to her.
Esdeath suddenly smiled very tenderly, for the first time such a tender smile appeared on her cold face. Even Naoki had never seen her like this...
"It was fate that brought us together, from now on you can follow me," Esdeath said softly.
She saw loneliness in Haku's eyes. What she saw was loneliness, abandoned by the world. No one could understand this feeling. At that time, Haku gave her such a resonance that made her heart tremble, as if she had finally found her missing piece in this world that was foreign to her.
Esdeath was truly lonely. In her original world, she was a lonely general. She never had a real friend to talk to. When she came to this world, she was completely separated from her world and became even more confused, and felt only loneliness.
This feeling is similar to what Naoki felt when he first came to this world, but he had become accustomed to this world over all the years he had lived here, and no longer felt that loneliness.
At this time, hearing Esdeath's words, Haku's eyes widened, but after a moment, she asked with shame, "Sister, can I? Don't you think I'm useless?"
At such a young age, she is just a wandering orphan of no use. This magnificent sister and she are simply incomparable, and she could not even in her wildest dreams imagine that she was worthy of standing next to her.
"Someone told me that you were special, and now that I've seen you, I'm even more sure of it. I need you," Esdeath said softly, gently stroking Haku's dirty face.
"Do you need me? You're talking about me, is there anyone in this world who needs me?" Hearing Esdeath's words, Haku's eyes suddenly became clouded with mist.
"Come on, I'll take you to wash up and get something to eat," Esdeath picked up Haku and walked with her across the bridge in her arms. Haku lay down in Esdeath's arms and fell asleep peacefully.
However, there was someone who disturbed this harmonious atmosphere.
"Hey, woman, put that baby down!" a rough voice called out.
Esdeath turned around and looked at the ninja who appeared in front of her with a huge sword, whose face was hidden behind a mask.
"Do you want to stop me?" Esdeath asked calmly.
"I need this child. I hope you let her go, otherwise don't blame me for you dying a horrible death!" the shinobi said coldly, emitting a strong murderous aura.
Esdeath looked at him and suddenly smiled, "Momochi Zabuza, known as the Demon of the Hidden Mist, it is said that you have been secretly accumulating power to take revenge on the Land of Water, but now, looking at your strength, I highly doubt that you will be able to succeed."
The ninja with the huge one was none other than Zabuza, and Esdeath had information about this man. Some of it was given to Naoki, and some of it was obtained through the Empire's investigation.
"Who are you? How do you know me?!" Hearing Esdeath's words, Zabuza looked at the woman coldly.
"If you want to know who I am, it's very simple. Surrender to me, and you will naturally find out," Esdeath said with a laugh.
She founded the Empire organization and gathered various members. There are currently about a hundred people in the organization. However, there are no shinobi with sufficient strength among these people. She is the only truly strong person in the organization.
Having met Zabuza this time, Esdeath will not miss the opportunity to recruit him.