A day later, as Zabuza and Zero stepped into the heart of the Land of Fire, Zabuza told Zero, "In the Land of Fire, be careful. If the Leaf Village people find us, it'll be big trouble."
"I will move with you until we reach the Land of Fire's capital."
Zero said, expressionless. Zero was wearing a black army uniform under a black hooded coat, and the other robot soldiers were dressed the same.
Zabuza didn't say anything either. His job was just to get Zero to the Land of Fire's capital. Then he quickly headed to the Land of Fire's capital with Haku, Zero, and four sniper robot soldiers.
"Quick, the ninja behind us are catching up!"
Zabuza urged Zero to hurry. Zabuza hadn't expected to run into Leaf Village ninja so soon after he'd just warned her.
Kisuke, who received Zero's notification, saw the situation and knew that running wouldn't work. The other side had probably already called for backup, and there might be Leaf Village ninja blocking the way ahead. So he immediately told Zabuza, "Zabuza, you hold off that Jonin. I'll take care of the others."
Zabuza heard Kisuke's words and, without thinking why, charged forward with his Kubikiribocho.
The Leaf Village ninja saw the Kubikiribocho and immediately knew who they were chasing. They instantly got ready, yelling, "Zabuza, what are you doing in the Land of Fire? What kind of plot are you up to?"
"Water Style, Hidden Mist Jutsu!"
Zabuza finished his jutsu, and a thick fog spread out. Zabuza also disappeared.
The Leaf Village Jonin quickly stopped running blindly, observed his surroundings, and told the three Genin under him, "I'll hold off Zabuza. You go capture the others."
The Genin exchanged glances, knowing they couldn't refuse, and headed towards Zero's location.
At the same time, Kisuke opened the Core. Seeing he had 528 energy points, and thinking Zero and Chimoku needed to be upgraded, he gave the Core an order, "Upgrade Zero and Chimoku to Level 3."
Instantly, Kisuke's energy points dropped to 128. At this moment, Zero and Chimoku both glowed with psionic energy, psionic lightning jumping around their bodies, looking especially bright.
"Zero upgraded, Chimoku upgraded."
[Name: Zero]
[Type: Sniper Robot Soldier]
[ID: LJ001]
[Level: 3]
[Weapon: D-rank Psionic Sniper Rifle]
[Skills: Sniper Master, Psionic Control]
[Talent: Machine Made, Doesn't Fear Death, Doesn't Feel Pain, Always Loyal. If the Machine Heart isn't broken, the robot soldier won't die. If the robot soldier is destroyed, it can be brought back or rebuilt based on how complete it is.]
[Upgrade Needed: 450 Energy Points]
[Name: Chimoku]
[Type: Gun Robot Soldier]
[ID: LQ001]
[Level: 3]
[Weapon: D-rank Psionic Assault Rifle]
[Skills: Gun Master, Psionic Control]
[Talent: Machine Made, Doesn't Fear Death, Doesn't Feel Pain, Always Loyal. If the Machine Heart isn't broken, the robot soldier won't die. If the robot soldier is destroyed, it can be brought back or rebuilt based on how complete it is.]
[Upgrade Needed: 450 Energy Points]
Kisuke saw Zero's upgrade was complete and told her to test the power of the D-rank sniper rifle.
Zero half-crouched, raised the 1.2-meter-long sniper rifle, and aimed at the Leaf Village Jonin.
As the Leaf Village Jonin was dodging one of Zabuza's slashes, Zero fired a shot at him. The sniper rifle flashed with psionic energy, and a bullet instantly blew apart the upper half of the Leaf Village Jonin's body. At the same time, the other four sniper robot soldiers also fired, and the three ninja instantly died.
Zabuza, raising his Kubikiribocho to cut down the Leaf Village Jonin, saw the Jonin's upper body explode instantly and was stunned.
At first, Zabuza thought Zero was just there to assist him, but then a Jonin was instantly killed. Zabuza looked at Zero in shock.
"Zabuza, the enemies are dealt with. Leave now, before enemy reinforcements arrive."
Zabuza heard Kisuke's voice, looked at Zero, said nothing, keeping his questions to himself, and then, carrying his Kubikiribocho, rushed towards the Land of Fire's capital.
The rest of the journey was much smoother. No ninja found them, and on the third day, Zabuza and Zero successfully reached the capital of the Land of Fire.
Standing in front of the Land of Fire's capital, one could truly understand what a big city was. The Land of Waves' capital could only be called a town. The Land of Fire's capital city walls alone were ten meters high, surrounded by a moat, and 20 samurai stood at the city gate.
It was only upon reaching the Land of Fire that they realized how poor the Land of Waves truly was.
Zabuza led Zero to the headquarters of the shipping company, on a bustling avenue filled with people.
When Zabuza reached the headquarters entrance, the four samurai guards at the door saw him and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Zabuza-san, you're back. Has the boss not returned?"
Zabuza nodded, said nothing, and directly led Zero inside the headquarters. With Zabuza leading people in, the samurai at the door didn't dare to stop them.
Zabuza led Zero all the way to the top floor. Along the way, people kept greeting them. Zabuza just nodded. When they reached the seventh floor, the highest point, there was only one room. Zabuza pointed to this room and told Zero, "This is the boss's office."
Zero walked in, saw no one inside, and went straight to the desk. Kisuke, receiving Zero's message, controlled Zero to go through all the documents on the desk. A moment later, Kisuke finished reading all the documents and told Zabuza, "Send word for all regional managers to come to headquarters for a general meeting."
After Kisuke spoke, he controlled Zero to get a detailed understanding of the shipping company's situation.
...
"What's going on this time? Why a sudden general meeting?"
"I don't know, I didn't get any news this time."
"I hope it's good news."
"I heard the boss's position in the Land of Waves was shaken."
"Shh, that's not something we should be talking about."
"Everyone's here, why isn't the boss here yet?"
As regional managers from all over arrived on the sixth floor for the meeting, they all started discussing why there was a sudden general meeting.
At this moment, the conference room door opened. Zero entered from outside, with Zabuza and Haku behind her. Zero walked straight to the boss's seat, pulled out the chair, and sat down.
Immediately, a manager yelled, "Who are you? Why are you sitting there?"
"Yeah, who are you? Where's the boss? He called this general meeting, where is he?"
Of course, some people saw the problem, thinking that something big had indeed happened. Zabuza was following this woman in. It was well known that even though Zabuza was personally assigned missions by the boss, it didn't mean Zabuza would obediently follow the boss around.
"My name is Zero. From now on, I am the boss of the shipping company. Do you have any problems?"
The regional managers instantly felt that something major had happened. At this point, a chubby manager asked Zero, "Where is Boss Gato now?"
"Gato is where he needs to be. I'm in charge of the company now. Understand?"
The managers looked at each other, unsure how to answer.
Then the chubby manager spoke again, "Even if Gato isn't here, we should choose a boss from among us."
"Exactly, we don't even know who you are."
"Let Gato come out and explain things clearly!"
As the managers spoke over each other, the entire conference room became noisy.
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