Chapter 165 Resting in Place
Bang----
The door to the room was pushed open, and a harsh, angry voice came through.
"Hey, Zabuza, your men failed, didn't they? You just took all my money for nothing?!"
Gato was wearing expensive clothes, but they couldn't hide his fat, though he didn't seem to care much.
Having just learned of the failure of the Demon Brothers' mission, Gato was extremely dissatisfied.
He was treating Zabuza to good food and drink, wasn't he just trying to get him to kill Tazuna and his gang who wanted to rebel?
But he did something else, saying that ordinary people were not worthy of his help, and he delegated the tasks he had given him to his subordinates.
You can ask your subordinates to do it, but if they fail, I'll get angry.
Clang—
A gust of wind blew through the enclosed room; it was the wind generated by Zabuza's guillotine sword.
"Shut up, I didn't expect the Demon Brothers to fail."
Zabuza explained coldly, then sheathed his sword and said, "I will take care of things myself from now on. You can leave now."
Gato's expression was as if he had just finished a thesis defense, but he managed to swallow his anger and said, "You'd better hurry up and do it."
He then left and went back to his house, where he started smashing things.
"How dare this lowly ninja point a knife at me?!"
Snap—
He threw the vase on the ground, and shattered ceramic pieces scattered everywhere.
After venting his anger, he gradually calmed down and then called his butler.
"Go and gather all my henchmen back. We have something to do these next few days."
Seeing that Gato had finished venting, the butler quickly bowed to acknowledge him and then slipped out of the mansion to gather Gato's henchmen.
Inside Zabuza's room, a masked figure appeared and stood respectfully beside him.
"Zabuza-sama."
"Hmm, what's wrong?"
"Gato is throwing things over there to vent his frustration."
"It's fine. As long as he pays, he can smash it however he wants."
Zabuza placed his decapitation sword against his shoulder and said in a sinister tone.
"But if he's not going to pay, then I'll show him how sharp my guillotine is."
Zabuza swung his decapitation sword, leaving afterimages, and then ordered Haku to check the information for the next mission.
Haku nodded, then went to look at the most likely location for Tazna.
As Zabuza looked at the Executioner's Blade in his hand, images of Kirigakure reappeared in his mind, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on the blade's hilt.
It should be noted that Zabuza's headband did not have that traitorous ninja's scratch on it.
Time passed quickly, and before they knew it, Naruto and his group arrived at the water's edge.
"Hey, Uncle Tazuna, how do we get across? There aren't any boats here."
Naruto looked at the vast expanse of water, unable to see the other side, and asked curiously.
"Do I have to fly there? But I can't fly."
Kakashi's eyelid twitched. Seriously, it's like they think all the rest of us can fly. Flying is no easy feat for a ninja.
You should know that there are only a handful of people in the ninja world who can fly.
You recent graduates want to fly before you've even learned to run?
"No normal person would see the sea and think about flying towards it, right, Naruto?"
Kakashi squinted at the sea and then spoke to Naruto.
Hinata, who was about to step forward and say something, stopped in her tracks.
"Mr. Tazuna, when will the ship to pick us up arrive?"
Kakashi posed the question to the person who commissioned the mission: if Tazuna doesn't even know how to get back, then there's no point in building the bridge.
Tazna nodded, glanced at the setting sun, and said, "Someone will pick us up tomorrow morning. Let's rest for today."
Because shipping was monopolized by Gato, the Land of Waves was almost cut off from the outside world.
However, just as Tazuna was still working hard, many people in the Land of Waves still yearned for freedom.
Some children in the Land of Waves have never even seen the outside world, having been trapped on this island since childhood.
Child: What's on the other side of the sea?! (꒪Д꒪)
Therefore, when Tazuna decided to go to Konoha to hire ninjas, the last hope of the Land of Waves was placed there.
"Hey, how did he know we'd be arriving tomorrow?"
Naruto asked.
"He didn't know, he just made a round trip every morning during this period, picking up all sorts of people."
Tazuna waved his hand dismissively.
"Alright, let's take a break first."
Kakashi clapped his hands and then signaled everyone to set up camp on the spot.
Then, everyone's eyes were fixed on Naruto, except for Tazuna.
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"Oh, it's my turn to make an appearance."
Naruto nodded, and then, under Tazuna's curious gaze, began to rapidly form hand seals.
"Wood Release: Five Rooms and One Hall Technique!"
The ground began to tremble, and then a large, wooden house sprang up from the ground.
ah?
Unlike Kakashi and the others who had seen Naruto's Wood Release, Tazuna looked at the house that had suddenly appeared with disbelief in his eyes.
No, a house just appeared like that?
What about the house we painstakingly built over a year?!
Tazuna stood there blankly, his eyes seemingly devoid of light.
It was at this moment that Tazuna realized the difference between ninjas and ordinary people wasn't just superficial; a deep sense of loss overwhelmed him...
After all, the Land of Waves itself doesn't have ninjas. In their minds, the existence of ninjas is probably similar to that of samurai.
"Alright, everyone, please come in."
Naruto clapped his hands and then led everyone into the house.
Are all ninjas this terrifying?
Tazuna said in a low voice, and Karin heard him.
"No, there are actually very few ninjas as skilled as you, brother."
Karin kindly explained to the somewhat broken bridge builder.
Sasuke unwrapped the scroll that Karin was carrying, and some pots, pans, and rice came out.
Naruto activated his senses and went to the surrounding woods to find cute and tempting little animals.
Hinata set off with Naruto, and the two chatted as they walked, casually catching a few rabbits along the way.
Suddenly, Naruto stopped in his tracks as he sensed a large figure.
"Hinata, that direction."
Hinata nodded, then activated her Byakugan, and a wave of energy shook the forest.
A creature wrapped in black fur, with jet-black pupils, and a fishy smell emanating from the wild forest.
It seemed to sense Hinata's gaze and turned its enormous, ferocious bear head toward her with a puzzled look.
This is a black bear.
"Oh right, there seems to be a black bear around here."
"Someone went missing here before, and it was later discovered that they had been attacked and eaten by a black bear."
Tazuna sat in the hall of the cabin, thinking about this matter.
He should have said it a long time ago, but he was so shocked by Naruto that he didn't have a chance to say it.
"Black bear?"
Kakashi listened without saying anything, and turned to look at Sasuke and Karin.
"how?"
Sasuke, feeling odd being stared at, asked a question.
Does anyone here know how to cook bear paws?
Kakashi spoke slowly.
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