Chapter 170 An Aura of Fear
The door was pushed open again, and then Kado walked in.
"Zabuza, is your mission complete?"
Gato looked at Zabuza, who appeared somewhat disheveled, and asked.
"..."
Zabuza remained silent for a moment, then shook his head.
"That old man hired a group of monsters to escort him; I can't kill them."
Gato's face darkened. He hadn't expected that Zabuza, whom he had hired at great expense, would be so useless.
"Didn't you swear you could take that old bastard Tazuna's head off for me?"
"Lord Zabuza needs to rest, please go back first."
Haku saw that Gato's hand was about to reach Zabuza, so he took the initiative to stop him, and said in a slightly weak tone.
"Go back? Go back?!"
Gato was so angry he laughed.
"Fine, fine, this is my territory, these are the people I hired, and you want me to go back before you've even finished your work?"
"Men, seize those two!"
Gato clapped his hands, and then a dozen or so henchmen wielding long swords walked in and surrounded Zabuza and Haku.
They brandished their swords and, taking advantage of their numbers, charged towards Zabuza and Haku.
"So noisy!"
Zabuza unleashed his full power, and the intimidating aura of a demon completely stunned all the henchmen rushing towards him.
Zabuza raised his head, glanced at the henchmen around him who dared not move forward, and casually used the back of his sword to knock aside the one blocking Gato's way.
"Gato, I will complete your mission."
Zabuza sheathed his sword and spoke to Gato.
Gato's body trembled slightly, then he came to his senses. Although he was very angry, it seemed that he couldn't beat him.
"Remember what you said! If you fail the next mission, you can offer me your head!"
Gato made a harsh statement and then left.
Gato's henchmen then tiptoed away, the last one to leave being the one who had just been swatted away by Gato.
He even thoughtfully closed the door when he left.
"Lord Zabuza, do we really still want to go?"
Bai asked with some concern.
Zabuza remained silent for a moment, then nodded.
"Try again. If it doesn't work, give up on the mission. As for Gato... if he knows what's good for him, let him go. If he doesn't, kill him."
Zabuza wiped his Executioner's Blade and spoke calmly.
Meanwhile, Naruto and the others had arrived at Tazuna's house.
It's a somewhat poor house, and it's morning. A woman is washing vegetables outside.
"Ah, Dad, you're back."
The woman looked up and saw Tazuna's straw hat, realizing that Tazuna had returned.
She quickly came over to help, and Tazuna nodded happily, puffing out his chest.
"Yes, these are the Konoha ninjas who escorted me; they are all my saviors."
Tazuna spoke to Tsunami, who understood and bowed to Naruto and the others, saying, "Thank you for protecting my father."
(The relationship between Tsunami and Tazuna is not explicitly stated, but Kakashi is Inari's stepfather, and Inari is Tazuna's grandson. So, it is set up that Tsunami is Tazuna's daughter-in-law, but her son died, so she remarried Keisha, but Keisha also died.)
"It's alright, it's what we should do."
Kakashi stopped Naruto, who was about to step forward to perform, and said in a calm tone.
"Come in and let's talk, it's a bit cold outside."
Tsuna stepped aside, gesturing for everyone to come in.
"Oh, then you won't be polite."
Naruto was the first to step forward and walk in, followed by Sasuke, Hinata, and Karin.
Kakashi stood outside, gazing into the distance for a long time before shaking his head.
"Mr. Kakashi, what's wrong?"
Dazner stepped forward and asked.
"No, I was just thinking of an old friend."
Kakashi shook his head; the environment here was somewhat similar to Turtle Island in the Hidden Cloud Village.
"Oh, I see."
Tazuna didn't know what to say, after all, he didn't know if the person Kakashi was thinking of was dead or not.
If he was dead, wouldn't it be presumptuous of him to speak up?
"It's alright, let's go."
Kakashi gave a faint smile, but no one could see it because of his mask.
"Uh-huh."
Tazuna and Kakashi walked in together, and as soon as they entered, they saw Naruto and Sasuke renovating the house.
"Sasuke, wipe that window clean, I'm going to replace the roof beam."
Naruto jumped onto the table and directed Sasuke to begin the big cleaning session.
"Naruto, what are you doing?!"
Kakashi's forehead showed a tic-tac-toe mark, and he asked loudly.
It's very embarrassing for your students to act like this.
"Oh, Kakashi-sensei, I just asked Aunt Tsunami, and she agreed to let us renovate her house."
Naruto was replacing the roof beams when he heard Kakashi's voice and said something.
Tazuna nodded stiffly.
Although she had agreed to the children's request, she thought it would be something like sweeping the floor, but she didn't expect it to be about turning the house upside down.
"Forehead..."
Kakashi didn't know what to say. It seemed like Naruto had done something good, but wasn't it a bit inappropriate to just start by destroying someone's house?
"Oh, Naruto is very strong, let's leave it to him."
Tazuna said to Tsunami, after all, he had witnessed Naruto's strength; he was a superhuman who could build a house in a few seconds.
Even if Naruto destroys the house, he can build another one for us, so let him do whatever he wants.
"Hey, what are you doing?!"
A childish voice rang out from the doorway of a room, and a head peeked out, looking warily at Naruto standing on the table.
"Oh, I'm replacing the roof beams for you."
Naruto pulled out a roof beam with one hand, then formed hand seals and obtained a fine piece of wood, inserting it into the original position.
When Inari saw Naruto dismantling the roof beam with one hand, his expression was simply like, "!!!" ∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ.
Is this even human?
"Inari, these older brothers and sisters are here to help Grandpa build the bridge. Once the bridge is finished, we can break through the barrier... Inari! Ah..."
Tazuna originally intended to talk to Ira again, but unexpectedly he simply closed the door.
"I'm sorry, please excuse my poor appearance."
Tazuna said to Naruto and the others, a little embarrassed.
Naruto replaced the roof beam, patted his dusty hands, and said nonchalantly, "It's alright, is this the child?"
Naruto sensed the fear in Ira's eyes and a hint of concern flashed in his own.
"Yes, it's him, my grandson, Yili."
Karin, too, looked at the room where Ina was. Both of them, who possessed emotional perception, could sense the child's fear.
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