Gato is a businessman, the president of a shipping company, but also not an ordinary businessman. Not satisfied with his current wealth, he has set his sights on the Wave Country floating on the sea.
For an island nation, surrounded by the sea and far from the mainland, the sea route is the only means of transportation to the outside world.
Therefore, he used his wealth and violence to control all maritime transportation in the Wave Country. For an island nation like the Wave Country, controlling the maritime lifeline means controlling the country's wealth, politics, and all its people.
Gato's actions naturally led to resistance from the residents of the Wave Country. Just a year ago, a fisherman who claimed to be a hero of the Wave Country even tried to negotiate with him through public opinion, asking him to open up the waterway, which was ridiculous.
In the end, Gato cut off the man's arms and whipped him to death in front of all the people on the island, shattering the spine of the entire Wave Country. From then on, no one in the Wave Country dared to disobey him, and even the Daimyo was just a pet he kept in a cage.
But not long after, a strange outsider came to the Wave Country.
That woman did nothing. As soon as she arrived, she found a group of people and built a manor along the coast. This action startled Gato at the time.
A wealthy outsider came to this poor and miserable country and built a manor large enough to accommodate hundreds of people. Her intentions were obvious.
How could Gato allow anyone else to covet his territory?
Over the past two months, he had sent a large number of rogue Ninja and wandering samurai to assassinate her, but each time they disappeared without a trace, and no news came back.
This also made Gato understand that the other party was a tough nut to crack, so he planned to get serious.
Night, Gato Manor.
A grand carnival is being held.
"Hahaha, today, let us all welcome Mr. Zabuza and Mr. Haku's joining us."
Surrounded by a group of subordinates, Gato laughed wildly, while extending the wine glass in his hand, making a toasting gesture towards Zabuza and Haku sitting aside.
Zabuza's face has no eyebrows, with a head of short black hair, and his lower face and neck are covered with bandages. Even though he has become a rogue Ninja, he still wears the Hidden Mist forehead protector on his head.
And Haku next to him looks much stranger. Although he is a man, his appearance is more feminine, with a head of beautiful black long hair, and feminine clothing, making him look more like a woman.
Looking at the wine glass raised by Gato, Zabuza did not give him this face, with his hands on the sofa, and the Executioner's Blade, which was taller than him, placed next to him, he said with a rather dissatisfied expression.
"Gato, I only accepted your commission. After completing the task, we will naturally leave!"
Zabuza doesn't give Gato face, and Haku naturally won't give Gato face either, sitting aside holding the juice in his hand, drinking it obediently.
'Just a mere rogue Ninja...'
Gato couldn't help but clench the hand holding the glass a little, but he quickly adjusted.
"Is that so? Then let us all wish Mr. Zabuza a smooth completion of the task."
This time, Gato did not raise his glass to Zabuza again, but looked at his subordinates.
"Wish Mr. Zabuza a smooth completion of the task!"
This time there was no cold reception, and many subordinates let out a burst of cheers, making Gato feel much better.
"Humph! What a stupid trick."
Zabuza couldn't help but sneer. He originally planned to leave directly, but after seeing Haku next to him drinking the drink in his hand with a look of surprise, he decided to sit for a while longer.
Just treat it as a reward for the tool.
But while everyone was cheering, no one noticed that on a mountain in the distance, a group of people were secretly observing this place.
"Natsu, besides the four people at the entrance, are there any other guards?"
Uchiha Izumi, holding a long sword, asked the green-haired girl beside her who was using her Byakugan to observe.
After carefully observing, Hyuga Natsu shook her head and said, "There are only those four. It seems they are holding a banquet, so they've gathered everyone together."
"How careless."
Uchiha Izumi suddenly felt a little uninspired. This was the first mission Naruto had given to them, the Uchiha, and she thought it would be difficult, but she didn't expect them to be just a rabble.
"Huh?"
Just as Uchiha Izumi was thinking, Hyuga Natsu suddenly made a soft sound of surprise.
"What's wrong?" Uchiha Izumi asked.
Hyuga Natsu frowned and said, "There are two relatively strong Chakra signatures in the manor, one of which should be quite strong, probably not below Inaho-aniki."
"Oh? I thought they would be a bunch of small fries."
"Are there any other suspicious points?"
Uchiha Izumi was eager to test her strength.
Hyuga Natsu shook her head and said, "No, besides a few gatekeepers, everyone else is in the manor, and there are no abnormalities in the surrounding area."
"Alright, in that case, prepare to move out!"
Uchiha Izumi grasped the long sword in her hand, tied up her loose long hair, and said, "Gato will be kept alive, just control him with the Sharingan. Lord Naruto still needs him."
"As for the rest, leave no one alive!"
After saying that, Uchiha Izumi took the lead in jumping down the hillside, rushing towards Gato Manor as if walking on flat ground on the steep mountain, and behind Uchiha Izumi, ten figures followed closely.
Eleven pairs of scarlet eyes emitted a blood-colored light in the night.
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