Chapter 100 Zabuza Momochi? Instantly Killed Him

"Zabuza Momochi, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist, specializes in Water Release Ninjutsu and assassination techniques. His silent killing technique is highly renowned in the Ninja World. He once attempted to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage, a crazy act, and after failing, he fled the Village to become a rogue Ninja."

"If it's really this guy, our escort mission is probably far from being a simple B-rank."

Kurenai Yuhi's mature and beautiful face lost its smile and became increasingly solemn after hearing the intelligence reported by Ino Yamanaka.

The appearance of a Ninja during a mission already met the B-rank standard.

What's more, the opponent was a rogue Ninja with a bounty of tens of millions.

Being able to assassinate the Fourth Mizukage and successfully escape meant his strength was definitely not weak.

Kurenai Yuhi didn't know how Zabuza Momochi carried out his assassination, whether it was like Kakuzu's assassination of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, but she certainly didn't have the ability to assassinate Hiruzen Sarutobi and escape unscathed.

"Mission canceled."

"This trip is too dangerous; I cannot take the members of the Seventh Team into such peril."

Kurenai Yuhi was very rational and decisively terminated the mission, intending to take the new Seventh Team back to Konoha Village.

As for Tazuna...

Although what he was doing was great and extremely important for the people of the Land of Waves, Kurenai Yuhi valued the safety of Naruto, Hinata, and Ino Yamanaka more.

Tazuna cried out dramatically, "If you abandon the mission, what will I do?"

"The Land of Waves is already a poor small country; even the Daimyo can't produce much money. I can't afford the remuneration for a B-rank or even A-rank mission."

"It's nothing if I die; at most, only my ten-year-old grandson will cry, and my daughter will spend the rest of her life in regret."

Kurenai Yuhi's tone was firm and resolute as she said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Tazuna, but you concealed information first. Now that the mission has undergone unpredictable changes, we can only terminate it."

"If you have any questions, you can raise them with Hokage-sama."

"Perhaps Hokage-sama will dispatch elite Jonin to escort you back to the Land of Waves."

Kurenai Yuhi was unmoved by Tazuna's pathetic act.

If she were easily swayed by such a small trick, she wouldn't be a Ninja who had undergone strict training.

Naruto was a bit stunned.

He also didn't expect the Land of Waves mission to end early.

But thinking rationally, Kurenai Yuhi's decision was completely correct.

"Forget it, I'll have the main body make the trip personally."

"Anyway, I already know the general direction of the Land of Waves."

This Naruto's Shadow Clone first returned to Konoha Village with Kurenai Yuhi and the others, along with the dejected Tazuna, then performed a hand seal to dispel itself, allowing its memories and experiences to return to the main body.

A moment later.

Naruto's main body exited the Underground City in the Water Capital and returned to the Fire Shadow World.

"Land of Waves—Gato—"

"Since that's the case, I'll come find you personally. I hope you've kept my money safe."

Naruto directly unfolded the Shadow Instant Kill Array, covering an area of a hundred kilometers, then determined the direction of the Land of Waves and instantly teleported there.

Repeating this process several times, Naruto successfully crossed the sea and arrived at the island of the Land of Waves.

The houses here were built against trees and by the sea, somewhat resembling a more primitive Water Capital. A partially constructed large bridge spanned the sea, looking quite spectacular.

Naruto stepped on a branch, his hand resting on a tree trunk.

"According to Tazuna, the Land of Waves has no native Ninja, so any place with Ninja must be where Gato and Zabuza Momochi are."

"Since that's the case, it's easy to handle."

Naruto closed his eyes and activated the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, easily covering the entire island.

The small Land of Waves held no secrets under the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.

Soon.

Naruto easily found a place where a large amount of Chakra was gathered.

"Found them!"

Naruto opened his eyes, a smile playing on his lips.

"But before that, I need to disguise myself. Although I'm doing a heroic deed of robbing the rich to help the poor, one should be low-key and make a fortune quietly; that's the true path."

At the same time, in a certain forest in the Land of Waves.

Cylindrical treehouse.

"This lord is the mighty Demon of the Hidden Mist—Zabuza Momochi!!"

No sooner had Zabuza Momochi finished his arrogant boast than a "knight" in Western medieval armor, with his head hidden inside a helmet, instantly appeared in the treehouse, standing beside Haku.

"Zabuza Momochi, Haku, Hidden Mist Ninja, a group of bodyguards, and you must be—Gato, right?"

Naruto's muffled voice came from the helmet's face grille.

He turned his head and scanned the people in the treehouse, finding his target for this trip—Gato.

"You—who are you?"

"Quickly, seize him—no, kill him, kill him!"

Gato naturally knew that the other party meant no good; his keen business intuition even led him to issue a kill order.

"Haku!"

Zabuza Momochi growled.

Haku, wearing a mask, disliked fighting, but he would absolutely obey Zabuza Momochi's command.

Without any hesitation, Haku gripped sharp, pointed senbon between his fingers and swiftly thrust them at Naruto.

However.

Haku's speed was fast, but Naruto's speed was even faster. His palm, completely encased in the [Goblin Slayer] armor gauntlet, extended two fingers and easily caught the needle-like senbon.

"My target is only Gato. As for the rest of you, if you don't want to die quickly—"

Naruto hadn't finished speaking when Zabuza Momochi grabbed his Kubikiribocho and threw it violently at him.

The Kubikiribocho spun rapidly like a shuriken, cutting horizontally towards Naruto.

That's right, even though Haku was within the attack range, Zabuza Momochi didn't hesitate at all.

"You're courting death."

Naruto "teleported" onto Zabuza Momochi's shadow, his palm enveloped in a large amount of bright blue Chakra, and solidly struck Zabuza Momochi, sending him flying out of the wooden house, heavily injured and spitting blood.

Gentle Fist? Eight Trigrams Palm!

Although he didn't have the Byakugan to complement the Hyuga Clan's inherited taijutsu, Naruto, equipped with the [Apperceiving God's Rune of Wisdom], learned Hinata's Gentle Fist techniques after just a few glances.

There was no need to combine it with the Byakugan to see Chakra points and meridians; he directly attacked the body internally.

He didn't even need to deliberately find the location of the organs. With Naruto's incredibly abundant Chakra, one palm strike, whether it caused internal or external injuries, would make them all feel terrible!

"Zabuza—Mr. Zabuza!!"

Haku even abandoned attacking Naruto and completely disregarded Gato's commands; he only cared about Zabuza Momochi.

Even if, for Zabuza Momochi, Haku was nothing more than a tool.

With a "boom," Haku directly burst through the window and left the treehouse, searching for Zabuza Momochi's whereabouts.

"You—all of you, go get him!"

Gato panicked when he saw the strongest Zabuza Momochi instantly killed and Haku "escape," and he ordered the other Hidden Mist Ninja and bodyguards to attack.

"Who kills him for me? I'll give him one million Ryo, no, ten million Ryo!"

Gato screamed hysterically while backing away.

"What's the meaning of this, using my money to put a bounty on my head?"

"And only ten million Ryo? That makes me even angrier."

"Even Zabuza Momochi, the disgrace of a Jonin, has over ten million Ryo. I should at least be around Asuma Sarutobi's level, getting thirty or forty million Ryo."

Naruto "teleported" and suddenly appeared on Gato's shadow, his hand shooting out like lightning, directly gripping Gato's short, thick neck and lifting him up like a little chick.

One should know that even Zabuza Momochi, with his reaction speed of fighting Kakashi Hatake to a standstill with Water Clones, couldn't block Naruto's palm, let alone Gato, an ordinary person lacking training.

Gato's face turned red, and he grabbed Naruto's wrist with both hands, kicking his legs wildly, gasping, "Let—let me go—"

"Tell me how much money you want..."

"How do I know how much money you have? Oh, no, how do I know how much money *I* have?"

"Anyway, all your money is mine."

"Boss!!"

The surrounding bodyguards shouted, unsure whether to attack or not.

"Oh, right, and you guys, clear the area."

Naruto formed a hand seal with one hand, performing none other than Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu!

However, Naruto had leveled up his Water Dragon Bullet Jutsu proficiency to [Master Level], so he no longer needed to perform the forty-four incredibly complex hand seals. Instead, like the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, he only needed to form three seals: "Rat - Rabbit - Tiger," and he could even perform it with one hand.

"Whoosh!"

Centered on Naruto, clear water seeped through the cracks in the wooden floor of the treehouse, forming a circle, then suddenly surged, and with the greatly increased volume of water, it transformed into a lifelike water dragon, baring its fangs and claws, biting towards the bodyguards, Hidden Mist Ninja, and others.

"Boom!" The treehouse doors and windows exploded, and a large amount of water, carrying human figures, rushed out, cascading down like a waterfall.

"Alright, it's much quieter now."

"Confess honestly, where's all my money?"

"The money—the money is in the safe—"

"The safe is in—in—"

Gato trembled, his voice becoming stammering.

"Tell the truth!"

Naruto's eyes widened slightly, and he equipped the [Shinigami] title.

Instantly, the aura of death descended, and Gato even hallucinated, as if the person staring at him from behind the helmet's face mask was truly the Shinigami from the underworld!

Gato shuddered, completely scared to the point of wetting himself.

Naruto frowned, released his hand, and let Gato slump to the ground.

"Take me there."

"Yes, yes, I'll take you to get your money—"

Gato was completely terrified, with no other thoughts, only wanting to give all his money to this Shinigami and get it over with quickly.

A short while later.

Naruto, led by Gato, arrived at Gato's villa in the Land of Waves.

He opened the safe in the basement and found Gato's accumulated wealth from over the years.

"Good heavens, I've struck it rich overnight!"

Naruto looked at the mountain of gold and silver treasures before him, his eyes showing a pair of money symbols, dazzled by the glittering jewels.

All this wealth now belonged to him!

"Kakuzu and Hidan are still toiling away on bounty missions, going to the underground exchange to collect bounties, while I've already achieved financial freedom."

"Indeed, people don't get rich without ill-gotten gains, and horses don't get fat without night grass. How can being a workhorse make money as fast as robbing the rich to help the poor?"

Naruto happily patted Gato's shoulder, very satisfied with his good deed.