April 20, 60th year of the Konoha calendar, noon, Wangbo Mountain.
Kakashi Hatake was not satisfied with Dazuna's answer, "There is one thing that has always puzzled me. Mr. Dazuna, why did you come all the way to Konoha?"
Dazuna said: "I am a famous bridge builder. I went to your Fire Country to attend a party, and then I walked all the way to Konoha."
Mei Daizi smiled and said: "Then you don't need to spend money to hire ninjas to escort you home. The security of the Fire Country is still good, and as a farmer like you, no one will rob you."
Hatake Kakashi sighed, "You'd better tell the truth. Fortunately, there are only two chuunin here this time. If a jounin comes, even I may not be able to protect you."
"Uh, well..." Dazna hesitated and told the truth, "Because there is a super scary person who wants my life. He is the tycoon of the Shipping Chamber of Commerce, the man named Kado."
"Who?" Haruno Sakura asked.
Uzumaki Naruto asked: "A very powerful ninja?"
"No, he is just an ordinary person, but he has dealings with the underground world and often uses illegal means to help him defeat business opponents." Dazna said, "In short, he is a big evil person."
Hatake Kakashi scratched his head, "Well, why is he causing trouble for you?"
Yamazaki was amused. Hatake Kakashi obviously knew Cardo's background. In this troubled world, if you want to become a rich man, you must have the strength yourself or the forces behind you. Otherwise, you will be killed by wandering ninja bandits and the like.
die.
Dazna said: "He is not causing trouble for me, he wants to take our country of Waves as his own."
Mei Daizi said: "That's nonsense. Although your country of Waves is weak in national power, your daimyo can hire ninjas to hunt him down just by taking a treasure from his collection."
Dazuna sighed: "However, our daimyo cannot control this matter, because the income of the country of Waves has dropped significantly in recent years. In order to maintain the stability of the country, the daimyo has sold all the treasures in exchange for supplies."
"When we find out that Cardo is behind the murder, we in the Country of Waves no longer have the money to hire ninjas to hunt down rich men like Cardo."
"Cado hit our fishing boats and cargo ships with iron ships at sea, leaving us with no way to fish and transport, so we thought of a way to build a bridge to connect to the Land of Fire."
"In this way, we can transport the goods and lead the caravan into the Country of Waves."
"So, the only thing that can save our Country of Waves now is the bridge I built."
"But, Kado kept coming to harass me, so I went to Konoha."
Kakashi Hatake said helplessly: "You don't have enough money to commission an assassination mission, so you commissioned an escort mission."
"Yes." Dazna said, "So if you drop me home and leave, then I'm dead."
"If I die, my lovely eight-year-old granddaughter will definitely cry to death."
"Also, my granddaughter will definitely hate Konoha ninjas for their incompetence in their affairs for the rest of their lives, and then live in hatred."
"Of course, it's not your fault, it's just that I don't have money."
Everyone was speechless, Hatake Kakashi sighed loudly, "It seems that we can only do our best."
"Ah, thank you so much." Dazna cried loudly, but there was not a single tear. It was obvious that he was actually smiling.
"Okay, let's go."
Kakashi Hatake used Earth Release and Earth Release to send the bodies of the two ninjas underground, and then led the team away...
ferry.
When Dazna and his team arrived, a wooden boat was already waiting, the only boat.
"Dazna, why did you come here? I thought you would never come back."
Dazuna said proudly: "How could it be possible, Aono, this is the person I invited back from Konoha."
Yamazaki said: "Don't count us."
Qingye shouted: "Hey, why are there still cows? My boat can't carry cows."
"You don't need to carry me." Mei Daizi patted the Huashang Cow, and it walked to the sea as if it were walking.
Qingye's face turned pale with fright, "Ya, monster!"
"This is a ninja technique." Yamazaki's Hanajinniu also stood on the sea.
"Hey, hey, what's going on? How can you stand on the sea?" Uzumaki Naruto said excitedly, "Kakashi-sensei, can you do it too? Teach me, this is so cool."
"It's really noisy, let's talk about it later." Hatake Kakashi covered his ears and got on the boat...
There is more than a kilometer of sea road between the Kingdom of Waves and the Kingdom of Fire. Although it is not far, it still takes some time to row the boat manually.
But about a third of the way through the journey, it suddenly started to fog.
"Everyone, be careful." Hatake Kakashi stood on the bow of the ship on guard.
"Don't worry, there are a lot of foggy days in the Land of Waves," Aono said.
"There is chakra in the mist, huh? It's coming."
Before Kakashi Hatake finished speaking, a man suddenly appeared on the sea in front of him, emerging from the fog like a phantom.
What followed was huge murderous intent. Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Haruno Sakura could not help but tremble, while Tatsuna and Aono were so scared that they shrank together.
The man covered his face like Hatake Kakashi, but with a bandage. In his hand, he held a large sword more than two meters long, showing his amazing arm strength and chakra.
The front section of the blade has a hollow circular blade, and the rear section has a semicircular retracted blade.
Hatake Kakashi exclaimed: "Decapitating sword! You are Momochi Zabuza!"
Momochi Zabuza said coldly: "Oh, it turns out to be Hatake Kakashi, no wonder they failed."
Hatake Kakashi said: "I can't believe that Cardo can actually invite you."
Momochi Zabuza asked back: "Don't you think that the country of Waves is very suitable to be my ninja?"
Hatake Kakashi asked: "Do you believe that Cardo will not betray you?"
Momochi Zabuza said: "Then he is dead. Even if his distant relative is the wife and concubine of the Fire Country Daimyo, he is still dead."
"I believe you can do it, but why bother?" Momochi Zabuza said, "With your fighting ability, as long as you are willing to return to Kirigakure, Mizukage-sama will definitely accept you."
Momochi Zabu pointed at his own face, "That woman ruined my face, and if someone hadn't helped her, I would have almost killed her. She is too weak, how could I be willing to be beneath her?"
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Hatake Kakashi said: "It seems that there is no discussion, but Mr. Dazuna is the target of my mission. If you want to kill him, you must get through me first."
At this time, the ship's plank suddenly received an attack from below, and the entire ship exploded and scattered.
Through Yamazaki and Meidaiko's induction, Momochi Zabuza's chakra suddenly appeared in the sea.
Another Momochi Zabuza appeared, grabbed the neck of the falling Aono, twisted it hard, and then threw the still breathing Aono towards the attacking Hatake Kakashi.
At the same time, Mochi Zabuza, who was holding a sword, used Water Release: Water Pillar to summon three water pillars from the sea, attacking the falling Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Haruno Sakura, and rushed them into the distance.
"Ninja Technique·Multiple Shadow Clone!"
At the same time as Hatake Kakashi formed the seal, he kicked Aono towards Tatsuna, knocking him away and avoiding Momochi Zabuza's grasp.
Five Hatake Kakashi appeared, one rushed towards the sword-wielding Zabuza Momochi, one rushed towards Tatsuna, and three rushed towards the Momochi Zabuza Oto in front of him, causing Momochi Zabuza Oto to give up the attack again.
Dazna.
Hatake Kakashi's shadow clone took the opportunity to take Tatsuna who had fallen into the water away from the battlefield, and put it on the back of the flower cow that Yamazaki was sitting on. "Help me take a look." He said and disappeared...