Finding a suitable companion for Shiro was originally thought to be a troublesome matter, but when Toru Watanabe asked Terumi Meigiri Shinobi whether he had received a request for help from the miko from the Kingdom of Demons, he unexpectedly got something unexpected.
Momochi Zabuza brazenly launched an assassination attempt on the fourth generation Mizukage Yagura during the Hiratsuka Island Chuunin Exam incident.
After the incident, with the death of Yagura and the sealing of the three tails, the Kirin ninja as a whole ushered in a major reshuffle, and there was no reward or punishment for Zabuza's actions.
Today, Zabuza serves as the squad leader of the seventh squad of the Kirigakure ANBU, and has three chuunin members under his command.
This time, in response to the request for help from the Demon Country, the personnel the Kiri Ninja finally decided to send were the entire seventh team where Zabuza was located.
Regarding Toru Watanabe's request to place a team member, Terumi Mei naturally agreed without hesitation.
After the latter communicated with Zabuza, Zabuza did not express any dissatisfaction.
After witnessing the terrifying power of a manager to forcefully seal the Three-Tails up close, Zabuza has a very clear understanding of the level of a manager.
Faced with the request of such a strong man, he naturally agreed honestly and there would be no objections!
Without the encounter in the original plot, Shiro and Zabuza naturally had no idea that there should have been a deep bond between the two.
When he first met Haku, Zabuza defined Haku as a drag character.
Letting a ridiculously beautiful little girl participate in an S-rank mission seemed quite ridiculous to Zabuza.
During Shiro's introduction, Zabuza realized that he was actually a student of the manager. His participation in the mission this time was more about gaining experience along the way.
Zabuza wasn't very surprised about the task of being a nanny, but what really surprised him was that Haku introduced him as a boy!
Well, Zabuza couldn't tell whether Shiro was a boy or a girl no matter how he looked, but since the other party said it, he would believe it for the time being.
As for the first time Shiro saw Zabuza, it was hard for him to fall in love with Zabuza's fierce appearance.
The sensitive Bai could clearly feel the contempt for himself from the other person's eyes, but he couldn't prove anything.
Zabuza's three chunin were two men and one woman. Because they were ANBU, they only told Shiro their code names.
The three chunin are codenamed after the patterns on their masks, namely catfish, seahorse, and jellyfish.
A group of five people, including Bai, quickly set off towards the ghost country in the mission after a short period of repair.
The Kingdom of Ghosts is located between the two countries of Wind and Earth, and can be regarded as a strategic buffer.
Because of the long distance, the team headed by Zabuza kept on walking as fast as possible without stopping except when necessary.
It was obviously Bai's first time to participate in such an arduous long-distance journey, but Bai's perseverance was obviously not as weak as his appearance.
After spending more than a month together day and night, they confirmed Bai's gender and recognized Bai's abilities.
For Shiro, Watanabe Toru pays less attention to him. He usually just listens to the other party's gains through video calls every few days and gives some opinions.
The only one who is really worried about Shiro is Koyuki Chizuru, who is her mother. This is the first time that Shiro has been away from her for such a long time. To say that he is not worried would be a lie.
Of course, no matter how worried she was, Xiaoxue Chizuru was very measured. She rarely asked about Bai's situation, for fear that she would distract Bai and disturb his practice.
Possessing the rare ice escape talent, Bai Zai is practicing, and Xiaoxue Chizuru has not fallen behind, but the latter's talent is obviously much lower than the former.
Now Chizuru Koyuki is mainly responsible for Watanabe Toru's food and daily life when she is not practicing.
As a woman who came from a remote village, Xiaoxue Chizuru knew that she knew very few things.
As Toru Watanabe comes into contact with more and more people, she is also working hard to learn new things and adapt to the new environment.
The words were divided into two parts. After more than a month, when Zabuza and his party arrived in the Demon Country, they found that the situation had completely deteriorated.
Boom!
Accompanied by a violent explosion, a fireball rose into the sky.
The water catfish retreated from the embarrassing smoke, and there were still traces of being burned by the flames all over its body.
"That ghost can't be beaten to death. It seems that this ghost country has been completely blocked!"
The water catfish gasped and shouted.
If he hadn't just used the detonating talisman to blast out a passage just now when he saw that the situation was not going well, I'm afraid he would have to break in even with his strength.
As the smoke from the detonating talisman dissipated, the enemy Shui Catfish had just faced was revealed.
It was a tall and burly statue, and its entire body looked like a stone terracotta warrior made of obsidian.
There were a large number of terracotta warriors, arranged in rows. The remains of some terracotta warriors on the ground that had been destroyed by water catfish were restored to their original appearance at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The cold stone statues that should have been lifeless are now like well-disciplined troops.
Groups of terracotta warriors patrol around, and as soon as a living creature steps into the area around them, these terracotta warriors will immediately launch an attack.
In front of Zabuza's team was a flat plain. As far as the eye could see, there were patrolling figures of soldiers and warriors everywhere on the plain.
Looking at the countless soldiers and puppets blocking the way, everyone in Zabuza's team secretly frowned.
With the unlimited Internet as a contact, Zabuza already knew that their team was the last to arrive.
Like the other ninja village's support team, the first one entered the Kingdom of Demons to join the miko more than half a month ago.
As representatives of the Mist Ninjas, not only were they the last to arrive, they were even blocked outside by a group of inexplicable things.
Kaiba used the water whip to remotely pull over several terracotta warriors.
Zabuza decisively drew his sword and brought it down. Seeing several torn apart warriors starting to fight again, Zabuza couldn't help but feel a little bit in trouble.
Bai saw a team of soldiers rushing toward them, and quickly reminded the others:
"These things seem to be connected to each other, and they are rushing over!"
Jellyfish, the only female among the five, gasped when she saw the black soldiers and puppets rushing towards her.
"Captain, this thing seems to be immortal and still connected to each other. Let's retreat for the time being!"
In the past, because he was always on the road, Zabuza didn't have much communication with the miko of the Demon Country.
Now they had no idea what was going on inside the Kingdom of Demons, and the countless ghosts in front of them were quite troublesome, so Zabuza didn't insist on anything and just took the four of them on a detour.
Even with such things as terracotta warriors, it is unrealistic to completely blockade a country.
Passing through some special terrain, Zabuza and his party quickly moved towards the hinterland of the Kingdom of Demons by bypassing the blockade of soldiers and warriors.
What I saw and heard along the way was simply horrific. Almost all villages, towns and cities were destroyed by warriors and puppets.
As for the original residents, few of them were seen along the way, and not many civilian corpses were found.
I think before the disaster breaks out, the Kingdom of Ghosts must have organized evacuation of people in advance.
Zabuza had no intention of searching for civilians, nor was he too lazy to tangle with the wandering warrior puppets.
On the way, Zabuza took the initiative to contact the miko's employer in the Demon Country for details. At the same time, the group did not dare to rest, so they could only move forward towards the palace where the miko was located.
Fortunately, the Demon Country is not that big. After several days of trekking, Zabuza and his party finally arrived at the shrine maiden's palace.