Although the other side had many people, they were merely some Chunin and Genin. There wasn't even a single combatant who truly reached the Jonin level, so they were no match for the trio at all.
Three minutes later.
In the field, only Musashi and the other two were still standing.
"Cough cough! Retches!~" Gato, who had been kicked in the lower abdomen by Zabuza, lay on the ground, retching constantly.
It wasn't until his stomach was emptied that he raised his head with a ferocious expression.
"You guys..."
"Such guts~"
"Do you know... do you know who I am?"
"And you... Zabuza!"
"Why betray me?"
Zabuza's expression remained unchanged.
"How to handle him, kill him?"
Musashi said: "Keep Gato for now."
"As for the others..." Musashi looked at the thugs lying on the ground.
Among them were wandering warriors trying to make a living and missing-nin from various villages.
However, as Gato's subordinates, acting as accomplices to the tiger, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they committed all kinds of evil.
He suddenly asked Zabuza: "Can these people be exchanged for money at the Bounty Station?"
Zabuza looked strange: "Except for special ninjas like those with Kekkei Genkai, they probably can't be exchanged for money."
"Is that so."
"Get rid of them all."
Kakashi turned his head in surprise.
He was no stranger to killing, but he didn't expect Musashi to make such a decision.
"Senior Kakashi, don't look at me like that." Musashi smiled: "Keeping these people alive isn't just a simple waste of food."
The scene of the Land of Waves appeared before his eyes.
The dilapidated environment, the miserable people, the streets full of orphans and beggars...
Before this, these people had done unknown amounts of evil and killed unknown numbers of people.
Such people had no necessity to live on.
Remembering the original plot, after Naruto left, these people made a comeback. If Naruto hadn't happened to return, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Of course, he wouldn't let such a situation happen again.
"Zabuza, do it."
"Understood."
Zabuza responded, then stepped forward, wielding the bent Executioner's Blade in his hand.
"No!~"
"Spare me! Spare me! I have a lot of money!"
"I can work for you!~"
"Please, let me go, I have an old... waiting to be fed... a child waiting to be fed at home!~"
"Help!"
The people on the ground looked at Zabuza with a face full of cold killing intent and shouted in horror.
The latter showed no emotion at all.
The Executioner's Blade harvested lives one by one like reaping wheat.
Splurt!
Splurt splurt!!~
Blood sprayed.
The screams and wailing gradually weakened.
Drinking its fill of fresh blood, the damage to the Executioner's Blade slowly repaired automatically.
When the last enemy died, the bend and fist imprint on the blade had disappeared.
After using the Executioner's Blade to flip the corpses into the sea to feed the fish, Zabuza waved his hand, and the blood on the blade was gone, shiny as new.
Putting away the big sword, he walked up to Musashi.
"Do you need anything else from me?"
"Not needed here." Musashi said: "Go do your thing."
"Okay." Zabuza turned around cleanly.
After walking some distance, his voice came from afar.
"Take good care of Haku."
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"Alright, other matters are resolved, only you are left."
Musashi looked down at the shivering Gato.
The other party had been scared out of his wits by the slaughter just now.
"Alright, stop shaking! Do you shake when you kill others?"
Gato looked up at Musashi tremblingly.
"Spare... spare me! Please."
Musashi said: "Reason?"
Gato: "I... I... have a lot of money, right at home."
Seeing the two silent, Gato supported himself to stand up and said: "This money is enough for you to live without worry for several lifetimes. I'll take you there right now."
Then, enduring the pain, he led the way.
Half an hour later.
Gato led the two to a mansion.
Compared to the impoverished and messy overall environment of the Land of Waves, the mansion appeared extremely luxurious. Every decoration appeared noble and high-end.
Precious gold and jade, invaluable treasures, could be seen everywhere.
Passing through several gates, they walked into a hidden underground space.
Musashi casually dealt with several ninjas staying behind to guard.
Gato's body shook even more violently.
Coming to a metal gate, he tremblingly took out a key.
"My lords, my treasures are all here."
"Open it."
Gato turned his back to the two, inserting the key into the lock hole.
Cunning and a trace of viciousness flashed in his eyes.
With the sound of mechanisms turning, a few breaths later, a click came from inside the gate. Gato pushed hard, and the gate slowly opened.
What came into view were piles of jewelry and wealth like small mountains. In the spacious underground space, illuminated by lights, they emitted dazzling brilliance.
Gato turned around and smiled obsequiously: "My lords, this is all my savings in the Land of Waves."
He carefully sized up Kakashi and Musashi but found that the two were not crazy about the huge wealth as expected.
He carefully hid the emotions in his heart and proactively introduced: "My lords, there are not only jewelry and cash here but also some good things I collected."
While speaking, he moved his feet and walked to one side of the room.
Pretending to reach out inadvertently, he suddenly pressed down when passing a wall brick!
Click!
Rumble~
The wall was vibrating.
Lines of chakra lit up on the ground out of thin air, forming a strange circular pattern in the blink of an eye.
Kakashi and Musashi's eyes narrowed.
Staring at the chakra patterns on the ground, they immediately became alert.
"Hahaha~"
Gato laughed maniacally.
"Two lowly ninjas!"
"Actually dare to oppose me!"
"Who gave you the guts!"
"Hahaha, it's too late to run now!"
Hum~
The pattern on the ground suddenly emitted intense light, and chakra surged rapidly as if condensing into substance.
The tyrannical fluctuations made Musashi narrow his eyes too.
The intense light lasted only a few breaths, then extinguished!
A huge black figure appeared on the spot.
"This is..." Musashi and Kakashi's pupils shrank, looking at the figure suddenly appearing in the field.
The comer was bare-chested, skin presenting a dark color.
Tall, nearly two meters, muscles bulging and knotted exaggeratedly all over the body, like a humanoid beast.
"Gato?"
"Calling me suddenly, what's the matter?" The black giant spoke, his voice thick and deep like metal vibrating.
"My Lord!" Gato's attitude was even more respectful than before:
"There is a small matter to trouble you."
"My men are all dead!"
"These two are Konoha ninjas. They took the mission from the lowly people of the Land of Waves, killed my people, and want to rob the treasures I prepared for the Monarch."
"Is that so." The giant looked at Musashi and Kakashi, his gaze like looking at two dead people.
"I have no interest in fights between the weak, but daring to covet the Monarch's wealth, then just go die."