Zabuza recalled carefully that his original body had fought with two Konoha Genin.

During the battle, the Uchiha clan's Genin performed extremely well. Their physical skills, ninjutsu, and reactions all surpassed the level of Genin. Their overall strength almost reached the level of Chunin.

The other golden-haired Konoha Genin was also okay, aside from being a little flustered at first, but he soon joined the fight as well.

By the way, the golden-haired boy seemed to be very resistant to blows. He was hit hard and screamed in pain, but he was still alive and well and continued to fight.

At that time, the original body's attention was all on the "Konoha Technician" Hatake Kakashi, and he ignored these abnormalities and didn't pay much attention to them.

Now that Zabuza Momochi recalled carefully, he discovered that the two Genin's behavior was abnormal. They were indeed dangerous people who should not be underestimated.

But, this is still not right.

The two special Konoha Genin are indeed different from others, but together they have not reached the level of Chunin. They are not qualified to be compared with Zabuza, a Jonin. The gap between them and the long-established elite Jonin Kakashi Hatake is even greater.

Why can the two of them get such a high reward, and it seems like one for each of them.

Zabuza Momochi's doubts were so strong that he successfully activated the [System].

Accompanied by the gradually familiar "Ding!", Zabuza concentrated his attention and waited for the follow-up.

[System] indeed answered his question.

[Naruto Uzumaki, the Genin of Konoha, the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki of Konoha Village, the legendary "Child of Destiny", and the current host of Ashura, the second son of the Sage of the Six Paths.]

[Konoha Genin Uchiha Sasuke, the orphan of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Itachi's favorite brother, and the current host of Indra, the eldest son of the Six Paths Sage.]

[Note: defeating them may lead to unpredictable dangers, and there is a very small chance that the Six Paths Sage will appear and retaliate.]

[Special reminder: Konoha ninjas are different. When jonin fight, they use pots and pans, and when genin fight, they destroy the world.]

The new information completely confused Zabuza Momochi, but he also discovered the key information.

Zabuza pretended to be calm and said with disdain: "Tsk, one is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the other is Uchiha Itachi's favorite brother, and both are sons of the Six Paths Sage, tsk!"

"The Third Hokage of Konoha Village is so brave that he even dared to let the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki out of the village, and he was not afraid of being killed."

"Well, although I didn't notice it, there should be an Anbu ninja from Konoha Village following far away, secretly protecting this team."

"With Hatake Kakashi here, even the Fourth Mizukage won't be able to kill them instantly. At least they can hold out until the Anbu ninjas come to support them."

"The second mission is indeed not easy. I have to defeat the 'Konoha Technician' first, and then complete the mission before the Konoha Anbu arrives. Finally, I have to face the revenge of Uchiha Itachi and even the Sage of Six Paths?"

"Six Paths Sage? That's really exaggerated, but His Majesty the Emperor of Heaven doesn't need to say anything, if He says there is, then there is."

Momochi Zabuza suddenly discovered the blind spot: "Wait, the Third Hokage of Konoha Village?"

"It's the 60th year of Konoha now, and Sarutobi Hiruzen is already 65 years old, but he still holds the position of Hokage. What a greedy old man."

Zabuza didn't care about the affairs of Konoha Village. He quickly put the Third Hokage behind him and worried about whether to complete the second mission.

He scratched the messy hair on his head. The reward for the mission was very tempting. Both water-style ninjutsu were incredible techniques, and mastering them would definitely significantly improve his strength.

For the ninjas of the five major ninja villages, mastering a powerful ninjutsu at the Genin stage can greatly enhance their strength.

When you reach the Chunin stage, it is not a matter of a single ninjutsu, but whether the many ninjutsu you have mastered can be effectively combined.

After being promoted to a jonin, learning a few ninjutsu often has no obvious effect.

For example, the "Konoha Technician" Kakashi Hatake, who mastered thousands of ninjutsu by copying the Sharingan, did not significantly improve his strength.

The two task rewards of the [System] can both enhance Zabuza Momochi's strength, which is very rare.

Especially the two water-style ninjutsu awarded as a reward for the second mission, which can effectively improve the strength even if a Kage-level ninja learns them.

After all, it was the water jutsu developed by the Second Hokage.

Zabuza estimated that if he could learn these two techniques, he would be able to become a Kage-level ninja.

The rewards are very tempting, but the problem is that the consequences are also serious.

Putting aside the fact that the Six Paths Sage is a bit illusory, Uchiha Itachi is a very real threat.

This guy should be only 17 years old this year, but he is a real Kage-level ninja. He is also the best among all Kage-level ninjas and can even be ranked in the top ten.

His strength is not just talk, but is accumulated with bloody lives.

In the original time and space, Uchiha Itachi was still a little kid, but in this time and space, he graduated at the age of 7, was promoted to Chunin at the age of 10, and at the age of 13 he single-handedly destroyed his own family.

Zabuza Momochi obtained this information from his original body's memory, and he did not believe the authenticity of this information at all.

In this time and space, the genocide of the Uchiha clan is an indisputable fact. Zabuza could not possibly not believe that fact, but it was too untrue that Uchiha Itachi carried out the genocide alone.

That's the Uchiha clan, the family that gave birth to monsters like Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Yuu. It has a population of over 6,000, nearly 300 ninjas, and more than 30 jonins.

Even in a single battle during the Ninja World War, not all 300+ ninjas would die, not to mention the thousands of regular clan members.

Even if Uchiha Itachi killed one person per second, he would not be able to kill all the Uchiha clan in an hour and a half.

What's more, the intelligence said that when the Uchiha clan was exterminated, there was no major movement in Konoha Village.

Either a large number of ninjas surrounded the Uchiha clan and used a barrier to isolate the inside and outside, or the Uchiha clan members not only did not resist and escape, but instead gathered and lined up, allowing Uchiha Itachi to kill them.

Zabuza Momochi chose to believe the first possibility without hesitation.

Although the story of genocide is fake, Uchiha Itachi's terrifyingness is true.

He must have participated in the Uchiha clan massacre, but was not silenced by Konoha Village. This means that Konoha Village, the largest ninja village in the ninja world, cannot capture a 13-year-old boy.

He was already a Kage-level ninja four years ago. After four years of the fastest growth, how terrifying must the 17-year-old Uchiha Itachi be?

Zabuza felt a chill just thinking about it.

Not to mention his current state, even if he received three rewards and became a true Kage-level ninja, Zabuza knew that he was no match for Uchiha Itachi.

There is no comparison between the two sides at all.

Unless he can complete the third task and successfully practice and master the immortal arts, he will be qualified to compete with this extremely ruthless man.

But forget it this time.

Zabuza was confused for a long time, and suddenly figured it out: "Haha, why am I confused here? I'm not going to live in this world permanently. I'm just here to complete the mission."

"I'm going home after completing my mission. No matter how serious the consequences are, they can't affect me. This is a problem that the unlucky people in this world have to consider."

26-year-old local Zabuza: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

Listen to me, thank you!!

…

Zabuza Momochi drank fish soup every day and his injuries recovered quickly.

He spent more than two weeks training and recuperating from his injuries to improve his strength, and did not care at all about the task assigned to him by Cardo to stop the bridge construction.

In fact, he didn't take it seriously at all.

The situation in the ninja world where Zabuza was located had long since changed. Under the demonstration of Orochimaru, the fourth Hokage of Konoha Village, the ninja class had overthrown the aristocratic class and completely took over the reins.

Apart from the missions issued by their own Kage, the ninjas don't have to bother with any merchants or nobles.

On the contrary, underworld businessmen like Cardo were the direct targets of the ninjas.

Any businessman who does not have the support of a big country can only live in the dark. If a ninja can meet one, he would be very lucky.

Both the Kirigakure ninja and the Konoha ninja would chop off Kado's head without hesitation, plunder all his property, and then split the profit 50-50 with the village.

This is a rare windfall, and you can earn several years' income at one time.

Zabuza Momochi has already made up his mind. After completing the first two tasks, he will chop off Cardo's head and rob his property as compensation for the consequences he suffered as a result of his original body.

Two weeks later, Zabuza Momochi had completely recovered his health and had no flaws in adapting to his new body. His training had also reached a bottleneck and it would be difficult for him to make significant progress in a short period of time.

He said to Shiro, "It's time to seek revenge on Hatake Kakashi."

Bai had recently had many interactions with Uzumaki Naruto while fishing and gathering wild vegetables.

The two had gone fishing together, picked wild vegetables together, and chatted during breaks. Bai liked this sunny boy very much.

So for the first time, Haku, who was infinitely obedient to Zabuza, asked, "Mr. Zabuza, do we have to fight the Konoha ninja? Do we have to complete Cardo's mission?"

Zabuza sneered, "What's Cardo? His mission is bullshit!"

"My current mission is to defeat Hatake Kakashi and the two Konoha Genin. It has nothing to do with Kado."

Bai was surprised to find that Zabuza didn't mention killing, so he asked curiously, "Just defeating, not killing?"

Zabuza nodded: "The mission I received requires defeating and seriously injuring two Genin. If the mission does not require killing, I will not kill."

"That's great, but it's too tiring to challenge a whole ninja team alone. Let me fight with Mr. Zabuza this time."

Shiro smiled, a smile so gentle and sweet that it made Zabuza's heart skip a beat.

He snorted in disguise: "Well, well, don't hold me back."

"Well, don't worry, Mr. Zabuza, Haku is also very strong."

"Help me to contain Konoha's Genin first, so that I can defeat Hatake Kakashi with all my strength."

"Okay, Mr. Zabuza."

…

Two weeks later, the construction of the cross-sea bridge is nearing completion.

The protection provided by the Konoha ninja was very powerful. All the people sent by Cardo to destroy it in the past two weeks were repelled. Not only was the bridge not damaged, but even the construction workers were not injured.

This made the people of Wave Country feel reassured, and with victory just around the corner, everyone was excited, working harder and faster, and the construction speed became faster and faster.

After Dazna fixed a bridge pier, he suddenly found that there was no sea water under his feet. He raised his head and looked around, only to find that he had reached the shore.

He was silent for a while, then he slowly raised his hands while trembling, and shouted with a choked voice: "We are here, we have reached the other side, the bridge is completed, we, we have won!"

The people involved in the construction also cheered and shouted excitedly: "Victory! Victory!"

"Hooray, it worked!"

"No more being controlled by Cardo!"

"Hahahaha, it's ridiculous that a bunch of idiotic pariahs actually think they've won."

With the help of ninjutsu, the wild and evil voice suppressed the cheers of hundreds of people and shocked everyone.

Suddenly, hundreds of armed thugs holding various weapons emerged from the shore. Their leaders were not tall, wearing black suits, round sunglasses, and their heads of white hair exploded backwards.

It was none other than Cardo, a wealthy merchant from the Land of Waves.

Hatake Kakashi sighed: "It turned out to be this bastard. This is going to be troublesome."

Uzumaki Naruto didn't recognize him, so he jumped up and asked, "Asshole, who are you?"

"I'm the president of Cardo Shipping Company." Cardo, leaning on his cane, looked around at the workers from Wave Country, "I think everyone here from Wave Country should know me."

Uzumaki Naruto pointed at Cardo and shouted, "So you are the bad guy Cardo, watch me beat you up!"

But Kakashi grabbed Uzumaki Naruto's fist and threw him behind him.

Naruto was dizzy from the fall, but still asked: "Teacher Kakashi, why did you stop me from beating him?"

But Cardo laughed: "What a stupid ninja, your teacher is protecting you. If you hit me in front of so many people, you will not be a ninja!"

Uzumaki Naruto jumped up, "I'm here to protect Dazna and the bridge, why can't I hit you?"

This time it was Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura who stopped Naruto together. Sasuke explained with a sullen face, "Our mission is to protect Dazna until the bridge is completed. Now that the bridge is built, our mission is over."

Haruno Sakura went on to explain: "When not on a mission, ninjas cannot actively attack ordinary people, otherwise they will be regarded as traitors and hunted down and punished by the Anbu. This is an iron rule in the ninja code."

"Naruto! Do you want to become a rebel ninja of Konoha Village?"

Uzumaki Naruto was dumbfounded. His strength to struggle disappeared, and he murmured, "But, but..."

Cardo laughed triumphantly and said, "Haha, you didn't expect that, right? As long as the bridge is built and your mission is completed, I can do whatever I want."

"But this matter should be blamed on Zabuza, that loser. He boasted loudly but was easily defeated by you."

"The key is that he never came back. I was so angry that I sent my men to stop the bridge construction again and again. I really lost my mind."

"But I, Cardo, managed to calm down. As the smartest person in Wave Country, I immediately thought of a solution to the problem."

Cardo raised his cane, pointed it at Hatake Kakashi, and asked, "Master Jonin of Konoha, are you going to stop me from reclaiming my assets now?"

Kakashi was stunned: "Reclaim your assets? You don't plan to demolish the bridge?"

"That's right!" Cardo said proudly, "I've figured it out. There's no need for me to demolish the bridge. Although I have a shipping company, it would be nice to add a bridge company."

"Through this bridge, I can transport high-value goods with a high transportation time requirement, which can greatly expand my business."

Dazna roared, "Don't even think about it!"

"This is the bridge that everyone and I worked so hard to build. My child even sacrificed his life for this bridge. It does not belong to you, Kado!"

Cardo sneered, "Dazna, you are such an idiot."

"I admit that this bridge belongs to you now, but..."

"Do you owe me a lot of money?"

"You were so poor in the past, and I generously allowed you to continue to owe debts. But now that you have this valuable bridge, shouldn't you give it to me to pay off your debts?"

"Poor fellows, it is only natural that you should pay back your debts!"

"If you don't have money, you should give me this bridge as compensation, and I will generously forgive all your debts."

"Look, am I very generous?"

Cardo's laughter became more and more rampant, and he mocked the hard-working people of the Wave Kingdom unscrupulously.

Dazna was stunned and speechless, not knowing how to respond.

The people behind him were also dejected, feeling that all their hard work had been in vain and even their last hope had been completely shattered.

The three Genin from Konoha Village were also stunned. They didn't know what to say or what to do.

Hatake Kakashi lifted his mask and sighed helplessly.

There is really no way out of this situation. Cardo is the vicious party, but he relies not on force but on loopholes in the rules to force the Konoha ninja to be unable to resist with force.

Seeing that his words left the Konoha ninjas speechless and made the people of the Wave Country cry in despair, Cardo became mad with pride and felt that he really was omnipotent.

This idiot actually thought that there was no point in mocking ordinary people of Wave Country, and turned his attention to the Konoha ninja.

He pointed his cane at the Uzumaki Naruto who was glaring at him, and said disdainfully: "Being a ninja is nothing special. Look at the clothes you are wearing, they are all rubbish. You can only buy two pieces with 300 taels. It is obvious that being a ninja does not make much money."

"Look at the swordsmen behind me. The clothes they wear are worth thousands of taels of silver. The weapons they hold are all specially made fine products, and each one is worth more than ten thousand taels of silver."

"If you can't even earn this little money, it seems that the power of a ninja is just that."

"I am going to take back my property now. If you know what's good for you, just stand by and watch. If you dare to stop me, I will kill you too!"

The ronin behind Cardo were so excited that their blood boiled. They waved their weapons and shouted wildly, as if they could really defeat the ninja.

In fact, both Cardo and the ronin present were country folk who had never seen the power of ninjas.

They are the kings of this remote corner of the Kingdom of Waves, shouting for war and killing all day long, but in fact they are just bullying the honest fishermen and workers.

Another reason why Cardo looked down on ninjas was that when the wandering ninjas he raised heard that they were going to fight with Konoha ninjas, they all slipped away without saying hello.

In addition, since Zabuza never returned, he felt that ninjas were bastards who took money but did not do anything, and that ronin with swords were more reliable.