Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"Hmm, I thought it was an assassination attempt targeting me, but judging from their actions, it's aimed at you, Mr. Client?" Naruto turned his head to look at the stunned Tazuna.

"I..." Tazna opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"A C-rank mission doesn't involve facing ninjas, Mr. Client. You lied about the mission's rank!" The supposedly dead Kakashi reappeared behind Tazuna, his tone extremely unfriendly.

If the client lies about the mission level, it will kill the ninja who accepts the mission.

Logically speaking, Chunin leading Genin should also be able to accept C-rank escort missions.

If an ordinary Chunin or Genin were to encounter an assassination attempt by a ninja, unexpected events could occur.

If they encounter a highly skilled ninja, even a Jonin might perish.

Jonin are the strongest force in every ninja village.

If placed in a smaller ninja village, that would already be considered one of the top fighting forces.

Therefore, every ninja village despises clients who lie about the mission's level.

"Private Marseille!" Tazna knelt down without hesitation, apologizing in the standard dogeza (vertical kowtow) posture.

Then he explained his reasons: building a bridge was the fervent hope of the people of the Land of Waves, but the Land of Waves was extremely poor due to Gato's exploitation, and he, a bridge-building master, didn't even have the money to pay for a B-rank mission.

Moreover, because of Konoha's good reputation, he specifically chose Konoha.

Kakashi gave him a deep look. Was this guy trying to use Konoha's reputation to help him?

This seasoned ninja saw through Tazuna's plan at a glance.

"What do you guys think?" Kakashi looked at Naruto and the others, the key was whether Naruto and the others were willing to continue.

For Kakashi, it didn't matter whether he continued or not; taking on missions was just for training Naruto and the others.

“Let’s keep going. Sooner or later we’ll have to fight against ninjas from other countries. It’s just a matter of sooner or later,” Naruto said, waving his hand.

Sasuke and Hinata nodded slightly upon hearing Naruto's words. Since Naruto had spoken, they would definitely support his decision.

Moreover, given their strength, unless several Kage-level figures intervene to target them, they fear no one.

“In that case, let’s continue,” Kakashi nodded and said.

Tazuna once again bowed deeply to the crowd in a dogeza (prostration) gesture to express his gratitude.

Inside a small house somewhere in the Land of Waves.

Zabuza, wielding his Executioner's Blade, stared at the approaching figure with a grim expression.

"Kurosuki Raiga, what are you doing here?"

Holding the lightning sword "Kiba," Raiga Kurosuki revealed a sinister smile and said, "Oh dear, why are you treating us like enemies? Zabuza, we are, after all, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist."

"Hmph!" Zabuza snorted disdainfully, clearly looking down on the person opposite him.

"I really want to give you a grand funeral," Raiga Kurosuki said, squinting at Zabuza.

"You can try." Zabuza raised his Executioner's Blade and pointed it at Raiga Kurosuki, his tone filled with murderous intent!

Chapter 37 Assassination

As the tip of the thunder blade in Kurozu Raiya's hand began to generate wisps of electricity, the atmosphere inside the room grew increasingly tense, as if it could erupt at any moment.

"Never mind, I'll come find you after the mission is over," said Raiga Kurozuki, putting down his weapon.

“Mr. Kado offered a generous reward, so I accepted the mission,” said Raiga Kurosuki, explaining his reason for coming.

Unlike Zabuza, who was all alone, he had subordinates and needed to bring them along for meals.

"That guy, Gato, I accepted the mission, and he still dared to invite others." Zabuza's tone was very dissatisfied.

“Others have money,” Raiga Kurosugi said matter-of-factly.

Zabuza remained silent.

This is indeed the truth.

Money makes the world go round, making things easier for ninjas.

"Hmph, if you delay my assassination, I will kill you anyway!" Zabuza looked at Raiga Kurosuki, his tone filled with undisguised killing intent.

"Heh, I hope you can complete this mission. I'm still waiting to hold your funeral." Kurosuki Raiga retorted defiantly.

After saying that, Raiga Kurosuki led his men away from Zabuza's residence.

Zabuza narrowed his eyes as he looked at the bulging clothes on Raiga Kurosugi's back.

He remembered that Kurozu Raiga wasn't hunchbacked.

“Lord Zabuza, they…” Haku walked over and said, watching the departing figures of Raiga Kurosuki and the others.

"He's just a lucky brat who stole the Lightning Blade. If I didn't have a mission to complete, I would have killed him already." Zabuza was very disdainful of Raiga Kurosuki. Every successor to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist either challenged the previous one to kill and take the sword, or they were strong enough to gain enough merit to obtain it.

Raiga Kurosuki defected to the Land of Water because he stole the Raito sword, so Zabuza naturally looked down on him.

"Should we kill him beforehand?" Bai asked, frowning slightly.

“No need. If he wants to take on a mission, let them scout out who’s coming from Konoha first. They even took down the Demon Brothers, so it seems like a Jonin-level ninja has arrived.” Zabuza casually put his Executioner’s Blade aside and said.

"Yes," Bai said in a low voice.

Naruto and his group have arrived in the Land of Waves by ship.

The Land of Waves is an island, and the fog is very thick near the sea, which is why the boatmen dared to secretly transport them in.

Kado's rule over the Land of Waves has impoverished the villagers, and everyone wants to overthrow his rule, but none of them have the courage.

Upon entering the forest, Hinata immediately activated her Byakugan to check if anyone was lying in ambush.

With the White Eyes active, there's almost no chance of being ambushed.

This is also a clever use of rolling your eyes.

"Huh?" Hinata exclaimed softly.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked Hinata, and even Sasuke and Kakashi turned to look at him.

“A lot of people!” Hinata frowned slightly. “I saw a lot of people with flowing chakra! There were probably more than twenty of them.”

"Could Gato have gathered so many ninjas?" Sasuke asked, frowning slightly.

Naruto narrowed his eyes, suspecting that these people were after his identity.

Even in Konoha, someone dared to assassinate him directly, let alone outside the village.

Naruto had already prepared himself for assassination attempts by various countries.

With his right hand raised in a sword-like gesture, a gentle breeze quickly spread into the forest.

"Only nine people!" Naruto concluded after receiving a report from Breeze.

"How is this possible?" Hinata exclaimed in surprise, as this was completely different from what she had seen.

This is the first time this has happened.

The Byakugan is arguably the strongest eye technique for reconnaissance in the entire ninja world.

I've never heard of anyone making a mistake by rolling their eyes.

If the Byakugan has this problem, then no one will believe in its abilities anymore.

The Hyuga clan's status will plummet.

"Perhaps she used some kind of secret technique to evade my wind barrier," Naruto said, shaking his head slightly to comfort Hinata.

"Kakashi-sensei, what should we do now?" Naruto asked Kakashi.

"Mr. Tazuna, is there another way to get to your house?" Kakashi turned to Tazuna and asked.

“Besides this small path, we can only take the main road, but if we take the main road, Gato will find out that I brought ninjas here,” Tazuna said.

“You think he doesn’t know now?” Sasuke said, raising an eyebrow.

“Uh…” Tazuna broke out in a sweat. He was a little scared. The fear that Gato had left in the hearts of the people of the Land of Waves was too deep.

He harbored thoughts of rebelling against Kado, but his fear did not diminish.

“Then there’s no need to go through the dense forest. If we take the main road, we can see at a glance how many people are on the other side,” Kakashi said, making his judgment.

Since the two sensory ninjas in our team are having issues with their intelligence, there's no need to walk into the trap they've set.

Let's take a different approach and just fight it out on the main road.

With their team's composition and strength, even a Kage-level opponent is not unkillable.

Can Kado really get a Kage-level character to come out?

Kakashi didn't believe it.

Movie-level films aren't that cheap.

The group then turned and walked towards the main road.

Hinata kept her Byakugan active, staring at the group of people in the dense forest.

Her expression turned somewhat grave: "They moved as well, and it seems they're heading to the same destination as us."

Kakashi frowned and said, "It seems they also have sensory ninjas who can detect our location."

Having sensory ninjas is a huge advantage in dense forests, but their effectiveness is greatly reduced on open roads with wide visibility.

The group returned to the main road.

It was called a main road, but it was really just a stone-paved road that could only pass two oxcarts.

The Land of Waves is indeed quite poor.

Perhaps knowing that hiding on the main road would be useless, the enemy made no attempt to conceal themselves and appeared before them.

There were eight people on the other side, who picked up their weapons and looked at them with grim expressions.

"Why are there eight people?" Sasuke asked, taking out a kunai.

This number is incorrect, as it is the same number Naruto and Hinata mentioned.

"There's another one on the back of the leader, covered by clothes," Naruto said softly.

Although it was covered by clothes, breathing and temperature were still present and could not escape the detection of the breeze.

"Strange, the only chakra we can see now is from those nine people." Hinata's brows furrowed deeply; this was the first time she had ever seen anything like this.

What's wrong with the way she rolls her eyes?

"There's no need to think so much. Once we defeat them, we can get the information out of them," Naruto said calmly.

Before he could finish speaking, Naruto had already rushed over at an incredible speed.

Sasuke and Hinata quickly followed.

Kakashi was left with a black line on his face, seemingly feeling a bit superfluous.

The client can't be left unprotected!

However, Naruto and his two companions had already charged forward, leaving him, the Jonin leading the team, to stay behind and protect the client.

Chapter 38 It’s too late

Raiga Kurosuki and his henchmen had planned to ambush Naruto and his group in the dense forest.

But for some reason, they seemed to know that someone was lying in ambush in the dense forest, and suddenly chose another path outside the forest.

However, what they didn't know was that Raiga Kurosuki was also a sensory ninja.

Hearing the voices from behind, Raiga Kurosuki quickly led his men to follow the footsteps of the people from Konoha and rushed to the main road to snipe them.

As soon as they met, Raiga Kurosuki felt confident that he had the upper hand.

The Konoha ninja on the other side consisted of one big guy and three smaller ones, a typical group of newly graduated ninjas.

This kind of noob group is his favorite to encounter because he can hold a funeral for them.

Just as Raiga Kurosuki was about to utter a few harsh words, following the usual rules of the ninja world, the Konoha ninjas on the other side rushed over.

And it's very fast!

Even he could only see a blurry shadow.