Land of Waves, a small island country located east of Land of Fire, across the sea from Land of Water.
Trigger from Land of Rice where Sound Ninja Village is, and cross Land of Hot Water to reach this remote and poor place.
Although it is an island, Land of Waves is not far from the mainland. It can even be said to be very close. It only needs to build a bridge to connect the two sides of the strait, allowing the economy and trade to develop rapidly.
But unfortunately, the big businessman Gato, who controls the entire Land of Waves ocean transportation, has repeatedly sabotaged the bridge construction plan for his own interests.
As we all know, as an island country, once water transportation is controlled by outsiders, it is basically equivalent to controlling all the lifeblood of the country.
Relying on the huge profits brought by smuggling and selling contraband, Gato not only hired a large number of ruffians and samurai to suppress those who resisted, but also hired some renegade ninjas to eliminate competitors and achieve their own ulterior motives.
It can be said that the existence of this guy fully proves how evil and bloody capital is in the process of primitive accumulation and expansion.
Looking at the desolate scene around him and the numb expressions on people's faces, Karin couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "This is Land of Waves? It's obviously not affected by the war, but why is it so poor?"
"It's very simple! The income from their labor has basically been deprived by a greedy businessman. By monopolizing shipping, they monopolize the pricing power of goods, sell daily necessities from outside at high prices, and then purchase local goods at low prices and resell them. The huge profits that can be earned from one trip to another are enough to make a person as rich as the enemy." Allen explained meaningfully.
"Huh? Can a businessman do this?" Karin's eyes widened in surprise.
Allen nodded slightly. "Of course! If this Gato has enough vision, he can even use the wealth he earned to recruit rebellious ninjas, establish his own ninja village, and then marry Land of Waves Daimyo's daughter has thus come to the forefront and completed the transformation from businessman to careerist. Unfortunately, his vision is too short-sighted and he does not understand that money is important, but power is the most important thing in troubled times. Otherwise, no matter how much money he makes, he will be just a fattened pig."
"I understand! You want to kill this businessman named Gato, and then seize his property and turn it into funds for our future activities, right?" Karin had a thoughtful expression on his face.
"So, but that's just one of the goals, and it's the least important one."
Allen glanced at the bridge that had not yet started construction, and realized that he might have arrived too early, as Kakashi and his men Team 7 had not arrived yet.
After all, the other party's mission is to escort an ordinary person, which will inevitably consume a lot of time during the journey. In addition, it will be intercepted by Zabuza, and it is estimated that it will take a few days to arrive safely.
Karin undoubtedly noticed this and asked in an uncertain tone, "Then what should we do now? Find a place to stay first?"
"No! Let's go directly to Gato." Allen made the decision without thinking.
A few minutes later, dozens of hooligans and warriors armed with swords and sticks were crowded inside and outside the building of the shipping company's headquarters.
You don't need to ask to know that these people are Gato's subordinates, trying to prevent two strangers of unknown origin from approaching their boss.
But on weekdays, they can only bully ordinary people. How could they be the opponents of ninjas? In less than half a minute, they were knocked to the ground by Karin with their fists.
The lucky ones only had a few broken bones, or fractures in their hands and feet. The unfortunate ones were currently experiencing massive internal bleeding and then painful death.
"You... what do you want to do?" Gato asked with a trembling voice.
He couldn't believe in his wildest dreams that he couldn't even handle two people with so many thugs he spent a lot of money on.
No!
wrong!
Not two!
But one!
From beginning to end, it was only the little girl with long red hair who took action.
The other boy, who looked younger, didn't even lift a finger.
"I heard that you are recruiting ninjas?" Allen looked up and down at this big businessman who was known as one of the best in the ninja world.
"Yes... yes! Are you here to accept employment?"
Realizing that the other party might not be here to kill him, Gato immediately regained his composure.
"Well! If you can offer us a price that satisfies us." A harmless smile appeared on Allen's face again.
However, in the eyes of Gato, this smile was full of threats and intimidation. He gritted his teeth and stretched out two fingers. "I will give each of you two hundred thousand taels per month to protect my safety."
"Two hundred thousand taels? Yes!"
Allen pretended to think for a few seconds and immediately agreed.
You must know that two hundred thousand taels is almost the upper limit of B-Rank Mission compensation, which is not low as a basic salary.
What's more, he didn't come here for money, but for other purposes.
Hearing that these two young ninjas, who looked like children but were extremely powerful, agreed to accept his employment, Gato immediately relaxed. He sat down on the chair and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Since you are here to accept employment, why do you want to hurt my men?"
"Subordinates? You mean the trash outside? Believe me, even a genin who just graduated from the Ninja Academy can easily deal with them. There is no point in raising more trash like this. On the contrary, you should thank us for helping you clean up these trash and avoid wasting money on them." Allen said with naked contempt in his tone.
"Well... what you said seems to make sense." Gato touched his chin with a thoughtful expression.
After all, he saw with his own eyes how these guys who usually bullied civilians were helpless in front of the ninja and were beaten to death.
Moreover, almost all of these people are disabled. If they are fired directly, not only can they save this month's salary, but also a large amount of medical expenses. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.
The conscience of a capitalist is like a bone without any flesh and can only be fed to dogs.
After weighing the pros and cons, Gato decisively threw all the injured, disabled, and dead outside and left them to fend for themselves.
Anyway, these people are not good people. It is estimated that what awaits them next will be the anger and revenge of Land of Waves civilians.
Allen and Karin also took the opportunity to become Gato's bodyguards and began to follow him to get in touch with the daily operations of the entire company, especially the capital flow and real estate. In just a few days, everything was exposed.
Allen even used Hypnosis and illusion to find out clearly the locations where the other party used to hide cash.
Poor Gato still doesn't know that he has already become meat on the chopping board. When he will be put on the chopping board, it all depends on the mood of the two of them...