Seeing the unsheathed Kunai in Satsuki's hands, and Tazuna who was so frightened by the murderous aura that he collapsed on the ground and soaked his clothes in cold sweat, Kakashi finally realized that something was wrong.
Satsuki's reaction went far beyond the anger he deserved for the lies.
"Wait! Satsuki! What are you going to do?" Kakashi immediately stopped him, "Even if the client deceives us and conceals the mission level, we must not attack the client!"
Tazuna was completely frightened by the sudden murderous intention. He collapsed on the ground and subconsciously blocked his body with his hands, "Wait, wait! I can explain! I really can! Don't kill me!"
However, Satsuki seemed not to have listened to [Kakashi]'s warning and Tazuna's begging for mercy. All her attention was still locked on Tazuna, and she even tightened her grip on Kunai's hand.
At this tense and tense moment——
"Satsuki, put down Kunai."
Naruto's voice sounded from the side, and at the same time, he stretched out his hand and firmly held Satsuki's kunai wrist.
As soon as he finished speaking, Satsuki's tense body relaxed almost subconsciously. The hand holding Kunai obediently relaxed its grip, and with a "clang", Kunai fell to the ground.
Her body, before her mind, had already made the most instinctive response to this familiar sound and touch.
Satsuki turned his head suddenly, the scarlet-colored Sharingan looked at Naruto, his eyes filled with still and completely dissipated anger and a trace of interrupted confusion. But when he looked into Naruto's blue eyes filled with concern and doubt, the terrifying murderous intent quickly dissipated like the ebbing tide, and the blood in his eyes gradually faded, returning to their original pitch blackness.
"What's wrong?" Naruto frowned slightly and looked at Satsuki carefully, "You were in a bad state just now. What happened?"
Satsuki finally realized that she seemed to have failed to suppress the emotions surging deep in her heart just now... The almost paranoid protectiveness and strong possessiveness towards Naruto that she had carefully suppressed under her calm appearance had accidentally leaked out because of Tazuna's deception and possible danger to Naruto.
She quickly restrained all her exposed emotions and lowered her head slightly, letting her black hair cover her slightly panicked eyes, "... It's nothing, I'm fine. I'm just a little angry because this guy almost put all of us in unexpected danger for his own gain."
"That's it." Naruto heard this and showed a reassuring smile. He stretched out his hand very self-consciously and rubbed Satsuki's hair, "It's okay, don't be afraid. If you encounter any danger, I will definitely protect you. Trust me."
Looking at Satsuki who calmed down quickly, and his attitude of showing no resistance to Naruto's touch, showing dependence, and Naruto's self-commitment, Kakashi although he appreciates the behavior of trusting each other and caring for his teammates...
But his intuition told him that Satsuki's reaction just now and Naruto's influence on her seemed a bit... too beyond the norm?
It seems that after this matter is over, we have to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Satsuki and reiterate the rules and bottom line of Genin.
Kakashi silently wrote it down in his heart.
"Then, Mr. Tazuna," Kakashi turned his attention to the client, who was still slumped on the ground, and his tone returned to a business-like attitude.
"As for your behavior of deliberately lying about the mission level and putting my subordinates in danger, I will report it to Lord Hokage truthfully. As for your entrustment, I forgive Team 7 for not accompanying you anymore. We will return to Konoha."
After saying that, Kakashi greeted the three of them and prepared to leave.
"No! Please wait a moment! Don't leave!" Tazuna was completely anxious, crawling on the ground to stop them, "Please! Please continue the mission! If you leave now, not only will I die, but the entire Land of Waves will be destroyed!"
After seeing with his own eyes that the real Ninja came to hunt him down, Dazuna realized very clearly that if the Konoha Ninja protected him, he would never be able to return to the Land of Waves alive alone.
In his original vision, if the lie about the mission level was revealed, he actually prepared a set of rhetoric and tried to carry out moral kidnapping, such as "If I die, my daughter and grandson will resent Konoha for the rest of their lives" and the like...
However, when he thought about the murderous look in [Satsuki's eyes just now, which would tear him to pieces in the next second... he immediately swallowed all those little thoughts back in his stomach. If you say that kind of thing now, I'm afraid you will really die.
In the end, under Naruto's somewhat unexpected gaze, Tazuna gave up all luck and calculations, bowed his head to apologize very sincerely, admitted his mistake, and repeatedly promised that as long as the mission could be completed, he would personally go to Konoha and Hokage to explain the reason clearly, and make up for all the employment fees in accordance with the true B-level or even A-level mission standards.
Kakashi looked at Tazuna, whose attitude had completely changed. He pondered for a moment and finally decided to leave the choice to the students.
After all, for him, he has carried out countless difficult missions. Even if there is another Ninja attack later, he is fully confident that he can handle it. What's more, his academic skills, except for Sakura, are all exceptionally strong.
Unless some big country's 'shadow' comes to intercept in person, or the mysterious [Jin] organization suddenly looks at Tazuna and doesn't like it...
Kakashi considered the worst possibility in his mind, and then rejected the idea himself. However, the probability of that kind of thing happening is basically zero, right? How is it possible?
Finally, it was Naruto who suggested that we should continue to perform this task. His reasons are based on reality. Tazuna has sincerely apologized and promised to make up for the due employment fees.
Then he is willing to give it a try to see if he and his companions are capable of completing such a dangerous mission that truly involves Ninja confrontation. This is also a valuable experience for their growth.
Immediately afterwards, Satsuki showed almost no hesitation and immediately stated that he would obey Naruto's decision.
Although Sakura was still a little scared in his heart, he saw that both Naruto and Satsuki chose to continue, and they also mustered up the courage to express their willingness to follow the team's pace.
In this way, without encountering any moral kidnapping, Naruto allowed the mission to continue as he wished.
After trekking for a few more hours and having a simple lunch with the dry food they carried, the group finally arrived at a seaside pier on the Land of Fire border.
Next, they need to take a boat across the sea to go to Land of Waves overseas. And when Naruto looked at the ship parked at the dock, he once again felt Ninja World's ridiculously crooked technology tree.
On land, we still need horse-drawn carriages for transportation, but at sea, this ship actually runs on electricity? And this motor sound...
He looked at the ship that hummed slightly, showing that it was not relying on sails or manpower, and he couldn't help but complain again.
After successfully arriving at Land of Waves by boat and setting foot on the island country shrouded in thick fog, Kakashi finally found a chance to ask Tazuna the key question. Who were those Kirigakure Ninja who attacked him? And why do you have to cross the sea to hunt him down?
Tazuna began to talk about the dilemma faced by Land of Waves. To put it simply, the root cause lies with a black-hearted businessman named Gato.
According to Tazuna, Gato's huge wealth and violent methods have almost completely blocked all Land of Waves's external maritime transportation routes, completely strangling the economic lifeline of this island country. His purpose is to completely control all maritime traffic and economy of the island country Land of Waves and turn it into his own private territory.
Tazuna himself, for the future of the entire country, is determined to build a large-scale maritime bridge that can connect to the outside world, so as to break the monopoly of Gato and allow Land of Waves to regain its chance. It was precisely because of this move that he offended Gato, which led to his death.
In Tazuna's story full of personal emotions, Gato is portrayed as a.
A black-hearted businessman who uses capital and violence to implement a monopoly - he uses unfair competition and the threat of force to suppress an opponent.
The mastermind behind the hiring of Ninja to assassinate the Patriots – he kills anyone who gets in the way of his plans.
A gangster leader who oppresses civilians and commits all kinds of evil - his men run rampant in Land of Waves, and the surname is miserable.
A treacherous, cold-blooded and despicable villain - he has no credibility or bottom line at all, and only has interests in his eyes.
... Although Tazuna's narrative is mixed with a lot of personal indignation, Naruto knows that the core content of what this guy said is basically true.
A villain like Gato with pure motives and such "simple" badness seems a bit "rare" in Hokage, a world full of complex hatred and fate.
(Take a day off today and update two chapters)
(The fourth update requires three more updates and the author has completed the task)
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