Kado: I've Become a Bounty Target?

"Kazeka, your potions are really outrageous..."

Kiba Inuzuka stared at Kazeka, dumbfounded:

"Setting aside the abstract, in a sense, it's truly terrifying!"

"My original intention was just to influence Haku's mindset, even to threaten him into surrendering.

But I didn't expect Haku to actually accept this gender..."

Kazeka also fell into some self-doubt:

"It seems this world is to blame!"

"Kazeka, I need to ask you something..."

Although a surge of adrenaline had made Sasuke agree to undergo experiments in Kazeka's laboratory, after Naruto's reminder and the scene before him, Sasuke felt a lingering sense of dread:

"For your future experiments on me, you don't have any gender-swapping experiments, do you?

Also, I heard before that you replaced someone's crotch with an Infant Monster, you're not going to do that to me too, are you?"

"Don't worry..."

Kazeka soothed Sasuke:

"That gender potion was a failed product, and as for that Infant Monster, I deliberately punished that idiot who tried to take advantage of me.

I've already passed the stage of crude experiments involving randomly swapping parts on people. My current experiments are much more efficient!"

While Kazeka was explaining and Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief, Zabuza was currently troubled by Haku.

By completing Gato's mission, he obtained startup capital.

Then, he would expand his influence, find an opportunity to take revenge on Kirigakure, and bring a better future to the people of Kirigakure.

This had become Zabuza's obsession.

However, seeing Kakashi's reinforcements arrive, he also had thoughts of retreating.

What he didn't expect, however, was that after a battle, Haku's mindset and even his personality had changed!

After a few probing questions, he discovered that Haku had become ridiculously deranged!

When he was with Haku before, he felt that Haku's gaze towards him was off, but since they were both male, he hadn't paid much attention.

It wasn't until now, with Kazeka's potion, that he realized how infatuated Haku had become with him!

"I treated you as a subordinate, and you want to climb into my bed!"

"Kid, do you have a way to turn Haku back to normal?"

After creating distance from Kakashi and taking another look at Haku, Zabuza's gaze fell on Kazeka.

He did want to complete Gato's mission, but comparatively, turning Haku back to normal was much more important.

"I do have a way to turn Haku back into a male, but it will require a lot of surgery, and Haku's cooperation is also very important..."

Kazeka didn't refuse, after all, cooperation in surgery meant that a large number of experiments could be conducted on Haku afterward.

And ninjas with Kekkei Genkai were very precious materials.

As for whether Haku was willing or not, that was Zabuza's problem to worry about!

"Alright, based on your word, this deal, I..."

"Zabuza, what are you doing!"

Before Zabuza could finish speaking, Gato finally arrived with a horde of Rogue Ninjas.

Glancing at the devastated scene and at Tazuna, unharmed under Sakura and Hinata's protection, he became furious:

"I sent you here to kill Tazuna, not to just throw a few ninjutsu around.

Look at you, are you worthy of the money I paid you!"

"The opponents are Konoha ninjas, and there are quite a few of them..."

Zabuza was not a man of many words. Facing the current situation, he was about to refuse Gato's mission face-to-face:

"This mission..."

"I don't care who they are! You accepted the mission, so you damn well better carry it out!

I'll give you another half hour, hurry up and eliminate everyone in front of you!"

At this moment, Gato had become a gambler. If he killed everyone here and cleaned up the mess, he believed Konoha could do nothing.

His eyes were sinister, and his words were like a poisonous snake:

"If you dare to disobey me, I will retaliate madly.

I will spread the word of your insubordination in the black market and ruin your reputation among Rogue Ninjas.

I will make it so you can never recover in this line of work!"

Zabuza was a rogue ninja, and without missions from his village, the black market was crucial.

The black market, in particular, valued credibility, even more so than missions between ninja villages in some respects!

Being unable to establish himself in the black market or among rogue ninjas would be a terrifying blow to Zabuza!

If things were normal, that would indeed be the case!

Seeing Zabuza's eyes suddenly fill with killing intent, Gato felt a chill run down his spine.

Gato's stupidity had reached unprecedented levels. He had thought of many things, but the one thing he hadn't considered was that Zabuza possessed the strength to flip the table.

As long as Zabuza personally eliminated Gato's forces, while there would be some impact, it would be far less dangerous than Gato fully targeting him!

And, more crucially, Kazeka had also played a part in this!

"Ah, Gato, right? You said you hired Zabuza, but the payment was supposed to be upon completion, wasn't it?

However, there's a problem here," Kazeka looked at Gato with a sly grin on his face.

"When I arrived earlier, I passed by your stronghold and happened to see four rogue ninjas trying to sneak away.

After a little inquiry, I discovered that your stronghold seems to have been visited by a certain vigilant thief.

He stole all your assets, not even sparing deeds, contracts, or anything else.

So, it seems you won't have the payment for Zabuza right now. Your mission agreement is essentially a unilateral breach of contract on your part!"

"You think you can scare me by just making up a few lies, you fool!"

Gato didn't believe Kazeka at all.

"I've set up a lot of sealing traps at the main base, and the few people left behind regularly send us updates..."

Gato looked at a rogue ninja beside him, about to mock Kazeka further, but noticed the man's grim expression!

And the man's words also made Gato's expression tense.

"Lord Gato, the four people responsible for guarding the main base haven't been in contact for a while.

Nothing had happened before, so I became lax, and only now have I realized..."

Hearing his subordinate's words, Gato genuinely started to panic.

It was precisely because his cash flow had been cut off and he didn't have much money left that he had thought of seizing the Land of Waves to recover some funds!

He was confident he could handle a heavily injured Zabuza and Haku, but facing a fully recovered Zabuza and Haku, his confidence waned.

And then there was the Konoha ninja, whose strength was no less than Zabuza's...

"Don't worry, we in Konoha are a place full of justice and peace. We won't harm someone like you who has the public identity of a merchant, but..."

Seeing Gato's slightly relaxed expression, Kazeka said with a sinister grin.

"I just saw a bounty assassination mission on the black market. The target of the mission seems to be you!"

Gato: "..."