Zabuza had now decided to buy some Jars. The only thing left was choosing which ones.
"The fate you yearn for is to overthrow the Fourth Mizukage and save your village." Shen Mo wore a smile as he calmly voiced the deepest desire in Zabuza's heart.
"Save it?" Zabuza repeated the word, looking at Shen Mo with an indescribable expression. "How interesting. Everyone thinks I did it for my own ambition."
He had assassinated the Mizukage and launched a coup. Even after being forced to retreat, he had continued preparing for his next counterattack.
Just as Kakashi had said.
Anyone who heard of his past would think he was an extremely wild and unscrupulous man.
Yet Shen Mo said he had done it to save his village.
"My eyes can see through everything. In front of me, all you need to do is face your own fate and desires directly," Shen Mo said meaningfully.
"See through everything?"
In Zabuza's eyes, Shen Mo radiated an aura of unfathomable mystery.
Having one's heart seen through was not a comfortable feeling.
"That's right. You only need to face your heart." Shen Mo glanced at Haku, the smile at the corner of his mouth seeming to widen slightly. "Just like your feelings toward the boy beside you. You claim to regard him merely as a tool, but the feelings in your heart have already surpassed romance and crossed the boundary between life and death—I see an unbreakable bond between the two of you."
"Lord Zabuza..."
Haku widened his eyes and turned to look at Zabuza beside him, seemingly unable to believe it.
"Nonsense! Complete nonsense!" Zabuza was visibly flustered. As if trying to cover it up, he stressed, "Haku is merely my tool, nothing more! A ninja should be cruel and heartless."
"..." Shen