Arriving at the Land of Waves

"Hmm, we've arrived."

Looking at the bustling pier and the crowded giant ships, Yun Xi felt a surge of excitement.

This was the most important link in his early-stage planning.

It was also the primary purpose of his trip out of the village this time.

In truth, the reason Yun Xi chose the Land of Waves as his target was simple.

He intended to come to the Land of Waves to make money, and as it happened, there was a massive tycoon there—Gato.

He was the first minor villain to appear in the original story, the shipping magnate Gato.

Moreover, such a wealthy man wasn't even a ninja; his own strength was practically zero.

He merely hired a few rogue ninjas as bodyguards.

The strength of these rogue ninjas was not even worth mentioning in front of Yun Xi.

This was the fundamental reason why Yun Xi had targeted Gato.

"Brother Yun Xi, why are we here in the Land of Waves?"

Because the Land of Waves was near the sea and the climate was humid, Karin, who was in such an environment for the first time, didn't seem to have adapted.

She tilted her head to look at Yun Xi while fanning herself to cool down...

"To make money!"

Faced with Karin's question, Yun Xi did not hide anything.

He told Karin his plan directly.

"Oh..."

Although Karin didn't understand why Yun Xi liked money so much.

But whatever Yun Xi decided, Karin would unconditionally support, even at any cost!

"Let's go, let's head inside."

After surveying the general environment of the Land of Waves, Yun Xi led Karin into the country.

Because the Land of Waves was an island nation, there were almost no ninjas.

Plus, since Yun Xi and Karin were just children, they didn't attract anyone's attention upon entering.

Once they were inside the Land of Waves, both Karin and Yun Xi were somewhat surprised.

They hadn't expected the Land of Waves, under Gato's control, to be so impoverished.

The roads were in shambles, and the residents were numb.

Most of the houses along the street were wooden, and aside from Gato's headquarters in the distance, the entire Land of Waves looked like a massive slum...

The dilapidated environment inside the Land of Waves formed a stark contrast to the busy scene they had seen before entering.

"This..."

Looking at the villagers of the Land of Waves, who wore ragged clothes and had numb expressions, Karin, standing to the side, was speechless.

She was very curious if Yun Xi had chosen the wrong place.

How could there possibly be money in a place like this!

"We didn't come to the wrong place; the wealth gap in this country is shockingly large..."

Seeing the puzzled expression on Karin's face, Yun Xi understood what she was thinking.

In fact, Yun Xi had already prepared himself mentally before coming.

After all, having read the original story, Yun Xi naturally understood that the civilians living in the Land of Waves had a very hard life.

Even when they intended to send Mr. Tazuna to Konoha to hire ninjas, they had to lie about the situation.

However, after arriving here, the reality of the situation still took Yun Xi by surprise.

The Land of Waves was a country from the original story, and also the home of the client for whom Naruto and his team performed their first high-level mission.

Yun Xi still had some impressions of this country.

It had no ninjas and a very small land area.

The nation's wealth and maritime transport were all controlled by Gato.

The common people at the bottom had no wealth whatsoever...

Although Yun Xi was no saint and had only come to the Land of Waves to acquire some money, seeing the scene before him, he decided to do a good deed!

Eliminate Gato!

And turn the Land of Waves into his own backyard.

After experiencing many battles, Yun Xi had come to understand just how important it was to have a faction of his own.

The Land of Waves was absolutely one of the most suitable places in the entire Hokage world.

The absence of ninjas meant there were no powerful forces to occupy this place.

At the same time, its remote geography meant that establishing his own faction here would not attract the attention of the Five Great Nations.

How could Yun Xi possibly let such a good place slip by!

"Karin, come with me!"

Having determined his next plan, Yun Xi no longer wandered aimlessly through the streets of the Land of Waves.

He took Karin directly toward the place where Gato was located.

"Who goes there?"

A few minutes later, Yun Xi and Karin arrived in front of the Gato Company.

The samurai responsible for security duties spotted Yun Xi and Karin.

"What are you nervous about? They're just two kids, just chase them off!"

However, upon seeing that Yun Xi and Karin were merely two children, they didn't take it to heart.

After all, such situations were still quite common in the Land of Waves.

The children of those commoners seemed to have a yearning for tall buildings.

In the past, when encountering such situations, these two security samurai would usually just kill them offhand.

Because they were in a good mood, one of the samurai merely intended to chase Yun Xi and Karin away and leave it at that.

"Brats, if you don't leave now, I'll kill you both and throw you into the sea to feed the fish!"

Seeing that Yun Xi and Karin showed no reaction at all after hearing his threat, the two samurai continued to shout, even drawing the samurai swords from their waists as a threat.

"Karin, stay behind me, I'm going to make a move."

Facing two pieces of trash who weren't even ninjas, Yun Xi didn't take them to heart. In his eyes, the only person here who posed a threat was one man.

That was Zabuza Momochi, one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.

Of course, the threat Yun Xi spoke of was only relative to these small fries.

In reality, Zabuza's current strength was at most that of an elite jonin.

He was definitely no match for Yun Xi, but Yun Xi didn't intend to kill him.

Instead, he wanted to recruit him as his subordinate.

"Hey, brat, if you're looking for death, I'll grant your wish!"

Seeing that Yun Xi didn't react at all to their shouting, the two samurai were immediately somewhat enraged and drew their sharp samurai swords, hacking toward Yun Xi's head.

"Die..."

But what the two samurai didn't expect was that their extremely fast attack only struck an afterimage.

Yun Xi, who had been standing in place, had simply vanished.

Looking back again, the two samurai only vaguely saw their own bodies and the blood gushing out...

"Let's go, we're heading upstairs."

After casually disposing of the two samurai, Yun Xi headed straight toward the top of the building.

"Wait! I'm picking up the money."

Facing Yun Xi's call, Karin hurriedly replied.

After thoroughly searching the two dead samurai, Karin followed Yun Xi into the Gato headquarters building.

At the same time, she said to Yun Xi with a grin, "Hey, Brother Yun Xi, look at the loot."

Looking at such an adorable Karin, Yun Xi, who had originally worn a cold expression, also smiled.

He hadn't expected Karin to actually remember what he had told her.

"Remember, next time, we won't bother with the money of such small fries."

Taking the few hundred yen Karin gave him, Yun Xi added.

"Mm-hmm, I'll remember, next time we'll get more money!"

At this moment, Karin nodded repeatedly, her face full of smiles.

"Who dares to cause trouble at my place?"

Just as Yun Xi and Karin were... ahem, in the middle of their conversation, a group of people walked down from the stairs.

Among them, there were three people Yun Xi recognized.

One was Gato himself.

And the other two were Zabuza and the young Haku...