He Stood Above All Rules

"This rule applies only to the White-Eyed Demon!"

"That is, if someone is under his protection, no one may accept an assassination job targeting that person!"

"Otherwise, whoever takes the job dies!"

"The person who posts the job dies too!"

"If the person accepting the job does not want to die, there is only one way!"

"That is to kill the employer!"

"They split the employer's money two-eight, with him taking eight!"

Zabuza's voice trembled slightly. Clearly, what he had recalled just now was not pleasant!

"He... is that domineering?"

"Domineering?"

"No, it isn't domineering!"

"He is simply cruel!"

"Utterly cruel. That is why people in the underworld call him a demon!"

"No one ever tried to make a move against him?"

"How could they not?"

"There were people like that when he first rose to prominence. As his reputation grew, there were even more!"

"But..."

"Everyone who targeted him was killed by him. Even the Bounty Exchange that issued the jobs was wiped out by him!"

"At first, the forces behind the Bounty Exchange refused to accept it and attacked him. He wiped them out completely!"

"By now, the people behind the Bounty Exchange have changed three times!"

"They were all slaughtered by him!"

"Even the people currently running the Bounty Exchange do not dare offend him!"

"In fact, if anyone dares put a bounty on him, they will capture the person who posted it and hand them over to him!"

"He, the White-Eyed Demon!"

"Is the true emperor of the underworld!"

"Then what do we do now?"

"What else can we do?"

"We can only follow the rules. Otherwise, the entire underworld will hunt us down!"

"Kill Gato?"

"Mm!"

"And quickly!"

"If that idiot Gato sends more people to provoke him, we will not be able to escape responsibility either!"

Haku fell silent...

He could not imagine what kind of person could make the entire underworld fear him so much!

"Let's go!"

"Gato deals in smuggling. He is loaded, so we are making a killing this time!"

"Once we take him out, we will not have to stay in this line of work anymore!"

When Haku heard Zabuza say that, he was filled with longing!

Then, they could find a beautiful place, and he and Lord Zabuza...

"Mm!"

"Lord Zabuza, hurry up!"

"Let's take out Gato!"

"Haku, why are you so fired up today?"

"Because... today is a good day!"

Meanwhile, after Zabuza retreated, the three kids stared at Tian Ge, unable to hide the curiosity in their eyes!

What had their teacher done?

That bandaged man had looked as though he was terrified of him!

That part was not too strange. As far as they knew, no one was not afraid of their teacher!

But that rule!

What rule?

"What are you standing around for? Let's go!"

Tian Ge's cool voice rang beside the three children's ears, jolting them awake from their wild thoughts!

"Oh!"

"L-let's go!"

"Teacher!"

"That bandaged man really will not come back?"

"He will not!"

"He does not dare!"

"But the person who hired him will eventually hire someone else, right?"

"They will not either!"

"Why?"

"Because of the rule!"

"The person who hired him will die by his hand within three hours!"

"What?"

"Gato will die?"

"Is that true?"

Dazuna was suddenly overjoyed. He looked at Tian Ge, desperately hoping for a definite answer!

Tian Ge ignored him and walked straight ahead!

Tian Ge might have ignored him, but Sakura and the others were displeased!

"What does it have to do with you?"

"Liar!"

"According to the rules, we can abandon this mission and return to the village right now!"

"We could even kill you!"

"That's right. A mission that is at least A-rank, yet he claimed it was C-rank!"

"Good thing our team took this mission. If another team had accepted it, would they not have been killed because of him?"

"Ignore him. We are just here to relax anyway. After a month, whether his bridge is finished or not, we are going back!"

"But... what if he refuses to give us the mission verification form?"

"Heh..."

"Would he dare?"

"If he really does, we will just kill him and use his hand to stamp it!"

"Let's go. Teacher is already far ahead!"

Dazuna's face was filled with terror. He had been so excited just now that he had forgotten these people were murderers too!

His concealment of the mission's true details had already been exposed, and these people had no goodwill toward him now!

His original plan to play up his misery and win their sympathy was useless. They simply could not be bothered with him.

Shaking his head, Dazuna nervously followed behind them!

He did not know whether Gato would truly die soon, so he did not dare let down his guard!

These people were dangerous, but following them would undoubtedly be much safer!

Evening!

Inside Gato's shipping company, blood covered the floor!

Beside them were five enormous bags of cash, along with an unknown amount in bank cards!

Haku was stunned. He had never seen so much money!

"Lord... Lord Zabuza!"

"Mm?"

"Do we really... really not need to send some of this to that person?"

Haku was somewhat uneasy. After hearing Zabuza's explanation, he knew there were many rules in the underworld!

For instance, they were not allowed to kill an employer, or they would be punished by the Bounty Exchange!

No one knew what that punishment was, but no matter how powerful they were, no one had ever broken that rule!

Until that person appeared!

He alone became the new rule. His rules stood above all other rules!

Because of his appearance, even if Zabuza killed an employer, not only would nothing happen to him, he would even receive other benefits!

However, Zabuza no longer needed those things. He did not intend to continue in this line of work!

"No need!"

"Do not presume to alter what that person has said!"

"If he said he does not want it, then he does not want it!"

"If we send it over, we will only make him dislike us!"

"O-okay!"

Even now, Haku still found it hard to believe. All this money really belonged to him and Lord Zabuza?

"Haku, let's go!"

"Where?"

"Do you not like snow?"

"Let's find a place where it snows all year round and settle down!"

"Really, Lord Zabuza?"

"Really!"

"That's wonderful!"

Haku leaped into Zabuza's arms, rubbing his head against Zabuza's chest again and again!

Meanwhile, after Sakura and the others finished dinner at Dazuna's house, the three of them began their own training!

Though they had come out to relax, they could not slack off too much!

For the three of them, who were now brimming with motivation, it was absolutely impossible to go a whole month without training at all!

After a month of quiet training, all three had made considerable progress!

Sasuke's Sharingan had naturally evolved into Double Tomoe, and his development of Chidori had reached the threshold!

Sakura had mastered the Mystical Palm Technique, and her Monster Strength training had advanced further. Every punch carried even greater power!

Naruto could already enter the Three-Tails state, though he could not maintain it for long!

All three were extremely satisfied with what they had achieved over the past month!