After Madara appeared, Haku was bewildered by everything happening before him.
Haku did not know why three powerful enemies had suddenly appeared, nor why Madara had returned after leaving. But wherever Zabuza was, he would stay too, so even though he understood nothing, Haku remained at Zabuza's side.
At the very least, these people did not seem to have any intention of killing Zabuza.
The only things Haku found hard to grasp were that Zabuza, whom he had believed invincible, had been easily defeated twice in a single day, and that he himself had been beaten by a group of people his own age.
"You can still stand, can't you?"
Madara Uchiha walked through the moonlight and stopped in front of Zabuza.
"Of course."
Madara had already demonstrated his strength to Zabuza. Now it was Zabuza's turn to give him something in return. Otherwise, there would be no reason to let either him or Haku live.
Of course, the main reason Zabuza could still stand was that the leader of Madara's guards had carefully measured his blows.
"Lead the way."
Under the moonlit sky, Zabuza led Madara and the others toward Gato's temporary residence in the Land of Waves.
In a newly built villa in the Land of Waves, a gray-haired man in a black suit and sunglasses sat on a sofa, smoking a cigar. Two wandering samurai stood guard beside him. This was Gato, a tycoon whose wealth rivaled that of a nation.
Over a hundred hired thugs guarded the grounds surrounding his villa. Every one of them had plenty of blood on his hands. With these men alone, no one in the Land of Waves could threaten Gato's life.
"Sir, Zabuza and his subordinate have been gone so long without sending word. Are you sure everything's all right?"