"Zabuza, are you interested in becoming my subordinate?"
"I'm willing!" Zabuza hurriedly shouted.
Feng Yao nodded.
As far as Zabuza was concerned, Feng Yao was still guided more by his impressions from his previous life.
Otherwise, given Zabuza's potential ceiling, Feng Yao would never have paid him any attention.
Perhaps Zabuza was a genius and a powerful fighter in Kirigakure, but before Feng Yao, who was used to seeing geniuses and powerful fighters, he still fell short.
After all, he was an early minor boss, evenly matched with Kakashi when he activated his Sharingan.
Like Juzo Biwa, he was a fellow with a cold exterior and a warm heart.
To receive the trust of someone as powerful as Uchiha Fengyao left Zabuza feeling both excited and conflicted.
He was excited because he had finally made it.
He was conflicted because he was becoming the subordinate of Uchiha Fengyao, who had been the village's enemy one moment and its ruler the next.
Afterward, Feng Yao assigned Zabuza to follow Juzo Biwa.
And speaking of Zabuza, there was naturally another ninja who could not be left out, someone who had always followed him.
Haku.
Haku possessed the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai and was a descendant of the Yuki Clan.
The Yuki Clan had once been a prominent clan in Kirigakure as well.
Unfortunately, the Yuki Clan had already been wiped out.
Almost every powerful ninja clan of any renown in Kirigakure had suffered extermination.
That had been the case for the Kaguya Clan, and so too for the Yuki Clan.
Only a few small ninja clans had survived.
At this point, Haku might already have awakened his Ice Release and been facing betrayal by his own father.
Feng Yao sent out White Zetsu, who found Haku in a single day.
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