The Land of Waves, Gato's mansion.
Golden walls, luxurious carpets, and paintings on the walls by some unknown master.
With its plainly visible extravagance, this mansion "shone brightly" in the impoverished Land of Waves.
Gato lay on his large bed, with a fairly attractive woman beside him feeding him peeled grapes.
"I wonder how that Zabuza fellow's getting on."
Gato casually spat out a few grape seeds, which dropped straight onto the floor.
As a merchant who held a monopoly over an entire country, Gato would absolutely not allow someone like Tazuna, who wanted to break his monopoly, to achieve his goal of building a bridge.
When he learned that Tazuna had gone to Konoha to seek protection, Gato immediately spent money to find powerful ninja to dispose of Tazuna for him.
"According to that man wrapped in white bandages, he's already sent his subordinates to intercept and kill Tazuna."
The speaker was someone in a butler-like role, who was actually just a servant Gato had picked at random to show off his wealthy status.
"Did I ask you to speak?!"
Gato grabbed the plate from the woman's hands and hurled it at the butler, along with the grapes that were a rare sight in the Land of Waves.
"I spoke out of turn. Please calm down, sir."
The butler immediately knelt, not daring to look at Gato, and repeatedly begged for mercy, but inwardly he thought, You were the one who told me to learn how to be a noble's butler...
"Get out, get out, get out! Just looking at you annoys me. Go cool your heels somewhere else."
Gato waved the butler away, then reached for the clothes of the woman beside him.
Not suitable for children; this part is omitted.
Meanwhile, Naruto sat atop the Number Five