Robbing the Rich to Aid the Poor—And the Poor One Is Me

Night.

Steam filled the bathroom.

Izayoi lay in the bathtub, his hands cradling the back of his head as he stared at the mist-shrouded ceiling.

A closer look would reveal that his blue eyes differed from usual.

Their color was no longer as deep, instead becoming a lighter sky blue. His black pupils had also turned blue, with white light slowly flowing from within them and forming exquisitely beautiful white petals around them that seemed almost alive.

Looking even more closely, one would see that Izayoi was spacing out.

His gaze was not on the ceiling at all. It had pierced through the house, overlooking the entire Hidden Leaf Village as though from God's Perspective.

From Izayoi's perspective, the Hidden Leaf Village—whether its urban areas, outskirts, or forests—was surrounded by a circular wall roughly twenty meters tall.

If the ground had sunk a little deeper, then viewed from above, the entire Hidden Leaf Village would resemble a pot, with the city and forest inside like ingredients in it.

And above this pot was a transparent dome covering the entire Hidden Leaf Village.

There were transparent walls not only above ground, but underground as well.

Whether someone was inside or outside, the moment they touched the transparent walls, their chakra and location would immediately be detected by the Sensor Team.

This was the Hidden Leaf Village's Perception Barrier.

Even the Six Paths of Pain could only choose to expose the location of one body and force their way in.

However, no ninjutsu in this world was perfect, and the Perception Barrier was no exception.

This enormous barrier had one gap: the village gate.

Except in emergencies or special circumstances, there would be no barrier at the village entrance. Otherwise, it would only increase the burden on the Sensor Team.

Even so, the barrier disappeared for a short while every day.

That was when the Sensor Ninja switched shifts.

"They switch shifts every six hours, which means it disappears four times a day."

Izayoi murmured with a smile.

At some point, he had already left the bathtub and returned to bed, while outside, the night had grown still and quiet.

Having found the flaw in the Perception Barrier, Izayoi shifted his gaze away from the Hidden Leaf Village and continuously changed his viewpoint along the eastern region of the Land of Fire.

Soon, his gaze arrived in the wilderness.

Several tents had been set up there, and the people inside were already fast asleep.

A campfire burned in the clearing, beside which a young man stood watch. It was Sasuke Uchiha.

"They've only traveled this far. There's plenty of time." Izayoi gave Tazuna one last look and smiled. "You look so pitiful. Let me lend you a hand."

That was right. Izayoi planned to involve himself in the Land of Waves storyline.

Making puppets and Chakra Cores both required materials. Materials either had to be found personally or bought with money.

After buying the Camera, Izayoi had become completely broke.

If he only did D-Rank Missions, he had no idea how long it would take to save enough money to buy materials and make puppets.

Izayoi had been worrying about how to make money—whether to steadily save through missions or find some criminal organization to rob.

Seeing Tazuna today had suddenly reminded him of someone, allowing him to make up his mind.

Gato, one of the world's wealthiest men, specialized in all sorts of illegal dealings.

As long as he looted him, Izayoi would never have to worry about money again, even if he retired from being a ninja on the spot.

As for puppet materials, he could have as much as he wanted.

At that thought, the corners of Izayoi's lips rose uncontrollably. He planned to rob the rich and aid the poor tomorrow.

The following noon.

Izayoi took the reward money he had saved from doing missions during this period and went to a Ninja Tools shop to buy two Storage Scrolls. Then, he created a Shadow Clone with an enormous amount of chakra. While the Sensor Team was changing shifts, his Main Body secretly slipped out of the Hidden Leaf Village and headed straight for the Land of Waves.

The Land of Waves was a very small island nation.

Since it was an island nation, it was naturally not part of the Ninja Continent.

However, it was separated from the Ninja Continent by only a bridge.

This small island lay in the sea at the easternmost edge of the Land of Fire.

As long as one reached the coast and looked into the distance, one could faintly make out the outline of a small island.

Izayoi, whose farsight allowed him to see anywhere within the Land of Fire, could naturally see this small island as well.

He had only just left the Hidden Leaf Village when he had already found Gato.

This was the terrifying power of the Tenseigan.

The Giant Tenseigan on the moon could even monitor the entire Ninja World.

Such farsight and x-ray vision gave him an absolute intelligence advantage in anything he did.

The Hidden Leaf Village lay in the central region of the Land of Fire. At full speed with the Body Flicker Technique, a ninja could reach the edge of any region in less than a day.

In the original arc where they pursued Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki and the other rookies had taken less than a day to travel from the village to the forest at the northern edge.

Izayoi took only three hours to overtake the still-walking Seventh Squad.

Even the Demon Brothers were still waiting for them up ahead.

At this pace, by the time they reached the Land of Waves by boat, Izayoi would have long since left.

Before reaching the eastern edge, Izayoi rose into the air, intending to enter the Land of Waves by flight.

Up in the sky, Izayoi had already changed his appearance, becoming the mysterious black-robed man from when he had robbed Sasori of the Red Sand.

His long white hair streamed in the wind.

The pure white mask, with neither patterns nor eyeholes, made him look somewhat unnerving.

His flying posture radiated the presence of a true powerhouse.

Arriving above the Land of Waves, Izayoi wasted no words and descended directly outside Gato's residence—a luxurious villa.

Then he stepped inside.

At that moment, Gato was speaking with a man wrapped head to toe in bandages.

"Zabuza, are those two subordinates of yours actually reliable? It's been over a week. Don't tell me they couldn't even deal with one old man?" Gato's voice was full of displeasure.

"That old man got lucky. By the time the Demon Brothers found him, he'd already hidden himself in the Hidden Leaf Village. But a pauper like him has no money to hire Hidden Leaf ninja to escort him back. Once he can no longer stay in the Hidden Leaf Village and comes out, that'll be the day he dies," Zabuza Momochi said coldly. "If they fail, I'll handle it personally."

"Hmph. I hope so," Gato snorted.

"Where did an ordinary man get the courage to speak to a rogue ninja with ace-level combat strength like that?"

At that moment, a voice reached Gato, Zabuza Momochi, and Haku, who stood in a corner as though merged with the shadows.

Izayoi walked in, looking curiously at Zabuza Momochi, who sat on a sofa with bandages wrapped around his entire body and a huge blade resting beside him. "Is the brainwashing in your Hidden Mist Village really that successful? Even after defecting, you still adhere to professional ethics so faithfully?"

Before Zabuza Momochi could speak, a figure appeared in front of him.

Haku raised a hand, forming several Senbon, his tone grave. "Zabuza-sama, be careful. This person... is very strong!"

Zabuza Momochi rose to his feet and picked up the Executioner's Blade. Beneath the bandages, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, filled with bloodthirsty desire. "I can tell. He's an unruly bastard worth cutting down."