Chapter 157

"Wen Shengzai, you arranged Chojuro and the others in the inn, and specifically brought me to this place called the Land of Waves—it shouldn't just be because of boredom, right?"

The Land of Waves is an island nation with a very small land area, which was once occupied by a merchant named Gato.

Of course, these things are important; the point is that the plot of the Land of Waves is the first dungeon that the protagonist team, Team 7, fought in a strict sense.

And the dungeon boss who appeared here is also closely related to their Hidden Mist Village.

When Wen Shengzai brought Terumi Mei to the people of this small country, because Gato and his criminal gang had already been defeated, the residents of the Land of Waves, led by Tazuna, were in a thriving state, building a big bridge.

Because Gato once recruited missing-nin like Zabuza Momochi as thugs, the people of the Land of Waves actually had no good feelings about so-called "ninjas" before.

But ever since Gato and Zabuza Momochi and others were defeated, and the people who defeated them and saved this country were also ninjas, the Land of Waves had a great change in their view of ninjas.

"Uncle, may I ask if you know where Zabuza Momochi's grave is?"

When hearing Wen Shengzai's inquiry, the uncle of the Land of Waves who was building the bridge and Terumi Mei beside Wen Shengzai were both stunned.

Whether it was the people of the Land of Waves or Terumi Mei, they naturally all knew Zabuza Momochi.

And the former would be surprised by Wen Shengzai's question because the other party clearly didn't expect anyone to come here looking for Zabuza Momochi.

The latter, Terumi Mei, would be surprised because she didn't expect that their Hidden Mist's A-rank missing-nin, one of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen, the "Demon of the Mist Zabuza," would actually die in such a small place.

Hearing Wen Shengzai ask about Zabuza, the uncle who was asked also saw that Wen Shengzai and Terumi Mei were ninjas, but didn't know whether the two were friends or foes, so at this moment, he also showed a look of being at a loss.

"You don't need to be too afraid. Although we are ninjas, we are regular ninjas from a ninja village, different from missing-nin like the Demon Zabuza, and we won't kill innocent people indiscriminately..."

Seeing the panicked residents of the Land of Waves, Wen Shengzai was still explaining, when an uncle wearing a straw hat and with a face full of stubble had already heard the commotion and rushed over.

"Two ninja lords, my name is Tazuna, and I am a bridge builder here in the Land of Waves.

The Demon Zabuza you mentioned was indeed here in our Land of Waves a while ago, but he is already dead now, and his grave is also here by a cliff.

Zabuza was defeated by Konoha ninjas, but the one who killed him was Gato's people, and even his grave was set up by the Konoha ninjas at that time."

Compared to other ignorant people in the Land of Waves, although Tazuna was also a bitter ordinary person, he was at least a man who had been to Konoha Village.

Possessing a certain amount of knowledge, he saw at a glance the ninja headband worn on Wen Shengzai's head, which was the same as the one worn by the person who was once beside Zabuza.

This meant that the people standing in front of them now were ninjas from the same ninja village as Zabuza once was.

Tazuna couldn't judge whether this ninja who suddenly came to the door was here to avenge Zabuza or was a former friend of Zabuza, but in any case, they were existences that ordinary people like them in the Land of Waves couldn't afford to provoke.

So as long as you listen carefully, you can hear that Tazuna's answer was actually quite high-level.

The person who defeated Zabuza was a Konoha ninja, and the person who killed him was Gato's gang, completely clearing their Land of Waves of any involvement.

Of course, because Konoha ninjas ultimately helped them, out of humanitarianism, Tazuna also said quite a few good things about Naruto and the others in his words.

Like how Konoha ninjas finally helped Zabuza get revenge, and even helped him bury him, and so on.

"Didn't expect that our Hidden Mist Village's missing-nin would finally be killed by Konoha..."

Hearing that Zabuza was dead, Terumi Mei was actually quite emotional and regretful inside.

Honestly, if the Demon Zabuza hadn't died yet, she would have had enough confidence to persuade Zabuza to return to the village.

After all, the reason the original "Seven Ninja Swordsmen" defected from the village was largely because of the various crazy operations of the Fourth Mizukage under the influence of genjutsu.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen are an important combat force of the Hidden Mist, and the original defection also had reasons, so it wasn't impossible to be washed clean.

But it's a pity that Zabuza is already dead, and even if he was killed by Konoha ninjas, because Zabuza was a missing-nin, they, the Hidden Mist, had no qualification to demand an explanation at all.

"Sure enough, I came a bit late. Zabuza is one thing, but it's a pity for Haku Yuki; that is the bloodline of Ice Release..."

Haku Yuki's age was about the same as Naruto and the others, but he could beat up two protagonists in a powered-up state at the same time. In Wen Shengzai's view, regardless of his strength or potential, he was already quite impressive.

The younger generation of the Hidden Mist Village now almost only has Chojuro who can be brought out. Wen Shengzai originally wanted to let Haku and Kimimaro form the strongest Genin team with him, but now it looks like the plan has gone down the drain.

When the two came to Zabuza's grave, looking at the Kubikiribocho standing beside the grave, a trace of surprise appeared on Terumi Mei's originally regretful face.

Although taking away the relics of the dead seems somewhat immoral, Terumi Mei had no scruples about this, but chose to directly pull up the Kubikiribocho in front of the grave.

And she even bluntly stated that the Kubikiribocho was originally something from the village, not Zabuza's private property, and she was just reasonably recovering it now.

Of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen, only the Twin Blades: Hiramekarei remains in the Hidden Mist Village now, and the other ninja swords are nowhere to be found.

Being able to recover the Kubikiribocho this time, in Terumi Mei's view, can already be considered a worthwhile trip.

"Wen Shengzai, how did you know that Zabuza and the Kubikiribocho were in the Land of Waves?"

Because she wanted to maintain a lady-like image, Terumi Mei temporarily handed the Kubikiribocho to Wen Shengzai for safekeeping, and when they were going back, she also asked the biggest question in her heart.

"Zabuza is a missing-nin, and Orochimaru is also a missing-nin, and the ninjas on the Sound Village side are all mainly missing-nin. In order to strengthen themselves, they naturally collected quite a bit of intelligence about missing-nin."

Hearing Wen Shengzai's explanation, Terumi Mei's eyes lit up instantly, because after the Seven Ninja Swordsmen defected, they almost all became missing-nin, and if Wen Shengzai also knew the intelligence of the other ninja swordsmen, wouldn't that mean...

Thinking that if the seven ninja swords could return to the Hidden Mist Village, Terumi Mei couldn't help but be excited, so at this moment, she also looked at Wen Shengzai and said: "Then besides Zabuza, do you also know..."

"I do know the intelligence of the Lightning Blade: Kiba and Raiga Kurosuki, and the Great Sword: Samehada and Kisame Hoshigaki. Recovering the Lightning Blade shouldn't be a big problem, but as for Samehada, it might not be as simple as you think.

As for the Blastsword: Shibuki, Blunt Sword: Kabutowari, and Longsword: Nuibari, I suspect they might be in Konoha's collection vault. After all, the person who almost wiped out the first batch of Seven Ninja Swordsmen was Konoha ninja Might Duy."

(End of chapter)