"Varied--"
Cardo turned his head and saw that the girl whom he judged as the 'ignorant young lady' had sat on the chair behind him without him noticing.
She rested one hand on the armrest and looked at herself absentmindedly.
Coupled with the fact that Cardo, due to his vanity and arrogance, set the chair higher than the table, it seems as if the girl is looking down at the clown in front of her like a king.
This is also the scene that Cardo has always wanted.
But he never expected that this situation would happen.
But his own role is that of the 'clown'.
Cardo's face suddenly turned blue and purple.
He immediately jumped up and roared at the people around him.
"Where are the people? What are you good-for-nothings doing?"
The few thugs who had not yet rushed forward or were about to rush forward but hesitated, quickly rushed forward.
Their thoughts are also very simple.
The people over there are too scary. It should be much easier to deal with a young lady and her followers here, right?
After all, all those who can fight have been sent out.
Thinking that they could pick on the weak, the big hands became more brisk.
However, many of them suddenly found themselves unable to move when they were halfway through the charge.
I should have controlled my body and run with my weapon raised, but the scene in front of me didn't change at all.
"What, what's going on!?"
"It's witchcraft! Witchcraft!"
Some people then noticed that it wasn't that they were 'motionless', but that their legs were frozen by the sudden appearance of ice.
The crystal clear ice spread from the ground to the thighs, fixing the person firmly there like a fixed base.
No matter how hard I tried to run or struggle to get away, I couldn't.
People could only use the weapons in their hands to chop the ice off their legs.
But the ice is so solid that equipment like hammers can still play some role.
Swords and the like will only leave some white marks.
It was at this time that people noticed that a very small child had appeared next to the girl.
The black-haired child looked to be no more than a single-digit year old, with a pretty and gentle face, and looked as harmless as a rabbit.
But the ice mark that froze several people came out from under his feet.
Noticing that he was being stared at, the boy gave everyone a shy smile.
The beautiful face also looks more lively and lovely because of this smile.
But to those who were frozen, this smile was like that of an evil spirit, as if it would rush up and tear them apart at any time.
"well done."
Yu Yue raised her hand and touched the white and soft black hair and praised.
Bai was flattered after receiving an unexpected compliment and a pat on the head, and said, "I, I can do better."
"Yeah, Bai is very reliable."
Uchiha Shisui also gave praise.
This time, Bai's expression was a little conflicted.
Although I was happy to be praised, but thinking that it was a compliment from a 'rival', it was a bit...
The atmosphere here is relaxed and cheerful, but the thugs will not stop just because the scenery here is so warm.
Soon a strong man holding a huge axe rushed over.
clang!
After the sound of metal collision, the boy's knife was pressed against the neck of the person who rushed up.
The curly-haired boy sighed:
"Don't disturb other people's warm atmosphere."
His tone was relaxed, as if he was really just complaining about some intruders who were careless enough to interrupt other people's conversation .
...If you ignore the knife in his hand and the thug whose neck was cut and bleeding by the sharp tip of the knife.
The thug didn't even dare to swallow his saliva, for fear that the knife against his neck would cut into his neck directly because of this small action, ending his short life.
"Watch this!"
Although their companions were restricted, the thugs were merely hired by Cardo and there was no friendship between them.
So, taking advantage of Shisui's 'restricted' state, other people rushed up.
A hammer that was heavier than the boy's head was wielded by a man over two meters tall. The sight alone was terrifying.
You little bastard, I'm going to smash you into a pulp!
The man is full of confidence.
But the next second, I felt my body lighten, and the boy in front of me was getting farther and farther away from me...
No, it’s not that the boy is far away from me.
Instead he flew out.
The two-meter-tall sturdy man was kicked by the young man and flew several meters away until he bumped into another thug, and then the two of them were tumbled into a ball in a mess.
"I'll leave for a while
. "
"Wait... Hey!"
Before Yu Yue could finish her words, something suddenly fell on her head, blocking her view.
By the time Yu Yue lifted the shawl covering her head, the young man had already taken advantage of these few seconds to finish his work.
"Sorry, sorry."
He apologized and helped Yu Yue fix her hair.
His attitude of admitting his mistakes was so good that even Yu Yue couldn't get angry anymore - after all, he admitted his mistakes so sincerely.
only……
Yu Yue looked at Uchiha Shisui who had a flattering and begging expression on his face, and at the same time felt that his skilled expression seemed to be saying "I'm sorry, but I'll dare to do it again next time."
but……
Yu Yue looked behind the boy, where the attackers should have been rushing from.
As a result, as soon as his sight moved over, it was blocked by the boy moving his body.
It was obvious that he didn't want her to see it.
never mind.
Yu Yue gave up arguing with him and turned to look at where Cardo had originally stood.
...I almost forgot about him.
It has to be said that as a villain who is "rich enough to rival a country", his presence is really too low.
Said to be the big villain.
Rather, he is the kind of minion who would be considered rude if he doesn't appear in more than three episodes.
At this time, Cardo had already realized that the situation was not good and fled with the remaining few people.
As the saying goes, there is life, there will be no shortage of firewood. A jewel of his status and position would certainly not stay here and live and die with these thugs who can be hired for money.
How can they match!
——But no matter how fast Cardo runs, how can he compare with the ninjas who are already fighting?
The competition among the boys and girls has entered its most intense stage.
Except for a few people who were unlucky, the scores of the rest of the people were very close.
It's just a difference of one or two.
But as the number of thugs continues to decrease.
The competition is becoming increasingly tense.
The leader is eager to widen the gap.
Those who are lagging behind are trying their best to catch up with the gap.
If the difference is big, it can be said that it is a difference in strength, but if there are only one or two, it can only mean that they are evenly matched, the only difference is that the other party may be a little bit luckier.
In this case
Who can bear losing?
So the people who were a little behind became even crazier - in this situation, the existence of the fleeing Cardo and the last few thugs around him was like a light bulb that lit up in the dark night.
Or a speck of ink on a clean white paper.
"I'm sure to win!"
"If I can kill one more, I'll win!"
"Found it~"
"Ahh, there's still some garbage left out... This is really wrong."
In Cardo's eyes, those boys and girls rushing towards him were no longer the "commodities" that he coveted.
That state, that expression... he doesn't look like a normal person at all!
“Aaaaaaaaa——”
Following the wailing, the beautiful 'beasts' finally captured their last prey.
With a bruised face and limping body, Cardo was brought before Yu Yue.
Except for him, the entire 300-strong thug group was wiped out.
"What about the others?"
Yu Yue, who saw Cardo but not the other ninjas, looked around, but did not see any familiar figures wherever he looked.
"They were afraid that some fish would slip through the net, so they went to clean up the battlefield."
——Rather than saying "cleaning up", it would be more accurate to say that he was still unwilling to accept the result of the match, so he was ready to see if there was any chance of a comeback.
Imagining the looks , Uchiha Shisui felt that it would be better not to explain it to Miss Ugetsu in detail and to save their last bit of face.
After all, they no longer looked like normal people searching for the enemy.
It was like a pack of hungry wolves searching for prey.
"One more to go! Just the last one!"
"Where—is—?"
Regardless of whether they had Sharingan or not, they all looked anxious.
...To be honest, it’s not a very pretty image.
Yu Yue didn't think so much.
I simply felt that the ninjas were really serious and responsible, and they didn't give the villains any chance to finish off the enemy.
It’s a good habit!
She retracted her attention and looked at Cardo in front of her.
"So, what else do you have?"
She asked kindly.
"It would be better to use them together."
She even gave advice.
"Can we take action
If you are caught off guard, there is still a chance."
To be honest, she was actually looking forward to whether he would drive a Gundam or something.
After all, the people who were causing trouble for her before were making more and more noise.
I can't let you down.
Cardo:?
Are you sick?
Cardo had never suffered such humiliation in his life.
So you don't take my terrorist force of more than 300 people seriously?
He was angry, but the pain in his body made him afraid of everything in front of him.
"Why, no more?"
Seeing that Kado didn't say anything, Yu Yue urged him again.
"You...what are you going to do?"
Seeing Ugetsu coming a little closer to him, Cardo couldn't help but scream in fear.
"…I want to… By the way, you are here because of the dinner, right? I will help you catch the boss and make him compensate you! Yes, I will definitely make him pay you back with interest!"
"Um?"
Yu Yue raised an eyebrow.
"But why did I hear that it was 'because he was robbed'? And the 'robber' the boss was talking about happened to be 'Cado'."
Cardo immediately changed his tone: "I'll pay! I'll accompany you!"
He struggled to sit upright.
"How much do you want? I'll pay you twice... no, how about five times!"
Cardo quickly said - of course he loved money, but the prerequisite for loving money was that he had to be alive to spend it.
If he has lost his life, what does all the money have to do with him?
Ugetsu narrowed his eyes.
“…Only five times?”
Cardo:?
"Five times isn't enough... Five times is certainly not enough. So how about ten times?"
Cardo wanted to curse right there and then—
That’s five times!
Do you really think money is not money?
But when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
Especially now when your life is in the hands of others.
"Ten times! If you let me go, I will immediately..."
Cardo stopped talking halfway.
Because he saw Yu Yue's half-smile.
That obviously doesn't mean satisfaction.
"So what do you mean by that...?"
Cardo carefully looked at Yu Yue's expression and color, and there was no trace of his previous arrogance.
arrogance.
"Ten or fifteen times?"
"Twenty times! I'll accompany you twenty times!"
He felt that he had shown enough sincerity.
It was as if he had completely forgotten how he treated those he oppressed.
"Shisui."
Faced with Cardo's continued price increase, Yu Yue simply snapped his fingers.
"Yes."
Uchiha Shisui quickly presented a notebook.
"I had planned and arranged everything along the way - even though it was just a dinner, it affected my entire trip, my subsequent arrangements, and the money I spent."
“This …”
Cardo choked.
——One code at a time, who would add all the follow-up information?
"Then I will also compensate you..."
“That’s great.”
"This is the cost of hiring the ninja, the penalty for the change in schedule, compensation, lost wages, and mental damages."
Yu Yue quickly wrote down a series of items and numbers in her notebook.
Then he turned the notebook over and placed it in front of Cardo.
Seeing those inexplicable projects and that string of almost countless numbers.
Cardo even forgot his previous fear.
"Why don't you go and grab it!???"
Let’s not talk about what the mental damages compensation is.
How can we count them one by one?!
The number alone is scary enough, and you're multiplying it by the number of people? ? ?
What the hell is this outrageous and terrifying number?
Cardo thought that he had traveled a lot and was knowledgeable, so he had a lot of experience when it came to various money-making projects and titles.
But this kind.
He really had never seen it.
"After all, I am a group, so I can't be partial and say one counts while the other doesn't, right?"
…God is partial to some and not to others.
This number is unacceptable!
It's impossible to beat him to death!
No matter how rich he is, paying out this amount would be the same as losing everything he has!
"Oh, and you should also pay for the expenses of the boss whose dinner you stole. The penalty for breach of contract should also be borne by you."
Cardo: ???
“This is also
It’s so unreasonable!”
He almost jumped up.
However, his words only made Ugetsu chuckle.
"Reasonable?"
The girl smiled and shook her head, then her expression suddenly turned cold.
"Don't get me wrong. I never intended to reason with someone like you from the beginning."
To be reasonable, the first thing is that the person can make sense.
"After all, there is no reason to be found from top to bottom."
The girl said as she stood up and handed the notebook in her hand to the curly-haired boy next to her with a look of disinterest.
"Shisui, I'll leave the rest to you ."
"OK."
The boy called Shisui agreed immediately. He smiled at Ugetsu and said:
"Please rest assured that I will make him pay back every penny of the money."
After Ugetsu left, Uchiha Shisui turned to look at Cardo.
The boy still had a polite smile on his face, but there was no trace of smile in his eyes.
"Then please, Mr. Cardo."
"Why haven't you come back yet?"
The situation in Wave Country was changing rapidly, and some people in the reserved convoy left behind began to get anxious.
"Is there something wrong? I should go check it out."
Shiranui Genma was circling in the open space in front of the car for the umpteenth time, holding a Senbon cigarette in his mouth.
Logically speaking, if we are just going to collect a debt, two or three hours should be enough, right?
But now a whole day has passed, why is there still no movement?
"Just save your energy."
Jiraiya, who was leaning against the car, picked his ears casually.
"At most, something delayed us. Rather than that, let's think about what we should eat today."
Worrying about Miss Yu Yue is really overthinking.
With that brain and that mouth of hers, she can even bring a dead person back to life - even if the other party refuses to listen, doesn't she still have Uchiha Shisui and Aburame Ryoma?
Not to mention those young people who are eager to try and show themselves, these two people alone are enough to make people drink a pot.
They are not good people.
Especially since Aburame Ryoma came out of the Root.
"but……"
Genma Shiranui was conflicted.
Is he worried that something might happen to Miss Yu Yue?
No, he's worried.
If something really happened, wouldn’t it mean that I missed it again?
The guard job was already difficult to describe, and then something happened and I didn't know anything about it...
Can I really say that I am a competent guard?
"Nothing to say, you are so free, why don't you go catch..."
Jiraiya was halfway through his words when he suddenly sat up.
"Friends over there, if you've been discovered, don't hide it."
He looked towards the woods not far away.
"Um?"
Genma Shiranui was stunned at first, then he looked warily at the forest not far away that looked nothing unusual.
But soon, two people suddenly appeared in the woods that were supposed to be empty.
...No, we can't say there are two people?
Although both of them were wearing the Hidden Mist Village forehead protectors and were dressed as ninjas, but...
"Shark, shark?"
"It's very rude to call someone a shark for no reason."
Shark... No, the man with a shark-like appearance at the head spoke.
"Feel sorry."
Genma Shiranui subconsciously bowed his head and apologized.
That's not right!
But he bounced back almost immediately.
"Who are you!"
"We are ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village - Miss Ugetsuki was supposed to cross the sea to the Land of Water today, but we received no news."
The shark-faced man generously told his origins.
"Excuse me, are you a member of the Ugetsu Store?"
He glanced between the cars.
"Excuse me, what happened?"
"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Hoshigaki Kisame, and this guy is Zabuza."
He introduced himself politely.
“Ah… this.”
Shiranui Genma was stunned for a moment.
On the one hand, I didn't expect that the people in the Hidden Mist Village would take it so seriously that they would send people to look for me directly when the timing didn't match.
On the other hand, I don’t know what to say.
You can't say that Miss Yu Yue took people to find trouble just because her dinner was stolen, right?
No matter how I look at it, I feel like this will affect Miss Ugetsu's image.
"Is there any trouble that delayed the trip?"
Hoshigaki Kisame
Still very polite.
"You can tell us and we can solve it together."
Whether it is solving the problem or solving the person who caused the problem.
Everything is negotiable.
If it's the latter, so much the better.
The ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village are very good at this.
"Nothing."
I haven't had so many concerns since then.
"Ms. Yu Yue has brought people to find a place to fight."
He said this with a bit of gloating.
As long as bad luck doesn't happen to you, it's still interesting.
Watching others suffer misfortune, especially watching the "villain" suffer misfortune, can even be said to be a kind of joy in life.
“That’s how it is.”
Hoshigaki Kisame blinked.
"Then may I ask where Miss Ugetsu went? Please let us do our part."
The sooner we solve it, the sooner we can invite people to the Hidden Mist Village...
It would be best if things were a little more complicated and there were more people.
This is the only way to show the sincerity of the two of them, no, the sincerity of the entire Hidden Mist Village.
Hoshigaki Kisame became excited.
"That's not necessary."
Jiraiya shook his head and took out a novel like magic.
"How can we do this? Miss Ugetsuki embarked on this journey at our invitation. If there are any problems along the way, we in the Hidden Mist Village certainly can't just stand by and watch."
Hoshigaki Kisame even thought about how to fight so that Miss Ugetsu could feel their sincerity and leave a good impression on her.
Of course, it would be even better if they could take the opportunity to make Miss Yu Yue owe them a favor.
However, Hoshigaki Kisame also knew that the possibility of this happening was very low, but what if?
Opportunities always happen unexpectedly.
"No, this is not a question of whether the Hidden Mist Village cares or not."
Jiraiya scratched the back of his head.
"She didn't go alone either. She was followed by several Uchiha."
Oh, just a few Uchiha...
etc?
Several, Uchiha???
Is this quantifier incorrect?
Noticing Hoshigaki Kisame's momentary sluggishness, Jiraiya kindly explained:
"Some Uchiha have been working at the Ugetsu store recently, so they came along for the staff trip."
"So you don't have to worry
Well, you can go back and report first... or you can wait with us."
Hoshigaki Kisame: “…”
There really is no room for them to intervene.
This is not because Hoshigaki Kisame is afraid of Uchiha.
But... there are several Uchiha here, so even if they go now, they won't be able to take action.
He didn't think that the Uchiha, who was so famous in the ninja world, would be so useless that he couldn't even handle a small matter.
...Of course, if it was something that several Uchiha and that 'Uchiha genius' couldn't handle, then there really wouldn't be much point in him rushing over now.
Hoshigaki Kisame remained silent.
But Zabuza didn't think they should just sit there and wait.
"Please tell us where Miss Ugetsu is now."
It's a mission after all. If you can't even meet the people who are at the core of the mission, then what's the point of doing the mission?
Jiraiya shrugged.
"It's okay to tell you, Miss Yu Yue is now..."
Before Jiraiya could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sound of a sprint coming from far away.
He and several other people present looked in the direction where the sound came from, and saw a young man with green eyes and a black bowl-cut rushing towards them.
"Kai? Why are you back?"
Shiranui Genma went forward in surprise.
"What about the others?"
"The others are still in Wave Country... I won't tell you anymore, I'm back with Miss Ugetsu's mission!"
He made a hasty reply and ran straight to the carriage, shouting as he ran:
"Dou! Is Dou here?"
? Instead of looking for them, look for Pharmacist Dou?
Shiranui Genma raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"I'm here, what's up?"
The handsome young man got out of the car when he heard someone calling his name.
"Ms. Yu Yue is looking for you! Come with me now!"
As Might Guy spoke, he turned his back and half-knelt down - as if he was ready to carry someone on his back.
"Wait, what's going on? Did something happen?"
Shiranui Genma interrupted him.
At the same time, Hoshigaki Kisame and Zabuza also came up.
He looked like he was ready to listen.
Might Guy thought for a second and then told everyone what he knew.
"Ms. Yu Yue asked Kado for compensation. Since the amount was large, she asked me to come back and find Dou to settle the account... That's probably what happened."
The compensation required is too much and requires a special person to settle the bill.
Very good, this is very Miss Ugetsu.
No, it should be said that only Miss Ugetsu can do this.
Now it was Pharmacist Kabuto who was nervous. He quickly turned around to get some things, and then stood next to Might Guy.
"It's better to settle accounts sooner rather than later. It would be bad if someone transfers the assets. Let's leave as soon as possible."
?
etc.
Did you just say something extraordinary?
——It’s just a matter of settling accounts, why are you still thinking about others’ ‘transferring assets’? ? ? !