NOVEL NEXT Chapter 28: Chapter 26
"Literally what I said." Arata directly regarded Gato's pleading as fart and looked at Zabuza in the eyes. "In my understanding, workers are the people who have always supported their bosses, and the guy in your hand just laid his head on the very same workers. He is a blood-sucking beast who sucks the sweat and blood of innocents. Please do a favor on us all and kill him. I will even clap for you."
"You! You think I don't dare?" Zabuza's heart was trembling when he sensed the lack of hesitation in Arata's words; cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Konan also looked thoughtful at this time. She was deeply thinking about what the boy had just said.
Do workers support their bosses?
She had never considered this issue before, and it seemed quite novel at first glance.
"Of course you dare." Arata smiled gently and whispered, "Kirigakure's renowned demon Momochi Zabuza, how many souls have died under your sword since you became a ninja? You even dared to assassinate the Mizukage of Kirigakure Village, let alone a mere business owner in your hands who cannot even use one ninjutsu. Blood-sucking demon? Come on, let us witness the birth of the new hero. Kill this villain."
"You... you…" Zabuza's wrist holding the long sword was tense, and he felt like he was being roasted on a fire.
He did try to assassinate the Mizukage, but at that time, he was still a fool who knew nothing about the difference in their powers. He dared to go anywhere with his passion, but it was different now. If he wants to live now, he lives worse than anyone else!
He lived the life of a rat who was always scared of being hunted by anyone after his bounty.
"It seems you need a little help." Arata smiled and took a step forward abruptly; his speed was astonishing. In an instant, the boy was before the two of them.
What?
Zabuza grabbed Gato and instinctively retreated, only to find Arata's palm pressed against the back of his sword. Without hesitation, he pushed the sword, slowly stabbing it through Gato's head.
Pfft.
The blade slit Gato's throat; blood spurted out of his neck as it sprayed all over Zabuza's arm and face.
"Oh… now Mr. Zabuza has no hostages." Arata lunged forward, ignoring the body falling, and grabbed Zabuza's throat, pushing his body to the ground.
Zabuza, who was at a complete disadvantage, suddenly became fierce and spat out a senbon from his mouth, aiming directly at Arata's face.
Arata raised one of his hands to block it, and the senbon stabbed into his palm.
Arata did not seem fazed by the attack or the pain from the needle and directly pulled the senbon out of his palm with his teeth before spitting it to the side.
Under Zabuza's stunned gaze, the hole poked by the senbon in his palm healed instantly.
"You— what kind of monster are you?" Zabuza had never seen such an outrageous thing in his entire life, and his expression was unbelievable.
"A monster?" Arata sneered and said calmly, "Compared to a disgusting thing like you that treats people as tools, I feel that I am at least less of a monster than you."
Zabuza was speechless; his eyes were filled with shock.
"Grit your teeth, as this may hurt a little." Arata raised his slightly immature fist and punched Zabuza on the forehead.
Bang.
With a muffled sound from the connected spot, Zabuza tilted his head and fell unconscious instantly.
"Thank you so much this time." Getting up from the ground, Arata looked at Konan. "Um, Miss Akatsuki's angel?"
"My name is Konan." At this time, Konan revealed her real name to Arata without any hesitation.
"Sister Konan?"
"Um..."
"After I finish cleaning up this place, I have something I want to talk to you about alone." Arata exhaled a breath and whispered, "Is that okay?"
"That's fine with me." Konan paused and nodded calmly.
In fact, she was not as calm as she appeared on the surface. In her mind, she was thinking of several possibilities of how their talk would go. She even thought it would be like the plot from the love novels she had read before.
'Does this young man want to confess to me?! What should I do? I'm afraid I can't agree to this, right? He is just a child!' Konan's mind started spinning as images of her and Arata standing in different positions flashed through it.
…
Gato's Company.
The messy environment had been cleaned up. Zabuza, Haku, Kurosuki Raiga, and others who were knocked unconscious were also imprisoned in one of the secret prisons in the basement of the company.
The bespectacled healer and former spy, Yakushi Nono, sat on Gato's office chair and carefully looked through the documents in her hand.
After a moment, she slowly raised her head, looked at Arata beside her, and said, "All land deeds and the company equity are complete and can be transferred directly."
"Well, then let's transfer it to your name." Arata nodded upon hearing her words and directly made a decision.
He found all these things in Gato's vault. In addition to documents, there was one billion ryo worth of cash and a large amount of gold, silver, and jewelry, and even some precious metals.
That's right! Not one million, not one hundred million, but one billion ryo!
It's hard to imagine that a company owner from a remote country could amass such a huge fortune!
This was all the money Gato got by scamming people out of their income and properties.
In the underground money exchange, the head of Konoha Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen's neck was only worth 20 million ryo... One billion ryo was enough to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen 20 times over and over again.
"Transferred to my name?" Nono was left shocked by the sudden decision and quickly refused without hesitation. "No, this is not appropriate. How can I take all of this money?"