The Land of Waves is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and it is not far from the Land of Fire, the Land of Hot Water, and the Land of Water. Therefore, its maritime transportation is highly developed.
It is a country that makes a living from the sea.
The originally peaceful life was disrupted by Gato.
He runs a shipping company. With his wealth and brute force, he has taken control of all the maritime transportation lifelines, effectively controlling the Land of Waves.
The bridge - building master Tazuna plans to build a bridge outward to break his monopoly.
In response, Gato hires Zabuza Momochi and Haku to assassinate him to ensure his rule.
Natsume is unaware of the current situation in the Land of Waves, so he sends employees from Gunma Company in advance to investigate.
Sure enough, Gato has appeared. Although he has been around for a short time, he has already aroused public outrage.
Well, his methods are too brutal. He keeps squeezing the people relentlessly.
In fact, the Land of Waves was already quite poor.
Natsume plans to make money in a more sustainable way.
After getting off the boat, he heads straight for the metropolis of the Land of Waves.
The employees of Gunma Company are already waiting for him.
There are a total of twenty of them.
The leader is Shin Mikihashi, a ninja.
Although his strength is average, just a Genin, it's sufficient.
"Lord Natsume, we've found out where Gato is."
"What about the guards? Are there any ninjas with huge beheading swords as you mentioned?"
Natsume is referring to Zabuza Momochi.
Since the timeline has advanced, it's highly likely that he's not in the Land of Waves.
But he still wants to confirm.
"No."
Shin Mikihashi shakes his head and says, "Most of his guards are samurai, and there are few ninjas. Maybe because there are no ninjas in the Land of Waves, he's over - confident."
In the original story, if Gato hadn't hired Zabuza Momochi and Haku, Team 7, fresh out of the academy, could have dealt with him effortlessly.
The root cause is that ninjas in this world have a sense of honor and integrity.
They only do their missions and don't meddle in things outside of them. There are no ninjas attacking nobles and the wealthy.
Even the Akatsuki organization is like this.
They earn money by doing missions diligently and taking on black - market bounties.
If it were Natsume, he might have looted the Daimyos and nobles of various countries.
"Let's go."
Natsume smiles and says, "No need to waste time."
"Yes."
Shin Mikihashi turns around to lead the way and takes him to a large abode.
"Wait for me here."
Natsume puts on his cat mask.
"Who goes there?"
As soon as he approaches, the gate - guarding guards notice him.
They quickly drew their samurai swords.
With the spread of ninjas, samurai have declined completely.
Only the Land of Iron still has many powerful samurai.
However, their power comes from swordsmanship and Chakra, so they are no longer pure samurai.
Natsume throws two Shurikens casually, piercing their throats.
Those who follow Gato are no doubt villains with a long list of misdeeds.
Naturally, he doesn't need to be polite.
Natsume opens the door, and there are more guards inside.
There are also several ninjas.
Several streams of water come rushing towards him.
Two samurai rush out from the left and right, slashing their long swords at him.
Natsume throws two Shurikens, then uses the Shifting Body Technique and disappears, reappearing in the middle of the crowd.
Water Release: Continuous Water Bullet!
Chakra gathered in both hands and transformed into countless water bullets, scattering towards both sides.
Blood sprayed.
The guards fell one by one.
In just a short while, only Natsume remained standing.
He turned around and saw Gato, who had come out of the house after hearing the commotion.
Besides him, there were also two ninjas wearing the forehead protectors of Kiri.
"Take him down!"
Seeing the many corpses, Gato panicked and shouted.
Ninjutsu: Mist Concealment Jutsu!
The ninja on the left pointed a finger at the sky, and thick fog spread out with him at the center.
Water Release: Water Tooth Blade
The ninja on the right formed hand seals with both hands, and his right hand was covered in chakra, transforming into a sharp water blade.
His body dashed towards Natsume like a flowing light. Apparently, he intended to eliminate Natsume while taking advantage of the fog.
Ninjas from Kiri are best at the Silent Killing Technique.
Simply put, they create an environment of thick fog to silently hunt down enemies.
Ordinary ninjas would feel unaccustomed to this situation and often end up dead.
However, ninjas from Kiri are used to this kind of environment for a long time, so they are like tigers with added wings.
Natsume casually drew out the Sword of the Thunder God and stabbed backwards.
The sharp blade cut through the water blade and then chopped off his head.
The ninja who came from the front, using the fog as cover, circled behind him, thinking he would definitely land a fatal blow.
At this moment, his face was full of disbelief until he saw Natsume's spinning Three - Tomoe Sharingan.
Damn it!
Why me!
He's actually from the Uchiha clan.
The ninja fell with a sense of resignation.
Natsume suddenly disappeared from his original position and appeared behind the other ninja the next second, stabbing him through with a single sword.
As the ninja died, the fog gradually dissipated.
"Wh...What..."
Gato widened his eyes, and his teeth chattered in fear.
Natsume quickly dodged the splashing blood. He'd be furious if the Sword Ornament that Tsunade gave him got dirty.
He sheathed the Sword of the Thunder God and then turned his gaze to Gato.
He was a short middle - aged man. His bald spot reflected the sunlight.
"Sp...Spare me! You can have as much money as you want!"
Facing the danger of death, Gato spoke more fluently.
Natsume didn't kill him directly because he still needed Gato to reveal his industrial chain.
His method was straightforward: he directly used the Sharingan to hypnotize and control Gato.
This chapter isn't over yet.
"Shin Mikihashi, can you perform the Transformation Jutsu?"
"Yes."
Shin Mikihashi, who had just entered, nodded.
"From today on, you'll temporarily transform into Gato."
Natsume instructed, "I've already hypnotized Gato. He'll tell you the specific details of his company. After you've mastered everything, kill him."
"Yes!"
Shin Mikihashi replied excitedly.
"Clean up the battlefield. Try not to let the outside world find out about what happened here."
Natsume waved his hand.
Shin Mikihashi and the others immediately began to clean up the abode.
[Due to your actions, Zabuza Momochi's destiny has changed. You've gained 79 destiny value points.]
[Due to your actions, Haku's destiny has changed. You've gained 60 destiny value points.]
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[Due to your actions, Gato's destiny has changed, and you've gained 27 destiny value.]
It was a fairly easy acquisition.
Natsume was quite pleased.
He then had Gato liquidate his assets.
This guy really deserves severe punishment.
Excluding various real - estate, he had over a billion Ryo in cash flow. It was truly terrifying.
But thinking about it, it was quite normal. Gato not only controlled the Land of Waves but also several small island countries.
Moreover, the shipping business was extremely profitable.
And the over - billion Ryo was just the cash he could currently allocate.
If all his houses, antiques, jewelry, etc. were sold, it was quite possible that the amount of money would be multiplied by several times or even dozens of times.
Natsume now had a question. How much rice would Nagato have to carry and how many floors would he have to run to earn this much money?
In the hall.
Shin Mikihashi and the others were standing around.
Natsume was writing a development plan for the Land of Waves.
This thing can be both difficult and easy.
Anyone who had gone to school could come up with a few suggestions.
But the details were rather hard to grasp.
Half an hour later, Natsume finished writing. He casually handed the Scroll to Shin Mikihashi and said, "Just follow this."
Shin Mikihashi subconsciously opened it. There were four chapters in it.
First, capture the Daimyo of the Land of Waves and execute Gato in public to gain the favor of the common people and develop the fishing industry.
Second, sponsor Tazuna to build the bridge but gain control of the bridge.
Third, strengthen trade relations with the nearby Land of Fire, Land of Water, and Land of Hot Springs.
Fourth, establish a Shipping Company to be responsible for the waterways and the bridge, and charge shipping fees and tolls.
Shin Mikihashi understood it only vaguely but was greatly shocked.
[Due to your actions, Tazuna's destiny has changed, and you've gained 4 destiny value.]
You might as well not give me any at all.
I, Natsume, earn money standing upright, with dignity and integrity.
Get it?
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