"So confident..."
Kakashi Hatake thought Sasuke was a bit too arrogant.
Yet, Uchiha Sasuke's arrogance seemed so justified; a twelve-year-old boy had already mastered the Instant Body Jutsu, once renowned in the Ninja World!
Kakashi Hatake had already witnessed Uchiha Sasuke's power during the Bell Test, but didn't expect to discover in Sasuke's battle with Haku that perhaps what he saw in the test was only a fraction of Sasuke's strength.
Uchiha Sasuke.
The only child of the Uchiha Clan who survived the night of the clan's massacre, bearing both the will and the power of the Uchiha Clan.
Fire Release.
Instant Body Jutsu.
Three Tomoe Sharingan.
Uchiha Swordsmanship and Shuriken Throwing Jutsu.
Kakashi Hatake glanced at the girl, Haruno Sakura, who was full of admiration, then at Naruto Uzumaki, who was digging his nose in frustration, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
These two kids might still have no idea...
How much they lag behind their teammate...
Kakashi Hatake's gaze slowly moved, landing on Uchiha Sasuke, as if seeing his former self in this black-haired boy.
Twelve years old...
Possessing Jonin level combat strength...
This is a child more talented than himself.
The Ninja Sword in Uchiha Sasuke's hand lifted Haku's chin, looking at that elegant face, slowly threatening, "Now, take us to Caddo immediately, unless you want Zabuza to die here?"
"..."
Haku's eyes slightly lowered.
Whether it was Uchiha Sasuke's power or Momochi Zabuza's life and death, he had no power to refuse, besides, he wasn't a formal ninja and didn't need to adhere to any ninja code requiring him to protect his employer...
Furthermore...
"Sure, I'll take you there."
Haku covered his injured shoulder with a hand, struggled to stand up, and slowly walked to the front of the group.
"..."
Uchiha Sasuke showed a mysterious smile of satisfaction.
Hmph, barring unexpected circumstances, Caddo from the Land of Waves should have already been killed by that troublesome guy, Orochimaru, right?
Based on the Root's mission records in the real world, Orochimaru and Akihara Kagura conspired to kill Caddo, and the two divided all of Caddo's wealth in a 70-30 split, though all the blame was shouldered by Orochimaru, the Traitorous Ninja...
These kinds of things...
Are actually quite taboo.
Ninjas are not bandits, they're proper mercenaries.
In times of peace, ninjas are merely commissioned tools; if a village's ninjas start abusing their power to randomly seize wealthy individuals' assets, the ninja commissioning system will collapse and those who harm this system will never receive any commissions again, and will instead be spurned and hunted by all ninjas!
Once the credibility of commissioned hires is lost, ninjas can only fall to becoming hunted outlaws, a deadly fate for them.
Therefore, even a weak but wealthy villain like Caddo was never killed by any ninja, in fact, more ninjas seek to cooperate with him.
Of course.
Uchiha Sasuke wasn't doing it for the money.
Based on Uchiha Sasuke's knowledge of the real world, that traitorous ninja Orochimaru would likely show up at Caddo's castle to seize his wealth...
In the real world...
Team 7 suffered greatly at Orochimaru's hands!
Uchiha Sasuke is very eager to see Orochimaru, to figure out what the Orochimaru in this world is like, whether he too hasn't encountered Akihara Kagura?
There's also another possibility.
It's quite possible that Orochimaru in this world has been in contact with Akihara Kagura since he was one of the first people to make contact with him, which means Sasuke might also find a way to leave this world...
Surely not...
There's no trace of Akihara Kagura at all in this world, right?
However...
Uchiha Sasuke was disappointed once again.
In Caddo's castle, there was no sign of Orochimaru, only the wealthy Caddo with his group of thugs, causing Sasuke to ponder the operating mechanism of this world.
This world...
What kind of operational rules govern it?
The C-rank escort mission in the Land of Waves began...
Why didn't Orochimaru show up here then?
Uchiha Sasuke couldn't quite figure it out, considering he maybe came too early, he habitually proceeded based on his existing character: "Forget it, let's kill everyone here, and pin the killing of Caddo on Momochi Zabuza, to avoid tarnishing Konoha's reputation, and after it's over, we'll split Caddo's money 70-30..."
"Hmm?"
Momochi Zabuza's expression immediately turned cruel, staring viciously at the black-haired boy before him with a slightly indignant tone: "You want me to take the blame for killing the employer, and only give me seventy percent of the money?"
"Thirty percent is yours."
Uchiha Sasuke glanced back, a disdainful sneer on the black-haired boy's lips: "This thirty percent is your retirement money..."
That's the Root's rule.
The rule left by the second leader of the Root in the real world.
"You little brat!"
Momochi Zabuza angrily gripped his Decapitating Carving Knife: "You brat, don't think I'm kneeling in front of you like a beggar, okay?"
However, after having been easily defeated by Uchiha Sasuke before, Momochi Zabuza no longer dared to act rashly, all he could do was stare fiercely at Uchiha Sasuke...