"Haku!" Zabuza shouted, clearly not in agreement.
"I hope you can agree." Haku ignored Zabuza, prostrating himself and kneeling, his headband touching the ground as he pleaded earnestly with Lexon.
"Er..." Lexon rubbed his chin, musing. "I could just kill him and take you. Why should I spare his life?"
Hearing Lexon's words, both Zabuza and Haku's expressions changed.
Zabuza instantly drew a kunai and pointed it at Lexon, while Haku pressed a kunai to his own neck.
"If you try to do that, I'll kill myself! Whatever your goal is, you won't succeed!" Haku shouted at Lexon, agitated.
"Why so tense... It was just a joke." Lexon smiled slightly at the two, who were ready to fight to the death.
He had no interest in killing Zabuza. This guy was a big experience pack for Sasuke and Naruto in the future. Killing him now would mean one less growth opportunity for them.
However, Lexon's words clearly didn't put Zabuza and Haku at ease. They remained tense and nervous.
"Besides..." Lexon's voice trailed off.
Suddenly, his figure vanished.
'Crap!' Zabuza sensed deep trouble.
Before Zabuza could react, Lexon had already appeared at Haku's side.
Clang.
Haku's hands were suddenly seized, and the kunai fell to the ground with a sound.
'Dammit...'
Zabuza, upon reacting, swung his kunai, trying to rescue the restrained Haku.
"Bang!"
He suddenly felt a huge force transmit to his body. He flew backward at high speed, slamming into the trunk of a large tree with a violent sound.
"Cough..."
Zabuza violently spat out several mouthfuls of blood, his expression pained.
He felt that several of his ribs were broken, and his internal organs seemed to have been displaced.
"If I wanted to harm you, you would have no ability to resist."
Lexon finished his sentence, his light, indifferent voice drifting over.
"Zabuza-sama!" Haku, seeing the respected Zabuza-sama who had saved him from his suffering, get injured, couldn't help but cry out in worry.
Zabuza, who had crashed into the tree, pushed himself up with his limp body and faced Lexon. His hands came together, wanting to form seals for a jutsu.
"Stop, Zabuza-sama! Don't resist!" Haku shouted, stopping Zabuza's actions. He understood deeply that the two of them had no ability to resist this mysterious person, so he didn't want the conflict between Zabuza and Lexon to escalate.
Zabuza stared intently at Lexon, holding the seal-forming posture for a long time before slowly lowering his hands, giving up resistance. He also knew in his heart that resistance was futile... Now he could only hope that what the other person said was true.
"That's more like it..." Lexon, seeing Zabuza stop resisting, showed a peaceful smile. "I was just thinking that if you continued to resist, I'd just kill you."
Although the words were spoken with a smile, they didn't carry a trace of warmth or kindness. Instead, they sent a chill through both Zabuza and Haku's hearts.
Especially Zabuza.
He hadn't expected to have gone through two life-or-death crises in such a short time.
"In that case, my lord, what do you want me to do?" Haku asked Lexon nervously.
"Just follow me for a few days," Lexon replied casually.
'Follow you for a few days?'
A question mark appeared over both Zabuza and Haku's heads. They didn't know what Lexon meant.
'Follow him for a few days? What for?'
"And Zabuza-sama?" Haku carefully asked again.
"Ah... him. He can come along. After all, I have to return you to him in a few days," Lexon replied.
Zabuza and Haku glanced at each other.
They gradually felt that Lexon really didn't seem to have any ill intentions. Their tense mental state relaxed somewhat.
'Then let's just do as he says... follow him for a few days... Hopefully, he'll keep his promise.'
They both thought.
"Then that's settled for now." Lexon released his hold on Haku, letting him go and worry about his Zabuza-sama's injuries.
"By the way, Zabuza, you defected from Kirigakure, right?" Suddenly, Lexon seemed to remember something and asked Zabuza.
"Right," Zabuza nodded, tending to his injuries.
"Then do you have any news on your village's Six-Tails Jinchuriki?" Lexon continued to ask.
The Six-Tails and Three-Tails were both Kirigakure's Tailed Beasts. The Three-Tails was left behind after the Fourth Mizukage's death. The Six-Tails was still sealed within its Jinchuriki, remaining in Kirigakure.
"I don't know. The Jinchuriki is well-protected. I couldn't get close," Zabuza said.
"Is that so," Lexon mused.
'I'll just go deliver the Three-Tails and check in on the Rinnegan first. No need to make a special trip to Kirigakure to find the Six-Tails Jinchuriki. Besides, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki defects at some point. I don't know what the situation is now. Maybe he's already run off...'
'I'm not interested in looking for him.'
'I'll just leave the hard work to Kakuzu.'
Lexon thought.
'Ah... they're here.'
His gaze suddenly shifted toward a direction with several large trees.
The sound of many ninja leaping through the branches came over.
With a few swooshes, a dozen or so figures appeared in front of Zabuza and the others.
Among them were all the members of the Crimson Knight Brigade.
The Reincarnators of the Crimson Knight Brigade must have learned a lot from the ninja in Kirigakure over the years, as they were all traveling like ninja.
And there were signs of chakra flowing in their bodies.
But the level wasn't high, and it was uneven. The strongest chakra fluctuation seemed to be coming from their captain, Zhongh.
'An average Jonin level.'
Lexon's nose twitched, and he clearly identified the other's chakra level.
'To reach this level in seven years, Zhongh is already exceptionally talented.'
"Are you a Reincarnator from China Central Team 4?"
Zhongh, seeing Lexon next to Zabuza, frowned and asked.
He wasn't at all concerned about speaking of the Main God Space in front of the story characters.
Any related words would be censored by the Main God or their meaning would be altered for the listeners, so there was no need to worry.
"Mn, what's up?" Lexon said.
"Where are the other two from your team?" Zhongh saw that Zabuza was now heavily injured, and his little attendant was caring for him, with no sign of trying to flee. He assumed Zabuza was ready to surrender, so he was in the mood to chat with Lexon.
"I don't know," Lexon replied honestly.
He really didn't know the current whereabouts of Youmei and Rara.
Suddenly, the communicator under Lexon's robe vibrated. He took it out and glanced at it.
It was a message from Kakuzu.
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