Chapter 25

At that moment, Arata's expression was very playful, and Konan, who was standing opposite him behind Zabuza, wasn't too worried as well.

To be honest, this commissioned task still made her, the "Angel of the Hidden Rain Village," feel very tense.

At first, she thought it would be easy to get rid of the rebels with her power, but she almost died moments ago... She really didn't expect that the other party would have poison on him that would leave her like that and it was also her own fault to lower her guard like that and look down on her enemy.

In the end, she was rescued by her client, and the way she rescued her made Konan's cheeks feel very hot every time she recalled the scene.

There was no way to blame the little guy, after all as he had said before he did indeed save her through that method.

And she herself did not feel any disgust towards the boy or his actions, on the other hand, she could still feel the aftertaste left from the kiss in her mouth.

'It must be because he is still a child, this one shouldn't be counted as I have done it with a child, right?' Konan started muttering under her breath while her eyes were a little erratic.

"Hey, how does your sister Konan's mouth feel?" Kushina's voice suddenly resounded in Arata's mind, she spoke in an inexplicable tone which the boy seemed not to notice.

"It was quite moist and ten... No, wait! Why would it matter what it felt like?" Arata who almost replied instinctively started to pretend to be stupid, his eyes darting around the room. "I did not feel anything. I was just trying to save her. That's all."

"Oh… You are so kind and noble." Kushina sneered at Arata as she knew better than to believe in his nonsense.

"No, it's true, they used to call me the most Honest Young Man back in Konoha." Arata used his usual technique of changing the topic, but at this moment, his eyes met with those of Konan.

The two of them were stunned at the same time. A trace of guilt flashed through their eyes the next moment and they both looked away at the same time.

"Cough." In order to hide his embarrassment, Arata coughed and said, "Let me focus on the fight for now. We will discuss these issues some other time."

"You still want to fight?" Kushina's eyes were playful and pointed, "I thought you two are here for a blind date."

"Pfft, Bind date..." Arata almost spit out a mouthful of salt soda, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Old mother, stop causing trouble for me, I'm still a small kid!"

"It's really funny that you are willing to admit that you are a child now?" Kushina snorted coldly and said, "You are not allowed to be an old mother in the future."

"ah?"

"Call me Sister kushina!"

"But, Naruto and I..."

"We are friends, is there a problem with what I said?"

"No." Arata really couldn't figure out why she suddenly wanted to change the way he addressed her.

However, he did not think too much about it as Zabuza had already started to make his move.

Biting the long sword in his hand, his body suddenly retreated to the side where the large desk was placed. He grabbed the balding middle-aged man hiding under the desk with one hand and put the blade against his chin. "Let me go or he will die!"

"Help, help!" The balding middle-aged man struggled hard, but he was just an ordinary person. Under the powerful power of Jonin level, his struggle was like an ant shaking a tree.

Konan was startled by his actions and narrowed her eyes.

I didn't expect the man to choose to take hostages at this time. This Zabuza was really something.

Konan turned to look at the boy, waiting for him to make his decision before making a move.

She felt that this middle-aged man should be very important, otherwise, Zabuza would not use him as a hostage for the last move.

Unexpectedly, the young man's face showed doubts at this time. He tilted his head and said, "Excuse me, who is this uncle..."

Don't know?

Konan was stunned, she did not think that they would also not know the man cursed with hair loss.

"Asshole, don't try to pretend in front of me!" Zabuza was a little bit angered by Arata's words, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I know that both of you are a group of ninjas hired by civilians to come to this guy and ask him to pay their salary!"

"Oh… You are wrong about that, I am actually the person who paid her to come here." Arata muttered in a low voice.

"I never thought that that group of powerless losers could invite people like you. This time I admit defeat!" Zabuza took a breath and said coldly: "Let me go away unharmed and I will return this man to you."

"What if I say no to that?" Arata's dead eyes had disappeared at this time, and his gaze was deep.

"Then those civilians of yours will never get a penny!" Zabuza's eyes were cold and his voice was low: "For ninjas like you, you wouldn't want your mission to fail, right?"

"So in your eyes, Gato is the person who feeds these common people?" Arata sneered, "Hey, is this the famous real meaning of being a ninja? Is this what being a ninja means?"

"What do you mean?" Zabuza narrowed his eyes, unhappy at being ridiculed.

So much so that the strength of his hands began to increase, causing blood to ooze from Gato's neck.

"It hurts! Let me go, I can give you more money!" Gato, who was in pain, screamed, completely unlike the usual arrogance that he showed while facing the civilians of the Land of Waves.

"Literally what I said." Arata directly regarded Gato's pleading as a 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."