Originally, Haku was supposed to follow Zabuza, but now he met him first.
Haku in the original series was also a rather kind and talented person. Originally, he alone could take down Naruto and Sasuke, but he didn't harden his heart to deliver the killing blow.
If it had been a boy, he definitely would have delivered the killing blow. Only a girl could possibly be so gentle, right?
The child heard Ryosuke's words, 'So that's how it is, he wants to recruit me as a subordinate?'
"I'm willing." Following this person, one could eat a full meal.
Ryosuke was quite happy to hear Haku's response. Just a single meal was enough to win Haku over.
Looking at the dirty and messy appearance of Haku, he should be properly given a change of clothes and also a proper bath.
First, arriving at the counter front, he said, "Boss, how much for three fish and two bowls of rice?"
The boss smiled and said, "No need to pay for the rice. Three fish is 300 ryo. Since the customer agreed to double the price, then it's 600 ryo."
Ryosuke directly took out 600 ryo and placed it on the counter.
Then he directly took Little Haku and left.
First, buy some clothes for Little Haku, then find a hotel to take a proper bath, and then properly check whether the other person is male or female.
And Little Haku obediently followed along. He felt very happy to have someone to follow, no longer being alone.
Very soon, they arrived at a clothing store. Inside, they also sold children's clothes and adult clothes.
Ryosuke directly looked at the boss.
"Boss, prepare a few good sets of clothes for this child."
The clothing shop boss originally felt a bit disgusted, a man wearing a black mask, hiding his head and showing his tail, and another one who clearly looked like a little beggar.
But since the other party directly asked for something, he couldn't show a dark face.
"Alright, I'll prepare them right away." After speaking, he took out a few pieces of clothing from the product cabinet, both tops and bottoms.
"Customer, how about these? These are the best clothes."
Ryosuke looked at the clothes. The styles looked pretty good, with the characteristics of the Land of Water.
Looking at Little Haku, he said, "What do you think about these things? If you like them, I'll buy them for you."
Little Haku carefully looked at these pretty clothes. Even his own mother had never bought him such things.
He softly said, "I like them."
The boss immediately said, "These are the best clothes in the store. One set, top and bottom, is 500 ryo. Three sets would be 1500 ryo."
Ryosuke immediately felt it was a bit expensive. Such delicious grilled fish was only 100 ryo, yet these clothes were this expensive?
"Boss, this is too expensive. 200 ryo per set, okay?"
The boss immediately looked a bit unhappy. The bargaining was too harsh.
"These are all good stuff! Look at the material, look at the stitching technique."
Ryosuke looked carefully. "Average. 250 ryo per set, or I'll go to another shop."
After saying that, he prepared to leave with Little Haku.
The clothing shop boss saw the customer was about to walk out the door, and quickly spoke up. Business had been bad lately, and it was rare to have two customers.
"Customer, 300 ryo per set. This is already selling at cost. No profit at all."
Ryosuke heard that and immediately stopped walking. 'No profit at all? Who are you fooling?'
"Alright then, 300 ryo per set. Total 900 ryo." He took out the money and paid.
Bargaining even a little is still something. As long as it's not too overboard, the seller should still earn a little.
The boss didn't expect the customer would pay so straightforwardly.
He felt a bit regretful, if he had insisted a bit more, maybe he could have earned a bit more. But the words were already said, so he could only pack up the clothes and hand them over to the customer.
"Welcome to come again next time."
"Alright." Ryosuke replied and had Little Haku take the things and leave.
Little Haku held the clothes, feeling a bit happy in His heart. He could hardly believe that today someone gave Him grilled fish to eat, hot steaming rice, and even bought Him such pretty clothes.
It all felt a bit unreal.
He couldn't help but get closer to Ryosuke. He was afraid this was just a dream. And the two of them walked out of the clothing store and began walking along the road looking for an inn.
Just then, someone happened to walk toward them from ahead. He was walking in a hurry, with obvious signs of battle on his body.
Short black hair, lower half of face and neck wrapped in bandages.
This was Zabuza, who had just escaped from Hidden Mist.
At this moment, his heart was very heavy, Mangetsu Hozuki had died in battle.
He hadn't expected the Fourth Mizukage's strength to be so strong. Mangetsu fought head-on, while he went for a sneak attack, yet they still couldn't do anything to the Fourth Mizukage.
The Fourth Mizukage directly entered tailed beast transformation and killed Mangetsu. He could only take the opportunity to escape.
When assassination doesn't work, with his frontal strength, there was absolutely no way to handle the Fourth Mizukage.
At present, the Land of Water was a place he could no longer stay. The pursuers would probably arrive soon.
He had to quickly leave this country. This country had no hope left.
Not only did it persecute bloodline limit users, even the ninja academy operated under high pressure, making students kill each other.
He once thought that was a way to show one's courage, but after growing up, he realized that was called inhumanity.
It had nothing to do with courage at all.
Ryosuke naturally recognized this person. 'Isn't this Momochi Zabuza?'
His luck was really something. This guy probably knew the location of Hidden Mist.
He directly stood in Zabuza's path.
Zabuza saw someone blocking the way ahead and immediately stopped, feeling very annoyed. "Get lost, or I'll cut you down."
Ryosuke wasn't angry. Instead, he smiled and said, "Zabuza, can you take me to Hidden Mist?"
He didn't feel like investigating anymore. Hidden Mist was in the deep mountains, surrounded by thick fog. Without someone to lead the way, he'd probably walk a lot of wrong paths.
Zabuza heard Ryosuke's words and was shocked. This guy actually knew his identity. Could it be that news of his defection had already spread here?
"Get lost. I'm not in the mood to guide you right now."
He had escaped with great effort, going back would be a road to death, right?
That wasn't the answer Ryosuke wanted, so he didn't move aside.
Zabuza was truly enraged. He directly pulled out a short sword from his pocket and slashed toward the black-clothed man in front of him.
The speed was extremely fast. He had no time to waste talking with the person before him.
Ryosuke directly reached out his hand and caught the strike, barehanded against a blade. With his current physical condition, this kind of thing was effortless.
Zabuza right now was just a jonin, not that powerful.
Zabuza's face changed. He tried to forcefully cut through the other's fingers, but no matter what, he couldn't push in. He tried to pull back, couldn't withdraw either.
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