Chapter 88 Greed (Ch 88)

Haku, whose full name is Mizunotsuki Haku, will become a partner of Zabuza in the future and is the one who forces Team 7 into a desperate situation when they go out of the village for the first time to carry out a mission.

He possesses an excellent ability of ice escape and one-handed seal, and his strength is at least that of a special jonin.

At the same time, he is also the man designated by the author Kishimoto as more handsome than women.

According to the timeline, the person in front of him should be Bai, but in order to confirm, Yue Yan also plans to ask.

“What a cute child, Aunt Jing…Zi, is she a girl?”

Hearing this, Jingzi, who was holding Bai in her arms, smiled and shook her head.

“Bai is a boy.”

Yue Yan said to himself, “As expected”, and he could probably guess that the reason why Akiko looked nervous when he asked her surname was probably because of the massacre of the bloodline ninja in the Mist Village.

But let me say that the Third Mizukage should also be from the Mizunotsuki clan. As a member of the same clan, Mizunotsuki Akiko should not leave the village. And the blood mist that massacred the bloodline ninjas should be the result of the Fourth Mizukage Yagura Karotachi being controlled by the evil Obito. Could it be that it happened now?

Yue Yan was partly right. Although the Mist Village has not yet implemented the Blood Mist Policy, the Third Mizukage had enough of the situation where most of the village’s resources were controlled by the major bloodline families, so he issued an order to suppress the bloodline families.

Although after the order was issued, the other bloodline families lost some resources thanks to the full efforts of the Mizukage, the loss was not much. Since the resources of these bloodline families had been lost, they had to make up for it elsewhere.

People like Mizunotsuki Akiko, who failed to awaken their bloodline and didn’t even have the talent to become a ninja, were naturally the targets of exploitation.

In addition, even if they are of the same clan, strength is paramount in the Mist Village. Unable to bear being bullied all the time, Mizunotsuki Akiko fled the Mist Village and settled in a town in the Land of Water. She changed her identity, got married and had children.

The Mizunotsuki clan didn’t care about ordinary people like Mizunotsuki Akiko. If she ran away, she ran away. It was not worth sending people to hunt her down.

But Mizunotsuki Akiko, who didn’t know all this, was afraid that the person who came up to her was sent to kill her, so she was so nervous when Yue Yan asked her name at first.

Yue Yan looked at Bai who was lying in Jingzi’s arms with a happy smile on his face, and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Bai’s fate was not good. After the Fourth Mizukage took office, he promulgated the blood mist that spread to the human world and spread throughout the Water Kingdom.

Then one day, Bai suddenly awakened his bloodline and was seen by his father, which eventually attracted the Anbu of the Mist Ninja. Bai was able to escape thanks to his mother risking her life to stop them.

While wandering, he was picked up by Zabuza, who had defected after failing to assassinate the Mizukage, and eventually both of them died in battle in the Land of Waves.

When Bai was accepted by Zabuza, it seemed as if a ray of light appeared in the life of Bai, who had been wandering for a long time. Driven by his longing and yearning, Bai had complicated feelings towards Zabuza. He liked her and respected her, and was willing to give up his life for her.

To be honest, Yue Yan was moved when Zabuza and Haku died. If he had the chance, he would have tried to stop this star-crossed couple… uh, Yuanyuan’s tragedy, well, just consider it as a way to repay the emotion he felt in his previous life.

Just as Yue Yan was thinking about this, Jingzi’s husband came back with two fish for dinner tonight.

When he noticed Yue Yan, a man he didn’t recognize, he couldn’t help but look alert.

“Who are you? Why are you in my house?”

At this time, Jingzi began to explain.

“This young man plans to stay at our house for one night.”

“Yes, I will pay.” Yue Yan took out a stack of money and put it on the table beside him. The amount was about the same as staying in a hotel for one night. After all, too much money is not a good thing for ordinary people in the chaotic Water Country.

Looking at the stack of money, the husband’s eyes flickered a few times, and then he accepted it. As for what he was thinking just now, only he knew.

After Jingzi took the two fish from her husband, she went to the kitchen to cook them. After they were done, she invited Yue Yan to eat together.

Jingzi’s cooking skills were still very good, but Yue Yan didn’t eat too much, he just ate a normal amount.

Just after dinner, Jingzi’s husband brought two glasses of water, handed one to Yue Yan, and started chatting.

The husband was mainly trying to figure out Yue Yan’s identity indirectly, but when he said the first sentence, Yue Yan guessed what he was trying to do.

He turned his head to look at the glass of water on the table, sighed inwardly, but still picked it up and took a sip.

As Yue Yan finished drinking, her husband’s face showed a smile even brighter than before.

After chatting for a few more minutes, seeing that it was getting late, Yue Yan decided to take a rest.

After taking the bedding that Jingzi brought and spreading it out in the living room, Yue Yan lay down to rest.

When the bright moon was high in the sky, the husband got up, walked to Yue Yan’s side, and looked at his sleeping face.

“I have been poisoning fish for so many years, and I have a very accurate grasp of the dosage. But after tonight, you will never wake up again. Don’t blame me. It’s your fault for not being so vigilant.”

As he spoke, the husband began to rummage through Yue Yan’s pockets and took out a wallet. Looking at the large number of large-denomination banknotes inside, greed flashed in his eyes.

At this time, Jingzi noticed that her husband had woken up, so she got up to check and saw her husband grinning foolishly with a stack of banknotes in his hand.

“what are you up to?”

Hearing Jingzi’s question, her husband turned his head and there was a terrifying smile on his face that Jingzi had never seen before.

“The big fat sheep has come to our door in person, we can’t miss it.”

As he spoke, he waved the banknotes in front of Jingzi.

“Look, the big fat sheep is really rich. He actually brought so much with him. If he spends frugally, it will be enough for our family to live for two years.”

“Aren’t you afraid that he will take revenge on us when he wakes up the next day?”

Hearing this, the husband sneered and took the hatchet standing by the wall in his hand.

“As long as we kill him and bury him in the mountains, no one will find him. Moreover, as you said before, he has been separated from his companions. Even if his companions come to look for him, they will not find anything.”

As he said this, he raised the hatchet and was about to chop at Yue Yan.

At this moment, Jingzi came forward and hugged him.

“We can’t do this!”

Seeing that he was stopped, the husband, whose greed overwhelmed his reason, broke free and slapped Jingzi in the face.

“Why did I marry a money-loser like you? Can’t you see that there is so much money?!”

“No!”

Jingzi covered her red and swollen face and shook her head uncontrollably.

“We can’t do that.”

At this time, Bai Ye, who heard the noise, came over. After seeing his mother lying on the ground, he rushed up and hugged her.

Seeing this, the husband snorted coldly and was about to attack again, but was stopped by Jingzi again.

“You can’t kill him. If you kill him, there will be no turning back and we will become the same as those bandits and pirates.”

Looking at Jingzi in front of him, the husband was now completely furious.

“This is the way the world works. If you want to stop me, then go and die. I can find someone more obedient.”

The moment he finished speaking, the husband swung down with the hatchet in his hand.

When Bai saw this scene, his eyes widened and he was about to rush over to stop it, but as a child he could not do anything. He could only watch the hatchet about to chop his mother’s neck.