"So you read Make-Out Tactics too!" Kakashi looked like he'd just found a long-lost comrade. But the moment he thought about the Icha-Icha series, his heart sank. The biggest mistake he had ever made in his life was giving Sakura that team graduation photo back then.
"Eh… I just flip through it to kill time," Zabuza coughed lightly, his expression somewhat awkward. He hadn't thought much of it before, but since finding out Haku was actually a girl, talking about this now always felt really uncomfortable.
"The Celestial Society is an enterprise I co-own with several friends. But I have the largest share—meaning, I'm the chairman of the Celestial Society!" Sakura said with a smile, delivering a response that nearly made Zabuza kneel down.
"Holy crap…" Zabuza didn't even know how to describe what he was feeling anymore. Just when he thought he had grabbed onto a golden leg, turns out he'd been hugging a full-golden idol.
"You know Tentsuzan Armory?" Sakura asked again.
"That's also your business?" Zabuza's voice already trembled slightly. He had worked hard all his life, yet this twelve-year-old girl was worth more than him? This world really doesn't make sense anymore.
"No," Sakura shook her head.
"Good!" Zabuza let out a sigh of relief. If even Tentsuzan Armory belonged to Sakura, he would totally lose his mind.
"Tenten is the sole heir of Tentsuzan Armory, and also one of my best friends. We've grown up together and have been close for many years," Sakura added without changing her expression, driving another stab straight into Zabuza's heart.
Zabuza didn't want to say anything anymore. His mind was blank except for one word: "crap." What else could he possibly say? Even the ordinary associates of these elites were elites themselves. As for himself, just another poor guy struggling every day to earn money, he felt like there was no point in living at all.
"Oh right, one more thing!" As if Zabuza hadn't been shocked enough, Sakura suddenly clapped her hands in excitement. "The Uchiha clan, Sasuke's family, wasn't wiped out after all! They relocated to the Land of Snow and successfully conquered it. Now the entire Land of Snow has become their territory, and their wealth has multiplied many times compared to when they were in Konoha!"
Zabuza tightly covered his chest—he just couldn't live like this anymore.
"Also, Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, and one of the few remaining descendants of the Uzumaki Clan. His mother Kushina Uzumaki was a pure-blood member of the Uzumaki, so in terms of bloodline, Naruto can truly be called a prince!" Sakura pointed at Naruto and stabbed another knife straight into Zabuza's heart.
Zabuza: [Silent]
"And currently, Kakashi-sensei is the successor to the Fifth Hokage, a position that was originally prepared for him by the Third Hokage. In the future, he will definitely inherit the position of Village Headman of Konoha!" Sakura pointed toward Kakashi, who was immersed in reading Make-Out Tactics, stabbing Zabuza yet again.
Zabuza: [Speechless] Damn it all! How can some perv reading smut be doing better than me?!
"Other than that, among our group of friends, Hinata is the eldest daughter of the Hyūga clan's Main House and its future heir. Neji's father, Hizashi, leads the Branch House of the Hyūga clan. Kiba will be the next head of the Inuzuka clan, while Shino is destined to lead the Aburame clan. Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino are the next generation of the Ino–Shika–Cho trio, which means they'll inherit leadership of the Nara, Akimichi, and Yamanaka clans respectively. As for Lee, although he's an orphan, his mentor and adoptive father, Might Guy, is a Konoha jonin known as the 'Blue Beast of Konoha'—a powerhouse who can overpower even the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages when pushed to the edge. He's held in extremely high regard within Konoha."
Sakura counted off on her fingers while explaining this to Zabuza, who ended up clutching his chest in pain from the shocking comparison.
"You know what? Don't bother continuing. This is just too much for me."
Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Three: Gato's Death Wish [Part I]
As Zabuza walked down the road, he looked up at the sky with deep sorrow. Kids barely twelve years old had already accomplished more than him. Even that orphan kid Rock Lee had such a powerful mentor behind him. Meanwhile, he couldn't even measure up to some guy who never looked up from his trashy novels. Life really wasn't fair.
"Oh right, by the way, there's actually bad blood between Might Guy and the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist," Sakura suddenly recalled the history and added, "You probably don't know much about that, but Biwa Juzo—the former wielder of the Cleaver Sword—was aware of it. Back during the Third Great Ninja War, Might Guy encountered the Seven Swordsmen while on a mission. His father, Might Duy, sacrificed himself to rescue Guy and his team by activating the Eight Gates Formation, enabling Guy and his comrades to escape. But Might Duy burned out his life force in the process. The result of that battle was impressive though—four of the Seven Swordsmen were killed on the spot, and the remaining three fled with serious injuries."
"The deaths of the previous Seven Swordsmen were caused by Konoha?" Although Zabuza didn't know the complete truth behind the incident, he was well aware that four members of the Seven Swordsmen had died simultaneously—an event that created enormous shockwaves within Kirigakure at the time. Yet no one ever discovered who had eliminated them, and the survivors remained silent about what happened.
"Here, this is a childhood photo of Might Guy, and the person beside him is his father, Might Duy!" Sakura took out a photograph from her ninja tool pouch. It was a copy made from the only existing photo at Might Guy's house, showing him and his father. "Just as a side note, Might Duy remained a mere genin until his death!"
"What? Is the Hokage of Konoha completely brain-damaged? Someone capable of killing four and severely wounding three of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist during an encirclement—you're telling me he was just a lowly genin? Did the Third Hokage finally lose his mind?"
Zabuza's eyes twitched violently upon hearing this—he couldn't believe his ears. How could such an extraordinary warrior be nothing more than a genin? If all Konoha genin were at that level, then Konoha should've already dominated the entire ninja world by now.
"That's just how it is. To put it simply, Konoha plays the ranking game a little differently than everyone else. Normally, there are genin, chunin, jonin, and Kage. However, Konoha also has 'Eternal Genin.' Let me explain—if anyone in Konoha becomes an Eternal Genin, they're definitely not ordinary people!"
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