71 Chapter 70

In the port of the Land of Waves.

Just before dawn, there were a lot of people bustling around here.

After all, the construction of the bridge was the last hope for the locals to get out of poverty.

"Tazuna is here!" – a respectful voice sounded from the crowd, and many glances rushed towards the arriving master.

"Tazuna-san!"

"Good morning Tazuna!"

"You're early today, Tazuna."

Joyful greetings came from all sides of the port.

- Wow, I didn't even know the old man was so popular! – Naruto scratched the back of his head, noticing many respectful glances directed at Tazuna walking next to him.

Bang!

- Idiot! What an old man! Tazuna-san is the only bridge-building master and the hope of the entire Land of Waves! – Sakura grumbled irritably, charging Uzumaki with delicious bream.

She had good awareness of the situation in the Land of Waves, unlike Naruto and Sasuke, who spent most of their time training.

Seeing how different the Land of Waves was from the prosperous Konoha, Sakura began to wonder what the significance of building a bridge was for this impoverished country?

And if earlier the young kunoichi openly disliked this grumpy customer with a constant fume, now she had only respect for him, as they say, people are judged by their actions.

Rubbing his head, Naruto stole glances at the furious Sakura.

Meanwhile, Sasuke looked around warily.

Now, while there is still morning fog, is the best time for an ambush.

Yoshiro and Kakashi slowly followed Team 7 and Tazuna.

– Yoshiro-san, I'm wondering why you suddenly asked to come with us, and Yoshiro-san? – Kakashi suddenly asked with a sad look.

- Well, I thought that since Kakashi-san had almost recovered, then Zabuza probably too. I'm going to help if your worst fears come true and the enemy attacks again. After all, I owe a lot to Tazuna's family! – Yoshiro smiled in response.

"Your truth," Kakashi nodded, putting his hands in his pockets.

With the addition of a bridge builder, work progressed by leaps and bounds.

At the same time, Kakashi and the rest of the shinobi dispersed to various key points in anticipation of Zabuza's attack again.

"I wonder what Gato is up to again? Haven't heard anything from him lately..."

"But that's right, I wouldn't have noticed that Gato hasn't put a spoke in his wheels for several days now, if you hadn't reminded me!"

There were different conversations among working people.

The sun gradually rolled out from behind the horizon, dissipating the bluish fog at the seams on the busy shore.

It was already midday, and more and more people were leaving for lunch, but Zabuza still didn't show up.

Not much time passed before only Tazuna remained in the deserted port, busy with measurements and calculations somewhere below.

Kakashi frowned in puzzlement, wondering why Zabuza had not shown up yet, because he had no doubt at all about his enemy's ability to recover by this point.

A person like Zabuza would immediately strike back as soon as he came to his senses, because judging by what he saw, he was not one to wait carefully and think through cunning plans.

"So he can't do it yet?" – Kakashi asked himself in a whisper, lazily looking around.

Phew! Phew!

Just at that moment, the sound of cutting air came from afar.

Kakashi turned sharply in his direction, ready to begin a fierce battle with the Demon.

The faces of the bored Team 7 suddenly became serious, and their gazes followed the Jounin.

But when two rapidly approaching figures finally entered their field of vision, the wary Hatake became confused because they were wearing Konoha's Root Anbu uniforms.

In addition, he recently came across one of them in the forest.

The Root members then calmly swept past the startled Kakashi, as if they had a clear goal.

He, of course, frowned at this, but did not say anything, because he tried to avoid contact with the Root as much as possible.

- Hmm, what kind of arrogant idiots are they? – Naruto muttered at the back of the arrogant members of the Root.

This time Sakura did not grumble at Uzumaki, as she usually did, because not only she was unhappy, but even Sasuke. Who would like to feel like an empty space?

"I ask you, do not stir anything up, these are members of the special squad of secret assassinations of Konoha," Kakashi appeared next to the trio of Genin and said extremely seriously, fearing that their nonsense would attract unnecessary attention from the Root Anbu.

After these words, he cast a wary glance at Naruto, praying to himself that the boy would not do anything unpredictable at least now.

– But... Kakashi-sensei, aren't they going to Uncle Yoshiro? – Uzumaki could not resist asking, following the direction of the Root shinobi.

Which is why Hatake raised his eyebrows in surprise, looked around and confirmed that the two were indeed heading towards Yoshiro.

"What the hell does he have to do with the Root?" – he thought to himself in surprise, and at that moment Yoshiro's voice was heard nearby.

"You're late, how long can you wait?" the wandering shinobi's eyes flashed at the sight of the approaching figures, and then he spoke coldly, as if he was aware of what was happening.

- Did you bring it? – came an emotionless, even slightly harsh voice from under the mask of the Root shinobi.

"Yes, but first I want to receive a message from my wife and son, otherwise there can be no talk of any exchange..." Taking a few steps back, Yoshiro took out a scroll.

His voice sounded tense, and his sweaty hand tightly gripped the scroll he had taken out.

From what they heard, Kakashi and the Genin team got a rough idea of what was happening.

"Now it's clear why Yoshiro-san stayed here, it turns out he had some kind of deal planned with our village..." Sakura whispered, after thinking a little, with a hint of surprise in her voice.

"But these words are about his wife and son, really..." Sasuke added quietly.

– There's no point in discussing the affairs of the village just anywhere, maybe it was about simple information! – Kakashi interrupted him mid-sentence.

But the look of the experienced Jounin noticeably darkened. After all, who else but him knows that Root can easily do something similar, and even worse, in order to achieve the goals of his leader.

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