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Chapter 83: You Can Be Called Gato, I Can Be Called Gato, Everyone is Gato
"Are you... Gato?"
He had short silver hair, wore glasses, and looked very elegant. Gato didn't look like a shrewd businessman, but more like a scholar.
"Interesting..."
Ryosuke half-narrowed his eyes. This Gato was different from the one he remembered. Although it had been a few years since the original story, the difference was too significant. Because he had a limiter that allowed him to constantly transform and accelerate his growth, Ryosuke, despite being young, was not short, so he did not stand out among many ninjas.
"Yes, I am..."
Gato smiled kindly and was about to approach them, raising his hand to shake hands. However, he was held down on the shoulders by the three jonin he had hired.
"Lord Gato, there is someone here..." Akutagawa, one of the Jonin, ignored the fact that Ryosuke and the others were right next to him and whispered to Gato about the identity and strength of Hyuga Hizashi in Ryosuke's team. Kinoshita and Adan, the other Jonins were on guard.
Originally, Gato had sent them to give a warning to the Hyuga ninjas who were taking over the diplomatic affairs of the Land of Waves, and then discuss cooperation to ensure that when both parties distributed limited interests, there wouldn't be too big a gap in status between ninjas and businessmen. This was also the reason why Cardo spent a huge amount of money to hire three A-level rogue ninjas.
But now the situation was different. They did not expect that a mere fishing village like the Land of Waves would attract a figure like Hyuga Hizashi, the head of the Hyuga branch family. This was bound to be a bit tricky.
There was no need to think about any show of force; even future cooperation would have to be reconsidered. After all...
Two of the three of them had witnessed Hyuga Hizashi's strength and had encountered him head-on as enemies on the battlefield. Strictly speaking, they had all been defeated by Hyuga Hizashi.
Although they would not give up this mercenary mission just because they met Hyuga Hizashi, if Gato insisted on making an enemy of them, they would most likely choose to abandon the mission.
Although they had three jonin, everyone Hyuga brought seemed to be difficult to deal with, at least all at the level of chunin. And here they were...
All they could say was that their group was just trash.
With the strength at the top almost equal, the strength at the bottom and the backbone was completely incomparable, so it's better to forget about this suicidal mission. Otherwise, they might earn money but have no life to spend it.
As for the serious and nervous attitude of Gato and the others, Ryosuke and with his people did not interrupt them. Instead, they stood there quietly, waiting for them to explain everything they needed to say. Of course, at such a close distance, the entire conversation between Akutagawa and Cardo was easily heard due to their sensory abilities.
However, it seemed that Gato was not intimidated by the name of Hyuga Hizashi. After listening carefully to Akutagawa's narration, he nodded silently. As if mustering up his courage, he approached Ryosuke and the others, strode in front of Hyuga Hizashi, and stretched out his hand, "So you are the all-powerful Hyuga Hizashi. I have heard of your name for a long time."
"I don't deserve such praises."
After staring at Gato for a long time, Hyuga Hizashi's always cold face showed a hint of a smile. "But you are very good. You are worthy of being a rich man in the ninja world. This courage is worthy of praise."
"Earlier on the shore, I heard from your men that you didn't dare to see us. We thought you were a fool."
"To be honest, from the day I learned that you were coming, I have been worried and I dare not let go."
Gato laughed at himself, "When you all landed on the island, I had actually made all the preparations for evacuation and had been paying attention to the movements on the shore."
"As long as you showed even the slightest dissatisfaction with the people I sent over, and had no intention of negotiating, I would have left immediately and taken my people away to avoid any conflict with you."
He described himself as being as timid and sensitive as a rabbit in the woods, who would run away in panic at the first sound of any noise.
"this..."
Hizashi continued to smile and was about to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he suddenly changed his words, "Is that so... It seems that Mr.Gato is a very cautious person."
At this moment, the originally calm Hizashi felt a little shaken in his heart. But this slight fluctuation was not directed at Gato and the others, but at... Ryosuke.
From the moment they entered the castle, all those in their team who had awakened their bloodlines opened their Byakugan and was ready for combat. The same was true for him and Ryosuke.
But just now, Hizashi could clearly feel a slight chakra fluctuation from Ryosuke, and the target was himself. Under the influence of this fluctuation, he uttered some strange words.
Honestly, it feels amazing.
He felt like a puppet being controlled. However, if Hizashi wanted, he could try to circulate the chakra in his body to break the feeling of being controlled. But he felt that it was unnecessary; he wanted to see what Ryosuke wanted to do and what he could do.
This... what kind of power is this? Is it the Byakugan?
Hizashi had a lot of thoughts in his mind. He was like a bystander, watching Ryosuke using his body to talk to Gato.
"But I do have a question."
Using his Byakugan, Ryosuke controlled Hizashi's body and smiled a familiar smile, "Mr. Gato seems to be different from the person I know."
"You are much taller than I expected, and you look different too."
This was the question he had wanted to ask since he saw Gato. The Gato in this world is not simple, and his appearance is very different from what he knows, so he is very doubtful whether the man in front of him with glasses and scholarly appearance is the real Gato.
As for using the genjutsu of the Byakugan, he could control Hizashi and expose his own abilities just like he did with Hinata. This is because Ryosuke has become reassured about Hizashi based on his recent contacts and judgments.
Although Hyuga Hizashi had once harbored murderous intent towards Hinata, Ryosuke felt repulsed by him and did not regard him as Hinata's uncle. But judging from the contacts during this period, Hyuga Hizashi did not actually have much rebelliousness towards the mainfamily. Along the way, Ryosuke saw all of his inspections of himself.
"It sounds like... Mr. Hizashi knows a lot about our Seagull Transport Company."
Gato was obviously a little surprised by this question, but he quickly came to his senses and explained with a smile: "Actually, this is not a secret within our company."
"Although the word 'Gato' is just a name, it is actually the highest position in our company."
"This ninja world is huge, and it's not easy for ordinary people to do business. So in order to avoid unexpected situations where decades of hard work disappear after losing the person in charge, we have a rule within our company."
"That is, as long as you are given the name of Gato, you will be the main person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce."
"There are actually three other people in the company named Gato like me. I have also met the person in charge that you mentioned, Mr. Hizashi."
"Really..."
With his experience in his previous life, it was not difficult for Ryosuke to understand the formation of this management system. However, he felt that the authenticity of these words needed to be verified.
(End of this chapter)
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