Chapter 44 Being Love-Obsessed is Unacceptable

With the combined power of Naruto Uzumaki's fox demon powers and Sasuke Uchiha's Sharingan, after several attempts, they finally found a weakness in the masked man and launched a counterattack.

Zabuza, who was locked in a stalemate with Kakashi Hatake, took a step back and couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw this.

“None of you can beat Bai. I completely infused that guy with combat skills when he was still young. He has no heart, and he has even abandoned the concept of life. He is a very complete tool that I obtained!”

Seemingly confirming his words, Bai once again concealed himself and unleashed an even more ferocious attack on them.

Looking down at the two people completely soaked in blood, Bai Mo's indifferent voice came from behind the mask, "Fighting for that person, wanting that person's dream to come true—that is my dream, and for that I can become a complete ninja and kill you."

Haruko gritted her teeth, forcing herself to calm down, and instructed the drunk man behind her, "Uncle, you stay here!"

"Hey! Where are you going?" The drunken uncle watched her small figure rush towards the magic mirror space, extremely worried.

As they approached the Magic Mirror space, countless flying needles suddenly emerged from the mirror and pierced towards Haruko Hayama. She was startled for a moment, then quickly dodged while taking out a kunai to knock down the flying needles.

Unexpectedly, the masked man's magic mirror space could launch attacks from both inside and outside, and Haruko's expression became serious.

Naruto Uzumaki, inside the space, heard the sound of the attack and instantly snapped back to his senses. He forced himself to stand up, but his swaying body looked as if he would collapse again at any moment.

He parted his lips slightly, struggling to utter the name that had given him strength, "Haru...ko..."

Unexpectedly, he was still able to stand up. Bai looked at the wounds all over his body, threw a flying needle from his hand, and Naruto Uzumaki, whose mind was in a daze and unable to dodge in time, was directly pierced in the shoulder and fell down again.

"Naruto!" Haruko's pupils constricted sharply, her expression unusually furious as she roared, "What are you going to do to my cats and dogs?!"

"Ninjutsu: Thousand Waters Burst!"

Thin streams of water surged upwards from under the bridge, swirling around and enveloping the magic mirror before shattering it at Haruko's command. Simultaneously, Sasuke Uchiha seized the opportunity to grab Naruto Uzumaki and pull himself up, unleashing his final burst of power.

The three attacked from both sides, and to Bai's disbelief, they broke his secret technique.

The moment the mirror shattered, Haruko stabbed out a kunai, striking the still-stunned Shiro, shattering his mask and revealing his handsome and refined face.

"You are...the boy from that day!" Haruko Hayama was stunned, her face full of disbelief.

Haruko initially thought the masked man's figure looked familiar, but she never expected it to be the gentle boy she had met by chance before. It was hard for her to reconcile the cold and cruel masked man in front of her with the tranquil boy in her memory.

Bai ignored her shock. Realizing he had been defeated, his eyes gradually became unfocused, and he appeared dejected.

"Without dreams, not needed by anyone, just living a simple life, Zabuza-sama has no need for weak ninjas. You have taken away my reason for being."

Haruko Hayama: ...?

This person, whose mind is filled with Zabuza, is definitely not that friendly boy!

Haruko suppressed her speechlessness and rushed to the damaged cat and dog. Naruto Uzumaki, who had lost his fox demon form, had already fainted, and Sasuke Uchiha's Sharingan had also failed to hold on and shut down.

However, his dark eyes stared unblinkingly at Haruko running towards him. Hearing her alarmed expression at his injuries, Sasuke lowered his eyelashes and leaned against her arm without making a sound.

"Sasuke, just hang in there, the pain will stop soon!"

Haruko put one arm around his shoulder and used the other hand to cast a healing spell on his wound.

In the dark and chaotic world, Sasuke Uchiha's body was so numb that she could no longer feel pain, but judging from her profile, which showed both feigned composure and barely concealed panic, she must have been in a lot of pain.

The familiar fragrance filled the air, and Sasuke Uchiha unconsciously slowed down his blinking. His nerves were soothed, and he closed his eyes.

After quickly healing their external injuries, Haruko Hayama finally calmed down.

She stood up, looking at Bai with utter disappointment, "Does your existence have to depend on someone else?!"

Whether it's the gentle boy he first met or his actions of not killing them, Bai is not a ruthless killer; he has his own kindness and his own thoughts.

However, when you put his true character alongside Zabuza's cold-blooded and selfish nature, it's a completely contradictory and distorted relationship.

Bai Wushen glanced at her and slowly recounted his background.

He was born in a poor village in the Land of Water, but because he inherited his mother's bloodline limit, his father, upon learning the truth, led the villagers to kill his mother.

Immediately, pairs of fearful and sinister gazes fell upon him. He fled for his life, trying to catch his breath in the silent world of heavy snow. Finally, he collapsed in the snow and was buried in the snow to escape the pursuit.

After escaping the village, he lived a life of hunger and cold, fighting with wild dogs for food and surviving the winter in thin clothes. It was Zabuza who found him, took him away, and raised him.

So what if I'm used as a tool?

He would do anything as long as he is needed, as long as someone needs him...

This is the only measurable and verifiable value of Haku's existence. He never felt sorry for himself because Lord Zabuza needed him as a tool.

But now, he has lost his reason for existing.

Before Haruko could continue to counsel the wayward boy with distorted values, Kakashi Hatake, who was fiercely fighting Zabuza, defeated him by a narrow margin and then pressed his advantage to deliver the final blow to Zabuza.

"Raychi!"

Bai, who was lost in self-pity, sensed the movement over there. Her heart stirred, and after taking one last look at Haruko Hayama, she quickly disappeared from the spot.

Haruko was too late to stop him. Recalling the apologetic yet relieved look Haku gave her earlier, she turned to Kakashi Hatake in astonishment almost simultaneously.

*Pfft*

Dark red spread from the hand that had pierced his chest.

"They actually said my future only included death. The prophecy has failed again, Kakashi." Zabuza's gaze swept past Haku, who had shielded him from a fatal blow, and his eyes were filled with simmering desire as he looked at Kakashi Hatake.

"White...white!" Haruko cried out in terror.

Kakashi Hatake, whose arm was held by Haku and could not be pulled out, was incredulous that this boy was trying to grab him to give Zabuza a chance before he died.

Blood seemed to flow endlessly from Bai's mouth, and he didn't react even when he heard his own name in his dazed state.

Seeing Zabuza suddenly lunge at Kakashi Hatake and Haku who was holding him, Kakashi, unable to pull his sword away, immediately gave up and retreated with Haku to avoid the attack.

Zabuza is truly a complete scumbag. He not only showed no sympathy for Haku, who had been loyal to him for many years, but even maliciously wanted to kill Haku along with him. Haruko Hayama, who witnessed everything, could no longer contain her anger.

"Don't you have any feelings for Bai at all?!"

Zabuza laughed as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Who would have feelings for a tool? You brat, you really are a brat!"

"you!"

Kakashi Hatake appeared beside her and stopped Haruko Hayama from rushing forward. He felt Haku's strength finally weaken and carefully pulled his hand to hand Haku to Haruko Hayama.

Without time for further conversation, Kakashi Hatake instantly returned to fight Zabuza.

"white……"

Close contact is far more thrilling than watching from the sidelines. In the morning, Haruko held Shiro, whose eyes were half-open and unfocused, and her voice trembled involuntarily.

That tranquil boy, bathed in the warm sunlight, is now devoid of warmth, as if lifeless.

He just wanted to be needed...

Let him see what true love is like!

"Reverse Eye of the Birch Tree: Constructing an Illusion!"