Forced to sell misery

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There is a flaw!

Seizing a split second of opportunity, Shiro shot out the thousand books in his hand at high speed—

Raising his hand to catch the thousand books, Jing Ye raised his fingertips slightly and sent the thousand books back.

The sharp sword grazes the mask, not aiming for his vitals, but... deliberately misses?!

Bai was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted - however, just as Bai wanted to retreat, the flying black-bottomed Fire Cloud Robe with red clouds had obscured his vision.

——The boy who was sitting on the tree just now suddenly appeared in front of him!

The mask on his face was removed, and Bai's eyes widened for a moment.

Instant body?

No…it’s much faster than that, and much weirder!

Fortunately, the boy's target was only his mask, not... his life.

Bai pulled back.

"This feeling is indeed you."

Looking at Bai with a half-smile, Jing Ye landed gracefully on the ground, holding in his hand the mask that he had just taken off Bai's face.

Bai lowered his head in surprise, looking at the furry...little white rabbit in his arms, feeling complicated for a moment.

The boy could clearly take his life in an instant, but he just snatched his mask as if it were a game, and stuffed a... rabbit into his arms.

Stepping back to a safe distance, Jing Ye looked at Bai's pretty face, which was too delicate and thus looked a bit like a girl, and raised the corners of his lips with interest.

"In the town earlier, the girl who threw herself into my arms—" Jing Ye deliberately prolonged the tone and slowly added the second half of the sentence, "It was you, right?"

Bai pursed his lips and took a step back helplessly.

Indeed, he often changed into casual clothes, transformed into an ordinary person, went to the town to buy some things, and gathered intelligence at the same time...

Therefore, when they noticed that Jingye and Kisame appeared in the town and were obviously outsiders, they naturally paid more attention to them.

However, he was accidentally harassed by those gangsters that day, and he just wanted to lead them to a deserted place to deal with them, but he accidentally... bumped into Jing Ye.

Then, naturally, the hero saves the beauty...

Unexpectedly, he was easily seen through... Bai stared at Jing Ye, not knowing how to react for a moment.

"Just kidding,"

Looking at Bai who had a serious face and looked at him as if he was facing a great enemy, Jing Ye burst out laughing.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. I'm just here to return something."

"What else?"

Bai obviously didn't believe it, and he didn't remember where anything fell.

"Yes," Jing Ye said innocently, motioning with his eyes to the rabbit he had just stuffed into Bai's arms, "It's this stupid rabbit that got lost and couldn't find its owner."

"..."

Bai was speechless for a moment.

"Well, why is it such a boring reason?" With a wry smile, Jing Ye turned his gaze to the gloomy Zabuza, and then he stopped joking. "By the way, I want to discuss a deal with you, Mr. Zabuza Momochi, the demon from the Mist?"

"trade?"

Zabuza looked at Jing Ye suspiciously.

"Yes," stroking his chin with his fingers, Jing Ye looked at Bai, "I want that child."

"I?"

Bai was stunned again.

Zabuza's expression became increasingly gloomy and terrifying.

"Please take back your murderous aura," Jing Ye sighed and pointed out directly.

"Why, Zabuza, you only see Haku as a weapon to be used, right? So, using that child in exchange for your life is a good deal, isn't it?"

"Mr. Zabuza..." Bai was stunned. He turned his head to look at Zabuza, and his hand holding Senbon began to tremble uncontrollably.

"Ha," Zabuza placed the beheading sword on the ground, holding the handle of the sword and stood up.

"What the hell are you talking about!"

The murderous intent was released instantly, Zabuza raised his beheading sword and pointed it directly at Jing Ye, saying word by word,

"Even if you see Shiro as a tool or a weapon——that's still my master Zabuza-sama."

"As for my life..." Zabuza sneered disdainfully, "If you can do it, you can take it."

"is it?"

Looking at Zabuza with an ambiguous look, Jing Ye turned his gaze to Bai and said, "What about you? Are you willing to go with me?"

"I will treat you as a true companion, protect you, and help you find the true meaning of life."

Jing Ye looked at Bai with his dark eyes and said seriously.

"No,"

The hand holding the Senbon tightened until the knuckles turned white. Shiro glanced at Zabuza and said firmly, "I only want to follow Mr. Zabuza."

"Oh well,"

Jing Ye looked at Bai with regret, his dark eyes seemed to look into his heart.

"I just hope you don't regret it."

"By the way, your employer is Cardo, right?"

As if he suddenly remembered something, Jing Ye said casually,

"What a pity, I killed him. As for the mission Cardo gave you, I guess there is no need to continue to carry it out, right?"

Cardo... is dead?!

Zabuza and Bai looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Although they also couldn't stand Cardo's face and planned to kill Cardo after the mission, but... now is not the time...

"Yes, your mask."

Jing Ye didn't care what their considerations were - since they were all killed, he couldn't possibly find another "Kado" to give an explanation to Zabuza, Haku, and the Land of Waves, right?

He threw the mask back to Bai, gave Zabuza a warning look, and turned to leave.

"Let's go, Kisame."

After looking at Zabuza and Haku meaningfully, Kisame and Kagamiya left together.

The two men disappeared under the cover of the bushes just as suddenly as they came.

"Mr. Zabuza..."

Bai held the mask and looked at Zabuza helplessly, not knowing what to explain for a moment, "I have nothing to do with those people, I'm just in the town..."

"That's enough. No explanation needed."

Staring at the direction where Jing Ye and the other person left, Zabuza raised his hand to interrupt Bai's words.

"Those people...are not simple."

"Mr. Zabuza?"

Can he defeat someone that even Zabuza is afraid of?

Looking at Zabuza, Shiro suppressed his uneasiness.

"Contact Cardo first to confirm the accuracy of the information."

After a moment's hesitation, Zabuza picked up the beheading sword and glanced at Bai, "Let's go."

"Yes, Mr. Zabuza."

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On the other side, the duo who attempted to kidnap a child were walking on the road.

"you……"

Kisame looked at Jing Ye and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times.

Is this... considered a broken heart?

I always feel that Kisame seems to have imagined something incredible... Jing Ye's scalp was numb from being stared at by Kisame, and he explained helplessly,

"If he agrees, then I will definitely take Bai away."

With a sigh of regret, Jing Ye said in an ambiguous tone,

"Unfortunately, I was still a step too late. Haku met Zabuza first, and Zabuza also recognized Haku, so... I was just a third party who came in unexpectedly."

"..."

Your circle is really chaotic.

But...what about the feeling of being in love? Are we just giving up so hastily?

Even though it was Kisame, he felt his mouth twitching.

Jing Ye lowered his head, twisted his fingers, and was rare in silence. In fact, what he didn't tell Kisame was that if you missed it, you missed it.

At just the right time, Haku met Zabuza.

Even if it is just a relationship between needing and being needed, the relationship between the owner and the weapon is a bond that cannot be easily abandoned.

Bai felt that the meaning of his existence was to live to become Zabuza's weapon, so there was nothing he could do.

Finally, I couldn't help but intervene.

But, in fact, he understood a long time ago that he was never anyone's salvation.

Thinking of this, Jing Ye suddenly stopped.

Putting away his teasing expression, he turned to look at Kisame and said seriously,

"I'll leave things here to you. I suddenly remembered that there is a problem that needs to be solved."

The hands hidden in his sleeves slowly clenched, and Jing Ye's expression gradually turned cold.

——He finally remembered what he had been caring about but had forgotten...

In the past few years, I have lived too comfortably... following Kisame on missions everywhere, waiting for everything to develop naturally.

——Team 7 has started the mission of Wave Country, so the Chunin Exam will be held soon. The Chunin Exam is the opportunity for Orochimaru to come up with the plan of "destroying Konoha".

What happens in Konoha has nothing to do with him, but... he will never allow Orochimaru to attack his people under his nose!

Hope it's not too late...