Blood spurted out, the sky was filled with red, and the smile at the corners of the white lips was so bright.

"What...what's going on?"

Mingyuki and Sako came closer. When they ran to the place where Kakashi was fighting, they stood there blankly because they saw this scene.

I was filled with questions in my heart.

Bai rushed straight over like this, with a calm heart that seemed to have no regrets at all. Because he protected him, there was no trace of fear, hesitation or reluctance.

"Mr. Zabuza..."

This was the last thing Bai said.

There was no regret left in Bai's heart, and he left this world quietly.

As if the stopped time started to move because of the appearance of Mingxue and others, Zabuza opened his mouth:

"Good job...Shiro."

After Zabuza finished speaking, he reached out to grab the sword behind his back, but for some reason, his palm, which had always been as steady as stone, was trembling slightly.

Kakashi wanted to withdraw his hand, but then he found that Shiro had sealed her hand on her chest, and died as if holding Kakashi's hand.

"I really picked up a good thing! They helped me create such a good opportunity at the last minute!"

Zabuza swung his giant sword, shouting wildly as if he was emphasizing something, and suddenly slashed at Shiro's back with one breath.

But whether it was because of the injury or something else, Zabuza's hand holding the sword hesitated slightly, and his swing speed was a bit slower than before.

Kakashi hugged Shiro's body and jumped back with all her strength. After narrowly escaping the opponent's attack range, she let Shiro's increasingly cold body lie on the ground. Then she looked at Shiro with a smile.

With a pure face, he stretched out his hand to close Bai's open eyes.

"Gugu... I sacrificed myself in vain."

After hearing Zabuza's strange and cold words, Mingxue was so angry that she trembled.

"Mingxue, it's enough for you to just watch over there." At some point, Pegasus appeared behind Mingxue and stopped Mingxue's movements.

"Sako! Naruki! Tenma! Are you all okay? That's great!"

Sakura ran to Mingxue and others with Tatsuna, her face looked happy and relaxed, and she felt slightly exhausted.

"Hmm~" Unexpectedly, Zuo Zi nodded calmly and replied.

"Kakashi! You don't have time to look around!"

Zabuza rushed over waving his sword, his eyes slightly reddened and ferocious. This time he swung the sword even more sharply, completely ignoring defense and just kept attacking! Attack! Attack! The battle started again.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tianma unobtrusively took out a bottle of something and poured it into Shiro's mouth, which was closed tightly and his body was cold.

And before his eyes, the battle between Kakashi and Zabuza was about to decide the winner.

"Why...why can't you keep up..."

Zabuza's breathing was rapid, his chest heaved violently, and he stood laboriously as if leaning on a broadsword. His left hand, which had been severely injured, was hanging down, and even the right hand holding the handle of the knife was stained red with his own blood.

"Damn it!"

Zabuza used his last energy to sprint forward, but was easily knocked away by Kakashi's fist!

He stood up proudly and held on, then swung the sword forward again! He wanted to fight!

But Kakashi in front of him had disappeared.

"You can't beat me now."

"What did you say?"

Kakashi's hand suddenly appeared from behind Zabuza and grabbed his neck.

"Didn't you realize that...you have lost your mind?!"

After Kakashi spoke in a low voice, he raised the two kunai held in his left hand.

"Goodbye Ghost Man!"

But Zabuza did not give up. He used the only strength in his body to pull the sword back, and used the reaction force to twist his body, forcing Kakashi's fatal attack to only pierce his right hand.

After Kakashi was knocked away by the swinging sword, he rolled greatly in the air to relieve his force, while looking at Zabuza who was holding himself up and standing proudly.

"Now both of your hands are disabled, and you can't form seals anymore!"

Seeing his hands drooping as he lost strength, Zabuza maintained his last bit of dignity with a fierce expression on his face!

"Why did you lose so miserably..."

After hearing this voice, Zabuza raised his fierce and ferocious face.

"Cado..."

A short, fat figure wearing a suit and holding a cane slowly appeared from the other end of the bridge with hundreds of ronin.

Cardo's left hand was still covered with a thick bandage, which was the result of being pinched hard by Bai, although it was to save his life.

"That's Kado!"

Kakashi stared at the mastermind with sharp eyes.

"I changed my plan a little! In fact, it should be said that this is what I planned from the beginning... Zabuza, I want you to die here!"

Capitalists have always been like this.

Zabuza just stared at Kado without saying a word, his eyes very calm.

"I had no intention of paying you in the first place. Please forgive me! If you hire a regular ninja, you will have to pay a large amount of money, and if you violate the contract, it will be very troublesome to deal with it afterwards. In comparison, people like you

Such a fugitive ninja can be used casually and then easily disposed of!"

After saying that, Cardo's face showed a charlatan or a proud winner's smile.

"Kakashi, I'm sorry... Our battle ends here. Since I have no reason to attack Tazuna, then I have no reason to continue fighting you."

Although he said this, when Zabuza saw Shiro's body on the ground, he was shocked and then turned his head away fiercely.

"What do you look like? I heard that you are a ghost...but in my opinion, you are just a clown who makes people laugh!"

After Kado said this, a wanton smile appeared on his face as if he was proud of his victory. The samurai present also let out despicable laughter. They were obviously relying on their numerical advantage to look down on Zabuza.

"Huh? This guy..."

Kado saw Bai lying in front of him and quickly walked towards the boy's body, "Is he the kid who broke my hand?"

After he finished speaking, he viciously kicked Bai Xiumei's white face and laughed heartily.

"Hmph...it turns out this guy is dead! He deserves it! Hahaha!"

"What are you doing? Asshole!"

When Mingxue saw this scene, she almost lost herself because of her anger! She made a wrong step and was about to rush out, but Kakashi reached out and grabbed her by the collar and pulled her back.

"Calm down! Look at the number of enemies, don't act rashly!"

The Pegasus behind him also grabbed the long knife and was about to rush out, but after taking half a step, he stopped again, as if waiting for something.

After Mingxue was caught by Kakashi, she struggled to free herself a few times. When it was ineffective, she turned to Zabuza who was standing still and roared:

"Speak too! He is your companion!"

"Shut up, kid. Bai is already dead." There was no trace of emotion in the faint voice, which was so cold that it was almost cold-blooded.

"Don't you feel anything at all about him being treated like that? Hasn't he always been following you?!"

Zabuza looked ahead with stern and cold eyes and spoke coldly.

"Just like Kado is using me...I'm just using Shiro...I've already said...there are only two kinds of people in the world of ninjas: those who use people and those who are used by others."

Zabuza paused for a moment, then continued with emphasis:

"We ninjas are just tools. What I want is his bloodline and abilities! I have no nostalgia for his people at all..."

"Do you really think so!?"

Tenma suddenly spoke, and his tone was calm and didn't sound like a rhetorical question, but it made Zabuza's tall body tremble slightly, and his whole body seemed to stoop half an inch.

"Then why were you so silent just now? Didn't you start counterattacking the moment Bai created the opportunity?"

"Then why was the sword's slashing speed slower when counterattacking? Was it because he didn't want to hurt his body?"

"And why did you suddenly lose your mind and attack desperately?"

"You keep emphasizing the tools, you don't care about anything... you just keep suggesting yourself? You have already understood it, haven't you?"

Zabuza just turned his back to Mingxue Tenma and the others without saying a word, and his head, which had always been held high, also dropped.

"That guy really, really likes you!"

Mingxue pointed at Shiro, with excitement and anger on his face, and roared at Zabuza desperately.

"He likes you so much! But you don't take him seriously at all!"

Why could someone so important to him, whom Bai liked so much, trample on his feelings like this? Why! Mingxue became even more angry!

"Do I really have to be as cold as you to become as strong as you?"
To be continued...