"It's too early for you to feel relieved!"

Kakashi reminded him, frowning and looking ahead. The dark figures were quite oppressive.

Although many people were defeated by Zabuza, the ronin who were still overwhelmingly outnumbered. After seeing the frightened demon falling powerlessly, they once again had a jeering smile on their faces and slowly came closer without thinking.

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Don't think about it carefully, can they, the little minions, be able to deal with someone who can even defeat the evil ghost they are afraid of?!

Therefore, people only suffer from lack of self-awareness.

Arrogance, pride, ambition and greed, without corresponding wisdom and strength, are nothing but sticky tentacles of temptation stretched out by the devil to lead to the abyss.

"Damn dead ninja... you killed the financial sponsor we finally found!"

"In that case, let's just attack the village and take away all the valuable things!"

The rogues chatted in various directions, howling ugly and ugly, venting the dark desires in their hearts, and then looked at Pegasus and others who were covered in wounds from the battle as if they were mocking them.

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"So you are the number one victim."

"Go to hell! Uh-huh, hahaha..."

Mingxue couldn't help but glanced at the calm Kakashi in a panic.

"Teacher! Do you have any technique to defeat them in one go?"

The hopeful question was coldly dismissed by Kakashi. He rolled his eyes at Mingxue who was full of expectations, but Kakashi still calmly retorted.

"Stop forcing things on others, do you know how much chakra I spent on Zabuza?"

At this moment, a huge fishing gun was shot in front of the crowd of robbers, who were gathering like jackals.

"What?!"

"If you dare to take one step closer to this island, you will become enemies of everyone on the island!"

Dazna turned around. This voice was too familiar. Looking at the short and thin figure not far away, his eyes widened.

"Inali..."

All the capable adults in the town stood on a section of the bridge with weapons in their hands, confronting the Ronin group without giving an inch.

Dazuna did not hide the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, and said in a trembling voice:

"you……"

"Cardo's men! If you dare to get closer, you won't be able to come back alive!"

"Big brother! Sister Mingxue..."

A thin figure wearing a pot that served as a helmet on his head and holding a small crossbow stood in front of the crowd waving.

"Ah~ you didn't disappoint me!"

The person who went door to door to persuade everyone who was unwilling to stand up was Inali.

The little girl's desperate cry finally touched people's stubborn hearts. Maybe it was because Inali, who had become very timid after losing Kesha, said these words that people responded.

The number of people gathered increased very quickly, and soon a large group of villagers came to the bridge.

"Hehe! Heroes always appear late!"

"Okay! Then I'll help you too!"

Mingxue Formed the Seal and used the Shadow Clone Technique again. Although only a few people could be cloned due to the low amount of chakra left, the Ronin clearly felt a lot of pressure and shrank slightly.

"At that level, with my current chakra...bluffing is okay..."

After Kakashi whispered to himself, he also used the shadow clone technique. Suddenly, dozens of Kakashi appeared on the bridge.

With just this one move, the momentum of the rogues was completely defeated, and they retreated like a colony of ants.

Only Pegasus sighed slightly and sheathed the sword. This was fine. Although a lot of experience was wasted, killing people and so on...

And there are more important things than that.

"It seems like everything is over..."

"yes."

The person who said this feebly at Kakashi's feet was Zabuza.

The fire of his life had not been completely burned out, so he was holding on to his remaining body and looking at everyone, but Kakashi and Tenma knew why.

"I want to ask you something. I want to meet...that guy..."

Tenma stepped forward and squatted down wordlessly, put away his long sword, and then picked up Zabuza.

White things began to slowly fall from the sky.

"Snowing?"

Mingxue looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky. They were falling so sadly, and they were falling so lingeringly and silently. How could it snow at this time of year?

Zabuza looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky in Pegasus' arms, but he was thinking about Shiro's tears in his heart.

——Bai...Are you crying?

After letting Zabuza lie down next to Shiro, Tenma stepped away silently, already holding a bottle of something in his hand.

Zabuza used his remaining strength to tilt his body to a position where he could see Haku's profile, then stretched out his trembling hand to caress Haku's cheek.

——You have always been by my side...at least I will be by your side until the last moment...

Zabuza slowly and tenderly stroked Haku's beautiful and pure white cheek, and in a very steady voice, uttered the saddest vows.

"Bai...if possible...I really want to go...to the same...place...with you..."

Looking at the pure young man like this, the man's face was full of nostalgia and reluctance. He turned his head and promised with a smile...

Maybe it's because the body still has some body temperature, or some other reason.

The snowflakes flying all over the sky fell in the corners of the young man's eyes, melting like tears, turning into clear tears, and falling silently.

The departing Haku is Zabuza's eternal concern, his companion in this life, waiting for his reunion in the next life.

Mingxue, who was standing in front of them and looking at the two of them, couldn't help but cry.

"This kid... was born in a village where it snows a lot..."

"...He is a young man as pure as snow..."

After Tenma finished speaking quietly, he answered Zabuza silently in his heart——

——Yes, Zabuza... you two can always be together...

Zabuza finally slowly closed his eyes, and with reluctance... his palms fell to the ground weakly.

The snow continued to fall, spreading all over Shiro and Zabuza's bodies...

When time returned to Kirigakure, it was also a snowy night.

There were two sincere and identical hearts beating that night.

There is only one sentence: "Big brother's eyes are the same as mine."

Although the two were enemies, Kakashi and others did not want such a pitiful and respectable couple to die in the wilderness. They led everyone back to the town to buy a coffin and buried the two together.

Looking at the layer of white snowflakes covering the newly filled gray-black soil, the girls in Mingxue shed tears silently. Their hearts seemed empty, and they unconsciously glanced at the tombstone again and again.

"The Taochi couple rest here"

"I am alone in the metropolis."

"Like a discarded empty can."

"Although we have always known each other,"

"If there is true love,"

"Just disappear from this world with me..."

"Until the end of the world,"

"We won't be separated either!"

"Countless nights,"

"I've been looking forward to this."

"But there is no way back to the past,"

"Why does it still always shine before my eyes..."

"Let the haggard heart be broken again,"

"The changing thoughts, on this sad night..."

"People are often looking for answers,"

"And lost the most precious thing."
To be continued...