Undercurrent of Konoha

"Little sister, you are so beautiful..."

Heiji smiled lightly, revealing two shallow dimples, and his eyes were clear and transparent.

Bai slowly stretched out her mutton-fat jade-like right hand, gently covering her plump and lovely red lips, her bright eyes smiling like two crescent moons.

It seems to be a natural thing for Bai to be misunderstood by other people.

His facial lines are graceful and rounded, with no masculine edges at all, and his long black and shiny shawl hair exudes a faint floral fragrance.

The most important thing is that he is wearing a pink women's kimono with lavender cherry blossoms blooming on it, and his whole figure is set off by the kimono.

Is Bai really a boy?

Although Kishimoto marked Shiro's gender as male, Heiji still couldn't believe that standing in front of him was a real cross-dressing master.

"Are you friends with him?"

Bai stretched out his slender hand and pointed at Uzumaki Naruto who was sleeping soundly not far away.

At this moment, Naruto's whole body was covered with dirty dirt, his mouth was open wide, he was snoring, and there was a long line of saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.

They are both boys, and Naruto can be said to be rough to the extreme.

Compared with the gentle and moving white, one looks like white clouds in the sky, and the other is like rough black scorched earth.

Shiro looked at Heiji carefully and was secretly surprised.

Apart from looking in the mirror and feeling sorry for himself, it was also the first time that he saw that besides himself, there was such a handsome and lovely young man in the world.

"My name is Heiji, sister, what's your name?"

Bai smiled lightly: "My name is Bai, and I'm not a sister, I'm a little brother."

Heiji showed just the right amount of surprise.

Bai made another move to hide his mouth and snicker, which was so bright and brilliant.

"Why are you sleeping here so early in the morning? There is a lot of dew on the grass, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

"We are practicing chakra."

This time it was Shiro's turn to look surprised: "Heiji-kun, are you a ninja too... Are you training so hard for someone?"

"I want to become stronger, not for others, but for myself!"

Bai asked in surprise: "Don't you...don't you have someone who is particularly important to you?"

"For everyone, the most important thing is themselves first. How can a person who doesn't even cherish himself cherish others?"

Bai looked at Heiji blankly and said in deep thought: "But the most important thing to me...is not myself. Only when I protect him can I truly become strong."

"You wholeheartedly protect others, but who is going to protect you?"

Bai smiled faintly and said: "The person I want to protect is the meaning of my life. I don't need protection myself. Even if I die... no one in this world will pity me."

Heiji mustered up the courage and said, "I...I am willing to protect you."

There was a look of surprise on Bai's face, which soon turned into a faint smile.

"Protect yourself first, fool..."

He lightly poked Heiji's forehead with his index finger, then Shiro turned around and walked away in a graceful manner. From his back, he clearly looked like a young and fairy-like girl.

"Well... I slept so well this time... Heiji-kun, who were you talking to just now?"

Naruto Uzumaki rubbed his eyes, yawned long and woke up.

"There's no one around...I'm talking to myself..."

Heiji turned around and looked at Naruto with a slight smile.

Just now, he had planted a seed in Bai's heart, intentionally or unintentionally.

Now, I can only wait quietly for this seed to slowly take root in the young man's heart, sprout, grow into a towering tree, and sweep away the gloom and gloom in his heart.

However, with the decisive battle with the Demonic Buza imminent, I don’t know if this seed will still have a chance to create a glimmer of hope...

The construction speed of the bridge seems to be getting faster and faster. Before it is completely completed and opened to traffic, there are only some finishing projects left.

Hatake Kakashi also gradually recovered his overstretched physical strength and began to guide the three members of Team on their tree-climbing exercises.

During this period, Heiji had been hanging upside down on the treetop with his eyes slightly closed, as if he had entered a meditative state.

These days, Heiji has been anxiously waiting for something. For this reason, he has even stopped thinking about food and tea, and is getting thinner and thinner.

"The bridge will be officially opened to traffic tomorrow. Thank you all these days, haha..."

Uncle Dazna, wearing reading glasses and with messy white hair, laughed so hard that his mouth split open.

Kakashi looked gloomy, pondered for a moment, and said: "Tomorrow, we have to be extra careful..."

Uncle Tazuna said in confusion: "Don't be so cautious. Isn't the ninja hired by Kado called Kijin Zabuza already killed? With your protection, Kado should be helpless in this response." ."

Kakashi covered his forehead with his hand, his voice was suppressed and low: "In the past few days, I have been feeling that something is wrong... It seems that something very important has been missed. The boy claimed to be from the corpse disposal unit, but according to common sense Generally speaking, the body will be burned on the spot... Even if the body is to be recovered, only the head needs to be cut off and taken away, not the entire body..."

Naruto and Haruno Sakura sat aside with puzzled expressions on their faces.

Uchiha Sasuke was deep in thought, with a solemn look on his face.

"The weapon that the boy used to kill Zabuza... also had problems, it was just some ordinary flying needles... What I want to say is that Zabuza himself is probably still alive!"

Kakashi glanced at Heiji inadvertently. In the past few days, Tenzo and Uzuki Yugan secretly killed several groups of chuunin from the Land of Mist. Only Heiji and Kakashi knew about this.

In other words, the enemy's harassment of the bridge construction never stopped, but was eliminated by Konoha ANBU.

If Kito Zabuza is not dead, they will definitely launch a last wave of desperate attacks when the bridge is completed tomorrow.

Heiji nodded secretly to Kakashi, indicating that he wanted to go out.

Kakashi knew that Heiji wanted to convey this important information to Tenzou and Uzuki Yugao to ensure that tomorrow's decisive battle would be flawless.

For the Hidden Leaf Village, it is not important whether the bridge can be successfully completed or whether the people of Wave Country can live a prosperous life.

The purpose of this mission is just to give Naruto and Sasuke more opportunities to experience and help them grow up quickly.

Ensuring the safety of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Uzumaki Naruto and the last bloodline of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Sasuke, is a matter of life and death for the entire village!

Nothing to lose!

Heiji walked alone in the silent night, and the sounds of nocturnal animals occasionally sounded in his ears, adding a lively feeling to the lonely night.

The long wait was in vain. Heiji's footsteps were particularly heavy, breaking the silence of the night step by step.

Could it be that that young man who was as beautiful as jade could not escape the fate of being shattered into pieces?

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