Chapter 26 Choice

Morning Haruko still remembers the first time she noticed the wound on Shiro's body...

"Bai, are you injured anywhere?"

In the morning, Haruko smelled a faint smell of blood on Bai's body.

"Huh? No, what's wrong, Haruko?" Bai looked at her innocently.

"..."

Haruko didn't say anything in the morning. She frowned and just kept looking at Bai.

In the end, Bai was the first to give in and replied softly, "I accidentally fell on the way back, and I might have hurt my knee a little."

"really?"

"real."

"..."

Bai's eyes gradually widened, and he held Haruko Hayama's tearful face in his hands with a little panic.

He wiped away her tears with his hand worriedly, "Why are you crying?"

In the morning, Haruko cried and was angry and didn't answer him, but Bai already knew that he couldn't hide it from her.

Shiro tentatively tried to hug Asahi Haruko, and when she didn't object, he moved closer and hugged her completely.

"I'm sorry Haruko, I just don't want to make you worry."

"But...but, if you don't tell me...I...I will be more worried!" Haruko Asako retorted in a crying voice.

Bai didn't say anything for a moment, just buried his head in her neck.

After a long while, he finally spoke: "I understand. I won't do this again next time..."

Bai learned what it means to cherish that day. Bai chose to hide it because she cherished him, and Haruko Asako cried because she cherished him. This lesson in life was a difficult one for him to learn.

He no longer wanted to learn from Haruko's tears.

*

With fulfilling study and life, Haruko Hayama and Shiro successfully passed the graduation exam and became independent ninjas.

I don't know if it was because the teacher saw that they had a good relationship and was kind enough to arrange them into the same group. Their teacher was still Morning Mom's old acquaintance, Hatake Kakashi.

"But, these tasks arranged by Kakashi teacher are too boring! Why are they all trivial matters?" Haruko leaned dejectedly on Bai's shoulder in the morning.

"It seems true, but we can only accept D-level missions now. Just wait a little longer, Haruko." Bai comforted her with some heartache.

"Won't Bai feel bored?" Haruko Asama asked curiously.

Bai thought about it seriously and replied, "I don't feel bored. Every commission has a training component. I just need to do my best."

"Bai has now become a child who is more mature than me..." Haruko Asako stood up with relief and patted his shoulder.

Bai laughed a little, "But when I mature, I will be able to take better care of Haruko."

"What? I want to take care of Shiro too!"

Bai poked her puffy face with his hand and said with a smile: "Just think of it as a favor given to me. I want to take care of Haruko forever."

Haruko Asa looked at him seriously for a few seconds, then slowly replied, "If Bai won't regret it, I'd be happy to favor you."

Bai was a little surprised, "Why would I regret it?"

"Well... I'll tell you next time." Haruko Zao turned around proudly.

"Eh?"

After hearing that it was another teammate who argued for his own reasons, the Hokage assigned them a C-rank mission - to escort the bridge-building uncle back to the country safely.

In the morning, Haruko was walking on the road and complained quietly: "Is that uncle really a famous bridge builder? He seems too unreliable."

Bai smiled unchanged and responded in a low voice: "Indeed, he looks like a drunk uncle."

"Hahaha, you think so too, right?" Haruko Asama couldn't help but laugh.

It's so funny to see Bai complaining about others with such an innocent look on his face!

But soon Haruko couldn't laugh anymore in the morning.

Unexpectedly, the drunk uncle concealed the assassination plan against him. They were stopped on the road by a muscular man named Zabuza.

In the end, it was Sensei Kakashi Hatake who used his Sharingan to force him back, otherwise they would have all been exposed.

Maybe he was frightened by the powerful enemy, but when he arrived safely at the drunk uncle's house, Bai still had an absent-minded expression.

"Bai, what's wrong with you?"

In the morning, Haruko found Shiro sitting quietly in the forest.

Feeling her sitting down next to him, Bai didn't say anything for a long time, just looked at her quietly, as if he wanted to know something from her.

Morning Haruko was a little puzzled, "Is there something on my face?"

Bai shook his head slightly and turned to look straight ahead.

Morning Haruko couldn't help but hold his hand and comforted him, "It's okay, Bai, you will definitely be stronger than that muscle man in the future! When the time comes, we will conquer the world and make no one dare to look down on us!"

After listening to her heroic words, Bai finally laughed.

"Bai, you finally smiled!" Haruko Zao held his face excitedly, "I was scared to death, I thought you were so depressed that you couldn't cheer up..."

Bai raised his hand to her face and asked softly, "What do you...think of me?"

"Bai is the most gentle and powerful person in the world! He is also the most important person to me!" Haruko Asahi looked at him seriously and answered.

"If we had never met, would you think the same?" Bai asked again.

Haruko Asahi was stunned for a moment, "What kind of weird assumption is this? Well...if Bai and I have never known each other, then there is no way we could have known each other!"

Although what Haruko said in the morning was a little contradictory, Bai was able to understand what she meant. Bai changed his hypothesis, "If we didn't know each other before and were enemies when we first met, would you still think so?"

Morning Haruko stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly laughed. Seeing Bai's puzzled expression, she said, "If that's the case, I must snatch Bai away! After all, Bai promised to take care of me for the rest of my life!"

Bai looked at her in surprise and bewilderment.

Haruko Hayama always patiently taught him a lot of things, the first laugh, the first cry, the first anger... Although some emotions are negative, if the object is Haruko Hayama, Bai wants her to witness everything.

Now, Haruko Zaoma taught him what it means to be "lucky".

After the night talk in the forest, Bai seemed to have returned to his normal self, and Haruko finally felt relieved in the morning.

But there was still something different. Bai seemed to be more attached to her than before, and would follow Haruko wherever she went in the morning, as if he was back to the time when Bai first came to her house.

Haruko Zaoma also hinted at it, but Bai said nothing. He just looked at Haruko Zaoma with an expression as if he was the whole world.

…You have a mouth but you don’t say anything. Are you going to imitate the male protagonist in the melodrama? ? ?

The peace did not last long. They followed the drunk uncle to the bridge as usual, but found many people lying on the ground.

"What on earth is..." Haruko Asahi took a step back in fear.

"..."When Bai saw this scene, he held Haruko Hayama's hand even tighter.

Zabuza, who had failed in his previous assassination attempt, appeared again. Because Kakashi Hatake had used his Sharingan once before, he was seen through and suppressed by Zabuza.

In the morning, Haruko wanted to say that she and Bai should go together, but she found that Bai was frozen in place.

"Bai! Bai, what's wrong with you?!"

Haruko's anxious voice rang in his ears, and Bai felt that his palm was bleeding from his nails because he had used too much force.

"I...I can't..." Bai stammered.

It seemed like he was answering Haruko Zaoma, but it also seemed like he was answering his own heart.

Seeing that her teacher could no longer hold on, Haruko Zao gritted her teeth, took out a kunai, and rushed forward.

"Haruko!" Bai shouted in horror.

puff-

In Shiro's eyes was reflected Haruko Hayama, whose heart was stabbed by Zabuza.

Haruko Hayama, the reason for his existence, is dead...