Chapter 168 From now on you are no longer alone

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Mei Terumi took Qing and Chojuro, as well as a group of Kirigakure ninjas, and disappeared into the woods, returning to Kirigakure to rest.

On the hillside in the distance, two figures, one large and one small, stood at the highest point, looking down at Kirigakure for a long time.

"Bai, after leaving this time, you may never come back. You still have time to choose now, and you don't have to go with me."

"No, Mr. Zabuza, wherever you go... I will go there..."

There was no trace of nostalgia or reluctance in Bai's eyes as he looked at the village.

"Okay, let's go."

Zabuza said no more, turned around and walked away, Bai followed closely behind him, and the two figures disappeared in the mist together.

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In a dark cave.

A young man lay on the ground with a pale face, without a trace of blood, and his skin color was even a few points whiter than his hair.

"Hmm..."

The sudden stabbing pain all over his body brought him back to reality from his coma. The boy slowly opened his eyes, his red eyelids looming.

"Where is this...?"

"Am I...already dead?"

Thinking back to everything just now and looking at the darkness around him, the boy couldn't help but feel that he was already in the Pure Land.

"Tsk tsk tsk...Little ghost, you're awake." A hoarse and gentle voice sounded beside the boy.

"Who...who are you?"

"My name is Orochimaru, Kimimaro, you're not dead yet, I saved you."

"..."

Kimimaro looked at Orochimaru indifferently and said coldly:

"What's the point of saving me? I'm a person no one cares about. I have nothing and can't change anything..."

While speaking, Kimimaro stood up and patted the dust off his body.

At this time, he suddenly found that in the corner of the cave, a white flower was quietly blooming, as if it was attracting people's attention and care all the time.

Seeing this, Junmaru couldn't help but feel angry, not because the flower bloomed, but because he felt that the flower was just like himself.

"Why does it bloom here? No one can see it! What's the point of you living!!"

Kimimaru roared and rushed to the front of the flower. He didn't know when a bone blade appeared in his hand. He wanted to cut off the existence of the flower.

Seeing this, Orochimaru said softly:

"Stop it, child, the reason why it lives alone and strong is that one day you can notice it, just like you can be noticed by me now..."

"The reason why life is alive is not necessarily meaningful. Only by living can you find meaningful things, right...?"

"Child, come with me. From today on, you are no longer alone..."

"......" Listening to Orochimaru's words, Kimimaru was stunned and couldn't calm down for a long time.

After a while, Kimimaru seemed to understand something. He reached out and picked up a few small stones beside him, and inserted them around the white flower like a small wall.

His eyes also became much gentler.

Kimimaro slowly raised his head and asked carefully: "Will you really not leave me like those people in the future?"

Orochimaru's mouth corners slightly raised: "You will understand in the future. I have noticed you for a long time. The reason I saved you today is because I don't want to lose you, Kimimaro, maybe in the future... we will have a chance to become one."

Kimimaro's little head was filled with great doubts.

For some reason, he and Orochimaru met for the first time, and he didn't understand what Orochimaru meant by his words. He just felt that... the voice and smile of the long-haired 'woman' in front of him... was particularly kind.

Just because of that sentence: From now on, you are no longer alone...

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