A convenience store opened in Naruto

"Naruto!" Kakashi stared at the place where the chakra fluctuations came from. He knew very well the source of this power, but he did not expect that this power would leak out at this time.

The tailed beast was sealed in Naruto's body. More than ten years ago, in order to seal the tailed beast, their Konoha Village paid a heavy price, and Naruto's parents also died in that battle.

For more than ten years, the seal has been very stable and there has never been any mistake. This is one of the reasons why the Third Hokage was confident in letting Naruto leave the village.

The power of the tailed beasts is great. Once the seal is broken, no one can stop them. At least here, Kakashi doesn't think anyone can stop the tailed beasts, and this tailed beast is the most powerful one among all the tailed beasts.

He also admitted that Ye Feng was very powerful, at least in terms of chakra control, he was the most powerful among all the people he had ever met.

But he didn't know how strong Ye Feng was, whether he could stop the tailed beast, and he didn't dare to bet on this possibility.

"We must hurry over there!"

Kakashi made up his mind. Even though he didn't know if it would be helpful if he rushed over, he had to at least give it a try.

……

"What a murderous aura!" Bai was shocked beyond words, "He is completely different from before."

"Here it comes!" Bai's eyes were solemn, and he threw the flying needle in his hand at Naruto who was running towards him.

Naruto got on all fours, like a wild beast, roaring and rushing towards Bai in the ice mirror.

As his body moved, the red materialized chakra wrapped around him also dissipated.

If Bai hadn't been sure that he really saw it, and that kind of pressure couldn't be faked, he would have thought that he was under an illusion.

Extreme anger overwhelmed Naruto's reason. There was only white in his eyes. A voice that only he could hear kept telling him to "tear the person in front of you into pieces, tear the person in front of you into pieces..."

"What?" Bai was a little bit unbelievable, "It was actually bounced away by chakra!"

There seemed to be an invisible wall in front of Naruto. Bai's flying needle hit it, making a sound of iron colliding, and then was directly bounced away.

"In that case, what's next?"

Bai's figure shuttled back and forth between the gaps in the ice mirror, circled behind Naruto, and threw the flying needle in his hand.

"I got it right!" A look of joy appeared on Bai's face.

Before he could be happy for too long, another powerful chakra burst out from Naruto's body. The burst lasted only a short time. After forcing the flying needles out of his body, the power dissipated into the air and merged into nature.

"Crack!"

Naruto smashed a piece of ice mirror into pieces with one punch. Bai felt a little scared because the broken piece of ice mirror was the one where he had hidden himself when he went around Naruto just now.

“If I hadn’t been transferred in time, I would have shattered like that ice mirror, right?” Bai Hou thought fearfully.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

No matter how scared he was, he couldn't stop attacking. Several flying needles fell from the top of his head and went straight to Naruto's back.

The instincts of wild animals are the most sensitive. Even though Naruto didn't look up, his subconscious body reaction allowed him to quickly dodge.

Bai has made up his mind to attack Naruto from behind. There is an invisible barrier in front of him, and although he will be bounced back from behind, at least it will be effective.

Bai's figure kept switching back and forth between the ice mirrors, and Naruto's sight kept switching as well. Wherever Bai stepped in front, Naruto's sight would follow.

For a moment, Bai couldn't find a suitable opportunity to make another move.

As soon as he paused and made a motion to throw the needles, Naruto would immediately rush over and smash the ice mirror where he was hiding.

As the ice mirrors continued to decrease, Bai became more and more anxious.

Maintaining ninjutsu and moving at high speed both consume a lot of his chakra. If he continues like this, he won't be able to hold on for much longer.

"Whoosh!"

Bai's figure flashed past Naruto, and he decided to take a risk. He had no choice but to take the risk. There were not many ice mirrors left, and Naruto would not give him the chance to repair the ice mirror. He could only try to pass through the ice mirror.

"It's okay," Bai comforted himself, "I was 'walking' inside just now. Even the kid with the Sharingan took some time to adapt before he could see his movements clearly before he opened his eyes."

"There is no reason for this guy without the Sharingan to be able to see me. If he could see me, he wouldn't have broken the ice mirror after I moved to another location."

"One step slower, every step slower, if I just go a little faster, he won't be able to find me...what?"

The next moment, Bai's vision shook, and he found that his arm had been grabbed by Naruto's somewhat animalistic hand while he was comforting himself.

Having finally caught the 'prey', a strange smile appeared on Naruto's ferocious face, just like a cat that caught a mouse, or rather, a fox that caught a mouse?

The anger in his body found an outlet, and chakra gushed out of Naruto's body like a volcano erupting.

The rich chakra formed an airflow, making the white clothes rustle.

……

"This is the third time," Kakashi frowned, "This power has erupted three times, each time more violent than the last. Could it be that the seal has been broken?"

"No!" After feeling it carefully, Kakashi denied it again, "The Nine-Tails' chakra is much more than this."

More than ten years ago, when the Nine-Tails erupted in Konoha Village, Kakashi was also in the village at that time, although he was not present when the Nine-Tails was sealed.

But Konoha Village is neither big nor small, and the power of the Nine-Tails is so strong that people can feel it even across a village.

Kakashi had also had a "close" contact with the Nine-Tails when it went crazy. The oppressive feeling that the Nine-Tails brought to him at that time was still fresh in Kakashi's memory.

"So...it's not that the seal has been broken, but that the seal is about to be broken. The Kyuubi's chakra is indeed leaking out."

"Great, the seal hasn't been completely broken." Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief. But now is not the time to completely relax. He had to find a way to strengthen the seal.

Unbuttoning the strap of his chest pocket, Kakashi took out a scroll from it, opened it, and saw names written on it.

Quickly wiping the blood from his chest onto the names on the scroll, Kakashi closed the scroll again, formed a seal with his hands, and shouted to a deserted place: "Did you hear me? Zabuza, we are all very busy. Although it goes against your way, we will stop here."

"How about the next move to decide the outcome?"

"How interesting!" Zabuza, who was in the thick fog and nowhere to be found, responded to him, "What can you do in this situation? Kakashi, I'm waiting for you to show me."

……

Chakra continued to burst out from Naruto's body, forming an air shock wave that shattered the surrounding ice mirrors one by one.

"No, I can't block this force." With his arm tightly grasped by Naruto at such close range, Bai, unable to break free, was struggling to resist the impact of chakra.

The next second, Naruto's angry punch was heading straight for his face.

"Oh!"

The punch hit Bai right in the middle, and his body flew backwards in a spin. He landed on the ground and rolled a few times before stopping.

With a "crackling" sound, the mask on his face cracked into pieces.

Naruto's anger did not diminish, his ominous red vertical pupils stared at Bai who was struggling to get up from the ground.

The enemy is still able to move and the prey is not dead yet. This is simply unforgivable!

"Roar~" Naruto let out a roar like a wild beast and rushed towards Bai.

The pieces of the mask were falling off, and Bai felt a little regretful, but also a little relieved: "Zabuza, I can't beat this kid."

"Zabuza, I...may disappoint you."

"Chi...Chi..." Trying hard to suppress his anger, Naruto's eyes gradually regained clarity, "You were..."

He recognized Bai, the Bai who was picking herbs in the woods, the gentle 'big sister' who was chatting with him.

The broken mask fell to the ground, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. Bai looked at the fist in front of him in confusion: "Why don't you fight? I killed your most important companion, you should kill me."

Thinking of Sasuke whose body was still warm, and looking at Bai with calm eyes, Naruto swung his fist but stopped, tightening and loosening it, loosening and tightening it again: "Damn it!"

Unable to hold back any longer, he punched Bai in the face.

Bai was hit and staggered back a few steps. He was already at the end of his strength and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Bai felt the strength of his fist and asked in confusion: "Where did the momentum just now go? You can't defeat me with your current strength."

"Isn't he someone very important to you?"

The subtext is that you should have attacked me with the intention of killing me, as you did just now, instead of just throwing a powerless punch like this.

Momentum, what momentum?

Naruto didn't understand what Bai was talking about, and he found that he had no recollection of what had just happened.

He only remembered the moment he saw Sasuke die in his arms, he was furious, and then he knew nothing else.

When he woke up again, he saw Bai's appearance under the mask.

Hearing Bai's question, for some reason, Naruto suddenly remembered what Bai asked him in the woods, "Do you have anyone important to you?"

He, of course!

I remembered what Bai had just said, "I want to protect the people who are important to me and hope that their dreams can come true. This is my dream."

What is my dream?

My dream is to become Hokage and have everyone recognize me. When I become Hokage, I can protect more people, not just those I care about and those who are important to me.

Is Sasuke important to me?

important!

Just as Sasuke couldn't answer the question "Why did you save Naruto", Naruto couldn't answer the question "Why was Sasuke important to him".

He, Sasuke, is very important to Naruto!

Bai didn't wait for Naruto to answer this obvious question. He just muttered to himself: "People often misunderstand and sympathize with the enemy who should be defeated and give the enemy a chance to live."

"This is not compassion for me at all. Do you know the pain of having no dreams, not being needed by anyone, and simply living?"

Naruto didn't understand. Why couldn't he just say it directly? Why did he have to beat around the bush?

"What do you want to say?"

"Zabuza doesn't need weak ninjas. You have taken away the reason for my existence." Bai said it very bluntly. His existence was for Zabuza.

Naruto defeated him, leaving him with no reason to continue staying with Zabuza, because he was too "weak" and couldn't even beat a young brat.

"Why, why, for that kind of person?" Naruto was even more confused and asked angrily, "Isn't that the guy who takes money from bad guys and helps them do bad things?"

"Is the only person important to you the only one with no eyebrows?"

Who doesn’t have one or two important people? Bai also has one: “A long time ago, there were other important people, my parents.”

"I was born in the Land of Water, in a small village covered in deep snow. Although we lived a poor life relying on farming for a living, my parents were content with the status quo."

"I was very happy. My parents were really gentle. But something happened when I was still able to remember."

"What happened?" Naruto asked anxiously. What could have caused a person to change so much?

"My blood!" Looking at the blood on his hands which was stained from wiping the corners of his mouth, Bai was stunned for a moment.

"Blood?"

Why do you always only say half of what you want to say?

Naruto, who was impatient, asked even more anxiously: "So, what exactly happened?"

A lot of things happened that Bai didn't want to talk about, but now that he was about to die, Bai didn't care anymore.

"My father killed my mother and wanted to kill me..."

"When I came to my senses, I had already killed my father. At that time, I felt that I was like this, no, I had to think that I was like this, and then I knew that this was the most painful thing."

"In this world, I feel like I am completely unnecessary."

"An unwanted existence?" Naruto was stunned, "Isn't this the same as me?"