When I regained consciousness, I found myself standing in a snowy field.

I...where is this?

Didn’t I faint from exhaustion after the battle with Shiro in Wave Country... maybe even die?

But here, it seems like a small village.

At this moment, a family suddenly opened the door, and the beautiful hostess called out to her children: "Bai! The meal is ready!"

Not far away, a group of children were gathered together playing. One of the children turned his head, revealing a delicate and beautiful face.

"Coming!"

He wanted to say goodbye to his friends, but they all said, "Bai! Don't leave, let's play for a while. I finally won the rock-paper-scissors game today, so I can play house with Bai and pretend to be a couple - woooo -"

Bai smiled awkwardly and said, "Tomorrow! See you tomorrow!"

He ran past me, and probably saw that I was staring at him, so he stopped and said shyly, "Who are you? I've never seen you in the village before."

This is Bai when he was young, so this is his past?

Finally, he faced my Sharingan, and my mental power was able to invade his brain?

But...how long can this mental power last?

The final state of my body should be chakra overdrawn.

Both Orochimaru and Shikamaru-sama warned me in the scroll that the opening of the Sharingan must be done gradually, otherwise it would be very dangerous.

but……

At that time...if you don't fight hard, the mission will...!

Ah, but now, if I die, the mission will fail.

I remembered what Orochimaru said to Lord Shikamaru on the day I was born: if I failed, I would be just a consumable and not worthy of his kindness.

I clearly told him that I would not fail...

For the sake of Shikamaru-sama's smile, I clearly... I clearly swore to him that I would not fail.

But I still... I still made a mistake...

Lord Shikamaru said that if I succeeded, I would be their hero, so he gave me a name.

In other words, if I fail, I no longer deserve the name Chaolu?

The more I thought about it, the sadder I became, and this sadness was mixed with pain and regret. Orochimaru and Shikamaru had both told me what I should do, so why should I act on my own?

Why do I feel that the path I choose is better than theirs?

Obviously, obviously I don’t have as much experience as them, and I don’t know anything—

Bai said in panic: "Ah! You, why are you crying!"

I couldn't stop crying, and the more I cried, the sadder I became.

Bai looked at me at a loss. After a while, he turned around and ran back home and pulled his mother out.

Bai's mother asked me worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Did you... escape from somewhere else?"

I cried out loudly, "I... I no longer have any meaning or value in my existence..."

Bai's mother squatted in front of me and gently held my hand: "Why do you say that? You are so cute, and you still have a long life ahead of you."

"But I... may die soon... I haven't done anything... Lord Shikamaru... will definitely not smile at me again - and Orochimaru will definitely... say... wuwuwuwuwu... will say that I am a failure..."

"Have you been abandoned? If you have nowhere else to go... you can settle down in our village."

I looked up at her, but tears blurred my eyes and I wiped them away.

"Many people in this village live here to escape the war. Everyone cherishes this peace and welcomes outsiders."

I sobbed, "I have nowhere else to go..."

"Then why don't you stay at our house for a night?" Bai's mother smiled gently: "Everyone will encounter difficulties, so we must help each other."

Anyway, this should be Bai's memory, so there's no point in me rushing back to Konoha.

Maybe in the next second, this last bit of mental strength will be exhausted, and then I will disappear completely.

She held my hand and walked forward. Shiro suddenly said, "However, people with bloodline limits cannot live here. It is said that they will bring disaster."

He told me seriously: "That's what the adults said. Bloodline limit will bring war and death."

I asked, "What would happen if there was a bloodline limit?"

Bai's mother suddenly squeezed my hand and said, "Then someone will take you away."

She seemed to be telling a fairy tale to scare children: "The village has been in a civil war for a long time, and each faction hopes to be stronger than the other... People with bloodline limits are the best targets. Even if they can't use them, they must not leave them to the other side. They will search everywhere for those who may have bloodline limits... Even some ordinary people will be arrested if they are suspected. Recently, I heard that there are ninjas from the Mist Village nearby... So don't get involved with bloodline limits, otherwise it will be troublesome if they target you!"

She stared at me. "You don't have a bloodline limit, you know that, right?"

This question seemed a bit strange, so I nodded.

She then smiled again.

Bai's house is not a big one, but there is firewood burning in the fireplace. Although the light is a little dim, it is warm and tidy.

Bai ran to the kitchen very consciously and helped take out the dishes and set them aside.

"Mom..." He asked in a childish voice with a pure and innocent look, "Do you want an extra set of bowls and chopsticks today?"

"Dad has to work overtime today and won't be home for dinner, so just do it the same as usual."

Bai agreed obediently: "Okay!"

I sat at the dining table with Bai's mother. Bai sat opposite me, peeking at me curiously and shyly.

"You are from outside... What is it like outside? I have never left the village."

The eyes he looked at me were bright and clear, without a trace of cloud.

Although he and Sasuke both have black hair and black eyes, Sasuke's black gives people a cold and sharp impression, while his black has a layer of warmth and softness.

"Outside... is a painful place."

Bai's mother touched my head gently.

"You must have walked a long way... Bai, my sister is very tired, so please don't disturb her for now, okay?"

We were eating together in the kitchen when suddenly a strong wind blew outside, making the glass windows whistle like the howling of wolves and ghosts.

Bai asked worriedly, "Will Dad be able to come back safely...? He promised to buy me some candy today!"

Bai's mother smiled gently and said, "Don't worry, Dad is very capable! He will definitely do what he promised you."

After dinner, she helped me make the bed with enthusiasm and consideration. Bai and I stayed in the same room, and soon he fell asleep.

But I was lying on the tatami, looking at the unfamiliar ceiling for a while, and then looking at the profile of Bai who was sleeping beside me. I was a little confused as to whether I was in Bai's memory or Bai was in my illusion.

Not long after, I was startled by a shrill scream.

“Shiro—Run—!!”

That's Bai's mother's voice!

I threw back the quilt and rushed out of the door, where I saw a man pressing Bai's mother to the ground like a madman. The night blizzard poured the biting cold air into the house through the open door. For a moment, I couldn't tell whether it was a man or a beast.

"You lied to me--you lied to me!! You are! You are the owner of the bloodline limit!!!"

At this time, Bai's mother was lying on the ground, without any sound.

The man raised his face with red eyes, and his expression looked like fear and madness.

“Dad… Dad…?”

I turned my head and looked behind me. Bai, who was wearing pajamas, crawled out from under the quilt and looked at this scene. He seemed unable to understand what was happening.

I immediately closed the paper door to block his view.

"You are a monster too!" Bai's father rushed into the room, "Your mother is a monster! Her child is also a monster!!"

He rushed in front of me, and I kicked him towards the door. Just as I was about to turn back to the room to take Bai away, a long knife suddenly stabbed out of his chest.

"Really? They came at me so suddenly that I thought it was an enemy attack."

The body was waved away and two masked men appeared at the door.

I had seen that mask on Shiro's face before - it was the mask of the Kirigakure Assassination Squad.

One of them asked me, “Are these your parents?”

Even though I knew that this was Bai's memory, and no matter what I did, I couldn't change what he had experienced before, but I still couldn't hand him over: "...Yes."

Another man said coldly: "It is said that the descendants of the Snow Clan are here, so take them away."

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