Naruto, be my son.

Whitebeard’s terrifying strength is not fake!

But the problem is...

Thinking of some frictions and conflicts between Whitebeard and Konoha Village, Kakashi felt that this trip back to Konoha Village might not be as "calm" as in Kirigakure Village.

anyway……

Whitebeard is a pirate with a bounty on his head!

With an astonishing bounty of 100 million taels on his back, how could he dare to go anywhere? Because of unrivaled strength?

Whitebeard, who was offered a reward of 100 million, went to Konoha.

Isn't that the same as a gangster arrogantly breaking into a military base and completely ignoring the armed personnel inside?

Kakashi found this metaphor very vivid.

"I hope those senior officials won't fantasize about unrealistic things." In the end, Kakashi could only sigh. His words were relatively euphemistic.

The real meaning is - I hope the top management of Konoha will have some brains and not mess with men they shouldn't mess with.

Then, Kakashi looked at Shisui.

"Would it be more troublesome if you returned to Konoha openly?" Kakashi knew that Shisui had been hunted down by his roots.

I almost lost my life then.

Shisui, whose injuries had completely healed, smiled and said, "I want to return to Konoha Village to do something."

Having said this, Shisui touched his remaining eyes.

"I found... there are some things that I cannot accomplish with my own strength. People in the village don't trust me, and the Uchiha clan doesn't trust me either."

He murmured: "I want to choose a suitable person, let him inherit my will, and let him do things that I can't accomplish."

"..." Kakashi took a deep look at Shisui.

But he didn't say much.

"Konoha Village..." Uzumaki Feng looked at the road ahead. As a survivor of the Uzumaki clan, the Uzumaki clan's view of Konoha is rather biased towards disliking Konoha.

It was even said that the Uzumaki clan who survived the country-destroying battle would not have a favorable impression of Konoha.

Many people say that Konoha was also secretly involved in the war that destroyed the country of Whirlpool.

It's just that Konoha didn't show it openly.

Whether this is the specific situation, Uzumaki Feng is not sure. She only knew that Konoha, as an ally of Uzushio Village, had not received any reinforcements during the war.

After that country-destroying war ended...

Konoha was coincidentally late.

However, Uzumaki Shouji also had to admit that the educational level of Konoha Village was very high, and it might be a wise choice for his daughter Koso to enroll in a ninja school.

"Mom, what kind of place is Ninja School?"

Xiang Lian's knowledge of "Ninja School" is infinitely close to zero

After all, there is no formal ninja school in Grass Ninja Village.

A small ninja village like the Grass Ninja Village is a grass-roots team as a whole. If they are asked to build a ninja school with very complete facilities, it will undoubtedly embarrass them.

"It's a place where phosphorus can become even more powerful!"

Uzumaki Fengshi smiled gently and said: "Xiang Phosphorus also wants to become very powerful, and then help dad better, right?"

"Yeah!!" Xiang Phosphorus nodded hurriedly like a chicken pecking at rice.

Uzumaki Feng said: "Many of the things I learned in the ninja school can help dad!"

After saying that, she looked at Bai Bai who didn't say a word.

Uzumaki Feng is like the big sister in a family.

She asked softly: "Bai, is this your first time leaving the Kingdom of Water?"

"Well..." Bai nodded slightly.

"Are you reluctant to leave here?" Uzumaki Feng asked curiously.

Shiro looked back at the Kirigakure gate.

Recalling the various things he experienced in the Kingdom of Water, Shiro shook his head and responded in a low voice: "In the entire Kingdom of Water, the only person I can't bear to part with is Zabuza-sama who doesn't know how his injury is recovering." I am not reluctant to let go of other people or things in my country."

Nine-year-old Bai has experienced too much.

His tone was far more mature than his peers, making people think that he was not only nine years old, but at least seventeen or eighteen years old.

"Is that the man named Momochi Zabuza?" Uzumaki Feng smiled: "I remember, he was your savior?"

"Yes." Shiro said, "Even though Zabuza-sama no longer needs me, I will never forget this kindness."

"Perhaps you should know to look ahead."

Uzumaki Feng suggested: "For example, what do you want to do? What is your goal? What do you want to be now? Just like Naruto, he wants to become the Hokage of Konoha Village, so he wants to return to Konoha Village, he wants to enter the ninja school."

"What about you? Bai?" Uzumaki Fengshi continued: "You don't have to answer me so anxiously. People must have dreams. Everyone has what they expect."

The sentence Bai Gang wanted to say, "I have no dreams," was stuck in his throat.

Uzumaki Fengshi's words made Bai fall into deep thought.

My dream...

Target……

What kind of person do you want to be?

Unknowingly, everyone's eyes were focused on Bai, but Bai seemed to be unaware of this.

He was still thinking.

a long time.

Bai lowered his head and looked at his palm. There was an extremely cold air lingering in his palm. This was the limit of his blood inheritance.

Bai hesitated for a moment before speaking: "I... want to be the tool in daddy's hands that he is most reluctant to give up."

pat-

As soon as he finished saying this sentence, Bai suddenly felt a slight pain in his forehead.

Then he discovered that it was Uzumaki Feng who flicked his finger on his head.

"Idiot!" Uzumaki Feng said with a smile: "Dad once told me... Everyone has their own goals and dreams, and a person should not be born to be a tool. Don't use it in a way to please others. , tell me your dream!”

In Bai's body, she saw the shadow of herself.

I had said something similar back then.

Then, after being scolded by his father, he suddenly came to his senses.

Uzumaki Fengshi knew Bai's thoughts very well.

Bai Tai cherishes this rare family relationship. In order to maintain this relationship, he instinctively caters to others and tells a dream that is not entirely his own.

In my father's words...

It’s just so awkward!

Very mother-in-law!

"Follow your heart, Shiro!" Uzumaki Fengshi reminded: "Before you met Momochi Zabuza, before you met Dad, before you met us, you must have had some ideas. Right? Think back to your original thoughts."

"The original...idea..."

Bai was thoughtful for a moment.

Memories are gradually brought back.

——"Bai, mom will tell you a little secret! You see...this is the ability of mom's blood. In the summer, Bai can eat free shaved ice every day. But this belongs to Bai and mom. Bai can't tell anyone else this little secret, not even his father."

——"Shiro! Hide quickly! Your father has found out that I am a ninja in the Blood Succession Realm. He...may have gone to find someone to kill me. Mom, I love your father very much. We have known each other since we were teenagers. We fell in love, and my mother suddenly didn’t want to resist.”

——"Go to hell! You are a woman who can bring disaster. How could I marry a disaster like you? Aren't you a blood successor ninja? Aren't you very powerful? How could you die by an ordinary sword? Humph, it seems that ninjas are nothing special!

——By the way, I almost forgot, there is a little disaster star that should not have been born! That little disaster star has half of your blood, and he will definitely bring disaster to the village and to me! "

——"No! Don't! Bai, I am your father, I am your biological father! You can't kill me. If you kill me, you will become an orphan! Bai!"

——"Get out of here! Where did you get that stinky beggar brat from? If you want to beg for food, run away somewhere else, hum!"

——"My name is Momochi Zabuza, what's your name? Kid?"

——"Bai, be my son!"

The recurring scenes and sounds in his mind made Bai burst into tears without even realizing it.

Crystal clear tears fell down his face.

It dripped on his instep.

"I...I never want to be discriminated against because of my 'special' body." Bai's tone was a bit choked, but also a bit firm and decisive: "I know that in this world, there are A lot of people like me.”

"When I was homeless, I once thought that if one day I could become a very powerful person, I would take in many children who were discriminated against by others like me..."

Bai's voice became clearer the more he spoke.

The choked tone gradually disappeared.

"I know what I want to do, and I also know what my dream is, and what my goal is. I want the ninja world to stop discriminating against people like me, and I want them to recognize me. Like them, I have no Nothing deserves to be discriminated against!”

Shiro took a deep breath, his tone became extremely firm, and continued: "I also want to be like my father and Zabuza-sama, to take in and protect other people who are discriminated against."

"I, I still want to protect the family I want to protect! Let the big family of the Whitebeard Pirates never be separated!"

After speaking out the deepest words in your heart.

Bai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

As if he was relieved, the huge stone weighing on his heart finally disappeared at this moment.

It was not until now that Bai vaguely reacted.

He looked at the group of people around him in astonishment.

I found that they were all looking at me.

"No, I'm sorry." Bai Kanbi's cute girlish face couldn't help but blush, and he lowered his head and said weakly: "Is my dream a bit too whimsical?"

"Gu la la la! This is no small ambition and goal!" White Beard's hearty laughter rang out: "Idiot son, it's not easy to eliminate other people's prejudices against you! But... As expected of me, White Beard Bearded son!”

"You just have to have this kind of dream, you just have to have this kind of ambition!" Whitebeard grinned and said, "Let me, your father, teach you how to do this!"

Bai, who lowered his head, couldn't help but raise it.

A pair of big eyes with a layer of water mist widened a bit: "Dad, do you know what to do?"

Whitebeard's smile remained unchanged and he said the essence: "When you are strong enough to make them fear and respect you, no one in the entire ninja world will discriminate against you anymore!"

This is the logic of pirates.

Very simple.

Very rough.

Very practical.

"Strong enough to make people fear and respect." Bai was startled. Bai, who was relatively precocious, knew what his father meant.

Bai thought about it and realized that although his father's reasoning was very crude.

But extremely reasonable.

Can't refute.

His father's begging for mercy and crying before his death came to his mind. Bai clearly remembered the day when he awakened the blood inheritance limit...killed his mother's father and the villagers.

From the beginning of discrimination and disgust, to the point of killing the killer mercilessly, they ended up kneeling down and begging for mercy, crying bitterly.

Only a few minutes passed.

"Become stronger……"

"strength……"

The look in Bai Yan's eyes became clearer.