Chapter 169 Epic Meeting

"Enemy attack—everyone on their own!"

Senju Koichi and Senju Momoka, who were previously in a relaxed atmosphere and joking, instantly restrained all their idle thoughts, looked at each other, and immediately ran to the place where the wounded were placed in the clan.

At this moment, the only people who could come to attack their Senju gathering point were the Uchiha clan, and they all knew clearly that in order to achieve results, both sides would only send out the most elite ninjas when making such a raid.

Although they were allowed to go to the battlefield, they had only been dealing with the wounded soldiers let by the adults on the sidelines. If they were to face the attacking Uchiha main force head-on, they would be courting death.

Therefore, even though they were worried about Hashirama who was called to the front by the adults, the two of them immediately found their positions - to assist in the evacuation of the wounded.

But just when they got closer to the tent, the pungent smell of blood enveloped their nostrils, which made the two of them stop in caution. The next moment, they saw the wooden handle of a knife lift up the door curtain of the accommodation, and a blindfolded young man in Uchiha clan clothes walked out and turned towards them.

"Oh my... I was able to do it as quickly as possible, but was I still discovered? You're really perceptive."

Senju Koichi and Senju Momoka almost immediately recognized the person in front of them—the young generation of Uchiha in the clan that had always made them wary, the previous young chief of the Uchiha clan—Uchiha Ling.

Without any hesitation, the two men turned and fled. Such a neat move made Ling utter a syllable of doubt, but in the end he just shook his head slightly, tapped the ground with the tip of the knife, and conducted chakra into it. "The people who might have committed suicide attacks have been dealt with. Let me find a storage location for the supplies..."

……

Senju Koichi dodged the kunai that came from nowhere and took a quick look back while dodging. "Isn't he chasing me? I'm really lucky."

Senju Momoka followed closely behind him, her eyes reddened, "That executioner... didn't even let the wounded go!"

Hearing this, Senju Hongyi's face darkened and he gritted his teeth, "He will pay the price sooner or later... Let's first find a way to gather our peers who are also here. Otherwise, with that assassin sneaking in behind us, everyone will die if they encounter him."

"Okay!" Qianshou Taohua wiped her eyelids vigorously to wipe away the tears that blurred her vision. Qianshou's eyes, which were already sharp, were now like blades. "Separate our forces and head directly to the nearest gathering point!"

Senju Hiroichi did not waste any time. He nodded in agreement and then he and Senju Momoka went in different directions and ran away separately.

……

On the other side, Hashirama, who had been called away by the elders of the clan, was in danger at this time. The Uchiha's surprise attack was extremely rapid, so rapid that he was still talking to his elders in the previous second, and had to use the elders' headless corpses to block the Fire Style and escape in the next second.

He heard those Uchiha say they wanted to avenge their clan members and risked their lives.

He saw the Uchiha's scarlet eyes filled with hatred, becoming more and more crazy.

He felt the determination of those Uchiha to drag them to hell, no matter what the cost.

Hashirama's mind was blank and he could only act on instinct. He dodged those fatal attacks again and again without caring about his image, allowing the enemy's knife to pierce the gap in his armor, and then used the kunai in his hand to pierce the opponent's chest.

Warm blood poured all over his head and face. Hashirama didn't know what expression he had. He just numbly followed his instinct to escape and fight.

Hashirama wasn't sure how long it had been before the noisy sounds of fighting finally faded away. But when his surroundings suddenly became quiet, he looked at himself covered in blood and couldn't help falling into confusion.

[They have never met each other, but they hate each other so much just because of their different surnames... What is the meaning of this kind of fight? ]

"Oh, have we been discovered again?"

It was clearly a gentle voice, but at this moment Hashirama was scared to death. He suddenly threw himself forward, and after landing, he quickly drew out his kunai and looked at the person behind him - the young man was wearing the dark clan uniform of the Uchiha clan, with a black cloth blindfolded, and the long sword in his hand was still stained with blood that had not yet completely solidified.

【Uchiha Ling.】

This name suddenly popped up in his mind, and Hashirama couldn't help but become more alert, but he couldn't help but look at the seal scroll that Ling was carrying behind him, which was almost as tall as him - looking at the runes on it, it was obviously something from their Thousand Hands.

"You are... Hashirama, right?" Ling tapped the ground with the tip of his sword and tilted his head slightly, "Are you still not running away?"

Hashirama closely watched Ling's movements, becoming even more alert. He swallowed and said dryly, "... Can I?"

Ling paused as he was about to attack, and fell into an unprecedented confusion - you should know the answer to this question without asking it, right? Or rather, what kind of mentality do you have to ask such a question?

Seeing that Ling didn't make any move, Hashirama became a little bolder because he couldn't sense any malicious intent from the other party. "You, you're not going to chase me, are you?"

Ling: ...

He was now completely stumped by this kid called Hashirama - he had never heard such an idiotic question since he started to fight on the battlefield at the age of nine! Even Uchiha Masaki, who was so naive and showed mercy to the enemy, would never ask such a question to the enemy!

Ling frowned, suppressing the urge to complain in his heart, intending to quickly kill Hashirama and then retreat. But just before he was about to do it, the ground under his feet began to move like waves. The waves made of mud easily twisted and swallowed the surrounding camp, and in the distance, a Senju shouted -

"Earth Escape·Earth Escape River!"

"Damn Uchiha - let's go to hell together!"