Chapter 177: Those years, the strange tasks entrusted to people

"What does the client want?! He didn't take the task seriously at all, did he?!" Madara bit off a three-colored ball as if to vent his anger, "It said something like [Urgent], but after we arrived in a hurry, he kept showing us all kinds of clothes and asking us to change into them - he's just kidding us, isn't he!?"

"Well, sometimes this happens, and after all, I paid you so much..." Ling smiled apologetically in the direction of the store owner and raised his hand to smooth his brother's fur, "Just think of it as a vacation."

"But in the end... he actually wanted to be stepped on and insulted by us?" Izunai's knuckles turned white as he pinched a bunch of three-colored dumplings, his whole body trembling slightly. "... This can be called a perversion, right?"

Ling didn't know how to respond to this question for a moment, so he could only lean the staff knife against his leg and use his other hand to stroke Izuna's fur.

"How should I put it..." Youlu also looked shocked, lying on the corner of the table unhappily, "Humans are really more and more beyond my expectations, in every sense."

Madara had already finished his portion of the three-color dango, with anger still visible on his face. However, looking at the shop owner who was shaking and trying to reduce his presence, he lowered his voice and said, "Brother, are you not angry at all?!"

"No...it's better to say that the more lucrative missions like this, the better." Ling retracted his hand and chuckled. "After all, this shows that the people in this area are prosperous and healthy, and there will be fewer wars. It is a very safe mission location suitable for the younger generation of the clan to temper their will and accumulate experience."

Seeing Ling's smile, Ban suddenly choked up. After a while, he lay down on the table in frustration, "What kind of experience can I gain from this..."

"Well - after being deceived, at least next time Madara will be able to distinguish tasks more accurately, right?"

Ban looked even more depressed. He reached out to hug Youlu, buried his whole face in the soft hair, and said in a muffled voice, "Anyone who wants this kind of experience can have it..."

Izunai finally calmed down at this time. He bit off a dumpling silently and asked, "Brother, have you ever received such a task before?"

"Well... I've met quite a few."

Ban finally raised his head from his fur and looked towards Ling, "So what kind of...deceptive commissions have you encountered, brother?"

"Let me think about it..." Ling raised his hand and touched his chin. He didn't mind using his own dark history to help his brothers relax. "Let me tell you about the client I met when I first took on a mission independently. He said that he couldn't bear the pain of losing his son, so he wanted to find a little ninja who looked like his son to reenact the scene at that time, so that he could save the actor and make up for the regret in his heart."

"Hmm? It sounds pretty normal here?" Madara tilted his head, "Did he do something later?"

"Well, it was probably on the third day. The client started putting drugs in my food, and then pretended to be tricked and even tried to do something to me... Well, in short, he was a typical deceptive client."

Ling stroked his chin and continued to recall, "Besides that, there was also an artist who wanted you to strip naked and draw an X-mas painting with your image, but the task description only said [Inspiration required];

You are asked to lie down and pretend to be a corpse, then a real corpse is placed on top of you for dissection, and the doctor is so excited that his face is flushed, but the task description only says [Find an assistant];

What if a top geisha is unwell and asks you to pretend to be her and take over the customers? The task description is even more exaggerated - [Life and death, find a substitute];

Or maybe he is just a simple information dealer who wants to extract information from you just because you are young, or a short-lived ghost who accepted a commission from the black market and planned to plot against Uchiha..."

There was a hint of fear in Madara's eyes, "Have you ever encountered these missions, brother?!"

Ling nodded slightly, not seeming to care. "But the one that left the deepest impression on me was the monk who wrote 'human life is at stake' in the mission description, but when I went there, he just asked me to sit there and chanted sutras for me for a whole day... To be honest, I still don't quite understand what he wanted, but he really made a lot of money."

Madara's expression twisted for a moment, then he turned his head and looked at Izuna with a heavy face, "Izuna, promise your brother that when you go out on missions in the future, you must definitely, definitely, definitely remember to team up with others. Do you understand?"

Quannai's pupils were also trembling, and he was obviously shocked by the various tasks Ling mentioned. "But, but isn't our clan very ruthless to those who dare to plot against our clan members? Why do they dare to do that?"

"Hmm - how should I put it?" Ling looked a little distressed. "Ninjas carry out missions to gain benefits, and they are doing the same to us. It's not just talk that money can move people's hearts. As long as the benefits are enough, there will always be people who convince themselves that [wealth and honor are sought at the risk of danger].

Therefore, even though our clan has a bad reputation, every few years there will still be a few blind people who stretch out their claws to test the bottom line of the Uchiha clan. You will encounter many of these things in the future. "

"But... even if we get the money, what will happen?" Izuna looked confused. "They will die? After they die, there will be nothing left, right?"

"But sometimes they will die immediately if they don't do that," Ling shook his head slightly, "How can someone who can impress them with such wealth not have the means to control their lives?

Just like our people are destined to become ninjas as long as they have talent, many people, or even the majority of people, have no choice from the beginning.

But understanding them doesn't mean letting them go. If you encounter such a thing in the future, use illusion to control the person and drag him out until the mission is over and leave. "

Izuna was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes, and clenched his fists slightly, "Understanding... doesn't mean letting go?"

"No choice?" Madara snorted, "Isn't that just an excuse for the weak to adapt to the situation?"

"So it's the vast majority of people." Ling laughed and clapped his hands a few times. "Okay, the mood has calmed down a bit, and we should go to the next mission. Madara, where should we go next?"

"Let me see... It's an escort mission, requiring us to protect the target from the Fire Kingdom to the Moon Kingdom."