Chapter 185 Madara's Thoughts

Izuna came back to his senses the moment he was thrown away, and with a pale face, he stabbed the tree on the side with his short knife, stopped and looked at the battle circle.

The dense lightning was still entwined around the two of them. Aburame Musashi had lowered her head and was silent, but her body seemed to be freed from some kind of restraint. One bulge after another twisted under her skin, almost wanting to pounce, but then calmed down in the increasingly powerful lightning on the blade.

Only when he could no longer feel the chakra fluctuations in the corpse did Ling stop converting chakras, drew out the long sword that was stained with only a little blood, and swung the sword to cut off Aburame Sueshu's head.

Quannai also slid down from the tree at this time. He first looked at the body lying limply on the ground, and then quickly ran towards the client who had just been kicked by Ling and fell into the bushes. After confirming that the other party was not in danger of life, he moved the person to a relatively flat place and began to bandage his wounds.

While feeling helpless and blaming himself, he was also secretly shocked by the bruises on Yue Jiancheng's body caused by Ling's kick - although it was said to prevent the client from being killed, wasn't this a bit too much?

After confirming that Izuna was fine, Madara quickly set out to survey the surroundings. After confirming that there was no other enemy hiding, he came to Ling and wanted to ask about the weaknesses of the Aburame clan. As for the client - wasn't he still alive? What else did he want?

But when he got closer and looked at the body with only insects and bones scattered out, Madara couldn't help but feel a little scared, "Brother, is this person really dead? Or is it really her real body? She doesn't even have... uh, internal organs in her body."

"Yes, she's dead. She just transformed most of her internal organs into insects so that her body could nurture more insects." Ling sighed and put the cane knife back into the sheath. "It's a pity that she didn't make good use of her talent. Maybe she didn't even use half of her strength...

You know, even among the Aburame clan, there are only a few people who can transform most of their internal organs into insects and maintain such a body to live, and those who can do this are all famous assassins... What a pity."

Madara was silent for a long time this time before he spoke, "…Is that why brother always asks me if I enjoy fighting?"

"Well, as a ninja whose main job is fighting, if you can't enjoy fighting, or if you numb yourself, you will be dragged down by the heavy pressure in your heart sooner or later..."

Ling slowly formed seals with his hands and spit out several fireballs onto the corpse. He continued to speak amid the crackling sound of the flames burning the insect shells, "She is the worst example. Her talent was so strong that she didn't need to practice to adapt to the insect transformation, but because of her personality, she couldn't use it, which led to her death. This world is too cruel to people like her who have talent but hate fighting."

Madara looked at the body that was gradually engulfed by flames and clenched his fists slightly, "...Then is it better to live a mediocre life without talent?"

"No, if she didn't have the talent, she wouldn't even be able to survive until now." Ling reached out and rubbed the top of Ban's head, revealing a gentle smile, "Ban doesn't need to worry too much about her. For her, dying here may be more of a relief than living."

"Even death is a relief... If a ninja has reached this point, what is the meaning of existence?"

"Being a ninja is a meaningless profession. What's meaningful is the people themselves." After Ling confirmed that the fire would not set the forest on fire, he turned and walked towards Izuna. "Like me, at the beginning I just kept fighting to pursue and enjoy the thrill of the moment of life and death, but as various things happened, I wanted to protect you all to grow up smoothly. The above two points are the meaning of my existence now."

"People themselves add to the definition of a profession, rather than being defined by it..." Madara's eyebrows knitted together, and he followed closely behind Ling, "I still don't quite understand - isn't there a way to only let those who should fight fight? Isn't having talent alone just forcing people to die?"

"Maybe there will be, but my vision is still too shallow, and I can't see such a distant future." Ling laughed softly, "But you can go and look for it. If you find a way, I will help you realize it - after all, as a sharp blade, I am here to assist the clan leader."

Madara's serious expression suddenly relaxed, "Really, brother, you..."

Ling Zhi smiled and ruffled his brother's hair again, then stopped beside Quan Nai, "How is our client? He may not have used enough force in a hurry..."

"Yes, Mr. Yuejian is fine, he's just unconscious..." Izuna leaned over to take a look at the almost burned body, "Is it common to be suddenly attacked by an unknown ninja during a mission like this?"

"Well, it's more surprising that we've only met once so far..." Ling nodded, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "How do you feel about Izuna? Can you adapt?"

Izuna recalled the eye sockets full of flies, and his face turned pale again. After being stiff for a few seconds, he spoke with some hesitation, "It's okay, it's just a little disgusting. I can overcome it. I will definitely become a great ninja like my father and brothers!"

But after hearing this, Ling's expression became worried, and even his smile had a bit more bitterness, "Izuna, you shouldn't have made the decision to become a ninja just because you admire us... Well, this is probably the helplessness of being a ninja, right?"

Hearing this, Madara also cast his gaze on Izuna and frowned fiercely - when he saw Aburame Suesuke rushing towards Izuna just now, his heart almost stopped beating. Although Ling helped to save the situation in the end and everyone was safe, he didn't dare to imagine the scene of Izuna or Ling dying in front of him.

[In the final analysis, such a young child should not go to the battlefield, but should be playing at home. It’s all because of those idiots who dared to go against the Uchiha that Izuna graduated early and encountered war at an age younger than me...]

Madara's expression became colder and colder, his eyes were faintly scarlet, but finally returned to darkness. [If I want to make those annoying guys disappear completely, I have to become stronger, so strong that the entire ninja world knows my name, and even make them lose their will to fight just by hearing the name of Uchiha! ]