Chapter 20 Uchiha Kenji

It took Ling two full hours to barely explain it to Yata and Mitsukoshi. Some words had to be understood in terms of tone rather than just the literal meaning.

"Humans are so complicated."

"Gah! That's right! It's really complicated!"

Ling's mouth twitched slightly, "Okay, I have to go out to do a mission tomorrow. I'm going to sleep. You guys should go and rest too. You don't have to follow me all the time."

The three-legged creature nodded and gently touched Ling's palm with its beak, "Ga! Then why do you need to remember to communicate with the spirit? After all, you can't see, Master!"

"Although I really want to help my master, I really don't like being summoned..." Yata also spread its wings, "I feel like I'm going to vomit the food I ate the night before."

"Gah! I totally agree with this! It's terrible! It's terrible!"

"I'm really sorry..." Ling stood up and walked towards the bed. "I'll try to improve it after your chakra is strong enough for reverse communication. It's too difficult for me to improve something I don't understand."

"Gah! Yatagarasu, the master is an idiot! He actually thinks that birds have more chakra than humans! Hahahaha——"

"Idiot, you can't say this directly, the master will be sad."

“Hahahahaha—the master is too naive, hahahahaha—!”

Ling, who was changing clothes and preparing to go to sleep: ...

[It seems that not being able to hear the thoughts of animals is a good thing. 】

With this thought in mind, Ling fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, after checking with Madara the ninja tools he carried, Ling went with Madara to the place where the clan distributed tasks.

Because Ling couldn't see, only Madara entered the mission office, intending to write down the mission he liked and then go out to discuss it with Ling. He happened to meet a peer and said a few simple words to him, but before he could finish his words, Madara shuddered, as if he was being stared at by a wild beast. He subconsciously drew his sword and turned around, only to be faced with a pair of scarlet three-magatama.

The man seemed to realize that his behavior was inappropriate when he saw Madara's reaction. He moved his eyes slightly downward to avoid Madara's eyes, but still stared at him closely, his expression a little excited. "Your name is Madara? Who is Ling to you?"

Ban immediately frowned, "What does it have to do with you?"

"You are Ling's brother!" The person who called out to Ban became more and more excited, and even walked slowly towards Ban, "I've finally been waiting for this!"

Now it was not only Madara who was nervous, even his peers started to get nervous, and the tribesmen around him stopped and looked over here. However, some of Ling's peers smiled after seeing the people confronting Madara, and one of them even shouted, "Hey, what the hell, Kenji-kun? Ling has recovered from his injury, and you haven't found his home yet?"

Madara was also stunned, and his eyes turned suspicious when he looked at the person in front of him.

The man called Kenji's face flushed, but he didn't dare to take his eyes off Madara, "Shut up! You're making so much noise! ​​I just didn't look for it seriously!"

"You're really stubborn-~" The person who just spoke laughed, "Let's go, those who are looking for Ling, it's okay, it's okay, hey, Ban-chan, just take this guy to find your brother."

Madara: ...Who is Madara-chan? I don't know you well, so why are you calling me so affectionately?

With a click of his tongue, Madara signaled to his peers behind him that he could handle the situation here, but he still couldn't help but look up at the boy in front of him named Uchiha Kenji...girl?

The person in front of him had fair skin and beautiful features, with slightly curly black medium-length hair falling on both sides of her face. Even the Sharingan in her eyes exuding a dangerous aura as it turned made people unable to look away - this appearance was one in a hundred even among the Uchiha clan, which was full of beauties.

[Even if you are good-looking, you can't openly stare at others with your Sharingan... How rude.] Madara looked unfriendly, "What do you want to do with my brother?"

But before the person in front of him could speak, another voice came from the door, "Hey - Xiansi-kun! Ling-jun is outside!"

"What?! Who is it?" Uchiha Kenji looked very surprised and walked out quickly, but soon his steps froze again. He turned back stiffly and looked at the crowd of people wearing similar clothes with a dejected expression, "...It's over."

Madara looked at Uchiha Kenji's blank eyes, his mouth twitched, and he raised his hand, "Are you looking for me?"

But what greeted Madara was a slightly suspicious look from Uchiha Kenji, "...You are Madara? Really?"

[What? This person? Is he face-blind to this extent?] Madara stared at Uchiha Kenji in front of him with a gradually dull expression, [Although everyone is dressed similarly because they are going on a mission, it shouldn't be so far that he can't recognize him just by turning his head at this distance, right?]

Facing Madara's gaze that seemed to be looking at a strange creature, Uchiha Kenji's face turned red again, and he turned around and continued to walk out, "Forget it if you don't want to tell me, Ling is outside, I will find him sooner or later!"

Madara was not in a hurry to choose a mission. He followed Uchiha Kenji's steps, intending to see what this guy was up to.

……

"Really... Xiansi is still looking for me?" Ling's smile was somewhat helpless, "You guys are really mean, why didn't you take him with you when I was practicing in the back mountain of Nanhechuan? You knew very well that he has face blindness and poor direction..."

"Don't say that. It's very interesting to watch Kenji-kun looking for someone. And judging from his polarized personality, Ling-kun, who is recovering from his injuries, can't handle it, right?" The Uchiha of the same generation who was talking to Ling laughed, "Oh, here, here, Kenji-kun, over here, the one with the eyes covered is Ling-kun~

I say Lingjun, you have to work harder. I am still waiting for you to be the team leader and then I can spend my days with you. You don’t know how much I have missed during your rest time in order to deal with conflicts in the team~"

"Well, thank you, Eiji," Ling laughed, "but please let me go. I have already spent all my energy just developing ninjutsu that suits me."

"Well, don't be so absolute~" Uchiha Yingji patted Ling's shoulder, "Then I will go to do the mission, goodbye."

Ling nodded, "Well, be safe, and I wish you good luck in martial arts."

"Hi, hi~ You too, good luck to you~"

Listening to Uchiha Yingji's footsteps fading away, Ling smiled and sighed, "It's still the same as always..."

But before he could express his feelings, Uchiha Kenji rushed over and grabbed him by the collar, "Uchiha Ling! You bastard deserves to be killed a thousand times!"

Ling raised his hand, "Well, Xiansi, calm down first..."

"How do you expect me to calm down? Don't you think your behavior is stupid?" Uchiha Kenji pulled Ling towards him, his voice filled with anger. "I told you that I was going to lure the enemy away with false information, but what were you doing? Why did the real information end up in my hands?

And you've made yourself look like this! Is this reasonable?! Comparing a guy like me who can't carry out the mission without the team with the number one person of the time, everyone knows who to give up, right?! Can't you make the right choice?! "

"Actually, I escaped at that time... I couldn't help but get hurt because I met the Senju team afterwards-"

“Shut up! You bastard!” Uchiha Kenji almost lifted Ling up from the ground, “Isn’t that behavior even more idiotic?! Do you know how many Thousand Hands you can kill on the battlefield if you grow up successfully?!

If you had let me attract the enemy at that time, you wouldn't be in trouble now. You might have killed a dozen Thousand Hands for me to avenge me! Why are you so stupid as to sacrifice your future for those scumbag Thousand Hands and a useless person like me!

And I heard from them that you can’t even transplant the eyes preserved by your clan, I, I…how can I repay you——wuaaa——"

Ban, who had chased out, was stunned. He couldn't understand why the man in front of him, who looked more beautiful than a woman, would immediately grab his brother's waist and cry loudly after getting angry. He looked much sadder than his brother.

Madara stood at the door of the mission office, looking at Uchiha Kenji who was crying while clinging to Ling without paying any attention to the gazes of his clansmen. He looked at Ling with sympathy and shock, [There are so many weirdos of the same generation... It's really not easy, Brother. ]