Chapter 207 Uchiha Masaki cannot overcome psychological shadow

"What are you guys arguing about? Let me hear it for a bit."

The moment Ling pushed the door open, the tense atmosphere in the room suddenly subsided. Uchiha Hong and Uchiha Masaki looked at each other and snorted coldly and turned away. Only Uchiha Akihiko spoke tiredly, "Ling, you're here... Did the mission go well?"

"Well - let's just say I got some good intelligence, and managed to get away with it from my father," Ling found a seat and sat down, "Why did you two start arguing?"

Uchiha Akihiko raised his hand and pinched his forehead, then heaved a sigh of relief, "Since you are here from the clan leader, you should have heard about the ceasefire, right?"

"Ah, yes, I still feel a little bit sorry -" Ling folded his hands and leaned on the cane knife, his tone full of regret, "It's rare to have such a fight without fierce conflict, and I want to get familiar with the feeling of swinging the knife."

Uchiha Masaki looked over coldly, "Not intense? Are you... kidding me?"

"The battle between the two sides has not even lasted four months, how can it be considered intense?" Ling turned to Uchiha Masaki, his expression still calm, "However, there is a reason why it ended so quickly this time."

"You got the inside story again?" Uchiha Hong sat down with an unhappy look on his face, crossed his arms and began to speak sarcastically, "Huh~ Family factors are indeed convenient."

"That's too much - I'm the one who provided the information this time, okay? Or rather, I'm the one who took the initiative to provide information most of the time." Ling stretched out his tone, "But there's nothing I can do about it, Hong. Who told you not to like [making friends]? At home, you rely on your parents, and when you go out, you rely on your friends!"

"You're so long-winded! I don't have your bad taste!"

This time, Uchiha Akihiko raised his hands and placed them on his forehead to avoid paying attention to those two annoying guys. "So what do you mean? Why did you stop fighting so quickly?"

Ling had no intention of dragging things out and told the story in detail about Yue Jiancheng's investigation of the various ninja clans and his own contact with the Blood Pond Clan.

"So I think this time the war between the two clans is probably just a move by the daimyo to control the expansion of the ninja clan's power and resolve the conflicts among the nobles," Ling tapped the scabbard with his fingers. "Maybe he saw that there has been no large-scale conflict between the two clans in recent years, so he is worried that things may be beyond his control? You know, the nobles are always so suspicious and lack a sense of security."

[Just because of this kind of boring speculation...] Uchiha Masaki clenched his teeth, his eyes unconsciously filled with red, and his nails, which were always trimmed very round, were deeply embedded in his palms. [Just because of this kind of boring stuff——!]

"Hey, Masaaki! Do you want to tear this place down?!"

Uchiha Masaki suddenly came back to his senses, glanced at Uchiha Akihiko who also glared at his Sharingan, and after a long breath, he raised his hand to wipe away the blood and tears on his face, restraining his own chakra, "...But even so, the accumulated hatred between the two clans is not fake, right?

Didn't it happen before? We were asked to end the conflict between the two tribes, but they continued to fight, and even attacked the tribes of both sides. We even lost our loved ones at that time - why did it end so easily this time? ! "

Ling seemed to have not felt the change just now, still sitting upright, and even had the mood to make a long sound representing thinking, "Maybe it has something to do with the current situation and the little thoughts of the nobles? I heard from my father that the nobles' withdrawal of investment this time was unusually fast. In this case, even if the two sides wanted to fight, they would restrain each other.

And you all know the situation back then. It was just when the Fire Nation was electing its next monarch. With sufficient funds, we fought for nearly two years. Even though we declared a truce, the employers of both sides still secretly provided funds. In addition, there was the mutual infighting among the powerful and the old hatred between the two tribes..."

Ling couldn't help but shrugged his shoulders when he said this. "It would be a miracle if anyone could stop our two tribes from fighting under such a fierce situation. You know, the last time Uzumaki dared to intervene at this time, he still hasn't recovered from the psychological trauma."

The originally stagnant atmosphere in the room finally gradually became relaxed after these words. Uchiha Hiro folded his arms and leaned back, crossing his legs. "Tsk - who told the Uzumaki idiots to always unite with those muscular gorillas? Serves them right."

Uchiha Masaki's tense shoulders relaxed slightly, and he took two steps back to lean on the windowsill, saying with a disappointed tone, "Does that mean I can only wait until next time?"

"Hmm - it shouldn't be too long. Like I said, the nobles have been very cunning lately..." Ling also leaned back, his posture more relaxed. "Besides, according to your idea, the target of your revenge should not be just the Senju clan. Isn't it also good to find trouble with others in your free time?"

Uchiha Masaki looked at the gentle smile on Ling's lips and couldn't help leaning back. After a while, he spoke amid Uchiha Hong's sneer, "Then tell me... who else can I take revenge on?"

"Isn't this incident caused by the boredom of the nobles?" Ling laughed softly, "Don't just vent your emotions on the knives in other people's hands. The culprit will be laughing."

"Assault on a noble... Do you want me to cause trouble for the clan?" Uchiha Masaki curled his lips. "Although I have opened the Mangekyō, I am not that crazy yet."

"So..." Ling sighed, "Why can't you be more flexible? We are ninjas, what do ninjas do? Stealing, assassination, and war - it's so easy for us to do things behind people's backs.

There are more ways to cause trouble to someone than just killing him. You can just use your ability to dig out some of his secrets and post them on the black market. There will be a large number of people who will help you bring him down. Then won't you be able to do whatever you want with him?

Not to mention that you can use that information to make a lot of extra money, and you can also use the people hired by the other party to improve your own abilities - isn't this a good deal and kills two birds with one stone?"

Uchiha Masaki stood up silently, and moved step by step to the back of Uchiha Akihiko, and then found a chair to sit down under the complicated gaze of the other party, "Just speak nicely, and put away that calculating smile of yours."