Chapter 22 Mission Selection

During the time that Uchiha Kenji was talking to Ling, Madara also selected a few missions that he liked and walked out of the mission office.

"Onii-sama, I have chosen my mission."

Ling turned his head in the direction of the voice, "Well, what did you choose?"

"There are four missions, namely, suppressing bandits, assassinating, stealing intelligence and investigating the situation." Madara's eyes fell on Uchiha Kenji, with a hint of disdain in his curiosity, "I thought about going on a mission with my brother this time, so I might as well get in touch with killing people first..."

"Well... the types of tasks covered are very comprehensive." Ling tapped the cane knife in his hand with his fingers, "But forget about the exploration mission, I can't do the exploration mission now... Does Xiansi have any suggestions?"

"Let's forget about the assassination, shall we?" Xiansi glanced at Madara who was quite wary of him, and scratched the hair on the back of his head. "It seems that your brother doesn't want to cooperate with me... The remaining two problems are not too big - probably."

Madara looked at Uchiha Kenji with even more disgust, "You want to act with us? Aren't you face-blind? How can you complete the mission if you can't even tell the mission target?"

"It's very simple. After leaving the clan, just treat everyone without the clan emblem as an enemy." Uchiha Kenji crossed his arms in front of his chest, "I'm just face-blind and have a poor sense of direction, but I'm not a fool..."

Ling's mouth twitched slightly, "Then you led Qianshou's people to the camp last time..."

"I didn't expect that someone would actually strip clothes from a dead body, and even chop himself with a knife to make the wounds look consistent! If someone in our tribe were to say that his injuries were serious and he was on the verge of death, people would believe it!"

Uchiha Kenji became excited again, but his voice was very low, "Didn't you fail to recognize him because his face was scratched..."

"That's true... Fortunately, there was no loss that time. After that, Hong and I really didn't dare to rest for a moment..."

"Who said it wasn't true? At that time, I felt physically uncomfortable with people wearing tribal costumes..."

Seeing that the two were about to start chatting again, Madara quickly spoke up, "So which mission is better this time? Suppressing bandits or stealing intelligence?"

"Well... take them all. It's not difficult to suppress bandits. Just treat it as a warm-up." Ling Qian smiled, "It's been a while since I really killed anyone. I should try my hand at a simple mission first. Hey, Xiansi, you can't snatch it from me when the time comes."

"Hey, I don't want to. Let's see who kills more people then. What if I win?"

"It's good that you didn't get lost... By the way, do you want to go to my house and sign a temporary contract with the summoning beast? Should I ask Sanzu and Yata to lead the way or--"

"I! Don't! Need! To! Stop looking down on others. No matter how lost I am, there's no way I won't realize it after I escape from the bandit camp!"

"Well then..." Ling shrugged, "Ban, please register both missions, don't forget to include Kenji as well."

Madara glanced at Uchiha Kenji and seemed a little dissatisfied with his forced joining in midway, but he still nodded and returned to the mission office to register for the mission.

Madara really couldn't understand how this man named Uchiha Kenji was able to participate in such a terrible sparring.

With his delicate looks, silly behavior and face blindness, can't he find the way?

But when the three of them left the clan land and headed for the mission location, Uchiha Kenji's breathless way of traveling attracted Madara deeply.

Although it is said that ninjas are assassins hiding in the shadows and killing people without being seen, it was the first time that Madara had seen someone who was truly as breathless as a shadow.

He could even feel his brother's faint presence, but he could not determine Uchiha Kenji's location. Instead, he felt uncomfortable because of Uchiha Kenji's silent following.

"Xian Si, don't hide yourself so well and follow me. I'm going to chop you up."

"Ah, sorry, I'm used to it." Uchiha Kenji caught up with Ling in a few steps, "But you're really amazing. Even without vision, you can still move freely like before... Won't your feet slip?"

"That won't happen. After all, in order to be able to move as usual, I have to keep releasing chakra almost all day long so that I can respond in time."

"Is there enough chakra for the battle?"

Ling was silent for a moment, "It depends on the situation at the scene. After all, this is my first time in actual combat after I became blind... should I be a little more cautious?"

"Well, you can make the decision."

The two of them did not deliberately avoid Madara in their whispered conversation, so Madara also slowed down his pace a little, "What was that just now?"

"Oh, yes, Madara's intuition is also very sensitive. It must be uncomfortable to be followed like that just now?" Ling laughed, "Xianji is very good at hiding. During the previous mission, he even sneaked into the enemy team without being discovered."

"What? Didn't I get exposed that time?" Uchiha Kenji said with a sigh, "It was still quite embarrassing because my chakra was exhausted..."

"That's also impressive. They're the Perception Ninja Team... although they're all resting." Ling's laughter was somewhat teasing. "Hey, Madara, let me tell you, when Kenji and I were on a mission before, every time it was his turn to keep watch, he would feel empty around him as if something was missing, but he also felt like someone was staring at him, and he couldn't sleep at all."

"Eh..." Madara tilted his head slightly, "A concealment ability that even my brother can't detect?"

"Don't listen to Ling's nonsense, it's not that serious at all. I'm an Uchiha, I don't have any strange bloodline limit..." Uchiha Kenji raised his hand and touched the back of his neck uncomfortably, "If a ninja with a little bit of experience carefully senses me, I won't be able to dodge it..."

"So how powerful is a sensory ninja?"

"To what extent..." Uchiha Kenji frowned, "Well - at least he has to have been on the battlefield for a year and survived an attack, right? Ah, I mean the Senju family's perception ninja."

Ban: ...? (°-°)?

[Isn't this amazing?! What on earth does this person want to do? Is he showing off?]

"Wow, Ling, your brother is looking at me with a very excessive look! Didn't you say your brother is very gentle? This look looks like it can kill people!"

"My Madara is very gentle," Ling said in a long voice, "It's not you, why didn't you admit that you are strong earlier? It's all your fault for not being frank."

Uchiha Kenji raised his voice after a brief silence, "——Are you blaming me?!"