Chapter 26 Appreciating Your Ignorance

Uchiha Kenji didn't notice that Madara was lost in thought. While Ling was taking care of himself, he began to frantically instill Ling's dark history into Madara.

For example, he insisted on going to the izakaya and was rejected by everyone and was lifted up and taken to the casino. He was so scared that he fell from a tree when a girl of the same generation confessed to him during a mission. He also forced people to sing with him after drinking too much.

He also emphasized to Ban how decisive and cold-blooded Ling was when he killed someone for the first time - to sum it up in one sentence - your brother is not a good person, at least not a good person in the strict sense.

But Madara couldn't help but doubt this - after all, Uchiha Kenji admitted that he couldn't remember faces at all, so Madara had reason to suspect that Uchiha Kenji was putting other people's [glorious deeds] on Ling.

Uchiha Kenji couldn't stand Madara's suspicious look, so he immediately raised his voice and shouted in the direction of the stream, "Ling! Were you the one who got drunk and asked someone to sing last time?!"

Ling's voice soon came over, "Isn't it just that I'm tone-deaf after getting drunk?! Can you stop thinking about it?!"

Uchiha Kenji turned back and looked at Madara who was in a daze with a smug look on his face, "How is it? Is what I said credible?"

Banmu frowned and turned his head away, looking unwilling to believe it.

Ling also changed into new clothes and came over, looking extremely helpless, "You said something nonsense to my brother again."

"I only said that because you are my brother," Uchiha Kenji laughed strangely, "Isn't Madara competing for the clan leader now? It's not a good thing to worship you too much."

"Aren't there a lot of other things we can talk about?" Ling sighed, "Don't tell him about those illegal things."

Uchiha Kenji poked Ling's arm with his elbow, "What? You are allowed to be obedient but not your brother?"

Ling shook his head, feeling exhausted, "...you should go and wash it quickly."

"Come on, Madara, I'll tell you more about your brother's glorious deeds!" Uchiha Kenji grabbed Madara's neck and pulled him away without waiting for him to resist. "Although Ling is cold-blooded and unsympathetic during missions, during the rest time after missions, he is the kind-hearted man who is unconditionally tolerant of others in your impression. I remember the last time we were on a mission..."

Madara: ...Shut up! I don't want to hear it!

After being forcefully indoctrinated with a bunch of nonsense by Uchiha Kenji, Madara no longer had the energy to consider whether killing was right or wrong. All he wanted now was to put together the image of Ling in his mind that had been shattered by all the explosive information.

While Madara was trying to reorganize his impression of Ling, Uchiha Kenji also sneaked up on Ling and lowered his voice, "How is it, does my trick work?"

Ling felt Madara's increasingly chaotic chakra, and the helplessness in his tone almost overflowed, "Some of it was overused... Let's not talk about this. I'll ask you to lead Madara in the mission of stealing information."

"Okay, but it's up to him how much he can learn from me." Uchiha Kenji nodded, "The target of the mission is a samurai family, right? How much do you know about them?"

"Hmm - if I remember correctly..."

When it came to the mission, the two of them looked much more serious. They no longer had the gentleness they had just now, but instead had a coldness to them.

However, as they had been busy for half the night, the two did not talk for too long. They just exchanged a few simple words and then went to rest and recover their strength.

By the afternoon, the few people who had recovered rushed to the town. Ling entered the town directly wearing clothes with the family emblem, while Uchiha Kenji changed out of the clothes with the family emblem after agreeing on a secret signal with Madara, and used transformation techniques to blend into the crowd and entered the town separately.

Soon after entering the town, Ling felt that someone was following him, but he did not try to find the person out. Instead, he tried to inquire about the mission target in front of the group of people. As expected, he was blocked in the alley due to this way of acting.

However, this kind of thing was within Ling's expectations, so he was not panicked. Instead, he calmly stopped with his staff and sword, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"You are a ninja from the Uchiha family, right?" the man's deep voice sounded, "You are trying to find out information about my clan... What is your intention?"

Ling chuckled and nodded in the direction of the man, "I have no ill intentions. I just heard that the nobles are quite experienced in swordsmanship, so I want to come and learn from you. I hope you can help me."

But obviously, the other party did not think that Ling would tell the truth so honestly. They just raised their hands and gestured to the tribesmen, and slowly surrounded Ling.

"Ah, ah, do you want to exchange and learn from each other in this way?" Ling tapped the cane knife in his hand with his fingers, still with a smile on his face, "I think it will be a good exercise."

"If you don't want to suffer, you'd better surrender. We will release you after we confirm your purpose. But if you resist... don't blame us for being ruthless."

The man looked solemn and extremely alert, "After all, ninjas are not the only ones who can use chakra, and you happen to be a blind Uchiha. Without those difficult illusions, you Uchiha are just ordinary people who can do some acrobatics.

Besides, even if it's the Uchiha clan, there's no way they'd make an enemy of our clan just for a blind man like you, right? So I advise you to be more sensible and follow us out..."

"I've really been underestimated..." Ling handed the cane sword to his left hand, and raised his right hand to rub his nose, "What should I say now - well, then thank you for your heart-wrenching words first?"

Seeing Ling's attitude, the man breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the eye-jutsu families, including the Uchiha clan, all have a strong revenge mentality, so it is better to avoid conflicts if possible. However, before he could completely relax, Ling's gentle voice came again.

"Secondly, how dare a mere samurai family challenge the Uchiha like this..."

The man's pupils shrank, and just as he was about to call on his fellow tribesmen to take action, a bright knife light flashed before his eyes. The words he wanted to say were unable to be uttered because of the blood foam surging in his throat.

But he still heard Ling's unfinished words.

"I have to admire your ignorance."