Chapter 270: Become stronger so you can go to bed on time!

In the end, the three brothers skipped the topic of whether Uzumaki Yi was reliable or not, and instead talked about the Yuyi clan. After all, there were less than ten days left until the truce period began, and less than forty days until the end of the year. It was not an easy task to visit a ninja clan during this period and bring back enough information for the clan to facilitate subsequent communication.

After all, although the truce period is the most peaceful period of the year in the name of recuperation and rest for the ninjas, it is actually also the time of the year when the ninjas have the most members and the most concentrated power. To go to other tribes to discuss things during this period, courage and strength are indispensable.

Uchiha Tajima gave full authority to Ling Lai to be responsible for this matter, and asked him to take Madara with him. The selection of people to travel alone had to be repeatedly considered and confirmed, and he had to be extremely cautious.

Due to his understanding of his peers and his frequent active participation in the battlefield, Ling almost instantly decided on his own generation and the accompanying personnel of the slightly older generation. There was no big problem with the peers, as he only needed to tell them later, and he would have to ask the elders later if they were free. The biggest problem now was the accompanying personnel of Ban's generation.

After all, Ling always remembered that Uchiha Tajima's intention this time was to make Madara familiar with these things, and to select and train talents who could assist Madara from among Madara's peers, in order to pave the way for Madara to succeed as the clan leader in the future.

Hmm? Why did I say Madara would be the successor of the clan leader when the Uchiha clan was clearly selecting their successor through an election?

Good question. It is indeed as you said. The Uchiha clan has always upheld the attitude of "the most capable person will take the position" for the next clan leader, and it is not limited to letting the clan leader's children inherit. There are also people of Madara's generation who are more capable of leadership and more popular than him...

But the problem is that none of these people could beat Madara—and it wasn't a narrow defeat where the two were evenly matched, but a completely crushing defeat.

The most typical example is Uchiha Masaki's crybaby brother Uchiha Atsuki. As mentioned before, Uchiha Atsuki awakened the Sharingan in order to protect Izuna, but he was still afraid of Madara, so Uchiha Masaki repeatedly persuaded his brother to teach Madara a lesson while he did not have the Sharingan so that he could overcome the psychological shadow.

Out of trust in his brother, Uchiha Atsuki went there with full confidence. However, that night he came back crying and begging for comfort with a bruised face and a limping leg. Uchiha Masaki had to coax him for a long time. It looked like he would never try to challenge Madara again in his life.

And those who are more capable of leadership than Madara, such as Uchiha Kahei, who is now very popular among his peers, is a Madara fan to a considerable extent and always follows Madara to ask questions.

Or in other words, given the Uchiha's admiration for the strong, even if Madara treats them badly, as long as Madara is willing to tell them the secret to becoming stronger, they will be willing to follow him - this can be said to be a very tragic yet extremely realistic thing.

Therefore, when Ling mentioned the people of the same generation who were traveling with him, Madara immediately thought of these two people. Ling was not surprised to hear the name of Uchiha Karuna. After all, compared to the fear of Madara, people of their generation had a purer admiration for Uchiha Karuna. After taking him out to broaden his horizons, they would be able to better help Madara lead the clan. However, Uchiha Wenshu...

Ling crossed his arms, looking confused, "Let's not talk about the fire core for now, but why would Madara want to bring along Onuki's... um, soft-natured child?"

Madara also followed Ling's example and crossed his arms. After thinking for a long time, he spoke, "Because that guy awakened his Sharingan last time to save Izuna, so I think his talent should be pretty good. Besides, he is one of the few people of his generation who dares to challenge me. When we get out there, he shouldn't be too nervous to embarrass us. He should be able to fight back."

"Brother, what's that expression on your face?"

"No, it's nothing." Ling turned his head away and twitched his lips at an angle that Madara couldn't see. "Since Madara has chosen someone, you will go and inform them about going out during the off-season. Brother will inform the rest of the team - but next time when we do the analysis, some things don't need to be said in person."

"Hmm?" Madara raised an eyebrow, "Did I say something wrong?"

"Brother Ban, you can omit the sentence 'You shouldn't be too nervous to embarrass us when we get outside.'" Izumi Nai put his palm against his face, his expression serious, "If you say that, Brother Wenshu will definitely cry, and then it will be terrible."

"That guy is really annoying..." Madara's face darkened, and he obviously recalled some unpleasant memories. "Then, brother, when are we going to set off?"

"The departure time is the first day of the truce. If Madara wants to add another peer, remember to tell me in advance." Ling reached out and rubbed his brother's head. "Also, if you successfully let Wen Shu join the team, tell Yashu and let him prepare as well. That guy now regards his brother as more important than his own life, and he will not agree to Wen Shu following the team to another ninja clan."

Madara blinked and nodded in agreement, "What about the others in the team? Who does brother have his eyes on?"

"As for peers, I plan to take Haiming, Xiansi, Yunye and Lin," Ling tapped his chin lightly, "Haiming's leadership ability is not inferior to mine, Xiansi is good at assassination, Yunye's medical ninjutsu is pretty good, Lin is also good at guarding things and fighting, and I am a perception ninja. If necessary, the five of us can form a team to intercept the enemy and cover your retreat.

As for the elders, I would like to find Uncle Qizhi and Senior Wenyu. Uncle Qizhi's strength needs no further explanation, and Senior Wenyu is a rare medical perception ninja in the clan. If an accident really happens, the two teams will not miss anything even if they act separately."

"But brother, we are visiting the other clan. Isn't it a bit too dangerous with only ten people or even less than ten people?" Izunai was worried. "It's impossible for the other party to be honest and not play tricks, right? After all, we and the Senju guys are always testing each other."

"They said they were going to visit and negotiate with the other clan, but in fact they were staying in a civilian market formed by the other clan's members who could not become ninjas and the protected civilians. Ninja clans rarely reveal the true location of their clan to other clans.

For example, we and the Senju are enemies, but we know each other's location and even cooperate with each other in the civilian industry. In fact, the relationship between us is very distorted and incorrect, so we cannot use the relationship between our two clans to compare with other ninja clans."

Ling chuckled and leaned back in a relaxed manner, "Okay, let's stop talking about this topic. You are still growing, and it's not good to sleep too late."

Spot nodded without refutation. He really needed some space and time to think about who among his peers could go out without bringing shame to the clan, so after saying good night, he stacked the cutlery on the table one by one, put it away, and left.

Izumi, who was left to clean the table and sweep the floor, looked at Ling, who had no intention of moving, in confusion and asked, "Brother, aren't you going to bed?"

"Ah, that..." Ling raised his hand and pointed at the tail that was tightly hooked around his waist, and smiled helplessly, "I can't get up in this situation. I will probably have to sleep here - you know, cats always have a strong sense of self."

Quannai nodded without any hesitation. After tidying up the house, she brought bedding for Ling, said good night and left.

After Ling covered himself with the quilt, he found a comfortable position and fell down. Then he raised his hand to rub the tail that was still wrapped around his waist. He sighed and looked more helpless. "Sure enough, the tailed beast is the tailed beast. The power it possesses is simply not something that ordinary people can resist...

Well, it seems that just to be able to go to bed on time at home in the future, I have to work hard to have the same strength as you - right? My lovely little one?"