Chapter 29 Uchiha Hono

“I told you guys you wouldn’t believe me…” Ling smiled and shook his head, “How should I put it? I really met a very interesting Thousand Hands – hahahaha.”

"What fun can a group of troubled muscle gorillas have..." Uchiha Kenji put his hands behind his head and curled his lips in disdain, "Ling, you didn't really hurt your brain, did you?"

"Who knows--" Ling stretched out his voice, "I really hope I don't meet that interesting Thousand-Handed Imp again... After all, if he grows up, the world will definitely become very interesting, right?"

Madara was stunned, his expression became confused, "If it's interesting, shouldn't you want to meet again? Why do you say you don't want to meet again?"

"Because without any accidents, Senju and Uchiha will only meet on the battlefield. Ling said this with the intention of killing him, but also recognized the boy's qualifications..."

Uchiha Kenji showed a wicked smile on his face, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, it seems that you really like that interesting Senju. You remember him... If he met him on the battlefield, he would have a hard time escaping, right?"

"If he can drain my chakra until I am exhausted and can no longer sense anything..." Ling did not deny Uchiha Kenji's words, "then he can be considered lucky."

But Madara was even more confused, "Why don't we just rush over and kill them now, instead of leaving it for later?"

"I don't want to fight a battle where I won't get anything sweet no matter I win or lose. Besides, the leader with explosive talismans all over his body should be retreating by now, right?" Ling laughed. "If he wasn't accompanied by the experienced Xiao Qianshou, he would have followed the trail to find me by now - after all, his murderous intent is quite strong."

Madara: ...sticking explosive tags all over your body? Really?

"You don't have to be too surprised, Madara. This is indeed a common trick of the Senju," Uchiha Kenji helped explain. "Although I don't want to admit it, with the physical fitness of an adult Senju, that level of injury is at most a serious injury, not even close to death. In addition, their medical ninjutsu is relatively more mature...

Well, in any case, next time when Madara sees a Senju trying to get close to him, just stay away. I was slow to dodge last time, and I had to lie in bed in the clan for more than a month before I could get up again."

The spotted head took note, but still looked puzzled, "But if you know this, brother, then the Thousand Hands shouldn't be able to hurt you, right?"

"Yes, indeed." Ling nodded slightly, "Although I can't see now, it's not a big problem to deal with a Senju of similar age - but the Senju and Uchiha also have an unwritten or tacit rule.

That is, [if there is no conflict in the mission, we will not deliberately attack the other party's team that brings their children out for training] - it is better to say that this is something that all ninjas agree on.

After all, no matter which biological population, being able to ensure the inheritance of offspring is the most important thing, so unless they decide to completely wipe out the other party and have already taken countermeasures, ninjas rarely attack each other's children.

Besides, there is no benefit in creating non-mission-related killings except for generating more unnecessary hatred, so I will try to avoid it - well, but avoiding conflict doesn't mean being weak, right? "

Madara: ...It's so complicated.

"Alright, alright, stop talking to Madara. The little guy has just started taking missions and hasn't even been to a battlefield. How can he understand what you are saying?" Uchiha Kenji ruffled Madara's hair, then withdrew his hand after earning the murderous gaze from the kid. "Go back - hand in the mission quickly so you can move on to the next one."

Ling turned his head and looked at Uchiha Kenji, "Is Kenji still accepting missions now?"

"Well, after all, I feel that the roads and people are all the same. It's useless to stay in the clan all the time. I might as well take on more missions and have some fun." Uchiha Kenji grabbed his hair at the back of his head and sighed, "At least I can hear some interesting gossip."

Ling smiled lightly, "How about putting off the mission for now and accompanying me in cultivation after we return? You are not short of money, are you?"

"I don't want to..." Uchiha Kenji's expression was full of disgust. "Anyway, Chiho will definitely come to your door when you go back this time, right? After I complete the next mission, I will interrupt the mission and practice with you. Before that, go and deal with that troublesome woman first."

"Chiho..." Uchiha Ling's mouth twitched slightly, "Could it be that she hasn't given up even though I'm like this?"

"Um... Chiho?"

"One of your brother's fanatical admirers." Uchiha Kenji's mouth twitched, "The reason you didn't see her was because Chiho took a mission in the first few days. Otherwise, with this crazy woman around, whether you and I could snatch your brother's precious first time is another matter."

Ling frowned when he heard this, "What are you talking about? Don't teach my brother bad things."

So, Uchiha Kenji just nodded solemnly to the shocked Madara and did not bring up the topic again.

Madara returned to the clan with the two of them, full of curiosity about Uchiha Chiho. However, unlike what Uchiha Kenji had expected, he was stopped by the man named Uchiha Chiho at the mission site.

"Hiss - this shouldn't be the case, how could Chiho not be here?" Uchiha Kenji shook Ling's shoulders exaggeratedly, "Oh my god, oh my god, Ling! Chiho didn't wait for you this time! Oh my god!"

"There's no need to make Chiho sound so scary..."

But despite saying this, Ling was relieved in his heart. Among the people of the same generation, apart from Uchiha Kenji, only Uchiha Chiho made him at a loss as to how to deal with him.

Unlike Uchiha Kenji who expressed all his emotions bluntly and acted in a variety of ways due to excessive emotionality, Uchiha Chiho was a very outstanding female ninja who acted quite tactfully - her foresight even exceeded that of many of her peers.

If the elders of the clan had not excluded Uchiha Chiho on the grounds that "women become vulnerable when giving birth, and the clan leader cannot have any weaknesses", Ling believed that with her abilities she was qualified to compete for the position of the next clan leader.

Therefore, when he was still the heir, Ling always deliberately pulled Uchiha Chiho to train together, in the hope of having a reliable right-hand man in the future - but, but!

Ling never expected that her cultivation behavior, which was completely free of any personal emotions, would be mistaken by Uchiha Chiho as her pursuit of her. After she explained the situation, she was not embarrassed at all, but openly stated that she would use him as the standard for finding a partner in the future. She also confessed to her more than once afterwards.

It was precisely because of Uchiha Chiho's active pursuit that he attracted a lot of unnecessary hatred to himself - this was where he had his first head-on conflict with Uchiha Masaki.

So when Ling heard that Uchiha Chiho was not there at this time, he was relieved from the bottom of his heart - he really didn't know how to deal with it - at least give him some buffer time.

However, this mixture of lightness and heaviness soon turned into heaviness when he arrived at the door of his home, all because of Madara's doubtful words -

"Brother, there is a very beautiful female tribesman waving at us at the door of our house."