Chapter 31 Uchiha Tajima's Worries

Although he was accompanying Ling in training, Madara was resting well and was about to take on another mission when he met Uchiha Kenji and Uchiha Chiho at the mission station. However, before he could get around them, Uchiha Chiho raised his hand and said, "Ah, isn't this Ling's brother? Come here, come here quickly~"

After a brief silence, Madara walked over obediently - after all, the person in front of him might very well be his future (?) sister-in-law, and although it would be troublesome, it was still necessary to get along well with her.

"Wow~ You really are as exquisite as Ling said~" Uchiha Chiho smiled charmingly, "I didn't have time to take a good look at you yesterday~"

Madara turned his head away uncomfortably, "…Hi, Chiho-sister."

"Be good, be good~ I'll buy you some candy later~" Uchiha Chiho reached out and rubbed Madara's head, "Hasn't Madara only been back for two days? Aren't you tired to take on a mission so soon? When you first start taking on a mission, don't push yourself too hard, okay?"

"No, carrying out missions is also a form of training. I learned a lot from the last mission with Brother Kenji and Brother." Madara raised his eyes, "But Sister Chiho, didn't you say before that you wanted to go find my brother to practice? Why now..."

"Well, because Ling-kun doesn't need me that much~" Uchiha Chiho retracted his hand, "I was originally thinking if there was a chance to take advantage of the situation, but Ling didn't give me any chance at all - it's really frustrating."

"I say you crazy woman, why don't you let Ling go?" Uchiha Kenji pouted, "That guy wasn't interested in you when he was not blind, and it's even more impossible now that he is blind."

"I've known this for a long time—" Uchiha Chiho snorted, "But how can I accept this? Really, Ling is such a mean man, flirting with someone and then abandoning them."

"Compared to that, are you still going to form a team? If not, I'll go find someone else." Uchiha Kenji clicked his tongue, "I promised him that I would go find him to practice after the next mission."

Madara was stunned and couldn't help but interject, "Isn't it next time?"

"Hmm?" Uchiha Kenji raised his eyebrows, "How long does Madara think a mission will take? The next time is three days ago."

"Madara has only just started taking on missions, and I don't know how often you take on missions." Uchiha Chiho rolled his eyes unhappily, "And the training with Ling... could it be the same thing you crazy people do?"

"Ah, after all, this kind of training does improve a lot - you've seen Ling's situation, and this time he's probably developing some kind of perception technique? And I'm good at hiding, so we're bound to have a fight."

Uchiha Kenji stroked his chin, "I just don't know what kind of terrible fighting method that guy will figure out. It was hard to understand when I saw him fighting with the Kaguya clan before. Now he is really becoming less and less like an Uchiha. Well, it's a good thing that his fighting style is not like that of an Uchiha. After all, I don't usually fight with my clan members."

"Even though he is in the abyss, he is still tenacious and keeps fighting. He is worthy of being the man I like~" Uchiha Chiho held her face with both hands, "By the way, is Madara going to join our team for a mission? If Madara comes, I will take you to see some interesting things~"

Madara thought of Uchiha Kenji's crazy attempt to instill everyone's dark history into him, and immediately shook his head like a rattle.

"Alright, alright, stop teasing the kid. Ling is a kid who can't help but be teased," Uchiha Kenji reached out to pull Uchiha Chiho, "Hurry up and accept the mission. Although Ling has been given three missions to figure out the idea, if he thinks too much, I'll be in trouble."

Uchiha Chiho let Uchiha Kenji pull her forward, "Then you should just go and practice with Ling before..."

"Wow - I followed you on the day you went to find Ling. Have I lived long enough? There is a time for watching the fun."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You are the one who talks the most. Am I a violent person? Why can't it be done when I am around? I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words~ Xian Si Jun~"

"Why are you not doing well? Don't you know? Your level of violence is almost the same as that of the Senju apes - ow! Wrong, wrong! Hand, hand, hand!"

Madara, who saw all of this: ...suddenly, I feel that my peers are not so hateful.

However, after forming a new team to carry out the mission, Madara threw out of his mind any sympathy he had for his peers - they were just a bunch of trash!

Especially after experiencing the whole mission where Ling and Uchiha Kenji carried him around, Madara increasingly agreed with the point that "people of the same generation are trash" - but considering the age and experience difference between the two sides, Madara decided to observe for a while.

Compared to Madara who has a fulfilling life, Izumi, who always practices alone at home, can be said to be extremely lonely.

However, he also knew that his two brothers did not stay at home for their own reasons and not because they wanted to alienate him, so other than occasionally puffing up their cheeks and complaining in their hearts about why they had not grown up, he had always been very well-behaved.

Uchiha Tajima also noticed this, so he always tried to finish clan affairs as early as possible and come back to accompany his young son in training and explain ninjutsu. But besides this, Uchiha Tajima was also worried about Ling and Madara. However, these two children had their own way of doing things, and if he tried to comfort them, it would only have some unwanted counterproductive effects.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Tajima couldn't help but sigh. This action immediately attracted Izuna's attention. He raised his head and looked at his father with a pair of cat-like round eyes. His voice was a little uneasy, "Father, did I do something wrong?"

"No, Izuna did very well." Uchiha Tajima reached out and took his young son into his arms, smiling with a hint of melancholy, "I was just wondering how Ling's training and Madara's mission were going. Even though I know that both of them are far more capable than their peers, as the clan leader I should give them full trust, but at the same time, as a father, I still can't help but worry about them."

Izuna nodded as if she understood, and put her arms around Uchiha Tajima's neck, with anticipation in her eyes, "Can we go see them then?"

Uchiha Tajima burst out laughing and stretched out his finger to scratch Izuna's nose. "That won't do. Didn't Ling specifically tell him before he left that the technique he was going to develop this time was very dangerous and required a quiet environment, so he had to practice in seclusion? When he finishes this practice, Sanzu and Yata will tell us."

Izuna puffed up her cheeks again, and said in a dull voice, "...I really want to know how far Brother-sama has come in his training now."

"Ah, yes," Uchiha Tajima also lowered his eyes, "I wonder what level Ling has reached in his training now."

But Uchiha Tajima didn't know that at this moment, Ling, who was practicing in seclusion in the back mountain, was distressed because of the uninvited guest who accidentally broke into his perception circle...