Chapter 32: Ninja World's Biggest Mistake

The Uchiha and Senju were sworn enemies, but they were also neighbors who lived on the left and right sides of the Minamiga River. Sometimes they would even go to each other's markets to purchase items - of course, if they happened to be recognized by their enemies while buying things, they would have to bear the consequences themselves.

When Ling was just old enough to remember things, he asked Uchiha Tajima why he didn't just move somewhere else instead of staying here and disliking the Senju.

He can still recall his father's expression, as if someone had stuffed a mouthful of shit into his mouth. "It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't."

As Ling grew older, he gradually understood why Uchiha Tajima said that at the time - or why his expression was so complicated.

If we really want to talk about this matter, we have to trace it back to the time when the ancestors of the Uchiha clan moved from the Land of Lightning to the Land of Fire. At that time, due to a disaster in the ancestral land, the Uchiha clan moved away. The ancestors were eager to settle down, so they settled in Minamiga River without carefully investigating their neighbors. This was nothing, but after settling down, they were eager to gain a foothold and found their neighbors as opponents - that is, the current Senju clan.

As a result, when the two tribes had established their opponent's character, they discovered that this annoying opponent lived on the other side of the mountain. As a result, both tribes wanted to stay away from their opponent, but were also worried about being stabbed in the back when they moved, so they all reluctantly settled down.

Being neighbors with an irreconcilable enemy... Well, this is undoubtedly the number one misunderstanding in the ninja world.

But ninjas are not good-tempered. How can they bear this grievance? They all think about how to get this neighbor to leave.

For this reason, poisoning, cursing, attacking tribal lands, etc. are all things that the two tribes often do when they discover that their neighbors are rivals. Ling still remembers that the Senju tribe suddenly attacked when his mother was pregnant, causing her to miscarry and die, and the baby boy that was already formed in her belly could not be saved.

And Shun, his second younger brother, also accepted the task of patrolling the clan territory that day, and was killed in a surprise attack by a Senju ninja.

Madara survived by chance because Izuna had a high fever that day and went to the medical department.

Strictly speaking, I lost three relatives on that day, but I was not by their side when they needed me the most.

It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel sad or hateful, but Ling knew very well that the Senju clan did this entirely because the missions of the two clans overlapped, and ninjas were not allowed to engage in production, resulting in each other's living space being squeezed out. Compared to hatred, this was the fundamental reason why the conflict between the two clans was so intense.

So he started to refine his physical skills from that time on, and kept a close eye on anyone who dared to give the Thousand Hands a mission - after all, no matter how powerful your Thousand Hands are, it is impossible for them to continue to reproduce when they are prohibited from engaging in production and have no missions to take, right?

In fact, as a perceptive ninja, Ling should have chosen to continue practicing ninjutsu and illusion instead of physical skills - after all, he opened his eyes at a very young age, and the Sharingan has a unique bonus to illusion. It would be a bit unreasonable not to choose to develop illusion, not to mention that the Senju clan has always been weak in this aspect. If he wanted to take revenge on the Senju clan, this was undoubtedly the best choice.

Furthermore, specializing in illusion and ninjutsu would undoubtedly allow him to avoid direct combat with the enemy, greatly increasing his own survival rate - but he still chose this path despite the opposition of others.

Because illusions can't help him achieve what he wants.

It's not that Ling is bragging, or that he has a filter for his clansmen. At least 90% of the Uchiha clan members who can open the Sharingan are natural masters of illusion. The rest either have no talent for illusion, or are too straightforward to use illusion to play with people's hearts.

Ling wanted to deal with those who issued the task to Senju, so he couldn't leave any evidence of illusion killing that would point to Uchiha... But the knife was different. Which ninja clan, big or small, dared to say that their clansmen couldn't use a knife?

Although the Senju clan has a good reputation in the ninja world because of their generous and magnanimous temperament - but interests and disputes have always been inseparable. There are those who like the Senju and there are those who hate the Senju. When those who like to hire the Senju find that their families will be inexplicably assassinated after hiring the Senju, the Senju will angrily launch an investigation without them even saying a word.

But what does those mercenaries who were killed by sharp swordsmanship have to do with the Uchiha who like to show off their skills in fancy moves during battles and humiliate their opponents?

Thinking of this, Ling couldn't help but raise his hand to touch the blindfold ribbon, and then he thought of the scene that day and laughed softly.

This impulsive choice made out of hatred actually gave him the opportunity to survive from the Senju clan.

[Fate is sometimes really ironic...] Thinking of this, Ling turned his head slightly, looking a little distressed, [Although I have thought that I might encounter the Senju clan after going deeper into Nanhe River, but isn't this too soon?]

Ling sat down by the fire, fumbling to put the rabbit he had just caught and prepared on the grill, while his hand gripped the handle of the staff knife, trying to sense his surroundings through the chakra steel that connected the handle to the blade.

[With this amount of chakra... he should still be a child who has not yet developed?] Ling frowned, [Allowing a child from the clan to come to such a deep mountain where they might encounter Uchiha... the Senju clan is too careless, isn't it?]

Feeling the owner of the chakra getting closer, Ling finally sighed, "Forget it, try to avoid conflicts outside of the mission... If he chooses to hide or retreat after discovering me, I'll let him go - it's a pity that this good place I just found is wasted."

Sure enough, the owner of the chakra stopped when he got close to a certain distance. Feeling the shrinking chakra, Ling knew that this must be the child who discovered him.

[It's okay, not too stupid. After he leaves, I should change... Wait, no, why did you come here? ]

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Senju Qin didn't like practicing in the clan. After all, compared to other strong peers, he was like a fake Senju. Not only did he not have such strong recovery ability, but his reaction was also not as quick as theirs - in short, he was an unqualified ninja.

Perhaps it was because of his lack of talent that Senju Qin hated fighting and didn't want to be a ninja at all - but it was impossible.

As long as they can extract chakra, it means they have the qualifications to become a ninja. In this era when wars with other clans are raging, the clan will not consider their own will, because being weak is destined to be bullied, so no matter how unwilling they are, they must learn and even get used to fighting.

But he really didn't want to train with his fellow tribesmen - after all, who would like to be beaten during one-sided training?

Therefore, most of the time he would avoid his tribesmen and practice alone in the deep mountains upstream of the Nanhe River. But today, when he came to the place where he practiced daily, he found that the place he usually used had been occupied by a strange young man.

Qianshou Qin subconsciously restrained his breath and looked at the blindfolded young man.

[There is no family emblem, the chakra fluctuations are not obvious and there is no dark feeling, so he should not be from the Uchiha family. His clothes and weapons look worn... Is he a blind samurai who accidentally passed by Nanga River?] Qianju Qin frowned, [It would be bad if he was met by other clansmen and those troublesome Uchiha, so he must be driven away.]

After making up his mind, Qianshouqin mentally prepared himself several times and walked towards the young man.