Chapter 432 Ling: No respect for elders or younger brothers.

Just as Madara and Hashirama said, after they parted that day, he went home to pack his luggage so that he could follow the clan's team back to the battlefield early the next morning.

Ling did submit an application, but in the end all of his applications were rejected by the clan on the grounds that he should be looking after Uchiha Hikaru. He only received tasks such as transporting supplies and escorting the seriously injured.

So much so that Ling's peers used Uchiha Kenji as a shield and made fun of him.

"Alas, Xiao Guang, the master has sacrificed too much for you..." Ling sighed and handed the mission scroll obtained from the clan to Uchiha Guang, "This may be the last time for our clan to fight the Senju openly, but I missed it - do you know how regrettable this is?"

[I'm the one doing all the chores, what right do you have to complain...] Uchiha Hikaru took the scroll and looked at his master who had already walked to the supply cart and found a place to sit down and play with the cat leisurely, and curled his lips implicitly, [And you're obviously enjoying it.]

Although he grumbled in his heart, on the surface Uchiha Hikaru still obediently took the scroll and handed it over to the person in charge of the trip. Then he returned to Ling with the shellfish and dried shrimp that were inexplicably offered as sacrifices, and placed them all in front of Youlu.

"Hey, Master, didn't you say that the clan is planning to withdraw from the battlefield?" Uchiha Hikaru stared at the ninjas who were about to leave with the team, "Why do I feel that the clan's investment in the battlefield is still not small?"

"Well, it is indeed not small." Ling's voice was unrecognisable, "After all, it is different from the original agreement between me and the clan - some clan members who do not have such a big grudge against Qianshou were also sent to the battlefield."

"But didn't Madara pass on the message?" Uchiha Hikaru turned back and spoke in a puzzled voice, "Master, you always say how well the two clans have a tacit understanding... Isn't the clan's current behavior actually unnecessary?"

Ling laughed immediately, "How can it be unnecessary? Not to mention that the Qianshou clan is not stupid, they will not let us evacuate like this, enough reinforcements can take those clansmen who are already exhausted on the battlefield back to the clan safely.

The fact that the influence of Madara and the little guy on the clan is not strong enough to make the clan believe their intelligence from unknown sources is enough to make the clan be cautious about this."

"But Master, isn't your source of information always unclear?"

"But I have enough people to help me give false testimony? Bambi has to have a bottom line in this regard - so even if the information he brings back is correct, the clan will not fully trust it."

[So why can you speak so confidently about fabricating things without any bottom line, Master? ]

Uchiha Guang held her chin and confirmed once again that her master was really a scumbag as Uchiha Haiming said, but this did not stop her from continuing to express the doubts in her heart.

"Hey, Master, I have another question."

"Well, tell me."

Uchiha Hikaru looked at the kitten with brightly colored fur and asked, "Why do I feel like Master's peers are all afraid of Master's wife?"

Youlu, who was picking and choosing the tribute, looked up and said, "I just plan to accompany this boy in his short life, but I don't recognize him as my partner."

Uchiha Hikaru observed Ling's expression for a moment, and when he saw that he showed no emotion, he continued, "Okay, then why do they all seem to be so afraid of Xiaoyou?"

"Because I am a tailed beast. Isn't it normal for humans to be afraid of tailed beasts?" Yataru snorted and laughed, "Only this kid is mentally abnormal."

Uchiha Hikaru looked at Yataru who pointed the tip of his tail at Ling with a hint of meaning, and after a brief pause he spoke, "...Master, have you always been so perverted?"

"If possible, I would prefer you to replace the vocabulary with avant-garde."

"Is it so avant-garde that it's perverted?"

Ling flicked his apprentice's forehead with his finger and said, "You are becoming more and more disrespectful."

Uchiha Hikaru covered his forehead and continued to mutter, "You change the subject as soon as you don't want to talk about it... Master, you are not frank at all."

Ling sighed, "So what do you want me to do? Is it a perverted thing to admit that I love the person I admire in person?"

Youlu laughed strangely, "Even if you don't admit it, I still think so."

"Xiaoyou, you are too harsh on me sometimes..." Ling's expression became helpless, and he gently rubbed Xiaoyou's chin with his knuckles, "I am serious about you, okay?"

"Master, you seem perverted because you are serious..."

"You seem to be getting more relaxed in front of me - have you memorized everything I asked Hong for?"

“…I will recite it right away.”

Uchiha Guang silently made a face at Ling, jumped off the shaft and ran away, unable to help but complain in his heart - it's only been a few days, how could she memorize so much information so quickly? If you don't want to say it, then don't say it, you just know how to threaten her.

Yulu watched as Uchiha Hikaru took out the scroll with a depressed look on his face and sat on the supply cart at the back, and continued to pick and choose among the tributes with his head down, "Compared to your father and your friends, this child is very easy to accept that you like the tailed beasts."

"Well, this isn't a big deal, right?"

It snorted and laughed, picked up the tribute it liked, and said nothing - it didn't say who was scared by it and opened his eyes.

But Ling obviously understood what Youlv meant. He raised his hand and touched his nose. "Well, I didn't expect father to react so strongly. By the way, Xiaoyou, please help me find Sanwei for ore later. I'm really too poor to make ends meet..."

"Humph~ You asked for it."

While his master was indulging in petting the cat, Uchiha Hikaru also calculated the time to once again check the traveling personnel and the items they carried. The Uchiha supply team quietly and secretly left from the side away from the Senju and headed towards the battlefield.

At the same time, the Senju clan, which was only a dozen miles away from the Uchiha clan, was also preparing for the next war...