Chapter 46: The Worried Nara Deer and

Uchiha Mori's stubborn speech successfully earned him another lecture from Uchiha Yugu before he set off. However, seeing that he continued to pester Ling with questions in a low voice during the break, it was obvious that he was not really reflecting on himself, which gave Uchiha Yugu a headache.

However, Ling, as the person involved, did not mind answering Uchiha Mori's various questions. In fact, he quite enjoyed it.

It was not until Uchiha Yugu could no longer tolerate it and sent Uchiha Mori and Uchiha Rin to the surrounding area to check for dangers that the camp finally became quiet.

"Ling, don't spoil Sen too much. He's the type who will dare to open a dyeing factory to show you if you dare to give him the slightest color." Uchiha Yugu's voice, which was always calm, now carried a hint of anger. "Besides, even if you tell him now, he won't take it seriously and will ask the same question next time. It's a complete waste of time!"

"Well, don't say that. Sen is also helping me to deepen my memory." Ling smiled softly, "By the way, where are we?"

"We are now at the border of the Land of Fire. I have asked the Ninja Crow to deliver a letter. We just need to wait for the reply from the people in Nara before setting off again. We will reach our destination by tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

"I see. But I really haven't been able to do anything useful along the way..." Ling sighed with a smile, "I hope I can be so free on the return trip, right?"

"Hmph, that may not be the case..." Uchiha Yugu sat down next to Ling, "There are many people who have eyes but cannot use them properly - and don't change the subject. I'm serious, don't spoil Mori too much."

"Really... Yugu, please be more lenient with Mori sometimes. Even though we are the same age, you are the older brother."

"I have been very tolerant of Mori. He is different from me. He has a talent for fighting. Compared to my potential that can be seen at the end at a glance, he has more possibilities, but this also means that he will encounter more dangers. If he continues to retain this character because of being accommodated by others, he will die faster. I am doing this for his own good!"

"So..." Ling sighed, "You should tell this to Sen, how can it be useful if you tell me?"

"Hmph... that kid never listened to me when he was taken in by his father for adoption," Uchiha Yugu lowered his eyes, "but he's too close to everyone outside of the family."

"Don't say that. Sen's cheerful and enthusiastic personality is just like yours," Ling chuckled. "How should I put it? Aren't they brothers who are better than brothers?

I think, Yougu, you should smile more like Mori. After all, you always have a cold face, and many people are scared away by you before they even talk to you. Who knows that you are a kind-hearted person? "

"Everyone has a warm heart. It has nothing to do with expression."

“…No, although what you said is true, that’s not what I meant.”

"Isn't it? Well, then it's not..." Uchiha Yugu turned his head and looked at Ling who was smiling helplessly. "Who told you to always say that you want to be open with your heart to the Senju? Now when I hear such words, I subconsciously think in that direction."

“So please pay attention to my tone and the context in which I use it… Can [Open your heart to your enemies] be the same as [Open your heart to your own people]? If you think about it, you know they are different, right?”

"But no matter what you say, you are always smiling and speaking gently..." Uchiha Yugu retracted his gaze, but his tone was more serious than ever before, "In fact, if you think about it carefully, you are quite scary, a lot like the wolf in the story that uses a fake smile to trick people into eating it."

"…Have you never considered that wolves are pack animals?"

"Yeah, I know, so I feel very confident about you."

Ling: ...

Forget it, let it be. I’m tired.

Uchiha Yugu looked at Ling and then fell to the ground on the grass with an unbearable expression on his face, as if he refused to continue communicating. He stopped talking and began to think in his mind about what to do after getting a reply from the Nara clan.

But compared to the considerations of Uchiha Yugu and his group, the Nara clan leader Nara Shikawa, who received the message from the Ninja Crows at this time, was really having a splitting headache.

Although their Nara clan has inherited secret skills and is known as a big clan in the ninja world, when it comes down to it, they are in an awkward position of being neither as good as the best nor as good as the worst.

Firstly, their inherited secret techniques destined them to be unsuitable for frontal combat, so even if they had enough people, they were not a truly large clan, but they were much stronger than those medium-sized ninja clans.

Second, even if the Nara clan forms an alliance with the other two clans and their combined strength is even stronger, there are still giants in the ninja world that they cannot afford to provoke.

Not to mention those far away, even nearby, there are three powerful ninja clans capable of destroying their alliance - the Senju, who almost dominated the Fire Country decades ago, the Uzumaki, who lives by the sea and always uses strange techniques and has a good relationship with the Senju, and finally the Uchiha, who are like crazy and moody but are all beautiful and powerful.

These three powerful ninja tribes that ordinary ninja tribes find difficult to deal with are the fundamental reasons why their ninja alliance does not fight or compete, tries its best to be kind to others, and even considers giving up the mission when encountering ninjas from these tribes - after all, money can be earned, things can be replaced by ways to make up, but if your life is lost, you will lose all chances.

Because of this, the three tribes did not care much about the development of their alliance, and sometimes they would send people to trade materials and intelligence with them, which could be considered a good relationship.

But here's the problem - look at the two trade letters on his desk now.

One is from Senju and the other is from Uchiha.

Who among the Fire Country's ninjas doesn't know that the Senju and Uchiha don't get along?

What would happen if these two tribes really met?

But if one came first and the other came later and both sides knew about it, then the matter would be even more serious - you let the Senju/Uchiha come before us, what do you mean by this? Are you implying that we are not as good as the Senju/Uchiha?

As for not replying... the ones who delivered the letters were all spirit beasts, and if they were sent back, it would be suspected of being disrespectful to the other party, and it would only arouse suspicion.

Nara Shikawa sighed - this matter is really depressing.