Chapter 461 So-called "Friends"

Although he had asked Ling, Uchiha Hotaru was still worried about the two people quarreling. After a brief struggle, he planned to interfere a little. As a result, when he got closer, the quarrel between the two had completely turned from a conflict at the beginning into a fight between elementary school students. Both sides stubbornly repeated the same sentence and tried to disgust each other.

Uchiha Huohe stood aside and watched expressionlessly for a while, then turned and left - damn, two lunatics who wasted his feelings.

Because there were wounded in the team, the Uchiha group rested for two days at the fishing village before setting out on their return journey. During this period, the survivors of the fishing village came to express their gratitude to the Uchiha group, but in the end they were scared away by their cold and arrogant attitude.

After the group returned to the Uchiha clan with enough ore, Uchiha Masaki also conveyed the exact attitude of the nobles to the clan. Ling returned to the clan a little late because he went to the black market, but after returning, he directly got the information sorted out by the clan.

In general, the nobles' current actions towards the various ninja clans in the Land of Fire can be simply summarized into three points.

The first thing that was tacitly agreed upon by all the nobles was to weaken or even exterminate the Senju clan and support the Yugoromo clan to take power.

The second point was also recognized by the nobles - after weakening the Senju clan, weakening the Uchiha clan that once fought against the Senju clan.

The third point is about the Pool of Blood. The nobles were very afraid of their reckless way of doing things, so they planned to find an inconspicuous excuse to move them all out of the capital. Even the relationship between the Fire Kingdom and the Lightning Kingdom became tense because of this, so much so that the nobles began to consider whether or not to openly hire Uchiha to expel the Pool of Blood.

To summarize further, it is to grind down the minions of all ninja clans, make all ninja clans lose their independence, and completely exist as running dogs and pawns of the nobles, in order to prevent each ninja clan from becoming independent.

After receiving the letter from the black market, Sarutobi Sasuke replied quickly, saying that the daimyo had found a base for the Hagoromo clan inland and had invested a large amount of money in the clan. Finally, he promised them that if Hagoromo completely killed the Senju, he would let them take the lead in gathering the Fire Country Ninja clan. He would also give them the right to issue killing orders to some ninja clans and give them titles in public.

At the end of the message, Ling was asked not to send him any news in the near future, saying that he was moving the clan and wanted to avoid close contact with the outside world and being targeted by the daimyo.

But he will still try his best to divert the attention of the Blood Pool to the Uchiha, and finally when the situation stabilizes he will take the initiative to write to Ling and express his gratitude.

[The blood pool jumped like this in front of us and the Senju. I'm afraid Sasuke must have put in a lot of effort... Tsk, the current situation is not very favorable for us. ]

Ling pinched his brows with a headache, [I don't know if Yi will be able to find the message I left when he comes back, and what he will do in response... Huh - there are too many things piled up, no, I can't lose my composure in a hurry, I have to sort out the priorities and do them one by one in order. ]

"Brother, I'm going out for a while."

Ling immediately came back to his senses and smiled gently, "Ah, are you going to see Kobashirama?"

"I'm not sure if we can meet yet." Knowing that he had already been exposed, Madara no longer tried to hide it, "But I feel that Hashirama is much stronger than the red-haired guy you are looking for, brother."

"Oh? Really? Did something happen between you two?"

"Yes," Madara turned around and sat down in front of Ling. He briefly described his last meeting with Hashirama, and finally handed over the inscribed stone that was safely stored in the bag. "This is what Hashirama gave me last time."

"Escape...?" Ling stroked the marks on the stone, a smile on his face, "It is indeed a better start than me and Yi Yao - but to be honest, I don't really like that kid.

Although he looks silly, he is actually very smart and will not hesitate to face any obstacles in pursuit of his goal. If we share the same goal, he will be a good partner, but if we stand on the opposite side... that child may become an enemy that is hard to guard against, so Madara should be more careful."

"Yeah, I know," Spot nodded, took the stone and put it away again, took a deep breath and invited, "...Brother, do you want to go with us?"

"Just let Hikaru go with you. I need to go find Hong and ask about his research progress - remember to bring signal fireworks just in case."

There was a hint of disappointment in Madara's eyes, but his tone remained calm, "Yes, I will be careful."

"Also, if you are looking for a friend according to my and Yi's standards, then you must make sure that you trust him and not give in to his demands, and you will not be soft-hearted to him if our paths cross one day in the future."

Madara sat back in his original position again, "...I don't quite understand, hasn't brother's strength always been stronger than that damn...than Uzumaki Yi?

Under the absolute suppression of strength, will all calculations become a joke?"

"It is undeniable that what Ban said makes sense, but unfortunately, Yi and I have always been able to feel each other's lifeblood, so there is no suppression, not to mention that in certain situations, a joke that is not presentable can drag people into an irretrievable situation..."

Madara looked at Ling, who unconsciously revealed his murderous intent, and was a little confused. "Brother?"

Ling finally came back to his senses and stopped thinking about the untraceable mastermind. He straightened his temper and continued the topic, "It's just like the meeting with Tang Country a year ago. I wasn't sure. I should say that Yi was cautious that time and was afraid that we would both lose, so he held back."

Madara's face suddenly darkened, and his tone became obviously unfriendly, "So brother, in this situation, you went to drink with someone in the middle of the night without a weapon?"

"Well, after all, he arrived earlier than me. The combat power of a prepared whirlpool and an unprepared one is very different. It's better than letting him take some time off and then quietly set up a sealing formation..."

Ling Weiwei turned away and said, "And I've always known that guy has a strange obsession in some aspects. He will never take action first when others take the initiative to show goodwill. He will only take action after responding to that goodwill... Don't worry, I always know my limits when dealing with foreigners."

Madara took a deep breath, reaffirmed his determination to force people to rest, suppressed his anger and stood up calmly, "...Then I'll take my leave first."