Chapter 47: Enemies don’t get together

No matter how worried Nara Shikawa was, he had to reply to the two clans. After replying, if the two sides really encountered friction, it would be the Senju and Uchiha’s business. At most, the two clans would have less contact with the Nara clan in the future, and they would not bear grudges. But if he concealed it...

Nara Shikawa didn't want to attract the attention of the two big guys for no reason - let alone Nara, even the Uzumaki, a powerful clan that had such a close relationship with the Senju that they were almost like wearing the same pants when going out, would choose to avoid it when the Senju and Uchiha were fighting.

What? You're curious about why?

The reason was that during the time when the Uchiha fought the Senju the most fiercely more than ten years ago, Uzumaki thought that his old friend was having a hard time and wanted to help. As a result, the Uchiha people were like crazy - or maybe they were really crazy - they completely gave up on fighting the Senju and just focused on beating Uzumaki.

They would usually have conflicts with the Uchiha. Even Uzumaki, who was relatively familiar with the Uchiha's strength, was stunned. Senju also had to devote his energy to saving Uzumaki because of the miserable situation of his ally.

By the time the war was over, the Uzumaki clan was so traumatized by the Uchiha clan that they gave up their original plan to move from the Land of Whirlpools to the Land of Fire. After that, when the Senju clan had another fierce conflict with the Uchiha clan, they would never directly participate, but would only dare to secretly send some supplies and exchange newly developed ninjutsu to show their support. However, when the Senju clan was not involved, the Uzumaki clan still dared to fight the Uchiha clan.

All in all, Nara Shikakazu absolutely does not want his family to be dragged into a fight that even the combined forces of his three clans are unable to handle - not to mention that the Uchiha group of lunatics are particularly vindictive!

Thinking of this, he sighed again, picked up his pen and silently wrote back to the two tribes - let it be, the worst that can happen is that they will give up a little more benefits to avoid getting into trouble, but if they are really involved, they will not let anyone squash them or twist them at will.

After all, in an era when the average life expectancy of ninjas is less than 30, they were able to raise the average life expectancy of their clan members to 45. Naturally, the three of them who united the ninja clan had the means to do so.

However, the matter might get bigger this time, so he won't let the tribesman originally in charge to receive them - he will go into battle personally, as he doesn't believe that these two tribes, who are so concerned about their reputation, can start a fight!

But as luck would have it, enemies often meet each other - after Nara Shikawa replied to the letter, the two tribes really came together and ran into each other.

If he hadn't known that there would be no chance of reconciliation between the Senju and Uchiha clans, Nara Shikawa would have thought that the two clans had agreed to work together to mess with his mentality.

Look at their highly unified expressions as they look at the opposite sides - if Uchiha wasn't a shade whiter than the opposite side, and Senju wasn't half a head taller than the opposite side, people would believe that they were from the same family!

Look at the team configurations of the two tribes and the way they only have eyes for each other - one has three men and one woman, the other has three women and one man. If you know they are coming to Nara to buy medicine, those who don't know would think they are coming to Nara to witness some cross-century romance!

Nara Shikakazu silently complained about the trouble in his heart, but he couldn't help but glance at the young Uchiha with a silk ribbon covering his eyes. He was quite puzzled. [Although the kid named Uchiha Yugu said that he was in charge of the team, this team was obviously centered around that young man, but that kid's eyes... Is the Uchiha here to seek medical treatment? Is the transaction just an excuse?]

Just as Nara Shikawa was thinking, the blindfolded young man spoke first. His voice did not have any murderous intent, but was rather helpless. "How should I put it... In a sense, this is a really sickening sense of tacit understanding."

The tallest young man in Qianshou's team smiled wryly, "Haha, same here. What's the matter? You disgusting fellow, are you planning to transfer to the logistics department to make use of your remaining energy?"

"How could that be? I'm just blind, not disabled. I must go to the battlefield." Ling leaned on his cane and sword with both hands, smiling warmly, "If I want to revive you, you must wait for me. I'm still waiting to use your head as a souvenir. If you die too early, I will be sad."

Qianshou Chongxing's smile became even more stiff. "Really? Then it seems that we disagree on this point. If you can die smoothly in some remote corner, I will definitely buy you a string of firecrackers to see you off."

"Only one? You're really cold..." Ling sighed, "After all, we're close friends who have risked our lives for each other."

"If you die right now, I'll buy you ten, not just one. And I'll buy them right away."

"Haha, I haven't lived enough. How about you die first? I happened to have brought a lot of detonating talismans. After you die, I will explode a dozen of them to cheer you up."

"Then let's meet on the battlefield later - I'll also want to tell you something from the bottom of my heart then." Senju Shigeki sneered, "But are you Uchiha so destitute now? You actually need a blind man like you to sell yourself out?"

"So I've already said it before, I'm just blind, not disabled... But the people who pursued me that day should have started to retire, right? How are they? I responded to their enthusiasm very well - remember to say hello to them for me when you go back this time?"

Nara Shikawa looked at Senju Shigeki's distorted expression and realized that if he continued to watch, the two sides would really start a fight. He immediately coughed and said, "I don't have much free time. Let's talk about business first, shall we?"

"I am Uchiha Yugu/Senju Ma, the leader of this trading team. Our clan is here to purchase medicinal herbs. I hope that Chief Nara can help us."

The two sides spoke almost at the same time. Uchiha Yugu looked up at the female ninja who spoke at the same time as him, but found that the other party had a sour expression as if she had eaten a pound of cockroaches raw.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment, but after a while, the two spoke again at the same time, "If the Nara clan leader can do us a favor, we Uchiha/Senju will also accept it in addition to the usual rewards, and we can also negotiate the subsequent tasks."

After both sides finished speaking, Uchiha Yugu's stern face that had remained unchanged for thousands of years began to crack, and Uchiha Mori simply glared at him with his Sharingan, looking unfriendly, "You are deliberately looking for trouble, right?!"

The Senju on the opposite side did not retreat even a step. The girl, who was relatively short for Senju's physique, took a step forward without avoiding, and reached for the short knife behind her with her right hand. "You are the ones who are deliberately looking for trouble, right?! Stop imitating our way of speaking! It's so disgusting!"

"Ha? You are the one with no breasts and no butt, you are the one who is really disgusting, right?" Uchiha Mori sneered, the magatama in his eyes slowly turning, "I want to learn from you? Are you guys worthy of it?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Nara Shikawa was very upset. Just as he was complaining about the weird tacit understanding between Senju and Uchiha and was about to change the subject, Ling, who spoke first, and Senju Chongxing spoke almost at the same time.

"Okay, Sen, enough is enough."

"Ming, return to the team, immediately."

But after they opened their mouths, the three parties fell silent again.

Ah, this damn sense of synchronicity.