Chapter 69 About the Little 99 in Ling's Heart

Without continuing to worry about the bloodline limit on the road, the two people who completed the mission in the Snow Country returned to the Demon Country Miko Palace without stopping, took the remaining reward and returned to the clan land.

To be honest, at first Uchiha Hong didn't quite understand why Ling chose to exchange the witch's prophecy for the Monster Pearl.

After all, although this monster bead carries the illusion of awakening the darkness in people's hearts, it poses no threat to the Uchiha clan, which is famous for its illusions. Even if it is not three magatama, but just an ordinary clan member with one or two magatama, it can successfully break the illusion with some time.

To put it more bluntly, if you want to practice your ability to break illusions, it would be better to ask the elders in the tribe for help - although the elders in the tribe will not actually use offensive illusions, it is enough for practicing breaking them.

Comparing various conditions, this Monster Pearl is obviously just a low-quality product that is useless and easy to leave psychological trauma.

After all, who would choose a thankless approach when there is a better solution?

Therefore, Uchiha Hong just thought that Ling had been suppressed for too long after he became blind. This time he saw that the Monster Pearl could make people see again in the spiritual space, so he wanted to use it to relieve his stress a little, so he chose to replace the witch's prophecy with the Monster Pearl.

If the clan knew about this, they would definitely be nagged by the elders. After all, the prophecy from the witch of the Demon Country could be sold for a sky-high price in the hands of daimyos of various countries. If the family had this money, they would be more relaxed in accepting tasks.

Uchiha Hiro, who had once competed for the heir, could naturally take all these twists and turns into consideration, but firstly, he simply didn't want to fall behind at the time, and he didn't have a strong sense of responsibility in this regard. Compared to these troublesome things, his friends were more important to him.

Secondly, this mission was originally intercepted by him by secretly using his connections, and the specific content was known only to his family. It would not be difficult to make slight changes to the mission details after returning.

Even if it is exposed in the end, it will only be the top leaders passing the buck. In that kind of fait accompli, the family top leaders will certainly not make it public to waver the family members. At most, he will be nagged by his grandfather and father, and then go to the medical department to be exploited for a few more days. It can be said that it is not painful at all.

Ling's side is easier to deal with. After all, when he was with Captain Senju, the family used his injury to make a fuss when Ling's injury had just improved. The chief elder who was in charge of this matter would certainly want to compensate Ling, and he would most likely give him a high reward and let him go lightly. The clan leader, Uchiha Tajima, who is Ling's father, would only be more tolerant of this.

To sum up, it’s not a big problem - probably.

But this was just my thought until I opened my eyes.

After successfully using the Monster Pearl to arouse negative emotions when his mind was weak and thus successfully opening his eyes, Uchiha Hiro knew that all the actions of this trip to the Demon Country were successful.

Whether it is intercepting the task without authorization or changing the task reward, or knowing about it but not reporting it to the tribe, none of it is a problem anymore.

Could it be that the prophecy of the Demon Country priestess that can see through life and death could be more attractive to the Uchiha than obtaining a higher level of power?

nonexistent.

This also led to the fact that this trip and this action were not only faultless, but also a great achievement, but...

Uchiha Hiro turned his head to look at Ling who was walking leisurely beside him, [But... Could it be that Ling had already calculated this?

No, should I say that can a person really calculate all possibilities the moment he comes into contact with something? 】

Thinking of this, Uchiha Hong looked at Ling with even more fierce eyes.

Ling felt very uncomfortable being stared at like this, so he had to stop and said, "Hong, are you still blaming me? If so, can I apologize? I am really uncomfortable with you staring at me like this..."

"Hold it, I'm still upset." Uchiha Hong sneered, still looking away, but turned the topic to the Monster Pearl, "Why did you choose to change the reward to this after you came into contact with the Monster Pearl? Were you sure of the effect of this pearl at that time?"

“No, it’s just that I discussed the opening of the Mangekyō Sharingan with Akihiko before, and I have some guesses based on the characteristics of this Monster Pearl.

Even if we put this aside, the sealing technique used by the Monster Pearl and the illusion that arouses darkness in people's hearts are also worth learning. After all, our family's bloodline limit is in the eyes. If we can use this method to train our pupil power since childhood, we will surely be able to adapt better after opening our eyes.

But to be honest, I wasn’t really sure before, and I was even prepared to be scolded by my father when I got back - I really didn’t expect that opening my eyes would be so easy under the right circumstances, so please forgive me..."

Uchiha Hiro gritted his teeth, "...That's it?"

Ling laughed, "Of course, I also have some selfish desire to see the light again in the illusion space... Well, I was impulsive."

Uchiha Hong raised his eyebrows, "Do you still have selfish motives?"

"Hong, I am also a human being, of course I have selfishness..." Ling looked a little helpless, "Humans are creatures dominated by various desires, how can there be humans without any selfishness?

Even those who are praised by the world for their selfless dedication may have selfish motives in other aspects.”

Uchiha Hong knew that he couldn't win the argument with Ling in this regard, so he just snorted, "So what did you do in that illusion?"

"What did you do..." Ling was a little embarrassed, but did not hide it, "I cried unconsciously at that time... Now that I think about it, it was really a bit wrong."

"You cried?" This time Uchiha Hong was really surprised, "I remember you didn't cry when Aunt Hui left. Why are you crying now?"

"Isn't there a saying? If you cry loudly when a loved one dies, the soul of the loved one will not be able to go to the Pure Land peacefully..." Ling smiled and touched the back of his neck, but there was sadness between his brows. "I went to cry in front of my mother's tombstone after she was buried after seven days of mourning.

Besides, my mother left me a message before she died. She hoped I could smile more and not put on a stern face just to establish my authority... And smiling more is good, isn't it?"

Uchiha Hiro snorted, "Always living for the expectations of others will tire you out."

"Really? That's what you think... Let's just say that." Ling chuckled, "I'd also like to ask you to help with the research on the Mangekyō Sharingan. Is that convenient?"

Uchiha Hiro had no objection and nodded in response, "Okay, with your help I can save some energy to study other things - and I can't be the only one experiencing this kind of thing. If we want to embarrass ourselves, we should all embarrass ourselves together. I wonder who dares to laugh at me for this."

Ling raised his hand and pressed the corner of his lips, the smile in his voice almost overflowing, "That's great! By the way, Hong, what did you see? I told you everything I saw, can you tell me too?"

Uchiha Hong's expression suddenly turned dark, and his steps became faster, "Shut up and get going!"