Chapter 8 Preparation before action

After talking with Ling, Uchiha Akihiko followed his advice and applied to join the search team, but during the operation, the atmosphere of the team was not so harmonious.

Things like exploration and perception must be carried out by experienced tribesmen, and the problem with this team is that Uchiha Akihiko does not have a very good relationship with the tribesman in charge of the exploration.

"Hey, what? You said you wouldn't come before? Did you change your mind after playing with Ling at the practice range?"

Uchiha Akihiko glanced at the person who was speaking, his expression unchanged, "Hong, I will accompany you no matter how many times we have personal grudges when we return to our clan, but if you delay the mission..."

"Tsk - I'm not that short-sighted." Uchiha Hong raised a sarcastic smile, "At most I won't give you pain relief while I'm treating you."

"That would be great." Uchiha Akihiko's mouth twitched slightly, he retracted his gaze and looked at the others, "If anyone has any objections, please raise them now. I'm not Ling, I don't have his good temper to take care of you one by one."

The other Uchiha all shook their heads and didn't respond.

The grudge between Uchiha Akihiko and Uchiha Hiroshi was no secret in the clan - as both were illusion geniuses of the same generation, it was natural for the clan members to compare the two.

Comparison will naturally determine who is better. Unfortunately, Uchiha Hiro is always the second best, and not just second in illusion, but second in all aspects among his peers.

Their illusion skills are not as good as Uchiha Akihiko's, their ninjutsu is not as good as Uchiha Masaki's, and their physical skills and perception are suppressed by their previous young clan leader Uchiha Ling. Only their medical ninjutsu is superior to their peers - or this is because the most talented people of their generation do not have water or earth attribute chakra, and therefore cannot learn medical ninjutsu.

This also led to the fact that he was not very convinced of these three people - but he just kept challenging the three people and was defeated every time, and occasionally said a few sour words, but he never showed any behavior such as disobeying orders.

Seeing that everyone had quieted down, Uchiha Akihiko spoke again, "Our mission this time is very simple, which is to find the hidden base of the Senju clan and eliminate the hidden threats for the large force. Hong is a perception ninja and the only medical ninja in our team. Everyone should also pay attention to his position when taking action, so as not to be succeeded by the Senju people."

Hearing this, Uchiha Hiro made a displeased click of his tongue, but did not say no. Instead, he said that he would cooperate with the operation and stay in the protection circle - after all, it was a common practice to give priority to sensory and medical ninjas on the battlefield, and he was not crazy enough to go against the Senju team alone.

"What do we do after we find them? Should we kill them all?" Uchiha Masaki put his hands behind his head, looking quite relaxed. "Well - whatever it is, let's hurry up, shall we? I promised Maki that I would accompany her to the town to attend the rally the day after tomorrow, so I want to finish this early."

"You're a scum who plays with people's feelings."

"How could that be? I treat every relationship seriously! I only date one person at a time!" Uchiha Masaki immediately put down his hand, turned around and glared at Uchiha Hiroshi, "And when we were together, I was obedient to him and we always parted ways amicably in the end. What gives you the right to say that I'm a scumbag!

To be honest, Ling is the scum! He was courted by so many cute girls but rejected them all, and he rejected them all so bluntly. I think that crazy cultivator deserves to be single for the rest of his life!"

Uchiha Hiro pouted, "Heh."

"What? You, the eternal second-in-command, what right do you have to laugh at me?"

"hehe."

"One on one! We must fight one on one when we get back! Uchiha Hong, I'm telling you, you're in trouble today!"

"Come on, I'll beat you till you lose your way!"

Uchiha Akihiko: These two annoying guys...he just said he didn't want to come.

After all, when there is already a main attacking team, the results that this exploration team can produce will not affect the battle situation too much. It will only annoy the opponent.

With a long sigh, Uchiha Akihiko clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention again, "You two go back and solve it privately, don't quarrel in front of me. Listen, there is a requirement for this operation, that is, after finding the base, only injure but not kill. And Masaki, Hong, you must be ready to use sealing techniques at any time."

When it came to business, the two stopped making noise, but when Uchiha Akihiko finished speaking, Uchiha Hiro frowned, "Only hurt but not kill? When did you treat Senju so well?"

"Stupid, Akihiko is obviously planning to use this to restrain the Thousand Hands in the main battlefield—" Uchiha Masaki laughed, "Hey, such a cautious method doesn't seem like your style. Is it Ling, the training madman?"

Uchiha Akihiko nodded, looking disgusted, "If Ling hadn't asked, do you think I wanted to go on a mission with you two lousy-troublesome guys?"

"If it's Ling who asked, then let's do it. It's a bit troublesome." Uchiha Hong frowned, "Just injure but not kill... to torture him half to death is okay, right?"

"Why not just break off the limbs? This way, the opponent can avoid making small moves - hey, Zhao Yan, what did Ling say?"

"Just say that we need to act quickly and make those Thousand Hands look miserable enough, but we must not kill them. It is best to let them have some strength left to run to the main battle point, but be unable to fight back."

"That's easy. Once Hong finds the base, let me take charge, okay?" Uchiha Masaki licked his lips, clasped his hands together, and his eyes were full of interest. "I'm the best at the cat-and-mouse game."

"Well, I'll leave it to you when the time comes, but be careful of the distance and don't push too hard." Uchiha Akihiko took out a map, "Ling told me about a few suspicious areas before, I circled them, Hong, you come and see which direction is best to start from..."

"Hmm... Let's start from the east?" Hong pointed at the map. "It just so happens that I have more doubts about this area."

"Okay, you're better than me at this. I'll follow your instructions. Everyone remember the route and take turns using the Sharingan to observe the surroundings while moving forward." Uchiha Akihiko drew the route Hong pointed out on the map with a pen and handed it to the tribesmen around him. "Everyone check your own rations again and set off in ten minutes."