The Great Hero Uchiha

I was indeed too timid. If I had been more greedy, I wouldn't be so careful with every penny now.

Uchiha Miyuki got up and went to the Sarutobi clan's outpost, where he found Sarutobi Asuma.

"Why are you here? Weren't you supposed to be helping out at the police department?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted you to treat me to some barbecue to get to know each other better."

Having spent two years together, Sarutobi Asuma was naturally very familiar with Uchiha Miyuki and immediately understood the reason.

"Did you just come from the Inuzuka clan?"

"Yes, that's right—"

"Still a crow?"

"Yes, that's right—"

"Why not try something different? These days, the Sand Village knows you're nearby just by seeing a crow, so there's no concealment at all, right?"

"This is perfect, it can prevent us from fighting against ordinary Chunin squads."

After a moment's thought, Sarutobi Asuma spoke, "I think that after we go back this time, we should be able to try to fight the Chunin squad from Sunagakure."

"Let's call Hong later and discuss this issue during dinner."

"okay."

Sarutobi Asuma and Uchiha Miyuki arrived at Kurenai Yuhi's house, and the three of them then headed for the yakiniku restaurant run by the Akimichi clan.

As soon as Sarutobi Asuma sat down, he brought up the topic again.

"I plan to try out the Chunin squad after I return to the front lines this time."

Both Uchiha Miyuki and Yuhi Kurenai noticed Sarutobi Asuma's anxiety.

For genin to be promoted to chunin during this period, they not only need to reach the chunin level in terms of strength, but also need to have enough merits. The three of them are far from having enough merits. If they continue to maintain the state of previous years, even if the three of them can reach the chunin level this year, their merits will be far from meeting the standard.

Of course, this is not the main reason why Sarutobi Asuma was anxious.

Uchiha Miyuki glanced at Sarutobi Asuma.

"You've reached Chunin level?"

"Once I finish my cultivation, it should be about time."

Of the three, Sarutobi Asuma has the highest talent and is the most well-rounded, while Yuhi Kurenai is somewhat inferior. Uchiha Miyuki is only good at genjutsu, and his other skills are not up to par. However, even so, he is still the strongest one in the team, and he can even kill two people instantly with the power of his Sharingan.

Of course, this is under the condition that Uchiha Miyuki has made prior preparations, or that a sneak attack is launched.

Otherwise, he would be the one who gets instantly killed.

His extreme talent made his weaknesses very obvious, and there were too many of them.

Uchiha Miyuki looked at Yuhi Kurenai.

"What about you?"

Kurenai Yuhi said somewhat reluctantly, "My improvement isn't that much."

He clearly felt he was holding the team back.

Uchiha Miyuki comforted Yuhi Kurenai for a moment, then turned to Sarutobi Asuma and said, "Asuma, you're still too impatient. The enemy's Chunin squad doesn't just have one Chunin, it has three! There might even be an elite Chunin among them. With our current strength, we can barely handle an average Chunin squad."

Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai both looked at Uchiha Miyuki in surprise.

"The enemy isn't that strong, is it?"

In their eyes, Uchiha Miyuki possessed combat strength equivalent to that of an elite Chunin.

If Sarutobi Asuma can hold off the enemy and create some space, or if the three of them launch a surprise attack, they can easily take down an ordinary Chunin squad.

"That's a Chunin squad! We have no chance of defeating them with our current strength."

"..."

Are you sure you're talking about a Chunin squad, and not just a special Jonin? Or perhaps an elite Chunin squad?

15. Returning to the front lines

Ugh!

This is really troublesome.

I should have known better than to cheat Sarutobi Asuma out of this meal.

In Uchiha Miyuki's plan, it would be safest to promote from genin to chunin during a peaceful period seven or eight years after the end of the Third Shinobi World War. Alternatively, he could wait until he had reached the level of a jonin before promoting to chunin, so that he could face various chunin missions more easily.

However, he also knew.

Even without today's meal, we would still have to face this problem when we return to the front lines.

As for applying for a transfer to the police department?

Even if he could abandon everything and become an optimistic rogue ninja, he would still be subject to the clan's deployment once the war started.

Do you really think the Konoha Anbu are just sitting around doing nothing?!

He had no confidence that he could escape the Anbu's pursuit, especially since he was an Uchiha with the awakened Sharingan. The three-tomoe Sharingan had a bounty on the black market second only to the Byakugan. It wasn't that the Byakugan was stronger than the Sharingan, but rather that the Byakugan was practically impossible to obtain, and the side effects of transplanting the Sharingan were too severe.

The pursuit by the secret agents was already difficult to resolve, and now they also had to deal with the bounty on the black market.

This made Uchiha Miyuki dare not betray him.

Vacation days always pass quickly. Before Uchiha Miyuki had had enough of this comfortable life, Sarutobi Asuma had already completed his training and set a date to return to the front lines.

"Shisui, your brother is going back to the front lines tomorrow, and who knows when he'll be back next time. Consider this ninja crow an early graduation gift for you."

Although Uchiha Shisui has only attended the Ninja Academy for a year, his strength is already very close to graduation level.

In another two or three months, they will be able to graduate early. It is normal for the Uchiha clan to graduate early like Uchiha Shisui. It is abnormal for people like Uchiha Yuki and later Uchiha Sasuke to graduate normally or even repeat a year. After all, the Uchiha clan is the strongest clan in Konoha.

Even so, graduating from the ninja academy in just over a year is still an extremely talented achievement.

"Ah."

Uchiha Shisui's eyes were full of reluctance, clearly not wanting Uchiha Miyuki to leave.

Uchiha Miyuki imitated Uchiha Itachi by lightly flicking Uchiha Shisui's forehead, then returned to his bedroom, rested for a night, and arrived at the village entrance the next morning.

The three gathered together, and Sarutobi Asuma spoke with great enthusiasm.

Let's go—

Compared to their first time leaving the village, this time the three of them were no longer protected by their teacher.

This is not the future. Jonin have plenty of time to lead their teams. At the same time, facing pressure from the borders of the four great ninja villages, most Jonin are stationed on the front lines and cannot leave. Uchiha Miyuki and the other two still have time to return to their villages. However, Akika has been stationed on the front lines for two years and has not had even the slightest chance to return to the village to visit her family.

The journey was calm and peaceful, and the villages and towns we passed through showed no signs of the gloom brought about by the tense situation on the front lines.

Only the ninjas from each village can truly grasp how tense the situation is, and how war could break out at any moment.

The peaceful times we enjoy now are merely the calm before the storm.

Upon returning to the front lines, Sarutobi Asuma sought out Shiranui Akihime and submitted his application.

"Teacher, I hope to perform more patrol missions in the future."

Akika didn't speak, but looked at Uchiha Miyuki.

"And you."

"I want to continue to hone my skills and build up my strength. It's not a good thing for our team to fight too many Chunin teams."

Unbeknownst to them, Akiko remained silent and instead asked Kurenai Yuhi.

"What about you?"

Kurenai Yuhi glanced at Asuma Sarutobi, then at Miyuki Uchiha, before speaking after a moment.

"I think it's worth a try."

None of the three spoke, waiting for Qiu Huo to make a decision.

After a while, Akiko finally spoke up, saying, "Yuki, you're too conservative. You've been accumulating experience on the front lines for two years since you graduated. That's about enough. It's time to try to make more contact with Chunin. But you have to be realistic about your abilities. You'll be in charge of maintaining the balance in this mission with Kurenai."

"Yes."

Kurenai Yuhi responded.

Unbeknownst to Qiu Huo, he continued, "From now on, your main task will be to patrol this area every day."

The area surrounding the front-line camp is divided into three large zones.

The area closest to the camp is naturally the safest, and the farther away from the camp, the more dangerous the area becomes. In particular, the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Rivers is the most dangerous. This area was tacitly planned by Konoha and Sunagakure to hone the genin and chunin in each other's camps, while also depleting the number of genin and chunin in the other side.

In the past, the three of them had always carried out patrol missions in areas close to the center, but this time, the location that Akiko was pointing to was the center.

This area also has the highest probability of encountering enemy Chunin squads.

Uchiha Miyuki felt a headache coming on looking at this position, but there was nothing he could do but accept it silently.

Sarutobi Asuma, on the other hand, looked excited.

Although Kurenai Yuhi appeared outwardly unchanged, she clenched her fists, showing a look of eager anticipation.

Please!

This is a battlefield where you fight against enemy forces; one wrong move and you could lose your life. It's not like going for a stroll in the streets.

Why are you guys so excited?!

Even after eleven years in this world, he still couldn't integrate into its atmosphere, treating battles with hostile forces as a daily routine and becoming accustomed to bloodshed and slaughter.

After resting for a night, the three of them got up and went to the central area, from the front-line base camp to a large camp near the land of rivers.

Besides the main camp, there are several smaller camps in the surrounding important areas. These smaller camps constitute the Third Region, which is located very close to the border of the Land of Rivers. Moreover, these smaller camps are jointly guarded by several Chunin squads, making them the most dangerous places on the entire front line, where they could be invaded by Chunin squads from the Land of Wind at any time.

Although Uchiha Miyuki's wishes differed from those of Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai, the three did not argue about it.

He knew perfectly well that such an incident would only damage the relationship between the three of them and would bring no benefit whatsoever. Rather than arguing, he preferred to focus his energy on figuring out how to minimize the danger. The only thing that bothered him was that leaving the base camp meant losing the opportunity to clean up the battlefield and generate revenue.

However, the dissatisfaction that Sarutobi Asuma felt from using this coercive method to force him to compromise still needed to be expressed.

This has absolutely nothing to do with being affected in terms of generating revenue from cleaning up the battlefield.

Sarutobi Asuma wiped his nose and said somewhat embarrassedly.