The Great Hero Uchiha

"Fortunately, Sarutobi Asuma was too cowardly, otherwise we would have been wiped out if we had faced this Uchiha genius, and we might not have been able to distinguish between reality and illusion until the very end."

"yes--"

22. Getting used to something doesn't mean you'll like it.

Are these guys cerebral palsy?

Why did he suddenly start self-harming again?

Uchiha Miyuki watched the small Sunagakure squad through the eyes of the ninja crows with a puzzled expression.

If he knew what the three of them were talking about, he would definitely laugh out loud.

Is this a case of a cautious person meeting a cautious person?

"They left."

Sarutobi Asuma looked completely bewildered.

"Left? How could you just leave?"

Uchiha Miyuki pondered for a moment before guessing, "How would I know? They probably already discovered us. There must be a sensory ninja in their group."

"There are sensory-type ninjas."

The two looked surprised.

This was the first time in three years that they had encountered a sensory-type ninja.

At the same time, they secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, they had chosen to be cautious earlier, and the enemy's strength was relatively weak. Otherwise... their advantage in eye techniques would have been completely negated in the face of sensory ninjas. The most fatal thing was that they did not know this information. If they had acted according to Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma Sarutobi's wishes and launched a surprise attack, they might have fallen headlong into the enemy's trap.

At that time, they will be relatively weak overall, and even if they don't suffer any casualties, they will definitely be injured.

Of course, this is a theoretical result.

In fact, given Uchiha Miyuki's personality, even if he were forced to agree to the raid plan, the three of them wouldn't just blindly find a place to ambush. Instead, they would do reconnaissance work in advance and only take action after confirming more information about the enemy. This was because Uchiha Miyuki had heard too many tragic cases of entire groups being wiped out due to insufficient information in the past three years.

The three of them were setting up all sorts of traps in a dull manner, but now the traps they set up were no longer just randomly placed traps.

Instead, they designed various traps specifically targeting the three individuals' abilities, maximizing the effectiveness of positional warfare.

A day passed, and the three encountered another small team from Sunagakure.

This wasn't because the third area's ninja camp was poorly defended, which is why the second area was so easily breached. The real reason was that the battle line was too long, the number of ninja squads was limited, and the small camps could only be changed constantly according to the enemy's direction of invasion. Blocking this gap would expose another breakthrough.

Even with the participation of Jonin in the joint defense, the third area still cannot be sealed off.

Having already set up a sufficient number of traps, Uchiha Miyuki no longer had a reason to avoid battle this time. Instead, he took advantage of the first move to have the ninja crow trigger a trap.

It was called a trap, but it was actually just an ordinary balloon.

The crow used its sharp claws to puncture the balloon.

boom--

The sound of the balloon exploding drew the attention of the Sand Village squad, who were alert to any disturbances around them.

The Sand Village squad immediately spotted the source of the commotion. Three crows with glowing red eyes were perched in the treetops. They realized they had encountered the ninja crow squad and tried to look away, but it was too late. The crimson eyes became clearer and clearer in their vision. They were three pairs of crimson Sharingan with three tomoe!

If you have a deficiency in ability, then use your brain to find a way to fill that deficiency, which is how the balloon tactic came about.

This is Uchiha Miyuki's consistent style, and it's what all ninjas do.

Sharingan - Genjutsu

trigger--

The three felt a sense of bewilderment; some crucial information had been blocked.

"strangeness--

Did you notice anything just now?

I have a bad feeling.

One of the Sand Ninja team members had strong mental power and sensed something was wrong. He had a bad feeling, but he didn't know where this bad feeling came from.

The other two teammates shook their heads.

"No."

"It's probably because we're now in the central area of ​​Konoha's second line of defense, and we could encounter the enemy at any time, that's why you're so nervous."

The man nodded with some doubt, glanced around but found nothing unusual.

"...Maybe I was just too nervous."

Seeing the three Sunagakure Chunin who were unaware that they had fallen into a genjutsu, Uchiha Miyuki created an elite ninja crow clone made of genin chakra and walked towards them. At the same time, he was prepared to activate the substitution jutsu immediately if the other party was pretending to fall into his genjutsu.

Elite Ninja Crow Clones have a relatively large amount of chakra, allowing them to use more ninjutsu.

The three people could not see the elite ninja crow clone at all, even when the two were less than two meters apart.

However, just to be on the safe side—

Uchiha Miyuki still managed to activate a ninjutsu.

[Illusion Technique: The Fox's Farewell]

This time, instead of sending the three away directly, they used Sharingan genjutsu to lure them into a trap.

The three, completely unaware of the situation, mistakenly believed they were still following the original route, but under the influence of the illusion, they had already walked towards the trap area.

Trap Triggered —

Of the three, only one was in danger. Although he was unaware of anything and still trapped in the genjutsu, he instinctively pushed his teammate aside. Clearly, the two were good friends or even brothers, which is why the Sand Ninja risked his life to save that person when he sensed danger.

The next moment, apart from the Sand Ninja who was pushed aside, the other two were pierced by flying kunai and turned into hedgehogs.

The Sand Ninja who was rescued remained oblivious, clearly still trapped in the Sharingan's genjutsu and unable to wake up—he had no idea that his two friends were dead, nor that he had just been saved, and he was even less aware that he was about to die here.

Perhaps he is still thinking about how the three of them can complete mission after mission together and eventually become Jonin together.

When they had children, the three of them would get together and tell their children how they had completed missions time and time again on the battlefield to achieve their current success.

Even the Land of Wind became more and more prosperous thanks to their and the village's efforts.

however……

But his fate will only end here.

I die here, filled with beautiful dreams!

The elite ninja crow clone used a teleportation technique to appear in front of the opponent and pierced the opponent's throat with a kunai. Only then did the sand ninja regain his senses and see what had happened in reality. He wanted to avenge his two friends, but he was too weak and could only fall to the ground with this resentment, becoming a corpse.

Eleven years have passed.

Although I cannot fully integrate into the larger atmosphere of this world, I have long since integrated into my current life.

Murder is just an everyday occurrence.

It's just a daily routine that I'll never enjoy doing, no matter how much time passes.

Uchiha Miyuki reached out and closed the Chunin's unseeing eyes. After cleaning up the battlefield, he intended to bury the three bodies on the spot and simply erect a grave, but he immediately gave up because the brains of the three bodies had not been damaged. According to regulations, such bodies should be taken back to the camp and handed over to the analysis team for processing.

The Yamanaka clan can extract enemy information from the brains of the dead, and of course they can also steal ninjutsu from Sunagakure. However, there is no point in stealing the ninjutsu in the brains of ordinary Chunin.

23. This is not about being amenable.

Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai watched all this in shock. This was the second time the three of them had encountered an ordinary ninja squad, besides the Mummified Corpse Squad. In addition, Uchiha Miyuki was usually too cautious, which was why they realized for the first time that Uchiha Miyuki's genjutsu level had reached such a terrifying level.

trap?

Are you sure?! You're already this terrifying... you still need a trap??

At this point, the two of them also came to a new understanding of something.

In the past, many acquaintances said that Uchiha Miyuki was a genius of the Uchiha clan. In the past, they regarded this as a joke. After all, they had spent so much time together for three years. Apart from having the three-tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Miyuki's talent in other aspects was so bad that he was not like a member of the Uchiha clan at all, and he was even worse than the two of them.

It wasn't until this time that they truly realized—

Why does everyone say that Uchiha Miyuki, who possesses the three-tomoe Sharingan, is a genius? What is the meaning behind this statement?

No matter how bad other aspects are, as long as Uchiha Miyuki can develop his Sharingan to the level of three tomoe at this age and can use this power skillfully, he is worthy of being called a genius! The terror of the three-tomoe Sharingan is not like the strong reconnaissance ability and slightly unique bloodline limit genjutsu that they had in mind.

In short, the impression Uchiha Miyuki gave them was that the three-tomoe Sharingan was just so-so.

Seeing the two people in a daze, Uchiha Miyuki immediately used the sealing scroll to put the three corpses inside.

"Red, Asuma, you take the body back. I'll stay here and keep watch."

"Ah good."

In the past, they would have worried about whether Uchiha Miyuki would be in danger if he stayed behind alone. Now, there is no such worry at all. An ordinary Chunin team could be wiped out by Uchiha Miyuki alone. Moreover, what he has shown so far may not even be Uchiha Miyuki's full strength.

After the two men left with the corpses, Uchiha Miyuki hid in the tree canopy, on guard against the next enemy that could appear at any moment.

In those three years, he had seen too many geniuses die because of their arrogance.

I've also witnessed too many people I barely know, people I can even name. Just yesterday we were having dinner together, dreaming about the future, talking about the village, our families, and our dreams... but they never came back the next day. Everything that happened last night felt like a dream, so unreal.

Moreover, even veteran Kage-level powerhouses die on the battlefield, let alone a cone-shaped ninja like him who is only close to a Special Jonin.

If you're not careful, you could very well die without knowing why.

The two returned after a while, and afterwards they always seemed to want to say something but held back, until the patrol mission ended and they returned to the main camp together.

Unlike those in the village, the ninjas in the large camp were all silent and rarely interacted with anyone outside their comrades. Even if they stayed in the same camp for a year, they would still not ask each other's names. This was not for the sake of secrecy, nor were they all aloof and cold. It was simply because they did not know each other's names so that they would not be so sad when someone sacrificed themselves.

Even Sarutobi Asuma, after spending a year on the front lines, lost the habit of initiating conversations with others and stopped paying attention to casualties.

The three returned to their tent.

Sarutobi Asuma finally couldn't hold back any longer and spoke to Uchiha Miyuki.

"For today's mission, the administration department gave us three B-level mission ratings."

Uchiha Miyuki gave a simple reply.

"Oh."

"Our team has now accumulated enough merits to participate in the Chunin Exams."

"Ah."