The Great Hero Uchiha

Compared to Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai, this Sand Ninja team no longer has the opportunity to make up for its shortcomings in genjutsu.

The puppeteer was completely unaware that he was being led little by little into a death trap by his two teammates.

Just as the three of them stepped into the center of the explosive tag trap—

Uchiha Miyuki activated the genjutsu.

"What are you two going to do..."

The puppeteer was held tightly in place by his two teammates.

His extensive experience immediately made him realize that his two teammates had fallen into the enemy's illusion and were now in the enemy's trap.

When was the illusion cast?

He no longer had time to think about this problem.

A thought flashed through his mind: if he could activate the puppet mechanism to sever his teammate's hands, he would still have a chance to escape. However... he hesitated. After all, his teammate had been with him for years, going through thick and thin with him from genin to where he was now. They were like family. How could he possibly harm his own family?

Moreover, the teammate was merely under the enemy's illusion.

A hint of determination flashed in the puppeteer's eyes—

Just then, the explosive tag trap was activated, and the terrifying power of the five explosive tags shattered the tranquil night.

Even the rocks were shattered by the aftershocks of the explosion, let alone the Sand Ninja team at the epicenter of the blast.

"Not a single one died?"

Uchiha Miyuki couldn't help but mutter in disbelief.

The smoke hadn't dissipated yet, but he still managed to observe the flow of chakra among the three people using his Sharingan.

At the moment the detonation tag exploded, the puppeteer deliberately left his disguised puppet and used it and his own body to withstand the blast, protecting his two teammates. However, this also resulted in him being pierced through the body by fragments of the shattered puppet. Although he is not dead yet, he is not far from it...

Pointless.

Aside from making your teammates die a little later than you, there's absolutely no point in doing this.

This sense of meaninglessness is precisely the meaning behind the puppeteer's sacrifice of his life.

Even if he knew perfectly well that what he was doing was meaningless, and that even if he sacrificed himself, his teammates, who were under the enemy's illusion, would not be able to escape, he should have activated the mechanism immediately to cut off his teammates' hands to gain their freedom, or abandoned his teammates and another puppet. Only in this way could he ensure his own survival.

But he did it anyway.

Protecting his family is his way of the ninja, and it is also the reason why he became a ninja.

He lost his family during World War II and faced the world alone until he met two teammates. Only then was he no longer alone. At that time, he made up his mind to use his own strength to protect everything.

"I'm sorry... I... still couldn't... protect you all..."

As soon as the puppeteer opened his mouth, blood gushed out uncontrollably, splattering his two teammates behind him with blood.

however……

The two teammates, however, remained unmoved.

Do not!

They were completely unaware of this situation and remained deeply trapped in the illusion. In that false world, they were using their own bodies to hold back the Konoha Jonin, buying the puppeteer a chance to escape.

32. The area of ​​killing and killing

The puppeteer was already doomed, but Uchiha Miyuki still managed to activate his eye technique using the eyes of the ninja crow.

Sharingan - Genjutsu

At the moment of the puppeteer's death, he was immersed in beautiful memories of the past.

Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai stood there dumbfounded, watching the puppeteer's determined stance as she protected her two teammates to the death, and for a moment they forgot to attack.

Although Uchiha Miyuki was also moved by the puppeteer's act of protecting his two teammates with his own life, and even wasted some of his eye power for it, he did not soften his heart because of it. It was not that he was ruthless, but that he had thought about a similar situation from the moment he took action.

After all, the enemy is not a symbol, but a living, breathing person.

Since we're all human beings!

Naturally, they would have emotions and desires, their own lives, and their own thoughts...

Therefore, he was mentally prepared and had the corresponding awareness from the very beginning.

He was killing someone.

It's not about eradicating symbols that represent the enemy.

That's why he couldn't like this kind of daily life, couldn't fully integrate into this chaotic world where he had to devour other people's lives to survive, wanted to escape Konoha, and couldn't accept the mainstream values ​​of this world.

After glancing at his two teammates who remained motionless, Uchiha Miyuki cautiously killed the remaining two Sand Ninja who were under genjutsu by throwing kunai from a distance.

Only then did the two of them come to their senses, staring at Uchiha Miyuki with shocked expressions.

Uchiha Miyuki didn't say anything, but silently sent two ordinary clones to clean up the battlefield.

As soon as his clone got close, it was attacked head-on by dozens of needles coated with deadly poison, turning into a cloud of smoke and disappearing.

These fine needles all originated from the remains of a puppet, clearly a trap set by the puppeteer before his death, intended to have a murderer die with him and his teammates. However... he encountered Uchiha Miyuki, and this scheme only eliminated an ordinary clone, causing Uchiha Miyuki to slightly deplete some of his chakra.

Uchiha Miyuki showed no reaction to this, continuing to control his clones to clean up the battlefield, collecting the three corpses and puppet remains into the sealing scroll.

The reason there was no response is quite simple.

If you want to kill them, they will want to kill you. This is perfectly normal and nothing to be surprised about.

On the contrary, it would be surprising if an enemy didn't want to kill you.

Of course, he would only be slightly surprised before decisively killing this overly naive enemy.

Uchiha Miyuki then retrieved the remaining explosive tags.

Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai didn't question Uchiha Miyuki about his cold-bloodedness. After all, the three of them had been living on the front lines for three years. Under the shadow of war, even the most naive person would eventually recognize reality. The reason they acted so poorly was because they were shocked by what they had witnessed for the first time.

In the past, every battle against the enemy, or even the killing of the enemy, was a life-or-death struggle. No one would give the other a chance to show their humanity, nor would they have a heart-to-heart talk about life.

Therefore, in their minds, the Sand Village was like a symbol representing the enemy.

That's how it was summarized during the Jonin school period.

An enemy is an enemy. If you are constantly being killed by an enemy, you must kill the enemy first.

Having been exposed to this kind of ideology from a young age, he naturally wouldn't be as sentimental as Uchiha Miyuki. This is the essential difference between him and Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai. From the beginning, he knew he was killing people, while the other two's initial concept was killing enemies. The two may seem similar, but in reality, they are fundamentally different.

Murder is killing one's own kind.

Killing the enemy means killing a symbol.

Unbeknownst to her, Akika withdrew her gaze from Sarutobi Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi and focused it on Uchiha Miyuki.

He truly deserves to be called a genius of the Uchiha clan.

Both his strength and his character were impeccable. As for Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai? Their performance was terrible; they were completely dragging the team down. However, he knew that every ninja would experience this, realizing that their enemies were also flesh-and-blood human beings, not just symbols.

When he went through this transformation, he behaved just like Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai.

On the contrary, Uchiha Miyuki's case is an exception.

"After you go back, you will have one day to make corrections, and then we will begin to carry out the second mission."

Led by the unknown Qiu Huo, the three returned to the camp, handed over the sealing scroll, and received two B-level mission ratings in exchange for the corresponding mission rewards.

Looking at the mission reward he received, Uchiha Yuuki still missed the days when he was cleaning up the battlefield and secretly pocketing the spoils. Although he earned less back then, and his monthly income was less than what he earned from a single B-rank mission evaluation now, life was easier back then, and the feeling of sneaking around was also very exciting.

After glancing at his two teammates who were still somewhat distracted, Uchiha Miyuki spoke up.

"Let's go have some barbecue to celebrate."

The location of the main camp could not be hidden at all, and it was impossible to keep the ninjas on edge like machines every day, so business was allowed in the camp.

The three of them bought their extra ninja tools, ration pills, and explosive tags from merchants in the base.

Of course, all the so-called merchants were Konoha ninjas.

Uchiha Miyuki wasn't good at talking, so this barbecue meal only allowed him to taste meat again after half a year, and had no other effect. He then left the two of them to contemplate life in the camp and went to the camp's training ground to train alone.

Forbidden techniques are called forbidden techniques not only because the price to pay for their use is too high, but also because they are extremely dangerous to cultivate.

A slight mistake could lead to blindness.

Therefore, one must be extremely cautious when cultivating, but fortunately he is very good at it.

Time flew by, and the three members of the Uchiha clan were about to embark on a new mission.

Unbeknownst to them, Qiu Huo said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry, my mission has been assigned, and I can't accompany you to complete the mission this time."

Uchiha Miyuki felt a heaviness in his heart upon hearing this. Although in the last mission, Shiranui Akika merely shared her experience and didn't do anything else, with Akika by his side, he didn't need to worry about encountering enemy Jonin. But now, his remaining two rookie protection attempts… had simply been wiped out—

How could he not feel heavy-hearted?

"Your mission this time is the same as last time: to intercept the enemy's Chunin squad."

After saying this, Qiu Huo left behind a mission scroll and a map and hurriedly left without giving the three of them any time to react, clearly indicating that he had a rather urgent mission.

Uchiha Miyuki glanced at Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai. After a day of rest, the two had adjusted their mindset and were no longer as absent-minded as before. Uchiha Miyuki felt a little relieved. If his two teammates hadn't adjusted their mindset, this mission would have been even more difficult.

33. The intelligence was flawed.

Opening the mission scroll and map, Uchiha Miyuki frowned as he analyzed the enemy's movements using the available information.

Compared to the last mission, the enemy seems to have more routes to choose from this time.

Before he could come up with an answer, Sarutobi Asuma spoke first, saying, "We don't need to analyze which route they will take. We just need to know that no matter which route they take, they will eventually pass through this area."

Uchiha Miyuki pondered for a moment and couldn't help but ask a question in return.

"reason."

"It's actually quite simple. First of all, the Sand Ninja are not good at Water Release, so they will try to avoid taking water routes as much as possible. Also, water routes are too open and easy for our summoning beasts to detect. Therefore, we can eliminate those two routes. Of the remaining three routes, two require taking a long detour to avoid this plain. Only this route is the shortest and most concealed."

"You can see it, and so can the enemy."

Sarutobi Asuma had clearly anticipated that Uchiha Miyuki would ask this question, and without even thinking, he said, "Even if we make a wrong judgment and the enemy chooses another route, we can still obtain information about the enemy as soon as possible by deploying ninja crows in these areas with open vision in advance. At that time, we will have enough time and space to correct our mistakes."

Head here, and here... set up ambushes again in these places.

Uchiha Miyuki and Yuhi Kurenai both nodded.