The Great Hero Uchiha

The sensory ninja nodded.

"Back then, the Mummified Corpse Squad tacitly agreed, and as far as I know... after the Mummified Corpse Squad left, the second team was an elite Chunin squad composed of three puppeteers. With a tactical advantage, they ambushed this Uchiha genius according to plan, but were still wiped out by this Uchiha genius in the end. However, the credit was ultimately shared among the squads."

If it weren't for that sleazy Asuma stealing the credit, he might have already become a Special Jonin, just like Kakashi.

The others nodded in agreement.

In the eyes of the Sand Village ninja, Uchiha Miyuki was a super genius who was even more terrifying than Kakashi.

After all, Uchiha Miyuki possessed the Sharingan, a bloodline limit.

35. Support Squad

At this moment, the sensory ninja paused for a moment, and then spoke up: "Fortunately, the Crow Ninja Squad has that sly guy Asuma, which makes their tactics relatively simple and easy to predict. They don't have to directly confront that elusive Uchiha genius... I suggest we go back the way we came to make some adjustments, and then take a detour to infiltrate Konoha's rear from another direction."

Everyone present nodded in agreement with the sensory ninja's proposal.

During the retreat, one of the Sand Ninja seemed to have suddenly realized something and showed a look of sudden understanding.

"I see!

Given Asma's sly nature, he's definitely planning to use the swamp over there to ambush and kill us—

In this way, they can claim all the credit for themselves!

This guy has absolutely no sense of honor.

Another Sand Ninja chimed in.

"Thanks to this person in the Raven Squad, otherwise... we would have been facing that terrifying Uchiha genius directly."

……

After the three finished discussing their plan, Uchiha Miyuki subconsciously checked the location of the Sand Ninja forces, only to find to his surprise that they had actually returned the way they came.

? ? ? ? ?

What's going on here?

Why did the enemy, who seemed perfectly fine, suddenly turn back the way they came?

They returned the way they came.

Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai were both dumbfounded upon hearing this. Not only were they mentally bewildered, but they also felt like idiots who had been discussing the ambush plan. They had wasted so much energy, only to find that they had been outsmarting thin air the whole time. This feeling was especially strong in Sarutobi Asuma's mind.

Uchiha Miyuki was quite pleased. Compared to mission evaluations, he preferred to avoid all combat, ideally just drinking tea every day, making a little money here and there, and living a carefree life as a parasite of Konoha.

"Let's end it!"

Although the two felt the mission could still be salvaged, since Uchiha Miyuki had already said so, that was the only option.

They knew very well that it would be extremely difficult to persuade Uchiha Miyuki to take the risk and continue with the mission; Uchiha Miyuki must have already prepared a thousand reasons to refuse.

"Ok."

"Then let's leave it at that—"

However, when the three of them passed by an outpost, they encountered another Chunin squad, and this squad took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Uchiha Miyuki.

"You must be the Raven Squad!"

"Yes, that's right—"

While answering the other party's question, Uchiha Miyuki secretly made a hand gesture to Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai.

Something's up.

This is just a small outpost, and there is still a possibility of encountering hostile ninjas.

Furthermore, ninjas on the front lines rarely communicate with people outside their teams. It's not that ninjas are inherently cold-hearted, but rather that both sides could die in a mission at any time. Only in this way can they treat the casualties they hear about on a daily basis as just numbers. If they knew too many names, it would be difficult to treat the death toll as just numbers anymore.

But now a small team is taking the initiative to talk to them, which seems very unusual no matter how you look at it.

As for the Konoha ninja headband on the other person's body?

The Transformation Technique can even change a person's entire appearance, making it not difficult for an enemy to disguise themselves as a Konoha ninja.

Although Uchiha Miyuki had his doubts, he did not activate his Sharingan immediately. He was not a rookie genin who had just stepped onto the battlefield, so he was well aware that such hostility would be too obvious. Moreover, if he went in head-on, he could only make one person fall into the genjutsu at most, while the other two would still have time to react. In that case, he would most likely have to face the other two's frontal attack at close range!

This is the situation he least wants to face!

As an extreme genjutsu-type ninja, he can only exert combat power below the level of a Chunin when facing such a situation. In other words, if such a situation really occurs, he can only hope that Sarutobi Asuma reacts quickly enough to stop the enemy and create enough distance for him and Yuhi Kurenai to cast genjutsu!

Instead of rashly increasing the distance between them and arousing the other party's vigilance, which could lead to an early outbreak of battle, he slightly closed the distance with Sarutobi Asuma.

At the same time, take the initiative to start a conversation with the other party.

"Is there a problem?"

While drawing the opponent's attention to himself, he manipulated the ninja crows to activate the Sharingan's eye power that had been pre-written into the [Shadow Technique].

—There is no trace of transformation magic.

The Sharingan can observe the flow of chakra, so it can directly tell whether the other party is using the Transformation Technique.

However, considering that the enemy possesses information about Sharingan abilities, we cannot rule out the possibility that the enemy did not use the Transformation Technique, but simply replaced their ninja headband with a Konoha ninja headband... Whether friend or foe, the safest course of action is to first plant a hidden door to Sharingan genjutsu in the opponent's mind.

After all, illusions don't cause any real damage unless they are triggered.

"According to the latest intelligence, another team has also infiltrated this area and may have already joined up with your mission objective. We are here to support you."

With a Chunin squad stationed at this outpost nearby, Uchiha Miyuki wasn't too worried about the enemy launching a surprise attack.

Uchiha Miyuki had already confirmed that the team stationed at the outpost camp was an enemy in disguise. He had memorized the three men's appearances when he went on the mission, and when he came back, he confirmed with the ninja crows that the three men were not using transformation techniques, nor were they showing any signs of being controlled by enemy genjutsu.

However, he still gave way half a body length, cautiously allowing Sarutobi Asuma to take the mission book from the other party.

After confirming the authenticity of the mission letter, Sarutobi Asuma nodded to Uchiha Miyuki, indicating that the mission letter was genuine. "We did encounter this problem just now. The mission target joined another Chunin team, and there might be a sensory ninja among them, which caused our ambush plan to fail."

The fact that the mission notice was genuine made Sarutobi Asuma lower his guard, as did Yuhi Kurenai, who was standing nearby.

Uchiha Miyuki, just to be on the safe side, secretly released Sharingan genjutsu on the entire support team. As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry, and he felt that being cautious was the best way to ensure his own survival.

Upon hearing this, the support team immediately spoke up.

"Our task is to assist you in completing this mission, but we will not directly participate in mission decisions. Whether to continue or not is entirely up to you."

Sarutobi Asuma was unwilling to abandon the mission. He wouldn't care if it was just adding a stain to his resume for failing a mission, but Uchiha Miyuki's strength was so outstanding that he shouldn't have to bear such a stain. Clearly, Sarutobi Asuma still believed that he and Yuhi Kurenai had held Uchiha Miyuki back.

After all, in many battles, Uchiha Miyuki single-handedly and easily defeated all three enemy Chunin.

Not to mention that every time they faced a major crisis, they only managed to get through it thanks to Uchiha Miyuki's individual strength, while he and Yuhi Kurenai were just slacking off on the sidelines, which made him feel that he and Yuhi Kurenai had always been dragging him down.

36. Stains in the Archives

"Then let's continue the mission."

Sarutobi Asuma spoke with a resolute tone.

Uchiha Miyuki shook his head helplessly and retorted, "The enemy has sensory ninjas, so another ambush will only fail again. We can only change the ambush into a pursuit. We don't have experience in this kind of mission, and a pursuit is not suitable for genjutsu ninjas like me and Kurenai."

The support team wasn't lying; they simply stood aside and waited for Uchiha Miyuki and the other two to give a conclusion.

Should we continue the mission?

Sarutobi Asuma said confidently, "Then let's turn the pursuit into an ambush."

"What should we do?"

"My support team and I will drive the enemy from behind and use the Shadow Clone Technique to deceive the sensory ninja, making them think that there are more pursuers behind them, forcing them to break out of the area where you and Kurenai are! This way, the pursuit battle can be transformed into a different kind of ambush battle, and it will also allow you and Kurenai's genjutsu to be used to the fullest extent in the battle."

Uchiha Miyuki frowned.

“If the enemy really does break out in the direction of me and Kurenai, as you say, how should we deal with them? Among them are sensory ninjas, so my ninja crows will definitely have a hard time getting close, and Kurenai will also have a hard time launching genjutsu while the enemy is on alert... With Kurenai and I at our current strength, we need to be able to hide well in order to unleash our full combat power.”

Uchiha Miyuki cannot use Susanoo to fight head-on. If he cannot use ninja crows to carry out various tactics, the most he can do when encountering an enemy is to make one person fall into a genjutsu.

The sunset is similar.

The remaining four Chunin could easily kill the two with a few simple ninjutsu. This was only if the sensory ninja let them launch a surprise attack. If the sensory ninja was of sound mind, they wouldn't even have a chance to launch the first round of attacks.

Sarutobi Asuma frowned. Facing a sensory-type ninja for the first time made his plan seem overly simplistic, even revealing a glaring oversight.

After a moment's thought, he spoke again.

"I was careless just now, and I oversimplified things."

However, sensory-type ninjas aren't that difficult to deal with...

"Their opponent is just a Chunin, just like us. Their chakra strength must have a limit. We can continuously harass them, forcing their sensory ninjas to constantly perceive our information, thus depleting their stamina and chakra. Once this goes on, their sensory ninjas will be weakened, and we can regain the information advantage."

Uchiha Miyuki paused for a moment upon hearing this, then lowered his head to consider the feasibility of the plan, before shaking his head.

"My energy is also limited. This tactic can indeed cripple the opponent's sensory ninja, but at the same time, I will also lose the ability to fight again."

Furthermore, that area is not under our Konoha's control. If another local squad appears, it will only put us in a new crisis, making the risk-reward ratio completely disproportionate. What's more, searching for them again now will also require additional effort, and once we encounter them, my marching speed will make it difficult to implement the plan.

The other party doesn't even need to constantly sense our location; they only need to occasionally sense our general position.

But I must constantly activate my Sharingan to monitor their movements.

The plan was indeed feasible, but it overlooked some details, namely that Uchiha Miyuki's taijutsu was too poor, and his marching speed was somewhat different from that of other Chunin.

However, Sarutobi Asuma's plan gave him a wake-up call.

If I were to encounter that situation in the future, without a speed advantage, how would I deal with the enemy's continuous harassment and be worn down to death?

Sarutobi Asuma sighed and glanced at the support team beside him with a last glimmer of hope.

The support team members shook their heads.

"We don't have any eye-jutsu ninjas or sensory-type ninjas, so our marching speed is also a bit slower."

Upon hearing these words, Sarutobi Asuma understood. The support team, like them, had only recently been promoted to Chunin. Their combat strength might not be noticeable compared to the local Chunin teams, but if compared in all aspects, they were lacking in many areas, especially in details like marching speed, where the difference was most obvious. Except for those taijutsu teams, none of them could escape this disadvantage.

Sarutobi Asuma sighed.

He was the only one in the team skilled in taijutsu; Uchiha Miyuki and Yuhi Kurenai were both lacking in this area, especially Uchiha Miyuki, who was simply terrible at it.

He said with a hint of helplessness.

"Let's end the mission."

Unless they solve the problem of marching speed, they will never be able to catch up with the two Chunin squads from Sunagakure, and may even put themselves in danger.