The Great Hero Uchiha

Kurenai Yuhi was somewhat confused.

"What do you understand?"

“He is different from us.”

"They are definitely different."

Like many others on the front lines, they came to the front lines for military achievements, hoping to become war heroes like their predecessors.

This is the common thinking among Konoha ninjas, and it's the mindset they've been exposed to since childhood.

However, what Uchiha Miyuki pursued was completely different from theirs.

Although it went against their own upbringing and the ideologies they had always accepted, they felt that what Uchiha Miyuki said was correct... Enemies were not symbols, but living, breathing people just like themselves, and honor should not be a high platform built from the corpses of many killed—

This also made them feel heavy-hearted.

Especially considering that they were on their way to take other people's lives, and that three more people would die at their hands soon.

Their steps became increasingly heavy as a result.

The thought of abandoning the mission and giving up being a ninja even crossed his mind.

It wasn't that the two had poor psychological resilience, but rather that they were impacted by ideas and ideologies completely different from those of the chaotic world. In addition, they were only eleven years old and their minds were not yet mature, which is why they felt guilty about killing someone, and were almost driven to the brink of collapse by this guilt.

The two exchanged a glance and immediately caught up with Uchiha Miyuki.

Kurenai Yuhi asked Miyuki Uchiha.

"I don't know."

Uchiha Miyuki glanced at Yuhi Kurenai with surprise.

"What don't you understand?"

"What kind of mindset should we have when we kill?"

Rather than asking what kind of mindset one should have when committing murder, it's more accurate to ask how one should cope with the guilt that comes with murder.

Uchiha Miyuki couldn't help but sigh.

The reason he hadn't confided in Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yuhi in the past was because—

For people in chaotic times, guilt is a feeling that will only bring them death.

The more guilty one feels about killing, the less likely they are to survive in chaotic times, especially for ninjas like them living during wartime! Guilt is the most superfluous emotion.

"Treat every enemy with caution."

Guilt made Kurenai Yuhi somewhat irritable, and even caused her to lose her usual intelligence.

"I didn't ask how to seize the opportunity to kill the enemy."

"No, it's that we must realize... whether they are our own people or enemies, they are all equal to us! So we must always understand what we are doing, why we are taking someone's life, and why we are completing the mission, instead of simply taking someone's life to complete the mission. That's what I mean by being cautious."

The two of them froze in place once again.

After a moment, Sarutobi Asuma asked in a somewhat stunned tone.

"What are you doing?"

"Live!"

"It's that simple??"

"Yes! It's that simple, but how many people can survive to the end of the war? The vast majority of people die on the battlefield."

"..."

Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai then realized what was happening.

Compared to what Uchiha Miyuki had said before, it was much simpler; surviving was relatively easy.

But surviving on the battlefield is by no means an easy task!

"Stop overthinking and get on with the task!"

The two nodded somewhat absentmindedly, clearly still pondering what Uchiha Miyuki had said.

Seeing this, Uchiha Miyuki sighed again.

It was precisely because he was worried about this situation that he was unwilling to say those things to the two of them. If it weren't for the fact that he was being targeted by higher-ups so suddenly, he would still have kept those words buried in his heart and would not have mentioned them to anyone, because such thoughts and ideas would become a burden to them, or even cause them to lose their lives.

After thinking for a moment, he couldn't help but speak up.

"The primary goal is to survive, only then can we do something for the lives we have killed."

"What to do?"

Uchiha Miyuki said with a serious expression.

"Live on, become Hokage! Make this world a better place, at least so that there are no more wars, and everyone can choose the life they want—"

The two looked at Uchiha Miyuki in surprise.

This was the first time they had heard Uchiha Miyuki mention becoming Hokage, and the first time they had realized the deeper meaning behind the phrase "become Hokage."

Kurenai was the first to come to her senses and said with a serious expression.

"If it were you, you definitely could!"

Sarutobi Asuma nodded as well, "I also think you can do it!"

"Then let's all try our best to live on. If the day comes that I become Hokage and I want to go out for barbecue with my friends, but there's no one around... that would be too lonely."

The two nodded.

"Okay! I'll make you cry!"

"Then it's a deal! The day you become Hokage, we'll all go out for barbecue!"

His previously chaotic thoughts were now cleared up, and he had a clear goal for the future, fully accepting Uchiha Miyuki's philosophy.

The three arrived at the area where the mission objective was located. Kurenai took out a map and calculated for a while before speaking.

"Based on the information provided by intelligence, the enemy is currently in this area."

Uchiha Miyuki nodded and dispatched most of the ninja crows to search the area calculated by Kurenai Yuhi.

After a while, his brows furrowed.

"No."

Is Danzo starting to openly cause trouble?

Kurenai Yuhi's eyes widened in disbelief as she spoke.

"impossible!"

Sarutobi Asuma hesitated for a moment before speaking.

“Red’s calculations are correct, but it’s also possible that the enemy isn’t marching normally, or that the intelligence is wrong. These two uncertainties will affect the final result…” He paused here, then seemed to have thought of something and pointed to the map, saying, “They should be in… this area!”

This time, Uchiha Miyuki did not directly dispatch the ninja crows, as that would deplete the ocular power stored in the ninja crows' eyes.

"reason."

“When Hong was calculating just now, she overlooked a factor. The report showed that the enemy was discovered at night. Therefore, the enemy squad must have chosen a nocturnal operation mode. Nighttime operations will affect the enemy's marching speed to some extent, so the enemy's range should be in this area.”

Uchiha Miyuki nodded, agreeing with Sarutobi Asuma's explanation.

After a moment's hesitation, Kurenai Yuhi echoed in agreement.

"It was indeed my oversight to overlook this factor."

44. In chaotic times, excessive emotions make people more likely to die.

Using the ninja crows to search, they quickly located the enemy's position in the area planned by Sarutobi Asuma.

"Enemy location has been detected—"

The intelligence was correct; there were three ordinary ninjas, and no puppeteers among them.

However, the three of them were resting with their eyes closed.

Execute Tactic Two.

The two nodded with more solemn expressions than ever before, clearly showing respect for life rather than simply killing the enemy.

"receive."

"clear."

The first tactic is naturally the same as before: Uchiha Miyuki first uses ninja crows to find weaknesses from a distance, and then lures the enemy into the explosive tag trap, with Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai filling in the gaps.

The second bill is a variant of the first tactic.

By detonating balloons to attract the enemy's attention, and then switching to Tactic One once the enemy is under the influence of genjutsu, if any escapees are caught, Tactic Two is executed. The enemies controlled by genjutsu fight against those not under the influence, while Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai secretly intervene from the sidelines, and Uchiha Miyuki fills in the gaps.

The reason for this arrangement is that if the enemy is not affected by the genjutsu, they will inevitably be on guard against the Sharingan.

The three of them closed the distance slightly with the enemy.

"Mission begins—"

As Uchiha Miyuki's voice fell, the ninja crows began their operation.

boom.

A balloon was popped by a crow.

The commotion immediately attracted the enemy's attention, but one member of the enemy squad seemed to be a beat slow to react and did not look towards the location of the balloon explosion immediately.

Uchiha Miyuki saved his life precisely because this person was too slow to react—

The ninja exclaimed in surprise.

"Be careful, this could be an enemy tactic—"

however--

This reminder came too late.

Both teammates are already trapped in the illusion.

It was only then that Uchiha Miyuki realized that it wasn't that the opponent's reaction was too slow, but rather that the opponent's reaction was too fast.