The Great Hero Uchiha

……

Upon receiving the message from his clone, Uchiha Miyuki had no intention of making any contact with the enemy.

"Retreat! It's confirmed... this is an enemy ambush."

Having spent a year idly on the battlefield, Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai had basically learned everything they needed to know, and immediately realized that this was an assassination trap set by the Chunin squad from the Land of Wind against the Genin of Konoha.

The three of them retreated very decisively, and even Uchiha Miyuki didn't care about the ninja tools that had been set up as traps.

however--

Just then, two puppets appeared on the route the three were taking to retreat.

"It's too late to retreat now!"

As soon as one of them finished speaking, another voice rang out.

“The one in the middle can’t be killed. He’s the son of a third-generation descendant, and his influence is too great. Kill the other two.”

"Oh."

The Kingdom of Wind did not want the war to escalate at this time.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Sarutobi Asuma's face was clearly provoked, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

"Don't underestimate me! I am Sarutobi Asuma—"

Just as he was about to rush forward and fight the other party to the death, Uchiha Miyuki hurriedly reached out and grabbed him and Yuhi Kurenai, and they retreated together into the dense forest behind them.

"Asuma—calm down! Don't forget, we're just genin, while they're at least chunin level. They can only win by using traps."

After being lectured by Kurenai Yuhi, Sarutobi Asuma finally calmed down.

"Proceed according to plan."

Uchiha Miyuki was rather cautious, but the three of them were quite far from the camp. They knew they couldn't escape the pursuit of the Chunin. Their only option was to use the trap to their advantage and defeat the two Chunin puppeteers in front of them before the other puppeteer arrived, so that the other side wouldn't dare to pursue them recklessly and they could escape back to the camp.

"Proceed according to plan."

Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai nodded.

The two puppeteers were completely unprepared and chased after them without realizing how many traps were around. This wasn't because they weren't careful enough, but because while the three of them hadn't made significant progress in other areas over the past year, their ability to set traps had improved dramatically. Even a Jonin would have a hard time noticing these traps if they were careless, let alone a Chunin.

The traps were well-concealed, but due to the three people's strength and time constraints, they couldn't set up any traps that were too lethal.

Taking advantage of the enemy's distraction by the trap, Uchiha Miyuki created a ninja crow clone, which triggered a chain of traps to buy time, while also summoning the rest of the ninja crows.

Once the ninja crows had landed in their positions, Uchiha Miyuki immediately spoke to Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai.

"Asuma!"

Sarutobi Asuma immediately stopped and quickly formed hand seals.

[Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Technique]

One after another, blades made of flames were spat out from Sarutobi Asuma's mouth.

Although the Flame Blade is controlled by chakra, making it difficult for enemies to dodge it all, Sarutobi Asuma's strength is too weak. The Flame Blade he spews out is too poor in both power and speed. It can deal with ordinary genin, but it is not enough to deal with chunin. However, this is not important.

In the tactics devised by the three, Sarutobi Asuma's Fire Release was merely a tool to distract the enemy.

Faced with the enemy's fire-style attack, the two puppeteers had to divert some of their attention to it, even taking several shuriken in the process. As soon as their gaze swept over the area, they saw not only the incoming fiery blades, but also pairs of scarlet eyes. Some they couldn't make out clearly, but others they could…

Those are Sharingan eyes with two tomoe!

Sharingan - Genjutsu

trigger!

Under the influence of the Sharingan genjutsu, they ignored the information about the 'Sharingan', and the power of the flame blades in their vision doubled in their perception. The two puppeteers' expressions changed immediately. With the trap restraining them, it was difficult for them to dodge, and they could only rely on the puppets to withstand the attack to avoid injury.

One of them immediately took out another huge puppet to protect himself and his teammates.

Then they felt shurikens and flaming blades hitting the puppet continuously, and the power and number of both shurikens and flaming blades doubled in their perception.

After a moment, one of them sensed that something was wrong.

—Isn't there a bit too much of this Phoenix Fire Technique?

However, this thought had barely surfaced in his mind when it was ignored under the influence of the Sharingan Genjutsu.

Meanwhile, Kurenai Yuhi had completed her illusion hand seals.

【Illusion - A Different Sensation】

This is a C-rank ninjutsu that affects the enemy's senses. It is not very strong when used alone, but it can complement Sharingan genjutsu.

The two Chunin puppeteers were still completely trapped in the genjutsu senses created by Uchiha Miyuki and Yuhi Kurenai. The three of them had gained an absolute advantage, and if they were willing to take risks, they would have a high probability of killing them. However, Uchiha Miyuki was unwilling to take the risk, after all, there was another enemy on the way. He immediately formed hand seals quickly.

[Illusion Technique: The Fox's Farewell]

This is also a D-rank illusion that affects the enemy's senses, creating a phantom to disrupt the enemy's pursuit.

On its own, it would only be used to bully ordinary people, but now that the enemy has fallen under the influence of Sharingan genjutsu and Kurenai Yuhi's genjutsu, it is difficult for the enemy to detect anything unusual.

Under the puppeteer's perception, the shuriken and fire-style attacks had stopped, and Uchiha Miyuki and the other two were fleeing.

"Chase!"

The two puppeteers were completely unaware that Uchiha Miyuki and his two companions were hiding nearby, and instead chased after the illusion created by the [Fox Farewell Technique].

Only after the two puppeteers disappeared into the distance did the three of them breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the three of them only released a C-rank ninjutsu, it had already consumed most of their chakra.

It's not that C-rank ninjutsu consumes too much chakra, but rather that genin have too little. Taijutsu combined with shuriken and the Three Body Techniques is the main way for normal genin to fight. Ninjutsu duels? That's too far-fetched for genin. That's why ninja academies only teach the Three Body Techniques, throwing techniques, and taijutsu.

09. The process that every ordinary ninja must go through

After leaving a hidden weapon, Uchiha Miyuki and the two others withdrew directly from the dense forest and fled towards the camp. As for the shuriken, kunai, wire, and other materials left behind at the scene—materials used to set up the traps—there was no time to salvage them. He was greedy, but he also knew when he could be greedy and when he absolutely could not.

Shortly after the three left, the puppeteer who had been disguised as a merchant arrived at the scene.

however--

He was unaware that he had stepped into a trap.

The ninja crow clone calculated the angle and threw several shuriken using the Uchiha throwing technique. Before mastering chakra form transformation, even the Uchiha throwing technique had very limited destructive power. Therefore, he did not expect the thrown shuriken to achieve any merits from the beginning. He only used them to create noise to attract the enemy's attention and trigger traps.

Faced with the sudden attack, the puppeteer remained calm, clearly having remained vigilant throughout.

The shuriken and the traps only distracted him and did not cause him any real harm.

"You bastard!!"

Despite hearing Uchiha Miyuki's taunts, the puppeteer remained calm and unaffected, even deliberately lowering his perspective to avoid making eye contact with those eyes.

however……

Uchiha Miyuki had already anticipated his reaction.

At the same time, he also lacked a very crucial piece of information... Sharingan Genjutsu can be released using the eyes of the Ninja Crow.

As he lowered his perspective, he saw streaks of crimson reflection. Having already been attacked by a wave of traps, he instinctively assumed they were some kind of trap and focused his attention on them.

Oops!!

Two slowly rotating magatama adorned his scarlet pupils.

We've fallen for their trap... It's the Sharingan!!

He wanted to dispel the genjutsu, but... this time it wasn't a hasty eye contact, but a direct eye contact. The power of the Sharingan genjutsu was thus brought to its maximum. His brain instinctively ignored the information of [Sharingan Genjutsu] and began to fight against the Uchiha Miyuki he had imagined.

While the Sharingan's genjutsu is powerful, it's not true control over the five senses, and if it drags on for too long, the enemy will still be able to detect it.

[Illusion Technique: The Fox's Farewell]

Take your time.

No need to see me off!

After sending the last enemy away, Uchiha Miyuki cleaned up the battlefield, salvaging everything he could to minimize his losses.

After cleaning up the battlefield, I did a quick calculation of my losses.

Ugh!

What a huge loss... I only made 10,000 yen, which isn't even enough for the crows' food for a week.

After returning to the camp with the ninja crow and reuniting with his main body, Uchiha Miyuki dispelled the clone. He then silently replenished the ninja crow's Sharingan genjutsu. This was the reason why he had been able to use Sharingan genjutsu without any loss, as all the Sharingan genjutsu on the ninja crow were Sharingan genjutsu that he had sealed in advance.

Although the patrol was attacked by Sunagakure during the patrol, the patrol mission was still considered completed, and was even upgraded to B-rank.

This was also the only B-level mission the three of them completed in a year.

Just then, Kurenai walked in from outside, bringing bad news to the two who were resting.

"The genin reconnaissance squad next door was also ambushed. In the end, only one person escaped back. The other three genin squads were completely wiped out, and none of them escaped back... Some jonin said that the attack by Sunagakure yesterday was actually to cover up the killing of our genin squad. Lord Orochimaru has already sent many jonin to surround and wipe out those chunin squads."

Uchiha Miyuki didn't feel much about it. Too many genin squads had been killed by Sunagakure's schemes this year, it was just that this time the scale was a bit larger.

After waiting for a while, there was still no sign of Sarutobi Asuma's angry remarks.

This made him look over in surprise.

Sarutobi Asuma sat silently on the ground, completely devoid of his usual passionate enthusiasm.

Kurenai couldn't help but ask with concern.

"Asuma, what's wrong?"

Sarutobi Asuma shook his head.

"nothing."

Uchiha Miyuki knew that Sarutobi Asuma was devastated.

In the previous year, the three of them had not encountered any serious danger. Just from the fact that they completed their first B-rank mission, while the other genin squads in the camp had more than two B-rank mission evaluations every year, it was clear how well they were protected. Only this time did they encounter the enemy head-on.

Although he escaped unharmed, it still made Sarutobi Asuma realize how arrogant and conceited he had been in the past.

This time, they were able to escape almost entirely thanks to the efforts of Uchiha Miyuki.

"Why are you so discouraged? This is nothing, there's still a long road ahead—"

Kurenai Yuhi glared at Miyuki Uchiha, clearly saying: Is that how you comfort someone?!