Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 196 Procrastination

The sky was a clear, deep blue, without a single cloud.

Boo!

A clear, melodious cry of an eagle pierced the sky!

"Stop looking, Kurosawa! It's just a hunting eagle, nothing special, nothing to be surprised about!"

"It's the captain!"

He withdrew his gaze from the eagle he had seen in the air and continued to observe the movements around him.

Indeed, I was too nervous. It was just an ordinary eagle, the only special thing about it was that it was holding its prey in its talons.

It's just a black snake!

"Well! It's normal to have some issues when you first go to the battlefield; you'll get used to it!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Seeing that his companion seemed suspicious, Kurosawa's superior, a young Iwa ninja in his early twenties, offered him a few words of comfort.

The other party is still too young. He will probably be better after he has carried out a few battlefield missions.

"Don't be so serious, Kurosawa. You need to learn to relax here, otherwise you'll become very tense~"

Seeing his comrade so inexperienced, the captain of the Iwa ninja began to share some of his mission experience with Kurosawa.

Suddenly, he started rambling on and on!

The two of them were mainly responsible for lookout duty, observing any movement around the stronghold.

This is an incredibly tedious and boring task, and if your teammates also become neurotic, it will be absolutely terrible!

Out of their sight, a group of Konoha ninjas were gathered together, waiting for something.

Not long after, the eagle swooped down from the low sky and dropped its prey.

Then, as if startled, it flapped its wings haphazardly a few times, randomly chose a direction, and flew away.

Extremely anxious!

The prey that it had previously held in the eagle's talons slowly climbed onto an open scroll.

It then disintegrated, turning into a rudimentary map, which was a map of the terrain and buildings inside the stronghold.

"Phew! It seems this reconnaissance operation didn't attract their attention either!"

Uchiha Ryuka, who was standing to the side, breathed a sigh of relief and said.

"This is the fourth time they've conducted aerial reconnaissance! But with Toshiro's preparations, it's normal that they haven't been detected!"

It wasn't just Dragonfire; several of their older team leaders were gathered here, though there were exceptions, such as Uchiha Shisui.

Toshiro brought this genius along!

"You really know a lot, and you're proficient in everything. You're amazing!"

"Shisui can actually talk!"

"You don't need to be envious now. When you're older, I believe you'll be able to learn these things easily!"

To avoid alerting his opponent prematurely, Toshiro had to proceed with extreme caution, afraid of alarming them. He hadn't just used a simple Super Beast Imitation Drawing; he had also controlled an ordinary eagle as cover.

Even so, he still felt it wasn't enough, fearing that those sensory ninjas would detect the chakra fluctuations in his ninjutsu.

They placed some chakra shielding measures on the small snake that was playing the role of prey, and with the eagle providing cover, they managed to deceive the Iwa ninja's detection by layering on top of each other.

I just don't know if any of my other actions caught the other person's attention.

"Yan! Zhe! How's the retreat plan coming along? You know, if this mission goes wrong, we could be wiped out!"

"No problem. Including the ones you prepared, we have three contingency plans in total! This is the limit of what we can do!"

"Um!"

"Chaoxia! Longhuo! How are they doing over there? Are they alright?"

"No problem at all! After three days of rest, you've fully recovered to your best condition!"

It turned out that this was already the third day since Toshiro had arrived at this place. In order to gather more information and minimize casualties, their group did not rush to attack.

Instead, they secretly observed and prepared for three days!

"They didn't give anything away, did they?"

"None" x4

Toshiro was quite satisfied with his teammates' answers. After so many years of battlefield experience, his buddies were no longer the worrisome brats they used to be.

Each one of them became a ninja capable of standing on their own!

Since they stepped onto the battlefield, the brutal wars not only awakened their Sharingan, but also made them strive harder for power because many of their comrades had died before their eyes.

Especially when conducting infiltration operations for extended periods without logistical support, it completely eliminates any remaining flaws in these individuals.

"Captain, I have a question!"

"Hmm! It's about our delaying the mission, isn't it?"

Before the other person could even voice their question, Toshiro interrupted them.

"Yes! The mission requires us to destroy this Iwa ninja stronghold three days in advance, right? Is it really okay for us to postpone the attack like this?"

"So, given our situation, what do you think would have been the outcome if we had attacked this stronghold directly three days ago?"

Putting aside our own casualties, do you think we could successfully complete our mission if we rashly attacked this stronghold without gathering enough intelligence?

Toshiro's actions are still somewhat incomprehensible to him now. With the education he received at the Ninja Academy, he would never do such a thing.

However, he didn't say anything to stop them. He felt that if he didn't ask now, he might not have another chance to ask the other person, so he spoke up!

Instead of answering the other person's question, Toshiro asked the other person a question.

"This... is probably impossible... but shouldn't a ninja's absolute principle be to fulfill their mission?"

"You're still young. As you grow older, I believe you'll gradually understand some things without me having to explain them!"

He didn't offer much explanation for the question about Zhishui, as there was absolutely no need to.

He discovered a problem that was giving him a major headache: most of the ninjas in his clan, especially those who had awakened their Sharingan, had their own set of ways of thinking.

Once they've made up their minds about something, nothing can sway them. The only thing you can do is slowly and gradually influence them.

But at this moment, he didn't have time to engage in verbal sparring. There was nothing wrong with letting the other party gradually understand these things on their own.

He'd never been a 'lecturer,' and he certainly didn't have the ability to fool others. The fact that he managed to avoid being fooled was thanks to his past life.

(End of this chapter)