Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

Yun smiled and said, "If you are ready to become a strong person, then as your older brother, I can only support you. However... I hope you can stay true to your beliefs."

This was the first time Yun had affirmed Quan, which surprised Quan.

"Yes, I will try my best!"

Quan nodded, waved, and left home, running outside.

"call……"

Uchiha Yun sighed behind him. "They always have to grow up."

Is Yun worried about Quan?

Her mother's voice sounded from behind, and Yun nodded slightly: "You should know that if the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan wants to become powerful, then their mind must be tempered."

"The deeper the identification with the bond, the greater the power gained when that bond is lost, after receiving and losing love."

"The reason why so many members of the Uchiha clan are so extreme is mostly due to this. The Sharingan is not an exaggeration to call it a cursed power."

Mother Hazuki Uchiha also sighed, then looked at her son and smiled, "No matter what, Izumi has her brother, so there won't be any problems. I've always believed that."

Yun smiled and said, "Yes, everything has changed. Quan's dream is to become a great ninja, so what reason do I, as his older brother, have to stop him?"

"Don't worry, Mother. With me here, Izumi will be in no danger. Although... the pain of growing up is still inevitable."

……

Chapter 136: An Unexpected Event

Three figures darted swiftly through the woods.

The puppy that Inuzuka Hana was with was perched on her shoulder, constantly alert by its sense of smell as it looked ahead.

Night fell quickly, and the group stopped when Hyuga Tokuma, who was at the head of the line, raised his hand.

"Let's rest here tonight. According to the map, if everything goes smoothly, we should be able to reach our destination in another five hours tomorrow."

Inuzuka Hana nodded and patted the puppy's head on her shoulder: "After staying alert for four hours, Rimaru is a little tired too."

Izumi, who was standing to the side, opened his backpack and took out the items he had prepared beforehand.

Tokuma looked at the two of them and said, "The rest time is six hours, and the shift will be changed every two hours, which means that each of us only has four hours of sleep."

Quan nodded: "I'll take care of the first two hours. You and Hana have been keeping an eye on things, so rest first."

Tokuma nodded: "Izumi will guard for two hours first, then I'll take over in the middle, and finally Hana will guard for the last two hours."

As the only male in the team, he naturally took the most tiring spot in the middle. After all, not everyone can fall asleep as soon as their head hits the pillow, and the person assigned to the middle spot would inevitably not have four hours of rest.

At this moment, Inuzuka Hana said, "According to Tokuma's plan, our real test will begin a few hours after we leave the village, but so far, Kumo hasn't even started."

"So, is it safe for the first few hours at night?"

Tokuma scratched his head: "I can't be sure about that, but if it's just about getting a certificate, then this test is too easy for us with Byakugan and Rimaru."

Quan nodded at this moment: "Brother's test should not be simple, but since it was not directly tested by combat, there must be something unusual about this mission."

After thinking for a moment, Inuzuka Hana suggested, "There's a high probability that there won't be any problems in the first hour or two of our rest at night. So, let Rimaru keep watch for the first hour and a half, and divide the six hours into four parts. This will also help us be in better shape tomorrow."

As soon as the words were spoken, Tokuma and Izumi both turned their gazes toward Rimaru, who had already landed and was eating something to replenish his strength.

Hana smiled and said, "Don't underestimate Rimaru. Judging from its sense of smell, although its detection range for anomalies is not as good as Tokuma's when his Byakugan is fully activated, it is definitely better than mine and Izumi's."

In fact, the Inuzuka family's sense of smell is not much worse than a dog's, and the purpose of saying this was to comfort Izumi, who had not yet awakened her Sharingan.

The three quickly agreed to the plan.

So, without lighting a fire, the three of them replenished their energy and quickly rested in the insect-repelling enclosure.

Meanwhile, Rimaru, who was standing nearby, was ordered to keep a close watch on the surrounding movements.

……

An hour and a half later.

Rimaru licked the spring awake, and then Rimaru began to rest.

After rubbing his eyes, Quan opened his senses and remained vigilant about his surroundings.

"Shh..."

Half an hour later, a slight rustling sound came from the woods in the distance.

Izumi suddenly looked in that direction, quickly concealing and withdrawing her chakra senses, and reached out to touch Hyuga Tokuma beside her.

In an instant, Hyuga Tokuma's eyes snapped open. He didn't utter a sound but cautiously looked around. Once he found no enemies, he looked at Izumi with a puzzled expression.

"Is it time yet?"

Quan shook his head slightly and said in a low voice, "Use your white eye to look in that direction. Someone just passed by there, but perhaps their senses are in a different direction, so they didn't notice us."

Without hesitation, Tokuma's eyes instantly blazed with blue energy, and the power of his Byakugan allowed him to see through layers of trees and spot the three people speeding away in the distance.

They're ninjas!

Wait, this headband...

It's Cloud Village!

In an instant, Tokuma withdrew his gaze and directly woke up the flower beside him.

"Izumi woke me up when he noticed the commotion over there. After looking with my Byakugan, I realized they were wearing headbands from Kumogakure."

Hidden in the clouds?

These two words instantly dispelled Hua's drowsiness, even though the war between Konoha and Kumogakure had only ended a little over a year ago.

Could it be that by this time, the other side has recovered from its losses in the war and wants revenge?

and many more!

Hana looked at Tokuma and asked, "Could it be... Yun?"

Tokuma shook his head: "I don't know, because the other party just passed through here. As Izumi just said, it's very likely that the other party's senses weren't focused in this direction, which is why they passed by us without us noticing."

Quan nodded: "Judging from the situation, the other party's target is not us, they are just passing by. However... we cannot rule out the possibility that it was my brother who did it."

Scratching her head, Hua said helplessly, "In that case, we have no choice but to follow them and see."

Izumi hesitated for a moment: "Should we just attack directly? We're just genin, and Tokuma seems to be seeing a three-person team..."

Before she could finish speaking, both Tokuma and Hana understood what Izumi meant.

The three-person team dispatched by the Hidden Cloud Village was a three-person team that had ventured deep into the Land of Fire.

No matter how you look at it, this team cannot be a weakling. If even one of those three is a Jonin, they are no match for them.

but……

"We're just genin, and we don't have any intelligence on the recent actions of the village and Kumogakure."

Hana frowned as she spoke, then looked at Tokuma and asked, "Do you have any news? Like, that Kumogakure has sent an envoy to provide compensation or something?"

Tokuma shook his head: "You know, I'm just an ordinary Hyuga from the branch family. Lord Hizashi may admire me, but he wouldn't discuss Kumogakure's affairs with a genin who just graduated, would he?"

Izumi, who was standing nearby, understood at this point and said, "So, should we follow them to find out their purpose? But... their direction is completely opposite to our mission's destination, so..."

Tokuma shook his head slightly: "The assessment task is no longer important. If the three-person team from Kumogakure was arranged by Kumogakure using the Shadow Clone Technique, then following them is one of the assessment tasks."

"If it wasn't Yun's arrangement, then the fact that the three-person team from Yun Village was still traveling so late after entering the Land of Fire strongly suggests a conspiracy."

"The assessment task is incomparable to the threat that the Hidden Cloud Village poses to the village."

As he spoke, Tokuma looked at Izumi and asked, "Do you have a way to contact the village?"

Izumi shook her head slightly: "No, my brother doesn't like ninja cats, nor does he like Shisui's crows. However, I can contact Itachi."

Itachi?!

The name made Tokuma pause for a moment. Itachi, who was also a classmate in the first year, graduated early but did not have the same reputation as Kumo.

However, in the war against Kumogakure, there were also Itachis with those same eyes, who lived up to their reputation as geniuses.

"Pass the location information of the three-man Cloud Village team to Itachi, and have Itachi try to get the information to the village. As for us... we'll follow them."

Inuzuka Hana's gaze turned serious: "Isn't this... a bit too risky?"

Tokuma shook his head slightly: "Just keep them at a distance. My Byakugan can see their mouths. We need to know their purpose."

At that moment, Quan slapped the ground with his hand, and after a puff of smoke, a kitten appeared on the ground.

The cat paused for a moment upon appearing, then asked when it saw Izumi's headband, "Have you become a ninja, Izumi? Are you on a mission?"

Izumi handed over the scroll she had just written: "Please give this scroll to Itachi. It contains very important information. Please do it as quickly as possible."

The ninja cat glanced at the scroll in front of him but didn't take it. Instead, he looked at Izumi and said, "I can't help you with this mission. Last time... we were given a good warning by your brother, Uchiha Yun. I'm afraid I'll get beaten up."

Izumi was a little embarrassed, so he leaned down and whispered, "What happened before is past. This time, we really have something important to discuss. This information is very important and concerns the safety of Konoha. I promise I won't blame you later."

The ninja cat looked up in confusion: "Really?"

Izumi clasped his hands together and said, "It's absolutely true, please!"

Hesitantly, the ninja cat accepted the scroll, and then a puff of smoke appeared before disappearing from the spot.

"call……"

After exhaling, Izumi looked at her teammates and said, "The location of the summon isn't in Konoha, otherwise we could have sent it to find my brother."

Tokuma smiled and said, "As long as there's a way to send the message back, that's fine. Let's go, we need to catch up too."

After saying that, the three of them headed in the opposite direction from their original destination, which was also the way back to the village.

……

With his eyes bulging with blue energy, Tokuma kept a close eye on the location of the target ahead, while Inuzuka Hana and Uchiha Izumi behind him were also ready for battle at any moment.

The three of them stopped abruptly when Tokuma raised his hand.

Tokuma whispered to Izumi, "They've stopped and are talking. I'll speak, you write it down, and Hana will be on guard."

Quan nodded and quickly took out paper and pen from his backpack.

Hana Inuzuka patted Rimaru on the head and looked around warily.

Then, Tokuma began to mimic the mouth movements of the Cloud Villager he was in sight.