Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

but……

Is the reaction speed too slow?

Sure enough, the gap was still too obvious. Even if one could see it, even if one could complete all sixty-four strikes, one was not a motionless target when facing an enemy.

If your reaction speed isn't fast enough, you won't be able to land the Thirty-Two Palms.

The so-called "Eight Trigrams Realm" is only guaranteed to hit when reaction speeds are similar.

"Kid... was that Hyuga's Gentle Fist just now? It uses chakra pathways to sever them, but it has to hit!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the other party charged at him again.

For a time, Tokuma managed to keep up with the situation using his Byakugan's insightful abilities, but he couldn't find an opportunity to retaliate.

……

It's a miracle!

Once again, the defensive reversal turned the tide, but Tokuma was already struggling to even maintain the Byakugan.

"Can't hold on any longer, kid? But for a genin to last this long against me, the name Hyuga is already something to be proud of."

As soon as he finished speaking, while Tokuma was catching his breath, the other party charged at him again.

however……

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, a figure grasped a fist made of rock in his palm. It was an ordinary palm, with nothing special about it.

"Who?!"

The retreating enemy glared at them angrily, then froze in shock.

"How is this possible? How could you still be alive?!"

Yun smiled and said, "Why is it impossible? If you wanted to kill me, the sacrifices of Iwagakure would be more than those for killing the Third Raikage. Would Onoki be willing to do that?"

!!!

The mocking voice from the other side startled him, and he held a kunai horizontally in front of his chest: "What do you mean?!"

Yun shook her head slightly and pressed down on Tokuma, who was about to get up: "You should rest for a while. Although it was meant to be a test, you've already exceeded my expectations in persevering this far."

As he spoke, Yun slowly walked towards his opponent, and three tomoe suddenly appeared in his eyes as he slightly raised his head.

"asshole……"

As she murmured, the illusion that had already struck her caused her to close her eyes.

Yun, who had only just approached him, paused and asked, "Why are you targeting this caravan?"

"Because they possess a power that they shouldn't have, a power that can change the world, a power that they shouldn't have."

What is this power?

"The Stone of Life is a mineral that can instantly heal injuries. We must take control of this power ourselves."

Like myself, did you have other ideas because you knew about the life energy of the Grell Stone?

After a moment's thought, Yun asked, "Where did you get this information?"

The ninja under the illusion replied, "The Book of Grell contains many uses for this ore."

Where is the book?

"do not know."

???

After a short while, Yun even thought that her illusion had failed, but the other party's subsequent reply dispelled her doubts.

"We came across the Book of Grell by chance, and at first we didn't know if it was real or fake, which led to its loss. Later, we learned that a ferret in the caravan had lived for hundreds of years, so we took a new look at the book."

"However... this caravan will not enter the Land of Earth, so in order to test the truth, or rather, to give it a try, we chose to conceal it."

……

Yun understood after hearing this, but she still asked, "Who are you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the creature in the illusion suddenly struggled, its previously closed eyes opening wide, revealing a blood-red color.

"what!!!"

Amidst the roar, Yun's Sharingan detected another type of chakra appearing in this guy's mind.

Is it a cursed seal?

With the appearance of another stream of chakra, the genjutsu was broken.

Before Yun could even be surprised, a surge of chakra suddenly erupted in his head.

"boom!!!"

With a tremendous roar, the man who had just broken the illusion was reduced to nothing but ashes.

The clouds, having shaken off the dust, frowned at this moment.

The rule of the secret service in each village is to leave no corpse behind after a death.

……

Chapter 147: Exposure

"Cough cough cough..."

After the dust settled, Yun looked at Tokuma, who was still coughing, and asked, "Are you alright?"

Tokuma stood up and nodded: "No problem, but the other side seems to regard us as ordinary genin."

At this point, Tokuma looked at the caravan not far away: "Did you take out the other two as well, Master?"

Yun shook her head slightly: "No, the other two enemies were killed by Hua and Quan themselves. I didn't lift a finger."

Without paying any attention to the stunned Tokuma, he returned directly to the caravan.

The caravan, which had been in chaos just moments before, had now been calmed down by old man He Yan.

The moment he saw Yun, before Yun could even ask any questions, he blurted out, "I really don't know why ninjas are targeting us. We're just ordinary traveling merchants!"

"This mission is more difficult, so I'm willing to increase the reward and write to the Hokage to raise the mission's level."

Yun looked at the old man and said, "Sometimes the saying 'old people become wise' is very true."

Before I could say anything, the old man had already explained the whole incident perfectly.

The fact that they were willing to upgrade the mission level and make up the compensation is enough to prove that they were genuinely unaware of this accident.

But he's just an ordinary traveling merchant, haha...

The old man was well aware that the Grell Stone was being targeted. However, he didn't know that the three ninjas had acted covertly, and there might be no future trouble.

If only ordinary Konoha ninjas were present at this moment, perhaps he would return to Konoha and reissue the mission.

But having already learned of Yun's reputation, the old man naturally wouldn't go to such lengths.

"You want us to continue this mission?"

Yun scratched his head and said, "Although I have no objection, this is the first time my students have carried out a mission outside the village, so you need to get their consent."

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately looked at Izumi and Hana, then stared at Tokuma, who had just returned. His intense gaze made the three of them shiver.

……

The previous earth-style technique only pierced the cloud's clone, but the carriage was not damaged. This shows that the opponent's chakra control is very precise.

Yun lay down on the roof of the carriage again, and the caravan set off once more.

"teacher."

Hearing this, Yun, who had been resting with her eyes closed, looked down at Tokuma and asked, "Are you worried?"

Tokuma shook his head slightly: "With the teacher here, both Izumi and the others know that there is no danger to our lives."

"But...am I too weak?"

There were three enemies who attacked the caravan earlier, but after the battlefield was divided, Izumi and Hana quickly ended the battle.

As for myself...

"what……"

Yun, who had just sat up, yawned, rubbed his eyes, and said, "Is it because of the previous battle? But your opponent was the team leader, who was much stronger than the other two."

As he spoke, Yun glanced at the two people resting at the back of the caravan, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Quan's power is not the same as yours, or rather, it is incomparable."

"Awakening the Byakugan requires arduous training, while awakening the Sharingan in the Uchiha clan requires enduring pain. Sometimes, Uchiha who cannot withstand the pain will become mentally unstable."

"The price paid is different, and the power gained is naturally different as well. Izumi has already told you about how she obtained the Sharingan with two tomoe, and the scene in that genjutsu, right?"

Seeing Tokuma nod, Yun continued, "The method of using genjutsu will no longer be effective in further developing Izumi's Sharingan. After experiencing it once, and given that the Sharingan itself has the ability to use genjutsu, it will be useless if it happens again in the future."

"And your Byakugan, with its Gentle Fist that can sever chakra pathways, combined with the 360-degree Byakugan perspective, if your reaction is fast enough, it's not impossible to be invincible within the Eight Trigrams Domain."

After speaking, Tokuma paused for a moment, then asked directly, "Does Master have a method to train me?"

Yun smiled and said, "Do you know why I didn't make a move when we discovered the enemy? Besides testing you, I wanted to see what you were lacking in actual combat."

"Tokuma, the Byakugan is the foundation of Gentle Fist. Since you haven't mastered Bagua Palm yet, what you need is reaction, the reaction to anticipate the enemy's moves. You can anticipate and react to everything you can see in your field of vision."

Anticipating the enemy's moves?

However, you can't predict what will happen if someone rolls their eyes; you still need to rely on your own reaction speed.

Tokuma looked up at Yun: "After we return to the village this time, will you be able to give me special training, teacher?"

Yun nodded: "Don't worry, all three of you have plans."

……

The rest of the journey went smoothly, seemingly consistent with the information obtained under the illusion; the three people from before appeared to have indeed been secretly probing.

Based on my memory of the original story, the traveling caravan never encountered any problems until Naruto was fourteen years old, so it's possible that they escaped this time.

Three days later, having concealed their identities as Konoha ninjas, they escorted the caravan to its destination, and then Kumo led Tokuma and the other two back.