"Let's just make the best of this situation then," Uchiha Ryo sighed, bit his finger, and began to form Hand seals. "Summoning jutsu."
The moment his palm touched the ground, the black runes spread out like swimming fish. With a puff of white smoke, a crow, quite large compared to its kin, appeared in the clearing. After scanning the surroundings with its beady black eyes, it flapped its wings and landed leisurely on Ryo's head. "Caw! Just tell me what you want quickly. I'm in a race with Izuna."
Ryo briefly told Sanzu what had happened and then stated his request. "So, I'd like to ask you to go to the mission - handling place and check if there are any missions to the Land of Snow."
However, Sanzu turned to Hiro and laughed mockingly. "Caw, caw, caw! The so - called new genius of the Uchiha clan actually misread the map. Caw, caw, caw! Even a crow like me, less than a year old, wouldn't make such a basic mistake. How embarrassing! Caw, caw, caw!"
Hiro's face darkened. He turned his head away, but in his heart, he was already thinking about investigating who had released these faulty maps after they got back. It was a minor issue to waste time. At most, they could immediately send a message back via a summoned beast to replace them. But it was really annoying to lose face in front of the Senju clan because of a map error.
Thinking of this, the air around Hiro became even more gloomy. Seeing this, Sanzu, who was squatting on Ryo's head, immediately stopped laughing. It pecked Ryo's forehead and said, "Caw, summon me again in an hour. I'll go and ask for you."
With that, Sanzu voluntarily canceled the Summoning Technique and disappeared in a puff of white smoke.
Ryo then raised his hand to pat the dirt on his head and turned to Hiro. "Let's go. First, go to the border of the Land of Snow. Even if there's no mission, it's good to buy some special medicinal herbs and go back."
"Yeah, I won't make such a foolish mistake again. Sorry."
"Well... it doesn't really matter. After all, it's not enough for just the two of us to stir up trouble in the Land of Lightning. Let the situation brew for a while..." Ryo followed Hiro while tapping his staff - sword, a gentle smile on his lips. "If the chaos isn't big enough, we won't be able to hurt those Gitai experts of the Hyuga clan."
Hearing this, Hiro just glanced back at Ryo and then pouted. "That's why I said Akihiko has bad judgment. Why does he have to think you have a good temper? There are so many other people he could think highly of..."
"Haha... indeed, I also think my temper isn't that good," Ryo laughed softly. "If I have to say, maybe the appearance of our clan is quite misleading?"
"Ah, right. There's a Mondai with the Bamboo Carving Book you asked Akihiko to give me last time," Hiro lowered his voice. "The surgical method on it can preserve the pupil power to the maximum extent when removing the eyes. Moreover, the operation is relatively simple and easy to master."
"But it's very likely to cause the person whose eyes are being removed to die after the eyes are taken out. And before death, they'll suffer a great deal because the pupil power is completely drained away, being in a state of hopelessly ill and unbearable suffering... Where did you get this evil thing?"
"Oh, you mean that. It was copied by Akihiko from the clan stele."
Hiro stumbled on his feet, and his voice involuntarily rose. "The stele? The one under the clan's ancestral hall?!"
Uchiha Ryo had no intention of hiding it and nodded gently. "The content of your volume is not too bad. It does seem like something the clan members would do. One of the volumes even details how to kill an important person to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan and then how to kill a brother to get the Eternal Mangekyo."
"Teaching brothers to kill each other?!" Hiro looked extremely disgusted. "Which ancestor left this? A crazy ancestor?!"
Hearing this, a slight smile faded from Ryo's lips. His fingers unconsciously rubbed the handle of his staff - sword. "Yeah, I also really want to know which ancestor left this record... Well, I hope it was left by an ancestor."
The atmosphere among the Uchiha was still relatively good for the moment. On the other hand, the Senju and Uzumaki clan on their way back were not in such a good mood.
"Really, we've been tricked..." Senju She Lin grabbed his hair. "That blind guy was deliberately luring us to the Land of Lightning, right? Definitely, right? What mission? It's all bull!"
Uzumaki Mokudatsu nodded slightly. "Although we don't know what his scheme is, he was indeed leading us to the Land of Lightning... And he offered quite a generous bait."
"So what about you after you go back? Are you really going to tell Brother Yi?" Uzumaki Zhi looked up. "With Brother Yi's personality, he'll definitely stupidly go to the Land of Lightning and wait for someone."
"Yi is very sensitive to battles. Moreover, he's fought against Uchiha Ryo more than once. Not to mention that the rumor that the three clans are carrying out a mission together will spread soon..." Uzumaki Mokudatsu sighed. "It doesn't make sense to hide it from him, does it?"
"How nice it is for your two clans..." Senju Bai Mo let out a long breath. "There aren't any real leaders among the current generation of our Senju clan. It's okay on normal days, but when there's really a problem, no one will submit to anyone else, and it takes a long time to come up with a solution. I just didn't expect that blind... Uchiha Ryo still managed to hold his position even after losing his eyes."
"Indeed, and I don't know how to put it... After losing his eyes, that guy is even more unpredictable than the last time we met." Uzumaki Mokudatsu frowned. "For example, in this mission, when that guy found out that both of our clans were here and he might lose consciousness briefly during the final test, he didn't hesitate at all and chose to retreat.
However, after She Lin provoked him, he adopted a strategy of advancing by retreating and won the Witch's sense of guilt... But what I find most difficult to understand and the most brilliant move is his attitude towards outsiders."
"Ah, yes," Senju She Lin nodded. "It's as if he threw the Uchiha's pride to the dogs."
"But Moku, you should have seen Uchiha Ryo when he still had both eyes, right? Was he also like this at that time?"
Hearing this, Uzumaki Mokudatsu pondered for a moment and then shook his head. "No, he was more aggressive then. Even though he always wore a gentle smile on his face and his words were very kind, he wouldn't conceal his killing intent towards you..."
"To be honest, Uchiha Ryo's Gitai is so straightforward that he doesn't seem like an Uchiha. Instead, he resembles a member of the Hyuga clan more. His preference for close - range sword fighting is also very similar to your clan... Well, in terms of ninjutsu, he has well - inherited the flamboyant style of the Uchiha clan."
"I remember Brother Yi highly regarded Uchiha Ryo..." Uzumaki Zhi yawned. "He said that if he weren't from the Uzumaki clan or Ryo weren't from the Uchiha clan, they would definitely become good friends..."
This immediately attracted the extremely shocked gazes of the two Senju. Senju She Lin even couldn't help but raise his voice a bit. "With that blind guy?!"
Uzumaki Zhi was already used to the Senju people being easily shocked when it came to topics about the Uchiha. He just calmly nodded and said, "Yeah, Brother Yi also said that if they could meet one day without conflict or hostility, he would definitely have a drink and a good chat with him."
Hearing this, Senju She Lin instantly calmed down. "Oh, then it's okay. Anyway, this kind of situation is absolutely impossible."