"Anyway, how about we all calm down first?"
"Yeah, yeah, you two should calm down first," Uzumaki Yi chimed in. "Don't end up getting yourselves hurt while we're okay."
Uchiha Masaki and Uzumaki Yang exchanged a look and both snorted. One hid the scarlet Sharingan in his eyes, and the other retracted the chains that had spread out from his back. However, the hostility between them remained undiminished.
Uzumaki Yi sighed, shook his hand that had gone a bit numb from holding the chains, but then gasped in pain due to the wound being jostled. "Ouch— It hurts... With such sharp sword skills, Uchiha Ryo, you don't seem like an Uchiha at all."
"What are you talking nonsense about?" Uchiha Ryo sheathed his sword, and his brows furrowed involuntarily due to the dull pain from his injuries. "Haven't you seen my Sharingan... By the way, didn't my strike hit your internal organs?"
"Hey, I was lucky. Thanks to that earth wall, I staggered half a step," Uzumaki Yi showed a somewhat smug smile. "I perfectly avoided the vital parts."
Hearing this, Madara, who had silently walked back behind Uchiha Ryo and Uchiha Masaki, couldn't help but glance at him— The guy's internal organs were almost spilling out, and he still dared to say he avoided the vital parts. What a shameless guy.
"What a pity," Uchiha Ryo shook his head slightly, with a somewhat regretful tone. "Rarely do I save my killing move until the end to conserve chakra."
"Hahaha, it seems luck is still on my side!" A green light glowed on Uzumaki Yi's hand, and the terrifying wound on his chest healed at a visible speed under this light. "But Uchiha Ryo is really amazing!
When you cut my hand tendons back then, it took me a long time to recover. But judging from your recovery, you must have started training right after your injuries healed, right? That's really amazing!"
"Haha... After all, I'm really enjoying the battle," Uchiha Ryo's smile grew broader. "And didn't I say? I don't want to lose face in front of my younger brother."
"Speaking of your younger brother..." Uzumaki Yi craned his neck to look at Madara, who looked utterly speechless. "You came to the Land of Lightning this time to deal with the Hyuga clan, didn't you? It's not a good idea to bring your own kid on such a dangerous mission, is it?"
"This situation isn't that dangerous. It's good for him to gain some experience in advance," Uchiha Ryo said with a gentle smile and then turned towards Hashirama. "What about you..."
Uzumaki Yi looked back at Hashirama and smiled. "Well, we're all interested in the Uchiha clan!"
"Interested in the Uchiha clan?" Uchiha Ryo leaned on his staff - sword and slightly raised his eyebrows in the direction of Hashirama. "Are you sure that kid is too...?"
"Sure," Uzumaki Yi also looked in the direction Uchiha Ryo was facing. "Rather, he came to me on his own initiative and asked me to bring him along."
"Oh—?" Uchiha Ryo drawled. "On his own initiative?"
Noticing Uchiha Ryo stroking the hilt of his sword, Uzumaki Yi stepped across and blocked between Uchiha Ryo and Hashirama. "Hey, give me some face. I rarely bring juniors. It'd be hard to explain if he died.
Besides, Uchiha Ryo is also with his younger brother. How about not letting both sides get injured? How about I let you take a bite? You still have to deal with the Hyuga clan later, right?"
"Um... It's really hard to refuse." Uchiha Ryo finally stopped stroking the hilt, but the smile on his lips became a bit mischievous. "But considering how generous I am, exchange some information with me later?"
"No problem!" Uzumaki Yi laughed heartily. "But I'll refuse any information that involves principles!"
"I'm not that thick - skinned." Uchiha Ryo also chuckled. "Compared to that, let me take a bite first?"
Uzumaki Yi rolled up his sleeve and generously showed his arm to Uchiha Ryo. "Come on."
Madara knew that some Uzumaki clan members had special constitutions. Outsiders could absorb their chakra through biting for treatment without forming Hand seals or even getting the person's consent. But at this moment, as he watched Uchiha Ryo bite down on Uzumaki Yi's arm without hesitation, Madara's mind was still in a complete mess.
Leaving aside why the two who were trying to kill each other just now can get along so harmoniously now, just the way Uzumaki Yi instantly released the Sealing Jutsu earlier made Madara reluctant to let such a person get close - not to mention that they were essentially enemies.
"Don't be confused. Uchiha Ryo and I can be regarded as the most familiar strange friends. If I said one move decides the outcome, then it's one move." Uzumaki Yi put down his sleeve, and his smile widened. "But being able to have calm and vigilant trust even in an enemy... Uchiha Ryo, I'm really starting to like you more and more! You always do things that subvert my ideas and I can't learn from you!"
Madara's eyes immediately showed a hint of panic - did this guy even know what he was talking about?!
"Such words that can be easily misunderstood... If I were of the opposite sex, I'd definitely think you're confessing your love, Yi." Uchiha Ryo shook his head helplessly. "Thanks. Thanks to you, I won't be tired even if I have another battle right away."
"That's good! I'd be very disappointed if I couldn't kill Uchiha Ryo with my own hands in the end." Uzumaki Yi laughed heartily. "But Uchiha Ryo, although today's battle is suspended, I still have something to tell you."
"Hmm? What is it?"
The smile on Uzumaki Yi's face faded. "If that was your ultimate jutsu, then the next time we meet on the battlefield, you'll die - at best, you'll end up dying together with me."
"...Ah, I know. I'm not that naive." Uchiha Ryo still smiled faintly. "If I want to go to the battlefield, I need to cultivation my sensory ninjutsu to avoid accidentally hurting my clan members."
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"That's good. After all, I don't want to go to the Underworld for a drink with you as you mentioned," Uzumaki Yi's chest wound had scabbed over and stopped bleeding after a brief treatment. "That wouldn't meet my expectations!"
"But it wouldn't be so bad, would it?" Ling gave a little tilt of his head, and the smile in his voice became even more evident. "It's a really nice thing to have a drink with someone you hit it off with."