Brats Again

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Stepping out of Konoha Hospital, the lingering smell of disinfectant disappeared, replaced by bright sunshine that warmed and comforted me.

"Hong, that's enough, let's sit down for a bit."

Shunren and Hong arrived at a stone bench, where the latter released him, and the two sat down side by side.

After sitting down, neither of them spoke, simply enjoying the rare tranquility.

After the previous drills and this support mission, the young Kurenai gradually came to understand the cruelty of the ninja world, which overturned her previous ideas.

Shunren, on the other hand, knew the true nature of the ninja world from the very beginning; he was simply experiencing it firsthand.

There were conspiracies from both outside and inside the village, and even the children couldn't escape them.

This reminded Shunren of the Uchiha Clan medical-nin he had met at the Uchiha base during the training exercise. Her name seemed to be Hezi, and she was a member of the Uchiha Outer Branch, just like him. Shunren had once received treatment from Hezi.

Root Anbu's attack on the Uchiha unit, Hezi witnessed the death of her comrades and unexpectedly Sharingan. However, facing certain death, the unit leader Uchiha Fushan, personally gouged out Hezi's eyes. In order to prevent the Sharingan from falling into the wrong hands, he ultimately destroyed his own eyes and died in battle.

Looking back now, Hezi shouldn't have been killed, because the Root Anbu wanted to leave one alive to tell the Uchiha Clan that they were "Sand Ninja" who attacked them.

Shunren was a person who disliked owing favors to others.

Hezi had treated him.

I wonder how the other person is doing now?

Were they properly settled in the Uchiha?

I'll ask around when I have the chance.

Shunren and Hong sat there for a while, but their tranquility was soon broken.

"Hey? Brother Mangshan, look at that kid, doesn't he look like... you know?"

"Can't you speak properly? She has a name, huh? What's her name?"

A mocking, comical sound came from not far away.

Shunren scanned the area with his senses and recognized the leader as Shunren had encountered before when he was training in the back mountains of the Uchiha. His name was Uchiha Mangshan, and the other two were his lackeys.

Another naughty kid...

Why are there so many unruly kids these days?

Shunren immediately lost interest; he had previously adopted an attitude of ignoring it, and he wouldn't change that now.

However, Shunren remained silent, but Hong beside him couldn't sit still. To be honest, Hong was also a mischievous child and couldn't help but like to compete.

"Where did these three brats come from? Did some Genjutsu damage their brains?"

Hong immediately started by indirectly calling them idiots; how could they not become famous after being so arrogant?

"What did you say? You wild child, do you even know who we are?"

Kurenai glanced at the Gunbai on the other's body, her eyes showing no fear whatsoever, and coldly said, "The prestigious Uchiha Clan of Konoha, after seeing them today, are nothing special!"

"You bastard!"

"Wait a minute." Mangshan stopped the two brainless lackeys, looking down at Hong with his head held high, and said indifferently, "Little girl, you recognized us as Uchiha Clan at a glance, but please forgive my poor eyesight, I didn't recognize you, an unknown junior."

"You!" Hong was also furious. At their age, their words and expressions were limited, and their verbal skills were naturally no match for adults. Often, arguments would end after just a few words. Unable to win an argument, Hong, true to her "heroine" nature, rolled up her sleeves and said, "Then, do you want to taste the fists of this nobody?"

Mangshan smiled dismissively.

He then pulled a ninja Forehead Protector from his pocket and slung it over his shoulder. "I'm a ninja, I don't bully children." "Ha, really?" Red raised an eyebrow, also took out a ninja Forehead Protector from her pocket, tied it around her forehead, and retorted, "I'm a ninja too, but I just love teaching those arrogant fools a lesson!"

"What? This wild girl is a ninja too?" Upon seeing the red Forehead Protector, the two lackeys were dumbfounded. They never expected that this girl, who looked younger than them, was actually a ninja.

Mangshan was also taken aback. At 10 years old, he had graduated two years earlier than others and become a Genin, making him a promising member of the Uchiha. He then looked at Kurenai with some suspicion and asked, "Little girl... what's your name?"

"You're only a year older than me, what are you pretending to be a senior for? Besides, we're both Genin now, so what's with this senior-junior talk?" Konoha said coldly, "Yuhi Clan of Kurenai Yuhi!"

"The Yuhi Clan? That Genjutsu family?" Mangshan frowned slightly, but in terms of background, no one could compare to the Uchiha. Therefore, Mangshan still spoke with great confidence, "Little girl, it's always good for a ninja to be humble."

"Don't you find it disgusting to say that?" Hong made no attempt to hide her disgust. "If you have nothing to do, get lost! You're an eyesore!"

Mangshan's eyes turned cold. He was already arrogant, but he hadn't expected to run into the even more fiery Hong today. He immediately got angry and said coldly, "You ignorant little brat, today I'll teach you a lesson on behalf of your Yuhi Clan elders!"

"Hmph! It's not certain who will teach whom a lesson!" Hong retorted without backing down.

There's nothing more to say now.

Hong and Mangshan disliked each other, so they both formed the "Seal of Confrontation".

Mangshan stood still and waved to Hong, signaling her to come over.

Without wasting words, Hong quickly formed hand seals: Chen-You-Wei, "Genjutsu: Mirage Technique!"

Two red phantoms appeared on the field, rushing towards Mangshan.

"Genjutsu?" Mangshan's eyes flashed, and he Hand Seals. "The Yuhi Clan isn't the only renowned family in Konoha skilled in Genjutsu!"

"Genjutsu: Raven!"

Suddenly, a dozen or so crows flew out from the sleeves of Mangshan's hands and began pecking at the red phantom.

"Neither of them moved from the beginning..."

"Idiot, this is Genjutsu battle!"

"Huh? What are we going to do then? This is so boring."

The two lackeys, who were just enjoying watching the show, suddenly turned their gaze to Shunren, who was sitting quietly to the side. They exchanged a glance, both of them able to see the mockery in each other's eyes.

Hey there, you blind kid over there, wanna join the fun?