Qingye's Little Tricks for Persuasion

"Again, I don't believe I can't hit you!"

Hyuga Himon finished a set of thirty-two palms, taking a deep breath. The veins in the corners of his eyes bulged even more. His stormy Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms had almost created afterimages.

"I'm kindly reminding you, why are you getting so impatient?"

"Enough nonsense!"

Hyuga Himon's swift palm forced Qingye to turn and dodge.

Immediately after, under his Byakugan vision, behind Qingye's translucent figure, a shuriken was rapidly flying from the canopy of the trees behind, its target aimed directly at Qingye's head.

"You want to use your voice to drown out the sound of the shuriken cutting through the air?"

Qingye didn't turn back at all. He shifted slightly, and the shuriken grazed past him.

The attack missed. From the direction the shuriken came from, there was a rustling sound of disturbed leaves.

Clearly, Yūhi Kurenai, who was hidden behind and saw her sneak attack fail, quickly changed her position.

Himon's Byakugan could see Yūhi Kurenai hidden in the leaves of the trees behind. He used Gentle Fist to force himself to turn, thus turning his back to Yūhi Kurenai's direction.

Then Yūhi Kurenai keenly seized the opportunity.

However, it was a pity.

"It might work on a stranger."

Qingye smiled and shook his head, "Unfortunately, I'm too familiar with you, Himon. I know you're not the type to get provoked and just shout randomly in a fight."

"..."

Hyuga Himon panted slightly, his mood complicated.

Seriously, is there a chance he was actually a little angry just now?

Although deliberately shouting was to cooperate with Yūhi Kurenai and interfere with Qingye's hearing.

But his full-power Eight Trigrams Palms were so easily neutralized, and on top of that, he had to endure Qingye's continuous trash talk!

And what he said was so soul-crushing!

Who wouldn't get high blood pressure hearing that!

"Again!"

Hyuga Himon adjusted his breathing, calmed his emotions, and continued to launch Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms towards Qingye.

However, although his state of mind was much calmer this time, his stamina rapidly declined due to the continuous high-speed attacks. He could only watch helplessly as Qingye casually batted away his attacks with one hand.

"This is it!"

Forcing Qingye to dodge and change position with all his might, Hyuga Himon suddenly leaped backward.

At this moment, behind Qingye, under the sunlight, two silver threads faintly reflected.

Simultaneously, a kunai shot towards Qingye's front, and a silver thread behind faintly glinted with metallic luster.

"Gotcha!"

Yūhi Kurenai, holding a steel wire, appeared directly from the right.

She had already set up steel wires in the position behind Qingye to restrict his movement.

Combined with the steel wire on the kunai just now, Qingye's movement space was now sealed off by her!

"Friendly reminder, don't use steel wires on us Uchiha."

Qingye's right hand directly caught the kunai, and he turned his head towards Yūhi Kurenai's direction on the right.

Buzz!

His Sharingan focused, and genjutsu activated!

Immediately after, Qingye's right hand holding the kunai quickly formed several hand seals.

"Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique!"

A fire dragon spewed from Qingye's mouth, following the steel wire on the kunai, rapidly spreading towards Yūhi Kurenai's direction!

Trapped in the genjutsu, her body stiffened for a few seconds before Yūhi Kurenai finally broke free. She quickly dropped the steel wire in her hand and nimbly dodged the oncoming flames.

"...I lost."

Yūhi Kurenai landed on the ground, saying unwillingly.

On the other side, Hyuga Himon also gave up struggling.

He had expended too much stamina, and Kurenai, who had been hiding in the shadows attempting a sneak attack, had also been forced out.

There was no point in continuing.

"The gap is really this big..."

Hyuga Himon couldn't help but feel a wave of frustration.

Facing Qingye, who was still injured, not only did the opponent not perform any large movements like jumping or dodging, but he had also only used one hand the entire time!

Together, the two of them, him and Kurenai, were completely outmatched.

Was the gap between him and Kakashi when they were in the Ninja Academy this big?

"Losing is losing, but hey, Qingye! Didn't you say you wouldn't use genjutsu just now?"

Yūhi Kurenai rolled her eyes.

If she hadn't fallen for Qingye's genjutsu, she would have had a chance to escape and hide.

Qingye spread his hands. "I said I wouldn't use genjutsu on Himon, I didn't say I wouldn't use it on you, Kurenai."

Yūhi Kurenai thought back, and it seemed that was indeed the case...

"But Kurenai, your tactics were really good, and you didn't waste any chakra using genjutsu on me, so you deserve praise," Qingye nodded and complimented.

"I'm not that stupid!"

Yūhi Kurenai retorted grumpily.

Using genjutsu on a three-tomoe Uchiha, even her father wouldn't be able to do anything.

"But isn't your Uchiha clan a bit too unfair? Genjutsu is basically useless against you, and you're also the best at ninja tools, wire, and shurikenjutsu."

"And taijutsu too, in terms of close-combat insight, the three-tomoe Sharingan seems to be more useful than our Hyuga's Byakugan."

Damn it!

Aren't the Byakugan and Sharingan considered one of the three great dōjutsu kekkei genkai!

"And also, Qingye, you were using hand seals with one hand just now, weren't you?"

Yūhi Kurenai stared at Qingye's left arm, which was still in a cast.

When did he learn that?

Qingye shook his head. "I can barely manage it, and I'm still very unskillful."

He could only barely use C-rank fire jutsu like the Dragon Fire Technique, and his hand seal speed was also very slow.

After a round of sparring, Yūhi Kurenai and Hyuga Himon had witnessed Qingye's strength, and they no longer had any objections to the subsequent arrangements.

Qingye was also very satisfied with their strength and tactical coordination.

After setting the plan for the next few days, Qingye suddenly thought of something and added, "Oh right, try to use all your mission rewards to apply for Explosive Tags. This way, you can at least save your lives when facing a Jonin."

This was his crucial life-saving experience from two and a half years on the front lines.

With Yūhi Kurenai and Hyuga Himon's strength, they wouldn't need many Explosive Tags to deal with Chunin.

But if they encountered a Jonin, they would probably have to throw Explosive Tags like crazy to survive.

"Use it all? Aren't you going to save some money?"

Hyuga Himon was confused.

Qingye retorted grumpily, "Worry about saving money after you can safely survive the war!"

"That's true..." Hyuga Himon was still a little hesitant.

Mission rewards during wartime were given by the village, and there was no village cut.

Calculated this way, one could save quite a bit of money by completing missions during wartime.

"Speaking of which, Himon, I remember you're an orphan like me, right?"

Qingye's eyes darted, and he said with a chuckle.

Hyuga Himon: "..."

Was this something to be said with a smile?

If he didn't know Qingye was also an orphan, he would have thought the other party was mocking him.

Qingye patted Hyuga Himon's shoulder with a grin and said, "Then think about it, if you save a pile of money and then die on the battlefield, what happens to your money? Who will you leave it to spend?"

"You know, the most painful thing in life is when you die, but your money is unspent!"

"And for you, the branch family of the Hyuga, the most painful thing is dying, and then having the money you worked so hard to earn taken back by the main family to spend."

Hyuga Himon's breath hitched.

Damn, why does that sound so reasonable!