Familiar Faces

It was understandable that Uchiha Yue Sunagakure would appear within the Land of Wind, since the entire Land of Wind was Sunagakure's territory; it would be strange if Sunagakure ninjas didn't appear within its Land of Wind. However, the fact that a group of ninjas of unknown origin appeared one after another after the Sunagakure ninjas entered the range of Uchiha Yue 'Uchiha Yue Purple Eye was quite perplexing to him.

Because during this period, when Uchiha Yue was in the Land of Land of Wind, he had already encountered two ninja teams of unknown origin.

Firstly, it was the mysterious ninja team that kidnapped Sasori of the Red Sands and took the body of the Third Kazekage.

Secondly, there is the ninja team that is now appearing before Uchiha Yue.

Moreover, what puzzled Uchiha Yue the most was not the appearance of the Sunagakure ninja team followed by the emergence of another ninja team of unknown origin. What truly puzzled Uchiha Yue was that both the Sunagakure ninja team and the newly appeared ninja team of unknown origin seemed to be heading towards the place where Uchiha Yue himself was hiding.

This sensory experience gave Uchiha Yue the illusion that both ninja teams were targeting him.

Immediately afterwards...

Once Uchiha Yue finally found a spot and used his spiritual energy to cover his entire body, making himself undetectable to the sensory ninjas from both teams, he silently began to gather intelligence on them. However, just as Uchiha Yue his Purple Eye to try and understand the situation of the two ninja teams, the Sunagakure ninja team had already arrived at the cave where Uchiha Yue had previously hidden.

As for the mysterious ninja team, they blocked the Sunagakure team's retreat the moment they invaded the cave where Uchiha Yue had previously hidden!

"The melee is about to begin again!"

Seeing the Sunagakure ninja team clashing with the mysterious ninja team, Uchiha Yue narrowed his eyes slightly, fully activating his Purple Eye, and silently thought to himself:

"One thing is clear now: that Sunagakure ninja team's target is indeed me!"

"It seems I still underestimated the quality of the Sunagakure ninjas. After all, as one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages in the Shinobi World, the quality of the Sunagakure ninjas is somewhat beyond my imagination."

"During the period when I couldn't use my Chakra, I probably left some clues within the Land of Wind without realizing it, but those Sunagakure ninjas noticed them."

"So, that Sunagakure ninja team's target was me from the very beginning."

"As for that ninja team of unknown origin, it seems their initial target wasn't me, but rather that Sunagakure ninja team!"

Silently pondering this, Uchiha Yue observed the battle between the two ninja teams while secretly analyzing the identity of the mysterious ninja team. Later, after the Sunagakure ninja team had been fighting the mysterious team for some time, Uchiha Yue's fully activated Purple Eye suddenly detected a strange familiarity between two ninjas in the mysterious team.

After that, Uchiha Yue focused his attention on the two ninjas who felt familiar to him.

Subsequently, Uchiha Yue used his Purple Eye to discern the identities of the two ninjas he recognized!

"The first guy I recognize is covered in water-style Chakra fluctuations; he must be a master of Water Release chakra!"

"Moreover, that ability to turn the physical body into liquid should be the Kekkei Genkai of the Hozuki Clan of Kirigakure!"

"If I'm not mistaken, the first person who feels familiar to me should be Hozuki Mangetsu from Kirigakure, the one I fought in the Land of Water!"

"As for the other guy I'm familiar with, that's even easier to guess!"

"The essence of Chakra Nature Transformation to their ultimate form, coupled with unparalleled skill in using all three ninjutsu..."

"She must be my old rival, Mei Terumi from Kirigakure!"

"So, that mysterious ninja team was actually sent to the Land of Wind by the Kirigakure!"

"Things are getting more and more interesting!"

The details revealed that the mysterious ninja team belonged to Kirigakure (Kirigakure). As a slight smile played on Uchiha Yue's lips, he silently analyzed why Uchiha Yue would send such a team to the Land of Wind Kirigakure fight against the Sunagakure ninjas. At the same time, Uchiha Yue also wondered if Kirigakure had sent two ninja teams to the Land of Wind.

After all, the ninja team that appeared before Uchiha Yue was a team from Kirigakure). Uchiha Madara, who controlled Kirigakure, was very likely to send another team to the Land of Wind —the same team that Uchiha Yue had encountered earlier, the one that kidnapped Sasori of the Red Sands and took the Third Kazekage's body. According to Uchiha Yue's deduction, both teams were frequently dispatched by Kirigakure, and it was even possible that Uchiha Madara had already set his sights on the Land of Wind, preparing to attack Land of Wind. Uchiha Yue was merely there by chance to assassinate the Third Kazekage in order to instigate the Third Shinobi World War Third Kazekage.

Perhaps even Uchiha Madara, who controlled Kirigakure, never imagined that Uchiha Yue would come to the Land of Wind at such a time to assassinate the Third Kazekage.

Of course, there is another possibility: that Uchiha Madara knew that Uchiha Yue was coming to assassinate the Third Kazekage.

If the latter proves to be true, then Uchiha Yue feels he needs to be even more careful. After all, Uchiha Madara Uchiha Yue already woven an intelligence network around him, and if Uchiha Yue isn't vigilant, he might be tricked by Uchiha Madara without even realizing it. However, even if the former proves to be true, Uchiha Yue still needs to be extremely cautious.

Furthermore, Uchiha Yue needs to find out exactly what mission the Kirigakure ninja team, controlled by Uchiha Madara, is sending to the Land of Wind!

Then, when Uchiha Yue wanted to find out why Kirigakure Uchiha Madara, had sent an Uchiha Yue team to the Land of Wind, he secretly considered whether he should join the battle and send a Kirigakure ninja to interrogate him.

And so, they pondered for a full five minutes, a time when even the battle between the Kirigakure ninja team and the Sunagakure ninja team was reaching its climax...

A glint of light flashed in Uchiha Yue's eyes, and he immediately gripped the Fubuki Tachi Uchiha Yue, thinking:

"Ah, my magnanimity has truly changed!"

"This bunch of useless trash makes me hesitate for a moment, what am I hesitating about?"

"Even when I can't use Chakra, I should remain confident and do what I want to do!"

"Now, I'll show those trash from Sunagakure and Kirigakure!"

"What does it mean to kill in the mortal world and escape from the blade?"