A Smile Hides a Dagger

Almost the instant Uchiha Yue finished speaking, Uchiha Dust and the other three members of Team Yue fell silent.

For a moment, the air around them seemed to freeze. Upon hearing that the people they might have to fight could be ninjas from their own forces, even Uchiha Dust and the other members of Team Yue—elite Uchiha Clan shinobi accustomed to major situations—were too shocked by Uchiha Yue's words to speak.

After a long while, Uchiha Dust was the first to recover. He turned his gaze toward Uchiha Yue and asked, "Lord Yue, are you... are you sure you're not joking?"

"Do I look like I'm joking with you?"

Hearing Uchiha Dust's words, Uchiha Yue remained expressionless and continued in a grave tone, "If I'm not mistaken, our village's ninja force on the Land of Water front line has already been controlled by enemy shinobi. That is why they never received the intelligence that I was coming to take command, and they don't even know that we are Konoha shinobi. If the person controlling that ninja force learns that the three of us have come, what do you think will happen?"

"The result is that we'll have to face an attack from our own village's ninja force!"

Uchiha Yue's explanation finally made Uchiha Dust and the other three members of Team Yue understand the situation they were facing. Fortunately, Uchiha Dust, Uchiha Tiger, and Uchiha Abandon were all elites of the Uchiha Clan. Even knowing that they were about to face an assault from their own ninja force, after hearing Uchiha Yue's explanation, they were still able to calmly face what lay ahead.

Of course, that was also because Uchiha Dust and the other three members of Team Yue were bound by Uchiha Yue's restrictions.

Otherwise, who would willingly go