Waiting

Early the next morning, Uchiha Yue left his camp in high spirits. Clearly, the slaughter from the previous night had done nothing to affect his condition.

That made sense. The assassins who could be dispatched to the border of the Land of Water on such short notice undoubtedly came from ninja villages near its borders. If assassins of that caliber could cause trouble for Uchiha Yue, then he did not deserve to be called an expert with quasi-Kage-level strength.

Moreover, even in assassination techniques alone, Uchiha Yue far surpassed those assassins. Thus, when faced with their attempt on his life the previous night, not only had he remained completely unaffected, he had also used his counter-assassination skills to wipe out every ninja who had come to kill him.

However, when Uchiha Yue stepped outside his tent and saw Uchiha Dust and Uchiha Abandon, the two members of Team "Yue," he noticed that neither of them looked well. That morning, when Uchiha Dust and Uchiha Abandon had seen so many ninja corpses outside Uchiha Yue's camp, they had immediately realized that numerous assassins had come for Uchiha Yue the night before.

At that moment, there was no one else by Uchiha Yue's side. Responsibility for his safety naturally fell upon Uchiha Dust and Uchiha Abandon. Yet, because they had been too careless after the battle, neither of them had expected so many assassins to dare come after Uchiha Yue.

Therefore, upon seeing the assassins' corpses strewn outside Uchiha Yue's camp, Uchiha Dust and Uchiha Abandon feared that he would be angered. They immediately dropped to one knee before him, lowered their heads, and said in unison, "Lord Yue, we are deeply sorry. We failed to protect your safety. It was a dereliction of duty! Please punish us, Lord Yue!"

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