Friends

Chapter 40: Friends

"Sarina!"

"Clang!"

"Is that you, Hana?"

Uchiha Sarina suddenly heard Uchiha Hana's voice in her ear, and just as she turned her head to look at her...

"Splurt!"

A stream of warm liquid splashed directly onto the right side of her face.

Immediately following that, a shadow flickered before her eyes, and the sound of a heavy object slamming into the ground reached her ears.

The salty, metallic scent radiating from the sticky, warm liquid on her cheek stung her nostrils.

This is the smell of fresh blood!

Uchiha Sarina instinctively touched her right cheek.

"Pull yourself together, Sarina!"

"Now is not the time to let your guard down!"

It turned out that during the heat of the battle, Uchiha Hana had caught a glimpse of Uchiha Sarina's perilous situation out of the corner of her eye.

Although Uchiha Hana disliked Uchiha Sarina—disliked how she tried to get close to Lord Shin—she couldn't just stand by and watch Uchiha Sarina die a miserable death right in front of her. That was her bottom line.

And so, seizing a brief opening, Uchiha Hana had struck to resolve the lethal crisis facing Uchiha Sarina!

No one wanted to die...

Having been saved, Uchiha Sarina scrambled to her feet; after all, they were still on the battlefield.

"Why did you save me?"

Uchiha Sarina took the opportunity to quickly move closer to Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Hana.

The three of them tacitly formed a Swastika Formation and began to fend off the enemy together!

"Even though I hate you getting close to Lord Shin, we're still friends, aren't we?"

"Isn't that what friends do—help each other out?"

Uchiha Hana deflected a kunai aimed at Uchiha Shin's back with her short blade before quickly explaining to the Uchiha Sarina beside her.

Friends, huh?

As Uchiha Sarina coordinated with Uchiha Hana and Uchiha Shin to block the enemy's attacks, she silently savored those words.

So, Hana has always thought of me as a friend...

Thinking of this, Uchiha Sarina suddenly felt a surge of happiness.

"Hana, after this mission is over, let's go play at our secret base again!"

Uchiha Sarina suddenly felt that she had been truly despicable in the past. It was a shame that Hana had always considered her a friend, but fortunately, there was still a chance to make amends.

What the hell!

Uchiha Shin, who had just slit the throat of an enemy genin, heard Uchiha Sarina's words to Uchiha Hana and was immediately struck with alarm.

What kind of nonsense was this?

In a situation like this, she actually dared to raise a flag?

How was this any different from saying, "I'll get married back home after this battle," or "I'll retire after this one last job"?

Stunned, Uchiha Shin immediately pushed his sensory perception to the limit, hoping that this girl wasn't a jinx; otherwise, he and Uchiha Hana were very likely to be dragged down as collateral damage.

However, fate is sometimes truly bizarre...

Perhaps it was because the coordination between Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina was too seamless, and their slaughter of the enemy genin too sharp.

Or perhaps it was because of that unlucky child, Uchiha Sarina, and her jinxing mouth.

At that moment on the battlefield, an elite enemy chunin, having finished off his own opponent, surveyed the overall situation and locked his sights onto the trio of Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina.

In such a short time, these three genin from the Uchiha Clan had already killed six of their genin through their tacit cooperation.

They had to be dealt with.

Taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, the elite enemy chunin crept silently toward the positions of Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina.

This chakra signature?

Just as the elite chunin was about to close in on Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina, Uchiha Shin's sixth sense kicked in, and the hair on his arms stood on end.

With the dynamic vision provided by his one-tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Shin quickly locked onto the elite enemy chunin attempting to sneak up on them.

"Hana, prepare to fight for our lives!"

"Based on the chakra source reaction, the incoming enemy is an elite chunin!"

Upon discovering the target, Uchiha Shin quickly gripped five shuriken in his left hand and shouted a warning to Uchiha Hana behind him.

"Understood, Lord Shin!"

Uchiha Hana's heart sank.

I must protect Lord Shin later, even if it costs me my life!

Uchiha Hana also quickly gripped five shuriken in her left hand, her heart filled with resolve.

"So I've been discovered!"

"Three brats from the Uchiha Clan!"

"It'll just be a little more troublesome!"

"Heh heh!"

Seeing that he had been completely spotted by Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina, the enemy elite chunin no longer bothered to hide his figure.

He immediately surged forward, charging directly toward his targets.

"Swish! Swish!"

Seeing the enemy elite chunin abandon stealth and charge at them, Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina immediately threw their shuriken.

The three of them hoped to use this to blunt the momentum of the enemy elite chunin's attack.

Uchiha Goichi, who had been instructed by Uchiha Tajima to look after Uchiha Shin, caught sight of an enemy elite chunin sneaking toward the trio amidst the chaos of the battlefield out of the corner of his eye.

His heart immediately grew anxious; this was the future young clan head!

"What, is there some big shot from the Uchiha Clan among those three genin?"

Masai Shoichi, who was currently fighting Uchiha Goichi, instantly caught the subtle change in Uchiha Goichi's expression.

Relying on his ninja intuition, he followed Uchiha Goichi's gaze and quickly locked onto Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina.

"You are courting death!"

Hearing Masai Shoichi say this, Uchiha Goichi flew into a rage!

"Wanting to go save your companions? That won't happen!"

"For the sake of the Daimyo, let that big shot from the Uchiha Clan among those three die here!"

"My subordinate will take good care of them!"

"Haha!"

"Trying to shake us off? Don't even think about it!"

Seeing Uchiha Goichi fly into a rage, Masai Shoichi...

He immediately signaled Okune Daisan, the vice-captain who was helping him surround Uchiha Goichi.

Ninjas are trained that no matter the situation on the battlefield, one must not lose their composure.

A momentary panic creates an opening!

And that determines life or death!

Captain Masai Shoichi and Vice-Captain Okune Daisan were both very clear on this...

If Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina were to die at the hands of their elite chunin subordinate, then Uchiha Goichi's heart would inevitably waver.

In other words, as long as their elite chunin subordinate could seize the chance to kill those three Uchiha brats, he and Vice-Captain Okune Daisan would instantly be able to exploit the opening in this troublesome Uchiha fellow.

They would then decide the outcome and seal his fate!

Now, all he and Okune Daisan had to do was avoid the brunt of Uchiha Goichi's attacks and do their best to entangle this troublesome guy in front of them!

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