Friends Should Help Each Other

Chapter 41: Friends Should Help Each Other

This elite chunin named Jiang Yuanzhi realized that he had been discovered by Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina.

He simply stopped hiding his figure, instead crouching low and pushing off the ground with a violent burst of force.

Exploding into motion, he pushed his speed to the limit in an instant, shooting forward like an arrow released from a bow, charging directly toward the three Uchiha.

"Cover me, Hana!"

"Sarina, find your own opening."

Uchiha Hana: "Understood, Lord Shin!"

Uchiha Sarina: "Yes, Lord Shin!"

Uchiha Shin did not flinch at all, immediately signaling Uchiha Hana to join him in a pincer attack against Jiang Yuanzhi.

As for Uchiha Sarina, he would let her act freely.

After all, Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Hana had always fought in coordination.

Adding a third person abruptly would likely disrupt the rhythm of his and Hana's offensive.

Uchiha Hana and Uchiha Shin moved in a straight line, one behind the other.

"Take this..."

"Shadow Leaf Dance: Rush Style!"

Uchiha Hana lowered her center of gravity, utilizing her smaller stature to charge directly in front of Jiang Yuanzhi.

Closing in on him, she suddenly leaped upward, delivering a Strength of a Hundred punch aimed straight at Jiang Yuanzhi's chin.

"Not bad power!"

Jiang Yuanzhi sneered, tilting his head slightly to dodge. Feeling the biting wind of the fist graze his ear, he felt a flicker of surprise.

As expected of the brats from the Uchiha Clan, they certainly had a few tricks up their sleeves.

"But your speed is too slow, and your moves are too rigid..."

"That is why I saw right through you!"

Missing her strike, Uchiha Hana immediately tried to retreat and put some distance between herself and Jiang Yuanzhi.

However, she was fast, but Jiang Yuanzhi was faster.

"Thud!"

Jiang Yuanzhi struck after but arrived first, violently swinging his elbow toward Uchiha Hana's abdomen.

"Oh no!"

Uchiha Hana's heart skipped a beat, and before she could even react...

Her entire body was sent flying by the force of Jiang Yuanzhi's left elbow strike.

"Hmph, die!"

Suspended in mid-air, she had no leverage to escape.

Jiang Yuanzhi followed up his left elbow with his right hand, wielding a kunai as he slashed toward Uchiha Hana's throat.

Am I going to die?

Watching the silver light draw closer and closer, Uchiha Hana felt a moment of daze.

Is this the gap in strength between a genin and an elite chunin?

Uchiha Hana smiled bitterly to herself.

"Hana, duck!"

Just as the silver light was about to slice into Uchiha Hana's neck, she suddenly heard Uchiha Shin's voice from behind.

Out of absolute trust in Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana didn't even think; she immediately tucked her neck and lowered her head.

"Swish, swish!"

Three shuriken grazed Uchiha Hana's scalp, flying over her head and slamming directly into the kunai Jiang Yuanzhi was swinging.

"Hm?"

Feeling his kunai deflected by the three shuriken from the Uchiha brat, a flash of surprise crossed Jiang Yuanzhi's face.

Taking advantage of this opening, Uchiha Hana landed, performed a backward roll, and immediately escaped the range of Jiang Yuanzhi's kunai.

Uchiha Shin had originally intended to coordinate with Uchiha Hana...

He wanted Uchiha Hana to lead the assault so that, under the cover of her movements, he could catch the opponent off guard with his shuriken.

Alas, Uchiha Hana couldn't even block a single move from the enemy and had nearly died.

It seemed he had underestimated the gap between an elite chunin and a genin; the enemy was superior to them in every aspect—strength, speed, technique, and combat experience!

"What?"

"Are you scared already?"

Jiang Yuanzhi watched with a mocking expression as Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina held their short blades and kunai, keeping a safe distance while eyeing him with extreme vigilance.

"The battlefield..."

"Being a ninja..."

"Is not a game for children!"

"Heh!"

"Trash!"

"Since you lot don't dare to make a move, then it's my turn!"

Jiang Yuanzhi surged forward once more, charging toward Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina with a kunai in hand.

"Trash?"

Uchiha Shin knew the opponent was trying to provoke them.

If things were truly as easy as the man claimed, he, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina would have been killed in a single strike long ago.

On the battlefield, it was not just a contest of strength, but also a test of psychological fortitude.

Whoever allowed their emotions to take control first would be the first to reveal a flaw, only to be killed by the enemy seizing the opportunity.

A child's raw power naturally could not compare to an adult's.

However, having trained in the Strength of a Hundred, Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Hana were not inferior to their opponent in terms of physical force.

"Bang!"

Uchiha Sarina, the weakest of the three, was the first to be sent flying by a kick from Jiang Yuanzhi.

"Sarina!"

Seeing Uchiha Sarina kicked away, Uchiha Hana began attacking Jiang Yuanzhi like a madwoman.

"Your strength is decent!"

"But your speed is too slow; if you can't hit your enemy, it's all for nothing!"

Jiang Yuanzhi dodged Uchiha Hana's attacks with ease.

Trash who couldn't even control their own emotions were not worth worrying about!

Jiang Yuanzhi immediately shifted his focus to Uchiha Shin.

Under the full-force taijutsu assault of an elite chunin, Uchiha Shin struggled to keep up.

Although he was not lacking in strength, the opponent's attack speed was simply too fast.

Before he could even launch a move, the man had already shifted his tactics mid-strike!

"Sharingan!"

With no other choice, Uchiha Shin could no longer afford to hide his abilities and hurriedly activated his one-tomoe Sharingan.

Under the kinetic vision captured by the one-tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Shin finally managed to see the opponent's movements clearly.

"Sharingan?"

"To be able to awaken a one-tomoe Sharingan at this age."

"It seems your status within the Uchiha Clan is not simple, you brat!"

"For the sake of the Daimyo, die right here!"

Seeing that Uchiha Shin had activated his Sharingan and was gradually keeping up with the rhythm of the fight...

No, he had to finish this brat off quickly to avoid any complications.

But before dealing with the boy, he had to take care of the girl nearby.

Although Uchiha Hana's attack speed was too slow to hit him, she was able to block strikes for Uchiha Shin!

Several times already, it was because of Uchiha Hana's interference that Jiang Yuanzhi's lethal blows had fallen short.

Thinking this, Jiang Yuanzhi, who was still trading blows with Uchiha Shin, suddenly leaped backward.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Wave!"

As he jumped, Jiang Yuanzhi's hands moved in a blur of seals, and his cheeks puffed out.

A transparent blade of chakra was spat directly from Jiang Yuanzhi's mouth, slicing toward Uchiha Hana.

"This is bad!"

Uchiha Shin's expression shifted; he wanted to save Uchiha Hana, but it was already too late.

"Hana!"

Just as Uchiha Hana was about to be decapitated by the wind-style chakra blade.

"Bang!"

It was Uchiha Sarina who had seized the moment to shove Uchiha Hana out of the way.

The wind-style chakra blade struck Uchiha Sarina squarely in the chest!

"Snap!"

The sound of Uchiha Sarina hitting the ground finally jolted Uchiha Hana, who had just escaped the jaws of death, back to her senses.

"Thud!"

Another heavy sound of something hitting the ground rang out.

It turned out that Jiang Yuanzhi, the elite chunin who had been suppressing Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Hana, and Uchiha Sarina just moments ago, had been instantly dealt with by the elite jonin Uchiha Goichi, who had just arrived on the scene.

As for the captain, Masai Shoichi, and the vice-captain, Okune Daisan, they had already been taken care of by Uchiha Goichi.

That was the only reason Uchiha Goichi had been able to arrive in time.

"Lord Shin, are you alright?"

Uchiha Shin looked at Uchiha Goichi and gave a slight shake of his head.

Uchiha Goichi looked Uchiha Shin up and down; if anything had happened to Uchiha Shin, he truly would not have been able to answer to the clan head.

It was fortunate that he had arrived in time, otherwise, Uchiha Shin and Uchiha Hana might not have survived.

The battle in the canyon ended quickly.

Master Yamashita of the Fire Temple, along with the warrior monks who had come with him, were all taken prisoner.

As for the ninjas of the Senju Clan, Senju Butsuma had actually managed to lead them in a breakout.

Meanwhile, every single member of the Ninja Guard of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had been killed in action.

"Sarina..."

"Why did you save me?"

Uchiha Hana knelt on the ground, looking at Uchiha Sarina—whose chest was soaked in blood—with a face full of tears and regret.

"Heh..."

"I'm beyond saving!"

"That Wind Style attack from before severely damaged my internal organs; I won't survive..."

Uchiha Sarina lay weakly on the ground, forcing a smile onto her face before laboriously reaching out a hand to wipe the tears from Uchiha Hana's face.

"Besides, aren't we friends?"

"Friends should help each other, shouldn't they?"

"Sarina..., you..."