After delivering the gift, Uchiha Yo arrived at Konoha's gates, where a four-man Uchiha squad was waiting. The members were Uchiha Kuzan, Uchiha Retsu, Uchiha En, and Uchiha Xingye. The four of them would form a temporary team with him, first heading to the Land of Grass to complete a mission, then to the Land of Crafts to forge some weapons.
The reason Uchiha Yo had given his sword to his younger brother, Uchiha Fugaku, was that he had recently discovered the blade could no longer keep up with him. Whenever he infused it with chakra, it did not flow smoothly. He had asked several people, and they all said it was a sign that he needed a new sword. He was gradually getting taller as well, and this blade was starting to feel a little too short.
With the tacit approval of his teacher, Uchiha Ming, he gave the sword to his younger brother, completing a kind of inheritance. But he could not go empty-handed either. He borrowed a sword from his teacher and accepted a letter-delivery mission to the Land of Grass, intending to look for the Kusanagi Sword there. His uncle had traded for this information from Orochimaru, so it should be fairly reliable.
That was how this training squad came to be. As he approached, Uchiha Kuzan walked over and muttered softly, "Everyone's in place." After saying that, he gave him a meaningful wink.
Uchiha Xingye felt terrible all over. His own squad did not even have any members, while everyone else had joined voluntarily. He was the only one who had been forcibly dragged in. He did not know why, but he felt as if he was about to be sold out again. He sighed, hoping this mission would go smoothly.
After exchanging a few