Chapter 53: The Hyuga Clan Rolls Their Eyes
Dawn arrived. Gentle sunlight pierced the darkness, casting mottled patches of light through the trees outside Konoha...
"Wasn't this where we were supposed to gather? Why hasn't he shown up yet?"
The sinister single-tomoe Sharingan slowly rotated. Uchiha Yuya stood there like a peacock spreading its feathers, proudly displaying his Sharingan. "That guy wouldn't seriously think a mere chunin can bully the great Uchiha like this, would he?"
"When he gets here, I'll make sure to teach him a proper lesson!"
Uchiha Yuya felt an inexplicable hostility toward the team leader he had never met. Why should you be the leader, instead of me, a genius of the Uchiha clan?
Hyuga Yizhen, standing beside him, didn't respond. What had happened a few days earlier had already taught him what humility was.
Seeing that Hyuga Yizhen ignored him, Uchiha Yuya curled his lip in disdain. Coward...
Though both were great clans of Konoha, the Uchiha still looked down on the Hyuga. This contempt was like people from one major city sneering at those from another—it was pride rooted deep in their bones...
Besides the two of them, there was also a bespectacled man carrying a medical kit who stood quietly to the side, silent from beginning to end.
"How boring..."
Uchiha Yuya clicked his tongue impatiently. Just then, movement finally came from within the forest...
Might Guy strode in, wearing his purple jumpsuit, posture straight as a rod.
"You're the team leader?"
Uchiha Yuya was the first to lash out. He rushed forward, grabbed Might Guy by the collar, and shouted, "Don't think being a chunin makes you so amazing. In the Uchiha clan—"
"N-no, I'm not the leader."
Might Guy waved his hands repeatedly in denial. After all, he was a career genin...
"You're not the leader?"
Having made a scene over nothing, Uchiha Yuya showed not the slightest hint of apology. Instead, he glanced around suspiciously and angrily grabbed Might Guy by the collar again. "Stop playing dumb! If it's not you, then who else is here?"
"I'm right here!"
Li Jie xuan helplessly curled his lip. Being short really did make one's presence feel negligible.
"You're the leader?"
Uchiha Yuya's gaze slowly moved downward. When he finally saw Li Jie xuan, he clutched his stomach and burst into laughter. "Whose brat is this? Go home, kid. This isn't a place for little kids."
"Jie xuan, are you our team leader?"
Hyuga Yizhen's eyes lit up with excitement. No one knew Li Jie xuan's strength better than he did. If Li Jie xuan were leading them, the team would be far safer than with an ordinary leader.
"Hey, wait—do you know him?"
Uchiha Yuya stared in shock, but not a single person paid him any attention.
"Call me Captain."
Li Jie xuan shrugged expressionlessly. These guys were still too green—seriously in need of some training...
"Captain, I'm Yamada Xunzhen."
The medical ninja introduced himself, which gave Li Jie xuan a small surprise. At least this one looked like someone he could communicate with. But that single action completely enraged Uchiha Yuya.
When I talk, you all pretend to be mute. The moment this brat speaks, you start licking his boots nonstop?
Aren't you supposed to be licking me? I have the Sharingan!
"Hey, have you all lost your minds? You're really going to let this little brat be the captain?"
Uchiha Yuya roared at the top of his lungs, but once again, no one paid him any attention...
"I don't accept this! I challenge you!"
Ever since awakening the Sharingan, he had never endured such humiliation. Jealousy completely consumed Uchiha Yuya. Drawing his kunai, he pointed it arrogantly at Li Jie xuan. "I don't think you're qualified to be captain at all!"
Before Li Jie xuan could say anything...
"I'd advise you to save your strength..."
Hyuga Yizhen rolled his pale Byakugan eyes. "Staying alive is better than anything else!"
This was Hyuga Yizhen's heartfelt advice.
But to Uchiha Yuya, it was nothing but pouring oil on the fire...
"I challenge you!"
Uchiha Yuya roared and charged at Li Jie xuan. But before he could even take two steps—
"Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu!"
Uchiha Yuya was yanked straight into the ground. Only his bewildered head remained above the surface, swiveling left and right, as if he still hadn't figured out what had happened.
"As expected..."
Hyuga Yizhen covered his face in exasperation. Anyone who underestimated Li Jie xuan because of his age would inevitably pay a heavy price.
"Why? Why didn't my Sharingan see anything?"
Uchiha Yuya couldn't accept his crushing defeat and shouted in rage.
"Stuff his mouth!"
Might Guy didn't hesitate at all—he pulled off his sock and shoved it straight into Uchiha Yuya's mouth.
"Why are people from the Uchiha clan always this stupid?"
Li Jie xuan shook his head helplessly. "Then again, if they weren't stupid, they wouldn't have managed to wipe out their own clan..."
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