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  "o be so formal. We are brothers, after all," Shisui said.

  " I ask how you're my brother, if you don't mind?" Kaida asked Shisui.

  "Of course, you . My mother and yours were cousins a friends. She was one of the few people who supported your mother during her marriage to your father," Shisui expined.

  "Oh," Kaida said, then fell silent for a moment, deep in thought.

  'Shisui is my brother now. What is this, some kind of cheat greater than the Sharingan? As I remember, Shisui was the stro Uchiha of the younger geion, even ahead of Itachi. He wasn't affected by the Uchiha's curse of hatred. But he died trying to prevent the Uchiha massacre, killed by her than Danzo for his eyes. Should I try to save him? Even though he was my favorite character, is it worth it to ge the future? If I do, my trump card—knowledge of future events—will be pletely lost.'

  Kaida had a serious look on his face while thinking this, and Shisui mistook it as sadness from remembering his parents.

  "Don't worry, little bro. You still have me as your family. Whenever you have any problems, just e and find me. Your brother is super strong, you know!" Shisui said with a smile, flexing his biceps.

  Listening to him, Kaida smiled and decided on his future as but didn't say anything other than, "Yes, Brother," before leaving.

  Kaida returo the training ground. Since he hadn't dispersed his es, all 50 of them were still practig different jutsus. He tinued his training, creating more es during his breaks.

  For three days straight, Kaida kept his Sharingan activated. This slowed down his training slightly since he had to tinuously i chakra into the Sharingan. However, after keeping it active for 72 hours straight, he could feel he was very close to upgrading his Sharingan.

  Any normal Uchiha wouldn't have been able to keep their eyes active for so long like Kaida did, and might have even bled from their eyes. But due to his Senju bloodline, Kaida's body was strohan most ninjas and able to hahe load of the Sharingan.

  Wheime was almost up, Kaida sent some of his es back to his house to cook food and .

  "Hey guys, the time is almost up. Let's go back," Kaida said.

  "Okay, just give me 10 minutes," Ryota said as he stopped rotating.

  "This chakra flow is too difficult. The most I maintain my chakra in the bde is for 1 hour, and that's with the help of a soldier pill. Without it, my chakra would be exhausted within 30 minutes or less," Yomi said.

  "Yomi, you show me how you're practig the chakra flow?"

  Yomi nodded and flowed her chakra into the sword. The sword started releasing lightning, and a yellow aura surrou in a 5 cm radius.

  "You're using too much chakra for this. With just 50% of that amount, you coat your sword. Try to reduce the chakra usage ime."

  While Kaida and Yomi were discussing this, Ryota approached Kaida.

  "It's alright, Sensei. Let's go; we've pleted our training for today. By the way, who was that ninja who came to meet you during training?"

  "Some Uchiha elder wao meet me. It was some bullshit about it being my responsibility to serve the d all. Of course, I de. I also met with Shisui Uchiha. He's my cousin brother and said I ask him for any help," Kaida said.

  "Dude, that's so awesome! Shisui of the Body Flicker is your brother? I heard he's super strong and defeat aire enemy squad alone."

  "Yup," Kaida said.

  "That's great and all, but we go baow? We don't have all day, and I'm hungry," Yomi said.

  "Okay, let's go."

  They went to their ft and ate the food prepared by Kaida's es. After eating, Ryota went back to his home with Kiba, while Kaida and Yomi went to their rooms to get some mueeded sleep.

  …

  Waking up after 24 hours, Kaida and Yomi pleted their m routines, ate breakfast, and headed to the vilge gate where Ryota and Kiba were already waiting.

  "Good m, guys," Ryota said.

  *Bark*

  "Good m to both of you," Kaida said, followed by Yomi.

  "What do you think our mission will be? A bandit extermination or a rescue mission?" Ryota asked.

  "her," Yukihiro said, appearing suddenly using the Wind Instantaneous Movement Jutsu.

  "Good m, Sensei," all three of them said.

  "Good m. Our mission is a B-rank mission. We o escort two members of the civilian cil to the Land of Noodles. There may be an attack from some ninjas, so you guys o stay vigint."

  "Sensei, when will we depart for the mission?" Kaida asked.

  "In two hours. The journey will take a week to get there and another week to return. The pay for this mission is also good—you'll each get 200,000 Ryo. So go and make all the necessary preparations."

  All three of them left to prepare. Each of them had already bought two soldier pills in case of an emergency. They bought some nutrient bars and shuriken and were fully ready to go. With two hours left before the mission, they took a stroll in the area auro the vilge gate before the desigime.

  When they reached the vilge gate, Yukihiro was talking to two old men, both of whom had bloated bellies and obvious greed in their eyes—typical politi types.

  Yukihiro saw them and called out, "Sir, these are my team members. We will be responsible for your safety during the mission."

  Both of them just nodded and didn't say a word. Siheir status was akin to hey didn't want to verse with "low lives."

  The jourarted with two luxury carts, each for one cil member, apanied by two personal servants.

  "We'll follow the same formation as before. Kaida, you'll be in front—always remain vigint. Ryota and Yomi, you'll be on the left and right, and I'll be at the back. Try to handle any problems on your own; I'll assist if necessary, so don't worry," Yukihiro instructed.

  Normally, they wouldn't have been given this mission, but due to a she of ninjas and Team 13's experieh many d B-rank missions, they were chosen. With Yukihiro present, the security was as tight as it could be.

  All three of them took their positions, and the journey began.

  Due to traveling aloh his team, Kaida wasn't used to the slow pace required for this mission. Knowing the distahey had to cover, Kaida wasn't even sure they would reach their destination in a week.

  They could have traveled faster, but sihe elderly cil members wanted fort, the carts had to move at a slower pace, and they even took more breaks than necessary.

  "Sensei, is it really necessary to travel with these carts? 't we just carry them to the Land of Noodles much faster?" Ryota asked.

  "Ryota, this is a diplomatic mission. We 't do that. In such discussions, they have to maintain a certain image to exert pressure or something. I'm not that ied in politics, but even by those standards, they're moving at a snail's pace. But it's not like we force these old men to do anything different, so let's just plete the mission," Yukihiro expined.

  They tiraveling for two days, but when they were resting, Ryota suddenly stood up and ran toward Yukihiro. He should have run toward Kaida and Yomi si was their duty to hahings they could, but if Ryota ran to Yukihiro, it meant there was something they couldn't handle.

  Kaida and Yomi created a shadow e each to follow Ryota and became alert.

  "Sensei, 20 ninjas are approag us," Ryota reported.

  "How far are they?"

  "1 km, and they're moving fast."

  "Follow Pn 1. Kaida, you'll hahe in-level ninjas. Ryota and Yomi, you'll hahe genin-level ninjas. I'll take care of the jonin. Try to stall for as much time as you . I'll finish my fight as quickly as possible and e to your aid," Yukihiro instructed.

  All three of them became quite nervous. Though they had already fought ninjas before, this was the first time their life would be in actual danger, in a Sehis was their actual true fight as a ninja