Chapter 190: Uchiha Kagami
The wind howled as sand swept across the land. The small inn looked utterly insignificant amid the swirling dust…
"Ptoo, ptoo, ptoo!" Hyuga Yizhen stuck out his tongue and spat out all the sand, complaining instinctively, "I never thought I'd end up back in this damned place so soon."
Hearing that, the inn's waiter slammed a cup of tea heavily onto the table with a look of irritation. "You hateful Konoha ninjas—no one invited you here!"
"Hey, how the hell are you talking?" Hyuga Yizhen stood up, ready to teach the waiter a lesson, but Li Jiexuan reached out and stopped him. "Wait. Don't argue with ordinary people."
After saying that, Li Jiexuan turned his head with a gloomy expression. "But we don't seem to have provoked you. Why are you talking about us Konoha ninjas like that?"
"Didn't provoke us?" The waiter slapped the table angrily. "You Konoha are fighting Sunagakure right now—what do you mean you didn't provoke us?"
"But Konoha's ninjas have never massacred the civilians of the Land of Wind." Li Jiexuan frowned. "At most, it's just a war between ninjas. Why are you so angry?"
"Hah…"
Hearing that, the waiter let out a scornful snort. "I don't care if they fight to the death. It'd be even better if all those Sand ninjas died. But those useless idiots lost! And when you lose, you have to pay compensation!"
"Compensation?"
"I heard Konoha is demanding ten billion ryō!" The waiter slammed the table angrily. "How could those ninjas who never do any real work possibly come up with such a huge sum? In the end, won't it all just be added to the taxes of ordinary people like us?"
At that point, Li Jiexuan finally understood. The waiter didn't care whether Sunagakure won or lost. For ordinary people like them, they probably wished every ninja in the world would just die…
"This… might be a breakthrough point!"
With that thought, Li Jiexuan smiled and summoned a small white snake, which immediately bit the waiter's ankle…
One day later, Li Jiexuan and his group of three arrived at the camp of the Konoha allied forces and met the Konoha jōnin stationed there: the elite jōnin of the Uchiha clan—Uchiha Kagami!
"Another famous figure from history!" Li Jiexuan nodded inwardly. Uchiha Kagami might have been the first member of the Uchiha clan to break away from the clan's narrow, insular mindset. It could be said that without him, there would never have been Shisui, who loved Konoha so deeply.
And in that case, there would naturally never have been Itachi, who single-handedly slaughtered the Uchiha clan for the sake of Konoha!
Li Jiexuan held respect for someone like that. However, Uchiha Kagami didn't seem to think very highly of him…
"Captain Li Jiexuan, I've already heard the purpose of your visit this time." Uchiha Kagami frowned with a hint of disgust. "To be frank, I will not cooperate with your actions!"
For someone like Uchiha Kagami, who loved peace, he disliked pointless battles and despised Li Jiexuan's attempt to provoke an even greater war.
Having expected this long ago, Li Jiexuan didn't get angry. He simply smiled and shook his head. "If you let the peace in front of your eyes blind you, then disaster won't be far behind…"
The history of the ninja world was almost entirely defined by the four great ninja wars. For ninjas, brief periods of peace were nothing more than superficial prosperity!
Li Jiexuan and his group decisively turned around and left, walking out of the Konoha allied forces' camp. Hyuga Yizhen frowned worriedly. "Captain Li Jiexuan, if Uchiha Kagami refuses to send troops, what should we do?"
"Taunt them into battle!"
Li Jiexuan gritted his teeth as he said those two words. Since Uchiha Kagami refused to send troops, then he would force Sunagakure to come out of the village and fight!
"Taunt them into battle? What kind of thing is that?"
Hyuga Yizhen and Might Guy looked completely confused…