The Fourth Mizukage, Karutagi Yagura, looked back and forth among the senior ninjas, and finally his eyes locked on the new leader of the Snow Clan.

"Ying, the Snow Clan has not only changed its leader, but also completely changed its tactics. You will be in charge of intelligence reconnaissance."

The Snow Clan leader Ying stood up and saluted, then replied respectfully, "Yes, this time I will personally lead the clan members and do my best to complete the mission."

Kuju Yakura was very satisfied with Yu Ying's attitude. Worried about his strength, he warned him, "Be careful and watch out for the enemy's surprise attack and decapitation."

"Thank you for your concern. I will be careful."

Ying is an outlier among the Snow Clan who advocates collectivism and the Hidden Mist Village. To put it bluntly, she is the weasel among the Snow Clan.

During the era of the Third Mizukage, Ying became a subordinate of Karatachi Yagura and received his strong support and help, and possessed considerable influence in the Snow Clan.

Unfortunately, Ying's personal strength is still far from enough. She is not even among the top five in the family and is too far away from the throne of the clan leader. She can only lie dormant and develop silently.

During the civil war in the Hidden Mist Village, he followed the orders of Yagura Karatachi and backstabbed the Snow Clan at a critical moment, killing all the high-ranking officials in one fell swoop, making a huge contribution to the ascension of the Fourth Mizukage.

But the Snow Clan suffered such a disaster that all its elites were wiped out. Even though the new Snow Clan had some skills, even the new clan leader only had the strength of an elite jonin.

The Fourth Mizukage was a little conflicted. Ying was a very good subordinate. He didn't have the little thoughts like Kaguya Yoshi, nor the rebelliousness like Hozuki Oborozuki. But if he were to go and fight against the Konoha ninjas, it would be really worrying.

It turns out that you can't have your cake and eat it too.

After the meeting, Karatachi Yagura asked everyone else to leave, leaving only the Master and Terumi Jonin alone.

He looked at the Master and asked, "How is the research on the Tailed Beast Sealing Technique going?"

The Master's face was full of smiles, and he said happily: "The progress is much better than we imagined. The sealing technique has been designed and is waiting for the experiment."

Goji Yagura said in surprise: "This is great news. Experiment, start the experiment immediately."

"The sooner I can get a useful tailed beast Jinchuriki, the more pressure I'll feel."

"Okay." The Master agreed without any hesitation, and then he added: "The sealing experiment is a physically demanding job. I am old, and my strength has declined too much. I'd better let Terumi Jonin take charge. His Melting Style is very suitable for suppressing the Three-Tails."

Karajima nodded: "Just follow the advice of the master, Terumi Jonin, everything is left to you."

Terumi Jonin replied respectfully, "Yes, I will do my best."

…

Miwa Masayo slept for three whole days before she slowly woke up. She seemed to have changed a lot, but at the same time, nothing seemed to have changed.

Every day, Miwa Masayo would absorb the purple energy from heaven and earth with Uchiha Yu, watch the sunrise, and then disappear for a few hours.

The tabby cat will never miss lunch. In the afternoon, he will meditate with his owner, and in the evening, they will discuss all the problems in their cultivation.

Uchiha You discovered that Miwa Masaya's efficiency in meditation had increased a lot, and the effect of spiritual concentration had also improved greatly. When discussing cultivation issues, he was able to keep up with the pace better.

Although she could not understand the so-called great way, nor could she understand the principles that Uchiha You said, she was unknowingly pushed closer to Uchiha You's path of cultivation, and much closer.

This subtle approach did not change the image of the tabby cat, but her temperament changed quite drastically.

Miwa Masayo has become softer and her personality has become more calm. In short, she has become more fairy-like.

This makes the difference between her and Ninja Cat no longer obvious, but completely different. She is even completely different from the second cat-sage, Maoyou.

Uchiha You knew that this was a normal change in companions.

When ordinary people's married life lasts for a long time, their temperaments will become similar, which is commonly known as the couple's look.

As close companions, when Uchiha Yuu makes greater progress and becomes stronger, especially when the path becomes clearer, Miwa Masaya, as a relatively weaker companion, will unconsciously move closer to him.

This is a good thing at this stage.

Miwa Masayo's path to heaven is still within the scope of the Three Holy Places of the Ninja World. The foundation of the path to heaven is the fairy chakra that is a combination of natural energy and chakra, and it follows the path of chakra.

Uchiha Yu's way of seeing the world clearly distinguishes between natural energy and chakra, with natural energy as the core and chakra as the external use, it follows the path of natural energy.

If Miwa Masaya moves closer to Uchiha Yuu, the common points between them will greatly increase, and the value of their reference to each other will be much greater.

If Uchiha Yu runs too fast in the future and Miwa Masaya can never keep up, this convergence trend will intensify.

In the end, Uchiha Yu will be crossing the river by feeling the stones in front, while Miwa Masaya will be following Uchiha Yu from behind, and the relationship between the two companions will turn into a master-disciple relationship.

Uchiha You smiled when he thought of this. No, Miwa Masayo would not always be chasing after him, and it was even more impossible that he would not be able to catch up with him for a long time.

As a time traveler, Uchiha You is an old monster who has lived for almost 60 years.

As a cat fairy, Miwa Masayo is only four years old and has only been able to gain wisdom for three years.

There is a gap of dozens of times in experience between them, but the tabby cat can absorb knowledge quickly and follows Uchiha You faithfully. It is conceivable how smart she is.

After lunch, the tabby cat took a nap in the shade, while Uchiha You was digging a hole in the yard with his bare hands. He planned to make a small pond, plant some ornamental aquatic plants, and raise a few fish for fun.

For him who had mastered the natural energy of the earth spirit, digging a hole was not too easy. He pointed with his right index finger and used this action to concentrate his will, allowing the natural energy of the earth spirit to permeate the earth.

Suddenly, the ground began to sink according to Uchiha You's will, and quickly became smooth after the shaping was completed. The excess mud automatically rolled into pebbles of varying sizes, and then quickly hardened.

Then, based on the feedback of the natural energy of the earth spirit, two underground channels were also generated underground, directly connecting to the nearby underground river. Soon, clear spring water flowed out along the underground channels.

After the spring water fills the small pond, it flows back to the underground river through another culvert, keeping the water level in the pond stable and ensuring the water is clean.

After doing all this, Uchiha You regretted it again. Such clear spring water can be used as drinking water and should not be directly connected to the fish pond.

So the underground channel that delivers water was moved away from the pool, and a reservoir was added next to it. When the water is full, it will overflow and flow into the small pond, so there is no need to worry about the fish contaminating the drinking water.

He stood up and admired his masterpiece with satisfaction. Before he could feel proud, he saw a leaf floating over from somewhere and fell into the reservoir.

"Tsk, it looks like we need to add a lid."

Uchiha You planned to build a small pavilion, so he left the yard with his hands behind his back to look for suitable wood for building materials.

Logging?

They definitely won't go logging. Freshly cut trees will be deformed during the drying process, and no matter whether they are used to build ships or houses, they will collapse within a month or two.

However, he had already led the Uchiha to cut down a large amount of wood, and piled it up halfway up the mountain to dry naturally. Although most of it was turned into the Uchiha's houses, there was still a lot of wood left.

Now he just had to go and pick out the right wood.

With the end of the physical training and the arrival of summer, the hot afternoons became the Tiger Troops' rest time, and now is the time for everyone to move freely.

Therefore, on the way to the gathering point, Uchiha You met groups of Uchiha people. They were taking advantage of the afternoon break to go hiking together.

Sure enough, a morning of training was not enough to exhaust the physical strength of these young men.

The Uchiha people were shocked when they saw Uchiha You. They subconsciously thought of their past physical training. Everyone was terrified. They quickly stood at attention, greeted him, and then slipped away.

Even the 32-year-old Uchiha Takayuki shuddered subconsciously when he saw Uchiha Yuu, shouted "Hello, Brother Yu", and then ran away.

There is no doubt that the continuous enhanced physical training has left a deep impression on everyone. They are now afraid of being caught by Uchiha You and undergoing another round of enhanced physical training.

Uchiha You was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, because no one cast fearful looks at him, which meant that the first execution for disobeying orders did not affect his status.

Sure enough, Rabbit's approach was correct. As long as the reason was explained clearly, the Uchiha ninjas would not suffer psychological trauma even if it was a public execution.

As for the physical training that they were afraid of, that was just overthinking.

The reason why Uchiha You dared to force the Tiger Corps to train for a few days was because he left a huge mystery for the Hidden Mist Village through Kaguya Noboru, and they would be confused for a few days no matter what.

Now six days have passed, and the threat from the Kirigakure Ninja is increasing rapidly. He dare not use high-intensity training to drain the physical strength of the young men of the Tiger Unit.

When they arrived at the wood storage point, Uchiha You picked out six pieces of wood as thick as his arms, tied them into a bundle and carried them back.

He was just living his daily life, without any tension of war at all.

This is actually quite normal. The wars in the ninja world are not about fighting and killing every day. According to the nature of ninja fighting, only a few encounters will determine life and death. If fierce battles occurred every day, at least hundreds of thousands of ninjas would die in a year.

In the war in the ninja world, the probability of a battle occurring is actually very small.

Take Uchiha You for example. He has been on the battlefield for more than half a year and has experienced four battles in total, one of which was against the Root Ninja.

The peacetime situation of war in the ninja world can only be described in one word: idle.

Unless there is a huge gap in strength between the ninja armies, there will definitely be a confrontation.

The commanders of both sides manipulated the ninja army to infiltrate and launch sneak attacks, constantly squeezing the opponent's control area, destroying the opponent's logistical supply lines, and competing for key nodes on the battlefield.

This confrontation will last for several months until one side is forced to retreat due to the collapse of the situation, and then the confrontation line between the two sides will move hundreds of miles to continue the confrontation.

Unless the side whose situation collapses stops retreating, a real battle will break out between the two sides.

During these confrontations, most ninjas just ate, slept, patrolled and trained on a daily basis, and all the battles combined would not exceed two hundred times.

Among thousands of ninjas, only three or four hundred can participate in a battle. Most of the ninjas have never seen any enemy ninjas before the big battle.

The most they did during the war was patrolling and marching, as well as the extremely mind-numbing guard duties.

However, according to Uchiha Takayuki, this form of war is related to the styles of the commanders on both sides.

The wars commanded by Lord Orochimaru are always fought in a leisurely manner, where the enemy is forced into a dead end and then defeated in an orderly manner. War is naturally fought at such a slow pace.

But some commanders are not like this, the most typical one is Danzo Shimura. In the last war, Uchiha Takayuki had the misfortune to serve under Danzo Shimura.

Danzo's command style was simple and crude, with only one command throughout: attack!

As long as you are a Konoha ninja, as long as you still have a breath, then attack, charge, keep attacking and you will win!

No way.

Uchiha Takayuki smiled bitterly and said, "Under Danzo's command, our casualties quickly exceeded half, and we were only able to hold on thanks to the constant flow of reinforcements from the village."

"At that time, we had to fight enemies every day in that damn place called Rain Country. In the morning, we fought with the Iwagakure ninjas, in the afternoon, we fought with the puppet masters of Sunagakure, and at night, we had to raid the base of the Rain Village."

"It's terrible. Every day, my teammates die in battle. Sometimes, I change teammates twice in one day."

"That time, our Konoha Village was badly damaged. Even the students of the Ninja School graduated early and were all dragged to the battlefield to fight."

"At that time, the ninja school was still a four-year system, and graduates were only ten years old. The result of graduating early was a group of eight or nine-year-old children wielding ninja swords taller than themselves and fighting desperately on the battlefield."

"They are too small. How can they possibly defeat the enemy? Their only value on the battlefield is to consume the enemy's ninja tools and physical strength."

"Too many people died. Too many. From that time on, I no longer believed in the Will of Fire."

Uchiha You shook his head and said, "The Will of Fire says that you should burn yourself to protect your family, that's right."

"The strange phenomenon that Uchiha Takayuki saw was just someone causing trouble."

"Someone burned the young buds that should have been protected, and protected the dry old leaves that should have been burned, just to keep themselves from withering."

As a ninja, no one wants to meet a commander like that, and if they do, they can only wish for the best.

Of course, Shimura Danzo’s evil deeds could not be without consequences. He completely lost the qualifications to command the ninja army and completely became the black glove of the Third Hokage.

Forcing eight or nine-year-old children to graduate early and then almost killing them all on the battlefield dealt a severe blow to the authority of the Third Hokage and even shook his base of civilian ninjas.

Because those who were forced to graduate were the children of ordinary villagers and civilian ninjas, the children of the ninja clan had already graduated early.

In order to restore his image and consolidate his base, Sarutobi Hiruzen did a lot of work, including extending the curriculum of the Ninja School to six years and promising that there would no longer be forced early graduation.

Uchiha Yu was one of the many beneficiaries. He went to school well and graduated at the age of 12. It can be said that he completely avoided the Second Ninja World War.

If he still graduated at the age of ten, he would have caught up with the most intense part of the last war, which were also the battles with the heaviest casualties among Konoha ninjas.

In that case, Uchiha You's fate would change drastically. He would not be a new Jonin of Konoha Village, but a Konoha S-rank rebel ninja famous in the ninja world.

Maybe what Uchiha Shisui would say every day would become: For the honor of my family, I must grow up quickly and eliminate the traitor Uchiha You!

It is also possible that he has become Uchiha Madara's successor, and is scheming against this handsome old ancestor every day, figuring out how to avoid being controlled by Madara, how to kill Madara, and then inherit all his legacy.

He might even become the third member of Akatsuki, steal the leadership of Akatsuki, and prepare to launch a ninja revolution in the ninja world.

In short, he will live a precarious but wonderful life on the run, rather than the comfortable and leisurely life of cultivating immortals like he has now.

Of course, Uchiha You prefers his current life, because it is indeed more comfortable than the life of a defector who has to sleep in the open air, and he also has more choices.

After erecting the pillars and laying the beams, Uchiha You quickly built a small wooden pavilion. The small courtyard with the sound of gurgling water seemed even quieter.

Just as he was discussing with the waking Miwa Masayo what kind of fish to raise, the Tiger Unit ninja on duty brought information about the attack by the Kirigakure ninja.

Uchiha You was even stunned for a moment, and then he laughed and said: "I have only rested for three days, I almost forgot that it is war time now."

Miwa Masayo also scratched his ears and laughed at his poop scooper, saying, "That's because being a hands-off leader is certainly more comfortable than being a soldier, meow."

"It's just that when the time comes, you should also take responsibility for your own actions, meow."

Uchiha You smiled and said, "Haha, yes."

"I can push most of the daily work to Shigenobu, but the only responsibility I can't shirk is leading the Tiger Unit to win the battle. Otherwise, I won't be qualified to be the leader."

Uchiha You stood up, stretched deeply, and said, "Let's go, Lihua-chan."

"In order to continue to enjoy the comfortable life of a hands-off leader, let's go and kill these blind enemies."

But Miwa Masayo didn't give the poop shoveler face. She lay down comfortably on her side, wagging her tail and said, "Go by yourself, meow. I won't attend your meetings. It gives me a headache every time I hear them, meow."

"Once you've decided how to fight, come find me again, meow."

Uchiha You looked at the raccoon cat playing tricks on the floor and could only say lovingly, "Okay, wait for me to summon the spirit."

Uchiha You quickly came to the newly built combat command room. As soon as he walked in, the noisy arguments stopped abruptly, and all the ninjas shouted loudly: "Hello, Brother You!"

These ninjas who served as squadron leaders, team leaders, and intelligence officers were all smiling at this moment. Their previous worries and uncertainties all disappeared after seeing Uchiha Yu.