Grind is My Ninja Way

"You guys?"

Hearing Seimei's words, Kurosawa thought for a moment, then said, "The higher-ups don't know you're here yet. Until new orders come down, you'll stay here for the time being!"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment before continuing, "It just so happens that I'm also short of people here right now, and it's just right for you to stay and help with the defense."

"Is that so..."

Seimei pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Anyway, they had nowhere to go now, and before the higher-ups gave orders, staying here was a good choice.

Afterwards, the two discussed the allocation of defense zones and other matters. After everything was arranged properly, they parted ways.

Walking out of the command post, Seimei thought for a moment and went straight to the place where his subordinates were temporarily stationed.

Seeing them, Seimei didn't try to hide anything and directly told them about the fall of the forward base.

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

"Captain, is this information true?"

"..."

Hearing his words, everyone was shocked and asked one after another.

For a time, the scene became chaotic.

Seimei frowned slightly and shouted directly, "Quiet!"

Instantly, the scene became silent.

Only then did Seimei elaborate on the information Kurosawa had told him.

Hearing this, these subordinates, one by one, looked dazed, with disbelief still on their faces.

However, no one said anything more.

Seeing this, Seimei didn't say anything more, but just stood quietly aside, giving them time to digest the news.

After a long time, someone asked, "Then Captain, what should we do next?"

"What to do?"

Seimei replied directly, "Until the latest orders from the higher-ups come down, we will stay here and guard, and also take on the security of part of the defense zone."

Then, he explained the agreement he had reached with Kurosawa. As for the specific task arrangements, he left it to them to discuss among themselves.

After doing all this, Seimei stopped caring about these people and was about to leave.

But just as he turned around, he seemed to have thought of something again. He turned his head and said to Uchiha Tetsuka, "Come with me."

Hearing this, Uchiha Tetsuka didn't ask anything and immediately followed.

Soon, the two left the temporary camp.

Seimei didn't stop and quickly arrived at another camp with Uchiha Tetsuka.

There were tents everywhere, with cross marks hanging on them, and medical ninjas in white uniforms walked by from time to time.

From inside the tents, there were also faint groans of pain.

"Seimei, this is..."

Uchiha Tetsuka saw the scene here and asked cautiously.

"Hmm."

Seimei nodded, confirming his guess, and said, "Yes, this is the temporary hospital of the northern defense line."

"As expected!"

Uchiha Tetsuka pondered for a moment, then asked again, "What are we doing here? Did Captain Kurosawa ask you to help treat the wounded?"

"No."

Seimei shook his head and said, "I brought you here to see someone."

"Who?"

Uchiha Tetsuka immediately became interested and asked quickly.

He knew Seimei's personality. He usually seemed easygoing, but in reality, he was very arrogant, and ordinary people couldn't catch his eye.

And now, he actually took the initiative to find someone, it was simply unbelievable.

Seimei heard his question, but didn't answer, just said, "You'll know when you see him."

Seimei walked quickly and soon found a tent.

Before entering this camp, he and Uchiha Tetsuka had already verified their identities, so no one came to question them now.

Seimei paused slightly at the entrance of the tent, giving the people inside some time to react, then lifted the tent and walked in.

He saw a hospital bed placed inside, with a young figure lying on it. His face was pale, and there was an IV drip in his hand.

This appearance clearly showed that he had just suffered a serious injury not long ago.

And the moment he saw this person, Uchiha Tetsuka recognized his identity and said in surprise, "Uchiha Shisui?"

That's right, this person was none other than Uchiha Shisui.

The other party came to this battlefield with him. He was assigned to the forward base, while the other party was arranged at the northern defense line.

Originally, this place was relatively safe, but unfortunately, it was suddenly attacked by Kirigakure. Uchiha Shisui desperately defended the defense line.

During this period, he was heavily targeted by Kirigakure and was seriously injured.

He also got this news from Kurosawa, so he rushed over.

As for why Uchiha Tetsuka knew him?

It was very simple. As one of Konoha's twin stars, the reputation of Uchiha Shisui, another genius ninja of the Uchiha clan, was only slightly inferior to his.

Therefore, as a fellow Uchiha of the same generation, Uchiha Tetsuka naturally recognized him, just as he recognized him.

"Seimei, why are you..."

Uchiha Shisui was a little surprised to see Seimei suddenly arrive and was about to say something when he suddenly heard someone call his name.

So, he looked towards Uchiha Tetsuka and changed his words, "Who is this?"

"Uchiha Tetsuka, we were in the same base before."

Seimei replied lightly.

According to the memories of his previous life, Uchiha Tetsuka and Uchiha Shisui had a good relationship, so Seimei brought him along when he came here.

And after Seimei's introduction, the two formally met, and then Seimei started talking about business with Uchiha Shisui.

The first thing was to exchange information.

Although Kurosawa had roughly explained the situation here to him, Seimei hadn't forgotten that the Kirigakure ninjas who ambushed their support troops had broken through from here.

And in that battle, he had extracted information from Yūhi Rōma's mind that Root ninjas had cooperated in this process.

Therefore, he naturally had a sense of distrust towards Kurosawa.

So, he needed to get more accurate information from Uchiha Shisui. By comparing the two, there wouldn't be any big problems.

Time passed by, and the two talked for more than ten minutes. When Seimei saw that the other party looked a little tired, he stopped.

And after exchanging information, Seimei basically confirmed that there was no big problem with Kurosawa.

Similarly, Uchiha Shisui's serious injury this time was not caused by any external factors, but entirely due to his desperate fighting.

This made Seimei slightly relieved, and he thought to himself, "It seems that Danzo's influence here is not too strong."

At this point, the purpose of his visit today was achieved.

Before leaving, Seimei checked Uchiha Shisui's body again and finally concluded that he was just exhausted and needed to rest.

In this case, medical ninjutsu wouldn't have much effect and might even have a negative impact.

So, he didn't take action.

"Alright, Shisui, we won't disturb you anymore. You have a good rest and try to recover soon."

Seeing that it was about time, Seimei got up and said goodbye.

"Hmm."

Uchiha Shisui raised his head slightly and responded briefly.

Seeing this, Seimei didn't waste any more time and left the tent with Uchiha Tetsuka.

(End of this chapter)