Jonin, Genius, and No Milk: A Rescue Mission Debacle

"Why? Shouldn't we rescue them together at a time like this?"

Naruto couldn't understand why the big sister who had saved them would want to separate from them now.

Uchiha Mikoto spoke firmly, but her words were gently insistent.

"Kumogakure has countless elite Ninja over there. You three Genin would only be a hindrance. Just stay out of my business."

"Don't look down on us! I've even met the Sage of Six Paths..."

"Even if we're Genin, we can still help," Sasuke said, pulling Naruto, who was about to launch into a boastful rebuttal, to the side. He then calmly gazed at the young woman before him, who was, in essence, his mother.

To think she's only a few years older than us?

Does that mean I haven't even been born in this timeline yet?

No, this can't be real... Moreover, Kage's words earlier were a reminder not to get lost here, right?

"No, I'm a Jonin. I don't need help from you Genin little kids."

Uchiha Mikoto rejected the boy's offer without a second thought. She found it strange that he stared at her, and even called her "Mama".

"Jonin!?" Naruto exclaimed, his face filled with surprise.

This big sister, who didn't seem like a powerful person at all, was actually a Jonin?

"I'm a genius who awakened the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, you know."

To dispel the three boys' doubts, Uchiha Mikoto put on a proud facade and displayed her Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"I'm starting to think that maybe… it's better not to rescue that child," Uchiha Kage suddenly said, uttering words that surprised and puzzled everyone.

"Growing up in Kumogakure might be better than growing up in Konoha, for a member of the Uchiha clan."

"You… you make a good point."

Sasuke didn't understand at first, but he quickly caught on.

Indeed, the Uchiha clan in Konoha was annihilated in the future. If he were to grow up in Kumogakure, he might still be alive.

"What are you two talking about? Let's hurry up and rescue them!"

Naruto couldn't comprehend the thought processes of these two Uchiha at all.

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

How could the bloodline of the Uchiha clan be allowed to spread outside the clan?

Uchiha Mikoto also couldn't understand.

Originally, she had a pretty good impression of this handsome young man, who had silently helped her treat her older sister with the Mystical Palm Technique and quietly helped bury her sister's body. But she never expected that he would say something like that!

This Uchiha is too cold-blooded!

And that Uchiha boy over there is nodding in agreement?

I really saved them for nothing!

This outsider kid is more enthusiastic than them.

"However, if you want to rescue them, we have no choice but to accompany you," Uchiha Kage suddenly shifted his stance.

"I don't need it!" Uchiha Mikoto coldly snorted.

Whether she was truly angry because of his earlier words or not, she had to shake off these three boys now.

She couldn't just save them and then send them back into the dragon's den.

"Don't follow me."

"Wait!"

Seeing that the female ninja was about to leave using the Body Flicker Technique, Uchiha Kage quickly grabbed her wrist.

"To be honest, the three of us don't know where the main force of Konoha is right now. If you leave us here, we'll die soon anyway. It's better to follow you, a Jonin."

Because he knew that she was Uchiha Mikoto, Uchiha Kage could completely guess what she was thinking.

Wasn't she just afraid of implicating the three of them?

However, to be honest, he still felt that it wasn't a bad thing for the Uchiha infant to be captured by Kumogakure.

Of course, he could never convince Uchiha Mikoto of that.

Even if they told her everything.

Since that was the case, they could only choose to help.

"Hey, your hand!"

Although the other party was Kage, whom he trusted, he couldn't just keep holding his mother's hand, could he?

Watching his overly young mother have her wrist grabbed by his companion, Sasuke felt a little strange.

"If I don't hold her, she'll really run away."

Uchiha Kage shrugged, but under Sasuke's intense gaze, he could only let go of her hand.

It's just a wrist. Does he have to be jealous about that?

Could it be that this Sasuke has a mother complex?

"You, are you telling the truth? You guys are also…" Uchiha Mikoto hesitated after hearing Uchiha Kage's words.

So they were lost too?

But… is it really okay to bring them along to rescue my older sister's child?

"That's right, so we have no choice but to act with you now."

Uchiha Kage knew that Sasuke wouldn't leave Uchiha Mikoto right now, and he wouldn't really let Sasuke's mother go to the Kumogakure Ninja Army's main camp alone.

What's more—

[First stage mission 'Survive' completed]

[Second stage mission: Help Uchiha Mikoto rescue the child]

Just now, the Instance sent mission information again.

It seemed that no matter what, they had to rescue that child.

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"Are we going to keep waiting here?"

Although she wasn't very willing, Uchiha Mikoto had no choice but to take care of these three boys.

So they had now sneaked back to the mountain near the Kumogakure camp.

However, to prevent being discovered by the Kumogakure Ninja, they each concealed their presence.

"There's no need to rush. Since they only kidnapped the child, they definitely won't kill them easily. They might even be providing them with good food and drink."

Uchiha Kage observed for a long time with his Sharingan and finally discovered a tent in the center of the Kumogakure camp that seemed to be holding the infant.

But that was the most central area, filled with powerful Chakra everywhere…

Among them, there was one extremely powerful mass that Uchiha Kage couldn't see through at all.

Could it be a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki?

"You…"

I thought that she was the Jonin leading the team?

Why does it feel like she's always being led by this boy?

But what he said does make sense. If the enemies wanted to kill the child, they would have done so already. But since they only kidnapped them, it meant that they would temporarily let the child live.

"Besides, even if we rescue the infant, we don't have any milk to feed them."

Uchiha Kage glanced at Uchiha Mikoto, then subtly indicated her chest.

Although that area was bulging, Uchiha Mikoto was still a young girl and couldn't possibly have any milk to feed the baby.

"I…"

After being stared at by Uchiha Kage's gaze, Uchiha Mikoto's cheeks quickly flushed with a few hints of red.

"But… the Kumogakure Ninja might not have any either…"

"But they can definitely find formula."

Uchiha Kage quickly retracted his gaze from Uchiha Mikoto because Sasuke's somewhat eerie gaze was staring at him from behind again.

Seriously, he didn't have any ulterior motives. Did he have to stare at him like that?

"So we're just going to keep waiting and do nothing?"

"I observed that Iwagakure seems to be unable to hold on any longer, so the Ninja on Kumogakure's side will most likely go to pursue their victory. When that time comes, the rear camp will definitely be empty, and the Kumogakure Ninja, immersed in the joy of victory, will also relax their vigilance a little."

"I see. But how did you see that the Ninja on Iwagakure's side were going to lose?"

You can't see the Battlefield at all. Uchiha Mikoto didn't know what Uchiha Kage was basing his reasoning on.

"Because there are fewer wounded on Kumogakure's side."

Uchiha Kage pointed to the Medical Ninjutsu tents on Kumogakure's side.

Of course, besides that, it was also written like this in the history books compiled by Konoha.

"You're so observant…"

This boy, other than saying that strange thing before, has been performing too perfectly in everything else.

However, how come she has never heard anyone in the Uchiha clan mention such an outstanding boy?

Uchiha Mikoto couldn't help but become more and more curious about Uchiha Kage.

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