Chapter 56: I'm Burning Up
"But, Captain Jie xuan, these are all just ordinary people!"
Looking at the small village with cooking smoke curling into the air, Hyuga Yizhen couldn't help feeling uneasy…
"Little Jie xuan, I also think this isn't right."
Even Might Guy, who rarely spoke, frowned and softly tried to dissuade him. "This could very well lead to a much bigger conflict."
Uchiha Yuya, on the other hand, stood off to the side, completely indifferent. As a proud member of the Uchiha clan, he couldn't care less about the lives of these civilians. Besides, this was Li Jie xuan's decision—any trouble that came of it had nothing to do with him.
Uchiha Yuya even hoped Li Jie xuan would slaughter the entire village. That way, this detestable guy would be finished for good!
Yamada Xunzhen also stood silently to one side, saying nothing, though from time to time a calculating glint flashed through his eyes…
"Of course not!"
Li Jie xuan tugged at the frog-themed children's outfit he was wearing, curling his lip inwardly with disdain. Killing these civilians wouldn't earn him any rewards anyway—there was no way he'd do something so thankless and exhausting.
"Then why did we come here?"
Seeing Li Jie xuan deny it, everyone grew puzzled. If they weren't going to kill anyone, why go through all this trouble to find a civilian village?
"To set it on fire!"
Li Jie xuan answered decisively!
"..."
The group fell silent.
After a long pause, Hyuga Yizu hesitantly asked, "Is there… really any difference between the two?"
"The former is to vent anger!"
Li Jie xuan grinned, eight pearly white teeth gleaming in the sunlight. "The latter, however, is to lure the snake out of its hole!"
"Lure the snake out of its hole?" Everyone muttered the phrase with strange expressions…
At the border of the Land of Wind—
Wolveshame Village.
A burly man smiled as he pushed open his front door and greeted the widow next door from his doorstep. "Xianglan, what a fine day it is today!"
"Oh?" the widow Li teased. "Brother Wang's feeling bold today. Is Cuilan not at home?"
Widow Li stretched lazily, her full figure luxuriating in the sunlight.
"She's not. That woman headed to the market early this morning!"
Brother Wang chuckled as he rubbed his hands together, his eyes greedily fixed on Widow Li.
"If that's the case, Brother Wang, how about helping me carry some water? The water jars at home are completely dry."
Widow Li smiled sweetly and winked at him. Her willowy waist swayed gently, and her peach-like, rounded hips drew the eye like a magnet.
"What a little seductress!"
Brother Wang felt as if a fire had suddenly ignited inside him—raging fiercely, unstoppable!
In his daze, he even seemed to smell the scent of burning flames!
Suddenly, Widow Li's expression changed. She screamed in terror, "It's on fire! It's on fire!"
"Oh~~, you little seductress!"
Brother Wang grinned, raising his brows with a wicked smile. "I really am completely fired up!"
Widow Li was so anxious that tears nearly spilled from her eyes. She stomped her feet and shouted, "Idiot, your house is on fire!"
"Huh? My house?"
Only then did Brother Wang notice a scorching heat at his back. When he turned around, he saw that more than half the house was already ablaze!
"It's over now!"
Brother Wang stood there dumbly. The fire consuming his house instantly extinguished the fire that had been burning in his heart…
At this moment, Li Jie xuan and his group, hiding in the shadows, instinctively raised their thumbs at Uchiha Yuya. "Nicely done!"
"I just couldn't stand those two and set the fire. It wasn't because of the captain…"
Uchiha Yuya huffed and turned his head away. "The flames of the Uchiha clan aren't meant for this kind of thing."
"We know, we know!"
Everyone nodded repeatedly, signaling their understanding…
After all, Uchiha pride was practically a chronic condition—
the whole world knew it.
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