Naruto: This Uchiha is too innocent.

In Uchiha Sora's memory, all the ninjas of the Hyuga clan used their palms as weapons.

Because the Byakugan can directly see through the chakra channels flowing within an enemy's body, no weapon is as flexible as the hand. Through the dexterity of the fingers, one can accurately strike the enemy's vital points.

Whether it's interrupting hand seals or cutting off chakra flow, the palm is always more useful than other ninja tools.

Therefore, the Hyuga clan ninjas could be identified as soon as they made a move. This behavior of revealing their identity as soon as they made a move was inconsistent with the Anbu's principle of "concealing identities," so no Hyuga clan members ever joined the Anbu in history.

Uchiha Sora also thought so, until the White Fox made his move just now, he clearly realized that the Hyuga clan disciples would also join the Anbu.

Hmm... how should I put it, he felt a strong sense of unease.

He comes from the Uchiha clan, White Fox comes from the Hyuga clan, and Shinnosuke comes from the Sarutobi clan. In other words, his team consists of members from three of Konoha's top clans.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. The role of the Anbu was essentially to weaken the influence of the clans on Konoha's power. Each member's joining basically had to go through multiple screenings and be assigned to the team that the higher-ups considered most suitable.

The Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan have virtually no chance of becoming teammates, and in their daily work, the Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan cannot even form any relationship.

Looking at the white fox in front of him, Uchiha Sora frowned, somewhat puzzled as to why Shinnosuke had him mentor new recruits and improve his relationship with the Hyuga disciples. It sounded too absurd.

Moreover, looking into the white fox's indifferent eyes, he felt a momentary daze, as if he had seen those eyes somewhere before.

"Why are you staring at me?" After a long silence, the white fox asked expressionlessly, her voice melodious, like snow in winter, sending a chill down one's spine.

Uchiha Sora's brows furrowed even deeper. That voice...

"I'm sure I've heard that voice before..."

It was really difficult for him to remember Hinata Rain based on just one voice, since he only had one meeting with Hinata Rain in his memory.

"Have we met somewhere before?"

Finally, unable to contain his curiosity, he asked Hinata Ame a question.

Upon hearing this, he felt the temperature around him inexplicably drop, whether it was his imagination or not, and his indifferent eyes seemed even colder.

"Tsk."

"Are you just clicking your tongue?"

"no."

"I heard you," Uchiha Sora said with a dark face. He felt that the white fox disliked him even more.

"You've mistaken me for someone else," the white fox said calmly.

"No, we must have met somewhere before," Uchiha Sora said in a deep voice.

It's no wonder he couldn't recall Hyuga Ame for a moment; he had seen far too many people during this time, especially when he was at Kikyo Mountain, where he frequently encountered Hyuga clan ninjas.

"What should we do with the body?" Hinata Ame continued to press on this question, changing the subject and pointing to the corpse of the Hidden Mist ninja.

"Oh, that's easy," Uchiha Sora said casually, then used a powerful fireball to incinerate the corpse.

"Generally speaking, corpses are buried anywhere, but there is no danger around right now, so burning them with fire jutsu is fine. At least there will be no risk of plague."

The raging fire burned fiercely, its intense heat reflecting on Uchiha Sora's face. Hyuga Ame raised her head slightly and silently stared at Uchiha Sora.

"Alright, this mission is now complete. All we need to do is write a report and submit it, and we'll be all set." Uchiha Sora was completely unaware that Hyuga Amane was staring at him.

He stared at the corpse until it was completely burned, then stretched contentedly and said, "Remember the precautions I emphasized during the mission, especially when you're acting alone, be extra careful."

Although Uchiha Sora was full of curiosity about the white fox's origins, he ultimately resisted the urge to ask. After all, he really didn't want to have anything to do with someone of unknown origin.

As Momonosuke said, since Uchiha Kaze's death, Uchiha Sora had closed himself off completely. He deliberately avoided interacting with insignificant strangers, and if he had lived earlier, he might not have even befriended figures like Obito and Rin, whose futures were tragic.

At that moment, Hyuga Ame keenly sensed the subtle distance in Uchiha Sora's tone, and couldn't help but tilt her head slightly, asking, "Going solo? Aren't we partners?"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Sora's body jolted violently, his pupils instantly shrinking to pinpoints. Like a wind-up toy, he quickly turned around, staring directly at Hyuga Ame, and stammered, "Partner? What do you mean by that? Who told you we were partners? I was just demonstrating a mission procedure to you, don't try to pin it on me."

This series of questions came out of his mouth like a barrage of bullets. Even Uchiha Sora himself didn't realize that at this moment, a feeling of...fear was surging deep within him.

"The captain told me that we'll be partners from now on." Hinata Yu frowned, her voice seeming even colder.

"No!" Uchiha Sora blurted out, then immediately realized his lapse in composure and turned away.

After a long while, he turned around and gave Hinata Ame a complicated look.

"Did Shinnosuke tell you that?"

"Um."

Uchiha Sora felt a headache coming on, cursing Shinnosuke in his mind, "Why did that guy give me a fixed partner?! And from the Hyuga clan at that, what's going on in his head?"

Fixed partners are extremely rare in the dark side. As far as he knows, only he and Uzuki Kaze can be called fixed partners.

Although he belongs to the same squad as Shinnosuke and Taka, the squad rarely operates together. Most of the time, it is a solo mission, and the entire squad only works together on important missions.

So when Shinnosuke asked him to become a fixed partner with the white fox, he was not only refusing but also completely bewildered.

Could it be that Shinnosuke wants him to form some kind of bond with the Hyuga clan disciples?

The elite disciples of Konoha's two strongest clans forged a deep friendship, which, in principle, is something the Konoha leadership would absolutely not want to see.

"You despise me?" Hyuga Ame asked calmly, seeing that Uchiha Sora was silent.

"Uh, no, I'm just a little confused," Uchiha Sora replied instinctively.

The next moment, he was stunned, because the white fox took off its mask, revealing its beautiful face.

He stared blankly at that face, frantically searching his memory for that recognizable feature. After a long while,

"Hyuugasame?"

"Um."

"Wait a minute, weren't you a ninja trained solely by the Hyuga clan? How did you end up in the Anbu?"

"I participated in the individual Chunin Exams, and now I am an officially recognized Chunin."

That's not what I meant.

"What does that mean?"

"Um, it's hard to explain in a short time..."