Chapter 114: Simply Living for Immortality

Hearing the system's feedback, Uchiha Gin hurried into the system space within his mind. Upon entering, he discovered that the slot machine on the system chessboard had vanished; that was a tool he had obtained by spending mission points, and now the system had simply eaten it.

Terrified, he quickly turned his head to look at the other side. The Heartsteel chest was still noisily playing its BGM, and when he tried clicking it, the response was normal. Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief; it seemed the Heartsteel chest had not been affected after the system went into standby.

Summarizing the situation simply, it seemed the system had been forced offline by him. From now on, he could no longer obtain points through system missions, but the Heartsteel chest, which was part of the beginner's gift package, had been preserved. Therefore, the 【Backyard Daily Random Skill Refresh】 that had also been opened from the gift package should still exist.

He looked up at the grayed-out system mission log. Only the mission "Save Senju Itama" remained, hanging there all alone. Recalling the system's prompt,

"System entering cooldown. Complete the accumulated mission to unlock."

As Uchiha Gin thought about this, his eyes suddenly lit up. If the mission mentioned here was the first one he had accepted, then as long as he never completed it, the system would never issue any other missions.

A bold speculation emerged in his mind.

As long as he never completed the 【Save Senju Itama】 mission, the system would remain in a crashed state. Future system missions that threatened him with erasure would never appear again, and during this period of system standby, he would remain in his thirty-year-old state until the mission was completed.

But the current situation was that, as long as he wanted to, he could simply never complete it.

I, Uchiha Gin, have achieved immortality by not aging or dying!

An excited Uchiha Gin immediately flipped off the bed and paced back and forth in his bedroom. In the days to come, as long as that brat Senju Itama didn't meet with an accident, not only would he not die, but time itself would not be able to cause him the slightest bit of harm.

Binding the metabolic accelerator to this Senju Itama had been a stroke of blind luck; the bonus of two health points a day was enough to let this brat live until the end of time.

Just as Uchiha Gin was immersed in the joy of immortality, in a dark dungeon, an old man slowly opened his eyes.

The former Dungeon No. 0.

"Wang Liang, my time is running out. Has that fellow Uchiha Tajima still not taken action?"

His gray, lifeless eyes revealed a sense of impending death. Having reached the twilight of his years, Uchiha Yao could feel that his end was near, yet six years had passed, and Uchiha Tajima still showed no intention of acting.

"Uchiha Tajima has been focusing all his energy on his sons these past few years; he has no intention of breaking the seal."

The old jailer, whose eyes glinted with a dark light, stood in a dark corner and replied in a hoarse voice.

"What about Uchiha Gin?"

Recalling his eldest grandson, who hadn't come to visit him in several years, Uchiha Yao said with an indifferent expression.

"That brat spends his days in the dungeon mingling with the prisoners; I don't know what he's thinking."

Wang Liang, who had monitored Uchiha Gin for a period of time, answered. He expressed great confusion regarding Uchiha Gin's behavior of farming steel.

"We cannot drag this out any longer. Bring him to see me."

Uchiha Yao, whose body was reaching its limit, frowned. If he dragged it out any longer, there would be no hope for revenge. He had to drag Uchiha Tajima down with him before he died.

"Yes."

Wang Liang, his eyes filled with an inexplicable emotion, lowered his head and transformed into a puddle of black mud, merging into the shadows on the ground.

"Cousin, what happened?"

Having stayed up all night in excitement and not slept well, Uchiha Gin had huge panda eyes the next day. No sooner had he woken up than he was summoned by Uchiha Tajima, and he arrived at the clan leader's office, yawning incessantly.

"There is a mission. I wanted to ask if you would like to participate."

Holding a document, Uchiha Tajima, now 42 years old, looked up and asked him in an inquiring tone,

"What mission?"

Looking at his cousin, who was already showing signs of aging, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow. These past few years, Uchiha Tajima's heart had been entirely on the brothers Uchiha Madara and his brother; even without using perception, one could see that his energy was far less than before.

"This is the mission content. Take a look."

Taking the document from Uchiha Tajima's hand, Uchiha Gin read it carefully for a while, then looked up and asked in surprise,

"Who is this Wuming?"

Although he knew the person's identity in his heart, he still displayed an appropriate amount of confusion.

Seeing that his expression didn't seem fake, a flash of complex regret crossed Uchiha Tajima's eyes as he began to explain,

"Wuming was once a weapon of war cultivated by our clan. Many years ago, while on a mission, he was ambushed and sealed by people from the Senju and Sarutobi clans, and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since."

Seeing Uchiha Gin's unfamiliar expression, Uchiha Tajima sighed inwardly and continued,

"However, a few years ago, we captured a high-ranking member of the Sarutobi clan and interrogated him to find out the location where Wuming was sealed. But at the time, we were locked in a fierce battle with the Senju clan, so we didn't spend the effort to search for him. However..."

Sipping the clear tea on the table to moisten his throat, Uchiha Tajima's eyes held a hint of joy,

"That fellow Senju Butsuma has actually died of illness. The Senju clan's front lines have shrunk, and they are currently electing a new clan leader. We can take advantage of this gap to search for Wuming and make him a great asset to our clan."

"Who else is participating in this mission?"

Returning the mission document, Uchiha Gin asked curiously. Such an important mission wouldn't just be him going alone, would it?

"Just the two of us will go."

Did Uchiha Tajima trust him that much, to actually take only him to carry out this mission?

"Go and prepare. We leave tomorrow."

After making the arrangements, Uchiha Tajima waved his hand, signaling that he could leave since there was nothing else.

Leaving the clan leader's office, Uchiha Gin saw that it was still early, so he wandered around and arrived at the dungeon where he worked.

"Brother Lu Cha, I'll trouble you today. I'm going to patrol the dungeon."

After checking in at the office and saying this to Uchiha Lu Cha, who was writing furiously at his desk, Uchiha Gin went straight to the cells to switch posts and farm steel.

"This guy..."

Uchiha Lu Cha, with a bitter expression, looked up at Uchiha Gin's leisurely back and sighed. He had truly boarded a pirate ship.

In Dungeon No. 1.

"Your fist technique is powerful and vigorous, and your fist wind is as swift as a roaring tiger and a dragon's chant. I am ashamed to admit I am not your match."

Uchiha Gin revealed a look of trepidation, placing his hand on his chest and panting heavily in a disheveled manner as he praised the person in front of him,

"Huh?"

A prisoner who had just been thrown into the dungeon looked at his own hands in disbelief. When had he awakened natural divine strength, to be able to send this Uchiha clansman, who looked like someone not to be trifled with, flying several meters with one punch?

"Hehe, it worked."

His confidence having skyrocketed, he felt as if he were the protagonist, and he prepared to press his advantage and deliver a fatal blow to this Uchiha clansman. He didn't expect the other party to suddenly laugh happily, then stand up and turn to leave.

"Don't run! Take my divine punch!"

Hearing the commotion behind him, Uchiha Gin seemed to remember something. He was too lazy to even activate his Sharingan, and he turned his head to glance at the bloodthirsty prisoner,

【Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique】

The prisoner who was throwing the punch acted as if his throat had been gripped, and he lay on the ground, struggling in terror.

"Tsk tsk tsk, that curly-haired bastard is acting again to bully the newcomers. What a nasty hobby."

An old prisoner who had been locked up here for a long time watched Uchiha Gin's behavior with cold eyes and said disdainfully.

"Exactly. He comes to mess with people every day; doesn't he get bored?"

A prisoner in another cell echoed. These people had often been used by Uchiha Gin to farm steel, and they were all accustomed to his strange behavior.

Now, the old prisoners didn't fall for his act anymore, making it harder and harder to farm steel; he could only trick newcomers to barely maintain his lifestyle.

In the dungeon corridor, Uchiha Gin, having successfully farmed steel, was humming a little tune and preparing to slip away when he suddenly felt a tightening in his gut, and a familiar voice came from behind him.

"Uchiha Gin, Grandfather wants to see you."

(End of chapter)