Chapter 143: The Girl's Preferences Are Hard to Say

"You idiot, retreat first!"

"You charcoal-headed thing, don't you dare order me around!"

Because of their disagreement, the blackened duo was currently arguing incessantly. The filial son who had been "developing" in the shadows for thousands of years subconsciously wanted to choose retreat—after all, as long as the green hills remain, one needn't worry about firewood—but the blackened Uchiha Tian Dao, trapped by his obsession, was single-mindedly intent on taking Uchiha Gin's life.

"Gin, it seems the Clan Head is arguing with that black thing on his body?"

The gentle and quiet girl tugged at her cloak with some shyness; she hadn't paid attention while fighting just now.

Only now did she remember that she was wearing nothing under her cloak. Her pair of fair, tender little feet paced back and forth in slight distress, her crystal-clear toes, like silkworms, awkwardly curling against the turf on the ground.

"Since they are fighting amongst themselves, let's take the initiative."

Glancing at the girl's bare feet under the cloak, Uchiha Gin, with eyes as clear as a saint, looked at his nose and kept his heart calm, as if he were oblivious to such beautiful scenery. Without too much hesitation, he said solemnly,

"Watch my signal later."

Winking at the girl, Uchiha Gin prepared to rely on his three "tank" items to go pull the aggro and create an opportunity for the girl behind him.

"Hey, grandson!"

"Mm-mm-mm, Gin just winked at me. What do I do? Should I prepare a white wedding kimono?"

Holding her face, the girl flushed red. Just because of one action from Uchiha Gin, her imagination ran wild, and she mentally scripted a grand emotional drama.

"Guang! Where are you?"

Having successfully taunted the monster, Uchiha Gin ran wildly, followed by Uchiha Tian Dao, whose eyes were glowing red.

He had just carefully approached the blackened uncle, intending to throw a couple of ninjutsu to attract his attention, but he hadn't expected that as soon as he showed his face, the other party would ignore the filial son's dissuasion and charge at him with a bloodthirsty look, scaring the curly-haired guy into running for his life.

"Don't be afraid, hide behind me!"

A beauty saving a hero; the girl flashed in front of the fleeing Uchiha Gin. With an unhappy expression, she looked at the Uchiha Tian Dao controlled by the dark personality. The bewitching patterns in her eyes rotated slightly, and a majestic ocular power poured out, striking the crazed blackened uncle directly.

【Genjutsu: Tsukuyomi】

Uchiha Tian Dao, who had a fierce look on his face a second ago, stood blankly in place the next moment, the dark aura on his body slowly weakening.

"This idiot!"

The black filial son attached to him cursed inwardly. This kind of dark personality was truly hard to control and too mentally unstable; he must never easily possess anyone again. In the current situation, slipping away was the best policy, to lie dormant and continue waiting for the next pair of Mangekyo to appear.

"Gin, that guy is going to run!"

The heartless filial son immediately detached from Uchiha Tian Dao, turned into a puddle of black mud, and quickly merged into the ground.

The girl, who had just finished casting Tsukuyomi, had sharp eyes and saw the pitch-black guy trying to escape, so she hurriedly reported it to Uchiha Gin behind her.

"Forget it, we can't catch that guy; he's as slippery as a loach."

Uchiha Gin frowned, looking at the filial son who had abandoned the blackened uncle to flee alone, and couldn't help but mutter in his heart,

"I'm not an ordinary person; I can't just grab Black Zetsu."

【Sigu mu kai ai wu ci jiong bi you~】

He hurriedly shook his head to dispel the strange "half-sugar" voice in his mind.

"How is Uncle doing with his self-reflection inside? Has he turned over a new leaf?"

Logically speaking, the flow of time inside Tsukuyomi is different from the outside. Although only a few minutes had passed outside, his dear uncle didn't know how long he had been tortured inside, and he didn't know if his elderly self could handle it.

Hope he's alright!

Uchiha Gin pressed his palms together and silently prayed for his uncle for a second.

"It's very strange. There are two Clan Heads inside. I didn't know what to do, so I hung both of them up."

The girl showed a troubled expression. She had originally gone into the Tsukuyomi space excitedly to pick up a firewood blade, but she didn't expect the Uchiha Tian Dao inside to have split into two people, leaving her indecisive and in a dilemma.

"Can I go in and take a look?"

It seems Uncle's situation is the same as Uchiha Yao's; once pulled into Tsukuyomi, the two personalities split apart. He was also very curious about what state his uncle was in now.

"You can, hold my hand."

The girl's eyes rolled, and she solemnly extended her fair little hand, signaling Uchiha Gin to place his on it.

Without suspicion, Uchiha Gin naturally covered the girl's soft hand with his own large one, waiting for her to open the door for him.

Tsk, so smooth, but why is it shaking so much?

Remembering that the girl was only wearing a mercury cloak, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but blame himself for not adding another layer of clothing for her in such cold weather.

Suddenly grabbed by Uchiha Gin's warm, large hand, a blush flashed across the girl's face. She tried hard to calm the distracting thoughts in her heart before she could control her trembling hand, and her eyes radiated deep ocular power to surround them both.

The scene before them shifted again. The familiar feeling returned. He looked up at the "slightly" different girl-exclusive Tsukuyomi space compared to his own.

Uchiha Gin's teeth felt a bit sour. He forcibly suppressed his twitching eye corner, looked at the two uncles hanging high in the space, and said with a hint of unnaturalness,

"Guang, this Tsukuyomi space of yours is quite... unique."

Tilting his head, having thought for a long time without knowing how to evaluate the girl's Tsukuyomi space, Uchiha Gin could only describe it as unique.

"Isn't it nice? Look, look, this torture device is called the Iron Maiden; it hides many senbon inside. If you lock someone in, hehehe, and there's this wooden donkey. Don't underestimate this stick; it can grow or shrink according to my thoughts, and it can even grow barbs and drills! And this..."

Watching the excited girl introduce the hundreds of strange torture devices placed in the space as if they were her own treasures, Uchiha Gin felt a chill from his head to his soles. He never expected that someone as "thick-browed and big-eyed" as Guang would actually like this kind of stuff. He must never offend her in the future.

"Let's check on Uncle first!"

The shivering Uchiha Gin hurriedly stopped the enthusiastic girl, indicating that business was more important.

"Alright, I'll introduce them to you slowly when you have time to come in."

The girl regretfully put down the mace in her hand and looked longingly at the torture devices she hadn't explained yet. Her gentle mouth uttered words that added frost to Uchiha Gin's already cold heart.

No, no, no, he never wanted to come to this place a second time in his life.

He smiled reluctantly to show he was very touched, but politely declined.

"Uncle?"

Brought by the girl to the two suspended Uchiha Tian Dao, Uchiha Gin looked at the two identical faces and asked aloud.

"Damn Uchiha Gin!"

The Uchiha Tian Dao on the left opened his eyes first, his scarlet eyes filled with a cruel and tyrannical aura. He had no intention of hiding his identity at all. Seeing Uchiha Gin appear, he directly unleashed his impotent rage.

Not even pretending? He thought there would be a "True and False Monkey King" drama.

"Uncle? Uncle! It's your dear nephew!"

Ignoring this dark personality, Uchiha Gin turned his head to try to wake the real Uchiha Tian Dao, but no matter how he shouted, the other party remained motionless, as if he had fallen into a deep coma.

"Uncle! That brat Madara ran off with the eldest young master of the Senju family!"

After thinking for a moment, Uchiha Gin leaned over and whispered into the unconscious Uchiha Tian Dao's ear,

"Ah? Quickly bring me my weapon! I'm going to break that brat's dog legs!"

Uchiha Tian Dao, who was in a coma a second ago, woke up in a shock, his two eyes wide as bells, shouting at the same time. Only after seeing Uchiha Gin and the girl in front of him did he slowly heave a sigh of relief.

"Gin, you brat, you scared me to death."

Uchiha Tian Dao was truly not afraid of death now; he was only afraid that his eldest son, on whom he had placed high hopes, would take a shortcut and go down the wrong path.

"Guang, hurry up and let Uncle down!"

Seeing that Uchiha Tian Dao had woken up, Uchiha Gin hurriedly signaled the girl to let him down.

"Alright!"

"Uncle, can you suppress that thing?"

Looking at the released Uchiha Tian Dao, Uchiha Gin pointed at the dark personality still hanging in mid-air and cursing, and asked.

"To be honest, it's a bit of a struggle."

Frowning as he felt his spiritual body, Uchiha Tian Dao gave an answer that surprised him.

Is this thing that difficult to deal with? Even Uncle, a veteran Mangekyo user, can't suppress it?

Seeing Uchiha Gin's disbelieving expression, Uchiha Tian Dao organized his words and slowly explained,

"If I want to suppress him, I must constantly consume the ocular power in my Mangekyo."

Thinking of his current age, Uchiha Tian Dao shook his head. Time spares no one. If he were twenty years younger, he would definitely have the confidence to suppress this dark personality.

"However, with my current body, I'm afraid I won't last long before he makes a comeback."

Is the consumption that high? Uchiha Gin remembered what the late Uchiha Yao had said before he died: unless there is something that can suppress it, the dark side will wait for an opportunity to act and find a chance to break out of its shell.

Looking at his uncle's slightly weathered face, Uchiha Gin remembered that he was already forty-two years old this year, which was considered a ripe old age in the Warring States era.

Under the consumption of years of warfare, the various functions of his body had decayed significantly. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to train two cousins as successors in the past few years. Forcing him to spend so much effort to suppress the dark side was indeed asking too much.

"Eh, Guang, how do you suppress the dark personality in your body?"

Uchiha Gin, stroking his chin, suddenly glanced at the leisurely girl beside him. Remembering that she also had a product of Amenotegami locked in her body, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Huh? What dark personality? What are you talking about?"

The girl, who was daydreaming about a beautiful future, was stunned by Uchiha Gin's question. There was something in her body? Why didn't she feel anything?

Scared, the girl hurriedly lowered her head and felt her delicate body up and down with her hands. Only after discovering that nothing strange had grown did she heave a sigh of relief and look up with a face full of question marks.

There was no other way; Uchiha Gin briefly explained the effects of Amenotegami to the girl and told her what she looked like after she had blackened just now. Upon learning that she had actually turned into that, the girl wished she could find a hole to crawl into.

"Ahhh, I'll never be able to get married!"

The first day of the holiday, something happened at home. There will be another chapter tonight.

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