Chapter 179: Demon Bogai?

"Huh?"

Uchiha Gin, who was relaxing in the hot spring, suddenly had a segment of memory appear in his mind. It took him a few minutes to sort through this memory before he slowly opened his eyes.

"It seems they have arrived safely in the Land of Lightning."

When Uchiha Gin escorted the Hagoromo clan during their relocation, he had specifically created two Wood Clones to protect the women and children.

During the handover with the ninjas of the Land of Lightning, he had secretly instructed the two clones to transform into ordinary Hagoromo clansmen and blend into the main group to enter the Land of Lightning.

On one hand, he was worried about any accidents occurring along the way; on the other, he wanted to see if the Hagoromo clan would be treated well after entering the Land of Lightning, just as the other party had promised.

However, judging from the information fed back by the clones, the bigwigs of the Land of Lightning were indeed thirsty for talent.

After arriving in the Land of Lightning, the Hagoromo clan did not suffer any unfair treatment; instead, they were treated as honored guests, personally received by the clan leader of the Yotsuki clan, and the welcome ceremony was quite grand.

"You two rays of light, don't let me down."

Uchiha Gin placed the soaked towel on his head, sighed, and prayed for his two clones in his heart.

"Hahaha~~~"

Just as he was sighing, a woman's silver-bell-like laughter suddenly rang out from next door. The next second, Uchiha Gin, who had been wearing a heavy expression, saw his eyes narrow, and a strange smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

Next door, that's a mixed-gender bath!

"Tsk! I haven't experienced this cultural feature yet; I must take a critical look and get to the bottom of it!"

Uchiha Gin made a high-sounding self-hypnosis, then stood up and tied a bath towel around his waist as a loincloth. His feet were faster than his mouth; without a moment's hesitation, he used the Body Flicker Jutsu to exit the men's bath as if his feet were fueled by the wind.

Arriving at the entrance of the mixed bath located between the men's and women's sections, he looked around with shifty eyes. After confirming no one was there, he quickly lifted the curtain and slipped inside.

"Oh my, why did I slip?"

Feeling a wave of heat rushing toward him, Uchiha Gin, who had "accidentally" slipped into the swirling mist, steadied his stumbling body. Before he could even look up, he said in an extremely embarrassed tone,

"Yo~ sisters, a little handsome guy has come in!"

The next moment, Uchiha Gin heard the voice of a mature woman. The owner of the beautiful voice did not panic at Uchiha Gin's intrusion; instead, her tone was filled with surprise.

Yeah! More than one!

Uchiha Gin cheered wildly in his heart; it seemed he had bet correctly this time.

"Little handsome guy, what are you standing there for? Come on in~"

"Oh my, how could I be so bold~"

Although he said this, Uchiha Gin still widened his eyes, trying to see through the mist before him to properly appreciate the beautiful scenery behind it.

Tsk! This damn mist!!!

At this moment, Uchiha Gin completely forgot his identity as a ninja with ocular jutsu, clawing at his dark eyes, wanting to see the speaker clearly.

The voice sounded a bit like the proprietress from earlier; could there really be special services?

Uchiha Gin pondered the voice he had just heard and found it highly consistent with the voice of the hot spring shop's proprietress.

Recalling the proprietress's beautiful face and graceful figure, Uchiha Gin's eyes instantly erupted with a wolfish red glow.

His nostrils flared with heavy breaths, his mouth stretched almost to his ears, and he reached out with restless hands to grope toward the location of the hot spring pool.

"Thump!"

Suddenly, Uchiha Gin, who was groping in the mist, was blocked by a strange wall.

"Huh? Why is this wall so soft and squishy?"

Uchiha Gin frowned and pulled his hand off the sticky-feeling wall. Why was it still warm and sweaty?

"Oh my~ little handsome guy, don't be so impatient!"

The charming voice from before rang out once again, and the source of the sound was actually from behind this strange wall in front of him. Uchiha Gin scratched his head in confusion; was this hot spring a suite?

"Rumble~"

Just as Uchiha Gin was puzzled, he was surprised to find that the wall in front of him actually started to move. Accompanied by a massive sound, the wall actually turned around.

Immediately after, a black shadow descended from the sky, enveloping Uchiha Gin. The air pressure from above blew away all the surrounding mist, allowing him to see the true face of the wall in front of him.

"Bo-Bo-Bo-Bogai?"

The moment he saw the scene before him, Uchiha Gin's brain instantly stalled, and only the words "Demon Bogai" echoed in his mind.

"Little handsome guy, let sister take a look~"

With his mouth wide open and unable to close it, Uchiha Gin, his gaze hollow and dull, was grabbed by Bogai's large hand without any resistance and lifted in front of her.

"Hmm, the appearance is not bad, but why does he look so punchable?"

No one would dare to imagine that the same charming voice as Lin Chi-ling could come from such a terrifying mouth. Uchiha Gin, having regained his senses, looked at the fiery red lips inches away and couldn't help but shudder.

Three hundred pounds? No, at least five hundred pounds!

"This... plump and moving lady, may I ask if your surname is Akimichi?"

Even at a time like this, Uchiha Gin could not control his curiosity; he had truly never seen such a massive woman.

"Hehe, the little handsome guy speaks so sweetly, but sister here is still unmarried~"

"Pitter-patter~ pitter-patter~"

The woman resembling Bogai, hearing Uchiha Gin's insincere flattery, laughed until she swayed, her body fat keeping rhythm with her laughter. For a time, the pitter-patter sound in the hot spring was incessant.

Uchiha Gin was fumigated by the complex scent coming from her mouth, and his stomach instantly began to churn; he almost vomited what he had just eaten with Hikari and the others.

"Don't hog the little handsome guy all to yourself; let us get close to him too~"

"That's right, that's right!"

"Hehehe~"

Uchiha Gin turned his head tremblingly, and the scene he saw almost made him faint.

Right behind this Bogai in front of him, there were actually several more sisters of the same type, currently looking at the captured Uchiha Gin with green-glowing eyes and drooling mouths, just like starving wild wolves discovering a plump and delicious little rabbit.

"Ah!!! Don't come over here!"

Uchiha Gin's brain was deprived of oxygen by the stimulation of this scene. His pitch-black dead-fish eyes turned scarlet before he knew it, and the three tomoe began to spin rapidly under the visual impact of the Bogais.

A cold, long-accumulated aura suddenly rose from his body, and the previously sweltering air around him suddenly condensed, turning into droplets of water that fell.

"Eh? Sisters, do you feel like it's gotten colder?"

Bogai, who was holding Uchiha Gin, felt the surrounding temperature constantly dropping, so she asked the other Bogai sisters behind her.

"Seems like a little, let's hurry back into the hot spring to warm up~"

"Yes, yes, yes~"

The sisters all echoed in agreement.

In the women's bath.

Uchiha Hikari, soaking in the hot spring, turned her head and showed her scarlet eyes to the astonished Uchiha Jiri.

"The Mangekyo Sharingan is an upgraded mode of the Sharingan, which can only be awakened when an Uchiha clansman experiences immense negative emotions and produces special chakra."

"Is this the strongest state of the Uchiha clan?"

Uchiha Jiri was deeply attracted by the bewitching pattern in Uchiha Hikari's eyes; the strange design seemed to have some kind of magic, making her unable to look away for a moment.

"So Senior Hikari is actually the strongest among us!"

Uchiha Jiri took a deep breath, forcibly moved her gaze away from Uchiha Hikari's eyes, and said sincerely.

Uchiha Gin: Hey, hey, hey, can't you see such a big Ultraman like me?

"Heh, that's not the case."

Hearing this, Uchiha Hikari chuckled, blinked at Uchiha Jiri, who was feeling awkward, and her tone carried a hint of nostalgia.

"Gin, he also once possessed the same eyes as mine."

"Mr. Gin?"

As one secret after another was revealed, Uchiha Jiri's head couldn't keep up. Did the teacher she had taken on, who seemed very unreliable, also possess the Mangekyo Sharingan?

However, what did "once" mean?

The young girl shook her head; the warm steam made it a bit difficult for her to breathe. Forcibly calming her excited heart, Uchiha Jiri asked,

"Why did you say 'once'?"

"Because those eyes of his are here with me."

Not hiding this matter, Uchiha Hikari stretched out her fair, small hand, pointed to the pattern in her own eyes, and said slowly,

"To keep me from losing my sight, Gin gave his Mangekyo to me."

"Losing your sight?"

"That's right. After awakening the Mangekyo, one is cursed by the ocular jutsu. Long-term use will damage the body, and the eyes will slowly lose their light."

The young girl recalled her own vision from back then, which had flickered between light and dark, and how it became exceptionally clear after transplanting Uchiha Gin's eyes.

"But after transplanting Gin's Mangekyo, I broke the curse of the ocular jutsu, and my eyes will never lose their light due to overuse again."

"Then Mr. Gin now...?"

Uchiha Jiri recalled Uchiha Gin's eyes; they were still scarlet, but they were only three-tomoe.

"I'm not clear about that; it should be that the clan leader transplanted ordinary Sharingan for him."

Regarding the matter of Uchiha Gin changing his eyes, the young girl only had a partial understanding.

"Hmm~~~"

After hearing the secret about the Mangekyo, Uchiha Jiri's eyes suddenly began to spin around, as if she had something she wanted to say.

"Little Jiri, do you have any other questions?"

Seeing that the young girl found it difficult to speak, the understanding Uchiha Hikari took the initiative to ask.

"That... the pattern in Senior Hikari's eyes is very beautiful, so I just wanted to ask, what kind of pattern was Mr. Gin's Mangekyo back then? Was it also this beautiful?"

Sure enough, the young girl's perspective on the problem was too tricky. Uchiha Hikari had thought the other party wanted to ask about the ocular jutsu, but she hadn't expected her to ask about the Mangekyo's pattern.

"Uh... how should I put it..."

She had naturally seen Uchiha Gin's Mangekyo Sharingan before, but she found it difficult to bring up now; after all, one could tell from Uchiha Zhili's star-shaped eyes that the other party valued appearance more than practicality.

"Is it cool? Is it complicated?"

Uchiha Zhili was somewhat impatient; the love-struck young girl really wanted to know the pattern of Uchiha Gin's former Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Tsk! It's just that kind of..."

Uchiha Guang looked conflicted, worried that the young girl's dreams might be shattered.

"Which kind?"

Uchiha Zhili pressed on step by step, her slightly developed petite body leaning in; she wouldn't let Senior Guang keep Mr. Gin's secret all to herself.

"Ahhh!!!"

Just as Uchiha Guang was considering how to speak, a shrill, bell-like scream suddenly rang out.

Interrupted by this strange scream, the two women instantly became alert; as ninjas, they sensed a visible, chilling chakra that was continuously fermenting and rising.

"Oh no, Mr. Gin, who isn't wearing any clothes, is also over there!"

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(End of chapter)