Chapter 186: 《Uchiha Muzan》In Production

In Uchiha Tajima's office.

At this moment, the two in the office had swapped positions; Uchiha Gin was sitting at Uchiha Tajima's desk writing furiously, while Uchiha Tajima, who should have been sitting there, was lying on the bench below with a look of enjoyment.

"So, this is your reason for making me do your work?"

Listening to the story Uchiha Tajima was telling, Uchiha Gin lifted his head from the pile of documents, his dead-fish eyes dull and lifeless as if the edges of his spirit had been worn smooth by life. Looking at his old uncle resting with his eyes closed below, he couldn't help but retort.

"You should show some sympathy for your old uncle. My vision is blurry, and Madara is being all emo, so the heavy responsibility of handling the clan's affairs, big and small, can only be entrusted to you, the one I trust most."

Uchiha Tajima wore a look of complete composure, feeling absolutely no psychological burden about making Uchiha Gin work off the books.

"I haven't read much, don't try to trick me."

Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes hard, then asked with some curiosity,

"By the way, how did you manage to escape back in the end?"

Although he felt Uchiha Tajima was bragging, a story needed an ending to be complete; compared to a trashy plot, a story that gets "castrated" is even more hateful.

"Escape? Please mind your phrasing. I turned and left in the awe-struck gazes of those two brats, fair and square."

Hearing Uchiha Gin question his strength, Uchiha Tajima flipped over and jumped off the bench, opening his bloodshot eyes and speaking with absolute certainty, though he couldn't help but feel a bit of relief inside.

At the time, his Mangekyo was already at its limit. Fortunately, that shield-reflection move from his Susanoo had bluffed those two kids, allowing him to turn away calmly without letting them see the blood spurting from his eyes.

"Really?" |ω)?

"Absolutely true. Don't you know what your old uncle's strength is?"

Uchiha Tajima defended himself with a guilty conscience.

"Fine~ let's just say you won a battle. The Konoha Crush Plan?"

"What plan?"

"Ha~ slipped of the tongue."

Uchiha Gin laughed it off to brush it aside, but as he lowered his head, his dead-fish eyes were spinning non-stop.

If his old uncle really had piloted a Gundam to crush the First and Second Hokage in their growth phase, wouldn't the future Uchiha clan be able to stand tall in Konoha?

When the time came, he could blow this event out of proportion, and his eldest cousin could directly become the boss of Konoha. Wouldn't his own good days of lording over the village arrive then?

"Hehe~"

Fantasizing about a beautiful future, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but chuckle secretly.

"What are you laughing weirdly about?"

Uchiha Tajima squinted his eyes, looking at his blurry-eyed nephew, and asked suspiciously.

"Nothing, I've undergone professional training; I generally don't laugh, unless I can't help it."

Uchiha Gin spoke righteously, but the little abacus in his heart was clicking away loudly.

"Ouch~ finally finished!"

Casually signing Uchiha Tajima's name at the end of a document titled "Application to Study Postpartum Care for Sows," Uchiha Gin felt a sense of relief.

He stretched a long, lazy stretch and quickly stood up to escape this high position. Being clan head is truly not a job for a human; all he handled were trivial, petty matters.

"So fast? I'll look for you again next time!"

Not expecting Uchiha Gin to be such an administrative talent, finishing a whole day's workload in a flash, Uchiha Tajima also stood up, returned to his throne, and smiled with satisfaction.

"Then if there's nothing else, I'll head back first."

Uchiha Gin couldn't stay in this place for even another minute. Before Uchiha Tajima discovered the trick in the documents, he prepared to slip away.

"Wait..."

Waving to stop Uchiha Gin, who was turning to leave, Uchiha Tajima's relaxed expression suddenly changed, shifting into a serious look.

"There is one more thing..."

Although he said there was something to discuss, when the words reached his lips, Uchiha Tajima didn't know how to say them.

"If you have something to say, say it all at once. Don't be like squeezing toothpaste."

Uchiha Gin helplessly spread his hands and said in an unhappy tone,

"Hurry up, even if you are the clan head, you have to follow labor laws for me."

"It's about Madara; there's been a situation."

Uchiha Tajima sighed slightly, a trace of worry appearing on his pale face.

"Huh? What could happen to my eldest cousin?"

Uchiha Gin was completely bewildered. Konoha hadn't even been founded yet; his cousin wouldn't be written out of the story early, would he?

"Madara was defeated by the Senju brat this time, and his will has become very depressed. If this continues, he might stop here."

Uchiha Tajima shook his head. His eldest son was the successor to the clan head position he favored; if he remained this depressed, he would only become a laughingstock within the clan.

"Heh, so his Dao heart has collapsed, has it?"

Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes helplessly, though he expressed understanding. After all, once Hashirama Senju comprehended Wood Release, he was a version ahead of him; it was reasonable that he was beaten without any power to fight back.

"That's right. I hope you can help him regain his confidence."

Uchiha Tajima's gaze was like a torch, staring until Uchiha Gin felt a chill in his heart. He quickly waved his hands to refuse.

"No, what qualifications do I, a scrub like me, have to help my eldest cousin rise again?"

"No! You do."

Uchiha Tajima looked deeply at Uchiha Gin, turned his head, took out a book, and handed it to the still-bewildered Uchiha Gin.

After taking it subconsciously, Uchiha Gin felt a weight in his hand. He glanced down and saw a familiar name.

"Guide to Awakening the Mangekyo"

Author: Uchiha Yao

???

The old guy is like a ghost that won't go away. I thought you wouldn't have any more screen time.

"Tsk! What does this mean?"

The guide was as thick as a dictionary. He flipped through it briefly; although the content was densely packed, the main theme of the entire book consisted of only two big characters.

【Sacrifice】

"From what I know, if you ask who Madara has the deepest bond with in the clan, excluding Izuna, it's only you. Of course, I don't rule out that they might be hiding someone else."

Uchiha Tajima's tone carried an inexplicable chill. Uchiha Gin's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, the old uncle is planning to sacrifice him to let his eldest cousin awaken the Mangekyo.

"Madara grew up watching you; you wouldn't want him to become a cripple, would you?"

No, why does your tone sound so weird?

"Sigh, although I don't want my eldest cousin to become that kind of fat otaku NEET, my purity definitely isn't enough. Better let Izuna do it!"

Uchiha Gin immediately expressed that he was very moved and then regretfully refused. Actually, he wasn't that close to his eldest cousin; they were just casual acquaintances who had met by chance.

Besides, in his previous life, he had even flamed his eldest cousin in the comments; the language was so sharp that it turned into *** after he posted it.

"I have other arrangements for Izuna."

"What arrangements?"

"Izuna has to watch too; maybe he can awaken it as well."

(ФωФ)

Uchiha Gin stared fixedly at Uchiha Tajima in front of him with the same expression as Rabbit-chan, unable to stop himself from retorting.

"No wonder you're the one who's the clan head, old uncle. This 'resource intensification' play is truly top-tier!"

"I'm begging you, my nephew!"

Uchiha Tajima stood up and performed a classic 90-degree bow. This sudden move left Uchiha Gin speechless.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to sacrifice for the clan, but I have..."

Rubbing his curly hair, Uchiha Gin began to show his true feelings. When he said "I have," his eyes stared straight at Uchiha Tajima, trying to use the remaining family affection to soften his old uncle's heart of stone.

"~"

As a result, the other party not only pretended not to hear but also whistled as if nothing had happened.

"... have children to support below. If I die, the children at home, Hikari, and my newly accepted apprentice, how sad they would be~"

Speaking to the point of emotion, Uchiha Gin was full of snot and tears. That miserable appearance was truly enough to make the listener sad and the bystander weep.

"Uh, don't cry yet. Is there some misunderstanding between us?"

Seeing Uchiha Gin about to reach his snot-covered hand toward his newly made pants, Uchiha Tajima felt a wave of disgust and hurriedly stopped him.

It wasn't because this kid dared to question his battle record that he teased him; he almost made a mess of it and wasted a pair of pants for nothing.

"Huh? You were about to sacrifice me, and you're calling it a misunderstanding?"

Uchiha Gin stopped pretending, jumped up in anger, and pointed at Uchiha Tajima's nose to start venting.

"It's not like I'm really asking you to die. You're a ninja, after all; don't tell me you don't even know how to fake your death?"

Uchiha Tajima rolled his eyes helplessly. How could he really let Uchiha Gin be sacrificed? His meaning was for Uchiha Gin to find a way to identify the two brothers' closest people, disguise himself, and then fake a death to stimulate those two kids to awaken their eyes.

Not to mention that blood is thicker than water, if he really forced a sacrifice of the other, he would offend Uchiha Hikari to death. If another internal conflict broke out then, the Uchiha clan really wouldn't be able to hold on.

"Fake death? This plan is excellent~"

Once Uchiha Gin heard he didn't need to be sacrificed, he immediately gave a thumbs up and stated that he had once won a third-place prize in an elementary school acting competition; he could take down his cousins with his superb acting skills in minutes.

"Then the script?"

Uchiha Tajima had been pondering this for several days. Although he was known as the Uchiha's number one strategist, screenwriting was clearly outside his area of expertise.

Acting naturally requires a good script; without a good script, even the best performance won't come out.

"This matter concerns the future of the clan and must never be known by a third person, so..."

Uchiha Tajima spoke with conviction, nodding his head and looking at Uchiha Gin below with a gaze full of trust.

"Stop right there!"

Uchiha Gin extended his arm, made a large "X" in front of his chest, and glared at the eloquent Tian Dao with a hostile look, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

"By the sound of it, the director, screenwriter, actor, special effects, and even post-production are all going to be me?"

"My nephew is truly talented!"

Tian Dao smiled with satisfaction and slightly raised a large hand, signaling for the other to not be so impatient, as he still had more to say.

"But don't worry, I will serve as the producer and executive producer, coordinating with you throughout the entire process; you only need to improvise freely."

After saying this, he wore an expression that said, "I'm working hard too, don't make a big deal out of this," which made Uchiha Gin's teeth itch.

It instantly made his anger rise from his heart and his malice grow from his gall.

Since you, my uncle, are being heartless, don't blame me, Uchiha Gin, for being unrighteous!

"Uchiha Muzan" will be released soon, stay tuned!

(End of chapter)