Chapter 206

Looking up at the familiar clan grounds, although he only went out for a week, Uchiha Gin feels as if he has been away for a long time.

After waving goodbye to Uchiha Tetsu-dan, he doesn't go home first, but wanders toward the Clan Leader's office building.

"Lord Gin! Please come in~"

The guards at the door don't stop him. Uchiha Gin sneaks directly into his uncle's office. After all, he has a famous teacher for this trip, and it wouldn't be right not to hand over the mission after coming back.

"Bang bang bang~"

"Come in."

Following his uncle's familiar voice, Uchiha Gin pushes the door and enters. He sees Uchiha Tajima, who was forced to be re-employed, handling the clan's affairs conscientiously. That appearance is even more serious and rigorous than when he was in office, making him unable to help but roll his eyes secretly.

"Why are you back so soon? Don't you want to gather more with Madara and the others?"

Uchiha Tajima, who is obviously much older, adjusts the reading glasses on his face and looks at his big nephew whom he hasn't seen for a few days,

"Is the mission completed?"

"Completed. I finally brushed a 100% completion rate; how could there be any mistakes."

Uchiha Gin takes a scroll out of his bag and throws it to Uchiha Tajima behind the table, his tone full of thick pride.

"Uh... but you have only done two missions outside in total!"

Uchiha Tajima sighs and reaches out to take the scroll, his helplessness overflowing in his tone.

"Eh? I didn't expect that there would be such an unbelievable legend in such a remote place as Loulan."

Casually unfolding Uchiha Gin's mission report, Uchiha Tajima becomes more surprised as he reads it, his eyes full of inquiry.

"Not bad, the story is not bad, right? Can it be used to settle the mission reward?"

Uchiha Gin didn't report the fact that Loulan has the Dragon Vein, but only intercepted part of the content of the secrets.

After all, the client of this mission is just a scholar who is interested in the secrets of remote areas. There is no need to reveal all the bottom line of Shamon's family.

Recalling his trip to Loulan, Uchiha Gin decides to let the simple and honest Loulan continue to develop stably.

Relying on Shamon, who will become the Second Kazekage in the future, Loulan should be able to grow from a closed tribe into a powerful country.

"It should be no problem. It wasn't a high-difficulty mission in the first place. This magical story is enough to cash in the mission reward."

Uchiha Tajima, who didn't suspect anything, puts away Uchiha Gin's mission report, throws it aside, and answers without raising his head.

"Alright~ By the way, uncle, big cousin's eyes, are they..."

Seeing that the mission ended perfectly, Uchiha Gin is about to slip away, but remembers Uchiha Madara's Mangekyo, so he asks with a frown,

"Sigh~ I also know about this. He uses his eyes too frequently, and his eyesight has declined very seriously."

Uchiha Tajima, who is a Mangekyo owner himself, naturally understands the side effects of Mangekyo. His Kotoamatsukami has only been used a few times, and his eyesight has declined to the point of needing reading glasses.

And during the battle with the Senju clan in the past few years, Uchiha Madara almost used Mangekyo to bombard Senju Hashirama in every battle. The harm of the side effects is obvious.

"Then uncle, what are your thoughts?"

Seeing that although Uchiha Tajima is very worried, there is not much worry on his face, which makes Uchiha Gin very curious. Did uncle get some black technology that can solve the side effects of Mangekyo?

"Gin, uncle is already 48 years old this year."

Facing his most trusted nephew, Uchiha Tajima has nothing to hide. He puts down the pen in his hand, takes off his reading glasses and rubs his eye sockets, and after opening his eyes again, he speaks slowly, his tone full of vicissitudes.

"Huh? Only 48? It's the prime of life. The Uchiha is in a period of employing people. As the old clan leader, you should be the first to charge, burn yourself, and become the nourishment for the Uchiha's growth~"

Uchiha Gin, who hasn't tasted the flavor yet, starts to encourage his uncle who is a bit depressed. 48 years old is still far from retirement.

And it's about to be delayed retirement soon. Uchiha Tajima should prepare to work until the X-th Ninja World War!

"Wait, your expression... could it be!"

Uchiha Gin, who was talking eloquently, only then discovers the trace of tragedy in his uncle's eyes. He is shocked, hurriedly stops continuing to instill poisonous chicken soup, points a trembling hand at Uchiha Tajima, who has an unhappy face, and says in disbelief,

"That's right, I'm preparing..."

A flash of determination flashes in Uchiha Tajima's eyes. Thinking that his big nephew has understood his enlightenment, he doesn't hesitate anymore and opens his mouth to prepare to break the news.

"Sigh~ I understand. At your age, it's the age of being like a wolf and a tiger. Living in an empty room alone every day must be incomparably lonely. Originally you were the clan leader, and for the sake of correctness, you couldn't remarry. But it's fine now. Uncle, you have retired. Go and pursue your love with peace of mind!"

Uchiha Gin waves his hand and interrupts Uchiha Tajima's words. He sees him with tears in his tiger eyes, his voice trembling, looking at his uncle who is determined with full guilt, and says.

Speaking of the emotional part, Uchiha Gin wipes his tears, raises his head, and looks at his uncle whose expression has turned from determination to confusion, and finally to red-faced.

Thinking that the other party is ashamed and angry because he exposed his little thoughts, he takes a step forward, grabs Uchiha Tajima's hand, shakes it hard, and says in a very firm tone,

"Uncle, I support you. Which aunt is it? I'll go help you explore the bottom. Don't say anything else, I know the single women in the clan very well~"

"Slap!!!"

Facing his nephew who is talking endlessly, after a short silence, Uchiha Tajima strikes with hatred. He sees a silver-gray big hand appear out of thin air, grabs Uchiha Gin, and throws him out of the tightly closed window,

"Get out!"

Listening to his uncle's full-of-energy voice, Uchiha Gin, who landed steadily, feels relieved. He pats the debris on his body, with an inexplicable look in his eyes,

Looking at the fan logo on the top of the Clan Leader's building, he scratches his curly hair and thinks to himself,

"One by one, why are they all thinking about sacrificing themselves for others."

Sighing that life is not easy, Uchiha Gin takes a step and walks toward his home far away from the clan grounds.

"Sigh~ Finally back. It's still comfortable to lie at home."

Looking at his three-story mansion, Uchiha Gin feels full of relaxation, then pushes the door and enters,

"Uh... why is no one at home?"

As soon as he enters the door, there is no welcome party as Uchiha Gin imagined. The quiet home only has his own aura, so he can only scratch his face awkwardly,

"It seems they all went to Lady Yongmei's place to study. Hmph hmph~ The Yin Seal is not so easy to learn, especially that brat Itama, who tries to learn the Yin Seal with a male-girl body. It's simply wishful thinking."

Roughly inferring the whereabouts of the few people, Uchiha Gin doesn't worry too much. After all, just Hikari alone can flatten the current Uchiha clan grounds~

"Just right, while these guys are not here, go to the backyard to brush skills."

Putting away the specialties brought back from the Land of Wind, Uchiha Gin runs to the backyard in one breath. Looking at the familiar fence, he sighs slightly,

He has been a bit lazy during this time. Not only has he not brushed much, but he hasn't learned a single skill. The founding of Konoha is approaching, and he has no sense of crisis. He must reflect seriously~

"Let me see, who is coming?"

Lying on the wooden lounge chair, feeling the warm sunshine at noon, Uchiha Gin suddenly feels the aura around him stagnate, then opens his dead-fish eyes, his eyes full of curiosity,

"No, brother, who are you?"

Following the familiar light curtain falling, a man wearing a Konoha standard vest appears in front of Uchiha Gin,

He sees this NPC is about twenty years old, looks a bit ordinary and handsome, with a black headscarf on his head, and is looking at him with dead eyes at this moment,

"This brother looks a bit familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere."

Staring at the unknown NPC in front of him for a long time, Uchiha Gin's brows wrinkle high. This guy is familiar, but he can't remember who he is. He looks like a supporting role. The system wouldn't just stuff a passerby to perfunctory him, right?

Just when he is confused, this NPC actually gropes in the bag behind him. This action makes Uchiha Gin a bit confused,

"What's up? Is he going to throw shuriken?"

Over the past few years, there have been no shortage of NPCs who raise their hands to give him shuriken gift packages when they meet, but they are basically those little strong ones who are younger,

Why do adults play shuriken too? At least give me a Great Fireball to brush proficiency, you bastard!

However, just when he was complaining, the other party took out a long and thin senbon from behind and skillfully held it in his mouth.

After this series of actions was completed, Uchiha Gin instantly felt clear-minded. In his perspective, a name popped up on the top of the NPC's head in front of him,

"Oh my~ I said who it was. Isn't this Shiranui Genma~"

Relying on the familiar senbon, Uchiha Gin instantly identified the identity of this NPC, then scratched his head annoyedly, saying that the senbon is indeed the body.

"Come on, come on, at least it's a famous NPC. Don't let me down!"

C-rank ninjas are all kings~

Since it's not a passerby, Uchiha Gin gathers some spirit, looks at Shiranui Genma in front of him with eyes like torches, and hopes that the other party can give him some surprises.

As time passes, a moment later, the Shiranui Genma, who was standing still, has a few glimmers of spirit in his eyes, and confusion fills his eyeballs. His gaze turns slightly, and when he sees Uchiha Gin, who is full of interest not far away, the confusion in his eyes turns into horror,

"Hurry up, brother, I can't wait~"

Uchiha Gin looks at Shiranui Genma, who is indifferent, and urges him impatiently. He has discovered over the past few years that NPCs are AI-controlled and have a certain fighting consciousness, so he speaks to communicate with him.

Accompanied by his words, Shiranui Genma raises his hands stiffly. In Uchiha Gin's expectant eyes, the other party extends three fingers, and a golden light flashes on his body,

"Holy crap! The aura of a golden legend~"

(End of chapter)