Chapter 207: Eternal Youth Yin Seal, Guaranteed Mastery

Waving goodbye to his little cousin, Uchiha Gin looked at the table full of lemons and felt troubled. Just then, the hospital room door was pushed open again, and with a waft of fragrance, several familiar figures walked in.

One of the figures, seeing Uchiha Gin lying on the hospital bed with a worried look, pounced over like a swallow returning to the woods.

"Gin! Are you okay!"

The figure who pounced over first was none other than Uchiha Hikari, whom he hadn't seen for a few days. Her bright, clear eyes were brimming with tears, her delicate nose was slightly red from sobbing, and her fair, youthful face was filled with worry.

Before Uchiha Gin could react, a pair of small hands began to grope him quite dishonestly, while she shed tears as she touched him.

"I heard you were poked with a big hole, where is it?"

"Stop, stop, stop! Don't pull my waistband!"

Uchiha Gin was so frightened that his hair stood on end, and he hurriedly used his hands to desperately guard his final line of defense.

The purple-haired girl standing at the door was carrying a girly handbag. From the top, one could see it was stuffed full of fruit.

"Tsk! Senior Hikari really doesn't know any boundaries."

Uchiha Jiri looked expressionlessly at Uchiha Hikari, who was taking advantage of the situation, curled her cherry-red lips imperceptibly, and then said coldly,

"Haha! You curly-haired ape, you're really tough! You got stabbed right through the heart and still managed to survive!"

There was no need to guess; this voice belonged to that rebellious little brat.

Looking up at Senju Itama, whom he hadn't seen in a long time, the brat was wearing a loose robe with his dyed-black hair tied up high. His slightly pale, round face was full of disdain, as if he felt great regret that Uchiha Gin had survived, yet there were a few other nuances in his pitch-black, starry eyes.

Like Uchiha Jiri, he was carrying a handbag. With his sharp eyes, Uchiha Gin recognized it instantly as a bag he had used when he was a child, which had been dug out by this brat for some unknown reason to be reused.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Uchiha Gin was so choked by the brat's words that he forcibly suppressed the agitation in his heart. He hoisted up the girl who was acting inappropriately on top of him and, without even looking, tossed the indignant Uchiha Hikari off the bed.

Then, he rolled his dead-fish eyes, looked at the three people who had come to visit him, pointed at the fruit left behind by Uchiha Izuna on the table, and said helplessly,

"Let me state this first: I don't eat lemons."

"Huh?" *2

The two holding handbags frowned, secretly shifted their gazes downward to look at the golden-yellow fruit in their own bags, and showed rare expressions of conflict on their faces.

"You didn't actually buy them, did you?"

Seeing their strange expressions, Uchiha Gin frowned and looked at the bags in their hands, asking aloud.

"The Young Master said these are very nourishing."

Seeing that the secret was out, Uchiha Jiri and Senju Itama both sighed and opened their bags. Unsurprisingly, the bags were filled with golden-yellow lemons, and a refreshing scent wafted out.

Yesterday, the two had gone together to buy get-well gifts, but halfway there, they ran into a grinning Uchiha Izuna. Upon learning that they were also going to visit Uchiha Gin, he unselfishly shared the information he had just learned.

"Just buy these. The physician said the eldest cousin is lacking what's inside these!"

As he spoke, he showed the large bag of lemons in his hand to the two naive little ones, looking like someone who hides his merit after doing a good deed.

Tsk! It seems I went too easy on him earlier.

"Haha, you two, watch me!"

Uchiha Hikari, who had just been tossed off the bed, saw the two of them frustrated and immediately put her hands on her hips and laughed. Snorting with her nose, she looked proud and pulled two purple fruits from behind her back, handing them to Uchiha Gin.

"Gin, eat mine!"

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Uchiha Gin looked at the two heavy fruits in his hands, and sour saliva began to secrete uncontrollably in his mouth. He squeezed them and found the skin was as hard as he had imagined, so he had to carefully put them down and said to the expectant Uchiha Hikari,

"A great gift, don't give them again next time."

Damn it, which physician said I was lacking Vitamin C? Now, not only lemons, but even passion fruit have been brought to me. I just want to eat something sweet, why is it so hard?

"Phew~ It's fine, it's the thought that counts that you all came to see me."

Uchiha Gin calmed himself down, turned his head to smile at the three people who looked uneasy, picked up a lemon from the table, and said,

"Actually, lemons aren't entirely useless. They have antioxidant properties and can delay aging. If you make them into lemonade, the taste... tsk, tsk, tsk!"

Delay aging?

The purple-haired girl's eyes lit up when she heard this term, and she stared at Uchiha Gin's forehead, looking thoughtful. Uchiha Gin happened to see this, so he asked curiously,

"Little Jiri, do you have any questions for me?"

"Mr. Gin, may I ask if what you said before is true?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin's question, the girl came back to her senses. A flash of determination crossed her eyes, and she stared fixedly at Uchiha Gin's eyes with her expressionless gaze, asking slowly,

"What words?"

Uchiha Gin was a bit surprised; he didn't think he had said anything that would cause the girl to misunderstand, right?

"That technique you mentioned, the one that can preserve youth—is it true?"

The girl finally asked the question that had been bothering her all night.

"Huh? You mean the Yin Seal? Of course it's true!"

Uchiha Gin felt relieved; so that was what the girl was asking about. He nodded immediately.

"Preserve youth? Gin, where did you learn such a technique?"

Uchiha Hikari and Senju Itama, who were listening with their ears pricked up, both had their eyes light up when they heard the words "preserve youth." Especially Hikari, whose eyes sparkled as she impatiently asked first.

Although Senju Itama didn't speak, his black eyes were also full of thirst for knowledge, and his ears were perked up high, wanting to get to the bottom of it.

"Hehe, I created it myself, but it's very difficult to learn."

Uchiha Gin didn't keep it a secret; it was just a mere Yin Seal technique, not precious enough to be kept hidden.

Hey, of course a long-lived species like you wouldn't find it rare, but everyone here is looking on with eager eyes. You must never underestimate a woman's obsession with youth.

"Do you want to learn it?"

After Uchiha Gin finished speaking, he felt several burning gazes fixed on him. He raised an eyebrow and asked after a moment of hesitation.

"Yes, yes, yes!" *3

"Why are you joining in, you little brat? This technique can only be learned by women."

Looking at Senju Itama, who was raising his hand enthusiastically, Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes in annoyance and immediately stated the drawback of the technique.

"Uh... then how can you learn it?"

After a brief and awkward silence, Senju Itama was the first to break it. The brat's face flushed red, and he stared at Uchiha Gin's eyes, gritting his teeth as he retorted.

"Sigh, I can't help it. Who told me to be the creator?"

Uchiha Gin spread his hands, putting on an expression of being unable to help.

"Hmph! I don't believe it, I will definitely be able to learn it!"

Senju Itama slapped the table, puffed out the chest muscles he had worked hard to build, and said with conviction.

"Hehe, don't come crying to me when you can't master it, you little brat!"

It's hard to persuade someone who is determined to die. Since Senju Itama insisted on practicing it, he couldn't stop him. Anyway, there were no side effects if he couldn't master it; at most, it would just make this little boy look a bit more feminine.

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gin pulled a blank scroll from his bag and, with the system's explanation, copied the learning method for the Yin Seal in its entirety.

"Phew~ This is the Yin Seal. Take it and learn it. Once you learn it, you'll be set."

Uchiha Gin blew the ink dry on the scroll and checked it repeatedly to see if there were any typos—he didn't want these guys to practice a divine technique incorrectly. After checking, he handed the scroll to Uchiha Jiri in front of him, looking completely indifferent.

"Thank you, Mr. Gin!"

The girl excitedly took the still-warm Yin Seal. Her gratitude was beyond words. Looking at the calm Uchiha Gin, Uchiha Jiri thanked him crisply.

"It's nothing~ I was planning to teach you this technique anyway, I didn't expect you to ask for it yourself. If there's anything you don't understand, come find me anytime."

Uchiha Gin looked at the ecstatic group and felt a bit puzzled. It was just a Yin Seal, was there any need to be this excited?

"Then we're leaving now!"

The three of them treated it like a treasure, immediately left the bewildered Uchiha Gin behind, and ran out of the hospital room without looking back, disappearing into the corridor.

You guys should have taken the lemons with you!

"Creak~"

The door, which had finally been quiet for a moment, was used again.

The person who came this time wasn't carrying anything, which made the neurasthenic Uchiha Gin breathe a sigh of relief.

"Cousin? I ran into Little Jiri and the others halfway here, and they looked like they were in a huge rush. Did something happen?"

Uchiha Madara was wearing the deep blue robe specially made for the Uchiha clan. His "visual kei" hairstyle covered one of his eyes completely. He looked at the relieved Uchiha Gin with his only remaining eye and asked curiously.

"Nothing much, just gave them a small gift."

Uchiha Gin shook his head, indicating it wasn't anything important. Instead, he looked at Uchiha Madara, whose temperament had subtly changed, and asked with a hint of teasing on his face.

"Little cousin, you look like you're in good spirits. Is there some good news on the horizon?"

"Uh... did Izuna tell you?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin's words, Uchiha Madara showed a hint of awkwardness on his face.

"You could say that."

Uchiha Gin didn't expose him; he'd let his little cousin take the blame. Who told him to send so many lemons to him?

"That brat, he can't keep his mouth shut at all."

Uchiha Madara said with annoyance. He had originally come today to give Uchiha Gin a surprise, but he hadn't expected the surprise to be revealed in advance, which made him a bit embarrassed.

"It's fine, congratulations, Madara."

Uchiha Gin smiled and shook his head. His eyes held a rare look of seriousness as he looked at Uchiha Madara and offered his congratulations.

Uchiha Madara, who was still feeling annoyed, suddenly looked up in surprise when he heard this, looking at Uchiha Gin with a strange expression. He knew that this was the first time in years he had called him by his real name.

". hank you."

After a brief moment of thought, Uchiha Madara rarely relaxed his brows and replied with a slight smile on his lips.

Uchiha Gin looked at the "younger brother" before him who already had the temperament of a superior, his eyes rolled around, thinking that if he didn't use this opportunity now, when would he? So, with a face full of pleading, he asked,

"As the saying goes, a new official applies three new policies. Clan Leader, can you let me go back to the dungeon to retire?"

(End of chapter)