Chapter 23: Once a Sunny and Cheerful Big Boy

"Gin, recall carefully, how was your Sharingan awakened."

Uchiha Tajima couldn't get the answer he wanted from the two elders, so he turned to ask Uchiha Gin.

This question really stumped Uchiha Gin. His Sharingan was awakened after being stimulated by the Tsukuyomi, a genjutsu unique to the Mangekyo Sharingan used by Uchiha Itachi, who was brushed out by the backyard. This matter must be kept secret.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just curious, after all, you awakened the Sharingan at this age."

Seeing Uchiha Gin's furrowed brows, Uchiha Tajima comforted him.

The three people in front of him didn't know when their faces had returned to normal, as if the cold aura just now was just his illusion.

The two elders also looked at him kindly like gentle elders, with relief in their eyes, and everything seemed harmonious.

But Uchiha Gin still had a strange feeling vaguely.

"Hope it's an illusion."

Uchiha Gin thought to himself, unknitting his furrowed brows, and after a little thought, he opened his mouth,

"It was when the Senju clan seriously injured me. In that life-and-death moment, I awakened the Sharingan."

The awakening method of the Sharingan was nothing more than intense emotional stimulation. His description of awakening the Sharingan when he was seriously injured and dying was very reasonable, and no one could find fault with it.

"Gin, this trip was really hard for you. I didn't expect the defense in the hinterland of the Senju clan to be so tight."

Hearing such a "reasonable" explanation, although Uchiha Tajima had doubts, he couldn't continue to ask, otherwise it would seem too deliberate.

After all, a mere two-tomoe wasn't enough to make a clan leader make such a big fuss to question him.

The two elders located beside him also tacitly stopped speaking, but their hidden gazes never left his eyes from beginning to end.

"Clan Leader, this Senju clan brat..."

Sensing that Uchiha Tajima vaguely had the meaning of seeing off guests, Uchiha Gin hurriedly pushed out Senju Itama in his hand.

Uchiha Tajima, whose mind was no longer here, heard this and said gently,

"Since he is your prisoner, you should keep him for now. Keep his life for the time being. We can have one more bargaining chip when fighting the Senju clan."

Hearing Uchiha Tajima hand over Senju Itama to him for disposal, Uchiha Gin was overjoyed. It seemed that this kid's life was temporarily saved.

Fearing that the clan leader cousin uncle would go back on his word, Uchiha Gin picked up the unconscious Senju Itama, said goodbye, and slipped away in a flash.

As the door closed, Uchiha Tajima, who had a gentle face, instantly became cold, and the two elders who had just had gentle faces also frowned.

"Elder Miao, you were one of the leaders of the surgery back then. You shouldn't have forgotten the result of the surgery. It is absolutely impossible for Uchiha Gin to open the Sharingan."

Uchiha Tajima's voice was as cold as a cold wind.

"Tajima Clan Leader, I guarantee that the surgery back then absolutely wouldn't have any mistakes, but that person hadn't been captured yet. Could it be..."

Uchiha Miao, withered like a bamboo pole, revealed a bit of anxiety in his eyes.

"Are you talking about that person?"

Uchiha Tajima rubbed his sore eyes with a headache after hearing this.

"Is he still alive?"

"He is still locked in the dungeon now."

The round Uchiha Yan said.

"Don't worry about this for now. The decisive battle with the Senju clan is imminent. I will arrange for Uchiha Gin to stay in the clan."

Uchiha Tajima said after a headache.

I don't know why Uchiha Tajima seemed to have suffered from a brain disease recently, and he had headaches from time to time. The doctors in the clan had also diagnosed it, but didn't find any major problems, so he just thought he was overworked.

Carrying Senju Itama out of the clan leader building, Uchiha Gin walked toward the wooden house in his memory while distinguishing the identities of the two old men just now. A moment later, he had the result.

The round Uchiha elder was named Uchiha Yan. He was the personal guard of the previous clan leader. When he was young, his combat power was not low, and he followed the previous clan leader to fight everywhere.

After Uchiha Tajima succeeded as clan leader, he retired to the second line and became an elder of the Uchiha clan, mainly responsible for training new recruits and security patrols within the clan.

The lean and withered Uchiha elder was Uchiha Yan's brother, named Uchiha Miao. His strength was unknown, and his identity was the head of the Uchiha clan's research department, dedicated to the research of the clansmen's ocular techniques and ninjutsu.

It is said that they had an older brother, but he died in the clan's struggle early on, and other information was unknown.

The original owner's information about these people was limited to this, and Uchiha Gin couldn't see any clues. The Uchiha clansmen who met him along the way all avoided him one after another, and no one disturbed him. He walked smoothly to a remote place far away from the gathering place of the clansmen according to his memory, and looked up to see a wooden house that was not big or small.

The wooden house was no different from the homes of ordinary clansmen, but it was slightly dilapidated. The wooden door, which had been there for some years, was pushed open by Uchiha Gin, and the furnishings in the room were clear at a glance.

A simple one-bedroom, one-living room, the furniture was very old, but from the scratches on the furniture that had been there for years, it could be seen that the owner cherished these things very much.

Walking into the bedroom, there was only a simple wooden bed. A family photo that was well protected was placed on the bedside table. Uchiha Gin picked up the photo and examined it.

A simple family of three. The young original owner was still a cute little boy at that time, with fluffy little curly hair, and a happy and happy smile on his face.

On both sides were a man and a woman, who should be the original owner's parents. The man on the left had a warm and gentle smile, also with slightly curly black hair, his eyes slightly narrowed, and his mouth revealed a warm smile, the whole person exuding a sunny atmosphere.

On the right was a cold woman with short black hair, a beautiful face like a model in the previous life, her temperament was somewhat similar to Uchiha Tajima, her expression looked cold, but her eyes looking at the original owner were full of tenderness.

Sighing, Uchiha Gin put down the photo in his hand, "It seems that the original owner was also a sunny and cheerful big boy before his parents died in battle. How did he blacken like this later?"

Sighing at the impermanence of the world, after putting down his luggage, Uchiha Gin cleaned up the dusty house. As a burst of hunger came from his abdomen, he decided to go out to buy some ingredients.

He was not at ease leaving Senju Itama, who was still unconscious, at home. After all, the hatred between the two clans was as deep as the sea.

In case the news leaked, it was not guaranteed that an Uchiha clansman blinded by hatred would touch him and slaughter this kid who had no resistance to vent his hatred, and then he would be unlucky too.

Immediately, he skillfully carried Senju Itama and walked toward the Uchiha clan's market.

Along the way, many people saw him carrying a child and pointed at him, but no one dared to come up to ask. Maybe it was fear of his reputation, which also made Uchiha Gin get some peace.

After arriving at the market, he simply bought some ingredients and threw the money to the stall owner in the stall owner's terrified eyes.

Uchiha Gin, holding the ingredients in both hands, swayed and hummed "a chicken in the left hand, a duck in the right hand, and a fat doll on the back, ya yi ya yi er you" back to the door.

From afar, he saw someone waiting at his cold door. Uchiha Gin, who didn't know why, walked slowly and looked,

"Yo? Isn't this Sasuke?"

A kid of about ten years old was squatting at Uchiha Gin's door. From his sky-high black hair, it could be judged that he was his own clansman. Looking at that little face again, Uchiha Gin had a feeling of spatial dislocation.

The kid squatting on the ground saw that the person who came was Uchiha Gin, and stood up with a swoosh. Before Uchiha Gin could open his mouth to ask, a familiar voice came from his mind,

"Detected that the host encountered a battle, Heartsteel chest started accumulating..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====

"Host's combat detected; Heartsteel chest accumulation initiated."

(End of chapter)