Chapter 254

What is happening now is perhaps the greatest crisis Senju Tobirama has encountered in his life.

Even in the era of the Warring States melee, he had never felt his distance from death to be so close.

Looking at the giant hand about to fall before him, Senju Tobirama gritted his teeth, preparing to fight to the death.

The profound pupil power radiated by this unknown crazy woman in front of him was not inferior even compared to Uchiha Madara, let alone that idiot brother Uchiha Izuna.

Not expecting the Uchiha clan to hide such a terrifying secret weapon, why didn't they invite her out during the previous decisive battle?

Even at this life-and-death moment, Senju Tobirama didn't forget to speculate on the Uchiha clan's thoughts, while his hands weren't idle either.

A kunai with ghost symbols appeared in his hand, its blade shining with a chilling light, reflecting Senju Tobirama's pale cheeks.

"Whoosh~"

Only to see Senju Tobirama throw the kunai with a flick of his hand. The speed was extremely fast, aiming directly at the black-haired girl's face. At the same time, a flash of light crossed his eyes, faintly holding a sense of expectation.

Dodge, you!

As long as the girl tilted her head to dodge the Flying Thunder God kunai, he could directly teleport behind her and give her a hit halfway.

"Hmph!"

The scene that followed made Senju Tobirama's jaw drop. Facing the cold-shining kunai, the black-haired girl's expression was as calm as an ancient well.

Just by slightly raising her eyelids, everyone present felt a heat from the depths of their souls.

"Nani!"

On the kunai flying in mid-air, a touch of black flame suddenly rose. Although it was only a small pinch, it made Senju Tobirama's eyelids jump.

Amaterasu.

Senju Tobirama was too familiar with this move. Uchiha Izuna's Mangekyo pupil technique was Amaterasu, a pupil technique with great power but not very flexible.

But he had never encountered someone who could control Amaterasu so delicately. Compared to that guy Izuna, she didn't know how much higher she was~

In the blink of an eye, that aggressive kunai was vaporized into rising white smoke by the girl using Amaterasu.

Seeing this scene, Senju Tobirama's heart sank. The other party's pupil technique was very restraining to a flexible ninja like him. As long as he touched a little Amaterasu, his life would be over here.

Thinking of this, he slightly hunched his body, set up a fighting posture, and his brain, full of schemes, spun rapidly, trying to find a way to break it.

"Ha~ No more means? Then die."

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The murderous girl had a great flash of red in her eyes, coldly looking at Senju Tobirama, who was preparing to fight to the end, declaring the other party's ending.

Wait a minute!

Just at this critical moment, Uchiha Gin, who had been watching the fun for a long time on the side, made a move.

"Boom!!!"

Only to see him flash and appear in front of the black-haired girl, raising his sandbag-sized fist, and giving Uchiha An's little head a flick.

Uchiha Gin, who accurately hit the target, blew on his smoking fingers, his eyes filled with deep helplessness.

He knew deeply that if he didn't make a move, this white-hair might end up in his house, and then there would be endless trouble knocking on his door.

"Ouch, what are you doing~"

The girl, suddenly hit, after a brief daze, raised her hands to cover her fair and red-swollen forehead. Crystal tears swirled in her eye sockets, looking like she was about to cry. Pouting her little mouth aggrievedly, she complained,

Looking at the girl whose attitude had changed greatly, Senju Tobirama's heart felt like ten thousand horses galloping past. His gaze wandered strangely between Uchiha Gin and the girl for a long time before he frowned and asked,

"Who exactly is she?"

"Hi~ She is my childhood friend, named Uchiha Hikari. She has been staying up late quite seriously during this period, leading to a big temper upon waking up. Don't take it to heart."

Raising an eyebrow, Uchiha Gin reached out and patted the girl's head to show comfort, then turned his head to look at Senju Tobirama, who was frowning, and introduced,

Sure enough!

"Then why did she deny her name before?"

Just now he had asked to confirm the other party's identity, but was flatly denied by the girl.

Looking at Uchiha Hikari, who was like a different person from just now, Senju Tobirama questioned,

"Could it be that she suffers from schizophrenia?"

"How is that possible!"

Uchiha Gin's eyes wandered left and right, and his tone was even more elusive.

"She must have been confused from sleep!"

"Alright, since she is Uchiha Hikari, then I will inform you of the mission content."

Senju Tobirama, who always felt something was wrong, looked at it for a long time but couldn't see any clues, then nodded and said. As he spoke, a faint light floated in his eyes, flashing a hint of deep thought.

Uchiha Hikari's strength was indeed as Uchiha Madara said, very terrifying. It was just this mental state, like a time bomb, which was a bit worrying.

But Uchiha Gin seemed to be able to soothe this Uchiha Hikari, which could be considered as adding an insurance policy to this guy.

"Let's go, this is not the place to talk."

Seeing that he couldn't hide, Uchiha Gin simply gave up thinking, pulled the girl beside him, and walked downstairs.

Sitting in the living room, Uchiha Gin reached out to take the clear tea handed over by Senju Itama. After taking a sip, his tightly frowned eyebrows slowly relaxed. He looked at the smug girl with some surprise.

This guy's tea art was actually getting more and more superb, the level was almost catching up to Mito~

"Sigh~ Good tea!"

After a storm, Senju Tobirama, whose mouth was dry, also unceremoniously picked up the tea brewed by Senju Itama and took a big gulp. Then his eyes lit up.

The entrance was so fragrant and sweet, and the aftertaste was long after drinking. The tea leaves Big Brother treasured, compared to this, were simply weeds.

"Where did you buy these tea leaves?"

Unable to resist the temptation, Senju Tobirama, who drank the tea in one gulp, asked while savoring the aftertaste. He also wanted to go back and order a batch of the same style.

"You wait, let me think."

Not expecting Senju Tobirama to also be well-versed in the tea ceremony, Uchiha Gin then touched his chin and began to ponder.

"Uh, just that sip you just drank, it's about one million ryo~"

After thinking hard for a long time, he remembered the origin of these tea leaves, then explained with a strange look to Senju Tobirama, who was enjoying it.

The tea in their hands was brewed from tribute-grade tea leaves from the Land of Tea. The production was shockingly scarce, and the value was even harder to exchange for a thousand gold.

Even the Daimyo of the Land of Tea would only take it out to brew when entertaining distinguished guests.

"Pfft!"

His eyes narrowed slightly, Senju Tobirama was savoring the tea in his hand very much. However, upon hearing Uchiha Gin's words, his hand holding the teacup shook, and the tea in his mouth sprayed out.

Uchiha Gin opposite him immediately revealed a pained expression, thinking to himself,

I already said it was so expensive, and you're still wasting it here, it's too shameful!

"Cough, cough, cough, really or fake?"

Coughing a few times, barely soothing the shock in his heart, Senju Tobirama carefully placed the teacup in his hand on the table, then confirmed,

he really hadn't drunk a cup of tea worth one million.

"Do I have a need to lie to you? You can doubt my strength, but you cannot question my money-making ability~"

Seemingly annoyed, he rolled his eyes, Uchiha Gin spread his hands to show Senju Tobirama his family wealth.

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Following Uchiha Gin's pointing, Senju Tobirama looked around again. Upon seeing a vase placed on the table, he immediately shed tears of poverty.

He had seen the same vase in the home of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. That one in the Daimyo's mansion was guarded by layers of guards.

According to the Daimyo, that vase was originally a pair, but unfortunately, the other one was auctioned off at a high price by a mysterious person in the black market.

The specific amount was inconvenient to disclose, but looking at the Daimyo's degree of cherishing, it was definitely not a small amount.

However, such a precious vase, in Uchiha Gin's house, was really just used as a vase, and what was the meaning of the chrysanthemums inserted in it?

"Do you also like chrysanthemums?"

Looking at Senju Tobirama, who was in tears, Uchiha Gin asked curiously.

"That vase?"

"Oh~ So it's a vase. I saw the pattern was quite interesting before, so I bought it back to play with."

Scratching his head in confusion, Uchiha Gin didn't even remember how much the vase was worth. He only remembered that it was an ornament he bought casually when he went to the black market.

Only to see on the pure white vase, clusters of spotted bamboo were dotted. In the green bamboo forest, stood a white-haired woman with a gorgeous face. Her indifferent eyes were not like a mortal's, but more like a goddess from the heavens.

"You are quite capable~"

After confirming repeatedly that it wasn't a counterfeit, Senju Tobirama, whose face was a bit awkward, gave Uchiha Gin a positive evaluation, which was very rare.

"Average, average, third in the Ninja World~"

Facing Senju Tobirama's flattery, Uchiha Gin accepted it readily. No way, who made him such an excellent man.

"Uh, that jar?"

Senju Tobirama, who already had some understanding of Uchiha Gin's money-making ability, turned his gaze to a huge clay-colored jar placed in the center of the hall.

As a master of ninjutsu research, he could clearly perceive that the unremarkable jar was definitely not an ordinary item.

"That? It's a souvenir sent by two brothers."

Glancing at the Amber Purifying Bottle in the hall, Uchiha Gin answered with some emotion.

He didn't know how the two brothers Kinkaku and Ginkaku were doing, and if they had been wronged in the Land of Lightning.

At the same time, in the Hidden Cloud Village of the Land of Lightning.

"Achoo!!!" *2

In the dim room, two loud sneezes sounded at the same time, scaring the few people in the room into a palpitation.

Several black-faced bosses looked at the two who had just finished sneezing with some fear, not daring to talk much, for fear of angering these two gods of death.

"Sigh~ Big Brother, can we also catch a cold?"

The tall silver-haired youth wiped his nose, turned his head with curiosity in his eyes, and asked the mountain beside him.

"Only idiots don't catch colds."

Not expecting that little mountain to be able to talk, only to see a muscular man with a body as tall as a mountain lower his head, looking at his brother with helplessness, then said,

"Hidden Cloud Village? That guy A, the name he gave is really ugly!"

The silver-haired youth didn't continue to dwell on this topic, but looked at the two forehead protectors in front of him with displeasure. The cloud pattern on them made him very unhappy.

"Doesn't matter, when we become Raikage, we can change whatever we want!"

The golden-haired youth smiled grimly, not caring at all that there were others around, and directly made his ambition public.

"Boom~"

As the golden-haired youth's words fell, a huge flash of lightning streaked across the sky. The dazzling light filled the whole room and also illuminated the long, narrow six-path whisker-like textures on the cheeks of the two youths.

The scene returns to Konoha.

"You've been dawdling for so long, you didn't just come to drink tea, right?"

Watching Senju Tobirama refill his tea cup after cup, Uchiha Gin, who always felt the other party was taking advantage of him, had veins on his forehead that faintly showed signs of running wild. So he said in a deep voice, interrupting Senju Itama's action of pouring tea, signaling her not to let this white-hair freeload on tea leaves anymore.

"Tsk~ Really stingy."

Curling his lips without a trace, Senju Tobirama looked at his sister's back and said angrily,

I gave you my sister, is there a problem with drinking some of your tea?

On the other hand, Uchiha An, who was on the side, turned the teacup in his hand thoughtfully. Judging from Senju Tobirama's performance just now, the other party should be aiming for Uchiha Hikari this time, just didn't know what for.

"Hmph! Hurry up and say it, get out as soon as you're done!"

Uchiha Gin wasn't pained by those tea leaves, but because the longer Senju Tobirama stayed here, the higher the probability of Senju Itama being exposed.

If the other party discovered Senju Itama's true identity and chose to forcibly take her home, his mission system would be activated again.

Not guaranteeing that the next mission would be to have him take Otsutsuki Kaguya, and if he couldn't complete it, he would be erased~

"Sigh~ Uchiha Madara sent me."

Drinking the last bit of tea in his hand, Senju Tobirama smacked his lips, his expression straightened, and he said slowly to Uchiha Gin, who was full of displeasure.

That's right, before when they asked Uchiha Madara how many Mangekyo the Uchiha clan still had, the other party gave an answer of two pairs.

However, as the question deepened, they discovered that these two pairs of Mangekyo in the Uchiha clan were all inextricably linked to Uchiha Gin.

One of the Mangekyo owners, Uchiha Zhili, was a disciple brought up by Uchiha Gin himself, and her interpersonal relationships within the clan were also very simple.

Except for her own mother, she only had a very close relationship with Uchiha Gin.

And the other one, the intelligence was very scarce. According to Uchiha Madara's own description,

The second Mangekyo owner, Uchiha Hikari, had a mysterious identity and unknown abilities.

Uchiha Madara's father, Uchiha Tajima, had never handed over Uchiha Hikari's detailed information to him.

Only once after drinking did he reveal that Uchiha Hikari only listened to one person, and that person was Uchiha Gin.

In summary, Uchiha Madara directly sold his big cousin clean. Originally, he wanted to keep him from interfering in the Tailed Beast matter, but now it seemed that Uchiha Gin couldn't run even if he wanted to.

But one point that reassured Uchiha Madara was that the owners of those two pairs of Mangekyo would definitely not let Uchiha Gin suffer any harm.

If a Tailed Beast accidentally sneezed and startled the big cousin, it wouldn't be surprising if those two women directly sewed the Tailed Beast's mouth shut.

"Big cousin? You should have said so earlier! You scared me to death~"

Not expecting the middleman of this mission to be Uchiha Madara, Uchiha Gin's heart, which had been hanging, finally let go, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

"What mission is it? It won't be asking me to guard prisoners, right~"

Recalling that he had once asked Uchiha Madara to pull strings and say a few good words to Senju Hashirama to arrange for him to work in the Konoha dungeon, he didn't expect his big cousin to be so attentive and act so fast.

Double the New Year's money this year!

Uchiha Gin, with a smile in his eyes, had already begun to imagine the beautiful life of brushing his teeth in the future.

As a result, Senju Tobirama's next words were like a bucket of cold water poured on his head, extinguishing his hot jailer heart by the way.

"Guarding prisoners... the nature of the work is similar, but what you are responsible for guarding is not a person."

(End of chapter)