Chapter 297: 297. Chapter 294: Uchiha Squad Assembles Again

297. Chapter 294: Uchiha Squad Assembles Again

The storm in the Land of Waterfalls came and went quickly. It only hung on the Ninja World's hot list for two days before losing its heat, like a stone thrown into the water, which, after stirring up ripples, would eventually return to calm.

Konoha

"Big Cousin, did you encounter something happy?"

Uchiha Madara, who had an appointment with Uchiha Gin to eat ramen for lunch, couldn't help but ask when he saw his cousin, who had been showing a strange smile.

For the past few days, he could always see an inexplicable, strange smile on Uchiha Gin's salted-fish face. At first, he didn't feel anything strange, but after smiling for several days in a row, it made Uchiha Madara feel a chill down his spine and physical discomfort.

"Haha, is it really that obvious?"

Still immersed in the joy of single-handedly facilitating the birth of the Tailed Beast Rider, Uchiha Gin heard his cousin's inquiry and subconsciously touched the corner of his mouth, which he couldn't suppress.

"Uh... to be honest, it's quite disgusting."

Uchiha Madara was not polite; after all, he loved to tell the truth.

"I didn't bring money, you treat this meal."

It was fine to whisper behind his back before, but this kid now dared to output directly to his face. In the end, his wings had hardened!

"I'm living a life of splitting a penny in two now, and you still have the nerve to exploit me?"

Touching his shriveled wallet, Uchiha Madara couldn't help but whisper. He now belonged to the category of paying to work, the electricity meter turning backward, getting poorer the more he worked.

"You're a ninja anyway, won't you take some missions to earn extra money?"

Uchiha Gin naturally knew Uchiha Madara's current economic situation very well. Ever since his big cousin became this Hokage candidate, he had thrown all the family affairs to Izuna.

And the Uchiha clan had always been clean and fair. As long as you didn't participate in family affairs, you couldn't enjoy the dividends of the family business, which caused Uchiha Madara's "rice worm" plan to fail.

Furthermore, busy with work, he had no mind to execute missions to earn remuneration. All of the above, plus a certain uncontrollable reason, led to Uchiha Madara gradually becoming a poor household in Konoha, living a life of cutting down on food and clothing.

"How can that be! What is my status now? Let me do missions?"

"What status? A temporary worker who pays to work~"

Seeing Uchiha Madara's arrogant expression, Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes and pierced him without mercy.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Uchiha Madara's face stiffened at the words, and he coughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment, then lowered his head to fight the unfinished ramen on the table.

And Uchiha Gin shook his head with a sigh, sighing that his big cousin's long gown was afraid he wouldn't be able to take it off~

"Here, I know you're embarrassed to take money from the family. Take this for now, don't lose face in front of that white-haired guy."

In the end, Uchiha Gin still didn't have the heart to watch his big cousin suffer, so he took out the gratitude money sent by Hyuga Xiang Tianyao from his bag and stuffed a stack into Uchiha Madara's hand.

"Big Cousin..."

Touching the substantial banknotes in his hand, Uchiha Madara looked up with complex eyes, feeling warm in his heart.

*Sure enough, Big Cousin loves me the most! When he gets old, I will definitely honor him! *

"Alright, take it quickly, and remember not to lend it to Hashirama-laodi again."

That's right, the culprit behind Uchiha Madara's current poverty was Senju Hashirama, who looked honest and loyal on weekdays, but turned into a Konoha gambler after work.

As long as Senju Hashirama opened his mouth, even if Uchiha Madara turned his underwear inside out, he would find two copper coins to lend him.

"Absolutely not!"

*Unless Hashirama kneels down and begs me~*

"That's fine, let's go after eating~"

Seeing Uchiha Madara's solemn guarantee, Uchiha Gin felt relieved.

Walking on the streets of Konoha, Uchiha Madara looked suspiciously at Uchiha Gin, who was walking with him.

"Big Cousin, this isn't the way to your house, right?"

"I just happen to have something to do at the Hokage building."

The two chatted all the way until they reached the entrance of the mission hall. Uchiha Gin waved goodbye to his big cousin, but before he could turn around, he suddenly heard a surprised voice behind him:

"Master! I finally met you again!"

*Master? *

Uchiha Gin frowned. Apart from little Hikari, he hadn't taken any disciples yet. Even the future F6 was just his student.

Turning his head in confusion, Uchiha Gin saw who the guy who recognized him as master was, then rolled his eyes and said:

"I never said I would take you as a disciple, you perverted brat!"

"I'm not a perverted brat, my name is Maruboshi Kosuke, Master!"

"If you're not a perverted brat, why would you take that kind of mission?"

Teased by Uchiha Gin, Maruboshi Kosuke's face turned red, and he waved his hands repeatedly.

"That was just curiosity; I've already turned over a new leaf!"

Hearing this, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but look up and down at this ten-year-old brat, finding his clothes a bit messy, with a few bloodstains on his cheeks, as if he had just fought, and then asked:

"What's this?"

"Hehe, just finished a mission to wipe out bandits."

Uchiha Gin suddenly realized, and the look in his eyes when he looked at this kid also changed slightly.

"How? Were there any female bandits without clothes among the bandits?"

"Master, can you please stop mentioning that?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin take the opportunity to mock him again, Maruboshi Kosuke covered his face in embarrassment, as if his dark history had been exposed.

"Don't call me Master. Let's introduce ourselves formally. My name is Uchiha Gin, and I am a philanthropist."

"Master is actually an Uchiha? I can't tell at all!"

Maruboshi Kosuke, who finally learned Uchiha Gin's real name, was shocked. He applied the stereotypes about the Uchiha clan to the Uchiha Gin in front of him and found that nothing matched.

"I said don't call me Master, just call me Gin-san~"

"Received!"

"Tell me, how did you transcend from the perversion?"

After getting to know each other, Uchiha Gin, with his hands behind his head, looked curiously at the wounded Maruboshi Kosuke. He really wanted to know how this kid woke up.

"Uh... it was too miserable~"

That's right, seeing Hyuga Tianyao's miserable encounter had caused an indelible shadow on Maruboshi Kosuke's young heart, especially that Akimichi auntie who was like a monster, which made him wake up from nightmares several times.

So he made a vow that he would never be interested in peeping again, and would never take any mission to guard the women's bath.

*Tsk~ Xiang Tianyao-laodi didn't carry this pot in vain, successfully bringing a good Konoha boy who had gone astray back to the right track. It is truly a great merit! *

"Sorry, Gin-san, I have to turn in the mission. When I get the reward, I'll treat you to a meal!"

Maruboshi Kosuke checked the time, hurriedly apologized to Uchiha Gin, and ran toward the mission hall.

Watching the young man's hurried back, Uchiha Gin scratched his head with regret. If he hadn't just eaten his fill with his big cousin, he would definitely have slaughtered this kid.

"See you again if fate allows~"

Not choosing to wait for Maruboshi Kosuke, Uchiha Gin turned and walked into the nearby Hokage building.

Greeting the guards, Uchiha Gin familiarly touched the Hokage office.

"Knock, knock, knock~"

"Come in!"

As soon as he entered, the two people in the office looked up together. Seeing that the visitor was Uchiha Gin, Senju Hashirama, who was sitting on the Hokage throne, slightly relaxed his furrowed brows and stood up with a smile.

"Gin-dage, you're finally here!"

"Sending me a message early in the morning, what's the matter?"

Uchiha Gin walked familiarly to the tea station in the Hokage office, dug out the white sugar hidden in the innermost part, and smiled as he brewed a cup of sweet tea for himself.

"We asked you to come because we want to ask about the Tailed Beast."

Senju Tobirama, whose face twitched, felt heartbroken to see Uchiha Gin wasting tea leaves like this, and said:

"Tailed Beast? What's wrong with the Tailed Beast?"

Taking a sip of the sweet tea, Uchiha Gin asked knowingly.

"Can the wedge you were entrusted to plant before help us track the location of the Tailed Beast?"

Senju Tobirama didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the theme. He just wanted to use the wedge Uchiha Hikari planted on the Tailed Beast to recover the Seven-Tails that went missing in the Land of Waterfalls.

"No."

Uchiha Gin answered straightforwardly, without a hint of hesitation.

"Tsk! Then what's the use of planting a wedge for you!"

Not expecting Uchiha Gin to answer so quickly, and the answer was not what he wanted, Senju Tobirama stood up in anger.

"Heh~ The Ninja World is so big, the range of our Uchiha clan's sensing wedge is limited. Unless the Tailed Beast is nearby, don't even think about it."

What Uchiha Gin said was indeed the truth. The wedge Uchiha Hikari planted on the Tailed Beast needed to be within a certain distance to be sensed.

"This is troublesome..."

Hearing this answer, Senju Tobirama calmed down. As a ninjutsu master, he could naturally judge the truth of what Uchiha Gin said, then frowned and whispered.

"Whose Tailed Beast ran away?"

Pretending to know nothing, Uchiha Gin asked curiously.

"It's the Seven-Tails. A rogue ninja from the Waterfall Village took the Seven-Tails away."

Senju Hashirama, who had dealt with the Waterfall ninjas, explained with a slightly heavy face.

"Waterfall Village?"

Acting must be done in full. Looking at Uchiha Gin's bewildered look, Senju Hashirama immediately retold the ins and outs of the matter.

"Whoo~ It's indeed too dangerous. A crazy rogue ninja controlling a Tailed Beast is equivalent to a desperate thug holding 600 billion explosive tags. I don't even dare to think about what kind of tragic things he will do."

After listening to the story of the Seven-Tails, Uchiha Gin said with a solemn face.

"That's what we thought too!"

Although it was strange why the explosive tags had to be precise to 600 billion, this was not the time to delve into such unimportant details.

"Then what do you want to do now?"

The planted wedge was temporarily useless, and Uchiha Gin really wanted to know the next steps of the Senju brothers.

"Tobirama, what do you think?"

Senju Hashirama, who was not good at thinking of ways, could only ask his younger brother, who had a meticulous mind.

"It seems there really is no other way."

After frowning and pondering for a while, Senju Tobirama lifted his head and set his gaze on Uchiha Gin, who was tasting the sweet tea in small sips.

"What do you want to do!"

Feeling himself locked by the gaze, Uchiha Gin put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Senju Tobirama with inquiry in his eyes.

*This white-haired guy definitely isn't holding back any good farts. *

"I want to issue a mission in the name of the village, letting the Uchiha clan go out to find the Seven-Tails."

For the current plan, it could only rely on the Uchiha clan to go out to find the Seven-Tails, try to narrow the range, and find and bring back the missing Seven-Tails through the sensing of the wedge.

*Huh? *

Uchiha Gin refused this mission. Looking at the burning eyes of Senju Tobirama, he immediately opened his mouth and said:

"Are there many people who know this intelligence?"

"Not many."

Senju Tobirama said, extending five fingers.

"Only five people know, then that's fine, then that's fine~"

"It's the Five Great Nations."

"Slap!"

Uchiha Gin slapped the table hard, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Senju Tobirama was filled with danger.

"Then what's the point of grabbing it? Didn't the others set off long ago?"

"Indeed, according to intelligence, other countries have already sent personnel to the Land of Waterfalls."

Flipping through the intelligence in his hand, Senju Hashirama, who was on the side, answered.

"This is difficult to handle~"

"Setting off now is a bit late, but your Uchiha clan comes with its own radar, and the search speed will definitely far exceed the ninjas of other countries."

"Although what you white-haired guy said makes some sense, do you think the ninjas who will be sent to find the Tailed Beast will be weak?"

"There is a peace agreement, they won't easily make a move."

Hearing Uchiha Gin's worry about conflicts with ninjas from other countries, Senju Hashirama hurriedly spoke up to stand for the peace agreement he initiated.

"Heh, the conflicts that occur during the mission are not within the scope of the peace agreement you signed."

What Uchiha Gin said was really correct. The peace agreement signed at the Five Kage Summit only stipulated that countries could not have war conflicts, but did not include conflicts that occurred during missions in the scope of war.

After all, missions have clients. If the content of a mission is to assassinate someone, and that person happens to hire ninjas from other countries as guards, then conflicts will inevitably arise between the two, and this kind of conflict caused by missions certainly cannot be used as an excuse for war.

"Whoo~ Even so, a rogue ninja cannot be allowed to hold a Tailed Beast."

Senju Tobirama, who had figured out the pros and cons, felt that this matter had become complicated, but thinking of the Tailed Beast in the hands of a rogue ninja, his sense of crisis could not dissipate.

"How about... I take people to see the situation first. In case the intelligence is wrong, actually the Seven-Tails just took advantage of the rogue ninja's chaos and slipped out to play."

Seeing that this matter could not be avoided, Uchiha Gin had to nod and agree.

"How many people are you going to take?"

For Uchiha Gin's strength, the Senju brothers were very clear. Because of the "side effects" of the Yin Seal, this curly-head was at most an elite jonin. Facing a Tailed Beast, under the restraint of dojutsu, he might have a battle, but encountering ninjas from other countries, that was hard to say.

"There are many eyes and ears, and this mission of ours can't see the light, so I'll take two people~"

Several figures flashed rapidly through Uchiha Gin's mind. He first ruled out his older and younger cousins; his older cousin had a rather bad temper, and if he encountered ninjas from other lands, he would start piloting his Gundam at the slightest disagreement, causing unnecessary trouble. His younger cousin was busy with government affairs and chasing girls, so he couldn't spare the time. As for those without a Mangekyo, he didn't even consider them.

Calculating this way, only Uchiha Hikari and Uchiha Hikari could be taken out.

"Are you going to take Madara and Izuna?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin say two people, Senju Hashirama immediately asked nervously. It seemed he also knew Uchiha Madara's temper very well, worrying that he would cause trouble outside.

"No, the cousins are all busy, so I won't disturb them. I'll take Hikari and Hikari out."

"Can."

Senju Tobirama still had the information of the two women on hand. For these two holders of Mangekyo Sharingan, he was still very relieved. The only thing he needed to worry about was Uchiha Gin, this curly-head.

"Then I'll go notify them first, and come to you to lead the mission tomorrow~"

"Wait!"

Just as Uchiha Gin turned to leave, Senju Tobirama, with a slightly heavy face, said:

"What's the matter again?"

*This white-haired guy has so many things, why don't you go yourself! *

"Take this kunai. If there is any danger, activate the spell on it."

Senju Tobirama fumbled behind him and finally took out a simple and unadorned kunai, but at the position where it was held, a spell was crookedly written.

"Oh?"

Taking the kunai thrown by the other party, Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows, feeling the familiar fluctuations emanating from the kunai, and looked at Senju Tobirama with some surprise.

"Don't think too much, I'm just afraid you'll be captured, taken back, have your limbs cut off, and switch to being a heartless sowing machine."

"Can't you hope for something good for me?"

After listening to Senju Tobirama's lame reason, Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes, but still put the kunai into his bag.

"Hurry up and prepare, set off tomorrow!"

After the matter was finished, Senju Tobirama immediately issued an order to evict the guests, making Senju Hashirama on the side scratch his head in embarrassment, and apologized to Uchiha Gin with a full face of apology.

"Tobirama speaks straight and fast, Gin-dage, don't mind."

"It's okay, thank you~"

Uchiha Gin shook his head with a smile, set his gaze on Senju Tobirama, who was crossing his arms, waved at him, and then turned and left the Hokage office.

"This curly-head, must not have an accident."

Waiting until Uchiha Gin's footsteps disappeared in the corridor, Senju Tobirama's cold eyes gradually eased, with a rare trace of worry, and he said easily:

"Tobirama, don't worry, Gin-dage will be fine~"

Senju Hashirama saw his brother's worried face, then stepped forward and patted his shoulder as if to comfort him. He didn't have any worries about Uchiha Gin's mission this time.

The Uchiha Hikari that Uchiha Gin was going to take was a woman who could kill his wood clone, which had half his strength, in one blow.

Cold drink shop at the entrance of the village

"Ding-a-ling~"

"Welcome, Gin-sensei?"

As Uchiha Gin lifted the curtain, the purple-haired girl busy at the bar looked up. The "welcome" she had just said halfway was stuck in her mouth, and a blush appeared on her face involuntarily, which was soon covered by her cold expression.

"Little Hikari, I missed you so much~"

"Gin-sensei, your quota for this month has been used up."

"Tsk... don't be so ruthless, little Hikari. Rules are dead, people are alive!"

Thinking of mixing and drinking with his good disciple here, Uchiha Gin pouted and sat in front of her, his hands supporting his face, his eyes full of pleading.

"Whoo~ Don't look at me like that, this is all for your health."

Looking at Uchiha Gin, who was pitiful like curly wool, Uchiha Hikari, who was almost soft-hearted and broken, took a deep breath, threw the pity aside, and shook her head decisively to refuse.

"Little Hikari is as strict as ever~"

Knowing there was no result, Uchiha Gin smacked his lips, pointed his finger at the drink machine behind the girl, and said:

"Then give me a glass of lemonade, I have something to discuss with you."

"Oh?"

Not expecting Uchiha Gin to have other things, Uchiha Hikari turned to pick up a glass of lemonade that had been soaked in advance. She paused when mixing the honey syrup.

"Only one glass, don't tell Hikari-senpai."

Saying that, in Uchiha Gin's surprised eyes, the girl scooped three big spoonfuls and put them into the lemonade, then handed it over.

"Little Hikari is the cutest in the world~"

Taking the bright yellow lemonade, Uchiha Gin's eyes were full of joy, and he couldn't help but praise it.

"Gulp, gulp, gulp~"

"Whoo~ Alive!"

Drinking the sweet and greasy lemonade in one gulp, Uchiha Gin only felt that all the pores on his body were groaning comfortably.

"Gin-sensei, what's the matter?"

The girl tilting her head, looking at Uchiha Gin, who was enjoying himself, a charming smile appeared on her cold corner of her mouth.

"Uh... the organization has a mission to hand over to you!"

"As long as it's something Gin-sensei wants me to do, I can accept it~"

That night, in Uchiha Gin's room, a world-class duel was taking place. The losing side would pay a price more precious than life.

Uchiha Gin struggled to prop up his body, the sheets under his butt were already soaked. Leaning against the head of the bed, he adjusted himself to a comfortable posture and reached out to stroke Uchiha Hikari, who had been defeated beside him.

"Hikari..."

"Hmm... called the wrong name, it changed after the third time~"

Uchiha Gin only felt a pain in his bird's nest, and he hurriedly changed his words in fear.

"Dark!"

"Tell me, you must have something to ask of us, otherwise you wouldn't let us be the riders."

Uchiha Dark, who had let Uchiha Gin go, lifted her head from the quilt, her eyes filled with deep mockery.

"It's like this, there's a mission to go out, I want to take you with me."

"Will there be a fight?"

"Probably~"

If they encountered search teams from other countries, in the case of not being acquaintances, there should be conflicts.

Of course, acquaintances are not guaranteed either.

"That's fine, staying in the village all the time, my bones are almost itching to death."

It had been a long time since she had sparred with Otsutsuki Yueji. Uchiha Hikari hadn't found a suitable opponent in the village. Facing familiar people, she couldn't let go of her hands and feet. The restlessness suppressed in her heart made her eager to try this mission.

"Whoo~ Sleep, have to get up early tomorrow!"

Hearing the girl's decisive answer, Uchiha Gin felt that his hard work had not been in vain. Relieved, he pulled up the quilt and was about to fall asleep. After several hours of tossing and turning, even an iron waist would be idle.

However, a small white hand appeared in the dark night, stopping his action of covering the quilt. The girl, whose temperament was completely different from just now, had a faint shyness on her face, and her eyes were filled with unconcealable desire.

"Gin, it's changed, it's my turn now." (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 298 =====