Chapter 30

The mystery of the tragedy at the clan grounds six years ago had always been a haze hanging over Uchiha Gin's heart.

Having finally wanted to get some useful clues from the suspicious Kaguya clan, he ended up using too much force and killed the other party.

With his heart full of worries, he had no heart for work, so he drew the mark on his left hand based on his memory.

Staring at this strange symbol in his hand, no matter how hard he racked his brain, he couldn't think of where this thing had appeared in the original story.

Three shuriken spinning around a red dot, looking like the clan emblem of some family. He could only ask Uchiha Tajima about it next time they met.

Unknowingly, he mixed until the time to get off work. Uchiha Gin followed the policy of never working overtime and walked out of the dungeon right on time.

Seeing the sun gradually setting in the west, Uchiha Gin went to do some shopping first. Walking into a relatively large general store, he asked the clerk first,

"Do you have black hair dye? The kind that lasts a bit longer."

The clerk recognized the visitor as the legendary Uchiha Gin and tremblingly took a bottle of black hair dye from the shelf, handing it to him.

Uchiha Gin reached into his pocket to pay, but after digging for a long time, he found nothing, and a look of slight embarrassment couldn't help but appear on his face.

"Lord Gin, consider this bottle of hair dye a gift. Please take it."

Sensing that the other party seemed to be short of money, the clerk spoke tactfully.

"No, how can I be short of your money? Wait a moment."

Closing his eyes, he rummaged through the system for a while. Opening his eyes again, Uchiha Gin pulled a golden brick from his bag. The moment it was taken out, the golden light emitted almost blinded the clerk's titanium alloy dog eyes.

Swallowing his saliva, the clerk took the large golden brick, which weighed nearly ten jin, and couldn't help but pinch his own face.

The pain from his cheek told him this wasn't a dream. In all his years in the shop, he had never seen a golden brick of such weight.

Although the golden brick was good, its quality made him troubled.

"Lord Gin, forgive our small shop, we really cannot find change for such a valuable item."

That's right, the value of the golden brick was immeasurable; ten jin of gold could almost buy their entire storefront.

Looking at the golden brick pushed back by the clerk, Uchiha Gin was also a bit embarrassed. He also had principles: he would never take for free what he shouldn't, but he would never let go of what he could take for free.

Just as he was in a dilemma, a hedgehog-haired youth pushed the door and entered, shouting,

"Boss, do you have any powerful water-style... shuriken secret manuals!"

Before anyone present could react, the hedgehog-haired youth saw Uchiha Gin and screamed in shock,

"Gin, you guy, when did you come back!"

As he spoke, his eyes were attracted again by the golden brick in his hand,

"Holy crap, did you strike it rich?"

Uchiha Gin looked at the careless hedgehog-haired youth before him with black lines on his head. This guy didn't have the slightest bit of that "looking down on everything" demeanor from the future.

"You have to call me cousin, Madara. You must be respectful to your elders."

"╭(╯^╰)╮, just a loser."

The hedgehog-haired youth named Madara hummed with a chuunibyou face.

"If you are a bit more obedient, it wouldn't be impossible to cut a piece off for you."

Uchiha Gin looked calmly at Uchiha Madara, whose nose was pointed to the sky, gesturing at the golden brick in his hand.

"Cousin, you are my own cousin!"

Uchiha Madara, willing to bow for five pecks of rice, immediately bowed his head.

Even the "Ninja World Shura" of later generations still had to bow under his lewd might. Uchiha Gin looked at Uchiha Madara, who had succumbed to money, and felt refreshed in his heart.

Worth it!

It's a pity that there were no handheld cameras in this era. If this scene were filmed, in the future, ten thousand White Zetsu might be flicking rubber bands at his windows every night.

"Get up. Whatever you want to buy, cousin will pay the bill for you."

Uchiha Gin waved his hand, letting him shop freely.

Hearing this, Uchiha Madara's eyes lit up immediately. He packed up everything his father usually wouldn't let him buy, and in a short while, he had a huge bundle.

Looking at Madara carrying a bundle bigger than himself, Uchiha Gin, rubbing his chin, suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.

On an island thousands of miles away, Uzumaki Mito, who had been grounded by her father, stared blankly at the bead in her hand that had returned to its original color. Suddenly, the young girl felt an itch in her nose.

"Achoo~"

Was someone missing her?

In the end, Uchiha Gin and Madara's consumption only amounted to breaking a corner off the golden brick. Uchiha Madara, carrying the huge bundle, walked on the road and asked his cousin, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, curiously,

"Cousin, what kind of business did you go do to earn such a big golden brick?"

Ever since Uchiha Madara defeated Uchiha Gin, who was ten years his senior, in front of everyone when he was ten years old.

His cousin had begun to intentionally avoid meeting him. Even if they met at his father's place, he would just greet him hastily and run away.

"I just went to do a relatively dangerous mission, and this golden brick was obtained by chance during the mission."

"That's great, I also want to go out and do missions."

Hearing that Uchiha Gin had actually gone out to do missions, Uchiha Madara, who had never gone out to do missions, said enviously.

That was true. After the tragedy six years ago, Uchiha Tajima had been extremely protective of his two remaining sons.

Basically, he was inseparable from him, which also led to Madara never going out to do missions and also having no friends.

"By the way, I heard you... are in love?"

Staring at Uchiha Madara, whose emotions were a bit down, Uchiha Gin, trying to change the subject, asked teasingly.

"What? What love? Who did you hear that from?"

Uchiha Madara, who had never been interested in matters between men and women, had a confused expression.

"I heard it from Izuna, that you secretly went on a date with someone by the river."

With no burden at all, he decisively sold out his good younger brother.

"Uh... I'm leaving! Damn Izuna, I'm going to go deal with him right now."

Uchiha Madara, backstabbed by his dearest younger brother, said angrily. After a simple farewell, he headed straight for home.

Tsk tsk tsk, Izuna might have kicked an iron plate today.

Holding the hair dye in his hand and the corner-broken golden brick in his arms, Uchiha Gin also walked slowly toward his remote little hut.

The moment he pushed open the door, Uchiha Gin felt something hard pressing against his waist.

Lowering his head in surprise, he met Senju Itama's bewildered gaze. The other party was holding a small kitchen knife. It seemed there were no weapons in the house, so he had actually gone to the kitchen to find one.

Patting his little head, he handed the hair dye to him,

"Good vigilance, but don't use a kitchen knife next time, it's quite funny."

Senju Itama's little face turned red.

Seeing that the other party had already put on the clothes he wore when he was a child, Uchiha Gin looked him up and down,

"Not bad, you have one-tenth of my handsomeness when I was a child."

Senju Itama's face turned from red to black.

Uchiha Gin, who had read the manual, knew that the hair dye needed to be used after washing his hair, so he immediately arranged for Senju Itama to take a bath first.

Hearing that he could take a bath, Senju Itama's face first showed joy, but then he saw Uchiha Gin also starting to take off his clothes, which really gave him a big shock,

"What are you doing?!"

Uchiha Gin, who was asked, had a face full of question marks.

"What else can I do? Take a bath. I haven't taken a bath since I've been back for so long. It's just right to wash together, saves trouble."

Uchiha Gin said indifferently while taking off his clothes.

"Slap!" Seeing Senju Itama slam the door and run out first, he only said when he got outside,

"You go wash first, I'll help you boil the water."

The bathroom in Uchiha Gin's house was the kind of old-fashioned Japanese barrel bath. The barrel was placed on a fire to heat up slowly. One could only enter when the water temperature was suitable. The fire below had to be watched by someone at all times to prevent it from being too strong or too small, which would affect the bathing experience.

"Strange little brat, and a bit shy."

Shaking his head, Uchiha Gin didn't care. At his age, he was more than old enough to be Senju Itama's father.

In the Warring States Period, it was very common to get married and have children at thirteen or fourteen. It was only strange that he was twenty-four and had no offspring.

Taking off his clothes and entering the bathroom, the area under the barrel was connected to the outside. The water in the barrel was bubbling, so it seemed the temperature wasn't low.

Peeking his head out of the window, he saw Senju Itama, with a small face puffed up, working hard to boil the fire outside, throwing large bundles of firewood in, while shouting,

"Burn for me! Burn for me! Burn this dead pervert to death!"

"???"

First of all, I didn't provoke anyone.

(End of chapter)