Chapter 31

Having had a comfortable bath, Uchiha Gin, feeling refreshed, wrapped himself in a bath towel and looked at Senju Itama, who was fidgeting at the bathroom door, saying,

"Little brat, do you want me to help you scrub your back? My technique is famously good."

"No!"

Uchiha Gin, who was pushed out, shook his head,

"What a shy little brat. We're both grown men, what are you covering up for?"

After about an hour, Senju Itama, wrapped tightly, poked his head out. Seeing Uchiha Gin still sitting in the living room, his little face tightened,

"Finally out. Why did you take so long to take a bath, little brat? I was almost asleep."

Uchiha Gin, yawning, stood up, pinching the bottle of hair dye in his hand.

"Don't come over yet!"

Senju Itama locked the door tightly with both hands to prevent the other party from entering. Uchiha Gin, who had a bit of mischievous interest, smiled and pushed against the bathroom door, saying in a teasing tone,

"Are you doing something bad, kid? You should take care of your body at such a young age."

As Uchiha Gin increased the force in his hand, the bathroom door was instantly pushed open. Senju Itama, without a stitch of clothing, flew backward. Before he could see the details, the other party had already blocked the key parts with both hands, looking at him with a blushing face,

"If you're not wearing anything, you're not wearing anything. At your age, I was running around on the street with my butt bare."

Looking at Senju Itama's bare body, Uchiha Gin teased.

"Shameless!"

Senju Itama, whose whole body was as red as if he were in a sauna, shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Alright, alright, I've put the hair dye here for you."

Seeing that this little brat was a bit anxious, Uchiha Gin didn't continue to tease him, put down the hair dye in his hand, and left.

"Didn't notice, your skin is actually quite fair, little brat."

Before leaving, Uchiha Gin turned his head and dropped a sentence, which was met with the shampoo thrown by the other party, which he dodged with a laugh.

Going out and around to the back wall, Uchiha Gin worked to reinforce the fence again. The "backyard" of a few square meters was officially established, and he would brush his skills here in the future.

After dealing with the backyard, seeing the sky gradually darken, Uchiha Gin returned to the house first, waiting to come back in the middle of the night.

Inside the house, Senju Itama had already put on his clothes, and his black and white hair had also been dyed one color. Uchiha Gin nodded repeatedly. After the hair color was pleasing to the eye, this little brat also looked delicate and pretty,

"This way, no one should notice you."

Perhaps angry at Uchiha Gin's actions just now, Senju Itama turned his head and didn't answer.

"What a boring little brat."

Uchiha Gin, whose mind wasn't on this, didn't care, gave a few instructions, and fell asleep on the sofa.

Senju Itama, on the side, looked at the curly-haired Uchiha with his back to him with a complex expression. His eyes flickered, not knowing what he was thinking, and finally, he got up silently and went back to the bedroom to rest.

In the middle of the night, Uchiha Gin, who had been sleeping, opened his eyes again. After confirming that the person in the bedroom was asleep, he tiptoed to the backyard and stood in the open space, waiting for the refresh to arrive.

Tonight, dark clouds covered the moon again. Uchiha Gin's residence was far from the gathering place, with only cliffs and forests around. One had to pass through the forest to reach the Uchiha clan's living area.

A breeze blew through the forest, making a rustling sound. Uchiha Gin, his whole body tense, suddenly felt the surrounding aura condense, and a familiar feeling surged into his heart.

"Ding-a-ling~" Amidst the rustling leaves, a faint bell sound came. Relying on his superior senses, Uchiha Gin locked onto the direction immediately.

A figure wearing a conical hat with a black background and red clouds slowly emerged from the void. The right hand, painted with pitch-black nail polish, slightly lifted the conical hat, and a pair of scarlet eyes looked at him without any emotion.

It's Uchiha Itachi again!

Uchiha Gin, who had suffered at his hands twice, reacted immediately. He opened his Sharingan, and the tomoe in his right eye began to spin rapidly, while the chakra in his body also poured into it frantically as if it were worthless.

【Amaterasu】

Striking first, black flames appeared out of thin air on Uchiha Gin's chest, a significant improvement over the lighter-sized black flames from last time.

Having been passively beaten the previous few times, Uchiha Gin, who had taken the initiative this time, wanted to see what the result would be if he injured or even defeated the NPC releasing the skill.

Ignoring the raging black flames on his chest, the refreshed Uchiha Itachi calmly took off his conical hat, his eyes also turning into two shuriken-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan at some point.

The next moment, the Amaterasu, which had been intensifying, seemed to have misfired. With the appearance of Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyo, the flames gradually extinguished as if they had been drenched by heavy rain.

Uchiha Gin, who hadn't had time to be shocked, quickly moved his eyes elsewhere, not making eye contact with him.

Looking down at the ground, Uchiha Gin saw that the originally emerald green grass had turned into a transparent lake at some point. The lake surface reflected his own image like a mirror, and in the sky within the mirror, a blood-red full moon hung resolutely.

Seeing this scene, Uchiha Gin cried out that it was bad; he had already been hit.

【Genjutsu: Tsukuyomi】

As he was uncontrollably hung up by a cross, Uchiha Gin knew that tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

Sighing, looking at Uchiha Itachi, who was once again surrounding him, his mentality collapsed directly,

"Come on, come on, don't pity me just because I'm a delicate flower!"

The next second, the dense sound of blades rang through the entire Genjutsu space.

Uchiha Gin, who had stayed in the Genjutsu space for 72 hours, finally welcomed his release the moment the countdown hit zero.

As the Genjutsu space shattered, the surroundings returned to their familiar appearance, and Uchiha Itachi's figure also disappeared without a trace.

After 72 hours of torture in Tsukuyomi, only an instant had passed outside. Uchiha Gin, lying on the ground, had a splitting headache, and his Sharingan also entered a dormant state due to excessive stimulation.

After two Tsukuyomi, Uchiha Gin discovered that every time he was hit by Tsukuyomi, his left eye's pupil power would increase a bit, and his mastery of the Sharingan would become more mature.

"Backyard daily refresh random skill 【Genjutsu: Tsukuyomi】, obtained Tsukuyomi Fragment *4"

【Tsukuyomi Fragment (5/40), collect 40 pieces to synthesize Genjutsu Tsukuyomi, skill Mangekyo Sharingan can learn】

Uchiha Gin, seeing the system prompt, was shocked. This time he actually obtained 4 Tsukuyomi fragments,

"Is it purely good luck, or is the reward calculated based on battle evaluation?" Uchiha Gin guessed in his heart.

At the same time as the system prompt, the fatigue all over Uchiha Gin's body was swept away, and his brain, traumatized by Tsukuyomi, gradually became clear.

His right eye, which had just bled from releasing Amaterasu, also recovered as before, and all negative physical BUFFs were cleared by the system with one click.

Climbing up easily, feeling the state of his body, and confirming that there was nothing abnormal, Uchiha Gin quietly returned to the house and fell asleep on the sofa.

Uchiha Gin, who hadn't dreamed for a long time, dreamed of a few strange fragments again,

In a pitch-black hospital room, a youth lay on a hospital bed, his eyes bound by bandages, his expression numb, being manipulated at will like a puppet. A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties stroked his head, seemingly saying something.

Uchiha Gin could only watch from afar, unable to hear anything.

The middle-aged man looked at the youth with a complex expression. At this time, the hospital room door was pushed open again, and a young girl walked in, a bit younger than the youth. Seeing the youth, she seemed very excited, bowing her head by the youth's bed and crying bitterly.

When he wanted to continue watching, his entire consciousness was pushed out by a pair of ruthless hands.

Opening his eyes again, it was already the next morning.

Scratching his head, recalling the strange dream from last night, Uchiha Gin, after washing up, started his life as a ninja world corporate slave.

He left some money for Senju Itama, who had already dyed his hair black, letting him solve his own food and clothing problems.

With his hair dyed, he wouldn't be conspicuous at all when thrown into a pile of Uchihas, so there was no need to worry about his safety.

"Don't run around. If you run, I'll go catch your brother." Uchiha Gin didn't forget to put some pressure on this little brat.

"Got it, got it."

Senju Itama looked speechlessly at the curly-haired Uchiha who was trying to threaten him. Having figured it out, he wasn't stupid. Was there any point in using that reason to lie to him?

"What's the meaning of that look of yours, as if you're looking at an idiot?"

Uchiha Gin, feeling looked down upon, had a "＃" pop up on his forehead. He stretched out an angry hand, preparing to give this little brat a righteous flick, but Senju Itama, who had seen through it, easily dodged it.

Looking at Senju Itama, who was making faces at him, Uchiha Gin narrowed his dead-fish eyes.

He now felt more and more that this little brat was becoming a bit different, but he couldn't say exactly where.

(End of chapter)