Chapter 35

"Detected that the host has encountered a battle, Heartsteel Chest accumulation begins..."

The sudden system prompt interrupted Uchiha Gin's thoughts. Before he could think too much, his eyes quickly switched to Sharingan, and he watched this eerie old jailer vigilantly.

"Hehehehe, I have no malice, just want to..."

The old jailer opened his mouth, and the eerie smile pulled the corners of his mouth behind his ears,

"See your growth."

After speaking, the old jailer's figure disappeared before his eyes like smoke.

Uchiha Gin immediately mobilized the Sharingan's super dynamic vision to search up, down, left, and right for the disappeared old jailer, but the small cell had no blind spots, and the other party seemed to have evaporated from the world, leaving no traces.

"Where are you looking?"

The nervous Uchiha Gin heard the old jailer's hoarse voice in his ear, and the cold breath invaded his spine behind him.

The old jailer's words were like the gaze of the god of death, making his limbs stiff as if filled with lead.

Gritting his teeth, he applied brute force to his elbow, and the heavy elbow strike carried the power of thunder and smashed toward the old man behind him. Uchiha Gin only felt his back loosen, and the elbow strike expectedly missed.

The old jailer disappeared again. The candlelight on the wall flickered slightly, and Uchiha Gin, reflected by it, could only see his own reflection on the wall. The old jailer's appearance seemed like a dream.

Special concealment technique? Or Genjutsu?

One guess after another popped out of Uchiha Gin's brain. Taking a deep breath, he touched the Flying Thunder God kunai hanging on his waist. Just the moment he touched the kunai, an eerie thing happened.

The old jailer was actually standing straight on his shadow, his pale pupils staring straight at him, the corners of his mouth still with that slightly manic smile.

The sudden scene made Uchiha Gin's heart jump. He subconsciously let go of the hand holding the kunai, and the moment he let go of the kunai, the eerie old jailer actually disappeared from his field of vision as if erased by an eraser.

In surprise, he tried to hold the kunai in his hand again, and the old jailer's figure appeared again, then he let go, and the old jailer disappeared.

He recalled the introduction of this Flying Thunder God kunai,

【Flying Thunder God Kunai】 Weapon used by Namikaze Minato, containing a trace of space-time power. Note: Can accelerate the comprehension of space-time ninjutsu when worn.

Space-time power! Could the old jailer's methods before him be related to space-time power?

As one of the most mysterious power systems in the Naruto world, the introduction to space-time power in the original work was only a few strokes, but the abilities related to it were one more bug than the other.

The Flying Thunder God Technique of the Second and Fourth Hokage, Uchiha Obito's Kamui, Sasuke's Amenotejikara using the Six Paths Rinnegan, and Otsutsuki Kaguya's Yomotsu Hirasaka, etc., every one of them was a heavyweight skill.

Guessing was just guessing. Uchiha Gin feigned panic, his eyes darting around, but the hand holding the Flying Thunder God kunai secretly accumulated strength.

Taking advantage of the fact that the old jailer was still motionless, he used the kunai to stab at his head with lightning speed.

A look of surprise appeared on the old jailer's eerie face for the first time, seeing the kunai about to pierce his face.

The old jailer, however, quickly lowered himself into his shadow in Uchiha Gin's unbelievable gaze.

It's over, there's something dirty.

Uchiha Gin doubted for the first time whether he had traveled to a proper Naruto world. He had never heard of the old jailer's eerie methods.

"Actually able to see me? When did you have such talent?"

The old jailer's head stretched out from Uchiha Gin's shadow, his gray-white eyes staring at him hollowly, slowly asking.

"You seem to know me well?"

Answering a question with a question, Uchiha Gin didn't answer the old jailer's question but turned to question him instead.

"Hehehehe..."

The old jailer didn't answer, just made his signature eerie laugh again.

"Did you deliberately leak the news to Uchiha Lu Cha just to arouse my interest and lure me here?"

Uchiha Gin changed the question, "Then that news you told him..."

"Is true."

Hearing Uchiha Gin's question, the old jailer stopped laughing and said in a hoarse voice.

"Then what is your purpose in luring me here?"

Uchiha Gin frowned and changed the question.

Not waiting for the answer he wanted, the old jailer suddenly grabbed Uchiha Gin's legs, and a huge attractive force dragged him uncontrollably into his shadow.

Uchiha Gin, whose legs were restrained, was shocked and used the Flying Thunder God kunai to stab at the other party's hands.

But an eerie scene appeared: the sharp kunai passed through his withered hands without any resistance.

Missed? The feeling of not hitting a solid object made Uchiha Gin's heart sink. Could this guy be immune to physical attacks?

"Hehehehe..."

Seeing Uchiha Gin miss, the old jailer laughed again,

"If you only have this level..."

"Then drown in your own shadow!"

Feeling the pulling on his legs become more intense, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but feel a trace of despair in his heart. Could it be that he was going to lose his life here?

Just at this moment, a breeze blew from somewhere in the empty dungeon.

It was almost imperceptible, but the candlelight on the wall was blown swaying by this breeze, and the swaying flame instantly stirred Uchiha Gin's reflection into a mess.

Seeing his shadow flickering, Uchiha Gin felt the pulling on his legs disappear for a moment.

Could it be?! Suddenly turning his head to look at the candle on the wall, a bold guess appeared in Uchiha Gin's mind.

He saw one of his hands suddenly accumulate strength, waving a fist wind, attacking the candle on the wall.

The powerful wind instantly extinguished the only illumination in the cell, and it was plunged into darkness. At the same time, Uchiha Gin felt his legs loosen, and the attractive force just now disappeared without a trace.

"Hehehehe, actually saw through this technique of mine."

The old jailer's figure emerged from the dark corner. At this time, there was no candlelight in the cell, and only the faint light spilling in from the small window of the cell allowed people to see each other clearly.

"Thanks to the senior for showing mercy."

Uchiha Gin stared at the old jailer, and his originally furrowed brows relaxed.

"?" The old jailer was a bit surprised to hear this.

"Senior, you are not a solid entity, right."

Uchiha Gin spoke. The old jailer was silent. After a long while, his gray-white pupils couldn't hide his confusion, "How did you know."

This sentence was a disguised admission. Uchiha Gin didn't sell it short, pointing to the ground in front of the old jailer. The faint light from outside spilled in, but where there should have been a reflection, there was nothing.

The old jailer actually had no shadow!

"From the beginning, you didn't carry out any substantial attacks on me. Even when you stretched out your hands to grab my legs, I only felt an attractive force, not the feeling of being dragged by someone."

Uchiha Gin said his analysis.

"Not bad, truly worthy of being my..."

The old jailer stopped halfway, looking at him with strange eyes, and continued,

"Since you've seen through it, then what questions do you have next? I will tell you everything."

"Host victory, obtained Heart Energy point *1. You may unlock the Heartsteel Chest reward after one more battle. (Current cumulative Heart Energy: 23)"

The winning streak was broken. Uchiha Gin shouted in his heart that it was a pity. He hadn't had time to act yet, but the other party had admitted defeat first, which also caused the winning streak he had worked so hard to save to be broken.

Although it was a pity, if he could get useful clues from the old jailer's mouth, he wouldn't have wasted his effort.

"May I ask senior, what is your purpose in luring me here?"

Organizing his thoughts, Uchiha Gin wanted to know first what the purpose of the other party releasing the news to induce him to come was.

"Don't you want to know who that person locked in the prison six years ago was?"

The old jailer asked strangely,

"That is the next question."

Uchiha Gin shook his head, indicating that he only wanted to know the other party's purpose now, why it had to be him.

"..."

The old jailer's eyes dimmed, and he lowered his head into silence.

Seeing the old jailer not speaking, Uchiha Gin lifted his foot to leave.

At this time, the old jailer's familiar hoarse voice came, and in the originally calm tone like an ancient well, an inexplicable ripple arose,

"I just wanted to see you."

(End of chapter)