Chapter 354

354. Chapter 347: Purple has charm, but she is only my...

Hearing his decisive answer, the expressions of the two people in front of Uchiha Gin tightened simultaneously. Especially Uchiha Madara, who looked at his eager cousin with a tone full of deep worry.

"Cousin, it's too dangerous. Your body..."

"It's fine, I'll bring a bodyguard."

He hadn't expected Uchiha Gin's "old, weak, and sick" persona of the past few years to be so deeply rooted in people's hearts that even Uchiha Madara was deeply convinced by his frail facade.

"No, why don't I go with you!"

Thinking of his elderly and frail cousin about to go on a long journey, Uchiha Madara, worried, prepared to drop his Hokage-acting duties and personally escort him.

"No need, no need. You just keep practicing. Cousin can handle this little problem."

"This curly-haired guy is right. With Big Brother away, there are many things in the village that need to be handled; you cannot leave."

Senju Tobirama, sitting on the side, was actually speaking up for Uchiha Gin. Shouldn't he be hoping for Uchiha Madara to get lost sooner?

"Senju Tobirama, what do you mean by that?"

Uchiha Madara frowned. Was this white-haired guy trying to retaliate against his cousin by deliberately letting him go into danger?

"My meaning is very clear. You, the Hokage who handles internal affairs, cannot leave, but I, this branch secretary, have an obligation to coordinate affairs between villages."

"Huh?"

A surprised Uchiha Gin and Uchiha Madara looked at each other. What kind of medicine was this white-haired guy selling in his gourd?

"Just let me go~"

"No way!"

Uchiha Gin made a big "X" sign, looking at the white-haired guy who had volunteered with a strange expression. How could this kid be so kind? He definitely had ulterior motives.

"Don't worry, you guys. I'll bring Xiao Guang with me."

"Phew... you should have said so earlier, Cousin. Then I can rest easy."

Hearing that Uchiha Gin was going to take Uchiha Guang with him, Uchiha Madara instantly put his heart back in his stomach. After all, she was an old-school Eternal Eye user; if anything really happened to his cousin, it should be Sunagakure that ought to be worried.

"Really only taking Uchiha Guang?"

Senju Tobirama asked a question that seemed to come out of nowhere, leaving Uchiha Gin a bit confused, but he still nodded.

"Yeah... should only be taking Xiao Guang alone~"

"I need a definitive answer! Forget it, submit the outgoing personnel report to me before you leave."

Rubbing his throbbing temples, Senju Tobirama was just worried that this curly-haired guy would trick his little sister out of the village again to do some indescribable things, which was why he had lowered his face to accompany him. He hadn't expected the other party to be ungrateful.

"So troublesome, got it!"

"Lord Hokage, do you agree? Can you give me a definitive answer?"

Just as the three on the platform finished communicating, Chiyo, who had been waiting in the middle of the office for half a day, finally couldn't hold back. She took long strides, two steps in one, walked to Uchiha Madara's desk, and asked with a very serious expression.

But Uchiha Gin, standing on the side, could clearly see the sweat seeping from Chiyo's slender neck. His cousin and the white-haired guy were not easy to deal with; even without deliberately mobilizing chakra, the aura radiating from their bodies was enough to make her suffer.

"Whether we agree or not is not important; it depends on whether Uchiha Gin himself is willing."

Uchiha Madara, sitting on the Hokage's throne, looked suspiciously at Uchiha Gin. This woman from Sunagakure came in at the same time as his cousin—did she not know his identity?

"Please, Lord Hokage, tell us the address of Master Uchiha Gin. My foolish younger brother and I will go visit him in person."

Chiyo straightened her back, her expression very sincere, determination shining in her beautiful eyes.

Having guessed beforehand that this mission to invite someone wouldn't be smooth sailing, Chiyo was prepared to pay a heavy price. As long as she could help the village solve the Tailed Beast problem, she could sacrifice everything.

"..."

However, the subsequent silence surprised Chiyo, who had prepared herself. Uchiha Madara, sitting on the Hokage's throne, and Senju Tobirama on the side, both cast their gazes simultaneously at the uncle scratching his head beside her.

"Uncle, what is this about?"

"Uncle???"

Uchiha Madara and Senju Tobirama, who were preparing to watch a joke, instantly widened their eyes, their expressions changing from the previous awkwardness to shock.

"Cousin, oh my, you... tsk... sigh~"

After the shock, Uchiha Gin covered his forehead with an expression of "I really can't do anything about you."

"Curly-hair! Where did you provoke this one from?"

Senju Tobirama had already touched the hilt of his sword, the anger in his heart like a volcano about to erupt.

Damn curly-haired guy, not only was he stringing his little sister along, but he was actually flirting abroad.

Uncle?

Truly damn interesting!

Watch me stab you to death, you evil Uchiha old man!

It was lucky Uchiha Gin had finished his daily brush today, otherwise the system's notification sound would have been playing on a loop by now.

"Don't look at me like that. It's not like you guys don't know; I like making friends. This little girl's father just happened to be a little brother I hit it off with~"

Uchiha Gin noticed the misunderstanding the two had about him and immediately explained his identity.

"Great Niece, why don't you explain it to them~"

After speaking, Uchiha Gin nudged Chiyo, who was confused beside him, signaling her to clarify for him.

"Huh?"

Chiyo was a bit confused now. The identity of this uncle she had just recognized seemed a bit complicated—the Hokage actually called him "Cousin"!

"Bang~"

"Uchiha Gin! Do you think I'll believe you?"

Senju Tobirama, unable to suppress the anger in his heart, drew his cold, gleaming sword. The cold aura radiating from his body made even Uchiha Madara, a member of the Uchiha clan, feel a slight chill.

"Uncle, are you Uchiha Gin?"

Hearing this, the confused Chiyo finally understood the situation. A brilliant light flashed in her beautiful eyes. Ignoring the differences between men and women, she grabbed Uchiha Gin's arm.

"Hold on~ believe me!"

Although the warm touch of her arm made Uchiha Gin feel slightly moved, facing the furious Senju Tobirama, he still painfully pulled his arm out from the cleavage and raised his hands high in an innocent gesture.

"Whoosh!"

The sharp tip of the blade stopped one centimeter from the tip of Uchiha Gin's nose. However, it wasn't because Senju Tobirama was soft-hearted, but because he was tightly gripped by a large, deep-blue hand and couldn't move another inch.

With a deep-blue phantom floating behind him and scarlet eyes, Uchiha Madara was looking gloomily at Senju Tobirama in the Susanoo's hand.

"Sen! Ju! Tobi! Rama! This is the Hokage's office, and I am the Hokage!"

"Hmph! You will regret this!"

A blue light flashed, and the figure in the deep-blue hand instantly vanished. The next moment, Senju Tobirama, who had sheathed his sword, sat back on his branch secretary's throne with a cold face, his two scarlet eyes staring straight at Uchiha Gin and Chiyo.

"I want to hear what kind of story you can make up for me!"

If these two couldn't give a reasonable explanation, Senju Tobirama would rather die than let this dog man off for the sake of his little sister.

"Phew... seriously, you're not young anymore, why are you still so irritable?"

Uchiha Gin sighed. The reason he didn't dodge just now was because he didn't sense any killing intent from Senju Tobirama; the other party just wanted to scare him. He was almost forty years old, yet still so naughty.

"Great Niece, tell me, how old are you this year?"

"I... I am twenty years old this year."

"You guys hear that? She's only twenty years old. How could I possibly make a move on a twenty-year-old little girl?"

Uchiha Gin's words silenced all three people present. Especially the person involved, Chiyo, who lowered her head in confusion, looking at her body—her vision blocked by her cleavage, and even stretching her neck couldn't see her feet—and fell into self-doubt.

A... a little girl?

"I feel like he's playing with me."

After a long silence, Senju Tobirama turned his head toward Uchiha Madara. Although the two had just had a small conflict, such small frictions happened from time to time, which didn't prevent him from communicating with his only ally at this moment.

"That's right."

Uchiha Madara also felt that Uchiha Gin's words were too shameless, so he made a decision that went against his ancestors and stood on a unified front with Senju.

"Then let's arrest him."

"Sigh... I hope Cousin can reform himself in prison~"

"Cough, cough... Lord Hokage, please don't misunderstand, Uncle really is my father's good friend!"

Seeing that if she didn't help explain, the uncle she had just recognized might be sent to prison, Chiyo hurriedly stepped forward, blocking in front of Uchiha Gin, and said to Uchiha Madara, who was discussing with Senju Tobirama how to deal with Uchiha Gin.

"Is that really so?"

"Absolutely true!"

Chiyo's firm expression made Uchiha Madara and Senju Tobirama look at each other, then they shifted their gazes to Uchiha Gin on the side.

"Cousin, when did you get connected with Sunagakure?"

"You kid really have a short memory. Do you remember where I rushed back from on the day Hashirama Shamon Laodi got married?"

"Oh~~~"

Hearing Uchiha Gin say this, Uchiha Madara was instantly enlightened. Every frame of Hashirama's wedding was deeply imprinted in his mind. His cousin, who joined halfway through, had indeed just returned from performing a mission in the Land of Wind, and he still had local specialties from the Land of Wind on him.

"Tsk... now that you mention it, it seems to be true."

As one of the hosts of the wedding banquet, Senju Tobirama also had a deep impression of Uchiha Gin, who appeared suddenly at the time. The other party was indeed dusty, and he was still carrying dried lizard specialties from the Land of Wind.

"Counting the time, it seems it was indeed twenty years ago. Cousin, we misunderstood you~"

Uchiha Madara and Senju Tobirama counted on their fingers; it had indeed been exactly twenty years since the wedding. Since then, there had been no record of Uchiha Gin going to the Land of Wind again.

"Consider yourself lucky to have escaped a disaster."

"Then we'll be leaving now~"

On the other side, seeing that the misunderstanding had been cleared up, Uchiha Gin patted his butt and left first, while Chiyo followed closely behind.

"Uncle Gin, please, help us~"

Chiyo followed beside Uchiha Gin, bending her slender waist, her long purple hair hanging down beside her chest, full of sincerity, and grabbed his arm, begging like a spoiled child.

"Sigh~ I really can't do anything about you. For the sake of your father, I'll make the trip!"

Staring straight at the dazzling cleavage, Uchiha Gin nodded with a reluctant expression.

Watching the backs of the two leaving, Uchiha Madara and Senju Tobirama suddenly fell into a strange silence. After a long while:

"I always feel there's something wrong."

"Yeah, but I just can't say where the problem is."

After walking out of the Hokage building with Chiyo, Uchiha Gin saw the purple-haired young man squatting in the corner, emo-ing alone. The purple-haired young man also saw them and immediately stood up, running over in a flash.

"Big Sister, did you succeed?"

Looking closely, Uchiha Gin discovered that the purple-haired young man's appearance was actually 90% similar to that Shamon Laodi back then; he was definitely his biological son.

"Ebizo, come and pay your respects to Uncle."

In front of her younger brother, Chiyo had to maintain her dignity. She immediately straightened her little face, pointed at Uchiha Gin, who was reminiscing about the past, and urged him.

"Uncle?"

Ebizo was confused, then suspiciously touched his skull, thinking he had hallucinated after being hit by his sister just now. But the intense pain made him recognize reality.

"Phew... ouch, ouch, ouch!"

"Big Sister, you're not mistaken, are you? This is Konoha!"

After taking a few cold breaths, Ebizo fixed his gaze on Uchiha Gin's fluffy curly hair. He swore he had never seen such a strange hairstyle in Sunagakure in his life.

"I'm not mistaken. He is the good friend Father once mentioned."

"Father has been gone for so many years, empty words are no proof."

Although Ebizo's head was swollen from being hit, he wasn't stupid. He wouldn't easily believe a stranger's one-sided words.

"Look at this!"

Having no choice, Chiyo had to take out the useless big stick gifted by Uchiha Gin. Looking at the two identical magical ninja tools, Ebizo finally shut his mouth.

"Hello, Uncle. I am Ebizo."

Under his sister's coercion and inducement, Ebizo had no choice but to bow his head to Uchiha Gin, whom he had never met before.

"Sigh... Great Nephew, you and your father are simply cut from the same mold~"

!!!

Now Ebizo believed it a little. He did look extremely similar to his father when he was young; even his teachers often called him by the wrong name.

"Big Sister, although finding Father's old friend is something worth celebrating, the mission..."

Ebizo, having lowered his guard, looked at his relaxed sister, his brows slightly furrowed. They weren't here to find relatives; their teacher was still waiting for their news~

"Don't worry, the mission is already completed."

"Huh?"

He had been glared at by Konoha's Black and White Duo for an entire morning and almost peed himself in fear. How did his sister go up there and finish the mission in less than half an hour? What exactly did he miss?

"Uncle has already promised me he will go to Sunagakure to help with the research."

"Uncle! Could it be that you are...?"

Enjoying Ebizo's shocked gaze, Uchiha Gin struck a chuuni pose, looking to the left, and introduced himself in an extremely deep baritone voice:

"That's right, I am Konoha's Number One Developer, Uchiha Gin~"

After agreeing with the Chiyo siblings on the departure time for tomorrow, Uchiha Gin touched his hungry stomach, found a place with no one around, flicked his finger with a flash of golden light, and flew back to his office in the prison the next moment.

"Sweet and sour fish, here I come~"

Solving the lunch carefully cooked by Senju Itama in three or two bites, Uchiha Gin wiped his mouth with satisfaction. After going out to greet his prison colleagues, he once again skipped work and went home openly.

"Slipped away again?"

At home, Senju Itama, holding a small broom and wearing a small apron, looked up. Seeing Uchiha Gin coming home so early, he had an expression of "I'm used to it."

"No, this time there's a mission. Is Xiao Guang awake?"

"Is something the matter, Gin?"

Following Uchiha Gin's words, a sleepy Uchiha Guang poked her head out from the second floor, her half-closed beautiful eyes full of confusion.

"Get ready, I'm taking you to see your favorite big raccoon~" (End of chapter)