Chapter 39

Uchiha Gin, who originally wanted to get angry, looked at the pitiful Senju Itama and felt that there was no need to get angry with a little brat. He then squatted down and took out the family photo from the broken frame.

The picture of a family of three having a good time made Uchiha Gin feel sighing. The original owner's memory of his childhood was relatively blurred, and he didn't have a deep impression of his parents, but just from the photo, the original owner's childhood should have been very happy.

"That's why I hate war."

Shaking his head, Uchiha Gin picked up the photo and prepared to get up, but discovered that there was another photo stuck in the frame.

The original owner had no memory of this. Uchiha Gin, who was confused, pulled out the photo that had been hidden and examined it carefully.

In the photo were two children, a boy and a girl, about eight or nine years old.

The two stood on the left and right in front of an old man who looked very kind. The old man was stroking the children's heads with both hands. From the happy expressions of the two children, it could be seen that the relationship between the three was very close.

Uchiha Gin recognized at a glance that the child on the left was the original owner Uchiha Gin, and he had no impression of the girl.

The girl had waist-length black hair, fair skin, and was wearing a blue dress, her shy face slightly red.

The old man had a head of gray-white curly hair, his eyes were kind and amiable, and his brows and eyes were actually a few points similar to Uchiha Gin.

Looking at the photo in his hand, Uchiha Gin tried hard to scrape the original owner's memory, reviewing it carefully from the time he could remember, but still knew nothing about the information of the two people in the photo.

Flipping the photo, Uchiha Gin found two small characters on the back of the photo,

【Gin】 【Guang】

"Gin" should refer to the original owner Uchiha Gin, so that "Guang," if there were no accidents, should be the girl in the photo.

"Uchiha... Guang?"

Uchiha Gin, who guessed the girl's name, didn't find any traces of this name in his brain.

With furrowed brows, he vaguely felt that the original owner's memory had a large deviation, not only was the childhood memory blurred, but the memory of the Uchiha clan grounds tragedy six years ago was also fragmented.

Could the original owner have selective amnesia?

He would actively forget memories that made him feel uncomfortable, so he would lose the memories before and after his parents' sacrifice, as well as the memory of the clan grounds tragedy.

"Sorry~"

Senju Itama, curled up on the bed, saw Uchiha Gin's face changing constantly after picking up the photo, and subconsciously thought the other party was very angry.

He could sense from Uchiha Gin's house that the other party's parents might have long since passed away. Breaking the only family photo was undoubtedly deepening Uchiha Gin's sadness.

"Little brat, I have something to go out for. There is food outside."

Uchiha Gin, who was eager to find the answer, couldn't care about Senju Itama, this little brat, and left in a hurry after giving instructions.

Senju Itama, who didn't suffer the "righteous punishment" from Uchiha Gin as imagined, poked his head out cautiously, seeing that the other party had actually left directly, which made him breathe a long sigh of relief.

Wrapping himself in the quilt, he walked out tiptoeing, looking at the steaming food left on the table, and inexplicable emotions spread in his eyes.

Uchiha Gin walked on the road, trying to recall a few people with whom the original owner had a closer relationship, wanting to understand the original owner's childhood from their mouths.

But he suddenly discovered that in his memory, he only had dealings with Uchiha Tajima's family, and other clansmen seemed to be just casual acquaintances.

He could say their names, but he only had a little blurred concept of the experience of getting along with them, which immediately made goosebumps all over his body.

He had already walked to the gathering place within the clan, looking back at the bustling crowd around him.

Uchiha Gin discovered with horror that he seemed to know everyone here, but he just couldn't recall the details of what happened between this person and him, as if there was a kind of cognition that he should know the person he wanted to know, that's all.

This discovery made Uchiha Gin's hair stand on end. The air around him seemed to be filled with lead, making the steps he took hang in mid-air, unable to step down for a long time.

The original owner not only had memory loss but also had big problems with cognition. What was the source of all this?

"How can you be sure that what you saw was true?"

"How do you know that you are really yourself?"

Suddenly remembering the two sentences the old jailer said before he was about to faint in the dungeon, they were hinting at something in the dark.

Taking a deep breath, calming his restless heart, Uchiha Gin walked toward Uchiha Tajima's mansion under the exclusionary eyes of the surrounding Uchiha clansmen.

Looking at the familiar gate before him, Uchiha Gin didn't hesitate and knocked on the gate hard.

After a while, a servant opened the door. Seeing that the visitor was Uchiha Gin, he didn't ask too many questions and let him in directly.

Walking on the creaking wooden floor, Uchiha Gin pondered in his brain how to open his mouth, but encountered Izuna, who had just come out of Uchiha Tajima's room, head-on.

"Cousin, you haven't been to my house for a long time. Why did you think of coming today?"

Ever since Uchiha Gin was defeated by Madara, he hadn't stepped into Uchiha Tajima's house once. Uchiha Tajima's family also just felt that the other party was very shameless after being defeated by a child ten years younger, so they chose to escape.

"Suddenly have something I want to ask cousin-uncle."

Uchiha Gin stated his intention,

"After fainting during the day, I realized my pupil power seemed to have improved a bit."

Hearing Uchiha Gin's explanation, Uchiha Izuna didn't think much. He now had his own mission and had no extra mind to care about Uchiha Gin's affairs. After greeting him, he left in a rush.

Relying on memory, he came to Uchiha Tajima's door and knocked a few times. A few seconds later, Uchiha Tajima's indifferent voice came from the room,

"Who is it?"

"Cousin-uncle, I have some things I want to ask."

Uchiha Gin responded.

"Creak~"

Following a few footsteps, the door was opened by someone. Uchiha Tajima shed his cold expression from the outside and said with a warm face,

"It's A-Gin. You haven't come for several years, I thought you had forgotten where I lived."

Entering Uchiha Tajima's study, the two sat opposite each other. Uchiha Tajima spoke first,

"A-Gin, you just got out of the hospital, not resting well at home, what are you doing coming to me?"

"Actually, I have some things I want to ask cousin-uncle."

Uchiha Gin said straight to the point.

"Regarding which aspect?"

Hearing that the other party had something to ask, Uchiha Tajima subconsciously frowned.

"I just want to ask, besides my parents and cousin-uncle, what other relatives do I have?"

Recalling the old man who looked similar to himself in the photo, Uchiha Gin brewed for a while and asked.

"This..."

Not expecting Uchiha Gin to ask this question, Uchiha Tajima was speechless for a while.

Uchiha Tajima, who was thinking, fell into deep thought. Uchiha Gin didn't disturb him and waited on the side.

"Why are you asking this?"

Without answering Uchiha Gin's question for the time being, Uchiha Tajima asked back.

"I found a photo of an old man at home. He looks familiar, but I just don't know him, so I want to ask cousin-uncle."

Weighing it, Uchiha Gin still said his discovery, but didn't take out the photo to show the other party.

"Old man..." A trace of resentment that was hard to detect flashed in Uchiha Tajima's eyes, and he said in a heavy tone,

"Actually, you still have a grandfather."

Grandfather? Could it be that the old man in the photo was his grandfather?

"However, your grandfather's relationship with your father was not good, and the two had not been in contact for a long time."

Seeing Uchiha Gin's inquiring eyes, Uchiha Tajima continued to explain,

"And your grandfather passed away six years ago."

Six years ago again? Uchiha Gin's heart skipped a beat, and Uchiha Tajima actually said that his grandfather and his family had not been in contact for a long time, so how to explain that photo? The original owner clearly had a deep connection with his grandfather.

"Then may I ask how my grandfather passed away?"

Uchiha Gin tried to find more clues.

Uchiha Tajima's face dimmed, and a visible decadence radiated from his body, as if he had remembered something sad, and his figure also appeared hunched,

"Killed by someone, just six years ago, the night the clan grounds were attacked."

(End of chapter)