Chapter 43: Run! Don't Let the Moonlight Shine on You!

Clocking in for work, Uchiha Gin arrived at the dungeon again, but the discomfort he felt yesterday was gone; it seemed the original owner was highly compatible with this environment.

Successfully reaching his post and looking at the same cluttered scene as yesterday, Uchiha Gin felt a headache coming on.

But since Uchiha Liuying had already said he had no assistant, he sighed and had to do it himself.

The layout of the archives was simple, with bookshelves lining the walls throughout the space and a desk placed in the center; Uchiha Gin first checked the shelves one by one to see if there were any labels.

【Cell No. 1: Archive scroll color is cyan, crime level: High】

Looking at the few lines of brief instructions written on the bookshelf, Uchiha Gin breathed a sigh of relief; this would save a lot of effort.

In the time that followed, he found the bookshelves for Cell No. 2 and Cell No. 3; the colors of the two types of files were blue and purple, corresponding to medium and low crime levels.

The color of the scroll he had flipped through yesterday was blue; that Kaguya Josuke was actually only a medium-level criminal.

Immediately, Uchiha Gin remembered that his file stated, "Wandering ninja, mentally unstable."

From this, it could be inferred that the person who captured Kaguya Josuke did not know he was related to the tragedy at the Uchiha clan grounds six years ago.

It was merely because the other party had gone mad and attacked an Uchiha patrol, resulting in the deaths of two Uchiha clansmen.

Having had an "in-depth exchange" with Kaguya Josuke, Uchiha Gin knew that the other party's mental state had long since deteriorated.

After being captured back then, they certainly couldn't have interrogated any inside information out of him, otherwise, he wouldn't have been kept in the relatively lax Cell No. 2, with no one ever asking to interrogate him for years.

"The trail regarding Kaguya Josuke is effectively broken. I wonder who captured him back then; perhaps I could find some clues from the process of his capture."

Uchiha Gin pondered in his heart, then picked up the file on Kaguya Josuke he had read yesterday from the desk.

"Kaguya Josuke: Wandering ninja, murdered two Uchiha clansmen, suspected of being mentally unstable, cannot be interrogated via genjutsu, details unknown. Currently detained in Cell No. 2."

He continued flipping through it and saw a note.

"Criminal Kaguya Josuke was captured by a team led by Uchiha Liuying."

It was actually him! The image of that terrifying man who had led the way for him yesterday surfaced in his mind.

Uchiha Liuying was actually the person who captured Kaguya Josuke six years ago, but judging by his appearance, this man was not easy to get along with; Uchiha Gin frowned, wondering how to bring this matter up.

Just then, the door to the archives was pushed open.

Speak of the devil, the person who arrived was none other than the gaunt-faced Uchiha Liuying, who radiated a cold aura.

After entering the room, he saw Uchiha Gin holding a scroll and reading it seriously, and he was somewhat surprised; this notorious playboy was actually working in earnest.

However, he put his surprise aside; today, Elder Yan had instructed him to come and inquire about the situation regarding the criminal killed yesterday, which was originally his duty anyway.

Although the dungeon fell under the jurisdiction of Uchiha Yan, he managed too many departments under him to attend to everything.

In this situation, every department had someone acting on his behalf, and Uchiha Liuying was the acting manager of the dungeon, handling everything from top to bottom.

"You killed a criminal yesterday?"

Uchiha Liuying asked with a cold expression.

"No, it was self-defense!"

Uchiha Gin shouted his grievance loudly, then explained,

"I just went to verify some information, and I didn't expect that guy to dare attack me. Fortunately, that guy was in such poor condition—his Dead Bone Pulse was already suffering from osteoporosis—that he exhausted himself to death after I countered a few times."

"Dead Bone Pulse?"

Hearing the other party mention the Dead Bone Pulse, Uchiha Liuying, who originally had no intention of asking further, frowned and pondered for a moment before asking,

"What is that guy's name?"

"Kaguya Josuke. I don't know who captured him back then; how could such a vicious criminal be kept in Cell No. 2? It really is a..."

Uchiha Gin deliberately brought up the Dead Bone Pulse, then pretended to condemn the person who captured Kaguya Josuke.

"I captured him."

Stung by Uchiha Gin's "unintentional remark," Uchiha Liuying admitted it with an ugly expression.

"It really was a perfectly correct choice; the criminal should be allowed to experience the humane management model of our Uchiha clan."

Uchiha Gin looked at Uchiha Liuying, whose face was turning black, and quickly changed his tune.

This made the other party's expression look a little better. Seeing that the timing was right, Uchiha Gin seized the opportunity to throw out his own question.

"As expected of Officer Liuying, you can easily capture such a vicious criminal. I wonder how you managed to take this guy down back then."

Hearing this, Uchiha Liuying relaxed his brow, as if searching for this memory in his mind. Uchiha Gin saw that the other party was reminiscing, so he stopped bothering him and waited quietly.

After a few minutes, having finished recalling, Uchiha Liuying began to recount the ins and outs of the story.

Six years ago, Uchiha Tajima, who had just taken over as clan leader, led all young combatants to the front lines to establish his prestige.

Unexpectedly, the clan grounds suffered a great catastrophe, and the clan leader's residence was razed to the ground, with only one survivor left at the scene.

Uchiha Tajima was filled with regret, and from then on, he increased the number of patrols and expanded the scope of patrols.

Just one month after the tragedy at the clan grounds, a patrol of Uchiha clansmen encountered a strange enemy.

At first, this person did not clash with the patrol, but just wandered aimlessly near the territory of the Uchiha clan; the patrol members at the time just thought he was an ordinary person wandering there.

Both sides were peaceful until a more cautious Uchiha clansman noticed signs of chakra on the other party and activated his Sharingan to cast a genjutsu on him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the other party saw the Sharingan, it was like a switch had been flipped, and he lashed out at the patrol members.

Under his fierce taijutsu attack, two weaker Uchiha clansmen had their chests pierced on the spot and died instantly.

The others, seeing they were no match, immediately contacted the clan, and the clan leader sent Uchiha Liuying, who was at the height of his fame back then, to capture the perpetrator.

"Was Kaguya Josuke mentally normal back then?"

Uchiha Gin couldn't help but interrupt Uchiha Liuying's narrative; the other party didn't mind and continued.

When Uchiha Liuying and his squad arrived, it was already midnight. They followed the clues left by the patrol members who had been tracking the perpetrator and caught up, finally seeing the true face of the perpetrator.

"He was in a sorry state. Kaguya Josuke was disheveled, his clothes were tattered, and he walked unsteadily. At first glance, you wouldn't associate him with a murderer; you'd only think he was a demented vagrant."

Uchiha Liuying answered his question.

"Wasn't he injured at all?"

Uchiha Gin asked again.

"He was. His entire back looked as if it had been scorched by fire, and it was oozing pus and blood."

Scorched by fire? Mental breakdown?

All of this made Uchiha Gin's head swell; he had a flash of inspiration, but he just couldn't grasp it for a moment.

"How did you finally capture him?"

Uchiha Gin wanted to know the whole process.

Uchiha Liuying continued his story.

At that time, as soon as they met, Uchiha Liuying tested Kaguya Josuke first, but he didn't expect the other party to be knocked down in one blow.

Just as he was puzzled, the team member who stepped forward to check activated his Sharingan, and Kaguya Josuke, who had been knocked down, suddenly erupted again.

Fortunately, the teammates who came with him were strong; one only lost an arm, and their lives were temporarily out of danger.

What followed was a fierce battle, basically a contest of taijutsu; the other party's speed was extremely fast, and ordinary ninjutsu could not hit him.

The insane Kaguya Josuke was also immune to genjutsu, so they had to use taijutsu to wear him down.

It was originally a stalemate, but for some reason, the other party kept getting distracted during the battle and hiding in the shadows of the trees, which allowed him to find a flaw, break his limbs, and complete the capture.

"Hiding in the tree shadows?"

Uchiha Gin frowned, unable to figure out why.

"I didn't understand why he did that during the fight, but after I captured him, I heard him mutter something under his breath."

Uchiha Liuying recalled.

"Mutter what?"

This sentence piqued Uchiha Gin's curiosity.

"Run! Don't let the moonlight shine on you!"

Uchiha Liuying's cold voice rang in his ears.

(End of chapter)