Chapter 565: The Senju Hima Who Possessed an Acting Bug

After Uchiha Kagami took out a stiff corpse, everyone present fell silent. Uchiha Izuna widened his scarlet Sharingan, his face filled with disbelief.

"This guy..."

Even though the illegitimate daughter of Senju Tobirama had given him a heads-up, hinting that Senju Tobirama might already be in grave danger,

Uchiha Izuna still held onto a shred of fantasy. He poked the corpse's pale cheek with the scabbard in his hand, attempting to wake his old rival who was playing dead.

"Stop pretending. Reinforcements have already arrived. Hurry up and stand up with a 'whoosh' like you always do!"

As his lifelong enemy, Senju Tobirama should have been defeated at his feet, not died an obscure death in such a desolate wilderness.

"Hey! I told you to hurry up, don't keep everyone waiting!"

Uchiha Izuna's face was taut, the veins on the back of his hand gripping the sword hilt bulging; he couldn't help but increase the force of his poking.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads away. Anyone could feel the sorrow radiating from Uchiha Izuna.

"Lord Shadow Assistant, please don't do this anymore. Lord Branch Secretary is already dead."

Sarutobi Sasuke really couldn't bear to watch any longer; he stepped forward and blocked the corpse of Senju Tobirama.

If he kept poking like this, the corpse's chin would almost be poked off.

"Bullshit! This guy has all sorts of little tricks. He must be hiding nearby right now, preparing to watch me make a fool of myself. I won't let him get his way!"

Uchiha Izuna suddenly raised his head, his scarlet eyes filled with a predatory aura.

Hearing this, Senju Hima, who was secretly observing her clone from the side, raised her head with slight surprise. Feeling a bit guilty, she retreated a tiny bit without a trace.

Sarutobi Sasuke, who was locking eyes with Uchiha Izuna, felt his heart tighten subconsciously, but he had no intention of moving aside.

"Lord Shadow Assistant, please accept my condolences, but we still have more important things to do."

Bowing toward the seemingly crazed Uchiha Izuna, he reminded him neither servilely nor overbearingly.

"The Hokage's fate is still unknown."

"Hmph... I know."

Looking down at the cold corpse of Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Izuna took a deep breath. His scarlet eyes gradually turned back to black, while he hid his imperceptible sorrow deep in his heart.

"You few, help her collect the remains. Kagami, come over here and tell me the whole process of what happened in detail."

Turning around, Uchiha Izuna pointed at Senju Hima, who didn't dare to raise her head due to guilt. He ordered a few Konoha ninja to assist her in collecting the remains of Senju Tobirama, while he beckoned to the sorrowful Uchiha Kagami, signaling him to talk aside.

"Miss Hima, right? Please accept my condolences."

The few Konoha ninja helping to collect the remains, seeing Senju Hima keeping her head down and not speaking, assumed she was overcome with grief, so they were very cautious when they spoke.

"Uh..."

Senju Hima pondered for a few seconds, feeling that the persona she had now must be maintained, so without any rehearsal, she entered the role in one second.

"Wuu... wuu... wuu..."

Under the gaze of several people, the girl with long white hair slowly raised her head. Her scarlet eyes, identical to Senju Tobirama's, were filled with tears.

Bean-sized teardrops slid down her fair cheeks, her delicate nose tip turned slightly red, and her full lips were bitten pale. She looked so pitiful that even the iron-hearted ninja couldn't help but soften their hearts.

"Miss Hima, don't be sad. We will definitely avenge Lord Branch Secretary."

Disguise is one of the most basic skills for a ninja. As a leader among ninja, Senju Tobirama was bound to strive for perfection. Playing a girl who had just lost her father was a piece of cake.

"Ying ying... Thank... thank you all~"

She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and bowed slightly to them.

"Miss Hima, you're too kind. This is what we should do!"

At the very moment Senju Hima entered her role, Uchiha Gin, hiding in the Shadow Realm, held a DV camera with a wicked grin, recording every frame of this white-haired brat's brilliant performance.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is top-tier dark history. It should at least make that white-haired brat work for me for free for ten years."

Putting away the DV camera with a clicking sound, Uchiha Gin's expression became solemn, his eyes filled with contemplation.

According to Senju Hima's description, the clone she controlled with the Elephant Formation Jutsu had eliminated a clone before dying, but there were no traces of any clones on the battlefield now, indicating that the battlefield had been cleaned up by the enemy later.

By that logic, the missing eldest cousin was likely defeated and captured just like the Hashirama prison bottom. Should he be tied up by the enemy and used as a velvet ball by now?

"As long as he's not dead, there's hope. It's time to let that kid suffer a bit, otherwise, he only knows how to look down on people through his nostrils all day, and hasn't learned a shred of my humility."

Uchiha Gin shook his head. Although he said he wanted to let Uchiha Madara learn a lesson, his body was very honest as he performed the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.

Whoosh—

The next moment, accompanied by a flash of golden light, Uchiha Gin's figure landed in a magnificent palace.

Putting the unhappy Wangliang back, he turned and walked into the depths of the palace.

"Greetings, Lord Gin!"

The guards on duty saw the familiar curly hair from afar and immediately bowed to salute. Uchiha Gin nodded.

"Is Old Uncle here?"

"The Daimyo is currently meeting with Young Master Fuyou."

"Huh?"

"Young Master Fuyou is currently serving as the manager of the Uchiha Chamber of Commerce. He came here this time for business negotiations."

Uchiha Gin raised his eyebrows in surprise. This kid Fuyou is really something; he's even doing business with the main family now.

Since the number of Uchiha permanently residing in the Land of Waves had long exceeded that of Konoha, Uchiha Gin had begun to let them privately call themselves the Uchiha Main Family.

The group in Konoha had instead become the declining branch family. Of course, they were still in the dark and knew nothing about the change in status.

Since the grandfather and grandson were bonding, Uchiha Gin didn't want to spoil the mood. After waiting for a while, he saw Uchiha Fuyou leaving the palace in a hurry with a strange expression on his face.

Creak~

Uchiha Gin, who was confused by this, turned and pushed the door open to enter. Hearing footsteps, Uchiha Tajima, sitting on the high seat, looked up in confusion.

"Gin, what brings you here for a visit?"

"I just saw that kid Fuyou's expression was a bit off. You didn't reveal your identity to him, did you?"

Recalling Fuyou's strange expression just now, Uchiha Gin asked curiously.

"It's not the right time yet."

Uchiha Tajima shook his head gently. The Land of Waves hadn't developed into a country capable of contending with the great powers yet and still needed to develop in secret for a while longer.

"That's strange. That kid Fuyou has always been steady. I've never seen him show that kind of expression before."

"Uh... maybe I was too enthusiastic?"

Uchiha Tajima touched his chin, recalling that during the negotiation just now, he kept holding his grandson's hand and asking about his well-being. Perhaps his overly enthusiastic attitude made the other party unable to adapt for a moment.

"Damn it! I didn't expect the Daimyo of the Land of Waves to be an old pervert too!"

Fuyou, who had already boarded the ship back to the Land of Fire, finally couldn't help but curse out loud. He kept scrubbing his hands with water, and by the looks of it, he wouldn't stop until he scrubbed the skin off.

"If it weren't for making money, I would never come to this ghost place in my life."

Recalling the burning gaze of the Daimyo of the Land of Waves, Uchiha Fuyou felt his anus tighten subconsciously. He had an impression of that gaze; it was exactly the same as the president of the Land of Waves Chamber of Commerce.

"Pah! No wonder it's called the Land of Waves; it turns out they're all a bunch of old perverts."

"Achoo!"

In the palace, Uchiha Tajima, who had just heard the explosive news a second ago, sneezed loudly for some reason the next moment.

"Gin, what did you say? Madara is missing?"

After wiping his nose, he stood up with a look of suspicion, his black eyes involuntarily flashing with a predatory scarlet.

Uchiha Gin picked up the tea that hadn't been cleared away yet, took a sip, and nodded slowly.

"It happened not long ago."

"Who did it? The Senju clan?"

As expected of an old rival, Uchiha Tajima immediately pinned the blame on the Senju clan.

"I shouldn't have helped them launder money last time. If I had known, I would have just black-eaten-black."

Previously, out of consideration for his son's upcoming inauguration, Uchiha Tajima had a sudden burst of kindness and helped the Senju brothers launder a large sum of money to fill the financial gap in Konoha.

He only charged a 30% commission, which could be called charity.

"This matter actually has something to do with the Senju clan, but they are also victims."

"Hmm?"

Smacking his lips, Uchiha Gin put down the tea in his hand and said after some thought,

"Senju Tobirama... is dead in every sense of the word."

"To think there's such good news. Issue an order immediately: celebrate nationwide for a month, and every household can receive a big red envelope."

"Uh..."

With black lines all over his head looking at his excited old uncle, Uchiha Gin scratched his head helplessly.

"Isn't it a bit excessive to celebrate now? Their funeral hasn't even passed the seventh day yet~"

"Hmph! Do you think I don't know? Back then, after I faked my death, the Senju clan celebrated for a full half-year. I'm already being restrained enough."

The old uncle, sitting back in his seat, snorted coldly, revealing his broad-mindedness to the fullest.

"Alright, alright, we'll talk about the celebration later. The only thing we can be sure of now is that the eldest cousin's disappearance, like Senju Hashirama's disappearance, is the work of the same group of people."

"The monk Jigen you asked the Ghost Corps to investigate before?"

Hearing this information, Uchiha Tajima frowned slightly. The intelligence network of the Land of Waves was no weaker than that of the other great powers, but after so much time had passed, news of Jigen was like a stone sinking into the sea, and no valuable clues had been found.

"That's right. I came here this time to ask you, Old Uncle, to put some heart into it. This time, the one who went missing is your own eldest son."

"Leave it to me!"

When it came to his own precious son, Uchiha Tajima naturally wouldn't take it lightly.

"I'm relieved to hear you say that."

After giving the instructions, Uchiha Gin got up to leave, but was stopped by Uchiha Tajima raising his hand.

"Gin, wait a moment. I happen to have something to tell you too."

"Oh?"

Turning his head to look at his uncle, whose expression was slightly grave, Uchiha Gin sat back down, looking as if he were listening.

"Gin, the Great Relocation Plan has hit a bottleneck."

"What happened?"

Upon hearing the words "Great Relocation Plan," Uchiha Gin perked up.

This was a plan he had personally spearheaded, with the ultimate goal of quietly and secretly relocating the entire Uchiha clan of the Land of Fire to their new territory in the Land of Waves, allowing every clansman to live a prosperous life free from shackles.

"The clansmen currently in the Hidden Leaf Village have begun refusing to accept overseas missions, which makes it difficult to implement our 'cicada shedding its skin' plan."

"Now that you mention it, I do have some recollection of that."

Uchiha Gin nodded thoughtfully.

Because their Great Relocation Plan was in full swing, the consumption of Uchiha clansmen in the Hidden Leaf Village had been too rapid; every day, clansmen were dying on missions, and the casualty ratio even exceeded that of the chaotic Warring States period.

This caused some of the more extreme-minded clansmen to develop the delusion that someone was out to get them, and they lived in constant fear; this sentiment spread quite rapidly.

After Uchiha Madara successfully took over as Hokage, the long-accumulated emotions of the clansmen finally erupted.

Led by the conservative faction headed by Uchiha Setsuna, they submitted a request for rest and recuperation to Uchiha Madara; the contents of the petition included, but were not limited to:

Uchiha clansmen have the right to refuse overseas missions.

Uchiha clansmen must participate in a matchmaking event upon reaching adulthood and marry within one year.

And the most, most, most important point:

No "nanton" (homosexual relationships) allowed!

Every bullet of the Uchiha clan should be fired for the revival of the clan.

Such an absurd petition was naturally rejected on the spot by his older cousin, but Uchiha Setsuna's faction was not discouraged; every time a clan meeting was held, they would bring out a petition with similar content for everyone to appreciate.

As time went on, Uchiha Madara also felt a headache; he saw the massive loss of clansmen and felt anxious about it.

Finally, under the relentless harassment of Uchiha Setsuna, he withstood pressure from all sides and gave the final approval for the first request in the petition.

Uchiha clansmen have the right to refuse overseas missions, but as a price, they must serve as volunteers for the village on a regular, unpaid basis, helping every villager in need.

Since then, basically no Uchiha clansmen have gone out to perform missions, which has added great difficulty to Uchiha Gin's Great Relocation Plan.

"Actually, this is fine too; you can't put all your eggs in one basket."

Uchiha Gin thought for a moment and felt that it wouldn't be bad to let Uchiha Setsuna and the others continue to stay in the village; after all, that gloomy-looking guy didn't look like a good person, and moving him to the Land of Waves might be counterproductive and cause trouble for his uncle.

The Great Relocation Plan was not without detailed rules; every clansman who was relocated had been carefully screened before the transfer.

Those still remaining in the Hidden Leaf Village, apart from the clansmen Uchiha Gin was closer to, were all guys who hadn't passed the screening and had somewhat unstable personalities.

"The important thing now is to find my older cousin; the Great Relocation Plan can be put on hold for a while."

Of course, this did not mean they had been abandoned; these clansmen would always have their uses.

"Even if I have to turn the entire ninja world upside down, I will find the guy who took Madara and tear him to pieces!"

Uchiha Tajima slammed the table, the aura of a king cultivated from long-term high office overflowing; Uchiha Gin, standing below, immediately acted as a straight man to his comedic routine.

"Uncle is domineering~"

At the same time, in a remote place called the Graveyard of Mountains in the northwest corner of the Land of Iron, north of the Land of Fire, an uninvited guest arrived.

"Phew... escaped here; that guy shouldn't be able to find me for a while."

The newcomer let out a long sigh of relief, turned his head to look at the unconscious man he was carrying on his back, and a hint of inexplicable melancholy appeared on his face, which was shrouded in black mist.

"How should I explain my identity to the reincarnation of Indra? Waiting online, it's quite urgent." (End of chapter)