Chapter 74

Withdrawing his consciousness from the memories recorded by the Sharingan, Uchiha Gin did not awaken the Mangekyo under the stimulation of losing his closest relative, as Uchiha Yao had expected.

"Did it fail?"

Uchiha Yao's expression dimmed; he had once been stimulated by this scene to awaken the Mangekyo, and he had thought Uchiha Gin could do the same, but unfortunately, it was not successful.

"Perhaps it's because my memories of my parents aren't very deep; after all, they sacrificed themselves when I was very young."

Feeling a headache, Uchiha Gin rubbed his temples and found a reasonable excuse for himself.

"You saw it too; it was that fellow Uchiha Tajima who murdered your parents."

Uchiha Yao stroked the Sharingan that belonged to his deceased son and said in a cold tone,

"Don't be deceived by his current appearance; once we have the nameless one under control, that will be the time for us grandfather and grandson to take our revenge."

"Mm-hmm."

Uchiha Gin, who was still thinking about the scene recorded in the Sharingan, nodded perfunctorily,

"Then I'll be going first; I'll come find you again when there's news about the nameless one."

Since he couldn't advance his Sharingan, Uchiha Gin proposed to leave.

"Then let the Wood Human send you off again."

Uchiha Yao had no intention of keeping him, waving his hand to order the old jailer standing to the side to see Uchiha Gin off.

Once again submerged underground while wrapped in black liquid, Uchiha Gin did not have much of a stress reaction this time, and even reached out to touch the liquid-form Wood Human.

"Do you have self-awareness?"

Uchiha Gin tried to ask,

"I am the embodiment of the master's will; what the master thinks is my consciousness."

After a moment of silence, a black face emerged from the black mud, opening its mouth to explain to him with a smirk.

"Do you have any hobbies?"

Uchiha Gin suddenly changed the subject and asked a nonsensical question,

???

The Wood Human, being asked, was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Since you have self-awareness, you must have your own interests and hobbies; for example, I like sweets, do you have anything you like to do?"

Uchiha Gin chatted casually, not minding that the Wood Human was not a real human.

"Hmm... besides completing the master's orders, I don't have any other hobbies; if I had to say..."

The black face showed a thoughtful expression for the first time,

"When I have nothing to do, I look up at the moon."

Good grief! A strong sense of déjà vu rushed over him, making Uchiha Gin almost scream out loud; this guy wasn't just a matter of being too much like Zetsu.

After just a few simple exchanges, the two didn't speak again, and before long, Uchiha Gin was sent out of the dungeon by the Wood Human; when he turned to look again, the black mud had already submerged into the ground and disappeared.

Before he came on this trip, he wasn't sure who was telling the truth and who was lying, but after communicating with the Wood Human, the other party's words were equivalent to exposing their identity.

Now Uchiha Gin could be 100% sure that the original owner's grandfather, Uchiha Yao, had been fooled by this so-called embodiment of will.

"It seems I can't come to this place anymore."

Having confirmed in his heart that the Wood Human was Zetsu in disguise, Uchiha Gin decided never to have contact with this so-called grandfather again, so as not to be targeted by the mastermind behind the scenes and bring trouble upon himself.

Returning to his new home, the mansion that Senju Itama had finished tidying up was quite nice; lying on the newly bought bedding, Uchiha Gin slept very sweetly.

The next day.

Waking up from his sleep, Uchiha Gin rubbed his curly hair and strolled back to his old house to make breakfast.

"Stinky brat, get up and help!"

Kicking open the bedroom door, Uchiha Gin, whose morning grumpiness hadn't faded, shouted loudly.

Every time he was the one to get up early to cook, while Senju Itama, this stinky brat, slept until the sun was high; feeling extremely unbalanced, Uchiha Gin decided to notify this brat that his good days were over!

"Sob sob sob... I can't eat anymore!"

Senju Itama, who was sleeping groggily, was pulled out of the covers by Uchiha Gin; wearing only a pair of small briefs, he said in his sleep with blurry eyes.

"Eat, eat, eat, are you from the Senju clan or the Akimichi clan?"

Uchiha Gin, who had originally wanted to complain about why this brat didn't wear clothes and slept naked, was so angry that smoke came out of his seven orifices upon hearing the brat's sleep talk; without a word, he gave two slaps to the rounded little butt sticking up.

"Smack! Smack!!"

"Uchiha big pervert, let me go!"

Feeling the perfect Q-bounce touch from his palm, Uchiha Gin looked at Senju Itama, who had been slapped awake from his sleep, and left with satisfaction after dropping him,

"Come out and help quickly, otherwise you won't have anything to eat all day today."

The aggrieved Senju Itama hugged his quilt, his face full of shame and anger, wishing he could swallow Uchiha Gin alive.

"You brat don't know how to be grateful at all; if it weren't for me, you would have been chopped into meat paste and sent back to the Senju clan grounds long ago."

Uchiha Gin, holding a bowl, rolled his eyes and said to Senju Itama, who was staring at him with extremely hateful eyes,

"And if you don't eat now, the food will get cold."

Senju Itama glared at him fiercely, swallowed his saliva as he looked at the delicious breakfast on the table, silently recited that only food should not be let down, and then quickly started his rice-devouring mode.

"That's more like it; only when your stomach is full can you think about other things."

Uchiha Gin clapped his hands with satisfaction, got up to leave, and left a sentence behind before walking out,

"Remember to clean up, otherwise there will be no food when I get back."

Senju Itama could only nod like a wronged little wife; the food was really too fragrant.

After going out, Uchiha Gin did not go to the dungeon to slack off as usual, but according to his memory, went straight to Uchiha Tajima's mansion.

Knocking on the door, after a while, Uchiha Izuna poked his head out from inside; seeing that the visitor was Uchiha Gin, he opened the gate and welcomed him in.

"Where's Madara?"

Walking along the long tatami mats following Izuna, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but ask when he discovered there was no one else in the mansion.

"Big brother went out early this morning."

Uchiha Izuna, who was leading the way in front, said in a muffled voice, his tone carrying quite a bit of resentment.

"Went on a date again?"

Uchiha Gin teased with a smile.

"That's right!"

Izuna, leading the way, said angrily upon hearing Uchiha Gin's words, his two little feet stomping on the wooden tatami mats with a thumping sound.

"Father, cousin is here."

Pulling open a door, waiting inside was his cousin Uchiha Tajima.

"Uncle, what mission is there?"

Looking at the silent Uchiha Tajima, Uchiha Gin asked somewhat nervously,

Could it really be the mission to unseal the nameless one?

"I didn't want too many people to know about this matter, but you watched Madara and Izuna grow up; as family, I think you should participate in this mission."

Uchiha Tajima opened his eyes, a rare tenderness appearing on his cold face as he looked at the nephew he had raised with his own hands and said slowly.

Some time ago, his second son Izuna had inadvertently mentioned to him that his eldest son Madara had been acting strangely lately; not paying much attention to it, he had casually assigned Izuna a mission to investigate, but he didn't expect there to be an unexpected harvest.

Izuna discovered that Madara was getting along famously with an outsider youth near the clan grounds; he had thought it was just play between children, but he didn't expect that outsider youth to reveal impressive ninja qualities.

This made Uchiha Tajima have to suspect the other party's motives; after careful consideration, he decided to take the two children, Izuna and Gin, to meet that outsider youth and test what kind of background the other party had.

"Madara has been acting strangely lately; after investigating, Izuna found that he has close contact with an outsider youth. I'm afraid the other party is a spy from another ninja clan."

Uchiha Tajima began to explain the content of the mission to Uchiha Gin,

"So this trip is for us to capture that outsider youth and see if he has any other purposes."

"Shouldn't a mission like this be something you don't need to handle personally, Uncle?"

Uchiha Gin couldn't figure out why catching a child would require the clan leader to do it himself.

"Madara is my child and may hold the position of clan leader in the future; his record cannot have any stains."

Uchiha Tajima thought very far ahead; only family members could participate in this mission.

After hearing the mission content, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but gasp.

So I'm participating in breaking up a pair of lovebirds too?

(End of chapter)