Chapter 80: Lost Memories: Someone Always Has to Take the Blame When Things Go Wrong

The red moon hanging high in the sky slowly descended, carrying a tremendous pressure that left everyone on the ground gasping for air.

Kaguya Sosuke, at the very center, turned deathly pale; he could sense that he had been locked onto by this full moon and had nowhere to escape.

"The Tsukuyomi has actually turned into a physical attack?"

Even hiding far away, Uchiha Yao could feel the immense destructive power contained within that full moon.

Kaguya Sosuke was unwilling to die in a foreign land, so he desperately squeezed the power from his bloodline.

The bones within his body began to grow rapidly, and his entire frame shot up by several meters in an instant, transforming into a giant of bone, pieced together from grayish-white skeletal remains and exposing white, sinister, and ferocious bone spurs.

"I, Kaguya Sosuke, how could I die at the hands of a brat like this!"

Kaguya Sosuke's crazed roar echoed from within the chest cavity of the bone giant.

Uchiha Gin remained unmoved by Kaguya Sosuke's transformation, his two scarlet eyes staring coldly at the red moon descending from the sky, while fresh blood gushed incessantly from his eyes and his sturdy body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This was the price of chakra exchanged for life force.

The bone giant raised its hand, transforming it into a spiral bone spear, and with his entire body gathering strength, he charged toward the falling red moon with the force of a thunderbolt.

The moment the unstoppable bone spear made contact with the red moon, a powerful air current was generated, blowing so hard that everyone present could not open their eyes.

To everyone's surprise, the bone giant's spiral bone spear actually held back the red moon's descent, causing Kaguya Sosuke, who was controlling the giant, to feel a glimmer of hope, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Snap!"

Yet the next second, with a crisp snapping sound, the joyful smile on Kaguya Sosuke's face instantly froze.

The giant bone spear began to disintegrate and shatter from the tip, and a crack spread from the spearhead across the giant's entire body.

Kaguya Sosuke, who had been arrogant and unbridled his whole life, did not even leave behind a final word, turning into flying ash and vanishing from the world as the bone giant collapsed.

"Gin, stop."

Uchiha Yan, the only one still clear-headed in the area, watched in horror as the red moon crushed the bone giant, realizing that its downward momentum had not eased, and could not help but shout loudly.

Uchiha Gin turned a deaf ear to his words, still standing there blankly, his entire face smeared with fresh blood, his body radiating an aura of death.

In a semi-conscious state, Uchiha Gin had long since lost control of the red moon.

The red moon slammed into the ground with undiminished momentum; a massive explosion rang out, and the powerful air current generated sent the few people present flying.

When the dust settled, Uchiha Yan looked up, and the tragic scene before him left him stunned.

A massive deep pit had appeared in the center of the Uchiha clan grounds, the entire clan head's residence had been razed to the ground, countless houses were destroyed, and the wails of survivors were endless.

Uchiha Gin stood upright, then fell backward onto the ground, blood flowing from every pore on his body; a weak Uchiha Guang stumbled to her feet and ran unsteadily toward the fallen boy.

The massive explosion brought Uchiha Tajima, who had been immersed in the grief of losing his wife and son, back to his senses; feeling the surging pupil power in his eyes, he closed them in pain.

"Kotoamatsukami? But what use is that?"

Opening his eyes again, Uchiha Tajima wore a bitter expression; he truly could not bear the price of these legendary eyes.

"Clan Head, what happened to the clan grounds?"

Uchiha Miao, who arrived late, was equally shocked as he looked at the devastated home, especially the deep pit in the very center, which far exceeded his scope of understanding.

"The two of you, tell me exactly what happened."

Uchiha Tajima and the others had also arrived later and were not clear about what had occurred previously.

"Gin and I had already controlled the intruders, but..."

The still-conscious girl looked concernedly at Uchiha Gin, who was still unconscious, and recounted the sequence of events.

"You say your consciousness went out of control, and you used the power of the Mangekyo while unconscious?"

Upon hearing the girl say that she had suddenly lost control, used the ability of the Eight-Spear to absorb everyone's chakra, and controlled the Kaguya clan members to kill each other, Uchiha Miao could not help but ask.

The girl nodded; at that time, she truly could not control her consciousness.

"Has a similar situation occurred before?"

As a researcher, Uchiha Miao felt that this rampage was not an accidental event.

"Yesterday, Uchiha Yao asked me to cooperate in an experiment; I fainted during the process, and afterward, some unpleasant memories appeared in my mind."

The girl recalled and answered truthfully,

"That memory also appeared just now when I was out of control."

Hearing the girl's explanation, Uchiha Miao fell into a brief contemplation; he remembered Uchiha Gin, whom he had picked up from Uchiha Yao's laboratory yesterday, at which time the boy was also in a coma.

After a long while, he looked at the battered Uchiha Gin beside the girl and asked,

"What is the situation with Uchiha Gin?"

"It was him; everything here was done by him."

Uchiha Yan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke up, black energy faintly entwining in his scarlet eyes,

"It was he who used a technique I had never seen before, conjuring a red full moon that razed our home to the ground."

"No! Gin did it to save us!"

Hearing this, Uchiha Guang hurriedly defended him.

"And you, if you hadn't absorbed the Clan Head's wife's chakra, she wouldn't have died at the hands of that Kaguya clansman."

Uchiha Yan shifted his target, venting his anger on the girl.

"Cough, cough, cough... who turned off the lights?"

Hearing the argument, Uchiha Gin slowly woke up, struggling to open his eyes only to find everything pitch black before him; feeling bitter in his heart, he made an ill-timed joke.

"Gin, are you alright!"

Seeing Uchiha Gin wake up, the girl was overjoyed.

"Guang, are you alright?"

Having barely regained his senses, Uchiha Gin heard the familiar voice of the girl and asked with concern.

"I'm not—"

The girl, who was about to say something, was stopped by Uchiha Miao reaching out a hand.

Uchiha Miao, who was well-versed in the study of the Sharingan, naturally saw the problem with the boy's vision, but there were still some things he wanted to confirm.

"Uchiha Gin, do you remember what you just did?"

"Just now, I saw..."

As Uchiha Gin recalled what had happened, he suddenly fell silent.

He had witnessed with his own eyes his aunt, who had treated him like her own, die tragically at the hands of the enemy, and he had also lost three younger brothers.

"I'm sorry, I didn't protect Aunt and my brothers."

Regardless of why he could not see, Uchiha Gin turned over and knelt on the ground, his forehead knocking heavily against the hard earth.

This was met with Uchiha Tajima's silence.

"Wuu wuu~ Clan Head, please, you must severely punish the person who destroyed the clan grounds!"

Before long, the surrounding survivors gathered around, crying and complaining to the silent Uchiha Tajima.

As more and more people arrived at the scene, after someone said, "The person who destroyed the clan grounds is Uchiha Gin," the situation became uncontrollable; countless voices of doubt arose, which then turned into vicious curses.

"Clan Head, this matter should be related to Uchiha Yao's weapon project."

Uchiha Miao appeared quietly behind Uchiha Tajima and whispered,

"He mentioned wanting to perform de-will brainwashing on two people; the loss of control that occurred during this battle is highly likely related to Uchiha Yao's experiment."

Uchiha Tajima did not speak after hearing Uchiha Miao's analysis, only nodding slightly to indicate he understood.

Although Uchiha Gin, who had been helped up by the girl, could not see, he had gathered a general idea of everything he had done after losing control from the fragments of conversation among the clansmen around him.

"Uncle, let my life appease everyone's anger."

(End of chapter)