Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha lacks motivation.

Chapter 28 Leek Field and Kaguya Josuke

Inside the archives is a map of the dungeon, which, in addition to the offices and rest areas, also marks the numbers of the dungeon's prisoner areas.

There are three areas in total, labeled one, two, and three, but the design of the dungeon seems a bit strange, making Uchiha Gin, who is naturally accustomed to symmetry, feel very awkward.

After easily finding the area marked with two, Uchiha Gin took the scroll and went out.

Cell number two was relatively close to the archives room. After walking for a few minutes, Uchiha Gin arrived at an iron gate, where two Uchiha clansmen were guarding the entrance.

"Who goes there?"

Hearing the familiar voices, Uchiha Gin looked at the two Uchiha clansmen more and more familiarly.

"Weren't you on patrol? What are you doing in the dungeon again?"

Recognizing the two, Uchiha Gin asked curiously. These two Uchiha were the two patrolling clansmen he had encountered when he returned to his clan's territory. He never expected to run into them again here.

"It's over!"

Uchiha Tetsudan was filled with despair. Uchiha Gin had actually chased him all the way to the dungeon in order to get revenge.

Yesterday, he didn't know Uchiha Gin at all, but he heard from his teammates that the person he almost offended was actually the "wicked" Uchiha Gin.

Fearing retaliation, he wrote a letter that very night requesting to be transferred to a remote and insignificant position. Little did he know that on his very first day in office, this "devil" would come knocking on his door.

"Cuihua, I'm sorry. I hope you won't be a widow because of me, and that you will be happy."

With his eyes closed, Uchiha Tetsudan wore a tragic expression of utter helplessness, as if he were about to be slaughtered.

"What are you standing there for? Open the door, I need to check the prisoners."

One of the Uchiha clansmen had his eyes closed and was muttering incantations.

The other one's eyes darted around, as if he hadn't seen him at all. Uchiha Gin, who didn't know what they were imagining, spoke up impatiently.

"Huh? You didn't come to see me?"

Upon hearing Uchiha Gin's words, Uchiha Tetsudan, who had been waiting for death with his eyes closed, opened them in confusion.

"What do you need? I'm busy, hurry up."

"Tie Dan, quickly open the door for Lord Uchiha Gin."

Another Uchiha clansman nudged Uchiha Tetsudan, who was near the door lock. As if waking from a dream, he quickly took out his key, opened the door, and let Uchiha Gin in.

"This is really inexplicable."

Gin Uchiha was completely baffled by the behavior of this Uchiha clansman named Tiedan.

"Which cell is Kaguya Josuke in?"

"Sir, I'll take you there."

After giving the taciturn Uchiha Tiedan a reassuring look, another Uchiha clansman offered to lead the way for him.

Following this clansman, Uchiha Gin entered the restricted area of ​​the dungeon for the first time.

On both sides were rows of wooden fences, seemingly fragile, but each one was covered with the Uchiha clan's unique fire talisman.

Without the corresponding incantation to dispel the flames, anyone who touches them will be immediately engulfed in flames, suffering burns at best and being reduced to ashes at worst.

As the two men's footsteps echoed, the prisoners on either side began to stir.

"You evil Uchiha, let me go if you dare, or I'll beat you to a pulp!"

The hot-tempered older brother type.

"Oh my, this guy has such soft, delicate skin, I really want to pin him down."

Transformed into the Nantong type.

"Kill me! Kill me now!!!"

Mental breakdown type.

The cell erupted in chaos, with all sorts of voices rising and falling. But for Uchiha Gin, it was more than just the shouts and curses of these people.

"Host detected to be in combat; Heart Steel Chest begins to accumulate."

"Host detected to be in combat."

"Host detected"

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The notification sound of Heart of Steel had been playing non-stop in his mind ever since he entered the cell, repeating itself endlessly.

The people here are filled with a desire to fight him, this Uchiha. Wouldn't this place be a lush green field of leeks?

Suppressing his excitement, he followed his clansmen to the innermost cell, where a middle-aged man, his hands and feet bound tightly, was imprisoned, his body as thin as a rake.

Her bound hands and feet were bent at irregular angles, her hair was gray, and above her eyebrows were two classic red sesame eyebrows, typical of the Kaguya clan.

"He is Kaguya Josuke. Lord Gin, be careful. Although his chakra is sealed, we cannot suppress his taijutsu. We can only keep starving him and break his arms and legs."

A member of the tribesmen standing nearby spoke up to explain.

"It's alright, open the door, I'll go in and ask him."

Upon hearing that not only was the other party's chakra sealed but their limbs had also been broken, Uchiha Gin immediately felt relieved and urged his clansmen to open the door.

"Yes."

Although the rules forbid opening cell doors, he knew he couldn't fight against Uchiha Gin, so he obediently opened the cell door.

"What's your name?"

"I am Uchiha Ryōzashi."

The clansman named Uchiha Ryōshi quickly introduced himself.

"Alright, Uchiha Ryōzashi, you go outside first. I'll question this prisoner alone."

"But."

Uchiha Ryuza hesitated. This was too risky. If something happened to Uchiha Gin, he would definitely lose his head.

"Don't worry, the guy inside has difficulty moving. I'm just asking him a few questions from a distance at the door."

Uchiha Gin comforted him.

"Alright, then Master Yin, please be careful. If the other party makes any unusual moves, please call out immediately."

Uchiha Lucha knew better than to leave.

Uchiha Gin entered Kaguya Josuke's cell. The middle-aged man sitting on the straw mat opposite him heard the noise and slowly raised his head. His cloudy eyes were lifeless, like a wooden puppet.

"Kaguya Josuke?"

Frowning at the stunned Kaguya clan member opposite him, Uchiha Gin tried to ask a question.

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The other party seemed to ignore his question.

"According to the records, you were captured six years ago for massacring Uchiha clan members who were on a mission."

Turning the scroll in his hand, Uchiha Gin continued.

"So, are you aware that six years ago, your Kaguya clan attacked our Uchiha clan's territory?"

Finding that the other person seemed withdrawn, Uchiha Gin, unwilling to give up, asked his own question.

"Huh? Hahahaha!"

As if triggering some keyword, upon hearing these words, Kaguya Josuke's expression suddenly turned strange. He first let out a few strange laughs, and then looked as if he had seen a ghost with extreme terror.

A glimmer of clarity flashed in his blank eyes as he looked at Uchiha Gin standing in the distance and slowly raised his bound hands.

The next moment, the system notification sounded in Uchiha Gin's mind again.

"Host detected to be in combat; Heart Steel Chest begins to accumulate."

Without a second's hesitation, Uchiha Gin immediately took a step back, and at the same time, tiny bone spikes shot out from Kaguya Josuke's fingertips, all of them embedding themselves in the spot where Uchiha Gin had just stood.

"He even has a bloodline limit hidden."

Having narrowly escaped death, Uchiha Gin looked at the bone spikes deeply embedded in the brickwork with lingering fear and said with lingering apprehension.

The information about Josuke Kaguya does not mention that he possesses a bloodline ability, which is probably a trump card he hid after being captured.

Strangely, after hiding it for so long, why did it so easily reveal itself to me, an ordinary-looking Uchiha I met for the first time?

Seeing that her attack had failed, Kaguya Josuke resorted to her old trick and pointed her hands at Uchiha Gin once again.

But this time it wasn't so easy. As Uchiha Gin exerted force with his feet, his fist, imbued with monstrous strength, slammed straight into Kaguya Josuke, who was still preparing for the next wave of bone spikes.

【Corpse Bone Pulse - Ten Fingers Pierced by Bullets】

Faced with another wave of bone spikes hurtling towards him, Uchiha Gin did not choose to dodge, but instead gathered more chakra into his fist.

With a muffled thud, Kaguya Josuke's bone spurs were all knocked off by his iron fist, and the punch landed squarely on his chest without any doubt.

Kaguya Josuke, already emaciated from the torment, had his chest caved in by this punch, and Uchiha Gin's fist got stuck in the opponent's bone.

Just as Uchiha Gin was wondering why his attack had hit so easily, Kaguya Josuke, his face contorted with bloodlust and madness, raised his head, gave him a sinister smile, and let out a hoarse sound as he coughed up blood.

"Got you?"

【Corpse Bone Pulse: Dance of the Tang Pine】

Uchiha Gin's expression changed drastically as he was trapped by the broken bones in the chest cavity. He discovered that a huge, white bone flower was blooming in the other's sunken chest cavity, with countless wildly growing ribs stabbing towards his face.

(End of this chapter)