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

Chapter 31 The Senju Family Kid Can't Be That Cute

After a relaxing bath, Uchiha Gin, feeling refreshed and invigorated, wrapped himself in a towel and looked at Senju Itama, who was awkwardly standing at the bathroom door, and said...

"Hey kid, want me to scrub your back? I'm famously good at it."

"don't want!"

Uchiha Gin, who was pushed out, shook his head.

"What a shy brat. You're a grown man, why are you hiding like this?"

About an hour later, Senju Itama, who was wrapped up tightly, peeked out. When she saw Uchiha Gin still sitting in the living room, her face tightened.

"Finally out! You little rascal, why did it take you so long to take a bath? I almost fell asleep."

Uchiha Gin stood up, yawning, holding the bottle of hair dye in his hand.

"Don't come any closer!"

Senju Itama gripped the door tightly with both hands, preventing the other person from entering. Uchiha Gin, a mischievous glint in his eye, chuckled as he pressed against the bathroom door, speaking in a mocking tone.

"Are you up to something naughty, kid? You need to take care of your health at such a young age."

As Gin Uchiha increased the force in his hand, the bathroom door was suddenly pushed open, and the completely naked Senju Itama flew backward. Before he could even see the details, the other woman had already covered her private parts with her hands, looking at him with a face full of embarrassment.

"So what if you're not wearing anything? I was running around naked in the streets when I was your age."

Looking at Senju Itama's naked body, Uchiha Gin joked.

"shameless!"

Senju Itama, his entire body flushed red as if he were in a sauna, shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Alright, alright, I've left the hair dye here for you."

Seeing that the kid was getting a little anxious, Uchiha Gin stopped teasing him, put down the hair dye in his hand, and left.

"I didn't realize you had such fair skin, kid."

As he was leaving, Uchiha Gin turned his head and said something, which earned him a shampoo bottle thrown at him. He laughed and dodged it.

After going outside and going around to the back wall, Uchiha Gin reinforced the fence again. The few square meters of "backyard" were now officially established, and he would spend his future days practicing his skills here.

After dealing with the matters in the backyard, and seeing that it was getting dark, Uchiha Gin returned to the house first, intending to come back at midnight.

Inside, Senju Itama was already dressed, and his once striking black and white hair had been dyed a single color. Uchiha Gin nodded repeatedly in approval; with his hair color pleasing to the eye, the kid seemed more handsome.

"That way, no one will notice you."

Perhaps angry at Uchiha Gin's actions, Senju Itama turned his head away sullenly and didn't say a word.

"What a boring brat."

Gin Uchiha, whose mind was elsewhere, didn't pay any attention. He gave a few instructions and then lay down on the sofa and fell asleep.

Senju Itama, standing to the side, looked at the curly-haired Uchiha with a complicated expression, his eyes darting around as if he were thinking about something. Finally, he silently got up and went back to his bedroom to rest.

In the latter half of the night, Uchiha Gin, who had been fast asleep, opened his eyes again. After confirming that the person in the bedroom was asleep, he tiptoed around to the backyard and stood in the open space waiting for the refresh to arrive.

Tonight, the moon is obscured by dark clouds again. Uchiha Gin's residence is far from the settlement, surrounded only by cliffs and forests. Only by passing through the forest can one reach the Uchiha clan's communal settlement.

A gentle breeze rustled through the forest, and Uchiha Gin, whose body was tense, suddenly felt the surrounding atmosphere freeze, a familiar feeling welling up in his heart.

"Ding-a-ling~" Amidst the rustling of leaves, a soft bell rang out. With his exceptional senses, Uchiha Gin immediately locked onto the direction.

A figure wearing a straw hat, with a black background and red clouds, slowly emerged from the void. The right hand, painted with jet-black nail polish, slightly raised the straw hat, and a pair of scarlet eyes looked at him without any emotion.

It's Uchiha Itachi again!

Having suffered two losses at his hands, Uchiha Gin reacted immediately, activating his Sharingan in both eyes. The tomoe in his right eye began to spin rapidly, and his chakra poured into it as if it were free.

【Amaterasu】

Taking the initiative, black flames appeared out of thin air on Uchiha Gin's chest, a significant improvement over the previous black flames that were the size of a lighter.

Having been passively attacked in the previous instances, Uchiha Gin, who took the initiative this time, wanted to see what would happen if he injured or even defeated the NPC who unleashed the skill.

Ignoring the raging black flames on his chest, the newly emerged Uchiha Itachi calmly removed his straw hat, and his eyes had somehow transformed into two Mangekyou Sharingan shaped like shojutsu swords.

The next moment, the Amaterasu, which had been escalating, seemed to go silent. With the appearance of Itachi Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, the flames gradually extinguished as if drenched by a heavy rain.

Before he could even be surprised, Uchiha Gin quickly looked away, avoiding eye contact with him.

Looking down at the ground, Uchiha Gin saw that the once lush green grass had somehow transformed into a transparent lake. His reflection shone on the lake's surface, and in the mirrored sky, a blood-red full moon hung resolutely.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Gin realized he was in trouble; he had already fallen victim to the trap.

[Illusion Technique: Tsukuyomi]

As he was uncontrollably suspended by the cross, Uchiha Gin knew that tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

He sighed, looking at how he was once again surrounded by Itachi Uchiha, and his composure completely crumbled.

"Come on, come on, don't pity me just because I'm a delicate flower!"

The next second, the dense sounds of knives slicing echoed throughout the illusion space.

After spending 72 hours in the illusion space, Uchiha Gin finally found release the moment the countdown reached zero.

As the illusion space shattered, the surroundings returned to their familiar state, and Itachi Uchiha's figure vanished without a trace.

While he endured 72 hours of torment within the Tsukuyomi, only a moment passed outside. Lying on the ground, Uchiha Gin suffered a splitting headache, and his Sharingan, overstimulated, voluntarily entered a state of dormancy.

After experiencing Tsukuyomi twice, Uchiha Gin found that each time he was involved in Tsukuyomi, the power of his left eye would increase, and his mastery of the Sharingan would become more mature.

"The backyard refreshes daily with a random skill [Illusion - Tsukuyomi], granting 4 Tsukuyomi Fragment."

[Tsukuyomi Fragment (5/40): Collect 40 fragments to synthesize the Illusion Technique Tsukuyomi. The skill Mangekyou Sharingan can learn it.]

Uchiha Gin was taken aback when he saw the system notification; he had actually obtained four fragments of Tsukuyomi this time.

"Is it just good luck, or is the reward calculated based on the battle evaluation?" Uchiha Gin wondered to himself.

As the system notification sounded, Uchiha Gin's exhaustion vanished, and his brain, damaged by Tsukuyomi, gradually cleared.

The right eye, which had been bleeding from releasing Amaterasu, was completely healed, and all negative buffs on the body were cleared by the system with a single click.

After easily getting up and checking his body to make sure there was nothing wrong, Uchiha Gin quietly returned to the house, lay down on the sofa, and fell asleep peacefully.

Uchiha Gin, who hadn't dreamed in a long time, once again had several strange dreams.

In the dark ward, the boy lay on the bed, his eyes bandaged, his expression numb, like a puppet being manipulated at will. A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties stroked his head, as if saying something.

Uchiha Gin could only watch from afar, unable to hear anything.

The middle-aged man looked at the boy with a complicated expression. At this moment, the ward door was pushed open again, and a girl walked in. She was a little younger than the boy. When she saw the boy, she seemed very agitated and bowed her head to the side of the boy's bed, crying uncontrollably.

Just as he was about to continue watching, his consciousness was pushed out by a pair of merciless large hands.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already the next morning.

Scratching his head, recalling the bizarre dream he had last night, Uchiha Gin finished washing up and began his life as a corporate slave in the ninja world.

They left some money for Senju Itama, whose hair had already been dyed black, so that he could take care of his own food and clothing.

With his hair dyed, he was inconspicuous in a crowd of Uchiha, so there was no need to worry about his safety.

"Don't run around, or I'll go and get your brother." Uchiha Gin didn't forget to give the brat a piece of his mind.

"Okay, okay."

Senju Itama stared speechlessly at the curly-haired Uchiha who was trying to threaten him. He was not stupid; he had already thought it through. What was the point of trying to fool him with that kind of excuse?

"What's with that look you're giving me, like I'm an idiot?"

Feeling underestimated, Uchiha Gin's forehead creased with a "#", and he stretched out his angry hand to give the brat a righteous thud, but Senju Itama, who had seen through his plan, easily dodged it.

Looking at Senju Itama making faces at him, Uchiha Gin squinted his dead fish eyes.

The more he looked at the kid, the more he felt that he had changed a bit, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

(End of this chapter)