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

Chapter 32 Run! Don't let the moonlight shine through!

After clocking in for work, Uchiha Gin, who had returned to the dungeon, no longer felt the discomfort he had yesterday. It seemed that the original owner of this body was quite compatible with this environment.

Having successfully arrived at his post, Uchiha Gin looked at the chaotic scene, which was no different from yesterday, and felt a headache coming on.

But Uchiha Ryukage had already said he didn't have any assistants, so he sighed and had to go by himself.

The archives were simply laid out, with bookshelves lining the walls and a desk in the center. Uchiha Gin checked each bookshelf to see if there were any markings.

[Cell Number One: File scroll is blue; Crime level: High]

Looking at the few lines of brief explanation written on the bookshelf, Uchiha Gin breathed a sigh of relief, which saved him a lot of trouble.

In the next step, he found the bookshelves in cells number two and three. The two types of files were blue and purple, corresponding to the level of crime as medium and low, respectively.

The scroll I randomly flipped through yesterday was blue, and it turned out that Kaguya Josuke was only a mid-level criminal.

Then Uchiha Gin remembered that his file said "wandering ninja, mentally unstable".

Therefore, it can be inferred that the person who captured Kaguya Josuke was unaware that he was involved in the massacre at the Uchiha clan compound six years ago.

The deaths of two Uchiha clansmen were solely due to the fact that the other party went berserk and attacked an Uchiha patrol.

Gin Uchiha, who had a "deep exchange" with Josuke Kaguya, knew that the other party had already developed mental problems.

After he was arrested, they certainly couldn't get any inside information out of him through interrogation, otherwise he wouldn't have been kept in the relatively spacious No. 2 dungeon for so long without anyone interrogating him.

"The trail with Kaguya Josuke has gone cold. I wonder who arrested him back then. Maybe we can find some clues from the arrest process."

Uchiha Gin pondered to himself, then picked up the information about Kaguya Josuke that he had looked at yesterday from his desk.

"Kaguya Josuke: A wandering ninja who murdered two members of the Uchiha clan. He is suspected of having mental problems and is unable to use genjutsu to torture others. Information is unknown. He is currently imprisoned in Dungeon Number Two."

I scrolled on and saw a note.

"The culprit, Kaguya Josuke, was captured by a team led by Uchiha Ryukage."

It was him! The terrifying man who had led the way for him yesterday flashed into his mind.

It turns out that Uchiha Ryukage was the one who captured Kaguya Josuke six years ago, but judging from his appearance, he was the kind of person who was difficult to get along with. Uchiha Gin frowned and pondered how to bring up this matter.

Just then, the door to the archives was pushed open.

As if on cue, the man appeared; it was none other than Uchiha Ryukage, with a withered face and an aura of coldness emanating from him.

With a blank expression, he entered the room and was somewhat surprised to see Uchiha Gin holding a scroll and examining it intently. This notorious playboy was actually working seriously.

But putting aside his surprise, Elder Yan had instructed him to come and inquire about the circumstances of yesterday's killing of the prisoner, which was also part of his duties.

Although the dungeon falls under Uchiha Yan's jurisdiction, he manages too many departments to oversee them all.

In this situation, each department has a person in charge, and Uchiha Ryukage is the person in charge of the dungeon. He is responsible for managing all the affairs of the dungeon.

"You killed a prisoner yesterday?"

Uchiha Ryukage asked with a slightly cold expression.

"No, I acted in self-defense!"

Uchiha Gin loudly protested his innocence, and then explained,

"I just went to check some information. I didn't expect that guy to dare to attack me. Luckily, he was in such bad shape that his bones were brittle and he died from exhaustion after I fought back a few times."

"Corpse Bone Pulse?"

Upon hearing the other party mention the Corpse Bone Pulse, Uchiha Ryukage, who had initially had no intention of asking any further questions, frowned and pondered for a moment before asking,

"What's that guy's name?"

"Kaguya Josuke, I wonder who arrested him back then. How could such a vicious criminal be locked up in Dungeon Number Two? It's really something."

Uchiha Gin deliberately brought up the Shikotsumyaku (Corpse Bone Pulse) technique, and then pretended to condemn the people who arrested Kaguya Josuke.

"I caught it."

Uchiha Ryukage, stung by Uchiha Gin's "unintentional words," admitted with a grim expression.

"That was absolutely the right choice. We should let prisoners experience the humane management style of our Uchiha clan."

Seeing that Uchiha Ryukage's face was gradually turning dark, Uchiha Gin quickly changed his tune.

This made the other party's expression soften a bit. Seeing that the time was right, Uchiha Gin seized the opportunity to ask his own question.

"As expected of Commander Liuying, you can easily capture such a vicious criminal. I wonder how you managed to take down this guy back then."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Ryukage relaxed his brows, as if searching for this memory in his mind. Seeing that the other party was recalling, Uchiha Gin immediately stopped disturbing him and waited quietly.

After a few minutes, Uchiha Ryu, having almost finished recalling the events, began to recount the ins and outs of the story.

Six years ago, Uchiha Tajima, who had just taken over as clan leader, led all the young combatants to the front lines in order to establish his authority.

Unexpectedly, the clan's territory suffered a great calamity, and the clan chief's mansion was razed to the ground, leaving only one survivor.

Uchiha Tajima was filled with remorse. From then on, he increased the size of the patrol team and expanded the patrol area.

Just one month after the massacre at the clan's territory, a patrol of Uchiha clan members encountered a strange enemy.

Initially, this person did not clash with the patrol team. He was just wandering around the Uchiha clan's territory in a daze. The patrol team members at the time thought he was just an ordinary person wandering around.

The two sides remained at peace until a more cautious Uchiha clan member noticed signs of chakra on the other party and activated his Sharingan to cast a genjutsu on him.

Unexpectedly, the moment the other party saw the Sharingan, it was as if a switch had been flipped, and they started attacking the patrol team members.

Under his powerful physical attacks, two weaker Uchiha clan members were shot through the chest and died on the spot.

Seeing that they were no match for the enemy, the others immediately contacted their clan. The clan leader then dispatched the once-powerful Uchiha Ryukage to capture the perpetrator.

Was Kaguya Josuke mentally sound back then?

Uchiha Gin couldn't help but interrupt Uchiha Ryukage's narration, but the other party didn't mind and continued to speak.

It was midnight when Uchiha Ryukage led his team to the scene. Following the clues left by the patrol team that had been tracking the perpetrator, they caught up with him and finally saw the perpetrator's true face.

"He was in a sorry state. Kaguya Josuke was disheveled, his clothes were tattered, and he walked unsteadily. At first glance, you wouldn't associate him with a murderer; you would just think he was a mentally challenged vagrant."

Uchiha Ryukage answered his question.

"You weren't injured at all?"

Uchiha Gin asked another question.

"Yes, his entire back looked like it had been scorched by fire, and it was oozing pus and blood."

Scorching heat? Mental breakdown?

All of this combined made Uchiha Gin's head spin; he had a flash of inspiration, but just couldn't quite grasp it.

"How did you finally catch him?"

Uchiha Gin wanted to know the whole story.

Uchiha Ryukage then continued his story.

When the two sides first met, Uchiha Ryukage made a move to test Kaguya Josuke, but unexpectedly, the opponent was defeated in one blow.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, the team member who went to check on him activated his Sharingan midway through the fight, and Kaguya Josuke, who had been defeated, suddenly sprang up again.

Fortunately, his teammates who came with him were quite strong; he only lost an arm and his life was not in immediate danger.

What followed was a fierce battle, mainly a contest of taijutsu. The opponent was extremely fast, and ordinary ninjutsu could not hit him.

The delirious Josuke Kaguya is immune to illusions and can only rely on physical attacks to wear him down.

They were evenly matched at first, but for some reason, the opponent repeatedly lost focus during the fight and hid in the shadows of the trees, which gave the attacker an opening. In the end, the attacker broke the opponent's arms and legs and captured him.

"Hiding in the shade of a tree?"

Uchiha Gin frowned, utterly unable to understand why.

"I didn't know why he did it during the fight, but after I captured him, I heard him muttering something under his breath."

Uchiha Ryukage recalled.

"What are you muttering about?"

This statement piqued Gin Uchiha's curiosity.

"Run! We can't let the moonlight shine on us!"

Uchiha Ryukage's cold voice rang in his ears.

(End of this chapter)