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

Chapter 55 Lost Memories: When Something Goes Wrong, Someone Always Has to Take the Blame

The high-hanging red moon slowly descended, bringing immense pressure that made everyone on the ground gasp for breath.

Kaguya Sousuke, who was at the very center, was deathly pale. He could sense that he had been locked onto by the full moon and had nowhere to escape.

"Tsukuyomi has turned into a physical attack?"

Even from a great distance, Uchiha Yao could sense the immense destructive power contained within that full moon.

Kaguya Sosuke was unwilling to die far from home, so he desperately squeezed the power out of his bloodline.

His bones began to grow rapidly, and he instantly grew several meters taller, transforming into a bone giant. His entire body was made up of grayish-white bones, revealing white and ferocious bone spurs.

"How could I, Kaguya Sosuke, die at the hands of such a brat!"

Kaguya Sosuke's frenzied roar echoed from within the Bone Giant's chest cavity.

Uchiha Gin remained unmoved by Kaguya Sosuke's changes. His two scarlet eyes coldly stared at the red moon falling from the sky, and bright red blood gushed from his eyes. His muscular body was also visibly wasting away.

This is the price of chakra gained at the cost of life force.

The Bone Giant raised its hand, transforming it into a spiral bone spear, and charged towards the falling red moon with the force of thunder, gathering all its strength.

The moment the bone spear, unstoppable and relentless, made contact with the red moon, it generated a powerful gust of wind that blinded everyone present.

To everyone's surprise, the Bone Giant's spiral bone spear actually withstood the downward momentum of the red moon, giving Kaguya Sosuke, who was controlling the giant, a glimmer of hope, and a smile gradually appeared on her face.

"Gab-boom!"

However, the next second, a crisp cracking sound rang out, and Kaguya Sosuke's joyful smile froze instantly.

The massive bone spear began to crumble and break apart from the tip, a crack spreading from the spearhead all the way to the giant's entire body.

Kaguya Sosuke, who lived a life of arrogance and unruliness, left no last words and vanished into dust with the collapse of the Bone Giant.

"Ah Yin, stop right now."

Uchiha Yan, the only one who was still conscious, stared in horror at the red moon that was crushing the Bone Giant. When he realized that its downward momentum had not slowed down, he couldn't help but shout loudly.

Uchiha Gin ignored his words and stood there blankly, his face covered in blood and exuding an aura of death.

In a semi-comatose state, Uchiha Gin had already lost control of Kurenai.

The crimson moon slammed heavily onto the ground with undiminished force, creating a massive explosion that sent several people flying.

When the dust settled, Uchiha Yan looked up and was stunned by the horrific scene before him.

A huge crater appeared in the center of the Uchiha clan's territory. The entire clan head's residence was razed to the ground, countless houses were destroyed, and the cries of the survivors could not be heard.

Uchiha Gin, who had been standing upright, lay on his back on the ground, blood flowing from every pore of his body. The weak Uchiha Hikaru staggered to his feet and stumbled toward the fallen boy.

The massive explosion jolted Uchiha Tajima, who was immersed in grief over the loss of his wife and son, back to reality. Sensing the surging power in his eyes, he painfully closed them.

"The God of the Sky? But what good is that?"

When Uchiha Tajima opened his eyes again, a bitter expression appeared on his face. He simply couldn't bear the price of those legendary eyes.

"Chief, what has happened on the clan's territory?"

Uchiha Miao, who arrived late, was equally shocked to see his home in such a state of chaos, especially the deep crater in the very center, which was far beyond his comprehension.

"You two, tell me what exactly happened."

Uchiha Tajima and the other two arrived later and were unaware of what had happened before.

"A-Yin and I had already subdued the intruder, but..."

The still somewhat conscious girl looked at the unconscious Uchiha Gin with concern and recounted the whole story in detail.

"You said you lost control of your mind and used the power of the Kaleidoscope unconsciously?"

When the girl said that she suddenly lost control, used the power of the Eight Thousand Spears to absorb everyone's chakra, and controlled the Kaguya clan to kill each other, Uchiha Miao couldn't help but ask.

The girl nodded; at that time, she indeed couldn't control her consciousness.

Has a similar situation occurred before?

As a researcher, Uchiha Miao felt that this rampage was not a coincidence.

"Yesterday, Uchiha Yao asked me to cooperate with an experiment. I fainted during the experiment, and afterwards, I had some unpleasant memories."

The girl thought for a moment and answered truthfully.

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

Upon hearing the girl's explanation, Uchiha Miao fell into a brief moment of thought. He recalled Uchiha Gin, whom he had brought back from Uchiha Yao's laboratory the day before, when the boy was also in a coma.

After a while, he looked at the battered and bruised Uchiha Gin beside the girl, and went out to inquire.

What's the situation with Uchiha Gin?

"It was him. He did everything here."

Uchiha Yan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke, his scarlet eyes faintly swirling with black energy.

"He used a technique I've never seen before to conjure a red full moon and razed our home to the ground."

"No! Ah Yin did it to save us!"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Hikaru quickly offered his explanation.

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

Uchiha Yan turned his gun around and vented his anger on the girl.

"Cough cough cough... Who turned off the light?"

Hearing the commotion, Uchiha Gin slowly awoke. He struggled to open his eyes, only to find himself in complete darkness. Filled with bitterness, he made an inappropriate joke.

"Ah Yin, are you alright?"

The girl was overjoyed to see Uchiha Gin wake up.

"Xiaoguang, are you alright?"

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

"I didn't."

The girl, who was about to say something, was stopped by Uchiha Miao.

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

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

"I just saw..."

When Uchiha Gintoki recalled what had happened before, he suddenly fell silent.

He witnessed his aunt, who treated him like her own daughter, being brutally murdered by the enemy, and also lost his three younger brothers.

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

Ignoring why he couldn't see, Uchiha Gin rolled over, knelt down, and slammed his forehead heavily against the hard ground.

This resulted in Uchiha Tajima's silence.

"Waaah~ Chieftain, please punish those who destroyed our territory!"

Before anyone knew it, the survivors gathered around and began to weep and plead with the silent Uchiha Tajima.

As more and more people gathered, someone said, "The one who destroyed the clan's territory is Uchiha Gin," and the situation quickly spiraled out of control. Countless voices of doubt arose, which then turned into vicious curses.

"Clan leader, this matter should be related to Uchiha Yao's weapon plan."

Uchiha Miao quietly appeared behind Uchiha Tajima and whispered,

"He mentioned that the two people would be brainwashed to remove their willpower. The loss of control that occurred during the battle is most likely related to Uchiha Yao's experiment."

After hearing Uchiha Miao's analysis, Uchiha Tajima did not speak, but simply nodded slightly to indicate that he understood.

Although Uchiha Gin, who was helped up by the girl, could not see, he roughly knew from the snippets of conversation among the surrounding clansmen what he had done after losing control.

"Uncle, let me use my life to quell everyone's anger."

(End of this chapter)