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

Chapter 72: There is no such thing as an honest and simple-minded Uchiha.

Having already made his decision, Uchiha Gin didn't linger in the backyard. He returned to the old house to cook, and soon Senju Itama came over from the new house, drawn by the aroma.

"Are you done cleaning up?"

Wearing an apron and holding a spatula, Uchiha Gin frowned and asked.

"Absolutely, how could such a small matter be difficult for this great man?"

Senna Itagaki, covered in dirt, raised his small fists and said smugly, but his face, covered in dust and sweat, made his words unconvincing.

"Why don't you go take a shower first before you come?"

Uchiha Gin, covering his nose, waved his hand dismissively.

"snort!"

Realizing she really needed to wash up, Senju Itama raised her head and snorted, sticking her head out with a wary, warning look before entering the bathroom.

"Don't you dare peek!"

"Who would spy on a brat like you?"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin, who was stir-frying vegetables, almost poured the entire can of salt into the pan, and retorted with a face full of black lines.

Perhaps having learned from his previous experience, Senju Itama washed up very quickly this time. By the time Uchiha Gin brought out the last dish, he was already sitting at the table, steaming, waiting for dinner to begin.

"He's good for nothing, but he's number one at eating."

Seeing how fast the kid was, Uchiha Gin mocked him.

"Stop nagging, hurry up and eat!"

Driven by cravings, Senju Itama completely ignored his arch-rival's taunts, his eyes fixed on the sweet and sour fish in Uchiha Gin's hand, a look of utter longing on his face.

"I'm starting!"

Upon seeing the sweet and sour fish he had been longing for, Senju Itama, his mouth watering, disregarded everything else and devoured it in a whirlwind.

"Sweet and sour fish for lunch, sweet and sour fish for dinner, aren't you afraid of getting diabetes, you little devil?"

Picking up a piece of his own creation with his chopsticks, savoring the cloyingly sweet sauce, Uchiha Gin thought maliciously, without reflecting on how much he also loved sugar.

Uchiha Gin, who ate quickly, was the first to put down his empty bowl. Looking at the kid still struggling, he picked his teeth and stood up, saying...

"I need to go to class for a bit, remember to tidy it up for me."

"Mmm"

With his mouth full of food, Senju Itama couldn't speak, only making "uh-huh" sounds to indicate that he understood.

After leaving his home, Uchiha Gin headed towards the dungeon where he worked.

After entering the main gate and making a few turns, you arrive at the entrance to dungeon number three. The two boys you'd seen a few days ago are still guarding the gate.

"Second Brother, is it your shift again today?"

Uchiha Gin greeted the square-faced, honest-looking boy beside him with familiarity.

"You're my brother's friend!"

When Uchiha Jiro saw the other person call out his name, he was taken aback at first. After thinking for a moment, he remembered that the other person was his brother's friend.

"That's right, that's right. I forgot to introduce myself last time. My name is Uchiha Gin."

Uchiha Gin introduced himself with a smile, as warm and friendly as an older brother next door.

"Brother Yin, are you here to check on criminals again?"

Remembering the other party's identity as an archivist, the boy asked a question.

"Yes, there are some questionable points in the file, so I'm here to check them. Please let me in."

Uchiha Gin made up an excuse and tricked the boy into letting him in.

"no problem!"

The honest and straightforward Uchiha Jiro immediately opened the cell door and let him in.

"Thank you both very much then."

Having achieved his goal, Uchiha Gin smiled and waved goodbye to the two.

"Jiro, don't you find this guy suspicious?"

After Uchiha Gin walked away, Uchiha Hikaru, who had remained silent the whole time, frowned and asked,

"What's suspicious about him? He's my brother's teammate. I asked my brother a few days ago, and it really is him. He's easy to recognize with his curly hair."

After his first encounter with Uchiha Gin, Uchiha Jiro went home that same day and asked his older brother, Taro, about Uchiha Gin. Taro just looked at him strangely and said that Gin was indeed his teammate, while telling him not to worry about him.

"But I feel like I've heard the name Uchiha Gin mentioned somewhere before, and it gives me a bad feeling."

Uchiha Kakuzu scratched his head, utterly baffled as to why he had such conflicting thoughts.

"You're not hallucinating from applying glue last night, are you?"

A forced smile appeared on Uchiha Jiro's honest face. It seemed that his honesty was just a facade; this Uchiha was actually quite shrewd and greasy inside.

"What is applying glue?"

The bewildered Uchiha Fire Core was encountering new terms for the first time, and his eyes were practically overflowing with confusion. He couldn't help but ask again.

"Hehe, I'll show you something good after get off work. I stole it from my brother."

Uchiha Jiro glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then whispered something in Uchiha Hiko's ear.

Based on his memory, Uchiha Gin groped his way through Dungeon Number Three and finally spotted his destination.

In the dimly lit corridor, a hunched figure was slowly cleaning with a broom. Uchiha Gin walked up to him, stared at the familiar back, and said...

"I want to see Grandpa."

Upon hearing this, the hunched old jailer raised his pale, withered face and said expressionlessly,

"it is good."

The sound, like fingernails scraping against glass, gave him goosebumps.

As soon as the word "good" left his lips, the old jailer turned into a puddle of black mud and quickly crawled toward Uchiha Gin, climbing up his legs and enveloping him in an instant.

Suppressing the discomfort in his body, Uchiha Gin took a deep breath and did not resist the old jailer's devouring. Then, everything went black before his eyes, and his body seemed to be moving at high speed.

When he saw the light of day again, Uchiha Gin found himself back in the cell where Uchiha Yao was imprisoned, and the old man he had seen a few days ago was still hunched over his desk writing furiously.

Hearing the sound behind him, he silently raised his head and, quite surprised to see that it was Uchiha Gin, asked,

"Ah Yin, why did you get here so quickly? Has everything been taken care of?"

Uchiha Yao, who mistakenly believed that Uchiha Gin had controlled the nameless one, was very surprised, but Uchiha Gin shook his head and replied,

"No, Uchiha Tajima made no move."

"So what brings you here?"

The old man then put down his pen, stood up, and stared at him with his still-intact eye, asking,

"I want to ask about my Sharingan."

Uchiha Gin asked directly, "Within the entire Uchiha clan, apart from Uchiha Miao whom I met during the day, only Uchiha Yao in front of me has a deep understanding of the Sharingan."

It wouldn't be appropriate for him to ask Uchiha Miao directly, as it might arouse suspicion from Uchiha Tajima. Uchiha Yao, on the other hand, didn't have these concerns.

He could sense that the old man had ulterior motives, but adhering to his style of taking advantage of any opportunity to get something for free, Uchiha Gin boldly asked a question.

"Is your vision deteriorating?"

Uchiha Yao frowned and asked. He knew very well the origin of Uchiha Gin's eyes. After transplanting the original Mangekyou Sharingan to Wuming, he replaced it with the eyes that Uchiha Yan had pried off the corpses of the Kaguya clan.

He vaguely remembered that the owner of those eyes was Kaguya Sosuke's sidekick, but unfortunately, he was betrayed by his boss.

"No, I just wanted to ask if it's still possible for my eyes to awaken the kaleidoscope effect?"

Uchiha Gin's eyes widened slightly, and a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan appeared before Uchiha Yao. The old man could clearly sense the surging power contained in those eyes.

"As expected of Jin's child, he was able to nurture eyes that weren't his own to such an extent."

(End of this chapter)