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

Chapter 91 Pretend you're not home when a stranger knocks on the door

Several meters beneath the boulder, a stone coffin hangs suspended in the darkness. The coffin is covered with dense tadpole-like characters, and the mysterious patterns faintly glow, making it seem as if it has escaped the control of time and is quietly waiting for the day it will see the light of day again.

"...Dig, dig, dig, plant tiny seeds, and let tiny flowers bloom..."

The figure, who had been alone in the stone coffin for many years, slowly raised her head from the cramped space. Having not heard any sound for a long time, she now faintly heard singing coming from above.

"That sounds awful..."

The space inside the stone coffin was limited, making it impossible to even raise a hand to cover one's ears. Helpless, one could only close their crimson eyes, silently blocking out the bewitching song, and inwardly grumble.

"If I find out who sang it, I'll rip their tongue out."

"Digging and digging in a really big garden, digging up really big seeds, huh... what's that hard thing?"

Singing as he dug, Gin Uchiha worked very hard, but suddenly his hand stopped as his golden shovel was blocked by a hard object underground.

Did we find something?

Surprised, Uchiha Gin activated his Byakugan and scanned the hard object on the ground, only to find that his vision was blocked. A force was distorting space, making it impossible for him to see the objects below.

Ugh! I just don't believe it.

Unconvinced, Uchiha Gin activated his Byakugan to its maximum power. As chakra was poured in, his Byakugan slowly penetrated the barrier of spatial power, and he could vaguely see a stone coffin.

It's still not clear. It was supposed to be the strongest X-ray vision, so why isn't it working now? Uchiha Gin was aroused by a strange competitive spirit and once again used all his chakra, pouring it into the Byakugan as if it were free.

As chakra was added, his eyes felt like they were about to burst, and he felt extremely sore, but his vision became clearer and clearer. Suddenly, with the support of many powers within his body, Uchiha Gin's Byakugan seemed to break through its shackles. A flash of blue light swept away the soreness from before.

If Uchiha Gin could see his own eyes now, he would find that his Byakugan had changed drastically. His pure white eyes were now stained with other colors, his conjunctiva was firmly occupied by black, and his pupils had turned into a refreshing light blue.

"How come I can see colors now?"

Blinking his eyes with a sense of relief, Uchiha Silver Hair realized that the colors in his 360° field of vision had been restored, no longer just a simple X-ray view.

"I've heard that the Byakugan can evolve, but this doesn't seem to be the Tenseigan, does it?"

Taking out a mirror to examine his mutated eyes, Uchiha Gin stroked his chin, sensing the power contained within them. He found it lacked the overwhelming power of Toneri Otsutsuki's Tenseigan from the original story.

Never mind, business is more important. I'll study this thing slowly when I get back.

Retracting the mirror and using his current eyes to look at the hard object on the ground, Uchiha Gin actually penetrated the barrier of space and clearly saw a stone sarcophagus covered with sealing incantations. With a little more effort, he saw a girl lying inside, her head bowed so his face was obscured.

"Tsk, nothing special, but she's really fair-skinned. Oh dear!!!"

Unaccustomed to his ultrasound image turning into a color Doppler ultrasound, Gin Uchiha had a clear view of the girl inside the stone sarcophagus. Realizing what had happened, he quickly shut down his Byakugan, silently chanting, "Ignorance is no excuse."

Now that it was confirmed that the hard object underground was the sealed Hikari, Uchiha Gin spat twice into his palm, picked up his golden shovel again, and dug with all his might, hoping to rescue the girl as soon as possible.

"Knock knock. Knock."

"Isn't it annoying? Who's been banging on the phone up there all this time?"

The mesmerizing song finally stopped, but just as the girl breathed a sigh of relief, another thumping sound came from above. She clenched her fists in anger, gritting her teeth, wishing she could rush out right now and give the guy above her a good thumping.

dong dong dong()

"Is anyone home? The community is sending warmth!"

Having finally managed to excavate the entire stone sarcophagus, Uchiha Gin wiped away imaginary sweat, walked forward, and knocked a few times on the sarcophagus's door, while politely greeting it.

Is he an idiot?

The girl trapped in the stone coffin rolled her eyes when she heard the incomprehensible remarks. She wondered if the people outside had degenerated to this extent since she had been sealed away for so many years.

"But why does that voice sound so familiar?"

The girl listened to the incessant chatter outside, and for some reason, the more she listened, the more familiar it sounded. It was like she knew someone, but the voice she remembered wasn't as weak and listless as this one.

"I know you're home. Go ahead and open the door! Don't hide inside and stay silent."

"No, no, no, I absolutely don't know him."

The girl shook her head frantically, vehemently denying that she knew the owner of the voice.

"Ah Yin, you found it?"

Uchiha Gin, who had been digging three feet into the ground, looked up and saw a familiar figure above the pit he had dug. He put away his shovel, jumped back onto the ground, dusted himself off, and said...

"Uncle, why did you take so long to come? I've already dug out the seal."

The newcomer was none other than Uchiha Tajima, who had been slacking off the whole time. His expression was grave as he looked down at the stone sarcophagus covered in runes, frowning as he spoke.

"If it's actually a seal from the Sarutobi clan, then this is going to be a bit tricky."

The well-informed Uchiha Tajima immediately recognized the Sarutobi clan crest on the stone sarcophagus, and also identified the incantations as unique to the Sarutobi clan.

"Is it difficult to handle?"

Seeing the troubled look on Uchiha Tajima's face, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow. To actually make his uncle have a problem, it seems that the Sarutobi clan is not to be underestimated.

"Hmph, a mere trick."

The arrogant Uchiha Tajima was naturally not intimidated by such a small difficulty. He immediately activated his Sharingan to scan the entire stone sarcophagus, trying to find a flaw in the seal.

"Hehe, found it."

After scanning the area for a while, Uchiha Tajima suddenly laughed, leaped down, and waved for Uchiha Gin to follow.

"Right here, the flaw in the Sarutobi clan's seal!"

Based on the flow of chakra within the seal, Uchiha Tajima finally pinpointed a small, human-shaped pattern, pointed to it, and said to Uchiha Gin,

"The Sarutobi clan crest is the key to breaking the seal."

As he spoke, he placed his hand on the stone sarcophagus, manipulating chakra to permeate the seal. After a while, Uchiha Tajima withdrew his hand, looking at the sarcophagus with a complex expression.

"It's a spatial seal. No wonder it can freeze and seal the space of the stone sarcophagus."

"Spatial seal?"

Upon hearing the term for the first time, Uchiha Gin curiously raised his head, looking at his uncle with an inquisitive expression, waiting for an explanation.

"The Sarutobi clan actually used a sealing technique to create a time anchor point, locking the nameless stone coffin inside and exiling it to a space outside the flow of time."

"This is the first time I've ever seen this either."

After saying that, he didn't forget to add a sentence to shift the blame.

Uchiha Gin was completely confused. It sounded like the function of a storage scroll, except that scrolls couldn't hold living things, while this seal could hold living people.

"So, what about her now?"

Exiled outside of time, what exactly did the girl in the stone coffin experience?

"She is still in the state she was in when she was sealed away, and her mind should also be..."

Uchiha Tajima was only halfway through his sentence when he suddenly remembered that Uchiha Gin's memories had returned, so he immediately took back the rest of his sentence.

"So that means Xiaoguang lay conscious in a dark, sunless coffin for over ten years?"

Uchiha Gin fell silent. Before arriving, he hadn't shown any particular emotions, but after watching the drama for days and nights, as a viewer, he had been deeply moved by the girl named Hikari. Therefore, he was determined to rescue this poor girl no matter what.

"You old man, step aside for now, let me show you my treasure!"

(End of this chapter)