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

Chapter 979 Master and Disciple Reunited, But Something's Wrong with the Style of This Scene

Go with you?

"You need to understand, this is my territory."

Hanzo's tiger-like eyes were half-closed, and his whole body exuded a monstrous aura. The Land of Rain was the territory he had conquered. On this land, even the God of Shinobi would have to ring the bell for him.

"Are you preparing to violently resist law enforcement?"

Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow as he looked at Hanzo, who had his flying scythe held in front of him. "Gin San-san, he's Hanzo of the Salamander. Even Uncle Jiraiya isn't a match for him."

Having regained some strength, Konan somersaulted over to Gin Uchiha's side, cautiously tugging at his sleeve as she spoke, afraid he would leave without saying goodbye again. "Do you think your master is no match for him?"

Gin glanced down at Konan's tense face, his languid expression unchanged. "With Gin's Jonin strength, I'm afraid..."

When the two first met, Konan was just a little Muggle who hadn't even refined his chakra yet. She didn't have a clear understanding of Gin's strength, who had fallen from the sky. Later, under Jiraiya's serious guidance, she developed a certain ability to discern and analyzed Gin's true level.

"Who told you I'm a Jonin?"

Looking at Konan who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, Uchiha Gin blinked in confusion. Ant Pliers is Ant Pliers, and Crab Boy is Crab Boy!

His last passive transmigration was due to a system trap, which compressed his attributes to the level of a Jonin. This time, however, he is in his prime. Without the intervention of the Great Will of the Universe, he is confident that he can carry Sister Wang through the entire dungeon in three days.

"Even elite Jonin won't work. Hanzo is a veteran Kage-level shinobi. Even the Kage of a village can't do anything to him."

Konan's face turned bitter upon hearing this. Perhaps Gin San-san had become a powerful elite Jonin through his hard work over the past few years, but he was still too young. Against a renowned and powerful ninja like Hanzo, his fate would likely still be to suffer a crushing defeat on the spot.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Seeing his disciple start rambling, Uchiha Gin's expression turned serious. He reached into his bag and pulled out a large handful of jingling headbands. "Ha, what's this?"

Konan stared blankly at the headbands with all sorts of patterns in Uchiha Gin's hand. Not only were there patterns from the five great nations, but she even saw patterns from several remote, insignificant ninja villages.

"When you're out and about, having an extra identity provides extra protection. But let's not talk about that for now. See, your master is a proper genin!"

After his reminder, Konan belatedly realized that all the headbands in Uchiha Gin's hands were the standard genin-style bandages.

"You? A genin?"

"That's right, don't underestimate genin. You never know when you might fall into their hands."

Uchiha Gin nodded seriously, and as he put away his headband, he suddenly seemed to remember something, looking at Konan with a strange expression. "By the way, Chunin, you have to be careful too."

"Well!?"

"Whoosh!"

Just as the master and disciple were talking as if no one else was around, a throwing scythe with chains grazed past Uchiha Gin's curly hair with a "snap!"

As the chains tightened, Uchiha Gin, feeling a chill run down his neck, calmly pressed Konan's head down and squatted down. The retracted scythe once again grazed his curly hair.

"Snapped!"

With a displeased expression, Hanzo caught the pulled-back scythe, his reddened eyes fixed on Uchiha Gin as he slowly rose. "No matter who you are, ignoring me will cost you dearly."

As he spoke, he adopted his most proficient swordsmanship stance, the sharp sword intent causing Konan's pupils to shrink sharply. "Gin San-san, run! Hanzo's swordsmanship is very strong; even the general of the Land of Iron is no match for him."

The fear of death overshadowed the joy of their reunion. The girl couldn't care less about asking why Uchiha Gin had left without a word back then; all she wanted now was for Gin to live, so they could be together...

"Swordsmanship? Well, I happen to know a little bit too. Let me have a go!"

Gin Uchiha patted Konan's anxious head, smiled, and drew a black wooden sword—more of a decoration—from his waist. He held it up in front of him with one hand, facing Hanzo. "You know swords too?"

Hanzo frowned, because he did not sense the sword intent that a swordsman should have from Uchiha Gin. The curly-haired man in front of him was like a pool of gloomy, stagnant water, without a ripple on his body.

"Ha~ I know a little bit about it."

Uchiha Gin yawned with one hand and nodded in a very smug way, "Hmph! You're this girl's teacher, right? If I defeat you, this girl will be mine."

Hanzo was cautious, but also arrogant. The reason he didn't interrupt Uchiha Gin and Konan's conversation was that he was searching his mind for information on the powerful figures from various ninja villages. After searching for a while, apart from Uchiha Kagami, who had already died in the battle in Konoha, he couldn't find anyone who matched the curly-haired man in front of him.

Since he was an unknown nobody, he was no match for him. As for not being able to sense his aura, it was probably just that Uchiha Gin possessed some special means of concealing his strength.

"Xiao Nan is my disciple, not my possession, much less my bargaining chip. She will only walk the path she chooses."

Faced with the aggressive Hanzo, Uchiha Gin gently shook his head. He hated this kind of behavior that disrespected women's autonomy.

"Silver Three Three"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Nan quickly lowered her head, her cheeks flushed so much that it almost reached the roots of her ears. Becoming Yin San San's possession or something like that wasn't out of the question.

"Hmph! The weak have no choice."

Looking at Uchiha Gin's arrogant demeanor, Hanzo felt a pang of jealousy and sneered, his throwing scythe instantly blazing.

It emitted a dazzling blue light, and upon closer inspection, a wisp of purple light could be seen swirling around the blade. "The strong humiliate the weak, humiliate the stubborn weak. There are indeed few who can withstand this strike from me."

"Gin San-san, be careful, it's Hanzo's Iaijutsu."

Konan, who had witnessed Hanzo use this move to instantly kill several enemy Jonin, immediately exclaimed in surprise. Her blue eyes, looking at Uchiha Gin's back, were filled with worry. "Iaijutsu? That can also kill."

Even from dozens of meters away, Uchiha Gin could still feel the sharp sword energy rushing towards him. In terms of swordsmanship, he admitted that Hanzo had some skill, but that was all.

"Clang!"

"Um?"

With a flick of his wrist, the black wooden sword in his hand instantly emitted a strange and mysterious sword intent. Hanzo, sensing this aura, was startled, and his previously disdainful gaze immediately turned cautious. Wait, this curly-haired guy really knows how to do it?

"What's the name of that move you're using?"

Hanzo forced himself to calm down; a swordsman's mind must not be disturbed.

"My move... let me think... let's call it..."

"Sword Technique: Iaijutsu!"

Just as Uchiha Gin tilted his head in thought, Hanzo seized the opportunity and launched a fierce attack, unleashing a sword beam that was both blue and purple.

That's how the ninja world is. No strong person will be careless just because the enemy is a genin. However, Uchiha Gin seemed to have foreseen that Hanzo would launch a sneak attack. Just before Hanzo swung his flying scythe, he also slightly bowed and gently swung the wooden sword that was held in front of him. The dark red lightning that had been wrapped around the sword was obscure and eerie.

"Gods avoid."

"Silver Three Three!"

Watching Uchiha Gin being devoured by Hanzo's Iai Slash, Konan, who was watching from a safe area, covered her eyes in pain. She was about to experience her belated happiness, but why did fate have to make it slip away so quickly?

"Pfft!"

A barely audible sound of a sword piercing flesh reached Xiao Nan's ears, pushing the girl's despair to its peak. Her eyes vacant, she pulled out the explosive tag scroll she hadn't taken out before, a look of madness appearing on her pale face. "Die...everyone...I want everyone to die with Yin San San!"

Without Yin San San, there is no reason for the world to exist.

"Autumn beans in a sack~"

Just as the girl trembled, preparing to pull open the storage scroll that was practically a nuclear weapon, Uchiha Gin's flippant voice rang in her ears first, instantly pulling Konan back to her senses, "Hmm! Gin-san?"

She looked up at the sound, and by then the aura of the Iaijutsu had dissipated, revealing Uchiha Gin and Hanzo who had passed by. Hanzo was still standing there in his sword-wielding stance, the gleaming blade still dripping purple venom. Uchiha Gin, on the other hand, was much more active; he had sheathed his sword and was looking down at something. "Who... exactly are you?"

About half a minute later, Hanzo, who was frozen in place, slowly spoke. However, as he spoke, Konan was surprised to find that the gas mask he wore all year round was showing signs of loosening.

"Me? Uchiha Gin, a medical ninja who does it out of interest."

"Snap!"

As soon as Uchiha Gin finished speaking, the gas mask that had bound Hanzo for decades fell off with a thud. "I...I..."

Trembling, Hanzo dropped the venom-covered scythe from his hand and reached out to stroke his pale cheeks. He felt that he had lost something important, but gained something even more important.

"call...."

He had almost forgotten what normal breathing felt like. Looking at the colorless air he exhaled, Hanzo frantically checked his waist, only to find a neat stitch there. "Don't bother looking, it's right here~"

Holding a purple poison sac that emitted a pungent odor, Uchiha Gin pinched his nose and gently shook it a couple of times. "How did you do that?"

Looking at the poison sac that held both advantages and disadvantages for him, Hanzo softened his previous sharpness and asked with a complex expression, "9..."

In his early years, in order to break through his limits, he forcibly transplanted the venom sac of a salamander into his own body. While gaining immense power, he also lost his rights as a normal human being.

However, he didn't care about any of that back then. He believed that strength was the key to a future, and establishing a foothold in the ninja world was more important than anything else.

But now, the boost from the poison sac on his waist is negligible; it's more of a burden.

Because his exhaled air and bodily fluids contain deadly toxins, Hanzo, who is over fifty years old, is still a young chef.

After the last war ended, he secretly sought out famous doctors to remove the poison sac that was affecting his sexual happiness. However, after searching around, he couldn't find anyone who could perform the surgery because his body had become one with the poison sac. Any surgery would result in death from the poison.

He had considered asking Tsunade from Konoha for help, but he felt embarrassed to do so because he had given her the nickname himself.

However, recently, a high-ranking Konoha official named Danzo has been contacting him. Hanzo also took the opportunity to raise this request. The other party said that although the matter is difficult and risky, it can be done, provided that the two sides cooperate deeply.

"This is a minor surgery, on par with circumcision, how could it be difficult?"

Looking at Hanzo's strange expression, Uchiha Gin disgustedly threw the poison sac at his feet and then harmlessly destroyed the surgical gloves that had somehow ended up on his hands. "Mr... no, Divine Doctor, I was impolite before, and I apologize to you."

Hanzo glanced at the pulsating poison sac at his feet, then slowly walked forward to Uchiha Gin. To thank him for saving his sexual happiness, he immediately bowed respectfully. "Not fighting anymore?"

Gin Uchiha raised an eyebrow, accepting the situation calmly. "Since the Explosive Witch of the Dawn Organization is a disciple of the Divine Healer, I can forgive and forget everything they did before."

Hanzo's rise to his current position is due not only to his strength but also to his cunning. Otherwise, how could the small Land of Rain possibly stand among the three great powers?

In the sword duel just now, he had already seen the gap between himself and Uchiha Gin. If he continued to fight, he would only be embarrassed in the end. It would be better to take the opportunity to make peace with Uchiha Gin by using the matter of removing the poison sac as an excuse.

However, Gin Uchiha had no time to ponder Hanzo's intricacies; he was only concerned with the fact that his disciples seemed to have taken a different path from the original timeline. "The Dawn Organization?"

He pointed at Xiao Nan, who was wearing a blue-black uniform robe, with a bewildered look on his face, and asked, "Why don't you call yourselves the Code Organization?"

"Uh-huh!"

Seeing Uchiha Gin's surprised expression for the first time, Konan proudly put her hands on her hips and nodded in agreement, "How about it? Pretty good name, right?"

"That Explosive Witch?"

"They are silent angels!"

Konan immediately turned red-hot and punched Uchiha Gin hard in the chest with her little fist.

"She's a lady, not some bad woman who carelessly throws out explosive tags!"

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"despair!"

"despair!"

"Xiao Nan, you didn't just randomly throw out explosive tags... *poof*!"

Just then, two figures flew out from the gradually calming sweatshop behind them. One of them, an orange-haired boy, didn't even glance at the scene after landing before hurriedly asking Xiao Nan, "Thump!"

Before he could finish speaking, Konan, who had instantly appeared, elbowed him in the abdomen, causing him to collapse to the ground, his face ashen. "Yahiko!"

The red-haired figure following closely behind rushed forward to help Yahiko, who was foaming at the mouth, his fair face filled with anxiety. "Uh?"

Uchiha Gin stared in surprise at the red-haired "girl" holding Yahiko. In his memory, shouldn't Nagato, who joined later, have been a boy?

"Hmph! Watch your mouth from now on."

Having skillfully completed her sneak attack, Konan clapped her hands, gave a cold snort, and turned to look at Uchiha Gin. Her pretty face, which had been gloomy before, instantly transformed into a shy expression that Nagato and Yahiko had never seen before. "Gin, aren't you going to do something about this? Yahiko is slandering someone!"