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

Chapter 985 Seeking Help: What to Do If You Pick Up a Crazed Pervert?

"Hmm..."

Feeling the warm life force surging into her body, Shana Uzumaki's tense nerves finally relaxed. In the moment before she lost consciousness, she tried to open her eyes wide and looked up at the strange man protecting her behind her. Her dim red eyes were full of realization, and her chakra was so complex.

But I really didn't expect that Kami would have curly hair.

"Who are you?"

Uchiha Gin's bizarre method of instantly killing a Grass Ninja with a wave of his hand clearly aroused the fear of the other Grass Ninjas. One of the Grass Ninjas, who seemed to be the leader, took a half step back without making a sound, protected his subordinates in front of him, and spoke in a gloomy tone.

"This is the Land of Grass! Believe me, one arrow piercing the clouds can summon a thousand armies to meet us!"

"That's right, Captain, let's teach him a lesson!"

Upon hearing this, the other grass ninjas instantly gained more confidence. Their traditional will of dominance in the ninja world kicked in once again. They were joking, they had the numbers, how could this curly-haired guy possibly kill them all in one move?

"It would be a waste of time to say another word to you."

Uchiha Gin glanced back at the red-haired girl who was sleeping soundly under the nourishment of his life energy. A rare killing intent flashed in his narrowed eyes. He was never a bloodthirsty person unless he encountered a truly despicable scoundrel.

"Still dare to talk back? I'll let you taste the... pfft!"

The arrogant grass ninjas grinned and drew their katanas, but before they could finish speaking, their heads flew into the air with spurts of blood. "Amatiras."

Seeing the swaying, convulsing mangled body fall to the ground, a red glint flashed in Uchiha's silver eyes, and jet-black flames spontaneously appeared, sizzling...sizzling...

Seconds later, all that remained of the scene of death was a charred patch of ground, with not a trace of the Grass Ninja's existence.

After resolving everything, Uchiha Gin turned around, picked up the thin, boneless girl, and disappeared in a golden light.

"Rustling..."

A few minutes later, a group of Grass Ninja arrived late. Looking at the scorched grass, one of the Grass Ninjas, with a gloomy expression, gritted his teeth and said with displeasure, "Damn it, where did those guys go? That woman is the village's important secret weapon."

"Captain, there aren't any here."

"Captain, there aren't any here either."

The Grass Ninja who had searched the surrounding area returned one after another, bringing back unfavorable news. "Captain, could they have gone over there?"

One of the grass ninjas pointed in the direction of the Land of Wind and boldly guessed, "Impossible, given their courage, they would never dare to cross the border."

The Grass Ninja captain shook his head dismissively. If even he wouldn't dare do it, no one else would. "It's definitely over here. Follow me!"

He turned his gaze in another direction, waved his hand, and led his headless subordinates in pursuit.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Gin, having flown back to the Land of Fire, didn't teleport directly back to Konoha. Instead, he landed safely, following the nearest signs of human habitation, with a soft "thud."

"Uh... so it's here."

Gin Uchiha glanced at the plaque hanging above his head, then at the sleeping girl in his arms, and with a strange expression on his face, stepped into the bustling town called Tanzaku City.

"Boss, give me a spacious guest room, one with a private bathroom."

Amidst the strange looks from passersby, Uchiha Gin, carrying a wounded girl, found a hotel that looked fairly upscale. In front of the troubled-looking owner, he slapped out a wad of banknotes and said, "Sir, we have rooms, but please don't cause any deaths."

The shop owner, who initially didn't want to do the deal, compromised under the lure of money. While quickly accepting the cash, he glanced at the tattered, doll-like girl in Uchiha Gin's arms and meaningfully remarked, "Do I look like a pervert?"

Uchiha Gin, with a black line on his forehead, retorted, "I can't say it's similar, I can only say it's exactly the same."

The boss nodded seriously, his only regret being that he wasn't an electrician; otherwise, he would have given Gin Uchiha a couple of high-voltage shocks.

Ignoring the righteous-looking boss, Uchiha Gin grabbed his keys and turned to go upstairs.

The room was passable, but it was still far inferior to the Grand Hotel of the Land of Waves. Since the incident happened so suddenly, Uchiha Gin had no choice but to make do.

"Um?"

Arriving at the soft, large bed, Uchiha Gin was about to put the girl in his arms down when he discovered that her small, scarred hands were tightly gripping his collar, her thin body curled up against his chest, and a reassuring smile on her dirty lips.

"well..."

Uchiha Gin sighed softly, plopped down on the bed, and began to carefully examine the red-haired girl's body, while also searching for the answer to a question that had been bothering him all along. "So this is what's causing all this trouble."

Before he could even admire the girl's smooth curves after lifting her collar, he discovered a complex sealing technique on her collarbone. "Has the power of her bloodline been sealed?"

Reaching out to touch the girl's pale skin, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow, having deciphered the sealing technique's effect.

No wonder this girl, whose vitality he perceived as extremely strong, was covered in wounds of all sizes; it turned out that the power of her bloodline was not functioning properly.

Most other people would be helpless in the face of this technique.

But who is Uchiha Gin?

A walking encyclopedia of seals, a complete encyclopedia of ninjutsu, and a living dictionary of secret techniques.

"untie."

After a brief analysis, he raised his finger, which was glowing with a deep blue chakra, and gently touched the center of the complex spell. The tadpole-like mark shattered instantly, turning into black mist and dissipating.

As the sealing technique was lifted, the girl's pale face regained its color at a visible speed, and the hideous wounds on her body began to emit white smoke that healed themselves. A few minutes later, a red-haired girl with skin as smooth as cream and looking like an exquisite porcelain doll appeared in front of Uchiha Gin. "Done."

Seeing that the girl's body had fully recovered, Uchiha Gin nodded in satisfaction and reached out to restore the collar that he had just torn open.

"Hmm..."

However, the moment his fingers touched her collar, the red-haired girl's eyes, which had been tightly closed just a second ago, suddenly snapped open, her ruby-like pupils staring intently at Uchiha Gin's frozen hand.

"Well..."

Uchiha Gin never expected such a cliché misunderstanding to occur these days. Just as he was considering whether to treat the girl to a genjutsu to make her forget the current situation, a sickly blush appeared on the face of the red-haired girl lying on the bed. "Kami-sama~"

"Um?"

Upon hearing the girl's overly cloying voice, Uchiha Gin had a bad feeling. Sure enough, instead of screaming in terror, the girl grabbed Uchiha Gin's large hand and pressed it against her unremarkable area. "Please enjoy Shana to your heart's content."

Looking at the girl with a lovesick expression, Uchiha Gin, under her gaze that was three parts shyness and seven parts expectation, expressionlessly raised his large hand and, "Thump!"

"Hey~ what are you doing!?"

The girl, tears streaming down her face from the sharp rebuke, covered her dirty head and looked at Uchiha Gin, who had punished her, with eyes full of grievance. "I kindly saved you, and this is how you repay me?"

Uchiha Gin blew on his smoking fist, stood up and looked down at the red-haired girl sitting on the bed like a duck. She was so old, if he ate her, he would definitely get electrocuted.

"Is there some other, more exciting way to repay this kindness?"

The girl tilted her head, her kitten-like face full of curiosity. "Tsk! You...you, my name is Uchiha Gin, a wanderer on a journey. What's your name?"

Upon first encountering the legendary infatuated woman, Uchiha Gin scratched his messy curly hair with a rather troubled expression. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that he didn't know the girl's name, so he introduced himself first, "In reply to Kami-sama, my name is Uzumaki Shana. Please don't be too kind to me later."

The girl crossed her arms and politely knelt before the Uchiha Bank, her disheveled appearance unable to conceal the elegance in her every gesture.

Its noble air is indeed a whirlpool.

Hearing the girl's self-introduction match his own guess, Uchiha Gin nodded in realization. "Shana, why don't you go take a shower first, and I'll go out and buy you some new clothes."

"If it's a uniform, please don't spend too much money, because it will all end up in pieces anyway."

"Snapped!"

Seeing the girl making lewd jokes with a straight face, Uchiha Gin, speechless, slapped his forehead and turned to leave without saying a word.

After Uchiha Gin left, the girl on the bed changed her expression instantly, her face switching to serious mode, completely devoid of the previous infatuated look. "Uchiha... Gin?"

He murmured the unfamiliar name over and over again, his ruby-like eyes filled with complex emotions. Life is unpredictable, and he never expected that the one who would save him in the end would be the Uchiha clan, whom his grandfather often mentioned.

"Sigh~ the same rice feeds a hundred different people."

Walking down the street, Uchiha Gin shook his head helplessly. The Uzumaki clan was practically his family, but he had never encountered a Uzumaki woman as obsessed as this before. After passing several gambling dens, clubs, and pachinko parlors, Uchiha Gin finally found a clothing store that looked somewhat respectable. But when he entered and looked up, he saw all sorts of sexy outfits hanging on the shelves: ninja outfits made of a single piece of cloth, shrine maiden outfits with open crotches, nurse bikinis...

They had everything imaginable, but not a single thing was normal, which made Uchiha Gin's eyes twitch wildly.

No, is there no legitimate business on this street?

Unbeknownst to Uchiha Gin, a pair of large black eyes were watching him calmly step into the shady clothing store from a distance. "Shizune, what are you looking at? That's not a place for children."

"Lady Tsunade, I think I've seen someone I know."

The black-haired girl, stroking her chin, turned around upon hearing this, her brows furrowed, and explained to the slightly tipsy, voluptuous woman behind her, "It's an acquaintance. This place...it's not that pervert Jiraiya, is it?"

Upon hearing her disciple's answer, Tsunade raised an eyebrow, her previously dreamy eyes instantly sharpening. "It's not Jiraiya-sama, it seems to be Obito's cousin."

Shizune shook her head and spoke hesitantly.

"Obito's cousin?"

At first, Tsunade was completely bewildered, but as her drunkenness subsided and her mind cleared, she remembered who Shizune was talking about. Her pretty face, flushed with embarrassment, was full of doubt. "Wasn't that curly-haired guy off on a mission? What's he doing hanging around in a place like this?"

Unable to overcome the grief of losing her loved ones, Tsunade, after careful consideration, asked her teacher for permission to go out and clear her head. After obtaining Hiruzen Sarutobi's consent, she took Shizune, who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy, and left Konoha the day after Gin Uchiha and the others went out on a mission. After some twists and turns, Tsunade, with a very clear goal, finally arrived at Tanabata Castle, the famous entertainment capital of the Land of Fire, ready to make a name for herself there and let the world witness the terrifying power of the successor of Konoha's gambling god.

"He really is Obito's cousin!"

Just then, Uchiha Gin, carrying a large bag of things, walked out of the clothing store. Seeing his slightly furtive figure, Shizune covered her mouth in surprise, her eyes full of gossip. She and Tsunade had been in this town for several days, and Shizune knew exactly what each shop did.

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"Interesting, this curly-haired guy is really young at heart despite his age."

Looking at Uchiha Gin's retreating figure with a mocking gaze, Tsunade, knowing his status as an elder of the Uchiha clan, curled up a playful smile. The old man must be good at saving money. It just so happens that I'm a bit short on cash lately. Wouldn't it be wonderful to borrow a couple of coins from Uchiha Gin to turn things around?

"Let's go, let's follow them and see."

With this in mind, Tsunade, who had her sights set on the old man's pension, patted Shizune's head, and the two of them quietly followed.

"Bang Bang Bang~"

"Please come in."

"I won't go in. I'll leave your clothes here."

Hearing the sweet voices from inside the room, Uchiha Gin, who caught a glimpse of pink-clad beauty through the crack in the door, immediately turned around and stuffed a bag of relatively proper clothes inside.

"Kami-sama is quite shy~"

Shana, wrapped in a bath towel inside, smiled as she took the clothes. Turning around, a strange sense of relief appeared on her face. She had indeed met a good person.

If it weren't for Uchiha Gin's intervention, she might have been dragged back to that hellish place, Kusagakure.

"La~la~la~"

Humming a cheerful tune, Shana opened the outfit that Uchiha Gin had carefully chosen for her. Looking at the overalls in her hand, which resembled something for a kindergarten child, her lips twitched slightly. "This outfit is so childish!"

She is a mature adult woman!

Looking at her flat-chested reflection in the mirror, Shana's face turned red with anger. Despite being 1.46 meters tall and weighing 38 kilograms, she was actually well past the legal age for marriage. Although she was grumbling, she reluctantly put on the clothes because she thought that Uchiha Gin had carefully chosen them for her. "But then again, the size is actually quite right."

She twirled around in front of the mirror a few times, lifting her skirt, and finding the dress fit perfectly, she solemnly straightened the steel plate in her chest, looking quite serious.

He commented seriously.

"Are you done?"

"Kami-sama, please come in."

"It really fits! Hmph~ My eyes are my ruler!"

After being ushered into the house by Shana, Uchiha Gin sized up the petite red-haired girl, his eyes filled with smug satisfaction at his precise control. "This humble woman is deeply grateful to Cami-sama for saving my life. I have no way to repay this kindness but to offer myself in return..."

"Don't—stop!"

Beep~ Beep beep~ Crackling~

Seeing the kindergarten girl in her outfit blushing as she lifted her skirt to reveal her chubby little legs in white socks, Uchiha Gin, who had just heard a strange electrical sound, immediately raised his hand to stop her lewd words. Was there a leak in the electricity?

Just as he was looking around in confusion, outside the half-open door, Tsunade was carrying several cables of varying thicknesses, earnestly explaining the rules of electricity to her disciple who was taking notes. "Shizune, this is 220 volts single-phase electricity, this is 380 volts three-phase electricity, but to deal with such a super-abnormal situation, we..."

Generally, an ultra-high voltage of 1000 volts is required.