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

Chapter 995 The man is a weasel, the woman is whatever.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Fire Core Prison. Take care of yourself and live a few more years."

After finishing his last dinner in this timeline, Uchiha Gin wiped his mouth and stood up unsteadily under the questioning gaze of Uchiha Kagami.

Live a few more years?

Having just finished a physical exam the day before yesterday, and with all his health indicators in excellent condition, Uchiha Hikaru nodded with a dark expression on his face. "Don't worry, Master Gin, the doctor said my body is still quite healthy, and I should be able to live for another twelve or thirteen years."

"Wow~ you've actually met a miracle doctor who can predict the future?"

Uchiha Gin paused upon hearing this, his eyes filled with bewilderment. This doctor was something else; he had even predicted the massacre of his clan thirteen years later. He was likely a time traveler and should not be allowed to live.

"By the way, isn't Misaka about to give birth?"

Just as Huo He was scratching his head in confusion, Uchiha Gin seemed to suddenly remember something and asked, "Thank you for your concern, Lord Gin. My due date is in the next few days."

"Have you decided on a name yet?"

"Uh... probably not yet."

"Then I'll make the decision. For a girl, any name is fine, but for a boy, we'll name him Weasel."

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Looking at the serious-looking Uchiha Gin, Huo He's old eyes twitched violently. What kind of weird names are these?

"What, you have a problem with my naming skills?"

"No, no, no~ I will definitely convey Lord Yin's original words."

Sensing the oppressive aura emanating from Uchiha Gin's dead fish eyes, the trembling Fire Core wiped the fine sweat seeping from his drooping head and waved his hands repeatedly in agreement.

"Okay, see you later."

"Back...uh?"

The heavy pressure receded like a tide, and Huo He felt his body lighten. He straightened his head, which had been lowered, but when he looked up, there was nothing but an empty plate in front of him. Uchiha Gin was nowhere to be seen.

"That old monster from the Uchiha clan is gone?"

Inside the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was smoking a pipe and swatting at a large fish, suddenly raised his eyelids, his brows furrowed as he looked at the mountain of flesh that made the huge office seem tiny. *smack*

Gum!

"That's right, the latest intelligence just came back: Uchiha Gin disappeared last night after having dinner with Uchiha Hikaru."

Taking a bite of the fatty pork head in his hand, Danzo, whose face was as big as a millstone, continued his analysis with a serious expression, "If that old guy really leaves, can we start cracking down on the currently popular security force idol group?"

"Danzo, how many times have I told you? The situation is dire. We must unite and not fight amongst ourselves."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe, his eyes filled with helplessness as he exhaled smoke.

Fugaku Uchiha has been performing very well lately, working diligently and cooperating seamlessly with Minato. All of this is essentially a signal of goodwill towards him, the Hokage. If he were to suddenly turn against him at this time, wouldn't that push the Uchiha clan, which had only recently settled down, further towards rebellion?

"Monkey! Your vision is too narrow! That damn idol group the Uchiha created is just a ploy to mislead the public; it should be shut down as soon as possible!"

Upon hearing this, Danzo's appetite diminished, and even the pig's head meat he had just pulled out no longer tasted good.

"Don't talk nonsense. What's wrong with idol groups?"

No sooner had Danzo finished speaking than Hiruzen Sarutobi sprang to his feet as if he had suddenly developed hemorrhoids, his wide eyes revealing faint blood vessels.

"Uh~ Monkey, you're not a fan too, are you?"

Seeing his childhood friend displaying an unusually crazed expression, Danzo, who knew Hiruzen Sarutobi better than Biwako Sarutobi, frowned, his eyes, squeezed into slits by his fat, revealing a look of suspicion.

"Ahem, what nonsense are you spouting? Believe me or not, I'll cut off the Root's funding for next month!"

Noticing the obvious smirk in Danzo's eyes, a guilty Hiruzen Sarutobi coughed a few times and pushed the drawer containing the Uchiha boy-girl idol photobook further inside. "Deduct my allowance? Monkey, you'll regret this!"

"I am the Hokage!"

"call!"

Danzo glared fiercely at his childhood friend, whose attitude had drastically changed, then slammed the door and stormed out.

Back at Root headquarters, Danzo grew angrier the more he thought about it. Usually, Hiruzen Sarutobi was on his side when it came to the Uchiha issue, so why did Hiruzen turn against him when it came to cracking down on the unhealthy practices of idol groups?

"Someone come here!"

"Lord Danzo, what are your orders?"

Seeing the Root ninja emerge from the shadows in an instant, Danzo, who was tearing apart a pig's head as if it were Hiruzen Sarutobi, ordered with a grim face, "From today onwards, monitor the Third Hokage 24/7. Record his every move and every word. Do you understand?"

"Monitoring the Hokage and Danzo... isn't that a bit too much...?"

The Root members froze, realizing that being discovered monitoring the village's leader was not as simple as losing their heads.

"Don't you know who pays your salaries?"

"Uh...the funding wasn't approved by the Hokage...huh!?"

The bewildered Root member instinctively retorted, but before he could finish speaking, Danzo on the other side had already raised his hand. Feeling as if ten Cloud Village Divine Weapons had been stuffed into his mouth, the Root member let out a miserable scream, clutching his mouth in pain and rolling around on the ground in agony.

It makes you talk too much.

"Change players."

"I will join Lord Danzo and guarantee to complete the mission."

Seeing the Root member next to him with his eyes rolled back after being gagged with an empty gag, the Root ninja who came out later hurriedly took on the task, afraid that he would suffer the same fate as the other.

"Go down."

Danzo waved his hand expressionlessly. It was a pity that the most efficient priestess in Root was away on a long-term mission, otherwise she would have been able to find out the monkey's secret in less than three days.

"Oh, my cousin's gone?"

On the other side, Obito, who was undergoing idol training in his clan for two and a half years, heard the news of Gin Uchiha's departure. He immediately dropped the overalls uniform he had just received and rushed out of the Ten Obito Boys' training studio without looking back.

"Obito-nii-chan! Basketball practice is about to start, where are you going?"

Behind him, holding a basketball and with his slightly curly hair parted in the middle, Shisui asked loudly, "Tell Elder Fire Core that I want to leave the group. I've decided to become a ninja as great as my uncle."

Having finally found an excuse to leave the group, Obito explained in a serious manner, without mentioning the fact that his singing, dancing, and rapping grades had always been at the bottom. Right now, he just wanted to go back to being a junior ninja, otherwise, after a few days of class assignments, Rin would leave with another man.

"I never expected Obito-nii-chan to have such awareness."

Upon hearing Obito's resounding words, Shisui's expression gradually shifted from confusion to determination. "Hmm... I want to leave the group too!"

As he precisely tossed the basketball in his hand to the dance teacher beside him, Xiao Zhishui assumed a horse stance, first striking a classic "Iron Mountain Lean" pose, then placing one hand on his hip and rhythmically waving the other hand wildly at the teacher.

"Shisui, you are a dance genius, one in a million in the clan, and a prodigy of the Uchiha clan. Becoming a ninja will only bury your talent."

The dance teacher, observing the enigmatic charm in Shisui's every movement, felt a surge of admiration for her talent. "Is there no one in the clan who is both a skilled dancer and a formidable warrior?"

Shisui, his mind made up, shook his head, his eyes filled with determination. "How can there be such a sky..."

"some."

Just then, an aged voice broke through. The dance teacher, who had been earnestly advising, immediately went to greet Uchiha Hikaru after seeing him. "Elder Hikaru, you've come at the right time. It doesn't matter that Obito, that stupid kid, left. Shisui is the pillar of our Ten-Belt Boys Group. If he leaves, this group is definitely doomed."

"The strongest man in the Uchiha clan was once a master dancer."

Uchiha Hikaru, who had come to check on things, didn't reply to the dance teacher. Instead, he walked up to Shisui, whose face was tense, and asked in a strange tone, "Are you talking about Madara-sama, the one known for his elegant fighting style and hailed by his enemies as the 'Rose of the Battlefield'?"

"That's right, Shisui, I won't stop you from leaving. I believe that with your talent, you can definitely become an extremely excellent ninja, but in terms of singing and dancing..."

'

Uchiha Hiko nodded. As he spoke, he looked at Shisui, who was deep in thought, and a cunning glint flashed in his old eyes. "Sigh~ After all, not everyone is like Lord Madara, who can wield a sword to quell the chaos of the world and also sing, dance, rap, and play basketball."

"I can do it too!"

Having been successfully provoked by Uchiha Higanbana's childish provocation, Shisui snatched the basketball he had discarded from the dance teacher, dribbled it a few times with agility, and then turned back to the full-length mirror in the training room to begin practicing the new moves.

"Lord Fire Core is brilliant!"

Seeing this, the dance teacher couldn't help but give Uchiha Kaminori a thumbs up full of admiration. He had managed to fool the child with just a few words. He truly deserves to be the most senior man in the Uchiha clan.

"Phew... This excuse can only hold out for two and a half years at most. Once Shisui gains his intelligence, he will still leave."

"It's okay, we can wait as long as we can. At worst, we can start a children's group in two and a half years and recruit a few two-and-a-half-year-olds to act cute and entertain. There are quite a few girls who like this now, and we guarantee that the clan will make a fortune."

In the Land of Rain, two newcomers entered a massive, rumbling pipe. Looking at the rusty iron walls around them, Uzumaki Kana warily shielded Uzumaki Shana, who was holding the address, behind her. "Princess, is this address really okay? Why did it lead us into the sewers?"

"How could the address my uncle gave us be wrong? If we go a little further ahead, the people who are supposed to meet us should be waiting there."

Shana Uzumaki, looking as neurotic as Kana, gazed thoughtfully into the bottomless depths of the pipe with her large, ruby-like eyes. Her senses told her that there were three people there, one of whom had an immense aura, but for some reason, it was somewhat weak, as if he had overdrawn his energy.

The other two are roughly the same size, both at the level of Jonin, and they match the trio that Uchiha Gin mentioned.

"Click~"

"who!?"

After walking a few hundred meters, a clear footstep suddenly sounded in the darkness ahead. Xiang Nai immediately went on alert, her mind's eye senses activated, and her expression became extremely serious.

"Shana, don't get excited, they're here to pick us up."

Shana lifted her foot and placed her hand on Kana's shoulder, scrutinizing the thin, red-haired boy who emerged from the darkness. "You're the Nagato Uncle mentioned?"

Nagato did not reply, but looked at his two blood relatives who shared the same ancestor with a scrutinizing gaze. What a familiar chakra they exuded.

"You two must be members of Nagato's clan, welcome~ welcome~"

Seeing the somewhat awkward atmosphere, Yahiko, who was following behind him, immediately stepped forward enthusiastically and greeted him, "I am Yahiko, one of Gin San-san's most outstanding disciples~"

"Xiao Nan".

Konan, whose eyes darted back and forth between the two red-haired beauties, one tall and one short, gave a brief self-introduction: "Shana, this is Kana. I hope we can get along well in the future."

Knowing that she would be spending a long time here, Shana didn't put on airs like a princess. Instead, she nodded politely to the three of them like a girl next door.

"Little sister, you must be tired from your journey. We have prepared a feast for you. Please enjoy it to your heart's content."

There were no clichéd conflicts. After introducing themselves, the two got along very well. Xiao Nan looked at Shana, who was a head bigger than her, and gave her a gentle smile.

"Little sister? Didn't your uncle tell you about me?"

Shana, whose eyes lit up at the mention of a "feast," suddenly stopped and looked up at Konan, who looked at her like she was a child. Her delicate brows furrowed. "Your business?"

"Hmph~ This princess is already twenty-eight years old this year, and is determined to become my uncle's wife, the whirlpool clan leader."

"Hehe~ Since that's the case, then I'll become my benefactor's lucky charm mistress!"

Boom!

It's the sound of sanity crumbling.

'

As soon as Shana finished speaking, the previously cheerful atmosphere instantly fell into dead silence. "Um..."

Yahiko wanted to break the damned silence, but Nagato, who had the Eye of God and could see through everything in advance, grabbed him and quickly retreated to a safe distance.

"Say it again, what ambition do you want to make?"

The warm smile still frozen on Konan's face as she slowly pulled a large string of pre-folded origami cranes from her bosom. This strange action left Shana and the other girl completely bewildered. "Uh... why are you taking out origami cranes? We don't need any gifts... wait, why are there... on your origami cranes?"

The word "explosive"?

Rumble!!!

"This isn't what we agreed on beforehand. Weren't we supposed to welcome them with beaded tubes?"

Watching the flames soar into the sky in the distance, the two hiding in the safe zone had different expressions. Yahiko scratched his head, looking bewildered, and asked Nagato beside him in a strange tone, "I think this way of welcoming new students is pretty good."

Nagato nodded thoughtfully. He was actually a very lively young man, and the welcome party organized by Dawn should be more enthusiastic. Next time when recruiting, he should definitely recruit someone with this kind of talent, so that Konan wouldn't have to use the organization's funds to replenish the explosive tags again.

Returning to our protagonist, Lao Yin, who is currently sitting inside the Dragon Vein Castle, admiring the river of time outside the window, is completely unaware of what is happening on another timeline. "Huh~ Not here yet?"

"Hoo~! (Coming right away, boss!)"

Clap!

Sure enough, not long after the dragon vein responded, a gap suddenly appeared in the river of time, "Roar!"

The dragon vein, having identified its target, plunged into it, creating a barely perceptible ripple in the long river of time. "Hmm?"

A fisherman, who was frantically pupaing nearby, glanced back in confusion, and after finding nothing, continued searching for the timeline he wanted to smuggle himself into.

In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Vein Castle beneath Uchiha Gin's feet had vanished, replaced by soft sand. "Hoo... the fragrance of the sandstorm, I'm back!"

Looking at the familiar surroundings, confirming that he was back in the Loulan Dragon Vein Tower, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Uncle Yin!?"

"Yo~ Isn't this Ebizo, Sasipuri~"

Turning to look at the haggard-looking, long-browed old man, Uchiha Gin, who was surprised to see the man still protecting him, greeted him with a smile, "Wait, you're back! Where's my sister?"

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