Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Chapter 229 This curly-haired guy is pretty good
"Just do it. I still have the power, cousin."

Looking at Uchiha Gin's face shining with the glory of a great man, Uchiha Izuna was very moved. His cousin would always put the interests of the family first. Such a loyal minister was a great blessing for the Uchiha clan.

"Okay~"

After getting the approval of his little cousin, the acting clan leader, Uchiha Gin smiled from ear to ear, secretly thinking in his heart how to teach these new ninjas who had just arrived in Konoha a good lesson and let them know who holds up half the sky of this village!
"Wait a minute, cousin, today Senju Hashirama sent someone over here, wanting us to send a respected clan member to accompany him to a negotiation."

Uchiha Gin, who was full of bad intentions, turned around and tried to leave, but was stopped by Uchiha Izuna, who had a thoughtful look in his eyes. He then informed his cousin, who seemed to be very free, of the notice he received this morning.
"what?"

Highly respected? Tell me, which of these four words has anything to do with me?

"Everyone is busy, so please go there, cousin. Please, please~"

Now all members of the Uchiha clan, from top to bottom, are working around the clock and have no one to participate in any negotiations. He was just worrying about this matter, but he didn't expect that Uchiha Gin would walk into the trap himself.

"Uh ok, when."

It seemed that he could not escape the fate of being a tool. Uchiha Gin looked at his little cousin who was almost drained, his heart softened, and he agreed. He then asked about the negotiation time. As for the content, he didn't want to know at all. Anyway, he would just go there to make up the numbers and stare blankly.

"Tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, tell my brother, I will be there on time~"

Although time is tight, there will always be time if we squeeze in.

After coming out of the clan land, Uchiha Ginma rushed to the dungeon where he had worked for many years. Looking at the gate in front of him that looked a little dilapidated, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional. This was his second home that had accompanied him for many years, and now it was about to be gone.

"Master Yin, why are you here?"

Just when Uchiha Gin was sighing, a familiar voice came from inside the door. Looking closely, it turned out to be his old friend Uchiha Tiedan.

"Tiedan, are you on duty today?"

Ever since the Uchiha clan was incorporated into Konoha, there are only a few clan members left in the old clan land, responsible for patrolling and security work. As the former gate god of the clan land, Uchiha Tiedan has several duties and occasionally plays the role of a dungeon guard.

"Yes, Lord Gin, but I am on my last shift. Tomorrow, the prisoners will be escorted to the temporary detention center in Konoha Village to wait for their families to claim them."

Uchiha Tiedan, who is nearly 50 years old, has a slightly weathered face with a hint of emotion. He is also considered an old employee of the dungeon and still has some feelings for this place.

"Tomorrow?"

Uchiha Gin showed an expression of understanding. Fortunately, he found his little cousin today. Otherwise, if he waited until tomorrow, he would have delayed the important matter.
"Don't be sad, Tiedan, I will find a way to get a severance package for the brothers in the dungeon."

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gin smiled and nodded to Uchiha Tiedan. Amid the other's puzzled expression, he entered the dark cell and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"Alas, I really misunderstood Lord Yin back then. I don't know which bastard slandered him like this."

Looking at the other person's disappearing back, Uchiha Tiedan, who once regarded Uchiha Gin as a scourge, sighed in his heart and couldn't help cursing the rumor spreader.

Walking on the slightly uneven road surface in the dungeon, the few remaining candles on the walls on both sides of the corridor were emitting afterglow, and smelling the damp and cold air, Uchiha Gin went straight to cell No. 1 where the ninja criminals were held.

As the Uchiha clan moved, cell No. 2 and cell No. 3 were emptied one after another, and the prisoners in them regained their freedom after paying a ransom.
Only Cell No. 1, which holds the more dangerous prisoners, is still in operation. The purpose of Uchiha Gin's trip is to mobilize these guys and sell them for a good price tomorrow.

"Haha, I will be free soon, and I will make sure that abominable guy pay for it!"

"Hey, I won't stop you if you want to die. Anyway, I never want to see that guy again~"

"Have you heard that when we get out, this dungeon will be abandoned, and that guy, won't he..."

"Stop! I'm already honest, please let me go~"

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Before he stepped into the door of cell number one, Uchiha Gin could hear the bustling noise from afar. His old friends were chatting animatedly, and their words were filled with beautiful visions of the future.

"Hey, my old friends, did you miss me?"

Pushing open the dungeon door, Uchiha Gin, standing under the candlelight, raised his eyebrows, smiled warmly at the excited prisoners, and greeted them enthusiastically.

"Hoo~ho~ho~"

As a result, with the appearance of Uchiha Gin, the dungeon, which was bustling just now, seemed to be under a silencing spell. All the prisoners covered themselves with quilts and fell into a doze. For a while, fake snoring sounds came one after another, as if the loud talk just now was an illusory dream.

"Tsk~ We are all so familiar with each other now, and now we are about to part ways, is it interesting to do this?"

Seeing everyone's unwillingness to cooperate, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but roll his eyes. He looked at the people huddled in their blankets, and his words were filled with deep sadness.
"You guy, you still want to tease us before leaving?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin's "sincere and heartfelt" words, an old man with white hair with a hint of brown stuck his head out from under the quilt with a look of suspicion on his face. He didn't believe that the curly-haired man in front of him had any good intentions this time.

"Brother Soichiro, you actually look at me like this. Think about it, have I ever treated you unfairly over the years?"

The first person to speak was Yamanaka Soichiro, who Uchiha Gin had fought against when he first entered the dungeon.
The man who was in his prime back then has now become a little old man. However, the long-term life in the dungeon has not tortured him beyond recognition. Instead, he looks energetic.

"Forehead"

Soichiro Yamanaka, who was originally thinking of retorting, was instantly speechless after meeting Uchiha Gin's sincere eyes. As a ninja who is good at using mental power, although he is old, his memory is still very good.

Looking at the hateful curly-haired man in front of him, Yamanaka Soichiro's thoughts went back to many years ago when he first entered the dungeon and his old injuries flared up. Just as he closed his eyes and waited for death, he felt a warm force.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw Uchiha Gin with a puzzled look on his face. The green light on his hand had not yet dissipated. From that day on, he began to have a different view of this seemingly hateful curly-haired guy.

"Hmph~ At worst, I'll buy you a drink after we get out!"

Yamanaka Soichiro's old but ruddy face showed an imperceptible softness. His mouth curled up slightly, and he snorted coldly and said,

"Sure, sure~"

Looking at the energetic old man in front of him, Uchiha Gin smiled and said something polite, while in his heart he was calculating how many steamed buns Yamanaka Soichiro could hold.

After exchanging a few words with Yamanaka Soichiro, he walked towards the prisoners behind him and gave them some cordial comfort along the way. This made these ninjas, who had their mental energy drained often, feel very confused and felt that this curly-haired man was up to something bad.

"You evil fleece, what's the matter, just tell us!"

When Uchiha Gin walked to the last cell, before he could say a word, the black-haired middle-aged man imprisoned inside opened his eyes, frowned, and asked the questions that were in the minds of everyone in the dungeon.

"Brother Jin Er~ I remember you said you have a nephew named Xian Yi, right?"

Looking at the sinister-looking man in front of him, Uchiha Gin smiled. This was an important customer and he had to appease him. Then he asked,
"What did you do to Xianyi?"

Shimura Shinji, who had a cold expression on his face, became nervous instantly after hearing Uchiha Gin say Kenichi's name. His eyes widened and he rushed to the cell door excitedly, staring at the curly-haired man in front of him with a teasing look on his face, and asked through gritted teeth,
"Hey, Brother Shinji, there is no ninja more caring than me. I just happened to run into your 'nephew' a few days ago. He and his son look really like you~"

In the early years, when Uchiha Gin was interrogating Shimura Shinji, he used the illusion technique and accidentally tortured out a little secret about this guy's private life.

It turned out that Shinji Shimura, the guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, had an affair with his sister-in-law, and secretly gave birth to a child named Kenichi Shimura.

"Xianyi already has a son? I want to be one."

Overwhelmed by the sudden good news, the usually cautious Shimura Shinji paced back and forth in the cell excitedly after hearing that Shimura Kenichi had a son, muttering to himself excitedly,

"You've been being polite for so long, just say what you want to say. As long as it's not excessive, we can accept it."

However, after seeing Uchiha Gin's nervous eyes, he calmed down. His brows were no longer as tense as before, and his face softened a lot. He just wanted to go out safely and reunite with his "nephew". Then he said,

"Although you are a bit strange, you are not a bad person. If you really have something to say, just speak up. Aren't you treating us as outsiders by being so secretive?"

A fat and strong man, after Shimura Shinji finished speaking, also stood in front of the prison door. His narrowed eyes did not show any hatred, but a familiar look.

The meals that Uchiha Gin usually arranges can be said to be top-notch. As a great gourmet of the Akimichi clan, he has never suffered any hardship since he came in. On the contrary, he has become a little fatter than before.

"That's right, that's right~"

"You're being polite to me about lemons?"

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Seeing the good people in the dungeon supporting his work so much, Uchiha Gin sighed in his heart that good people will be rewarded, then smiled and said,
"Hehe, then please give your best during the performance tomorrow. Our brothers in the dungeon are waiting for food to be cooked at home~"

The next day, Uchiha Gin led a group of clansmen to take out the prisoners from dungeon number one one by one. When one of the clansmen was about to use shackles, he waved his hand to stop him.

"No need to torture, we are all brothers, just go through the motions~"

"Master Yin, is this really okay?"

The tribesman held the shackles in his hands and asked hesitantly,

“You don’t understand. The shackles of the soul are much more effective than these things~” “Hahaha, I’m finally free!”

Looking up at the scorching sun and breathing the fragrance of the grass in the air, Yamanaka Soichiro, who was about to regain his freedom, was so happy that he couldn't even describe it.

"Elder Soichiro, what did that curly-haired guy mean by what he said yesterday?"

A middle-aged man with brown and yellow hair following behind Yamanaka Soichiro looked at Uchiha Gin who was settling his clan members not far away and couldn't help but ask,

"I don't know either, but we'll just have to listen to him when the time comes. That guy won't harm us anyway."

Hearing the question from his junior, Yamanaka Soichiro shook his head. If Uchiha Gin really wanted to harm them, he would have had plenty of opportunities to do so over the years. Why wait until now when peace is about to come?
"Hou Mi, hold on a little longer, freedom is just around the corner~"

Satisfied with the calm prisoners, Uchiha Gin spoke to encourage them, then waved to the tribesmen behind him.
"set off!"

On the other side, in Konoha Village.

"Brother, a member of our tribe was injured by the prisoner's sudden attack and is still being rescued."

Senju Tobirama, with a gloomy face, found the busy Senju Hashirama and told him the accident that had just happened in a cold voice.
"Didn't we tell them before that they would be free soon?"

I didn't expect that something like this would go wrong at this critical moment. Hashirama Senju frowned with a tired face and asked,

"It may be a personal grudge. The tribesman who was attacked was the jailer on duty in the dungeon."

Recalling the ferocious face of the criminal, Tobirama Senju, still frightened, began to explain,

"Ah~ How's that prisoner?"

After pinching his Qingming acupoint, Senju Hashirama, who had a headache, asked aloud, if the criminal on the list suddenly died, he would have to spend more time to persuade him,

"My life was saved, but my career as a ninja is probably over."

The criminal who suddenly stood up, after injuring his fellow tribesmen, had his hands cut off by the Thousand Hands tribe members who arrived later, and became a disabled man.

"Go and take care of this Tobirama. Just don't affect the prisoner handover ceremony."

After thinking for a while, Hashirama Senju looked helpless and said to his brother,

"Ok."

As brothers who have been together for many years, Senju Tobirama naturally understood his brother's hint. It was his job to help his elder brother solve his problems. He nodded, turned and left.

In order to highlight Konoha's sincerity, Hashirama Senju deliberately chose the center of the village where the most people flowed for the prisoner handover ceremony.

The temporary detention point of the Senju clan was located in the most conspicuous position, while the detention point of the Uchiha clan was intentionally or unintentionally arranged by Senju Tobirama in an inconspicuous corner.

Compared to the crowded Senju area, the Uchiha clan's detention center was a bit deserted. After all, there were far more people coming to watch the excitement than those ninjas who came to pick up people.

This is exactly the effect that Senju Tobirama wanted. He wanted to take this opportunity to raise the reputation of the Senju clan among ordinary people.

"Brother Lu Cha, something seems to have happened at Qianshou's place this morning. The noise was quite loud."

Because the prisoners had not arrived yet, the deserted Uchiha detention center was guarded by only a few clansmen who had served in the dungeon. Uchiha Jiro, with a gossipy face, quietly told Uchiha Lucha in front of him about the incident that happened in the morning.
"I heard that a prisoner took advantage of the situation and attacked a prison guard of the Senju family. He was rushed to the emergency room and his limbs were broken and his hands were cut off. Wow, that scene was so exciting~"

"Dead?"

Uchiha Lucha is no longer the little jailer he once was. He has succeeded the position of the Internal Affairs Elder. He now has a longer-term vision. He turned his eyes to the crowded Senju detention center and asked with a frown,

"He's not dead, but I heard he's become stupid."

He is not dead. The people of the Senju clan are really patient. If it had happened in the past, not only the prisoner, but also his family would have suffered badly.

"Have you completed what Lord Yin arranged earlier?"

Hearing that no one was killed, Uchiha Lucha felt a little disappointed, so he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he changed the subject and asked Uchiha Jiro whether his mission was completed.

"It's done. I knocked on several tailor shops last night and rushed to make the banner that Brother Yin arranged for me to make."

Uchiha Jiro, who looked a little depressed, nodded immediately, indicating that he had successfully completed the task.

"Okay, let's look at the time. Lord Gin and his men should be here soon. Let's put up the banner now. No one can overshadow our Uchiha clan!"

When it comes to showing off, it has to be Uchiha.

"Brothers, let's get to work!"

Uchiha Jiro was very excited when he heard the order. He waved his hand to the tribesmen behind him and started to get busy.

It's our turn as Uchiha to show off~
In front of the detention point of the Senju clan, members of the Ninja Alliance led by Sarutobi Sasuke were eagerly waiting. They received the notice early and rushed here before dawn, only wanting to bring all the suffering members of the clan back as soon as possible.

"Sasuke, why are you waiting here? My uncle is being held captive at the Uchiha's place?"

In the crowd, Kenichi Shimura, with an indignant look on his face, couldn't help but complain to his good friend that the Senju clan only had a few ordinary clan members imprisoned here, while the uncle who had always treated him like his own son was suffering inhuman torture in the Uchiha clan.

"Senju Tobirama specifically instructed us to wait here. Senju Hashirama will have an important speech at that time. As for the prisoners from the Uchiha side, they will be handed over to us privately after the speech here."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Sarutobi Sasuke's eyes at this moment. You know, Sarutobi Takinosuke was his former mentor. He heard that the other party suffered a severe mental trauma at the hands of the Uchiha clan. He didn't know if he still remembered him as his apprentice.

"Chief Sarutobi, our elder Soichiro had an old illness before he was captured. Now that so many years have passed, he must be on his deathbed. I hope you can allow us to go to the Uchiha clan first and bring the elder back so that his soul can return to his homeland."

A pretty woman with long brown hair, blue eyes full of worry. She is the representative of the Yamanaka clan, and this time she came to bring back the highly respected Yamanaka Soichiro.
But now, she had actually wasted her time on the Senju clan, which made her feel very tormented.

After hearing the demands of the Yamanaka clan representatives, everyone in the Ninja Alliance turned their attention to the representatives they had nominated, hoping that Sarutobi Sasuke could speak for them.

"I'm sorry, everyone. This is one of the conditions that Konoha agreed to release our people. Now we can only abide by it."

Sarutobi Sasuke struggled in his heart, thinking back to the black-haired man who seemed gentle but actually had a powerful aura during the negotiations. A feeling of powerlessness surged in his once proud heart, and then he lowered his head and explained to his allies with a gloomy look.

"Hey, hey, hey, when is it going to start? We've been waiting all morning!"

A villager who had been waiting here for a long time and was dressed in civilian clothes could not help but ask the Senju people in the detention center. They were not like ninjas who had stronger physiques than ordinary people.
"Once Master Tobirama arrives, it will naturally begin."

The Thousand Hands member, who was in a bad mood, glared coldly at the villager who asked the question, and then explained expressionlessly that you know, the member of the tribe who was injured this morning was his good friend.

"Huh~ Who are you giving a cold shoulder to?"

Faced with the rude attitude of the Senju people, the ordinary villagers could only whisper in the background.

It was noon at this moment. Everyone present was feeling anxious under the scorching sun. Just when everyone was frowning, a white-haired man came late.

"I'm sorry, I just dealt with an emergency and kept you waiting."

Senju Tobirama, who was wearing a loose robe, said sorry, but there was no trace of apology on his face. He stood in front of the Senju detention center and continued to speak to the ninjas in front of him who were in a bad mood.
"We in Konoha uphold the concept of peace and accept any ninjas and civilians who yearn for stability and harmony. Today, in order to show Konoha's sincerity, the Senju clan decided to put aside the hatred of the past and release the ninja prisoners who have been imprisoned in the family dungeon. We hope that after regaining their freedom, these people will not only be grateful to the Senju clan, but also contribute their own strength to the future development and construction of Konoha!"

"Pah~pah~pah~"

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As Senju Tobirama finished his opening speech, there was sparse applause from the crowd. Most of the villagers who came to watch were just spectators who were looking for fun and naturally did not take the white-haired man's words to heart.

As for those ninjas, their faces did not look happy either. Senju Tobirama's words seemed like he was giving them alms. They had to know that by joining Konoha, they, the ninjas, were running the risk of being exterminated. Now their future was uncertain and everything was uncertain.

"Okay, the ceremony begins."

Senju Tobirama did not receive the thunderous applause he had imagined, but he was not surprised. He did not show his dissatisfaction on his face. He waved to the tribesmen behind him, signaling the start of the ceremony.

"Sarutobi clan, Sarutobi clan"

After receiving the order from Senju Tobirama, the Senju clan member in charge of the prisoners immediately stepped forward, flipped open the list in his hand, and shouted loudly. As soon as he finished speaking, a pale-faced man was dragged out with a hunched body, his hands handcuffed in heavy shackles, and the whole person was listless.
Although there didn't seem to be any external injuries on the surface, the ninja who was proficient in perception could see at a glance that the man's chakra was disordered and his meridians were obviously damaged.

"Go, pick him up."

It just so happened that Sarutobi Sasuke was a ninja who was proficient in perception. The first time he saw this tribe member, he knew that this man was already useless. Even if he was cured, it would be difficult for him to achieve anything in the future. But at least his life was saved, and it was an explanation to his tribe members.

"Shimura Clan, Shimura ***"

Next, as the prisoners of various ninja clans were released one by one, some people began to speak well of Senju's kindness, which made Senju Tobirama's tense face relax a little.
But when he thought everything was going in a good direction, there was a commotion in the crowd. A roar made Senju Tobirama's heart, which had just been at ease, hang in the balance again.
"What's wrong with my brother? Didn't he say before that he was just a little weak? Why is he like this now?!"

(End of this chapter)