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

midnight,

Two figures, supporting each other, appeared in front of the secluded and quiet Uchiha Gin residence.

One of the figures took out a key and carefully opened the door.
creak...

In the pitch-black darkness, two pairs of eyes, one red and one white, lit up.
With a lingering bruise on his lip, Uchiha Hikaru, his Sharingan activated, glanced at the tightly closed door on the second floor, then turned to Otsutsuki Tsukihime, who had panda eyes, and reminded her...

"They're all asleep, so be quiet."

"Where do I sleep?"

Tsukihime grimaced at her sore eyelids and asked softly,

The two women were fighting so intensely, battling from the ground to the sky and back again, that even their stamina was completely depleted by the continuous, full-power attack.
Yueji originally intended to send a signal to Elder Biluo, who was far away on the moon, so that he could send someone to pick her up.

But for some reason, she inexplicably accepted Uchiha Hikaru's invitation to spend the night.
"Go to the guest room on the west side."

Uchiha Hikari was not without suspicion. After a moment's hesitation, she pointed to a side room near the toilet, away from Uchiha Gin's room.
"Thank you."

Tsukihime nodded politely, offering no objections. Seeing her so cooperative, Uchiha Hikaru breathed a sigh of relief.

"rest early."

After leading Tsukihime to the guest room and giving her some brief instructions, Uchiha Hikaru staggered back to his own room.

Throughout this process, she didn't make a sound, afraid of disturbing Uchiha Gin's rest.
"Ouch...it hurts!"

As soon as she closed the guest room door, Yueji's cold expression changed. She grimaced and touched her dark circles, her face full of resentment.

"That guy really went all out."

We agreed it was just a friendly spar, why is that woman taking it so seriously?

Tsukihime pouted, then plopped down on the soft bed in the guest room. Exhausted, she didn't even have time to change her dirty clothes before burying her face in the pillow, her adorable snores beginning to fill the air.

Hu~hu~hu~
She didn't know how much time had passed when Yueji suddenly woke up from her sleep. She looked up at the window and saw that it was still a dark and windy night.

It seems she only dozed off briefly.
She rolled over, only to find herself feeling sticky and uncomfortable all over, something she, who was always very clean, found hard to accept.

"No."

With difficulty, she got out of bed. Taking advantage of the darkness, she gently removed her dirty robe, revealing a stunning figure that rivaled even the most magnificent.
After rolling her eyes to make sure no one was outside, Tsukihime confidently pushed open the door, turned, and went into the adjacent bathroom, where the sound of running water immediately followed.
"Ha~"

At almost the same moment, Uchiha Gin, still asleep, rolled over and sat up with his eyes closed.
"bathroom……"

Half-asleep, he walked barefoot out of his room and, guided by muscle memory, headed towards the bathroom on the second floor.

Ding~
Half-asleep, Gin Uchiha fumbled for the bathroom doorknob. He applied slight pressure, but found the door seemed to be locked.

Is anyone already here?

While still in a deep sleep, Uchiha Gin, after a brief moment of confusion, abandoned his impolite act of twisting the door.

"You go first."

There's a proper order to using the restroom, and waiting is perfectly acceptable.

But as time ticked by, Uchiha Gin, who had been waiting with his eyes closed, still hadn't gotten the chance to use the toilet.

"Who can pull that much?"

At this moment, Uchiha Gin was about to be conquered by the sleep demon. Clinging to his last vestiges of consciousness, he took a few steps forward and pushed open the door to the guest room used for hospitality.

Ignoring the messy clothes on the bed, she collapsed onto the bed, her head bumping right into an oversized, soft breastplate.
"Uh……"

That bra size could only be found in Senju Itama.
She's so forgetful! She even carelessly throws away intimate clothing like her bra. Doesn't she worry that some pervert might use it for unspeakable things?
Uchiha Gin pursed his lips and casually stuffed the bra into his pocket.
huh... huh... huh...

Before long, Uchiha Gin fell into a deep sleep, enveloped in a strangely familiar fragrance.
Creak~
The bathroom door was pushed open by a fair, delicate arm, and Yueji, draped in a bath towel, looked around in confusion.
"Nobody's here?"

While she was washing her hair, she vaguely heard a noise outside the door, but worried about getting shampoo in her eyes, Tsukihime had to give up checking.

"Illusion."

Perhaps she was too tired, which caused her to hallucinate.

Shaking her head, Yueji pushed open the guest room door, casually took off the bath towel wrapped around her, nimbly slipped into the bed she had just slept in, and happily closed her eyes.

Finally, she washed away her disheveled state and was now clean and tidy.

"Phew~ So sleepy...!!!"

However, as soon as Tsukihime lay down and turned over, she felt something hard and warm against her.
Startled, she activated the Byakugan's night vision ability, her gaze piercing through the impenetrable darkness and landing on Uchiha Gin, who occupied most of the bed space.

Why is it him! ?
The blue light emanating from her hand slowly dissipated, and a strange look filled Otsutsuki Tsukihime's white eyes.

Is this how they, as earthlings, entertain guests?

"Well……"

Just as Tsukihime was contemplating whether or not she should conform to local customs, Uchiha Gin, sensing someone behind him, uttered a sound that was difficult to understand.

Startled by the shout, Tsukihime instinctively reached out and wrapped her arms around Uchiha Gin, who was about to turn around.

In the hazy light,
Uchiha Gin felt a hot, delicate body embrace him from behind.

In this household, only Uchiha Hikaru, with her dual nature of light and darkness, dared to make such intimate gestures.

"Xiaoguang?"

"Don't turn around, it's me, Xiaoguang."

Yes, I was right.

Having received an affirmative answer, Uchiha Gin had no further doubts. He nuzzled against the large thunderbolt pressed against his back and fell into a deep sleep, his face full of enjoyment.

the next day,
Uchiha Gin slowly woke up on the floor in front of the toilet door.

"Curly-haired baboon, what are you doing sleeping here?"

Senju Itama, who had come to wash up, looked at Uchiha Gin lying on the ground with a puzzled expression.
"How did I end up sleeping here?"

Uchiha Gin, his body stiff with shock, was also completely bewildered.
He remembered getting up to use the bathroom last night, and then...

"squeak~"

At that moment, the toilet door opened, and Uchiha Gin instinctively assumed that the person who came out was Uchiha Hikaru.
"Xiao Guang, what... ah?"

He had barely uttered half a question when he discovered that the person in front of him was none other than his long-lost sister-in-law, Yue Ji.
"Moon Princess, when did you arrive? Why didn't you let me know beforehand?"

Upon the arrival of the distinguished guest, Uchiha Gin immediately scrambled to his feet, his eyes filled with confusion.
"Ha~ I invited her here."

Uchiha Hikari appeared, yawning. Looking sleepy, she raised her hand to greet Tsukihime, whose expression remained unchanged.

"How was your sleep last night?"

"Thanks for the hospitality."

The neatly dressed Tsukihime glanced at the bewildered Uchiha Gin, gave a nonchalant reply, and then turned and walked downstairs.
"She arrived last night?"

Uchiha Gin leaned closer to Hikaru and whispered, "..."

"That's right. We played too late yesterday, so I invited her to stay at our house overnight."

"Where does she live?"

"What do you ask for this?"

Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Xiao Guang asked listlessly,

"It's nothing, I was just afraid of neglecting her." "Don't worry, she's staying in the west guest room, and everything there is brand new."

West Room?
Uchiha Gin was taken aback by these words. He vaguely remembered that he had slipped into the west guest room yesterday.

"Xiaoguang."

He now needs to confirm something important.

"What are you going to ask now?"

"Give me a hug."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Hikaru's sleepiness vanished instantly, and her fair face flushed slightly.
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate so early in the morning?"

As she spoke, she raised an eyebrow defiantly at Senju Itama beside her, making the other man grit his teeth in anger.

But despite her words, her body betrayed her; she opened her arms and lunged at Uchiha Gin, only to be nimbly dodged by him.
"Huh? Why are you hiding?"

"Hug from behind."

"You're quite romantic!"

Hikaru would do his best to fulfill any special requests from Uchiha Gin.
"No, it's completely wrong."

"What's wrong, Ah Yin? What are you talking about?"

Hikaru, who was hugging Uchiha Gin from behind, looked completely bewildered.
"The size is wrong."

Shaking his head with a grave expression, Uchiha Gin's brows furrowed deeply.

What exactly happened last night?

Did I actually enter the west guest room?

With several questions in mind, Uchiha Gin went downstairs and approached Otsutsuki Tsukihime, who was having morning tea. Looking directly into her cold eyes, he hesitated for a moment before asking,
"Um... Tsukihime, when you saw me this morning, was I already lying in the hallway?"

"Do not."

Taking a small sip of tea, Tsukihime Otsutsuki shook her head without changing her expression.

"Ah! Then you...me."

Seeing the somewhat bewildered Uchiha Gin, Tsukihime Otsutsuki's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile.

“You lay in the hallway all night.”

"what?"

Did you lie in the hallway all night?

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin scratched his head; his memory of last night was very hazy.
He only remembered getting up to use the toilet at night, and because there was someone in the toilet, he...
What was I again?

His memory faltered at this point. Uchiha Gin stroked his chin, his eyes filled with confusion.
Could it be that I drifted off to sleep while waiting outside the restroom, and the rest of the story was just a pipe dream?
"I was rude."

Thinking of this, Uchiha Gin nodded shyly to Tsukihime.
"It's okay. I thought you were sleeping in the hallway because you were too hot to sleep at night."

Haha, you guessed right!

Now that the truth had come to light, Uchiha Gin had no intention of pursuing the matter further. He apologized to Tsukihime, turned around, and went back to his room to change into casual clothes.

"Huh? What is this?"

However, while changing clothes, an enormous bra fell off her body. Looking at the familiar bunny pattern on it, Uchiha Gin fell into deep thought.
"A huge bra has fallen from the sky... what am I going to do?"

"Tsukihime, how many days do you plan to stay down there?"

After mentally preparing himself for a long time in his room, Uchiha Gin changed into his usual blue yukata and casually asked Otsutsuki Tsukihime, who was talking to Hikari, "..."
"Are you trying to get rid of Tsukihime?"

Xiao Guang frowned upon hearing this.
"How could I dare? I was just asking. After all, Tsukihime is different from us. She is the head of the Otsutsuki clan and must have a lot of political affairs to handle."

Seeing that a misunderstanding was about to occur, Uchiha Gin immediately waved his hands to explain.
"Sister Biluo is up there."

"Then you can stay for a few more days. If you need anything, just let me know."

Looking at the aloof expression on Tsukihime Otsutsuki's face, Gin Uchiha found it hard to equate her with the mysterious person who had said "Don't look back" last night.
"Sorry to trouble you all."

"Hikaru, I have something to do, so I'll leave Tsukihime to you."

Gin glanced at the clock on the wall; it was almost time to meet the children. He grabbed a loaf of bread from the table, said goodbye to the three girls, and left this troublesome place without looking back.
"What should we do? What should we do? What if Biluo finds out about this?"

Walking down the street, Uchiha Gin was still muttering about what happened last night. He had actually taken advantage of Tsukihime; on the moon, that was a capital offense.

"No! I'm the one who got taken advantage of!"

But the more Uchiha Gin thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Although his memories of last night were very vague, he vaguely remembered that the person behind him had approached him on their own initiative, and that he was the victim.
Sigh. Ji Shuai needs to protect himself even more, so he doesn't end up like him, getting taken advantage of without even realizing it.

"Grandpa Yin! Over here, over here~"

Suddenly, a clear, childlike voice interrupted Uchiha Gin's thoughts.

"You arrived quite punctually."

Uchiha Gin looked up and saw the few kids who had been waiting for him at the training ground.
"Grandpa Yin, hurry up, I can't wait any longer!"

Rope Tree was the first to rush out; after all, the allure of Wood Release was too strong. If this were a martial arts drama, it would be a top-tier secret technique, causing chaos and bloodshed the moment it entered the martial world.
"Then I'll start by guiding you. Does anyone else have any objections?"

"No~"

Everyone shook their heads in unison and took several steps back, leaving enough distance between the two.

"Rope tree".

"exist!"

"They attacked me with the intention of killing me."

Looking at the eager Rope Tree, Uchiha Gin stroked his chin and said softly,

"what?"

This seems a little different from the guidance he is used to. Shouldn't he be taught how to cultivate Wood Release step by step?
"Practical experience is the best way to provide guidance."

Nodding solemnly, Uchiha Gin put his hands behind his back, looking every bit the reclusive master.

"Then I won't be polite!"

Since Uchiha Gin had already put it this way, Nawaki stopped insisting.

He raised his hand and struck the same classic hand-raising and foot-stomping starting pose as his grandfather, while a glint of shrewdness flashed in his honest eyes.
"Weird punch!"

The small fist, imbued with blue, monstrous strength, stopped less than a centimeter from Uchiha Gin.
Why didn't you avoid it?

"If there's no intention to kill, why should I avoid it?"

Faced with Nawaki's inexplicable question, Uchiha Gin gently shook his head.
You didn't even trigger the system's inner strength, and you still dare to ask me why I didn't dodge?
"Killing intent?"

Retracting his little fist, Rope Tree nodded thoughtfully. It seemed Grandma was right after all; Grandpa Gin was definitely not as simple as they usually perceived him to be.
"That was just a warm-up. Now, I would like to ask Grandpa Yin for his guidance."

Thinking of this, a serious (and slightly leek-like) look appeared on Rope Tree's face, a look the other children had never seen before.

He crossed his arms in front of his chest, and a rich, deep blue light emanated from him once more.

"Host detected to be in combat; Heart Steel Chest begins to accumulate." (End of Chapter)