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

Chapter 174 Old Deng's Relics, Mysterious Figurines

As the artificial sun inside the moon gradually dimmed, night slowly fell upon the Ōtsutsuki clan.

In the black sky, the floating islands, each lit up, resemble twinkling stars, adding a unique touch to this monotonous landscape.

In the palace of Otsutsuki Hikari.

"Huff~ huff~ huff."

As the black puppet gently closed the dormitory door, Uchiha Gin, who had just been fast asleep on the huge bed in the middle of the room, slowly opened his eyes.

He sensed it and found the puppet's chakra still guarding the entrance; a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

In bed, he quietly formed a hand seal, and a greenish-blue wooden branch grew from Uchiha Gin's body, then transformed into a clone identical to himself.

"That solves the problem~"

After settling his wooden clone in, Uchiha Gin pondered how to slip out of the room, which was under close surveillance.

Violence is too much of a risk, and it might alert the enemy. I should have swallowed my pride and asked my second great-uncle to teach me the puppetry techniques of the Otsutsuki clan. That way, I would have been able to thrive in this place where puppets are everywhere.

Sigh~ In this situation, we can't exactly let him use his Sharingan to hypnotize a puppet, can we?

Just as he was deep in thought, looking at the black reflection on the ground, he suddenly slapped his forehead.

"How could I have forgotten something so important!"

Uchiha Gin, who had just said the Sharingan was useless, slowly had crimson eyes, and the three mysterious tomoe slowly rotated, emanating a dark and sinister aura.

Sensing the immense power within his own eyes, Uchiha Gin quietly closed them, activating the power hidden deep within.

That bestowed power contained the ultimate power of Uchiha Yao's regret and love.

"Phew~"

When he opened his eyes again, the pattern on Uchiha Gin's eyes had changed; one of them had become his own Mangekyou Sharingan without tomoe.

The other one had transformed into an equilateral triangle cluster, dotted with a black dot in the center.

As his eyes changed, the previously obscure aura became even stronger.

"As expected, the oppressive feeling of the Eternal Eye is much stronger than that of a regular kaleidoscope."

The unique power of the Eternal Eye exuded an eerie aura.

One of the strands, without Gin Uchiha's knowledge, seemed to be guided by something, penetrating through the layers of encirclement and seeping into the crust of the moon.

"Old Deng, Old Deng, your gift is really nice!"

Sensing the Mangekyou Sharingan that originally belonged to Uchiha Yao, Uchiha Gin exclaimed in surprise,

"Wang Liang," Uchiha Yao's former eye technique, as he once described...

Wang Liang's primary ability is to create a clone with basic consciousness, which can assist the host in carrying out shady operations such as intelligence gathering and assassination.

At the same time, the eye technique allows the user to control shadows, relying on them to achieve the purpose of infiltration. The shadows can also be transformed into weapons, giving the enemy a surprise attack at a critical moment.

"Let's use the power of illusion to slip away first!"

Although it was my first time using this unfamiliar kaleidoscope, this simple task...

For Uchiha Gin, who possesses multiple eye techniques, it was merely a piece of cake.

After a few practice sessions, Uchiha Gin was able to skillfully manipulate the Shadow.

The triangle in Uchiha's silver eyes began to rotate slightly, and a dark shadow rose beneath his feet. This black shadow, like a gaping maw of an abyss, slowly sucked him in.

The scene looked quite terrifying, but his face remained calm and even showed a hint of excitement.

[Shadow Gap]

This is the ability that Uchiha Gin used when he first confronted the clone duo.

It can generate a dark area under the feet of the host or clone; entering it is like entering the shadows.

Within the Shadow Realm corresponding to the physical world, the distance traveled is determined by the host's chakra.

Back when Uchiha Yao "manipulated" the clone of Wanliang to come see him, the distance Wanliang used the Shadow Gap was very short and the time was not long, all because the old man was old and frail.

"Tsk! That's quite amazing. I didn't expect that Wang Liang could open up this kind of space."

Gin Uchiha strolled through a world of stark black and white, where everything was a one-to-one replica of the outside world, only lacking color.

At this moment, Uchiha Gin is the only thing with color in this space.

As Uchiha Gin walked out of the Otsutsuki Palace as if no one else was there, he turned to look at the black and white guards at the entrance, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

This space looks very real, but I wonder if it can have any impact on the surface world?

With a rigorous scientific spirit, Uchiha Gin reached out and plucked the head off the guardian puppet in the Shadow Realm.

"Creak!"

In the surface world, two puppet guards stood motionless at the palace gate. Just when everything was perfectly calm, one of the puppets suddenly seemed to malfunction.

Its yellow eyes flickered, then suddenly went blank, the light in them dimmed, and it collapsed, motionless.

"It actually works!"

Uchiha Gin looked at the puppet head in his hand with some surprise. He had thought that everything in the Shadow Realm was an illusion.

However, from the feedback in the surface world, he learned that the puppet guard had collapsed at the same time, its head severed from its body.

"hiss!"

Just as Uchiha Gin was overjoyed, a sudden wave of intense fatigue washed over him, almost causing his legs to buckle.

Fortunately, his strong physique prevented him from collapsing in a sorry state. Feeling his body suddenly feel completely drained, he was utterly horrified and couldn't help but gasp.

That one move just now could easily drain a Jonin dry. The cost of that move is too high. No wonder Old Deng never used that move until his death.

"Huff~ Huff~"

Taking two slow breaths to replenish the chakra he had just lost, Uchiha Gin sighed inwardly.

In other words, if it were an ordinary Uchiha clan member using this eye technique, they probably wouldn't see the sun rise tomorrow.

After suppressing this deadly move, Uchiha Gin wandered into a secluded spot in the Shadow Realm and returned to the surface world once again through the Shadow Gap.

"Hey, the air here is so much more comfortable. Down here is like the underworld, it's hard to even breathe."

Uchiha Gin breathed in the fresh air outside and couldn't help but think to himself,

However, if Uchiha Yao were still alive, he would probably be so shocked by Uchiha Yin's actions that his eyes would pop out of their sockets.

What Uchiha Gin didn't know was that the Shadow Realm opened by the Shadow Rift was a world that could only be entered by either a clone of Miku or someone who had merged with a clone of Miku.

If an ordinary mortal body were to enter, it would be tormented to the point of madness by the dark power of shadow.

If I had to describe it, that so-called Shadow Realm, like the Krugers' lair, would soon turn most humans into idiots who only know "Aba aba".

Uchiha Gin barely managed to withstand Di Hua thanks to his abnormal physique and pure Yin Release chakra, but he was still affected to some extent, losing all his sensory abilities and having his intelligence reduced by more than 90%.

"Alright, now it's time to get to the castle."

Uchiha Gin raised his head, looked at the castle not too far away, and with a powerful leap, shot into the sky.

The next moment, they landed on a small floating island and used the momentum to continue upwards.

After numerous attempts, Uchiha Gin finally reached the sky island where the castle was located. Looking up at the majestic palace, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but sigh in awe.

"Indeed, a treasure only truly shines in a place like this."

Sensing the countless puppet chakra around him, Uchiha Gin narrowed his eyes, once again penetrating the Shadow Realm, and then swaggered into the palace, moving unimpeded all the way.

"The palace I live in is a pigsty compared to this."

Walking through the Shadow Realm, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but marvel at the magnificent decorations around him.

I compared this place with Otsutsuki Hikari's residence, and they were worlds apart.

"Huh? Why don't I have the Tenseigan?"

Although the palace was large, Uchiha Gin had excellent stamina and quickly explored all the floors. However, he couldn't find even the slightest trace of the Tenseigan, and couldn't help but frown and complain.

"Impossible, right? Didn't the puppet say that the Otsutsuki clan's treasure was here?"

Undeterred, Uchiha Gin headed towards the final observation deck, hoping his trip would be worthwhile, to seize the Tenseigan, complete his mission, and return home as soon as possible.

"Whoosh~"

As Uchiha Gin passed through the last heavy gate, he arrived at his final destination: the observatory atop the castle.

However, what puzzled him was that this observatory, which was under heavy security, seemed to be inhabited.

In the black-and-white realm of shadows, clothes were scattered haphazardly, food scraps were everywhere, and books piled high like small mountains stood in the corners.

The people living here are so slovenly!

Even though he couldn't discern the colors, Uchiha Gin could still tell at a glance that the owner of this room was an incredibly slovenly otaku.

After taking a few steps inside, Uchiha Gin, who was still looking down and searching, suddenly noticed a life-size figurine displayed by the window of the observatory.

Out of curiosity, he tiptoed over, looked around, and, finding no trace of the otaku owner, mustered his courage and began to examine the exquisite figurine before him.

This is a typical design of the Ōtsutsuki clan: snow-white skin, small, slightly upturned lips, and the distinctive Ōtsutsuki-style brows on her forehead. Her cold, indifferent eyes reveal no emotion.

Although her figure is covered by a long robe, it appears very curvaceous. It is clear that the owner incorporated a lot of male fantasies when creating her. Otherwise, how could such a life-size figure be created that directly hits a man's heart?

"Tsk! The owner of this room has great taste. I should definitely talk to him sometime and we can improve together."

Uchiha Gin looked the exquisite figure up and down several times, and for some reason, he really liked it.

However, as the saying goes, a gentleman does not take what others cherish. As a first-rate gentleman, Uchiha Gin chose to have a proper conversation with the owner of the figure another time when he had the opportunity.

However, the more I look at this figure, the more familiar it seems.

After examining it more closely, Uchiha Gin realized that he seemed to have seen the figure somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember where.

"Well, since the owner isn't here, it shouldn't be a problem if I touch it, right?"

After pondering for a long time without coming to a conclusion, Uchiha Gin's eyes darted around. Seeing that no one was around, he began muttering to himself, attempting self-hypnosis.

Then, the sinister hand climbed up the towering figure in front of it.

"what?"

Tsukihime Ōtsutsuki, the current head of the Ōtsutsuki clan, displayed extraordinary talent from a young age, defeating all the adults in her clan by the age of ten.

When she was fifteen, the previous clan chief passed away, and she was unwittingly pushed into the position of clan chief by relying on her iron fists.

Initially, because she was unfamiliar with political affairs, Tsukihime Ōtsutsuki could only rely on the elders for help. After some time and through learning, she came to understand a principle.

These are trivial government affairs; there's absolutely no need for me to get involved.

So she simply handed over all political affairs to the elders and stayed in the clan chief's castle, becoming a recluse. Her days consisted of nothing but cultivation and eating simple meals, with occasional reading in her spare time.

Should I let her go out?

It's absolutely impossible unless someone comes knocking on the door!

Princess Tsukihime lived such a comfortable life for many years, with her subordinates bringing her delicious food every day, and the castle having so many books that she couldn't possibly read them all.

In this relaxed environment, she didn't want to go out at all, spending her days lying on the observatory, daydreaming and thoroughly enjoying herself.

Today is another leisurely day.

Tsukihime Otsutsuki, who had been reading all night, woke up the following evening. Feeling somewhat hungry, she ordered her puppets to prepare some food and bring it to her.

"Just that fried chicken and fries, no ketchup, just hot sauce."

Otsutsuki Tsukihime tossed the recipes she wanted to eat to the puppet. Feeling sticky all over, she took off all her clothes and threw them on the ground, figuring the puppet would clean them up anyway.

Wearing only close-fitting clothes, Tsukihime Ōtsutsuki yawned, lying lazily on the ground, flipping through the pages of a book, reading one romantic love story after another. A barely perceptible longing flickered in her usually indifferent eyes.

"Didi didi"

Just as she was lost in some rosy fantasy, the puppet's voice sounded outside the door. With a wave of her hand, the door slowly opened, and the boy puppet, carrying her longing for fried chicken and fries, quickly crawled in.

"Go down."

Faced with a soulless puppet, Tsukihime Otsutsuki was too lazy to put on the cold mask she wore when facing her clansmen. She scratched her slightly itchy shoulder and ordered the boy who had completed his task to leave.

"Mmm~ This is the taste! I feel uncomfortable if I don't eat it for a day~"

Once the boy closed the gate, Tsukihime Otsutsuki dashed over without any regard for etiquette. She grabbed a fried chicken and started showing it off, while her other hand was also busy grabbing a handful of fries and stuffing them into her mouth whenever she had a spare moment, showing no ladylike demeanor whatsoever.

Her wild eating habits and her icy beauty seem completely mismatched, yet there is a strong sense of contrasting beauty in them.

"Phew~ I'm back to life!"

Slurping up the last scrap of chicken bone, she tossed it on the ground, and with her mouth greasy, Tsukihime wiped her mouth with her arm.

Like an ordinary couch potato, he touched his slightly protruding belly, his tone carrying a hint of energy.

"Oh, I forgot, this hand is oily too."

Just as she finished admiring Tsukihime Otsutsuki, she suddenly felt a greasy sensation in her lower abdomen, only to realize that both her hands were oily.

With a sigh, she reluctantly walked towards the inner room, taking off her undergarments as she went.

"I hate taking showers!"

Otsutsuki Tsukihime, having stripped herself down to resemble a little white rabbit, sat with a pained expression in the large bathtub, feeling the warm water caress her skin, and a chill ran down her spine.

She's terrified of water, just like a rabbit; she becomes weak and powerless when she touches it.

Suppressing her discomfort, Otsutsuki Tsukihime barely managed to wash off the greasy sweat from her body, put on a long robe, and fled the bathroom like a whirlwind.

Shaking his wet, white hair, he walked to the window of the observatory, intending to let it dry.

"Ah~~~"

Feeling the gentle breeze blowing in from the window, she felt incredibly comfortable, as if a large hand was caressing her, making her let out a soft moan of pleasure.

"So professional, the figure even has sound effects, no wonder it's made by the Otsutsuki clan."

I'm so sorry, something came up and caused the delay. It has been corrected and added since then.

(End of this chapter)