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

Konoha Hospital.

In the intensive care unit, several doctors in white coats stood around the bed, looking at the unconscious patient. They frowned and pondered for a long time before gently shaking their heads and turning to leave the ward.

Outside the ward, Tobirama Senju and the others, who were waiting anxiously, immediately surrounded the doctor as soon as he came out.

"Doctor, how is my older brother?"

"well"

The lead doctor let out a long sigh, causing Tobirama Senju and the others to instantly hold their breath.

"What are you hesitating for? Speak up!"

Madara Uchiha, standing to the side, glared and said sharply.

"We apologize, but we are not knowledgeable enough to find the reason why the Hokage fell into a coma."

The doctors exchanged glances, all seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes. After a systematic examination, they found that Hashirama Senju's vital signs were very stable, and he was as strong as an ox. However, despite trying many methods, they were unable to wake him up.

"quack!"

Madara Uchiha gritted his teeth, a red glint flashing in his eyes. The doctors present instantly felt a tightness in their rectums, breaking out in a cold sweat, and then stammered out an explanation.

"The Hokage's physical condition is unusually good; perhaps his brain nerves have been damaged."

"stop!"

Seeing that a medical dispute was about to break out, Tobirama Senju, frowning in thought, reached out and stopped Madara Uchiha from going berserk. At the same time, he shifted his gaze to the trembling doctor and spoke up.

Do you have any experts in this field here?

Tobirama Senju also had some knowledge of the human nervous system, but all the cases he had handled involved patients who had lost vital signs. He dared not make any conclusions about Hashirama Senju's situation for the time being.

"It seems there really is an expert."

"Then why don't you hurry up and call him over?"

Upon hearing this, Madara Uchiha glared with his crimson eyes and urged him coldly.

"But."

"But what? If you delay treating Hasi's hot mom's illness, I'll publicly shame her entire family!"

"."

Uchiha Gin, who was lying at home like a corpse, received an invitation from the hospital to come for a consultation immediately. The hospital stated that the matter was extremely urgent and that if he was delayed, the family of the doctor and patient would kill his entire family.

Since a life was at stake, Uchiha Gin didn't put on airs anymore. He rushed to the hospital to save the person and, at the same time, wanted to see which ignorant brat dared to speak so arrogantly. He thought he could get his father to spank him.

"Ha~ Who was it that just said they wanted to smear my whole family?"

Uchiha Gin, now wearing a white coat, yawned as he entered the ward. His lifeless eyes drooped across his face, and his voice was languid and weak.

"Big cousin, what brings you here?"

In the hospital room, Madara Uchiha, who had been waiting for a long time and whose anger was about to reach its peak, saw the white coat push open the door. He was about to unleash a few angry words, but when he saw that familiar curly hair, he instantly wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.

"Oh? Little cousin, have you seen that guy who said he was going to kill my whole family?"

"Really? I don't think so!"

Faced with Uchiha Gin's questioning, Uchiha Madara pretended to look around, then spread his hands with an innocent expression.

"Really? Looks like they misheard."

"Definitely! If anyone dares to say that, I, Uchiha Madara, will be the first to face them!"

"Alright, at a time like this, you two better be serious!"

Seeing the two brothers feigning ignorance, Tobirama Senju struggled to suppress the veins throbbing on his forehead, his crimson eyes fixed on Gin Uchiha.

"Aren't you a gynecologist, you curly-haired guy?"

Tobirama Senju knew that Gin Uchiha was known as a gynecological expert, and the doubt in his eyes seemed genuine.

"Mr. Yin has a wide range of interests; you could say he's a jack-of-all-trades and master of none."

The doctor, who was following behind Uchiha Gin, now felt emboldened and immediately spoke up to defend him.

"Real or fake?"

"Make way! They say Hashirama has collapsed in prison. Let me see what happened!"

On the way, Uchiha Gin learned the general outline of the situation and carefully reviewed Senju Hashirama's various stats. His body was indeed unharmed, and his internal organs were functioning perfectly.

Moreover, as the strongest man below the Six Paths, Hashirama Senju shouldn't be susceptible to any hypnotic genjutsu, so Gin Uchiha was very curious about his situation.

Uchiha Gin approached the hospital bed with his hands in his pockets. Senju Hashirama lay peacefully on the bed, his breathing steady, looking as if he were simply asleep.

"Tsk, the soul, huh?"

However, Uchiha Gin, with his exceptionally keen senses, still noticed something amiss with Senju Hashirama. He immediately reached out and placed his hand on the other's forehead, and a faint blue light shone forth.

"Big cousin, what are you doing?"

Madara Uchiha, who had been watching Gin Uchiha's movements intently, couldn't help but ask a question upon seeing this scene.

"Shut up! He's examining Big Brother's brain."

Tobirama Senju, proficient in all types of elemental ninjutsu, keenly sensed the Yin Release power emanating from Gin Uchiha's hands and immediately shouted to stop it.

Watching Uchiha Gin's movements with a slight shift in his gaze, Tobirama Senju's brows furrowed once more.

Is this guy really just a Jonin?

"call"

After an unknown amount of time, Uchiha Gin slowly opened his eyes. The blue light in his hand gradually dissipated. After letting out a long sigh, his expression became very complex.

"Big Cousin! How's that hot mom from Haxi doing?"

"It's hopeless, just wait to die. Goodbye!"

"ha?"

"Just kidding, I need to double-check. You guys go out first and don't bother me."

Seeing his younger cousin's serious expression, Uchiha Gin shook his head, then gestured for the others to wait outside.

"I absolutely won't say a word, just let me watch!"

"Get out! If you don't want anything to really happen in Hashirama's prison, you'd better get out of here right now."

Uchiha Gin's face showed a rare seriousness, his voice was somewhat cold, and there was a strange worry in his eyes.

This sudden turn of events startled both Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju. After exchanging a glance, they quickly turned and left the ward.

Outside the ward, Madara Uchiha, who had been pondering for a long time, raised his head with a slightly bitter expression and said to Tobirama Senju, who was standing beside him with a worried look on his face.

"I've never seen my older cousin make that kind of expression before."

"It seems that my brother's condition is indeed quite serious."

Senju Tobirama, deeply agreeing, nodded slightly. Judging from Uchiha Gin's performance just now, Senju Hashirama's situation was not optimistic.

"What to do? What to do?"

Madara Uchiha, increasingly anxious, began pacing back and forth in the corridor. How was he going to get through the days without his hot mom, Hasi?

"This is so annoying, can you please stop loitering around here?"

Annoyed by Madara Uchiha's constant movement and feeling equally frustrated, Tobirama Senju said coldly.

"By the way, didn't you research a lot of forbidden human techniques? You should be able to save Hasi's hot mom, right?"

Madara Uchiha, looking like a headless fly, glanced at Tobirama Senju, whose face was full of displeasure. Suddenly remembering the other's reputation as a master of ninjutsu development, he asked impatiently,

"Don't your Sharingan also have the ability to change reality?"

Rolling his eyes in annoyance, Tobirama Senju retorted,

Although he had studied many forbidden techniques, they were all techniques that manipulated the souls of the dead. He had never really considered the possibility of the dead being resurrected. However, the Uchiha clan had a secret technique called Izanagi.

"It's too late. If only I had planted Izanagi on that hot mom of Hashi earlier~"

Although Izanagi is incredibly effective, it has strict limitations. Now that things have come to this, even if he uses this secret technique, he will not be able to wake up the long-comatose Hashirama Senju.

Madara Uchiha was filled with remorse at this moment, completely oblivious to the fact that he would be permanently blinded after using Izanagi.

"Actually, there is another way."

After a long silence, Tobirama Senju suddenly raised his head, his gaze fixed intently on Madara Uchiha.

"What method?!"

Madara Uchiha, who was still immersed in regret, suddenly widened his eyes in surprise and stared intently at Tobirama Senju.

"The Grand Prix of Desire"

Inside the hospital room, Uchiha Gintoki's serious expression faded. He pulled a pink lollipop from his pocket and put it in his mouth, his fish-like eyes scanning the unconscious Senju Hashirama from head to toe.

"What a nuisance! The game isn't even over yet, how did he manage to slip away?"

Scratching his head helplessly, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but voice his dissent.

"Does it mean they think victory is hopeless this time?"

Pulling up a chair and sitting at the head of Hashirama Senju's bed, Gin Uchiha stroked his chin and began to speculate.

Just now, Gin Uchiha used his enhanced sensory abilities on Hashirama Senju's brain to try and see what was happening inside it.

Upon entering, they found the other party's once robust consciousness lying there, sickly and weak, its body riddled with holes as if leaking air.

The portion of Hashirama Senju's soul that originally belonged to Ashura's reincarnation chakra has mysteriously disappeared, seemingly having fled to the Pure Land to await its next reincarnation.

"Something's wrong! Something's extremely wrong!"

Logically speaking, the two brothers, who have been fighting each other for thousands of years, shouldn't give up so easily. Although Madara Uchiha has the advantage he gave him, Hashirama Senju still has a great advantage. If they really fought to the death, his younger cousin might not be his match.

Knight vs. Ultraman~

"At this rate, the life force at the bottom of Hashirama's prison is likely to be overdrawn."

Without Ashura's reincarnation chakra, Hashirama Senju's life force would immediately begin to flow in reverse to replenish the missing soul power, thereby maintaining the balance of yin and yang in his body.

However, the missing part of his soul was far too vast. Even with Hashirama Senju's abundant life force, he could not completely fill this bottomless pit. In just a few years, he would die from exhaustion of his life force.

"Hey~ At times like these, we have to rely on me. This village would fall apart without me~"

Having roughly analyzed the cause of the illness, Uchiha Gin looked disappointed and rummaged in his bag for a while before pulling out a brown wooden armor similar to his younger cousin's. After glancing at the Berserker Armor that exuded a powerful life force, he casually put it on Senju Hashirama.

"Mmm."

They thought it would be a cure-all, but as soon as they equipped Hashirama Senju with the Berserker's Gauntlet, his sleeping face instantly turned red, his body trembled violently as if he were having an epileptic seizure, and he let out painful groans.

"not good!"

Seeing this, Uchiha Gin quickly stripped off the Madman Armor, relieving the pain on Senju Hashirama's face.

"Sorry, it's my fault~"

Gin Uchiha grinned apologetically; he knew he had overdone the drug.

Under normal circumstances, the Berserker Armor would be a tremendous asset to Hashirama Senju, but for him, whose soul was currently extremely weak, the Berserker Armor, imbued with immense Yang Release power, was a deadly poison.

The yin-yang balance that his body was slowly adjusting itself was instantly shattered by the madman. Under the impact of the powerful life force, Hashirama Senju's soul could not be repaired at all. It was simply inflated instantly, and then with a "bang," he perished.

"In that case, let's try this!"

Regrettingly retrieving the madman, Uchiha Gin's eyes darted around. He rummaged through the bottom of his system inventory for a while, finally pulling out a necklace with a small green gem attached. Looking at the item in his hand, radiating a faint life force, he smiled with satisfaction.

Healing Orb [Restores base health by +100%]

Its attributes are simple and unpretentious, yet very practical.

After placing the necklace-like healing orb on Hashirama Senju, Gin Uchiha once again used his enhanced senses to check on him. He discovered that the orb's healing effect was offsetting the slowly depleting life force he was experiencing.

It's like there's no consumption in the process of going back and forth.

Become!

Uchiha Gin stretched and yawned, having at least saved Hashirama's life in prison. If nothing unexpected happens, he will naturally awaken once his soul power is almost fully restored and the yin and yang in his body reach balance.

"Let's tell my older cousin the good news now!"

Standing up, Uchiha Gin strolled to the door of the ward. Just as he was about to open it, he keenly overheard the whispers of two people outside.

Outside the door, Tobirama Senju, his face ashen, gave instructions to Madara Uchiha, whose brows were furrowed.

"Do you understand? If the current methods can't wake up your brother, you'll have no choice but to try anything, even if it's a last resort."

"I understand. For Hasi Hot Mom, I'll go participate in that so-called Knight's War."

Since it concerned Hashirama Senju's life, Madara Uchiha did not choose to continue opposing Tobirama Senju, but instead nodded and accepted the mission.

"You not only have to participate, you have to win!"

"Hmph~ You white-haired fool, who are you looking down on?"

"No, I'm not comfortable letting you go alone. I'll take Hiruzen with me."

Tobirama Senju was still uneasy about the Uchiha clan, especially the non-curly-haired ones, so he decided to take a few of his trusted disciples with him to oversee the battle.

"I don't need all of you as burdens. I can take down those weaklings by myself."

"I'm the village party secretary. With the Hokage gone, I'm the boss. You'll definitely regret it if you don't listen to me!"

"Damn white-haired guy, I'm Hokage too!"

"Bang!"

"???"

Madara Uchiha and Tobirama Senju, who were arguing heatedly outside the ward, turned around in confusion and looked at Gin Uchiha, who had suddenly flung the door open, their faces full of question marks.

"It's okay, you guys continue. I just feel that without the 'bang' sound of a door closing in this formula, it's soulless~" (End of Chapter)