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

"Is this black tea of ​​yours even authentic?"

Standing at the entrance to Tobirama Senju's secret laboratory, Gin Uchiha held a familiar-looking bottle of sweetened water, a nameless fear unconsciously rising within him.

It seems like last time

Wait, wasn't that time in Sunagakure?

"Drink it or don't, it's up to you."

Tobirama Senju, who was examining the physical condition of a death row inmate, turned his head somewhat impatiently.

He wouldn't have bought this junk food if it weren't for his granddaughter's love for it. It was a custom-made version ordered from the manufacturer at a high price, three times more expensive than the market price.

I'll trust you this once.

The craving for sugar overcame the inexplicable fear, and Uchiha Gin skillfully unscrewed the cap, tilted his head back, and gulped it down.

"Ton ton ton~"

"Burp! That feels good!"

Seeing the familiar movements, Tobirama Senju closed his eyes in pain. He finally knew who had corrupted his most adorable little Tsunade.

"Mmm mmm mmm"

Just then, the unconscious death row inmate slowly woke up, and Tobirama Senju, who was still furious, slapped him on the head, giving him a final dose of physical hypnosis.

"Spiritual Communication - Impure World Reincarnation".

Placing the condemned prisoners within a pre-prepared array, Tobirama Senju skillfully employed the Impure World Reincarnation technique, a skill he had greatly improved over this period.

As gray dust billowed, the death row inmate with a red handprint on his forehead exerted his last bit of energy.

"Safety first."

Seeing that the summoning of his elder brother's spirit had failed, Tobirama Senju breathed a sigh of relief, but after the initial relief, a deep worry returned to his face.

Although the Impure World Reincarnation technique can verify whether Hashirama Senju is alive or dead, it is not a long-term solution. His shadow clones have basically searched every corner of the ninja world, not even missing the remote Land of Snow.

However, after so much time has passed, there is still no news of Hashirama Senju, and the same is true for the mysterious monk Jigen.

"Hey, this can't go on like this."

A languid voice interrupted Tobirama Senju's thoughts, pulling him back to the harsh reality.

"Indeed, the truth about my elder brother's disappearance can no longer be hidden."

Tobirama Senju rubbed his aching temples, and the thought of his sister-in-law waiting for him outside his office these past few days made him break out in a cold sweat.

Madara Uchiha was also affected by this incident. He didn't take his newly acquired work seriously and was absent-minded every day, and it was unclear what he was planning.

"No, what I mean is, you can't expect me to sneak over and deliver people every two or three days. Prisoners demand to see the person alive or dead. If they keep disappearing like this, it'll be really difficult for me."

Gin Uchiha was quite concerned about Hashirama Senju's disappearance, but that was not a reason for Tobirama Senju to exploit him.

Originally, as a veteran who had witnessed the changes in Konoha, Uchiha Gin had long since reached the age of retirement.

Unfortunately, the village's pension welfare policy has not yet been implemented, so he can only take it easy for now, working five minutes a day and resting for eight hours.

Now he's taken on this job, having to get up in the middle of the night to deliver takeout to Tobirama Senju. No one could stand that.

"Try to get through this first."

"How am I supposed to overcome this? My family all thinks I'm having an affair, and they're bringing me to court every day. Why don't you go and explain things to them?"

Hearing Tobirama Senju's irresponsible words, Gin Uchiha nearly crushed the beverage bottle in his hand in anger.

He hadn't had any sweet drinks at home for several days, otherwise he wouldn't have been bribed by this white-haired guy with a bottle of strong iced tea.

"Oh, this."

When family members were mentioned, Tobirama Senju's expression turned strange; his brows furrowed instantly, but he quickly relaxed and began to scrutinize Gin Uchiha with a critical gaze.

"What's with that look? I'm delivering goods, not providing door-to-door service."

Sensing Tobirama Senju's gaze, Gin Uchiha immediately took a few steps back warily.

"You should be at least a Jonin level, right?"

"ha?"

Uchiha Gin frowned. Had the white-haired guy figured something out?

He had clearly covered it up very well.

Oh well, there's nothing I can do about it!

Indeed, outstanding people shine as brightly as fireflies in the night.

"Actually, it's okay if you don't have a Jonin."

"ha!"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin, in a fit of anger, snapped...

"you"

"After all, the learning threshold for the Impure World Reincarnation technique is not as high as imagined."

Tobirama Senju stroked his chin and nodded to himself.

"Given your intelligence, you should be able to learn it."

After all, Uchiha Gin also had the title of Konoha's number one developer. Although Tobirama Senju thought his talent was somewhat unbalanced, it also proved that his intelligence was still intact.

"You're going to teach me ninjutsu?"

Seeing Tobirama Senju talking to himself, Gin Uchiha, having regained his senses, wore a strange expression.

"What, you don't want to learn?"

"No, that's not it."

If someone was willing to teach him an awesome forbidden technique, Uchiha Gin would naturally agree wholeheartedly, especially since it was Tobirama Senju, with whom he had always been at odds, he would certainly not refuse.

"for you."

Seeing that Uchiha Gin agreed, Senju Tobirama turned around and rummaged through the research room for a while, finally taking out a scroll that looked relatively new and tossing it to him.

"You're teaching me this, you don't mean to..."

After obtaining the forbidden technique, Uchiha Gin did not rush to activate it. Instead, he frowned in confusion.

"That's right. From now on, you will be in charge of regularly checking on Big Brother's life or death. If there are any abnormalities, report to me immediately."

Sure enough, they were going to outsource the work to him.

"Can I refuse?"

It's not that the Impure World Reincarnation technique isn't tempting enough, but rather that the refreshed area in the backyard offers better value for money.

"Then starting tomorrow, send one offering each morning, noon, and evening."

"Okay, okay, I'll learn, I'll learn, alright?"

Thus, under Tobirama Senju's coercion and enticement, Gin Uchiha reluctantly began to learn this forbidden technique that only the mastermind behind the scenes would dabble in.

Worried that Uchiha Gin wouldn't understand the intricacies of the Impure World Reincarnation, Tobirama Senju gave him a special explanation, but Gin only listened to it in one ear and out the other, his mind wandering as he counted the stars outside the window.

"Hey! Are you even listening?"

Tobirama Senju, his throat parched from talking, noticed that Gin Uchiha was daydreaming, and his eyes immediately turned red with anger.

He quickly raised his fingers, determined to give this evil Uchiha old man a little shock with the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"what?"

Gin Uchiha, regaining his senses, stared blankly at Tobirama Senju.

"Do I even need to listen? It's just Kuz forming four hand seals and silently chanting, 'My chakra is plentiful, please show yourself, Patriarch of the Six Paths!'"

Boom!

Tobirama Senju hardened his fist.

"Alright, alright, since you're so confident, I'll give you a chance to prove yourself. Tomorrow I'll go to the prison to check on your training results."

Suppressing the urge to hit him, Tobirama Senju decided to make sure Gin Uchiha died knowing why. He then arranged a time for the assessment and kicked Gin out of the house.

"Man! My iced tea!"

Standing at the entrance to Tobirama Senju's residence, Gin Uchiha realized he had forgotten something and quickly turned around to call out.

swoosh~

As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar package flew out from inside the wall. Uchiha Gin quickly stepped forward to catch it and found that it was the sweet drink he had half-finished. A smile instantly appeared on his face.

"You wretched curly-haired guy, you'll regret this tomorrow."

Standing in the courtyard, Tobirama Senju gritted his teeth. He truly refused to believe that Gin Uchiha could learn the Impure World Reincarnation technique in a single day.

This ninjutsu isn't the kind where you just clap your hands and conjure up whatever you want. It requires the user to have a very precise level of chakra manipulation, as well as a certain understanding of space-time power.

In summary, the Impure World Reincarnation technique is not a ninjutsu that can be learned quickly; it requires a long period of practice to gradually master.

Furthermore, the current version of the Impure World Reincarnation technique still has many flaws, but unfortunately, Tobirama Senju is currently preoccupied with worldly affairs and has no time or energy to upgrade this ninjutsu.

"That white-haired guy, who does he think he's underestimating?"

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Uchiha Gin, carrying a half-empty bottle of sweetened water, grumbled and cursed all the way.

"Phew, thank goodness they're all asleep~"

After pushing open the door, he deliberately kept his footsteps quiet and, finding no unusual activity around him, instantly felt relieved.

Stealthily pushing open his bedroom door, Uchiha Gin slipped inside. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he noticed a dimly lit light suddenly turn on.

"who!?"

Uchiha Gin was startled.

"Where have you been again?"

In the dimly lit bedroom, two familiar figures stood up. It was Uchiha Hikaru and Senju Itama, who had been waiting there for an unknown amount of time, staring at Uchiha Gin with extremely dangerous eyes.

"This is the tenth time this month."

"I ate too much for dinner last night, so I'm going out for a walk."

Uchiha Gin, his expression chillingly cold, swallowed hard, trying his best to appear completely innocent.

"Oh? What are you carrying in your hand?"

With his sharp eyes, Uchiha Hikaru immediately spotted the small sweet drink that Uchiha Gin was carrying.

"I got a little thirsty halfway through my walk."

As if nothing had happened, Uchiha Gin casually raised the half-empty bottle of sweetened water in his hand and began to explain.

"Wait! This isn't your average sweet drink, it's a custom-made one!"

Senju Itama, who had been watching intently from the side, stepped forward, snatched the sweet water from Xiaotianshui, examined it, and quickly discovered something amiss.

"ha?"

Now it was Uchiha Gin's turn to be dumbfounded. No wonder it used to sell for three and a half dollars, but now it's gone up to five dollars. It turns out someone was making private orders.

"It's a custom-made version by the Senju clan, usually only circulated among the upper echelons of the Senju Momo clan."

Senju Itama, who knew this packaging all too well, suddenly had a flash of inspiration. She had only ever seen the same sweet drink in her sister-in-law's bedroom.

"What exactly did you go to do?"

Senju Itama, trembling all over, questioned...

"Um, I really just went for a stroll!"

Unaware that the misunderstanding had become too great, Uchiha Gin continued to stick to his initial testimony.

Seeing that Uchiha Gin was preparing to put up a stubborn resistance, Senju Itama, who had imagined a grand drama unfolding, shook his head at Uchiha Hikaru, indicating that not a single word he was telling was true.

"It seems he won't tell the truth unless he suffers a bit."

Uchiha Hikaru, understanding immediately, had his eyes turn crimson.

The next moment, a large, cherry-red hand appeared, and the unsuspecting Uchiha Gin was instantly slapped out of the window, landing directly in the backyard.

"You'll be out there reflecting on your actions tonight."

Standing by the window, Uchiha Hikaru coldly pronounced his verdict, then slammed the window shut.

"Ouch!"

Once the two women had disappeared from sight, Uchiha Gin finally pulled himself up from the ground, brushed the dust off his clothes, and looked utterly dejected.

"I've shouldered a burden that I shouldn't have to bear at my age."

Sitting on a recliner in the backyard, Uchiha Gin shook his head with a sigh. He had truly endured hardship and bided his time to keep Tobirama Senju's secret.

If it weren't for the fact that they were all from the same village, Uchiha Gin would have already stolen the rubber band from Senju Itama's underwear and used it to flick his windows.

"what?"

Just as Uchiha Gin was pondering where to sleep that night, he suddenly felt the air around him freeze.

It's a familiar recipe.

A water-ripple-like light screen appeared on the open ground not far away. Upon seeing this, Uchiha Gin began to prepare for warm-up exercises.

"Hehehe, whoever it is, you're in for a world of trouble tonight!"

At this moment, Uchiha Gin was filled with resentment and desperately needed a punching bag to vent his anger.

"Da da. da."

As soon as the refreshed NPC stepped out of the light screen, a bright smile instantly bloomed on Uchiha Gin's face.

His white, spiky hair fluttered in the wind, his scarlet eyes held the blank stare unique to NPCs, and his indigo armor was so well-maintained that it could even reflect Uchiha Gin's image.

"Now I have to stand up and play with you!"

Uchiha Gin, who was sitting on the recliner, quickly stood up, looking eager to try.

After a brief loading period, the NPC was successfully activated. Its emotionless eyes swept over Uchiha Gin, and its hands immediately began forming hand seals.

Yin-Si-Xu-Chen

"Oh? It can't be such a coincidence, can it?"

Uchiha Gin blinked in surprise.

bang~

As NPC Tobirama Senju clasped his hands together, a formation that Gin Uchiha was extremely familiar with suddenly appeared on the ground.

"Snapped!"

After the spell was successfully cast, the NPC slapped the ground with one hand, and a cloud of gray dust appeared out of thin air within the formation.

Immediately afterwards, a figure made of ash slowly solidified.

"Is it okay if we don't need offerings?"

Uchiha Gin had assumed his opponent would fail due to a lack of materials, but the NPC in the backyard was able to skip this process and directly perform the Impure World Reincarnation without any cost.

Once the reanimated figure had fully solidified into human form, Uchiha Gin's eyebrows instantly furrowed into a deep frown.

"No, sir, who are you?"

The resurrected corpse before them was an ordinary-looking middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, dressed in red armor commonly seen during the Warring States period, with a white turban tied around his forehead.

The observant Uchiha Gin noticed the Senju clan crest on the other person's armor, indicating that he was a Senju clan member from the Warring States period.

However, the Senju clan only has a handful of strong members, so why would an NPC summon a grumpy-looking middle-aged man for no reason? This left Uchiha Gin completely baffled.

"Could it be an unknown, mysterious, and powerful member of the Senju clan?"

Sensing something was amiss, Uchiha Gin felt that the undead summoned by the NPC were specifically designed to counter him.

So he put aside his contempt and looked at the dead man before him again.

The result was unexpected. Upon closer inspection, Uchiha Gin's memories of being dead for many years began to surface, and his arms started to ache faintly. At the same time, the white-haired NPC standing behind him had a strange smile playing on his lips.

"I'll cook! You are..." (End of Chapter)