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

When Uchiha Kagami removed a stiff corpse, everyone present fell silent. Uchiha Izuna stared wide-eyed, his crimson Sharingan filled with disbelief.

"That guy."

Even though Tobirama Senju's illegitimate daughter had warned him beforehand, hinting that Tobirama might be in grave danger,

Uchiha Izuna still clung to a sliver of hope, pressing the scabbard of his sword against the corpse's pale cheek, attempting to rouse his old rival who was feigning death.

"Stop pretending, reinforcements have arrived. Get up like you used to, all sprawled out!"

As his lifelong rival, Tobirama Senju should have been defeated by him, rather than dying in this desolate wilderness without any explanation.

"Hey! I told you to hurry up, don't keep everyone waiting."

With a tense expression, Uchiha Izuna's hand gripping the hilt of his sword showed bulging veins, and he unconsciously increased the force of his poke at the face.

Everyone who witnessed this scene couldn't help but turn their heads away; anyone could feel the sorrow emanating from Uchiha Izuna.

"Lord Shadow Assistant, please don't do this. The Party Secretary is already dead."

Sarutobi Sasuke couldn't bear to watch any longer and stepped forward to block Tobirama Senju's corpse.

If they keep poking like that, the corpse's jaw will almost be poked off.

"You're talking nonsense! This guy has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. He's probably hiding nearby, waiting to see me make a fool of myself. I'm not going to let him get away with it!"

Uchiha Izuna suddenly raised his head, his scarlet eyes filled with a bloodthirsty aura.

Upon hearing this, Senju Hisa, who was secretly observing her clone, looked up with a hint of surprise, and then, feeling somewhat guilty, subtly took a tiny step back.

Sarutobi Sasuke, who was meeting Uchiha Izuna's gaze, felt a sudden tightness in his chest, but made no move to move aside.

"Lord Kagefusa, please accept my condolences, but we have more important things to do."

He bowed slightly to the seemingly crazed Uchiha Izuna and offered a respectful reminder.

"The Hokage's fate is still unknown."

"Phew, I got it."

Looking down at Tobirama Senju's cold corpse, Izuna Uchiha took a deep breath, his crimson eyes gradually turning back to black, while concealing his barely perceptible sorrow deep within his heart.

"You guys, help her collect her body. Jing, come here and tell me the whole story in detail."

Turning around, Uchiha Izuna pointed at Senju Hisama, who dared not raise her head because of her guilty conscience, and ordered several Konoha ninjas to help her collect Senju Tobirama's body. He then waved to Uchiha Kagami, who had a sorrowful expression, signaling him to go aside and talk.

"Miss Hisana, please accept my condolences."

The Konoha ninjas who helped collect the body saw that Senju Hisa was bowing her head and not speaking, so they assumed that she was too sad at the moment and spoke very carefully.

"Forehead"

Senju Hisana pondered for a few seconds, deciding that she had to maintain her current persona, so without any rehearsal, she immediately got into character.

"Mmm...mmm."

Under the watchful eyes of the group, the girl with long white hair slowly raised her head, her crimson eyes, identical to Tobirama Senju's, brimming with tears.

Large tears streamed down her fair cheeks, her delicate nose was slightly red, and her full lips were bitten until they turned white. She looked so pitiful that even the most hard-hearted ninjas couldn't help but soften their hearts.

"Miss Hishi, don't be sad. We will definitely avenge the Party Secretary."

Disguise is one of the most basic abilities of a ninja. As one of the best ninjas, Tobirama Senju had to strive for perfection. Playing the role of a girl who had just lost her father was a piece of cake for him.

"Aww... Thank you everyone~"

She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and gave a slight bow to the group.

"Miss Hisana, you're too kind. It's nothing we should do!"

At the very moment Senju Hisana was fully immersed in her role, Uchiha Gin, hiding in the Shadow Realm, grinned mischievously and held up a DV camera, recording every frame of the white-haired woman's brilliant performance without missing a single detail.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is a great piece of embarrassing history. At least it can make that white-haired guy work for me for free for ten years."

Clicking his tongue as he put away the DV camera, Uchiha Gin's expression turned serious, his eyes filled with contemplation.

According to Senju Hisama's description, the clone she controlled using the Transformation Technique destroyed one of the clones before dying, but there are no traces of the clones on the battlefield now, indicating that the battlefield was later cleared by the enemy.

By the same token, the missing cousin was probably defeated and captured like Hashirama in prison, and is probably tied up and made into a ball by the enemy now, right?

"As long as he's not dead, there's hope. That kid deserves to suffer a bit, otherwise he'll just keep looking down on people and never learn a single bit of my humility."

Uchiha Gin shook his head. Although he said he would teach Uchiha Madara a lesson, his body betrayed him as he unleashed the Flying Thunder God Technique.

whoosh-

The next moment, accompanied by a golden light, Uchiha Gin's figure landed in a magnificent palace.

He put the unhappy-looking Wang Liang back, then turned and walked deeper into the palace.

"Greetings, Lord Gin!"

The guards on duty spotted the familiar curly hair from afar and immediately bowed in salute. Uchiha Gin nodded.

"Is my uncle home?"

"The lord is currently meeting with a wealthy young master."

"ha?"

"The wealthy young master is currently in charge of the Uchiha Trading Company, and he has come here for business negotiations."

Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow in surprise. This kid Fu You is really something, he's even doing business with the main family.

Since the Uchiha population residing in the Land of Waves now far exceeds that of Konoha, Uchiha Gin has begun to have them privately refer to themselves as the Uchiha main family.

The Konoha faction, on the contrary, became a declining branch family. Of course, they are still completely unaware of the change in their identities.

Since the grandfather and grandson were getting to know each other, Uchiha Gin didn't want to spoil the mood and disturb them. After waiting for a while, he saw Uchiha Yutaka, with a strange expression, hurriedly leave the palace.

Creak~

Unaware of what was going on, Uchiha Gin turned and pushed open the door. Hearing footsteps, Uchiha Tajima, who was sitting on the high seat, looked up in confusion.

"Ah Yin, what brings you here for a visit?"

"I noticed that Rich Kid's expression was a bit off just now. You didn't reveal your identity to him, did you?"

Recalling his strange expression just now, Uchiha Gin asked curiously,

"It's not the right time yet."

Uchiha Tajima gently shook his head. The Land of Waves had not yet developed into a nation capable of rivaling major powers; it needed to secretly develop for some more time.

"That's strange. Fu You is always calm and collected. I've never seen him show that kind of expression before."

"Um, maybe I was too enthusiastic?"

Uchiha Tajima stroked his chin, recalling how he had been holding his grandson's hand and showering him with concern during the negotiations. Perhaps his overly enthusiastic attitude had made the other party uncomfortable for a moment.

"Damn it! I didn't expect the Daimyo of the Land of Waves to be such a gay man!"

Having already boarded the ship returning to the Land of Fire, Fu You finally couldn't hold back his anger and cursed aloud. He frantically scrubbed his hands with water, determined not to stop until he had rubbed the skin off.

"If it weren't for making money, I would never have come to this godforsaken place in my life."

Recalling the burning gaze of the Daimyo of the Land of Waves, Uchiha Tomoya subconsciously felt a tightness in his anus. He remembered that gaze; it was exactly the same as that of the chairman of the Land of Waves's trading company.

"Pah! No wonder it's called the Land of Waves, it's full of gay men."

"Achoo!"

Inside the palace, Uchiha Tajima, who had just heard the news of the explosion a moment ago, suddenly sneezed loudly for some unknown reason.

"Gintoki, what did you say? Madara is missing?"

After wiping his nose, he stood up with a look of surprise and doubt, his dark eyes involuntarily flashing a sinister crimson.

Uchiha Gin picked up the teacup that hadn't yet been removed, took a sip, and slowly nodded.

"It happened not long ago."

"Who did this? The Senju clan?"

As expected of their old enemy, Uchiha Tajima immediately pinned the blame on the Senju clan.

"I even helped them launder money last time. I should have just double-crossed them."

Previously, out of consideration for his son's impending appointment, Uchiha Tajima, showing a moment of kindness, helped the Senju brothers launder a large sum of money to fill the financial gap in Konoha.

The handling fee was only 30%, which is practically charity.

"This matter is indeed somewhat related to the Senju clan, but they are also victims."

"Um?"

Smacking his lips, Uchiha Gin put down his tea, thought for a moment, and then said...

"Tobirama Senju died in every sense of the word."

"Such a good thing has happened! Immediately issue the order that the whole country celebrate for a month and every household can receive a big red envelope."

"Forehead"

Looking at his excited uncle with a face full of black lines, Uchiha Gin scratched his head helplessly.

"Isn't it a bit much to put it up like this now? The seventh day after their death hasn't even passed yet!"

"Hmph! You think I don't know that after I faked my death, the Senju clan celebrated for almost half a year? I've already been quite restrained."

The old uncle, sitting back in his seat, snorted coldly, revealing his magnanimous nature.

"Alright, alright, we can talk about the celebration later. The only thing we can be sure of right now is that my cousin's disappearance, like Hashirama Senju's disappearance, was done by the same group of people."

"That monk Jigen, whom you had the Ghost Corps investigate before?"

Upon hearing this information, Uchiha Tajima frowned slightly. The intelligence network of the Land of Waves was no weaker than that of the other major powers, but so much time had passed and Jigen's information seemed to have sunk without a trace, with no valuable clues found.

"That's right, I came here to ask you to keep an eye on things, Uncle. This time, it's your eldest son who has gone missing."

"Leave it to me!"

Since it concerned his prized son, Uchiha Tajima naturally wouldn't take it lightly.

"I'm relieved to hear that."

After giving his instructions, Uchiha Gin got up to leave, but Uchiha Tajima stopped him with a raised hand.

"Ah Yin, wait a moment, I also have something to tell you."

"Oh?"

Turning back to look at his uncle, whose expression was slightly grave, Uchiha Gin sat back down, adopting a listening posture.

"Ah Yin, the Great Transfer Plan has encountered a bottleneck."

"What happened?"

Upon hearing the words "Great Transfer Plan," Uchiha Gin perked up.

This was a plan he personally devised, with the ultimate goal of secretly relocating the entire Uchiha clan from the Land of Fire to the new Land of Waves, allowing each member of the clan to live a prosperous life without shackles.

"The remaining members of the Konoha clan have begun to refuse overseas assignments, making our plan to shed our skin difficult to implement."

"Now that you mention it, I do recall something like that."

Uchiha Gin nodded thoughtfully.

Because their Great Transfer Plan was proceeding so rapidly, the Uchiha clan members of Konoha were being consumed too quickly. Every day, clan members were dying in battle due to missions, and the casualty ratio even exceeded that of the Warring States period during the Great War.

This led some of the more extreme members of the tribe to believe that someone wanted to harm him, causing them to live in constant fear. This feeling spread quite quickly.

After Madara Uchiha successfully took over the Hokage position, the pent-up emotions of the clan members finally erupted.

Led by Setsuna Uchiha, the pro-establishment faction submitted a petition to Madara Uchiha requesting a period of rest and recuperation. The petition included, but was not limited to, the following:

Members of the Uchiha clan have the right to refuse overseas assignments.

Uchiha clan members must participate in a matchmaking event upon reaching adulthood and marry within one year.

The most, most, most important point,

Nantong is forbidden!

Every bullet fired by the Uchiha clan should be for the clan's revival.

Such an outrageous petition was naturally rejected on the spot by the eldest cousin, but the Uchiha Setsuna faction was not discouraged. Every time they held a clan meeting, they would bring out petitions with similar contents for everyone to appreciate.

As time went on, Madara Uchiha also began to have a headache. He had witnessed the large-scale loss of his clansmen and was deeply worried.

Ultimately, despite Uchiha Setsuna's persistent harassment and pressure from all sides, he approved the first request in the petition.

Uchiha clan members have the right to refuse overseas missions, but in return, they must regularly serve as village volunteers without pay, helping every villager in need.

Since then, virtually no Uchiha clan members have gone out on missions, which has greatly increased the difficulty of Uchiha Gin's Great Transfer Plan.

"That's actually a good thing; you can't put all your eggs in one basket."

After thinking it over, Uchiha Gin decided that it wouldn't be a bad idea to let Uchiha Setsuna and the others stay in the village. After all, that gloomy-looking kid didn't look like a good person, and moving him to the Land of Waves would only backfire and cause trouble for his uncle.

The Great Relocation Plan was not without detailed rules; every member of the tribe who was to be relocated underwent a thorough screening process before being transferred.

Those who remain in Konoha now, apart from Uchiha Gin who is closer to his clansmen, are mostly individuals who failed the selection process and whose personalities are somewhat unstable.

"The important thing now is to find my eldest cousin; the plan for the great relocation can be put on hold for now."

Of course, this does not mean they have been abandoned; these people will always have their place.

"Even if it means turning the entire ninja world upside down, I will find the guy who took Madara and tear him to pieces!"

Uchiha Tajima slammed his hand on the table, exuding the domineering aura cultivated from his long years in a high position. Uchiha Gin below immediately became his straight man.

"My uncle is so cool!"

At the same time, in the remote northwest corner of the Land of Iron, in the northern part of the Land of Fire, an uninvited guest arrived.

"Phew, we've escaped here; that guy shouldn't find us for a while."

The newcomer immediately let out a long sigh of relief, turned his head to look at the unconscious man he was carrying on his back, and a strange melancholy appeared on his face, which was shrouded in black mist.

"How should I explain my identity to the reincarnation of Indra? I need an answer urgently." (End of Chapter)