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Chapter 923: I didn't include a single lie in this chapter.
"He's right, I do have a thing for older men."
After receiving the message from Uchiha Gin's gaze, Chiyo analyzed the massive amount of information contained within it in just one second, nodded in agreement, and revealed a smug smile that was out of character for her.
"Uncle, what do you think of me?"
Hearing this, Yamato, who had been listening intently, brightened up. In terms of "uncle charm," he had always been far ahead of his peers.
"You? Sorry, I'm Kayan."
Chiyo glanced at the seemingly profound Yamato, making no attempt to hide her disdain.
"woooooo"
After failing to woo a rich woman, Yamato leaned on the ground, his face filled with dejection, and a palpable sense of despondency hung behind him.
Seeing this, Kakashi, who was standing beside him, felt compassion and couldn't help but step forward to comfort him.
"Cheer up!"
"Kakashi-senpai"
Yamato looked up in slight surprise upon hearing this, and seeing Kakashi's concerned eyes, his heart warmed.
"You may not be as handsome as Uncle Yin, but you at least look older than him."
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"So, including us, you hired two groups of people in total. But why didn't the Hokage tell me about Gin-senpai?"
Chiyo's words dispelled Minato's doubts, but another question immediately followed, puzzling him greatly.
They belonged to Konoha, just like Uchiha Gin. Generally, the Third Hokage would inform them of the existence of another group of people before setting off, in order to avoid accidentally harming friendly forces during the mission.
"Oh, because this is a side job I took on."
Uchiha Gin calmly munched on sunflower seeds, spouting off a string of blatant lies to deceive people.
Side jobs?
Minato's expression tightened upon hearing this. Senior Gin was truly audacious; such illegal behavior would be punishable by being dragged into the Anbu's dark room and subjected to brutal torture in the village.
"Aren't you afraid the village will hold you accountable?"
"I haven't been back to the village for decades. How can I support my family if I don't take on some side jobs?"
"what?"
Upon hearing this, everyone in Konoha in this timeline cried out in surprise.
Haven't been back to the village for decades?
No wonder they had never heard of Uchiha Gin.
"Senior, is there something you're having trouble telling us about?"
Thinking of his teacher who traveled all over the ninja world year-round, Minato frowned. Could it be that Gin-senpai, like Jiraiya-sensei, was carrying some unknown mission?
"There's nothing to hide. I left the village and returned to my hometown in the Land of Thunder to look after the graves because my older cousin had a conflict with Hasi's hot mom."
"So it's because of family."
Upon hearing this explanation, Minato's expression softened. He was also a person who valued family highly and could understand Uchiha Gin's feelings.
When Yu-Nai, who was following behind Minato, heard the name "Hasshi Hot Mom," her hand, which was pushing up her glasses, suddenly froze.
"Wait, Minato, doesn't the name 'Hassi Hot Mom' sound familiar?"
He quietly leaned close to Minato's ear and asked in a barely audible voice.
"It's just a very ordinary name. Uh!"
Minato smiled and shook his head, but before he could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed.
"Senior Yin, please say it again, who did your cousin have a conflict with?"
"Hot mom, how come the Konoha ninjas these days are so forgetful of their roots? They can't even remember the name of the first CEO."
Uchiha Gin sighed with a look of deep regret, but his explanation sounded like an S-rank Lightning Release attack to Minato and the others.
They had previously guessed that Uchiha Gin was a powerful figure from the same era as the Second Hokage, but they never expected that his actual experience was far richer than they had imagined.
"So, Uncle Yin, you actually fought alongside the First Generation Lord?"
Kakashi left the dejected Yamato behind, took small, quick steps to approach Uchiha Gin, his eyes filled with admiration.
"We didn't fight side by side."
"call"
Minato and the others breathed a sigh of relief. If Gin Uchiha had truly fought alongside the First Hokage, how could he not have been recorded in "The Will of Fire 2.0"?
"We've clashed a few times."
"Dangdang!"
Uchiha Gin looked down at the Flying Thunder God kunai that had fallen to the ground, raising an eyebrow slightly.
"What, you don't believe me?"
"No! How dare we question Senior Yin?"
Flustered, Minato picked up the kunai that had slipped from his grasp, swallowed hard, exchanged a glance with his teammates, and cautiously continued to ask,
"I wonder who your eldest cousin is, Senior Yin?"
The Uchiha clan, who dared to clash with the First Hokage, are truly unpredictable.
"Madala".
"Clang!"
This time, not only did Minato's Flying Thunder God kunai fall to the ground, but Choza's emergency rice ball and Shimi Aburame's ever-present gourd also fell simultaneously.
Of course, there's also the short sword Kakashi got from his father and Yamato's chin.
"Ma Ma Ma Ma. Madara?"
"Are you surprised? But my cousin and I are indeed quite different. His spiky hair can't be curled even with fire jutsu."
While Uchiha Gin was still talking animatedly, Minato and the others were already stunned into a daze by the news.
Who is Madara Uchiha?
Tobirama Senju, one of the founders of Konoha, would not have become the Second Hokage if it weren't for his disagreement with the First Hokage's ideals.
"Senior Yin, please stop joking. How could you possibly be Madara Uchiha's cousin?"
Minato had read "My Story with Madara," written by the First Hokage himself. The book detailed their journey from acquaintance to friendship, and how they ultimately joined hands to create a peaceful and prosperous era for the Land of Fire.
It only mentions that Madara Uchiha had a younger brother, but makes no mention of any cousin.
"Would I need to joke about something like this?"
Uchiha Gin shrugged. If he wanted to perfectly integrate into this time and space, he had to fabricate a reasonable, legal, and plausible identity for himself.
What seems real may be fake, and what seems real may be fake; wherever he goes, he's still the eldest cousin, isn't he?
"This is just too unbelievable."
Before they could recover from this shocking news, the battle on Naruto's side had already reached a fever pitch.
With Kurama intentionally restraining itself, Naruto, uncorrupted by the malice of the tailed beast's chakra, unleashed the full fighting power expected of four tails.
"Oh!"
The long, extendable claws slammed into An Lushan's puppet body, quickly cracking it and forcing it to stagger backward.
"Snapped!"
Taking advantage of his retreat, Naruto picked up a boulder from the ground and smashed it hard onto An Lushan's forehead.
"Boom!"
After the loud bang, An Lushan, whose head had been smashed into his body, trembled a few times before collapsing to the ground with a thud. His purple chakra cloak also dissipated.
Upon seeing this, Naruto immediately let out a roar filled with the joy of victory.
"Roar!" "Oh~ So, four tails can smash bricks now!"
Upon seeing this, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow. Wasn't this the classic move of the Six-Tails, Hakimi?
We won!
Minato and the others, no longer concerned with speculating about Uchiha Gin's identity, were beaming with joy.
Once the centipede is dealt with, the distorted spacetime will return to normal, and their mission will be perfectly completed.
"Naruto!"
At this moment, Sara, leading a large group of refugees, finally climbed out of the Dragon Vein Tower. Seeing the Four-Tails Naruto frantically breathing beside An Lushan's headless corpse, she cried out in delight.
"roar~"
Upon hearing Sara's call, Naruto shut his mouth, turned his head, and tilted it, looking like an obedient Hakimi.
"Old An, oh~"
Sara jogged to Naruto's side, suppressing the urge to pet the cat. Her gaze fell on the headless corpse of An Lushan lying nearby, a complex expression on her face.
If An Lushan hadn't gone astray and had waited until I ascended the throne, he would definitely have been the most powerful minister in Loulan.
"roar~"
Naruto looked at Sara's gloomy face, scratched his head, wanting to offer some comfort, but then realized he was still in Hakimi's shape, so he immediately yelled at Kurama in the sealed space.
"Nine-Tails, turn me back to normal!"
"Idiot brat."
Kurama, who had been feigning sleep in its cage, opened one eye and looked at the chattering Naruto with a mixture of disappointment and exasperation.
This was the worst group of jinchūriki it had ever managed.
"The battle is over, and I still want to say goodbye to Brother Golden Retriever and the others!"
Naruto knew that the jutsu that sent them would become ineffective after the defeat of the Centipede, so he wanted to say a few more words to his idol before leaving, and hopefully get an autograph so he could brag about it to Shikamaru and the others when he got back.
"Who said the battle is over?"
The Nine-Tails grinned and said something that left Naruto completely baffled.
"Old An, for the sake of our past relationship as ruler and subject, I'll let you collect your corpse once."
In reality, while Naruto was still in a daze, Sara walked to An Lushan's headless corpse, knelt down with a sigh, and wanted to collect the remains of this former loyal retainer.
"Crack!"
As soon as she reached out, An Lushan's headless corpse suddenly raised its arm and firmly grabbed her wrist.
"Ah! It's come back to life!"
The headless corpse, clutching the horrified Sarah, leaped into the air and landed at the entrance of the Dragon Vein Tower.
"Hehehe, my silly princess, you've finally arrived."
With a muffled, sinister laugh, An Lushan's head, which had been smashed into his body, was slowly pulled out by his hand. The whole process was incredibly bizarre and horrifying.
"Old An, you're not dead?"
Sarah looked up at the rapidly operating gears and hydraulic rods inside the wound on An Lushan's neck, her mouth forming a series of large "O"s.
"With the dragon vein protecting me, do you think I'll die so easily?"
As An Lushan's chilling voice rang out, the cracks on his body began to heal at a visible speed, returning to their original state in just a few breaths.
"Roar!"
Naruto was filled with regret. If he had delivered the finishing blow, Sara wouldn't have fallen into An Lushan's hands.
"Kid, I admit you're strong, but you're still no match for me, who's about to become the perfect dragon vein jinchūriki."
Although An Lushan had absorbed the chakra surging from the Dragon Vein Eye, after a brief period of excitement, he discovered that this power was insufficient to support him in becoming a perfect Dragon Vein Jinchūriki.
Because the dragon vein itself has developed a consciousness, only those with the royal bloodline of Loulan can gain its recognition.
Now, this bloodline is in his hands; the puzzle of the perfect dragon vein human jinchūriki has been completed.
After today, he will be the new ruler of the ninja world!
"Bah!"
"What do you want to do to my little Sarah?"
Seeing the sharp blade hidden deep in An Lushan's palm, Chiyo, who was eating melon seeds, put the remaining seeds into her pocket with a grim expression. With a flick of her fingers, the puppet that had been idle for a long time was activated again.
Sensing the palpable killing intent emanating from Chiyo, An Lushan, even after transforming himself into a puppet, still felt his fragile core tremble involuntarily a few times.
"Don't worry, I won't take her life. I just want to borrow something from our princess."
"Hmph! You won't get a single hair from me!"
Chiyo snorted coldly, and the puppet figures floating behind her rushed towards An Lushan at an extremely fast speed.
Minato, standing to the side, also squinted, keeping a close eye on An Lushan's every move, looking for a suitable opportunity to strike.
"hiss!"
Under pressure from multiple sides, An Lushan knew he couldn't delay any longer, so he decisively skipped the trash talk and held a knife to Sarah's neck.
"Your Highness, this old minister wishes to borrow the warm fluid flowing from your body."
"what?"
Sarah blushed upon hearing this, instinctively squeezing her legs together and pursing her lips shyly.
"Um... I've already been up in the tower."
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An Lushan was speechless. Having lost the strength to explain, he simply raised his knife and lightly made a cut on her forearm.
Forget it, let's just take action. Communicating with this stupid princess is too tiring!
"That's it! I did it!"
Clearly sensing the pulsation emanating from the dragon vein within his body, An Lushan pulled out a jar to catch the blood flowing from Sarah's arm, his face filled with greed.
He made the right bet!
Just as An Lushan was carefully collecting Sara's blood, Chiyo's puppet appeared behind him, its figure ghostly and shadowy.
"Pfft!"
A pair of slender arms transformed into two sharp blades, piercing straight into his wide-open back. Pale fragments instantly scattered all over the ground.
"Ok?"
Seeing that An Lushan neither dodged nor flinched, a hint of doubt flashed in Chiyo's eyes, but her hands did not falter in the slightest.
"roll!"
However, before her puppet could inflict a second blow with its twin blades, An Lushan, having already collected the blood, abruptly tossed the pale-faced Sara aside. The purple light emanating from his body blasted the Chiyo puppet behind him away.
"Shh!"
A golden light flashed past, and just as An Lushan was about to raise his hand, he saw the golden light turn in front of him and rush towards Sara, who was clutching her wound.
"Kakashi, quickly bandage the princess."
Minato, having darted back to his original spot, carefully laid down the blood-drained Sara and turned to Kakashi beside him, giving him instructions.
"I'm coming!"
"Stop dawdling, get out of here!"
Yamato pushed Kakashi aside, who was rummaging through bandages, and extended his hands, radiating life energy, to perform basic hemostasis on Sara. At the same time, he looked at An Lushan, who was laughing maniacally while holding a bottle of blood, with a look of utter confusion.
What exactly does he want to do?
"He wants to gain the approval of the dragon vein."
Uchiha Gin tossed the empty sunflower seed bag into a nearby trash can and calmly answered everyone's questions.
As he spoke, he reached into his ninja tool pouch at his waist and began rummaging around. The clanging and jingling of the metal made everyone present tense up.
They immediately sat up straight, their eyes filled with anticipation.
Is Senior Yin about to make a move?
"Shu~"
However, the next second, a bag of potato chips half his height appeared in his hand, and everyone's expression froze simultaneously.
"Senior Yin, you?"
"This is a minor incident, so I don't need to get involved."
As he spoke, Uchiha Gin ripped open the packaging bag with a ripping sound, and an enticing spicy aroma instantly wafted out.
goo-dong-
Ding, a seasoned foodie, felt a pang in his throat upon smelling it. He wanted to go up and ask for some, but worried that he might be too abrupt.
Seeing Choza licking his lips, Uchiha Gin generously handed him the wasabi-flavored potato chips he had mistakenly bought thinking they were cantaloupe flavored.
"Come on, don't be shy. I can't possibly finish all this. If you feel bad about it, then treat me to a meal when we get back to the village." (End of Chapter)