Chapter 36: Seeing Is Not Always Believing, But I Really Am Not Me

Looking at the eerie-looking old jailer opposite him with a face full of terror, Uchiha Gin instinctively took a few steps back to create distance.

He only wanted information, yet the other party actually had designs on his body! Bah, old pervert!

Even though he was cursing inwardly, he couldn't show it for the sake of the information from six years ago. He could only brace himself and say,

"I appreciate your kindness, Senior. Let us move on to the next question."

"Who was that person imprisoned in the jail six years ago?"

Uchiha Gin posed the question he was most desperate to know the answer to.

"They are what they call..."

The old jailer answered leisurely, "...a traitor."

"A traitor?"

Hearing this term, Uchiha Gin's brow furrowed again. What exactly had happened six years ago that would result in a traitor appearing?

"Who was that traitor?"

Uchiha Gin asked, harboring a faint suspicion in his heart.

"Just as you suspect, it was a member of the Uchiha clan."

The old jailer's tone was somewhat heavy.

"Then that has nothing to do with the attack on the clan grounds six years ago, right?"

Uchiha Gin felt a headache coming on. The person captured turned out to be a traitor of the Uchiha clan.

From what he knew, there had always been internal conflicts within the Uchiha clan.

The reason was that Uchiha members were naturally very sensitive and held deep obsessions with people and matters, so internal strife often broke out due to disagreements.

"An attack on the clan grounds? Heh."

Hearing Uchiha Gin's monologue, the old jailer let out an eerie laugh.

"What do you mean by that?"

Sensing that the old jailer's words held hidden meaning, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but ask.

"They whitewashed that incident as an attack. It's truly laughable."

After his cold laugh, the old jailer uttered something shocking.

"What exactly do you know?"

Uchiha Gin's heart shook violently. He had only intended to trace the identity of the person imprisoned six years ago, but he had stumbled upon an even more secretive event.

A moment later, Uchiha Gin clutched his throbbing head.

"But I was the sole survivor of that attack. I saw with my own eyes that it was the Kaguya clan who carried out the massacre against our elderly, weak, women, and children."

The painful memories that had once been sealed away were unearthed once more. The intense stimulation caused a splitting headache, and his eyes turned bloodshot, making him look like a predatory beast.

"How can you be sure that what you saw is the truth?"

Looking at Uchiha Gin, who was gasping while clutching his forehead, the old jailer sighed slightly.

"How do you know that you are truly yourself?"

The old jailer's words were like a sudden clap of thunder, exploding in Gin's mind.

Uchiha Gin felt as if someone had pried open his skull and was stirring the contents frantically with a stick.

His eyes bulged, his eyeballs looking as if they would burst at any second. From a third-person perspective, the two tomoe in Uchiha Gin's left eye, which had never moved an inch, were now spinning rapidly. During this process, a third tomoe slowly emerged.

"Aaaaaah!"

The intense pain forced Uchiha Gin into a loud wail, the miserable sound startling the guards at the door.

Uchiha Firecore and Uchiha Jiro arrived at the scene immediately upon hearing the news. They found that the person lying in the cell was none other than Uchiha Gin, whom they had just been communicating with.

At this moment, he was drenched in cold sweat, his face deathly pale, and his eyes tightly shut. The two immediately attempted to rescue him.

However, despite using every means possible, they could not wake him. Realizing they were helpless, the two immediately hoisted Uchiha Gin and ran toward the clan's medical station.

In his coma, Uchiha Gin dreamed of a strange scene.

In an unfamiliar infirmary, a young girl sat with her knees tucked in a corner, while another slightly older youth sat in the opposite corner.

The scene shifted. Amidst a field of ruins, the girl's head rested against the youth's chest, crying and saying something. At this moment, the youth's eyes were overflowing with blood.

In the final image, the youth looked up, and a bewitching red moon hung in the sky.

At the Uchiha clan's medical station, Uchiha Gin lay on a hospital bed, with two youths sitting beside him.

Uchiha Izuna watched Uchiha Gin's ever-changing complexion with a face full of tension. He turned to the youth beside him and asked,

"Big brother, is cousin about to kick the bucket?"

The questioned Uchiha Madara's face darkened. He slapped the incoherent Uchiha Izuna on the head.

"What nonsense are you talking? Didn't you hear Elder Miao say this guy is as strong as an ox? He probably just fainted due to old injuries from his last mission."

Uchiha Miao, who had just gone out, had told them that Uchiha Gin's coma was caused by the recurrence of an old injury.

The mission records of Uchiha Fuhuo and others clearly stated that Uchiha Gin had once sustained a head injury during an attack by the Senju clan.

Outside the door, Uchiha Tajima, whom they hadn't seen for a long time, was conversing with the stout Uchiha En. The clan leader, Uchiha Tajima, spoke coldly with a furrowed brow,

"Elder En, what exactly did Gin encounter in the dungeon?"

Uchiha En was currently sweating profusely. He truly did not know how Uchiha Gin had fainted in the cell; he had clearly gone to visit him yesterday, and Uchiha Gin's condition had been excellent at the time.

Seeing Uchiha Miao coming out, both men turned their gaze toward him.

"Uchiha Gin's ocular power has increased again," Uchiha Miao said, sounding somewhat incredulous.

"Furthermore, I detected that the seal is loosening slightly."

Hearing this, the two looked at each other, their eyes simultaneously filled with gravity.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Setting aside the seal, those eyes of his were just plucked from those corpses; there is no way he could activate the Sharingan!" Uchiha En said with certainty.

"What is the situation with the seal?"

Compared to Uchiha En, who was preoccupied with the Sharingan, Uchiha Tajima was more concerned with the issue of the seal.

That seal had been applied by his own hands, and his own eyes had only just recovered; the aftereffects of overusing them back then had been too severe.

"I can only detect that a certain power is lightly touching the seal and is slowly consuming it."

Uchiha Miao shook his head expressionlessly, indicating that he was also at a loss.

"Make sure to investigate the secrets hidden within Uchiha Gin."

Uchiha Tajima said with narrowed eyes.

"Is that really necessary?"

Wiping his sweat, Uchiha En said in confusion, "Having lost his eyes, he is no longer worth our time. Our top priority now should be finding the whereabouts of that 'weapon'."

Upon hearing Uchiha En mention the word "weapon," a flash of dread passed through the eyes of everyone present.

"How is the interrogation of the Sarutobi clan members held in the dungeon progressing?"

Uchiha Tajima asked.

"Results will come soon. Ryuei is handling it personally; even the Sage of the Six Paths wouldn't be able to withstand his methods," Uchiha En guaranteed with great confidence.

"Do not disappoint me again, Elder En."

A crimson glint flashed in Uchiha Tajima's eyes. His cold gaze made Uchiha En feel a chill through his entire body, and the pressure radiating from him made it difficult to breathe.

"Elder Miao, you must also research the data left behind by that person as quickly as possible. When the 'weapon' emerges, we will need shackles, otherwise..."

His gaze grew even colder. Within his slightly narrowed eyes, there were no longer the familiar three tomoe, but a peculiar pupil shaped like a four-pointed shuriken.

"The 'weapon' might turn against its master."

The strange pattern vanished in an instant. Uchiha En and Uchiha Miao did not dare to even breathe heavily.

"Father, Cousin Gin is awake!"

The frozen atmosphere was instantly dispelled as Uchiha Izuna burst into the infirmary.

"Elder En, Elder Miao, please attend to your business. I will go see how Gin is doing," Uchiha Tajima said to the two elders with a warm, smiling face.

"Alright, alright."

The two elders left quickly, feeling as if they had been granted a reprieve.

"Izuna, let's go."

With that, Uchiha Tajima pushed the door open. Seeing Uchiha Gin sitting up on the bed, he was about to ask a question.

However, Uchiha Gin, with a strange expression, spoke first, saying something utterly shocking

"Second Uncle, this kid Uchiha Madara is a total jerk. This is a disease; it needs treatment!"

(End of Chapter)