Leek Field and Kaguya Josuke

Inside the Archives Room was a map of the Dungeon. Besides the office and rest areas, it also marked the numbered sections where prisoners were held.

There were three sections in total, labeled one, two, and three. But the Dungeon's layout seemed rather strange, making Uchiha Gin, who was naturally accustomed to symmetry, feel deeply uncomfortable.

After quickly locating the section marked two, Uchiha Gin took the scroll and headed out.

Cell No. 2 was quite close to the Archives Room. After walking for a few minutes, Uchiha Gin arrived before an iron-barred gate guarded by two Uchiha Clan Members.

"Who goes there?"

Hearing a vaguely familiar voice, Uchiha Gin found the two Uchiha Clan Members increasingly familiar the more he looked at them.

"Weren't you two on patrol? Why are you back in the Dungeon?"

Having recognized them, Uchiha Gin asked curiously. These were the two Clan Members he had encountered while patrolling when he first returned to the Clan Grounds. He had not expected to run into them here again.

It's over!

Uchiha Tiedan's heart was filled with despair. Uchiha Gin had actually chased him all the way to the Dungeon just to get revenge.

Yesterday, not knowing Uchiha Gin, he had heard from his teammate that the person he had nearly offended was none other than that "evil beyond redemption" Uchiha Gin.

Afraid of being retaliated against, he had submitted a request that very night, hoping to be transferred to some godforsaken post. Yet on his very first day at work, this "demon" had come knocking.

"Cuihua, I'm sorry. I hope you won't remain a widow for me. Be happy."

Uchiha Tiedan closed his eyes, wearing the tragic expression of a man resigned to being slaughtered.

"What are you standing around for? Open the door. I need to verify the prisoners."

Seeing one Uchiha Clan Member with his eyes shut and muttering to himself, while the other's gaze drifted about as though he had not seen him at all, Uchiha Gin, unaware of what they were imagining, spoke impatiently.

"Huh? You're not here for me?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin's words, Uchiha Tiedan, who had been waiting for death with his eyes closed, opened them in confusion.

"Why would I be looking for you? I'm busy. Hurry up."

"Tiedan, quickly open the door for Gin-sama."

The other Uchiha Clan Member nudged Uchiha Tiedan, who was standing near the lock. Snapping out of his daze, he hurriedly pulled out the key, opened the door, and let Uchiha Gin in.

"What a weirdo."

Uchiha Gin could not make heads or tails of the behavior of this Uchiha Clan Member named Tiedan.

"Which cell is Kaguya Josuke in?"

"My lord, I'll take you there."

Giving the dull-witted Uchiha Tiedan a reassuring look, the other Uchiha Clan Member volunteered to lead the way.

Following him, Uchiha Gin entered the Dungeon's holding area for the first time.

Rows of wooden bars lined both sides. They looked fragile, but every single one was covered in the Uchiha Clan's unique Fire Talismans.

Without the corresponding technique to dispel them, anyone who touched them rashly would immediately be engulfed in flames. At best, they would suffer burns; at worst, they would be reduced to ashes.

As the two men's footsteps echoed, the prisoners on both sides began to stir. "Evil Uchiha! If you've got the guts, let me go! I'll beat you into meat paste!"

The hotheaded brute type.

"Ooh, this one's so tender and smooth. I really want to press him beneath me."

The perverted Gay type.

"Kill me! Hurry up and kill me!!!"

The mentally broken type.

For a moment, the cells erupted like a boiling pot, all manner of voices rising and falling. But to Uchiha Gin, it was far more than just their shouting and insults.

"Detected that the host has encountered battle. Heartsteel Chest accumulation has begun."

"Detected that the host has encountered battle."

"Detected that the host"

*The Heart of Steel notification had not stopped since he entered this cell block, repeating endlessly in his mind as though on an infinite loop.

Everyone here was filled with the urge to fight this Uchiha. Didn't that make this place a lush green Leek Field?

Suppressing the delight in his heart for the moment, he followed the Clan Member to the innermost cell. Inside was a middle-aged man bound tightly hand and foot, his entire body emaciated.

His bound limbs were bent at unnatural angles. He had ash-white hair, and above his brows were two classic red Maro Eyebrows of the Kaguya Clan.

"He is Kaguya Josuke. Gin-sama, be careful. Although his Chakra has been sealed, we have no way to suppress his taijutsu. We can only keep starving him and break his hands and feet."

The Clan Member beside him explained.

"It's fine. Open the door. I'll go in and ask him a few questions."

Hearing that not only was the other party's Chakra sealed, but his limbs had also been broken, Uchiha Gin immediately relaxed and urged the Clan Member to open the door.

"Yes."

Although the rules forbade opening a cell door, the other party was Uchiha Gin. Knowing he could not fight the inevitable, the Clan Member obediently opened the cell door.

"What's your name?"

"This humble one is Uchiha Lucha."

The Clan Member named Uchiha Lucha hurriedly introduced himself.

"Alright, Uchiha Lucha. Go wait outside first. I'll interrogate this prisoner alone."

"But..."

Uchiha Lucha hesitated. This was too risky. If anything happened to Uchiha Gin, his head would definitely be forfeit.

"Don't worry. The guy in there can barely move. I'll just ask a few questions from the doorway."

Uchiha Gin reassured him.

"Alright. Then please be careful, Gin-sama. If he makes any unusual moves, Call Out immediately."

Uchiha Lucha tactfully left.

Uchiha Gin entered Kaguya Josuke's cell. The middle-aged man sitting on a straw mat across from him heard the movement and slowly raised his head. His cloudy eyes held not a trace of life, as though he were a puppet.

"Kaguya Josuke?"

Frowning at the Kaguya Clan member sitting there like a wooden chicken, Uchiha Gin tried asking.

"..."

The other party seemed to ignore his question completely.

"According to the records, you were captured because you slaughtered Uchiha Clan Members who were out on a mission six years ago."

Flipping through the scroll in his hand, Uchiha Gin continued.

"Then do you know that your Kaguya Clan launched a surprise attack on our Uchiha Clan Territory six years ago?"

Seeing that the man seemed withdrawn, Uchiha Gin unwillingly raised his question.

"Ah? Hehahaha, ahahahaha!"

As though some keyword had been triggered, Kaguya Josuke's vacant expression suddenly turned strange upon hearing those words. He first gave a few bizarre laughs, then became incomparably terrified, as though he had seen a ghost.

A Hint Of clarity flashed through his wooden gaze. Looking at Uchiha Gin in the distance, he slowly raised his bound hands.

The next instant, the system notification rang in Uchiha Gin's mind again.

"Detected that the host has encountered battle. Heartsteel Chest accumulation has begun."

Without a second of hesitation, Uchiha Gin immediately stepped back. At the same time, tiny bone spikes shot from Kaguya Josuke's fingertips, all of them embedding themselves in the spot where Uchiha Gin had just been standing.

"He actually hid a bloodline limit."

Having narrowly escaped disaster, Uchiha Gin looked fearfully at the bone spikes deeply embedded in the brick floor and spoke with lingering dread.

Kaguya Josuke's records had not mentioned him possessing a bloodline ability. He had likely kept it hidden as a Trump Card after being captured.

Strangely, why had he hidden it for so long, only to reveal it so easily to an ordinary Uchiha he had just met for the first time?

Seeing that his first strike had failed, Kaguya Josuke repeated the same move, once again pointing both hands at Uchiha Gin.

But this time, it would not be so easy. Uchiha Gin pushed off the ground, his fist wrapped in Strength of a Hundred as it smashed straight toward Kaguya Josuke, who was still preparing the next wave of bone spikes.

Dead Bone Pulse: Ten Finger Drilling Bullets

Facing another volley of rapidly firing bone spikes, Uchiha Gin did not dodge. Instead, he condensed even more Chakra into his fist.

With a dull thud, Kaguya Josuke's bone spikes were all knocked down by his iron fist, and the punch struck the other man squarely in the chest without any suspense.

Kaguya Josuke, already tortured until he was skin and bones, had his chest caved in by the punch. Uchiha Gin's fist also became lodged in his bones.

Just as Uchiha Gin wondered why this move had landed so easily, Kaguya Josuke raised his head, his Facial Expression filled with bloodthirsty madness. He gave Uchiha Gin a strange smile, and a hoarse voice emerged from his blood-spitting mouth.

"Got you."

Dance of the Clematis

Uchiha Gin's face changed drastically as his fist, caught by the broken bones in the man's chest, was trapped. He saw a huge, pale bone flower bloom from the collapsed chest cavity, countless wildly growing ribs stabbing toward his face.