Seeing Isn't Necessarily Believing, But I Really Am Not Myself

With a terrified expression, Uchiha Gin looked at the bizarre Old Jailer across from him and instinctively took several steps back to distance himself.

He only wanted information, yet the other man was after his body! Pah, old homosexual! Though he cursed inwardly, he could not show it for the sake of the information from six years ago. He could only force himself to say,

"Thank you for your favor, senior. Let's move on to the next question."

"Who was the person imprisoned here six years ago?"

Uchiha Gin asked the question whose answer he desperately wanted.

"It was what they called..."

The Old Jailer replied leisurely, "a traitor."

"A traitor?"

At the mention of that term, Uchiha Gin frowned again. What had happened six years ago for there to have been a traitor?

"That traitor was...?"

With a vague suspicion in his heart, Uchiha Gin asked.

"Just as you suspect, he was a member of the Uchiha Clan."

The Old Jailer's tone was somewhat grave.

"Then that has nothing to do with the attack on the Clan Grounds six years ago, does it?"

Uchiha Gin felt a headache coming on. The person imprisoned had actually been a traitor to the Uchiha Clan.

As far as he knew, the Uchiha Clan had always been plagued by internal conflicts.

The reason was that Uchiha Clan members were naturally sensitive and deeply attached to people and matters. Their disagreements often led to infighting.

"The attack on the Clan Grounds? Heh heh."

Hearing Uchiha Gin mutter to himself, the Old Jailer gave an eerie laugh.

"What do you mean?"

Sensing that there was more to the Old Jailer's words, Uchiha Gin could not help asking.

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

After his cold laugh, the Old Jailer made a shocking statement.

"What exactly do you know?"

Uchiha Gin's heart shook violently. He had only wanted to investigate the identity of the person imprisoned six years ago, yet he had stumbled upon an even more secretive matter.

After a moment, Uchiha Gin clutched his swelling head. "But I was the only survivor of that attack. I saw the Kaguya Clan slaughter our elderly, women, and children with my own eyes."

The painful memories he had once sealed away were torn open once more. The intense stimulation made his head feel as though it would split apart, and his eyes became bloodshot, like a beast ready to devour someone.

"How can you be sure that what you saw was real?"

The Old Jailer looked at Uchiha Gin, who was clutching his forehead and gasping, then sighed softly. "How do you know that you are truly yourself?"

The Old Jailer's words were like a thunderclap from a clear sky, exploding in his mind.

Uchiha Gin felt as if someone had lifted his skull and was frantically stirring his brain with a stick.

His eyes bulged, as though his eyeballs might burst the next second. From a third-person perspective, the two tomoe in Uchiha Gin's left eye, which had never moved even slightly before, were now spinning rapidly. During this process, a third tomoe slowly emerged.

"Ahhhhh!"

The intense pain made Uchiha Gin cry out in agony, and his miserable wail alerted the Guard at the door.

Uchiha Huoke and Uchiha Erlang rushed to the scene at once upon hearing the commotion. They discovered that the person lying in the cell was Uchiha Gin, whom they had spoken with earlier.

He was covered in cold sweat, his face deathly pale, and his eyes tightly shut. The two immediately began treating him.

Yet no matter what they tried, they could not wake him. Realizing they had no other options, they immediately hoisted Uchiha Gin up and ran toward the Medical Point in the Clan Grounds.

While unconscious, Uchiha Gin dreamed of another unfamiliar scene.

In an unfamiliar hospital room, a Girl sat curled up in one corner, while a slightly older boy sat in another corner.

The scene changed. Amid a field of ruins, the Girl pressed her head against the boy's chest, crying as she said something. At that moment, blood was already overflowing from the boy's eyes.

In the final scene, the boy raised his head. A bewitching Red Moon hung in the sky.

At the Medical Point in the Uchiha Clan Land, Uchiha Gin lay on a hospital bed, with two boys seated beside him.

Uchiha Izuna watched Uchiha Gin's constantly shifting expression with a face full of anxiety, then turned to the boy beside him. "Big Brother, Cousin isn't dead, is he?"

Uchiha Madara's face darkened at the question, and he smacked the incoherent Uchiha Izuna on the head.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't Elder Miao say this guy is built like a bull? He probably fainted because of an old injury from his last mission."

Uchiha Miao, who had gone outside earlier, told them that Uchiha Gin had fallen unconscious because an old injury had flared up.

The mission records of Uchiha FengHuo and the others clearly stated that Uchiha Gin had suffered a head injury after being attacked by the Senju Clan.

Outside the door, the long-unseen Uchiha Tajima was speaking with the round Uchiha Yan. Frowning, Clan Leader Uchiha Tajima spoke coldly, "Elder Yan, what exactly did Gin encounter in the Dungeon?"

Uchiha Yan was sweating profusely. He truly did not know how Uchiha Gin had passed out in the cell. He had clearly visited him yesterday, and Uchiha Gin had been in excellent condition then.

When the two saw Uchiha Miao emerge, they both turned their gazes toward him.

"Uchiha Gin's Dojutsu Power has increased again."

Uchiha Miao said in disbelief,

"And I found that the seal has loosened somewhat."

The two looked at each other, grave expressions appearing in both their eyes.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! Setting aside the seal, those eyes of his were ones I casually gouged from those corpses. There is absolutely no way they could awaken the Sharingan!"

Uchiha Yan spoke with certainty.

"What's going on with the seal?"

Compared to Uchiha Yan's fixation on the Sharingan, Uchiha Tajima was more concerned about the seal.

He had personally placed that seal, and only now had his own eyes recovered. The aftereffects left behind by overusing them back then had been far too severe.

"I can only determine that some force is lightly probing the seal and slowly eroding it."

Uchiha Miao shook his head expressionlessly, indicating that he had no clue either.

"Make sure you uncover the secret Uchiha Gin is hiding."

Uchiha Tajima said, narrowing his eyes.

"Is that really necessary?"

Wiping away his sweat, Uchiha Yan said in confusion, "Now that he has lost his eyes, he is no longer worth wasting our time on. Our top priority should be finding the whereabouts of that 'weapon.'"

When Uchiha Yan mentioned the word "weapon," a hint of apprehension flashed through everyone's eyes.

"How is the interrogation of the Sarutobi Clan member imprisoned in the Dungeon going?"

Uchiha Tajima asked. "There will be results soon. Liuying is handling it personally. Even the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't withstand his methods."

Uchiha Yan assured Uchiha Tajima confidently.

"Don't disappoint me again, Elder Yan."

A flash of crimson passed through Uchiha Tajima's eyes. His icy gaze made Uchiha Yan shudder all over, and the pressure radiating from him made it difficult to breathe.

"Elder Miao, quickly finish researching the materials that person left behind as well. Once the 'weapon' is born, it will still need Shackles. Otherwise..."

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

"The 'weapon' will devour its master."

The strange pattern vanished in an instant. Uchiha Yan and Uchiha Miao did not even dare breathe loudly.

"Father, Cousin Gin is awake!"

The frozen atmosphere vanished as Uchiha Izuna burst through the hospital room door in a rush.

"Elder Yan, Elder Miao, go attend to your work first. I'll go see how Gin is doing."

Uchiha Tajima put on a gentle expression and smiled at the two elders.

"Y-yes, of course."

The two elders felt as though they had been granted a pardon and hurried away.

"Izuna, let's go."

With that, Uchiha Tajima pushed open the door and entered. Seeing Uchiha Gin sitting up in bed, he was about to ask what had happened.

But Uchiha Gin, his expression strange, spoke first. His words were nothing short of shocking. "Uncle, that brat Uchiha Madara is definitely gay. It's an illness—it needs treatment!"