Lost Memories: A Boy's Growth Is Always Accompanied by Setbacks

However, as the two children grew older, their more mature bodies allowed them to gain increasingly skilled control over their Sharingan.

Uchiha Yao also gradually shifted his focus to research and basically stopped having unnecessary conversations with the two children.

"You're sneaking candy again. Aren't you afraid worms will eat all your teeth away? I'm going to tell Grandfather Miao."

When the Girl saw the boy secretly pull a piece of candy from his bag and stuff it into his mouth, she immediately warned him.

"Mmph, mmph, mmph!"

But before the Girl could finish speaking, Uchiha Gin swiftly stuffed another piece of candy into her mouth. As the faint sweetness spread across her tongue, she felt the warmth of the boy's palm through her lips. Her Small Face instantly flushed bright red, pink and tempting.

"We're family, so you absolutely can't betray me."

Hearing that she wanted to report his rule-breaking, Uchiha Gin reluctantly dug into his stash to bribe her. The Girl, who was slightly younger than him, was his Childhood sweetheart who had grown up with him. Having no interest in little girls, he had always treated her as his own Younger Sister.

Uchiha Gin had always been an unwavering mature-woman enthusiast!

No little girls, and definitely no Gay stuff~

"Family!"

In her flustered state, the Girl only caught those three words clearly. Her brain immediately crashed, and she was so embarrassed that she nearly fainted.

"Hey, hey, hey, why aren't you saying anything?"

After receiving no response from the Girl for a long while, Uchiha Gin looked strangely at the steaming-red Girl before him. Thinking he might have covered her mouth and suffocated her, he hurriedly removed his hand.

"Ah! Why did you faint again?"

Recently, for some reason, the Girl would turn feverish and red after barely exchanging a few words with Uchiha Gin. Whenever he approached her, she would inexplicably faint.

If it did not have no effect on anyone else, Uchiha Gin would have thought his transmigration benefits had finally arrived and that he had obtained Conqueror's Haki ×1.

The first few times, it had scared him so badly that he did not know what to do and hurriedly called for help.

Later, when it happened more often, no one bothered anymore. The older sisters and aunties in the research institute would even point at them with knowing looks, instantly enlightening Uchiha Gin.

It's all a misunderstanding!

She's just my little sister~

Just then, the infirmary door opened, and Uchiha Yao, whom he had not seen in a long time, entered.

Gone was his usual kindly expression. This time, his face was cold. After seeing the unconscious Girl, he frowned, then turned away and ordered his subordinates to wheel her out.

They had clearly conducted tests that morning. Why were they taking her away again? Feeling that something was off, Uchiha Gin stepped forward and asked, "Hey, hey, hey, where are you taking Xiao Guang?"

Uchiha Yao stiffly turned his head at those words. His pitch-black eyes were devoid of life as he coldly stared at Uchiha Gin for a long while, as if confirming something. After a moment, he said, "There's a new experiment. They'll call for you later too."

There was not the slightest emotion in his voice, as though he were a soulless robot.

"Old geezer?"

Uchiha Yao's gaze felt utterly unfamiliar to Uchiha Gin. It was as if he were examining merchandise rather than his own grandson, making Uchiha Gin's heart race with unease.

He hurriedly spoke up.

Hearing Uchiha Gin call him an old geezer, a Hint Of anger flashed through Uchiha Yao's eyes. A faint glimmer flickered in his black pupils, but it was quickly swallowed by darkness.

Without answering, Uchiha Yao turned around and left with his subordinates and the Girl without looking back, leaving a stunned Uchiha Gin alone in the infirmary.

After only a brief daze, Uchiha Gin, sensing that something was wrong, hurried out of the infirmary. Ignoring the Guard's attempts to stop him, he ran toward Uchiha Miao's office.

"What? You're saying Grandfather Miao was sent out to search for clan records?"

Yet he had come for nothing. Uchiha Gin panted as he looked at Uchiha Miao's empty office, then turned to the Guard who had stopped him from entering.

"Yeah. Elder Miao left yesterday. Before he went, he said this trip might take several days."

The Guard answered truthfully. He did not dare get rough with the Clan Leader's nephew. This little ancestor was not someone he could afford to offend easily.

"All right."

With nowhere else to turn for help, Uchiha Gin thought of a round figure and turned to run toward the Guard Department's office.

"As it happened, Elder Yan also left yesterday. He said he was going to the Dungeon to find experimental subjects. He probably won't be back today."

The people from the Guard Department informed him of Uchiha Yan's whereabouts. He had also suddenly received orders to leave.

The two Elders who were normally always around had both been sent away. How could there be such a coincidence?

Feeling that something was wrong, Uchiha Gin decided to go out and find his Uncle. But just as he reached the research institute's entrance, someone stopped him.

"Sorry, starting today, you are forbidden from leaving until we receive orders from above."

The Guard at the entrance blocked him stiffly.

Looking at the unfamiliar Guard before him, the sense of danger in Uchiha Gin's heart grew even stronger.

The two Elders had been sent away under pretexts, the entrance Guards had been replaced, and he was not allowed to leave.

Worried about the Girl's safety, Uchiha Gin decided to bypass everything and find Uchiha Yao directly to get an explanation.

Inside the Laboratory, the unconscious Girl slowly woke up and discovered that she was tied to a bed, surrounded by several strangers.

At the sight, the Girl was immediately startled. She struggled fiercely, but it was useless. The Chakra within her seemed to have been sealed, and she could not use her Eye Technique to resist. Instead, the straps cut blood-red marks across her wrists and ankles.

"Who are you?"

Knowing she could not break free, the Girl glared at the strangers before her and demanded loudly.

"A 'Weapon' must have the awareness of a 'Weapon.'"

One of them responded coldly.

"What Weapon? I have a name. I'm Uchiha Hikari."

Hearing the unfamiliar term from the man, the Girl named Uchiha Hikari instinctively retorted, "Don't waste your strength. This was always your fate."

Another person, whose face could not be seen, stepped forward and pressed a large black hand against her forehead.

The next second, the Girl felt an intense pain erupt in her head as all kinds of painful memories flooded into her mind.

The loneliness after her parents' sacrifice, the pain of being imprisoned and researched by her clansmen after awakening her Mangekyo, the desolation of licking her wounds alone in the Dungeon—countless negative emotions poured into the Girl's mind all at once.

"AAAAAHHH!!!"

Her head felt as though it were splitting apart. Under the onslaught of those negative memories, her mind was on the verge of collapse, and her miserable screams echoed through the entire space.

Just before she lost consciousness, she seemed to see the people around her extend pairs of suffocatingly large hands toward her.

"A 'Weapon' does not need a weak name! You will continue living as the Nameless 'Weapon'!"

The name she had cried out was denied, and only cold darkness remained before the Girl's eyes.

As the Girl fainted once more, the several figures standing around her suddenly melted into mushy black pools like ink and slowly crawled in one direction.

In the distance, Uchiha Yao watched everything with an unchanged expression and lifeless eyes, as though he had not seen that bizarre scene.

The black shadow moved beneath Uchiha Yao's feet and eerily merged into his reflection.

Only after the Black Shadow fused with him did Uchiha Yao seem to activate, some light returning to his eyes.

BANG! BANG! BANG!!!

The Laboratory door was hammered loudly. Standing outside, Uchiha Gin waited anxiously. Seeing no response after such a long time, the boy's eyes turned scarlet.

The tomoe in his eyes began spinning rapidly. Just as they were about to merge together, the Laboratory doors opened. Uchiha Yao stood in the doorway with a cold expression, scrutinizing the boy on the verge of erupting.

"Why are you in such a hurry? It'll be your turn soon."

P.S.: Before transmigrating, the protagonist had only read part of Boruto. As for someone like Uchiha Hikari, he had never even heard of her~ The protagonist's origins are about to be revealed. Little Cat kneels here to thank all you dear readers for your Follow-up Reads! m(o__)m