Chapter 58: The Most Trusted Person

In the gloomy dungeon, the rustling sound of turning pages echoed. Uchiha Gin furrowed his brow, carefully reading through the document in his hands.

This was a proposal brought out by Uchiha Yao to prove the truth of his words. Touching the rough texture of the document, it was indeed quite old.

On the worn-out cover, it was boldly written:

"Project for the Cultivation of War Weapons"
Author: Uchiha Tajima
Editor-in-Chief: Uchiha Miao

Too exhausted to吐槽 (complain) about this heavily flawed title, he began to read it word by word.

The content of the document was relatively lengthy, with the first half focusing on the Mangekyo abilities of the original body and Wuming, as well as the inherent flaws of those abilities.

It then pointed out that the two individuals' Sharingan compatibility was extremely high, and releasing their abilities simultaneously could synchronously enhance the destructive power of the Mangekyo.

Uchiha Miao believed that the emotional level of the Uchiha clan's bloodline was far higher than that of others.

This was especially true for teenagers. Once two young people whose age and abilities were mismatched lost control of their emotions, it would bring tremendous losses to the clan.

Fearing such a situation, Uchiha Miao proposed carrying out a "de-volitionization" procedure on the two.

On the premise of retaining their abilities, this would eradicate the instability of their independent consciousness, turning them into emotionless "weapons" to fight for the clan.

Reading this made Uchiha Gin's head spin. The original body held a very high level of trust in Uchiha Tajima, and Uchiha Yao presenting this document before him felt very much like psychological execution.

Turning to the last few pages, the document highlighted the solution to the irreversible decay of Mangekyo ocular power.

According to past records within the clan, when a pair of Mangekyo exhausted their ocular power, phenomena such as physical functional decline, decreased immunity, and most crucially, deteriorating vision would occur.

The attempted solution was to transplant another pair of Mangekyo Sharingan.

If the two pairs of Mangekyo had no rejection symptoms, the ocular power could be restored, with a probability of being able to use all the abilities of both pairs of Sharingan.

"So, my Sharingan was taken away?"

Uchiha Gin raised his head and asked Uchiha Yao, who was sitting silently nearby. Upon hearing this, the other person nodded.

"That's right. Your Sharingan was subsequently removed by Uchiha Tajima and successfully transplanted to the more easily manipulatable Wuming."

As expected, the original body's current eyes were not his own. From the surprised reactions of Uchiha Tajima and the others when he returned from the mission, Uchiha Gin could have guessed that—

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—his current pair of eyes didn't even belong to the Uchiha clan.

"What happened to Wuming in the end?"

Uchiha Gin was quite curious about the ultimate destination of this person named Wuming.

"According to intelligence passed back from Wangliang, Wuming's strength soared after receiving the transplant of your Mangekyo. She was dispatched by Uchiha Tajima to execute brutal wartime missions, and her bizarre abilities made other clans deeply apprehensive."

His single eye gleaming with a faint dark light, Uchiha Yao slowly said,

"Not long after, in the process of executing a mission, she was ambushed by the joint forces of the Senju clan and the Sarutobi clan, and sealed away in an unknown location."

She was actually sealed. Frowning slightly, Uchiha Gin, for some reason, subconciously had a strong desire to find this girl called Wuming.

In an instant, the agitation in his heart left him somewhat breathless, and a faint stifled feeling accumulated in his chest, making him feel an urge to speak out.

"You lured me here and told me these deeply guarded secrets—are you trying to make me do something?"

Although this old geezer named Uchiha Yao was genetically his grandfather, the other party's purpose certainly couldn't be as simple as acknowledging him as family. Otherwise, why go to such great lengths to instill so-called truths into him?

"That's right."

Uchiha Yao openly admitted,

"Actually, I could have acknowledged you long ago, but Uchiha Tajima's influence is too strong; he is not someone you or I can rival. What's more, having lost your Sharingan, your strength had long since plummeted to the bottom."

Uchiha Yao knew that on that day six years ago, after Uchiha Gin overdrafted his Mangekyo Sharingan, his entire body's functions were on the verge of collapse.

Although the Sharingan was stripped away in time, the foundations of his body's meridian pathways had long been ravaged beyond recognition by the backlash of the Mangekyo ocular jutsu. If he were lucky, he might retain a sliver of chakra; if unlucky, he would be nothing more than a cripple.

Judging by the current situation, his luck was not bad.

"Then why are you looking for me now?"

Knowing full well that the original body's strength was indeed subpar, Uchiha Gin asked again.

"Uchiha Yan captured a ninja from the Sarutobi clan some time ago."

A sharp glint flashed in Uchiha Yao's eyes,

"That fellow knows the location of Wuming's seal."

So that was it. This Uchiha Yao was plotting against Wuming. Uchiha Gin suddenly understood.

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Although he had never witnessed Wuming's combat prowess firsthand, judging from the several abilities she possessed after the transplant, her combat power was definitely no weaker than Uchiha Itachi or Uchiha Sasuke when they opened the Mangekyo.

"As long as Uchiha Yan tortures the location of Wuming's seal out of him, Uchiha Tajima will definitely take immediate action to break the seal and once again seize his most prized 'war weapon'."

Uchiha Yao stared into Uchiha Gin's eyes and said with certainty,

"As long as you follow Uchiha Tajima and the others to break the seal, I have a way for you to control Wuming a step ahead of him. By then, no one in the Uchiha clan will be your match."

On what grounds? Because the author is handsome? Or because the readers are dashing?

Hearing Uchiha Yao's plan, Uchiha Gin's first reaction was: on what grounds could he possibly follow Uchiha Tajima on such a confidential mission?

Judging from Uchiha Yao's words, he had once stabbed Uchiha Tajima in the back. That the other party hadn't killed him was already out of regard for blood ties; who would ever reuse someone who had once betrayed him?

"As long as you say you want to go on the mission with him, he will definitely agree."

Noticing Uchiha Gin's doubt, Uchiha Yao said in a low voice with an enigmatic look in his eyes,

"I can only say that the only person in this world whom Uchiha Tajima can trust right now is you."

Hearing Uchiha Yao's hoarse whisper, Uchiha Gin's brain completely short-circuited.

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The Uchiha clan's territory was immersed in the silent night. Within the residence where Uchiha Tajima lived, Madara and Izuna had already fallen asleep early.

The candle in the study was still burning. Inside the room, Uchiha Tajima sat cross-legged on the tatami with his eyes tightly closed, a cold aura circulating around his body. At this moment, he was refining the chakra within himself.

"Hoo~~~"

After不知道 (who knows) how long, Uchiha Tajima heavily exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his tightly shut eyes.

At this moment, what appeared in his eyes were not the usual three tomoe; a pinwheel-shaped pattern slowly rotated in his pupils. Feeling the overwhelming ocular power, Uchiha Tajima muttered to himself inwardly,

"It seems recovery is almost complete."

Recalling the incident from six years ago, Uchiha Tajima closed his eyes in pain. If heaven could give him another chance to start over, he would rather forsake this ultimate pair of eyes than let that event happen.

Because of that incident, not only did he lose the person he loved most, but he also made the nephew he cherished become the target of public criticism.

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