Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Chapter 920 Anyway, White Hair is dead, so let's make up whatever absurd story we can.

"I knew you would come to save me."

Chiyo looked at Uchiha Gin, whose eyes were full of amusement, and her heart, which had been hanging in suspense for the past three years, finally settled down. Her gentle tone carried a fragility that An Lushan was unfamiliar with.

"It's fortunate that you have the mark I left on you, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pinpoint this timeline so precisely."

Shaking his head, Uchiha Gin leaped off the severed tail wreckage and landed in front of Chiyo, tossing the mosquito-coil-eyed girl hanging behind him to her.

"Did little Sarah cause you any trouble?"

Chiyo caught the Loulan princess, who had fainted during the descent due to her fear of heights, and gave a faint smile.

Uchiha Gin shrugged, and while Sara was unconscious, he took the opportunity to badmouth her.

"This little guy seems to really dislike you; he's been complaining to me about your misdeeds quite a bit."

"I'm doing this for her own good. Children who eat too many sweets are prone to developmental problems."

With eyes full of affection, Chiyo gently stroked Sarah's little face and explained softly.

"But she called you an old hag."

humming—

Chiyo, who had been all smiles and affection just a moment ago, suddenly turned pale. The veins on her small, gently stroking hand bulged as she grabbed Sara's chubby little face and lifted it up sharply.

"what!"

"Old Demon"

Sarah, jolted awake, stared wide-eyed at Chiyo's dark face so close to hers, and trembled all over.

"Ok?"

thump--!

Upon hearing Chiyo's veiled doubt, Sara quickly changed her tune, her body language perfectly conveying her sentiment as she performed a standard dogeza (a deep, obeisance).

"Greetings, Godmother!"

Chiyo nodded in satisfaction, then turned her gaze to An Lushan, who stood not far away, his face full of vigilance.

"That's more like it. I warned you not to get too close to that guy. You got fooled, didn't you?"

"Godmother is right!"

Upon hearing this, Sarah immediately nodded vigorously, her expression flattering and obedient.

Uchiha Gin, standing to the side, looked at Sara, who had instantly turned into a sycophant, with great interest. He hadn't expected Chiyo to be her godmother, and immediately nodded with a smile.

"Looks like your relationship isn't as bad as you just said~"

"This was all Old An's conspiracy. Old An has done all sorts of bad things!"

In order to avoid Chiyo's wrath, Sara cleverly betrayed her partner, completely disregarding the concept of loyalty between ruler and subject.

"Uncle! Where did you just go?"

Kakashi, who was supporting Minato, came over and looked at Uchiha Gin, who had come to the rescue, with excitement on his face.

“I went to the restroom, and when I turned around, you were gone.”

Uchiha Gin casually made up an excuse for his invisibility, then turned his gaze to the weak-looking Minato, patting him on the shoulder like a senior.

"You must be Shuimen. I never imagined that so many outstanding younger generations would emerge in the village while I was away."

"you are?"

"Me? Uchiha Gin."

Looking at the overly familiar, curly-haired stranger, Minato frowned almost imperceptibly.

He had a fairly good relationship with Fugaku Uchiha, and one of his former teammates was also an Uchiha clansman, but he had never heard of a Uchiha clan member named Gin Uchiha.

"Senior Yin!"

Just as he was frowning in thought, Yamato, whose face looked even more pale than his, stumbled over.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Da and Xiao prisons."

Uchiha Gin stepped forward to support the swaying Yamato, his face showing a hint of frustration. Seeing the two familiar faces, Minato's doubts lessened somewhat.

Even people from the future know him; it seems that Uchiha Gin is a senior who has silently dedicated himself to the village without seeking fame.

"Greetings, Senior Yin!"

Thinking this, Minato was instantly filled with respect and immediately bowed respectfully to Uchiha Bank.

"Uh"

Chiyo, standing nearby, couldn't help but roll her eyes as she watched Uchiha Gin successfully infiltrate this timeline.

When will Uncle Yin change his mischievous habit of playing pranks?

"Damn it! You bastards, don't ignore me!"

Left standing to the side, An Lushan stared at Naruto, who was in his claws, for a long time before finally unable to hold back his anger and roaring.

"Believe it or not, I'll kill this Jinchuriki brat right now."

As he spoke, he made a gesture as if to pierce Naruto in his hand with his sharp claws.

"do not want!"

Seeing his eldest son hanging by a thread, Minato, his face deathly pale, endured the piercing pain in his meridians and frantically gathered chakra, preparing to unleash the final Flying Thunder God Technique.

"blow!"

The next second, a familiar golden light shone, and Minato's large foot, which had just stepped out, froze on the spot, his azure eyes filled with bewilderment.

No, I haven't locked the coordinates yet, why are you flashing around like that with Flying Thunder God?

"Boom!"

With a sharp crack, everyone saw An Lushan's claws, which were restraining Naruto, snap off at the root. Before Naruto, who was falling from mid-air, even hit the ground, a figure radiating golden light firmly grabbed him by the back of the neck.

"What?!"

To everyone's surprise, the person who came to the rescue was not Minato as they had imagined, but the lazy-looking curly-haired guy from before.

"Watergate?"

Choza Akimichi pinched his bruised face, and after confirming that this was not a hallucination, he looked at Minato beside him with disbelief.

The Third Hokage himself said during a meeting that, apart from Minato, no one else in the entire Hidden Leaf Village had successfully mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"It is indeed the Flying Thunder God Technique, and it is even the Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God Slash."

The layman sees the spectacle, but the expert sees the essence. Minato recognized at a glance the technique Uchiha Gin used—the Flying Thunder God Slash, which even he had not fully comprehended.

Who exactly is this senior? Why haven't we heard Jiraiya and the others mention him?

Minato scrutinized Uchiha Gin, who returned accompanied by golden light, his face practically screaming with doubt.

"Thank you so much, Curly-haired Uncle!"

Naruto, who had been dragged to the ground by Uchiha Gin by the neck, looked up and happened to see a familiar ping-pong paddle pattern. His expression was a mixture of gratitude and curiosity.

Are they Sasuke's clansmen?

"Senior, what is your Flying Thunder God technique?"

Minato stepped forward to check on his son, who was covered in blood. He breathed a sigh of relief upon finding that the wounds had already scabbed over, then turned to cast a curious glance at Uchiha Gin standing to the side.

You mean this?

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin swung his long sword, chakra imbued with space-time power coiling around its blade, making Minato's eyes nearly pop out of their sockets.

"It was made a long time ago by an annoying white guy."

Anyway, the white-haired guy in this timeline is long gone, there's no way to verify anything, so he can just make things up however he wants.

Annoying white hair?

The group exchanged puzzled glances, all clearly seeing utter bewilderment in each other's eyes.

"As far as I know, the Flying Thunder God Technique should be the second generation!"

Minato raised his hand, about to voice his doubts, when two photos on the Hokage's office wall suddenly flashed through his mind, and his expression changed abruptly.

白毛

Isn't the Second Generation Lord all white-haired?

Tobirama Senju: Mine is understated yet luxurious silver-gray!

"Senior, could it be that you and the Second Hokage..."

At this moment, a glint of light flickered in Minato's eyes as he guessed some unspeakable details.

After all, this news was too unbelievable. The unfamiliar Uchiha Gin in front of him didn't look like a senior from the same era as the Second Hokage at all.

"I didn't expect you to be so clever. I do know that white-haired guy from the past."

Seeing that the act had been convincing, Uchiha Gin stopped hiding it and readily nodded in admission.

"How could that be? Then what happened to you?!"

Just as Minato was about to raise a second question about Uchiha Gin's age, An Lushan, enraged by being ignored in the distance, unleashed a massive purple ball of light at them. The powerful shockwave from the attack caused everyone to sway from side to side.

"Die!" "Oh no, get out of the way!"

As everyone watched the incredibly oppressive chakra energy blast, preparing to scatter and avoid it, the composed Uchiha Gin stepped forward, raised one hand, and vanished from his spot along with the blast just before it struck him.

"boom!"

The next moment, a light blast that had just disappeared suddenly appeared above An Lushan's head, who was still talking not far away. Before he could react, the light blast engulfed him.

"Snap~ Snap~ Done!"

Uchiha Gin reappeared before everyone, clapping his hands, his face calm and collected, as if he had only done something insignificant.

"So you've also mastered the Yin Sealing Technique, no wonder you've maintained such a youthful appearance."

As everyone swayed from the shockwave, Minato keenly noticed the black mark beneath Uchiha Gin's bushy curls on his forehead, and immediately understood.

That makes sense; this senior is indeed an elder from the same era as the second generation.

"You know quite a lot, kid."

Uchiha Gin glanced at Minato with feigned surprise, then nodded solemnly.

"That's right. The reason I'm still alive is because of this Yin Sealing Technique that I worked on day and night with Mito."

"Roar!"

Suddenly, an enraged roar erupted from the smoke and dust at the epicenter of the explosion, followed by a pillar of purple light shooting into the sky.

"This is bad, An Lushan wants to devour the entire dragon vein."

Chiyo immediately saw through the scheme, her delicate eyebrows furrowing into a deep frown.

"If we don't stop him, the entire Loulan will be sent flying into the sky by this force."

"Huh? What should we do now?"

Naruto scratched his head in frustration upon hearing this, while Sara looked on with deep regret.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault."

"Sarah, show the spirit of the next queen. Making mistakes is not terrible; what is terrible is not having the courage to correct them."

Seeing the dejected Sarah, Chiyo's pretty face hardened, and she earnestly admonished her.

"Godmother, I understand!"

Sarah clenched her small fists tightly, then abruptly raised her head, her eyes, which had been full of evasion just a moment ago, now filled with determination.

"Please, everyone, hold off Old An!"

"Sarah, what are you going to do?"

Naruto blinked in confusion, watching Sara bend down to take off her cumbersome high heels, while simultaneously tearing her long lace skirt into a miniskirt.

"I'm going to seal the dragon vein."

Sarah must take responsibility for her own mistakes; this is a test she must undergo on her path to becoming a queen.

Uchiha Gin turned to look at Chiyo, his eyes full of inquiry.

"In that case, kid from Konoha, you protect Sara, and we'll hold off An Lushan."

Chiyo, of course, wouldn't let this rare exam opportunity slip by. After giving Uchiha Gin a pleading look, she nodded to Naruto.

"Leave it to me!"

Naruto gave a thumbs up and followed Sara as they ran toward the Dragon Vein Tower not far away.

"Don't even think about stopping me!"

After absorbing a sufficient amount of dragon vein power, An Lushan's size increased even further. He tore through the purple pillar of light and poked his head out, spitting out several purple light bullets at the departing Sara with a sinister grin.

"blow!"

The reassuring golden light shone again, but this time it became two beams.

"Your recovery is pretty good, Minato."

Gin Uchiha, who had returned most of the energy blasts to their rightful owners, raised an eyebrow and looked at Minato, who had exerted all his strength to send a single energy blast into the sky, with admiration on his face.

"Hehe, Kushina said the same thing."

Having received recognition from his senior, even the usually composed Minato couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.

"Boom!!!"

After the series of explosions subsided, An Lushan's massive body was covered in wounds of all sizes, but thanks to the power of the dragon vein, he quickly recovered.

"I absolutely cannot let that silly girl ruin my plans."

Gin Uchiha, the troublesome outsider, glared hatefully at him. An Lushan quietly plunged his body into the ground, and several puppets, strengthened by the power of the Dragon Vein, burrowed underground and chased after Sara.

"Chirp!"

Before the puppets could go far, a bird-like explosion resounded in everyone's ears, followed by a blue bolt of lightning piercing the ground and blasting out a pile of black puppet parts.

"That is?"

Yamato stared wide-eyed in astonishment at the blue plasma shooting out from Uchiha Gin's hand.

Chidori Stream?

This kind of trick already existed in this era?

As expected, Kakashi-senpai only knows how to copy!

"Don't even think about trying anything under my watchful eyes."

Only then did everyone notice that a terrifying red light had appeared in Uchiha Gin's narrowed, lifeless eyes.

"Uncle! That move you just made was so cool! Can you teach me?"

Kakashi looked at Uchiha Gin, who was wielding lightning, with eyes full of admiration, his little face flushed with excitement.

"I'll definitely when I have time."

Gin Uchiha glanced at the creator of his technique and nodded perfunctorily.

"Senior, do you have any other ways to deal with him?"

Minato stared at Uchiha Gin's calm and handsome face for a long time before suddenly asking,

"No."

Uchiha Gin shook his head. Chiyo had begged him to give Sara a chance to prove herself.

Snatching candy from kids is fine, but stealing their thunder is a no-go.

"Is that so?"

Minato nodded in disappointment, but a feeling lingered in his mind that something was off about Uchiha Gin.

Perhaps I'm overthinking it.

Remembering the bloodline limit revealed in Uchiha Gin's eyes, Minato ultimately chose to trust the villagers.

"You all forced me to this!"

Seeing that his scheme had been exposed by Uchiha Gin, An Lushan, enraged, raised his thick, long centipede-like body and rammed it headfirst into the distant Dragon Vein Tower.

He planned to use the sealing technique within his body as a catalyst to completely release the dragon vein sealed beneath Loulan.

"Explode! Explode! ba!"

"Boom!"

An Lushan, who was suspended in mid-air, paused in his ferocious expression and looked at Uchiha Gin, who was blocking him with one hand, in disbelief. Was this the strength of a human being?

"Did I let you go?"

Suspended in mid-air, Uchiha Gin curled his lip, then suddenly raised his fist, enveloped in a monstrous blue chakra of immense strength, sending the centipede puppet, comparable to a tailed beast, soaring into the sky.

"Smack!"

Upon witnessing this scene, Minato and the others all slapped themselves, especially Yamato, whose eyes were filled with complex emotions and confusion as he looked at Uchiha Gin.

"I'm just baffled, how exactly did Itachi Uchiha manage to do that back then?" (End of Chapter)