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

Hakurei Shrine,

As night fell, the shrine was illuminated by warm candlelight. A long dining table, made up of two and a half tables pushed together, was laden with exquisite food that seemed out of place with the shrine's simple decor.

"Snoring! Snoreing!"

The steaming food emitted an enticing aroma. The apprentice priestess Miroku was frantically shoveling rice into a bowl bigger than her head, her small cheeks bulging out.

"Gah!"

Suddenly, because he ate too quickly, Maitreya's small esophagus was tightly blocked by the ribs that hadn't been chewed properly, and he choked so badly that his eyes rolled back.
Fortunately, Uchiha Shinobu noticed her unusual condition. Seeing the little girl's flushed face, he handed her a cup of warm honey water with a touch of pity.
Gudu~Gudu~
"Phew, Sister Xie Zhili! I think I just saw Mother waving at me from the Sanzu River!"

Having narrowly escaped death, Miroku patted his chest with lingering fear and thanked Uchiha Osamu with gratitude.
"Little Maitreya, slow down, no one is going to take it from you."

"But this is so delicious! We haven't had a meal with fish and meat in so long."

Little Miroku pursed his lips, put the rice bowl back on the table, and looked at Reimu Hakurei beside him with pitiful eyes.
"You agree, Master?"

"Uh?"

When asked the question, Reimu Hakurei was clearly distracted. She was mechanically shoveling rice into her mouth when she was first startled by the question. After noticing the strange looks from the others at the table, she spoke up seriously, explaining...

"Don't talk nonsense. We just had sweet and delicious frog soup last month."

"Hmph! Master, how dare you say that? Suwako was so cute, yet you ate her!"

It would have been better if Reimu hadn't brought it up; the moment she did, Miroku's face instantly turned from sunny to cloudy, and large tears welled up in his eyes.

Suwako was a frog found in front of a shrine. The kind-hearted Miroku regarded her as a friend who couldn't speak, but one day, this friend suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Miroku initially thought Suwako left because she missed her family, but the delicious frog porridge served that evening shattered her happy childhood.

"But you still ate three big bowls of food with tears in your eyes, didn't you?"

Reimu, who was gnawing on ribs, glanced at her aggrieved little disciple beside her, a look of helplessness flashing across her face.
Suwako is no ordinary frog; she's clearly a toad imbued with chakra. Her true identity is most likely a ninja beast released by an enemy spy to gather intelligence.
Having fled from the Land of Demons, Reimu naturally didn't want to cause trouble. So, when Miroku went out to gather wild vegetables, she pretended to be disgusted and threw the suspicious toad into the bustling city center to fend for itself.
As for the ingredients used to make frog porridge, they were actually offerings given to Reimu by the owner of a barbecue restaurant after she prayed for the restaurant's son, who had just turned one year old.

"But."

Miroku frowned, as if recalling the wonderful times she spent with Suwako, but for some reason, all she could remember was the sweet taste of her friend, and drool involuntarily trickled from the corner of her mouth.
"But Suwako is really delicious."

"That settles it. Your friend is accompanying you in another way that transcends life and death. Isn't that good?"

Reimu picked up a piece of sweet fish and placed it in Miroku's large bowl, speaking in a gentle tone as she told him something truly terrifying.
"Is that so? Suwako, you've been with me all along."

Maitreya blinked, looking confused, and subconsciously reached out to touch his full belly, his eyes filled with nostalgia.

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Seeing this, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but twitch his lips. Is it really okay for this child to be with Hakurei Reimu?

"Thank you for your hospitality. Please rest for a while. I will go and prepare the guest rooms for tonight."

Reimu seemed to sense Gin's gaze, so she quickly finished her food, apologized to everyone, and got up to leave the table first.

"Ah Yin, that priestess was secretly watching you while she was eating. Tell me honestly, what exactly happened between you two inside the barrier?"

After Reimu left, Hikaru Uchiha, who was sitting next to Gin Uchiha, finally found an opportunity to ask a question. He asked in a low voice, his eyes dangerous.

"Handsome men attract trouble. With my looks, isn't it normal for me to attract the attention of young girls in love?"

Uchiha Gin sighed, spreading his hands with a helpless expression, only to be met with a disdainful look from Uchiha Hikaru beside him.
"If I tell you the truth, you'll get upset again."

Uchiha Gin gently pursed his lips, a hint of doubt appearing in his eyes as he picked up his chopsticks to eat. He had noticed that Reimu had been observing him, intentionally or unintentionally, ever since she returned.

There was definitely a hint of infatuation with his handsomeness in her eyes (?), but there was also a very small part of deep contemplation.

Has my disguise been exposed?

Uchiha Gin frowned, but quickly relaxed his brow.
impossible,
After donning the alias of CEO E, he meticulously disguised himself from head to toe. Unless one was someone he spent every day with, no one would be able to detect his true identity.
Even his two cousins ​​were kept in the dark, so how could Reimu Hakurei, a stranger he had only met for less than 24 hours, possibly have noticed anything amiss?
He must be overthinking it. Perhaps Reimu Hakurei is pondering how to repay the gold brick she offered.

After comforting himself with this thought, Uchiha Gin put the matter out of his mind, picked up the thick honey water on the table, and began to drink large gulps to replenish his sugar levels.

After the meal,

As one of the hosts, Miroku rolled up his sleeves and volunteered to wash the dishes. Seeing this independent young girl, Uchiha Kazumi, feeling some empathy, also joined in, cleaning up the mess.

"Whew, so full!"

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Uchiha Gin lay lazily on the tatami mats in the shrine's corridor, a toothpick dangling from his mouth, enjoying the rare moonlight over the Land of Rain.
"Tsunade and the others would like to invite you to dinner before you leave."

Kneeling beside him, Uchiha Hikaru gently stroked his fluffy curly hair and whispered,
"Those kids are really thoughtful. They were just a bunch of arrogant brats before, but now they've become adults who can stand on their own."

With his eyes half-closed, enjoying Hikaru's gentle massage, Uchiha Gin's face was filled with sighs.

The previous battle against the clone army had already proven that Tsunade and the others were now far stronger than he remembered them being involved in gambling, prostitution, and drugs.

If war were to break out, the encounter between the three and Hanzo might give our ninja world's demigod an unforgettable memory.

"Is it really okay to hand those clones over to Madara?"

Seeing that Uchiha Gin had agreed, Uchiha Hikaru looked up at the empty corridor and then quietly inquired about another matter.

"My older cousin is very experienced in raising clones."

Recalling how Sasuke had been raised by Madara Uchiha into a Genshin Impact-like character, Gin Uchiha chuckled and replied.

"But what about the seals on them?"

Having briefly clashed with Isshiki, Uchiha Hikari was deeply impressed by his unpredictable strength. She worried that the seals Uchiha Gin had placed on the clones might be broken by Isshiki.
"You can rest assured about that. That's a Ten Directions Seal that I just developed specifically to counter the Wedge. It's absolutely safe, isn't it?"

Uchiha Gin was proudly showing off his newly developed sealing technique to Uchiha Hikaru, but his expression suddenly froze halfway through his sentence.
Ten Directions Seal
He suddenly understood why Reimu Hakurei had been secretly observing him; it turned out that his sealing technique had given her a clue.
"Tsk!"

Thinking of this, a glint of determination flashed in Uchiha Gin's eyes, which were tingling with a headache; it vanished in an instant.
Now that things have come to this, he can only use his unique methods to silence Reimu Hakurei, the insider, forever.

"Guests, the rooms are ready!"

Just then, the young Miroku, dressed in simple pajamas, ran barefoot down the shrine's corridor, waving and gesturing for the others to rest.

"This is the room of Sister Zhili and Sister Guang."

Opening the door to a guest room, Miroku pointed to the two futons on the tatami mats inside and kindly introduced them to the guests.

"I want to share a room with Ah Yin."

Uchiha Hikaru frowned, his expression displeased, and coldly protested.

"Huh? But Mother said that girls can't sleep in the same room as boys before they get married!" Miroku, feeling a bit intimidated by Uchiha Hikaru's gaze, shrank back slightly, but finally mustered the courage to reply.
"Your mother."

Miroku's pure gaze rendered the slightly angry Uchiha Hikaru speechless for a moment, and his half-open mouth gradually closed.

"Senior Guang, don't get angry with a child. Besides, what she said makes sense."

Uchiha Shigeaki secretly gave Miroku a thumbs up, and immediately stepped forward to offer some gentle words of comfort.
"It's just one night, Xiao Guang, why don't you have a chat with Zhi Li?"

Uchiha Gin didn't seem to find anything wrong with it. He nodded to the unhappy-looking Hikaru, then reached out and patted Miroku's head beside him, saying with a smile,

"Lead the way, I've never stayed overnight at a shrine before."

"Ok!"

Miroku genuinely liked the man beside him who was such a good cook. He immediately beamed and took Uchiha Gin's hand, leading him towards the guest room in the backyard.

"Uncle Chef, please come with me!"

The reason she was crying in the courtyard at that time was not only because she was worried about Reimu's disappearance and the fact that she hadn't managed to steal any sweet and sour fish from the pot, but also because she was afraid of what she would do if she could never eat such delicious food again.

"Uh, isn't this too far?"

After following the lead of the young monk Miroku for quite a while, Uchiha Gin looked back at the dark corridor and asked with some confusion,

"This is a room that Master specially instructed us to use to entertain distinguished guests."

Stopping in front of a large door, Little Miroku tiptoed and pushed it open. A guest room even more spacious than the double room that Hikaru and the others had occupied appeared before Uchiha Gin's eyes.
The room not only has a large bed, but also a private bathroom, with a pre-filled bathtub steaming with hot water.

Is this the power of BRICS?
Looking around and finding nothing amiss, Uchiha Gin nodded thoughtfully.

"Please get some rest!"

After completing his task of leading the way, Little Miroku waved to Uchiha Gin, trotted out of the room, and thoughtfully closed the door behind him.

"Not bad~"

Uchiha Gin walked to the bathtub, reached out to test the perfect water temperature, and a look of satisfaction appeared on his face.
Swish—swish—

"Hmm~"

After quickly stripping himself naked, he plopped down in the bathtub, letting out a satisfied groan. The fatigue from the day's battle vanished instantly under the hot water.
"I love taking a bath, my skin feels so good~ Oh oh oh."

"click"

Having soaked enough, Uchiha Gin hummed an unknown tune as he prepared to climb out of the bathtub to rinse off. Suddenly, the half-closed bathroom door was pulled open from the outside, and a cloud of white steam rushed out, enveloping a slender figure.

"Bata~"

"Uh"

Upon seeing Reimu Hakurei, dressed in a close-fitting bathrobe, with a massage tub rolling at her feet, Gin Uchiha, who had just taken a step forward, froze on the spot.
The two stood there stunned for a full minute. A gust of cold wind blew by, and Uchiha Gin, feeling the icy coolness of the drumstick, subconsciously tightened his anus. His expression remained unchanged as he stepped out with his other leg, casually grabbing a nearby towel and wrapping it around his waist.

"You've come to the wrong room, haven't you?"

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After skillfully turning the tables, Gin Uchiha noticed that Reimu was still in the same position as when she pushed the door open, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"You've been watching for so long for nothing, so tell me what happened?"

As he spoke, he stepped forward and noticed that Reimu's eyes were empty, clearly indicating that her brain had been overstimulated and was malfunctioning.
Her cherry-pink lips trembled as she mumbled something softly.
"What a huge Kagura bell!"

After hearing this clearly, Uchiha Gin scratched his head, looking puzzled. He recognized the Kagura Bell; it was a dance prop that shrine maidens held when performing blessing dances.
The upper part has a bell hanging from it, and the lower part has a stick-shaped handle; the overall design is quite normal.

Gently shaking his head, Uchiha Gin, who was only wearing a bath towel, turned around and took out a blue and white yukata from his four-dimensional chrysanthemum to put on, in order to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings.

"Are you OK?"

Gin gently poked Reimu's cheek, and only after her pupils began to focus did Gin Uchiha finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Her eyelashes, still damp with moisture, fluttered, and Reimu Hakurei's eyes regained their sparkle, her cheeks instantly flushing. She shakily raised a finger and pointed at Gin Uchiha, who was standing almost touching her.
"Why aren't you wearing clothes while taking a bath?"

"Don't you want to listen to what you're saying?"

Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes upon hearing this. Who would wear clothes while taking a shower?
"Don't people wear them here?"

Reimu, her voice trembling with surprise, quickly picked up the wooden basin from the ground and held it to her chest. In their Land of Demons, shrine maidens always wore yukatas when bathing.
"The customs of your land of demons are quite strange."

Looking at Reimu blocking the bathroom door, Gin Uchiha cautiously glanced behind her a few times. Confirming there was no trap, he asked suspiciously,

"What are you doing here? I didn't book any door-to-door service."

"Gold bricks".

"?"

Hearing Reimu, whose face was flushed, mutter the words "gold brick" under her breath, Gin Uchiha was filled with question marks.

"Isn't it common sense for a shrine maiden to give something in return after receiving offerings?"

"what?"

Uchiha Gin stared blankly at Reimu, who had suddenly become so assertive, his slightly open mouth moving slightly.
"The customs of your land of demons are quite interesting."

"Just sit still and behave!"

In return for Uchiha Ginse's one million gold brick, Reimu, as the heir to a traditional shrine maiden, went all out, pointing sternly at the small stool in the bathroom and giving an order.

"not me."

"Why are you, a grown man, acting like a woman, so slow and indecisive?"

Before Uchiha Gin could finish his refusal, Reimu forcefully pushed him onto a bench, tearing off the yukata he was wearing.

"Huh? Yamete!"

Stripped down to just a bath towel, Uchiha Gin clutched his chest, trembling as he looked back at Reimu, who stood with her hands on her hips.
"Shut up, don't make a sound, Maitreya is right next door."

what!
Do shrine maidens play this exciting game?
Swish swish~ swish!
"hiss"

Just as Uchiha Gin was eagerly anticipating experiencing the special services, a sudden pain shot through his bare back, a burning sensation from the friction making him grit his teeth.

"Oh my, I didn't expect you to be so enthusiastic, huh? Well, I guess I'll have to get serious now." (End of Chapter)