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

"Today's a great day to slack off!"

Clutching a stack of freshly printed indentures, Uchiha Gin hummed a cheerful tune as he walked home.

Of the children, only Nara Shikaku hesitated for a moment while signing; the others signed surprisingly smoothly.
These kids, who haven't experienced the harsh realities of society, have no idea how dirty and despicable the adults are using. They don't even realize that they and their descendants are being sold off.
"It still feels a bit slow."

Even so, faced with the seemingly endless experience bar on the training dummies, Uchiha Gin felt he needed to find other ways to speed things up; relying solely on those few kids was too slow.
"Sigh, I wonder what special effects that thing will gain after it's upgraded."

As evening approached, colorful neon lights gradually illuminated the streets. Lost in his own world, Uchiha Gin stroked his chin thoughtfully, appearing quite out of place amidst the bustling scene around him.
"Gintoki! We got a new machine today, wanna play a couple of rounds?"

The staff member responsible for attracting customers in front of the pachinko parlor immediately lit up when he saw the famous patron, and enthusiastically came over to greet him.
"Oh?"

Upon hearing the words "new machine," Uchiha Gin instantly snapped back to reality, his face immediately lighting up with an eager expression.

"What new machine? Is it the strip mahjong set that was advertised before?"

"Hehe, Gintoki, you guessed right!"

"Haha, then I won't be polite!"

Just as Uchiha Gin was about to follow the staff into the smoke-filled entertainment venue, a small, unhealthy, pale hand suddenly pressed down on his shoulder.

"Who?"

"blow!"

Before he could turn around, a familiar feeling of spatial dizziness washed over him, and the tall figure vanished in a flash of blue light, leaving the bewildered staff member rubbing his eyes in disbelief.
The next second, inside a secret research institute on Konoha's East Street, a blue lightning bolt suddenly appeared, tearing through space. As the light dissipated, two figures landed on the ground.
"Pfft!"

"Ugh~~~"

With a history of motion sickness from the Thunder God technique, Uchiha Gin's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, vomiting. A rainbow of colors splattered all over the ground, causing Senju Hisami's eyes to twitch uncontrollably.

"Clean it up for me later."

Having finally recovered, Uchiha Gin let out a long sigh of relief, casually wiping the grime from the corner of his mouth onto Senju Hisami's white coat.

"Hey you damn white-haired bastard, what are you doing dragging me into this dark little room all of a sudden?"

Ignoring the other person's murderous gaze, he sniffed the air filled with the pungent smell of medicine and a faint stench of blood, and asked with a look of disgust,
"Shua~"

Senju Hisami expressionlessly removed the white coat bearing her handprints, revealing a voluptuous and alluring body that left Uchiha Gin completely unmoved.

After stuffing her white coat into the medical waste bin beside her, she pulled up a chair and sat down, leaning forward, her hands clasped under her chin, her red eyes filled with seriousness as she looked at Uchiha Gin.
"An emergency has occurred; I might be exposed."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin, quite surprised, raised an eyebrow.
If White Hair's identity is exposed, the swindler family will lose all face and become the biggest joke in the ninja world.

Even Senju Butsuma, residing in the Pure Land, would probably be so enraged that he'd voluntarily request to use the Impure Land to punish Senju Hisama.
"Want to silence them? You've come to the right person. As long as the price is right, even a Six Paths Immortal is acceptable."

"It's a board."

The Senju siblings had a prior agreement to remain anonymous in front of others, especially Uchiha Gin. Therefore, Uchiha Gin was unaware that Senju Itama had revealed his identity to the Senju family.

"Prepare for social death."

Uchiha Gin's expression froze, looking at Senju Hisami with a face full of sympathy, as if he could do nothing to help.

There's no way around it; everyone in this world can afford to die, except for Senju Itama.

It seems the incident occurred during his trip to the Land of Rain, but in the past few days, Senju Itama has been carrying out his household chores as usual, with no unusual behavior except for a sudden increase in the number of times he visits the memorial.
How were you exposed?

Filled with doubt, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but ask aloud.

"Actually, it wasn't completely exposed, it's just..."

Faced with Uchiha Gin's questioning, a hint of regret flashed in Senju Hisami's eyes. With a wave of her hand, a tall figure slowly emerged from the depths of the research institute—it was none other than Senju Tobirama, who had been offline for a long time.

"He was accidentally discovered by the board."

She must be filled with regret now. She should never have invited her younger sister to their home to cultivate; otherwise, this clone, which had made a major breakthrough, wouldn't have been exposed to the other party.

"Holy crap, your research was a success?"

Uchiha Gin stared wide-eyed at the familiar old version of the white-haired man, his dead fish eyes wide open.

Through his senses, he could tell that the Tobirama Senju before him was a real, living person, not the mindless clone he had seen before.

"It wasn't a success."

The one who answered was Tobirama Senju. He shook his head stiffly and pointed to his chest.

"Perhaps because it only carries about a quarter of the soul, this clone did not undergo that damn gender change."

After this reminder, Uchiha Gin realized that Senju Tobirama's mental energy was severely depleted, clearly indicating a damaged soul.
Senju Hisana's situation was slightly better; she looked somewhat listless, but her overall strength hadn't declined much.
"No, you've cut off your soul? Isn't that going a bit too far?"

This white-haired guy went to extreme lengths to restore his lower body, even resorting to suicidal actions like severing his soul.
"I would be willing to sell my soul to Death if it meant breaking this wicked curse."

This time, it was Senju Hisama who spoke. She gritted her teeth, looking determined to succeed at all costs.

"Let's not talk about that now. I just want to know how you did it?"

Looking at the two white-haired figures whose soul fluctuations were exactly the same, Uchiha Gin's face was full of curiosity.
Could it be that Hisana Senju stabbed her own soul while performing the Reanimation Jutsu?

"Is this difficult?"

Senju Hisa blinked in confusion.
"Why not just use the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique?"

"Your Grim Reaper doesn't charge a service fee?"

Hearing Senju Hisama's nonchalant explanation, Uchiha Gin couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Please, that's Death himself. It's not easy for him to do that, so you have to offer something in return, right?

"Yes, I did take it, but it wasn't from me."

Nodding slightly, Senju Hisami reached into her robes and pulled out a dimly lit card. A listless, bald fox was perched on it, looking utterly dejected.

"Are you even human?"

Seeing the Nine-Tails plucked bald, even Gintoki Uchiha couldn't help but speak up for the poor giant fox.
I thought it was already bad enough that it was cut in two by Death, but now it seems that some people's birth circumstances have no bottom line.
He asked the Grim Reaper to cut his soul, but used the Nine-Tails' soul, which is its original chakra, to pay the price.
"It's just a slight loss of primordial chakra, which is no big deal for Kurama."

Senju Hisajin shrugged and tucked the pitiful Nine-Tails back into her arms.
"That's primordial chakra, it can't be replenished."

Uchiha Gin, who knew everything about this, shook his head with a complicated expression. After all, he was the first person to cut off the original chakra of a tailed beast.

Even now, that chakra is still multiplying within the amber-colored crystal bottle, which resembles a kimchi jar, providing him with raw materials to create the Tailed Beast cards.
"I see. I'll find a way to get that chakra back for Kurama later." Seeing that Uchiha Gin's expression didn't seem fake, Senju Hisa frowned, a look of certainty appearing on her usually cold and beautiful face.
"But before that."

As she spoke, she looked at her other self. Compared to helping the Nine-Tailed Fox collect its debts, resolving the issue of her own identity being exposed was the most important thing.

You, Nine-Tails, have only lost a little bit of your original chakra, but I, Senju Hisama, have lost my dignity as a man!

"Aren't you supposed to be a walking repository of forbidden techniques? Do you have any techniques for painless brainwashing or permanent memory alteration?"

If Senju Hisama hadn't remembered the curly-haired man in front of her after calming down, the one who had helped her edit the Book of Sealing back then, she wouldn't have told Uchiha Gin about this shameful thing.

"Uh"

You should ask your uncle; he's an expert in this area.
"No."

Uchiha Gin shrugged. "Even if I did, I couldn't tell you. If I killed Senju Itama, I'd be killed too."

"Alas, my illustrious reputation is about to be ruined in an instant."

Senju Hisa looked utterly defeated. The thought of her gender-swapped scandal being exposed to the world made her want to die.
"Where did you get your reputation for heroism?"

After unable to resist making a comment, Uchiha Gin waved his hand at her.
"Actually, things haven't gotten so bad that they're beyond repair yet."

"What do you mean by that? The board saw him clearly from head to toe."

She still vividly remembers the embarrassing moment when her sister accidentally barged into the research lab and caught her examining the male clone; the sister's terrified expression remained clear in her memory.
Every time she thinks about it, Senju Hisa feels an urge to slap herself twice.
I'll make you leave the door unlocked!
"No, no, no, no one knows her better than me. Believe me, there's still room for maneuver."

According to Senju Hisama, Senju Itama only stumbled upon her and Senju Tobirama together, and fled quickly without asking any further questions. This suggests that there was still a lot of room for maneuver.

How to maneuver?

"Is this how you ask for help?"

Seeing the aggressive Senju Hishima, Uchiha Gin pulled up a chair, sat down casually, crossed his arms, and the suggestive look in his eyes was clearly visible.
"You make an offer."

Senju Hisami clenched her fists, but in the end, she lowered her proud head and chose to compromise.
"It would be vulgar to talk about money with our relationship. How about this, I have a student who is very interested in human anatomy. Could you tutor him for me when you have time?"

Realizing he couldn't extract much more from the white-haired man, Uchiha Gin decided to forgo material compensation and instead set his sights on the other's intellectual property.

"Student, whose kid are you? Let me make it clear beforehand, I don't accept stupid Uchiha kids."

Looking warily at Uchiha Gin, whose mouth was agape like a lion's, Senju Hisami frowned and said...

"You remember Orochimaru, right? He's your grand-disciple, by all accounts."

While in the Land of Rain, Orochimaru privately asked Gin Uchiha if he knew anything about body modification during a break from grilling meat.

Unfortunately, he didn't have much experience in this field and could only regretfully say he couldn't help. However, Uchiha Gin didn't rule out finding another master for Orochimaru, and Senju Hisashi was the perfect choice.
"That cross-dressing brat?"

When Orochimaru is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind for Hisana Senju is his disguise technique, which is almost like a gender swap.

"Isn't he on a long-term mission outside?"

"I estimate he'll be back soon, so just be prepared."

Judging by the timing, Iwagakure is about to make headlines. Once the fighting starts, Orochimaru and his crew's infiltration mission will be over.

"I agreed, but I can't guarantee how much I'll learn."

A monkey's disciple, and a commoner ninja at that, is a true member of the Hokage's faction—perfect for training him to contain the Uchiha clan.

"No problem, as long as you're not afraid of starving your apprentice after you've taught him."

Uchiha Gin wasn't worried at all; with Orochimaru's learning ability, it was only a matter of time before he surpassed him.
"I've agreed to everything I was supposed to, now you should tell me what to do, right?"

"In the end, you've overcomplicated things."

Looking at the anxious-looking white-haired girl (fake), Uchiha Gin chuckled and shook his head.

Senju Hisa was too concerned about Senju Itama's reaction, which caused her to lose her composure.

He pointed at the stiff-faced Tobirama Senju, and began to spout nonsense with a straight face.
"His existence is actually easy to explain. It is a miracle that a child who missed his father successfully revived his father through tireless efforts and a series of coincidences, using the power of science."

"Huh?"*2
Upon hearing this brief yet incredibly informative statement, both Senju Hisama and Senju Tobirama, who shared the same memories, were completely dumbfounded.
A moment later, Senju Hisama looked at Uchiha Gin with a strange expression.

"You can't even fool yourself with what you're saying, can you?"

"Don't worry about whether you can fool yourself or not, as long as you can fool others."

"But."

"Is there anyone in Konoha who understands human body science research better than you?"

"Hmph~ Not to mention Konoha, even in the entire ninja world, I'm afraid you can't find a second person who understands it better than me."

"That's it!"

Looking at the arrogant Senju Hisama, Uchiha Gin curled his lip and continued to explain,

"Since no one knows more than you, doesn't that mean whatever you say is the truth, and no one can find any technical basis to refute it?"

"If that's the case, it does seem feasible, but what will happen to him once he's exposed?"

She had figured out how to explain it to Senju Itama, but secrets can't stay hidden forever; the truth about her other self would eventually come out.
"That's easy. You can just make a comeback. You've seen the mess the village has been in all these years. It's a good opportunity to clean it up."

“You’re right. Monkey and Mirror are alright, but Danzo has definitely gotten a bit arrogant. If we don’t correct him properly, I’m afraid he’ll go astray because of it.”

Uchiha Gin's suggestion struck a chord with Senju Hisami. Given her current status, she estimated it would take her many more years to gain control of the village.

But Tobirama Senju is different. Even though he was just an artificial life form resurrected through a clone, his former power still remained, which was just right to clean up the corrupt practices in Konoha.

[As a side effect, severely punish the inherently evil Uchiha clan.]

The thought of once again being able to ride roughshod over the Uchiha clan made Senju Hisama impatient, and she repeatedly urged Uchiha Gin to get on the Time-Space Express.
"There's no time to lose, put your hand on my shoulder and let's go find the board and get to the bottom of this!"

Seeing Senju Hisama raise his finger, preparing to unleash the Flying Thunder God Technique, Uchiha Gin, his face ashen, shook his head and began to retreat as if in resistance.

Can I refuse to board?

However, after taking only a few steps back, he bumped into Tobirama Senju, who had been waiting for him. Turning his head in confusion, he was met with a pair of scarlet eyes filled with mockery.

"Then take my seat, my Flying Thunder God Technique is rock solid."

"Oh~No!" (End of Chapter)