Uchiha Ryoichi stormed off in a huff, leaving Uchiha Gin with a reluctant expression. The people around him looked like a bunch of green leeks in Uchiha Gin's eyes, just waiting for him to harvest them one by one.

"It seems I can't count on Uchiha Ryoichi tomorrow." Uchiha Gin thought it was a pity, but despite that, he couldn't help but shout, "Ryoichi, let’s have a sparring session another day!"

Without turning his head, Uchiha Ryoichi extended a hand and made a friendly gesture with his middle finger, clearly looking forward to Uchiha Gin's challenge.

“Tsk, the local Uchihas are so rude,” Uchiha Gin remarked with a disappointed expression. Today’s fighting quota had already been exhausted, and according to the system's description, even if he entered battle again, the Heart of Steel treasure chest wouldn’t trigger.

He began to carefully examine the treasure chest in his mind, which appeared as flashy as he had seen in his previous life. During the battle just now, as with yesterday's fight against Senju Banjian, there had been an exciting BGM playing, but today he had prepared and actively muted the music.

Uchiha Gin tried clicking on the treasure chest but found no response. He thought, "Isn’t there a description for this item?"

“The system is on the forward server, 90% of the content has not been loaded, please be patient, host…” The long-silent system finally made an appearance and patiently explained to Uchiha Gin.

When Uchiha Gin opened his mouth to ask, the system disappeared again, and no matter how much he called, there was no response. “It seems I can only gather four times to know what rewards this treasure chest holds.”

After fumbling around with no results, Uchiha Gin simply gave up on the research. After all, he had only activated this system for a day, and he could slowly explore its functions later.

He then turned his gaze to the other Uchihas, his dead fish eyes revealing a sinister gleam, causing Uchiha Feihe, who was wiping his short knife, and Uchiha Dalan, who was meditating and refining chakra, to shiver involuntarily.

The next day, an early-rising Uchiha Gin sought out the usually taciturn Uchiha Feihe. “Brother Feihe, I've heard that your swordsmanship is divine. Coincidentally, I was once taught a move by Chief Tajima, so I wanted to take this opportunity to spar with you and improve together.”

Uchiha Feihe was taken aback for a moment and then said, “We’re about to set off; there’s probably no time for sparring now. Let’s talk about it during the break.”

But for Uchiha Gin, how could he let a cooked duck fly away? He said, “It won’t take long; let’s settle this with one move.”

Seeing Uchiha Feihe hesitating again, he added, “Or are you afraid of losing to me? That’s understandable; after all, it’s the chief’s personal technique, and ordinary Uchihas really can’t handle it.”

After saying that, he displayed a look of regret, making others want to gnash their teeth.

Uchiha Feihe looked at him in astonishment, thinking when did this guy become so arrogant? He immediately drew the short knife from his waist and the long sword from his back, positioning himself in front of Uchiha Gin. “Please give me guidance!”

He was actually a dual-wielding style. Seeing Uchiha Feihe’s starting posture, Uchiha Gin steeled himself and drew his own katana.

With both hands tightly gripping the long sword, he gazed coldly at his opponent, as if searching for Uchiha Feihe’s flaws. The two of them stood still for a moment, neither making a move. Uchiha Feihe was looking for flaws, but he found that Uchiha Gin was full of them.

However, Uchiha Gin was waiting for the system's prompt, and since there was no prompt, he felt a bit indecisive. “Please, Brother Feihe, make the first move.”

Recalling the last two battles, it seemed that it was always the other party who made the first move, so after a long silence, he spoke first.

On the opposite side, Uchiha Feihe was also not at ease. He noticed that although Uchiha Gin's movements were ordinary, even full of flaws, his expression remained calm, as if he was confident of victory.

This series of actions made him sweat profusely as he imagined scenarios in his mind. As soon as Uchiha Gin’s words fell, Uchiha Feihe suddenly moved and tentatively struck with his first attack.

Seeing Uchiha Feihe suddenly strike, Uchiha Gin's nerves instinctively tensed, and the system's voice timely echoed in his mind, “Detected host encountering combat, Heart of Steel treasure chest begins to accumulate…”

As he expected, the system would only determine that the battle had started if the opponent struck first.

But doesn't that mean that in future battles, he would have to engage in trash talk to provoke his opponent and draw aggro? Using assassination or sneak attacks wouldn’t trigger the Heart of Steel treasure chest.

Wouldn’t he be transforming from a dark assassin into a warrior who must provoke to the fullest?

Without time to think further, seeing Uchiha Feihe closing in, Uchiha Gin threw down his katana and then raised both hands, confidently declaring, “I concede!”

Uchiha Feihe's blade stopped right in front of his nose, and his usually stern face turned red, as if he had received a great insult.

He hesitated for three seconds, just as he was about to retract his sword and say something, Uchiha Gin suddenly performed a forward roll, swiftly picked up the katana that had fallen to the ground, and slashed upward at the unsuspecting Uchiha Feihe.

Fortunately, Uchiha Feihe was, after all, an Uchiha who had immersed himself in sword techniques for many years. With his extraordinary reflexes, he thrust the short knife forward, deflecting Uchiha Gin's katana, and then leapt back to adjust his position.

“Using such tactics, is that part of swordsmanship? First, you feign weakness, then take advantage of my relaxation to launch a sneak attack. This behavior damages the reputation of the Uchiha clan and surely was not taught to you by the chief.”

Uchiha Feihe looked at Uchiha Gin, who had failed to land a hit, and said in a deep voice, filled with disdain.

“Sir, did you eat shit?” Uchiha Gin explained seriously while thinking to himself, “I was warned by the system for conceding.”

Just at the moment Uchiha Gin conceded by throwing down his katana, he did not hear the prompt he expected to gain energy, but instead, a warning from the system.

“Detected host engaging in match-fixing behavior, deducting 10 energy points. The system has zero tolerance for match-fixing behavior; if the host engages in match-fixing again, the Heart of Steel treasure chest will be revoked. The battle continues…”

The instant he heard the warning, Uchiha Gin reacted in 0.01 seconds, and then he began to counterattack.

Trying to cheat resulted in a loss; the deduction of 10 energy points made Uchiha Gin feel pain in his heart, extinguishing his thoughts of exploiting a bug.

“It seems that I must walk the right path in everything; bugs cannot be touched.”

Since he could not simply obtain energy points this way, Uchiha Gin stopped pretending.

Serious about entering battle mode, it was no surprise that he was knocked down by Uchiha Feihe in three moves, and he nearly dropped his katana.

“Is that it?” Uchiha Feihe looked at Uchiha Gin, who had been easily defeated, incredulously asking, “Weren’t you so confident just now? How did you fall so quickly?”

“Host failed, gained energy *12. The Heart of Steel treasure chest reward can be unlocked after one more battle. (Current accumulated energy: 13)”

Surprisingly, it was two points more than last time.

“Cough, cough, cough... What a thrilling battle, I, Uchiha Gin, will call you the strongest in swordsmanship!”

Kneeling halfway on the ground, Uchiha Gin used one hand to support himself and the other to give a thumbs-up, smiling and showing a shiny tooth.

Uchiha Feihe was left speechless by this scene and immediately sheathed his sword and left without looking back, as if he had received a great insult.

“I gained a lot from this battle; I hope after today’s rest, we can fight again tomorrow!”

Casting a wide net to catch fish, Uchiha Feihe was also a quality leek that must not be missed.

“Idiot.”

The reticent Uchiha Feihe threw down those two words from a distance.

The duration of their battle was short, and the others in the camp had also tidied up. After clearing away the traces, the few of them set off on their return journey.

The unconscious Senju Banjian was still being carried by Uchiha Gin. After a day of trekking yesterday, he had pretty much adapted to carrying a person while on the move, making today’s journey much easier.

Fortunately, they did not encounter any enemies along the way. As night approached, Uchiha Fenghuo, who was leading the way, stopped and ordered everyone to set up camp and rest.

Everyone set up their tents on the spot, and Uchiha Gin had just finished setting up his and was preparing to rest well.

“Brother... brother...” At this moment, Senju Banjian, who had been unconscious for a day and night, slowly woke up, murmuring for his brother.

“Your brother is gone,” Uchiha Gin whispered into his ear like a devil.

“Ah? Huh? Wuwuwu…”

“By the way, your little brother is also gone; congratulations, you’ve become a cute girl who squats to pee~”

Huh? Wasn’t he already…

After being hit with a series of blows, Senju Banjian woke up completely. Seeing the dead fish eyes of the curly-haired person in front of him, he remembered that he had been captured. But just as he called out a couple of times, he felt something stuffed in his mouth, choking him until tears streamed down his face.