Then I'll Be Your Evil God!

Not far away, the arrogant little brat's eyes reddened. With a smack, he threw all the firewood in his hands onto the ground.

He rushed forward in a few long strides and grabbed Uchiha Ci by the collar.

Tears welled at the corners of Hidan's eyes as he sniffed hard. Beneath the expression of a defeated dog, a raging fire blazed in his eyes!

Gripping Uchiha Ci by the collar, he roared:

"Do you know what you've done?!"

"Didn't we agree to join the Evil God Cult together?!"

"Didn't we agree that we'd both have a bright future?!"

"Why, why did you trample on my dream, grind my will into the dirt, and make it worth less than nothing?!"

Hidan's voice gradually cracked, taking on a sobbing tone:

"Why?! Why?!"

"Tell me, why exactly is this happening?!"

"I thought we were friends!"

The cold wind of early spring brushed against their faces, moonlight shining through the thin mist.

Before the bonfire, charcoal crackled and popped.

Hidan lowered his head, looking exactly like a NEET who had failed his first job application, only to realize, while reviewing the reasons for his failure at home, that it was because the friend he had found on Bingxixi to split the cost of a hanging rope had suddenly turned hostile and stabbed the Rope Seller to death.

For Hidan, who had already been deeply disappointed by Yugakure's inaction and longed to devote himself to the Evil God Cult to restore the Land of Hot Water's glory, it was like being struck by five bolts of lightning.

Uchiha Ci took a deep breath and lightly patted the hand clutching his collar.

Including this time, Hidan had already saved him twice.

And he could understand how Hidan felt right now.

It was so similar to when he had tried to blow himself up along with Kumogakure's Trio, only to be inexplicably pinned to the ground and rubbed raw by a scroll using Man Lock Man, ending up with both his money and his life's work gone.

The same unfulfilled desire, the same profound despair.

Back then, Uchiha Ci had wanted nothing more than to bite Moroi to death.

Just imagine: you had Suited Up, spent more than half a year preparing, and marched confidently toward a high-status job—only for everyone in the company, from top to bottom, to get arrested in an anti-prostitution sweep.

You went home full of disappointment, only for your mother to toss you a toilet plunger and tell you to clean the bathroom.

When you entered, you found that the bathroom had expanded fiftyfold, becoming as large as a Football Field, and was piled full of Oli Ge.

The gap between ideals and reality could not have been more despair-inducing.

The present-day Land of Hot Water was that Football Field piled full of Oli Ge.

And now, Hidan—the arrogant brat with no Kekkei Genkai, no powerful ninjutsu, no money, and no power—

didn't even have a decent toilet plunger in his hand.

Uchiha Ci looked Hidan straight in the eyes, let out a heavy breath, and asked gravely:

"Hidan, do you really want to join the Evil God Cult?"

"Your dream, your will—"

"Is it to become the next 'Demigod' and restore the Land of Hot Water, or do you truly want to worship that bullshit evil god?"

Hearing this, Hidan looked as though someone had struck him over the head with a club. He immediately flew into an embarrassed rage and shouted:

"What do you know?!"

"Ci—or rather, Uchiha Ci—what could a Ninja from a major country, a major ninja village, and a major clan like you possibly understand?!"

"The Land of Hot Water, trapped between great nations, has nothing!"

"No sovereignty, no hope, no power!"

"So, so we can only rely on the evil god!"

"Pray for His descent, and purge everything!"

"Only then can we save the hopeless Land of Hot Water!"

Uchiha Ci's gaze gradually sharpened as he asked in a deep voice:

"So what you want is only a future where the Land of Hot Water is saved! Only power sufficient to save the Land of Hot Water!"

"That is the 'evil god' you need!"

"Am I right?"

Hidan fell silent for a moment, then shook his head and sneered.

"Are you going to lecture me like my Jonin teacher did, too?"

The look he gave Uchiha Ci instantly turned cold as he sneered mockingly:

"Uchiha Ci, you sure make it sound nice!"

"Only ninjas from great nations, great ninja villages, and great clans like you can say such pretty words!"

"A bright future, great power—what inspiring phrases!"

"But who is going to give them to me?"

"If I didn't beg and plead like a dog, who would give power to someone like me—someone so useless, helpless, and with nothing?"

Uchiha Ci's gaze turned fierce. He suddenly reached out, hooked Two Fingers into the brat's nostrils, and viciously threw him over his shoulder.

Hidan had never expected Uchiha Ci to suddenly attack.

With a bang, he was flipped onto the ground.

Lying flat on his back, he looked up at Uchiha Ci from that angle.

Uchiha Ci closed and opened his eyes, and the Crimson Sharingan suddenly lit up.

He bent down, straddling Hidan amid the delicate grass, and stared directly at him with These Eyes.

Then, Uchiha Ci's gaze hardened, and in a resolute Deep Voice, he shouted:

"I'll give it to you!"

"Don't you want power? I can become your power!"

"Don't you want a future? I can carve out that future with my own hands!"

"Since you are despairing, helpless, weeping bitterly, and deeply convinced that you are powerless—that you can do nothing, achieve nothing, become nothing!"

"Then stand behind me!"

"Stay behind me and watch carefully as I seize your will and fulfill the dream you crave!"

Uchiha Ci raised his Sword Finger and fiercely tapped Hidan between the brows.

In the firmest voice possible, he shouted:

"Let me be your Lord Evil God!"

Uchiha Ci's voice rang out with resounding force, crashing into Hidan's ears like a great bell!

Hidan's eyes went completely blank, as though those words had brutally torn open his wounds and shattered his defenses.

Then, without him realizing it, a clear tear silently slid down his jaw and dripped onto the damp ground.

On this land of the Land of Hot Water, never before had anyone

acknowledged his will and affirmed that his dream was right with such conviction as Uchiha Ci!

Everyone only ever told Hidan:

Run, we Cannot Defeat them, it has nothing to do with us, come be Lord Evil God's Dog.

But this man had denied all of it!

And he even arrogantly wanted to seize the dream of Master Hidan, who had looked down on everyone since childhood!

Uchiha Ci—

he was simply a Madman, arrogant beyond measure!

Hidan opened his mouth, swallowed a mouthful of saliva mixed with Tears, and stared blankly at Uchiha Ci.

At the black tomoe slowly turning within his Crimson Eyes.

That tomoe seemed to have condensed the strongest will in the world!

Beneath those soul-stirring eyes, his throat suddenly felt dry, and his scalp went numb and prickly.

Every word of denial he could think of seemed incomparably pale at this moment.

In the end, he could only ask in a defeated, self-abandoning tone:

"Why?"

"You're clearly just a genin, just an Uchiha with only a One Tomoe Sharingan, just Cannon Fodder in this Third Shinobi World War that has spread across the entire world!"

"What gives you the right—what gives you the right—to say something like that?!"

Uchiha Ci frowned and guiltily glanced at the line on his own panel.

[Employee: Uchiha Ci.]

[Insurance Status: Paid.]

Then he coughed twice, and spoke with righteous solemnity—

Request Collection, Request Recommendation, Request Follow-up Reading.

For someone like me, with no chapter shout-outs, no Money Power, and only a toilet plunger, these really mattered.

Thanks to Adoptive Father Musa and Jie Hongji for the 2 Monthly Tickets.

Thanks to Adoptive Father Supplier Fugui for the 1 Monthly Ticket.

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