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Land of Hot Water,
Below the cliff outside the Evil God Cult Headquarters.
The cliff was now covered in scars, web-like cracks spread densely across it, and jagged boulders hung haphazardly from the cliff face, ready to fall at any moment.
Mei Terumi held the battle-damaged Uchiha Ci in her arms, staring anxiously at Shennong as he examined him.
"H-he, how is he?"
Shennong frowned. A blue Chakra Scalpel glowed at his fingertip as he cut across the various meridian points of Uchiha Ci's body. It looked less like treatment and more like dissecting a lab rat.
A moment later,
He smacked his lips, his frown deepening.
"Say something! Can he be saved or not?" Mei Terumi asked anxiously.
Shennong took a deep breath, raised his head in annoyance, and said flatly,
"As you can see, he is already dead."
"H-how could that be?" Mei Terumi's heart instantly panicked at those words.
"What? Isn't death normal in the ninja world? Or is there something special about him to you?" Shennong glanced at the expression on Mei Terumi's face and asked with a sneer,
"If I remember correctly, you have known each other for less than a day, right?"
Mei Terumi pressed her lips together, her gaze flickering as she looked at the young man's face.
Shennong was right. Before yesterday, she had never seen this young man. She did not know his name, his appearance, or his personality, much less his wildly ambitious ideals.
But,
This young man,
He had smashed the sacrament and fought to the death in rage against injustice.
Under the moonlight, his Moonlit Promise had made his Clear Ninjutsu Path known and revealed his ambition.
And then there was his burning figure before dawn, gripping the Flowing Flame Greatsword as he came down in a