Clever Hidan, S-Rank Forbidden Jutsu!

Half a day later.

The Land of Hot Water, the site where Uchiha Ci had fought.

A young man with short black hair, wearing a black tight-fitting combat suit and a Konoha Jonin vest over it, landed after leaping through the air.

This person was Uchiha Fugaku.

When he saw the scene in the village, he couldn't help but be horrified.

The original village was no more, replaced by a shattered giant volcano.

It was as if someone had wielded a forty-meter greatsword, hacking wildly until it was reduced to this state.

Scalding hot underground water continuously gushed out, forming a small river from the crater that meandered downwards.

"Great Elder, what did they encounter?" Fugaku frowned slightly, standing on the volcano. He picked up some sand and stone powder from the ground and activated his Sharingan.

"Such devastation can only have two outcomes."

"Either Elder Setsuna finally awakened that forbidden power at the last moment."

"Or he... used that forbidden jutsu."

Fugaku's tone deepened, his Sharingan quickly scanning the ruins.

"Hmm?"

He suddenly frowned, spotting a relatively intact circular area on the riverbed of boiling water.

It was covered in Shuriken and Kunai, with Explosive Tags scattered about, their luster gone.

Deep gouges spread across it, densely packed with craters from taijutsu exchanges.

"Another person was fighting here. The level of this puppet Shuriken jutsu... is it Kyoichiro? No, he doesn't have that capability. Then it must be Uchiha Ci."

"Uchiha Ci."

"Given the tragic state of the aftermath, one can imagine the intensity of the actual battle."

"Is he really just a Genin?"

Fugaku couldn't help but doubt. He thought that even the most talented Uchiha, Shisui, lacking the accumulation of years, wouldn't have been able to achieve this level at this stage.

"Regardless of which scenario it was, the Great Elder must have used this power with intense emotion."

"So, what was he trying to do?"

He knitted his brows, squinting slightly as he looked at the path of the giant sword-like slashes, trying to deduce.

His gaze finally landed on the volcanic rock face, on a Dodai with a clear notch.

"They might still be alive..."

"At least, Uchiha Ci, he is very likely still alive!"

Uchiha Fugaku took a deep breath, and the words Shisui had once said to him came to mind:

'Uchiha Ci will definitely become a bridge between the clan and the village, Elder Fugaku!'

And now, Uchiha Setsuna, the leader of the hawk faction, burned his life to pave a path for this child.

Uchiha Ci, What kind of charm did he possess to make these irreconcilable factions, the hawks and the doves, do this for him?

"Find him!" Uchiha Fugaku exhaled deeply.

"I must find him!"

"This is perhaps Elder Setsuna's last piece of intelligence."

"And... his final will!"

The Land of Hot Water, In a deserted village near Yugakure City, the capital of the Land of Hot Water.

Uchiha Ci opened his eyes.

His vision met an unfamiliar ceiling, shaky and covered in cracks.

"Yo, you're awake?"

A child with slicked-back gray hair, gnawing on a pork cutlet, sat by the bed and glanced at him askance.

"Where... where am I?" Uchiha Ci was bewildered.

His last memory was of being in the volcano, ambushed and knocked out by that old geezer Uchiha Setsuna, hitting the back of his head and passing out.

And this wasn't the first time!

Uchiha Ci gritted his teeth inwardly. He remembered wanting to help set up warning traps before the battle erupted.

That old man also slapped him on the forehead and knocked him out.

Damn it, doesn't he know that kind of slap will give a kid a square head?

"Yesterday, the groundwater from somewhere erupted and formed a hot spring river."

"I found you on the river surface, so I pulled you out."

"Tsk, you're a ninja, aren't you?" The kid with the gray pompadour turned his stool, propped a leg on the bed, and asked with his hands behind his head, raising an eyebrow.

The Sharingan in Uchiha Ci's eyes flashed and disappeared.

Through the Sharingan's unique vision, he observed that the arrogant brat didn't have much chakra within him, not even enough for a Genin.

He frowned slightly, "You know I'm a ninja, and you still dared to save me?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll just hack you to death?"

However, the pompadour kid calmly said:

"Your body is covered in wounds, big and small, but after looking around, I didn't find a single wound on your back."

"Someone who doesn't run away,"

"In the Land of Hot Water, you're probably a good person."

Uchiha Ci's smile instantly froze.

It was the first time in his life he'd been given a "good person" card, and it was from a brat with his nostrils flaring.

It made him want to shove his fingers into the brat's nostrils and give him a back suplex.

But the other person had saved him, even though he didn't really want to be saved.

In the end, Uchiha Ci, as a good person, could only sigh. Having received nine years of compulsory education, he couldn't bring himself to stab his benefactor in the back.

The path to insurance fraud is arduous and full of obstacles!

This is difficult!

"Hey, let me introduce myself, my name is Hidan." The pompadour kid grinned, sticking his thumb towards himself.

"You can call me Brother Dan."

"And you?"

Uchiha Ci was concise: "Genin, Ci."

But he quickly reacted and looked at the kid in front of him with a look of disbelief.

"Wait, what did you say?"

"You're called... Hidan?"

"What's with that look? Of course, my name is Hidan." Hidan sneered, nonchalantly pointing his thumb at himself.

"The future savior of the Land of Hot Water, the Hot Water Kage! That's me!"

"I will end the chaos in the Land of Hot Water, drive out all the great country ninja from this land, and become the next 'Demigod' in the ninja world!"

"This is my Nindo!"

"Wait, Hidan, aren't you an idiot?" Uchiha Ci looked at the kid in front of him with shock, almost opening his Sharingan to see if this Hidan was the real deal.

After all, Hidan was a future member of the 'Akatsuki', a devout follower of the Evil God Cult, a member of the immortal duo, possessing terrifying 'first encounter kill' abilities.

He defeated the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, killed the Guardian Shinobi Twelve, Chiriku and Asuma, with a brilliant record and formidable abilities!

His personality was arrogant, bold, verbose, presumptuous, and a bit slow-witted.

This was Hidan.

The Hidan in front of him, apart from being slow-witted, matched all the other personality traits.

But, A smart Hidan???

What kind of Hidan was this?!

Uchiha Ci's mind immediately conjured up the time he debated with a group of Naruto fans, proposing that if Hidan had a brain, then one could deduce: Summoning Mosquito Hidan, Sanitary Pad Hidan, Blood Donation Truck Hidan.

Hidan having a brain was outrageously absurd--

Completely absurd!

Comparable to Food-Stealing Minato, Healthy Itachi, and Information Jiraiya.

Uchiha Ci blinked dazedly, his pupils beginning to tremble.

"Hey, why are you calling me names?" Hidan frowned, his gaze towards Uchiha Ci gradually changing.

"Oh~! I get it now!"

"As expected, you're stunned by my reputation, so you're talking nonsense."

"So that's what the books call the deterrence of a Kage."

"Alright, I forgive you."

Hidan let out a hearty laugh, pulling out a scroll and tossing it to Uchiha Ci.

"This floated over with you. I can't open it, so it must be yours."

"Take it. I'm going to go get a doctor to check your head now."

Uchiha Ci couldn't be bothered by Hidan's absurd suggestion of getting his head checked.

After taking the scroll, Uchiha Ci immediately noticed the Uchiha clan crest on it.

He weighed it in his hand and found that he and the scroll seemed to share a strong connection.

He felt like he could open it.

And so, Uchiha Ci carefully unrolled the scroll.

When he saw the contents, his pupils suddenly contracted.

Because, the first few large characters he saw were clearly:

Uchiha Style · Secret S-Rank Forbidden Jutsu Sword Technique Ultimate Secret

Sun Halo Dance!

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