Uneasy Heart, The Curtain Begins to Rise!

With a creak, Hidan pulled the door shut.

Silence returned to the room.

Uchiha Ci looked at the scroll in his hands, his heart sinking involuntarily.

He, who should have died inside the volcano, was now alive and lying here.

And in his hand, there was another scroll detailing an S-rank forbidden jutsu.

He didn't feel this was fortunate.

To be able to live and breathe fresh air, To see sunlight pierce through the holes in the walls, to feel its scorching warmth on his skin.

Burning the patterns on the back of his hand inch by inch.

It was because, The Great Elder, Uchiha Setsuna, had chosen to burn himself in the end.

To carve out a path to survival for him.

However, "Damn it! Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!!"

Uchiha Ci clenched the bedsheets, not a trace of relief on his face.

Instead, It was entirely fear!

He lowered his head, his pair of scarlet eyes wide open, his lips, teeth, and even his facial skin trembling.

The tomoe in his eyes spun wildly, His heart pounded in his chest like a drum.

On the scales of his heart, one boulder after another named 'Uchiha Setsuna' began to press down.

So heavy that he felt unable to breathe.

Uchiha Ci had a very clear understanding of himself.

He knew he was just a common man, He would laugh when happy, cry when sad, be dejected when defeated, and enraged when humiliated.

He possessed the emotions a normal person should have. If someone truly treated him like Karin, willing to give her life for Sasuke, would he stab them with a sword like a vengeful Sasuke?

Or would he, like the extremely filial Itachi, disown everyone and go on a killing spree?

That wasn't solving problems; it was a pathological release of anger.

So, He had been trying his best to avoid contact with the original story and the people in this world.

But now.

Just then, A piece of paper, tucked inside the unrolled scroll, fell into Uchiha Ci's palm.

A line of text on it made him freeze.

'You just go and deliver the message, I'll figure out the method, and also, I'm not dead.'

Uchiha Ci: "..."

He blinked a couple of times and scratched his head.

Finally, he let out a sigh of relief.

Then, he couldn't help but contort his face, rolled up the scroll, and cursed under his breath:

"Damn old man, you weren't dead? You should have said so earlier, hiding so well."

"Making me here think all sorts of nonsense, be gone, be gone! All of you, get out of here!"

Uchiha Ci quickly raised his palms and waved them wildly in the air, as if shooing away something dirty.

The Great Elder Uchiha Setsuna, as one of the veteran Jonin of the Uchiha Clan who survived from the Warring States period.

Izanagi, the forbidden jutsu that forcibly rewrites any unfavorable situation, He would certainly know it.

Uchiha Ci had been too worried and confused, forgetting this point for a moment.

Just then, The door creaked open.

Hidan, who had just entered the room with a doctor, happened to see Uchiha Ci waving his hands and dancing wildly in the air.

He looked rather like he was wielding a sword with his hands, making "shoo shoo shoo" sounds as he practiced some moves.

Hidan couldn't help but chuckle, "Yo, I didn't expect this from you, you've got quite a bit of spirit."

"Good, continue!"

"I haven't been through this phase myself, but I've learned about it from books."

"You don't need to be shy, I understand, I understand."

Uchiha Ci's face was expressionless as he thought, Where in the world is this guy talking about not having been through this phase?

He keeps calling himself "this great me," the guy's clearly never moved past this stage!

But under their gazes, Uchiha Ci awkwardly turned his face away and coughed, saying, "There was just a fly."

At this moment, the tall doctor behind Hidan slightly raised his eyes and said indifferently, "That's impossible. I've sprinkled insecticide all around."

[Shinnosuke expresses contempt towards you.]

Uchiha Ci's face immediately flushed, but after his gaze swept over the subtitles that appeared before him, he couldn't help but freeze.

"Oh, allow me to introduce him. This is a doctor who travels the ninja world, Mr. Shinnosuke," Hidan moved aside, pointing to the tall doctor beside him with his thumb.

"Thanks to him, you would have died from excessive bleeding otherwise."

Uchiha Ci looked up, a hint of surprise flashing imperceptibly in his eyes.

The tall doctor Hidan called Mr. Shinnosuke wore a brown beanie, revealing light gray hair, and a pale yellow lab coat.

This attire, and his name.

Wasn't this the leader of the Sky Ninja Village, Shinnosuke?!

Why was this major boss, who roamed the ninja world in a flying aircraft carrier, appearing in the Land of Hot Water at this time?

And appearing beside Hidan?

Shinnosuke's gaze was calm as he glanced at Uchiha Ci, as if looking at a piece of worthless pork.

After lingering on Ci for a moment, he said indifferently, "I've treated your injuries. Drink plenty of hot water, and that's it."

After his instructions, Shinnosuke shook his head, seemingly uninterested in Uchiha Ci, and turned to leave.

Uchiha Ci watched him leave, making no move to stop him.

There was no intersection between them, no conflict, and it didn't align with his goal of dying for a greater cause.

So, just as Shinnosuke was uninterested in him, a Uchiha...

Even though Ci knew this was a powerful individual who could activate the Eight Inner Gates without dying, someone who could easily crush him into a meat patty, He had no interest in provoking him.

There was a difference between intentionally committing suicide and insurance fraud, Especially when the other party hadn't shown any actual malice.

This was why Uchiha Ci set his sights on the battlefield. Once on the battlefield, their identities would be opposed, their goals conflicting, and they would naturally be clearly divided into two camps.

Life and death struggles were perfectly normal.

"Mr. Shinnosuke is a noble doctor. He doesn't charge for his consultations," Hidan said to Uchiha Ci, watching Shinnosuke leave with great respect.

As he spoke, he walked to the bedside and tossed an apple to Uchiha Ci.

Uchiha Ci didn't reply, merely gazing at Hidan with slightly profound eyes and tutting.

Noble?

That wasn't necessarily true.

After a moment of thought, Uchiha Ci could only think of one reason for Shinnosuke to be by Hidan's side: the secret arts of the Evil God Cult.

After all, the forbidden technique on him, known as 'Flesh Rebirth,' which allowed him to forcibly activate the Eight Inner Gates without dying, might have some connection to the Evil God Cult's 'immortal body' physique.

At this moment, Hidan straddled a chair and said casually, "Ci, I saved your life, and it wasn't so you could lie here."

"Since Mr. Shinnosuke said you're fine, come with me. I need you to do something for me."

Uchiha Ci tilted his head, unable to help but be surprised by his naivety:

"How can you say that so righteously?"

"And why should I help you?"

"You should be thanking my mercy for not stabbing you right now, and you want to ask a wandering ninja to do something for you?"

Hidan didn't seem to care, chuckling, "I've read about this in books. It seems to be called 'cashing in on a favor'."

"You're a good person, you'll definitely help me!"

Uchiha Ci rolled his eyes, feeling a little speechless.

Well, he retracted his earlier thought that this 'smart' Hidan actually had a brain.

Shaking his head, Uchiha Ci curled the corner of his lips and said lightly, "Let's hear it first—"

"Also, let's get this straight, I don't do jobs that aren't life-threatening."

Hidan's gaze sharpened, his smile vanished, and he asked solemnly, "Do you know about the Evil God Cult?"

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