Not far away, the arrogant brat's eyes were bloodshot as he threw all the firewood in his hands to the ground with a snap.
With a few quick steps, he rushed forward and grabbed Uchiha Ci by the collar.
Tears streamed from Hidan's eyes as he sniffled, his face a picture of defeat, yet a surging inferno of rage burned within his eyes!
He held Uchiha Ci by the collar and roared, "Do you know what good deeds you've done!?"
"Didn't we agree to join the Evil God Cult together?"
"Didn't we agree to have a bright future?"
"Why, why do you trample on my dreams, stomp my will into the ground, and trample it into worthlessness!"
Hidan's voice cracked, turning into a sob:
"Why! Why!"
"Tell me, why is this happening?!"
"I thought we were friends!"
The early spring wind brushed against his face, its clear light reflecting in the mist.
By the campfire, a crackling sound of burning charcoal erupted.
Hidan lowered his head, looking like a shut-in who had just failed his first job interview.
While summarizing the reasons for his failure at home, he discovered that the cause was that a "friend" he'd found on Pinduoduo to buy a noose had suddenly turned on him and killed the rope seller.
For Hidan, who was already deeply disappointed by Yugakure's inaction and yearned to join the Evil God Cult to restore the Land of Hot Water's glory, this was like being struck by lightning.
Uchiha Ci took a deep breath and gently patted the hand that held his collar.
Including this time, this was the second time Hidan had saved him.
And he could understand Hidan's feelings at this moment.
It was eerily similar to when he had recently tried to self-destruct and take out the three Kumogakure ninja, only to be forcefully pinned down and thoroughly defeated by a mysterious scroll, leaving him with nothing.
The same unfulfilled desires, the same deep despair.
At that time, Uchiha Ci had wanted to eat Moroi alive.
Imagine you're dressed in a suit, having prepared for over half a year, and then confidently go for a high-level position, only to find the entire company you're interviewing with arrested for a prostitution bust.
Disappointed, you return home, and your mother hands you a toilet plunger, telling you to clean the toilet.
You walk into the bathroom and find that it has expanded fifty times, comparable to a football field, and is filled with excrement.
The gap between ideals and reality is simply despair-inducing.
The current Land of Hot Water is that football field filled with excrement.
And now, Hidan, a brash kid without a Kekkei Genkai, powerful ninjutsu, money, or authority, doesn't even have a proper toilet plunger.
Uchiha Ci looked directly at Hidan, let out a deep breath, and asked heavily, "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 to truly believe in that bullshit Evil God?"
Hearing this, Hidan seemed to be struck on the head with a muffled blow, and he immediately retorted in anger, "What do you know?!"
"Ci, or rather, Uchiha Ci, what do you know, a ninja from a great nation and a large ninja village family?!"
"The Land of Hot Water, caught between the great nations, has nothing!"
"No sovereignty, no hope, no power!"
"So, so we can only rely on the Evil God!"
"Pray for His arrival, for the purification of all!"
"Only then can we save the hopeless Land of Hot Water!"
Uchiha Ci's gaze sharpened, and he asked in a deep voice, "So, all you want is a future where the Land of Hot Water is saved! Just a power sufficient to save the Land of Hot Water!"
"This, is the 'Evil God' you need!"
"Am I right?"
Hidan was silent for a moment, then chuckled and shook his head, "Are you going to lecture me like my Jonin teacher did?"
His gaze towards Uchiha Ci instantly turned cold, and he sneered mockingly:
"Uchiha Ci, how nicely you speak!"
"Only a ninja from a great nation, a great ninja village, a great clan like you can utter such pretty words!"
"A bright future, immense power, what coveted words!"
"But who will give them to me?"
"If I don't beg and grovel like a dog, who will give power to someone like me, this incompetent, helpless, and utterly destitute me?"
Uchiha Ci's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly reached out, grabbing the snot-nosed brat's nostrils with two fingers and slamming him into a shoulder throw.
Hidan hadn't expected Uchiha Ci to suddenly make a move, and with a thump, he was thrown to the ground.
Lying on his back, he looked up at Uchiha Ci from this perspective.
Uchiha Ci's eyes snapped shut and then opened, his crimson Sharingan flaring to life.
He leaned down, straddling Hidan across the delicate green grass, and stared directly at him with those eyes.
Immediately after, Uchiha Ci's gaze was firm, his tone resolute, and he spoke in a deep voice:
"I will give them to you!"
"Don't you want power? I can become your power!"
"Don't you want a future? I can personally fight to carve out such a future!"
"Since you are in despair, helpless, weeping, and feel utterly incapable of doing anything or achieving anything!"
"Then, why don't you stand behind me!"
"You just stay behind and watch as I seize your will and fulfill your cherished dream!"
Uchiha Ci raised his sword finger and tapped it firmly on Hidan's forehead, shouting in the most determined tone:
"I will be your Evil God!"
Uchiha Ci's voice resonated powerfully, striking Hidan's ears like a great bell!
Hidan's entire being went numb, as if his wounds had been ripped open and his defenses shattered by those words.
Then, unconsciously, a single tear traced a path down his jaw and dripped onto the damp ground.
On the land of the Land of Hot Water, no one had ever, acknowledged his will and the correctness of his dreams with such firm conviction as Uchiha Ci!
Everyone would only say to Hidan:
"Run, we can't win, it has nothing to do with us, come be Lord Evil God's dog."
But this man, he denied everything!
And he even arrogantly declared his intention to snatch his dream from him, Hidan the Great, who had been arrogant since childhood!
Uchiha Ci, he was simply a madman, impossibly arrogant!
Hidan's mouth opened, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva mixed with tears, staring blankly at Uchiha Ci.
He looked at the single black Tomoe slowly spinning within his crimson eyes.
That Tomoe seemed to be condensed from the most resilient will in this world!
Underneath those captivating eyes, he suddenly felt his throat dry and his scalp tingle and itch.
All the words of denial he could think of became utterly pale at this moment.
Finally, as if his defenses had crumbled, he dejectedly asked:
"Why?"
"You're clearly just a Genin, just a Uchiha with a one-Tomoe Sharingan, just a cannon fodder in this Third Shinobi World War spreading across the globe!"
"How dare you, how dare you, say such things?!"
Uchiha Ci frowned, glancing guiltily at the line on his status panel:
[Employee: Uchiha Ci.]
[Insurance Status: Paid.]
He then coughed twice, and spoke righteously—
Please collect, please recommend, please read.
This is really important to me, who has no chapter recommendations, no financial backing, and only a plunger.
Thanks to my adoptive father Mu Xie and Xie Hong Ji for 2 monthly tickets.
Thanks to my adoptive father, supplier Fugui, for 1 monthly ticket.
Thanks to all you lords for your recommendation tickets!
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