Outside the Uchiha Clan Territory, at an Izakaya.
Shin'yu, holding a juice, sat upright, his eyes gleaming with a faint light, his fair and delicate face adorned with a mischievous smile.
Uchiha Chiri sat demurely across from him, her eyes darting around, avoiding his gaze. In front of him, she had completely transformed from a gentle, intellectual, and heroic woman into a shy and bashful maiden.
"So... it was Senior who saved Tong Ren..."
Just now, through Tong Ren's incessant narration, she had understood everything.
It turned out that her younger brother had not died back then, but was taken away and saved by Shin'yu. The one buried in the grave was just a Wooden Style clone of Uchiha Nen.
She raised her head slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Senior, why did you hide it from me back then?"
"If I didn't push you, you wouldn't know where your potential lies, right?" Shin'yu said with a smile.
Zhi Li's small mouth opened slightly, and a trace of understanding flashed in her clear autumn eyes. "Senior wanted to see if I could resolve the internal strife crisis of the Uchiha Clan? Are you also concerned about the Uchiha Clan?"
"No." Nen, who was beside her, shook his head slightly. "Grand Uncle has no expectations for the Uchiha Clan. The one he truly expects is you, Zhi Li."
Waves rippled in Zhi Li's eyes. After a long silence, she nodded. "I understand."
Shin'yu leaned forward slightly, asking with interest, "What do you plan to do next?"
"The matters within the clan have been resolved, and it's time to put down this burden." Zhi Li sighed softly, reaching out to touch Tong Ren's head. "Actually, I don't have such great ambitions. The determination to solve the problems within the clan was only for my younger brother."
"Now that the matter has been resolved, it's time for me to consider myself. Tong Ren's initial dream was to travel the world, and I want to accompany him to see it..."
Shin'yu nodded. "Well, I respect your thoughts. If you really have nowhere to go, you can always go to Forging Blades Workshop in the Land of Iron. That's my place, and the doors are always open for you."
"Forging Blades Workshop... I heard that it's the most powerful Merchant Guild in the Land of Iron..." Zhi Li said in surprise, "Senior is indeed extraordinary!"
"More than that!" Tong Ren's tone became sour. "Even Orochimaru is in the Land of Iron, and he and Hiruko have now become Senior's disciples."
A year ago, after Nen and Tong Ren reunited, they met with Orochimaru and Hiruko with Shin'yu's permission.
The four little ones reunited in the Land of Iron. After meeting, they all lamented how things had changed.
It turned out that the meeting in the Hidden Leaf Forest back then was not a coincidence. Almost everyone here had received Shin'yu's grace.
Uchiha Nen found his Grand Uncle. When he said this in person, the other three were all stunned.
Orochimaru and Hiruko passed the Trial and became Shin'yu's disciples.
And Tong Ren... got his life back, and now he has even seen his long-awaited sister.
"Thank you for your kindness, Senior. I will remember it."
Zhi Li stood up solemnly and bowed to Shin'yu, her purple hair cascading down like water, shimmering with a soft light.
"Calculating the time, you're about 18 years old, right?" A touch of reminiscence appeared in Shin'yu's eyes. "I was about that age when I first met you."
"Really..." Zhi Li was a little surprised. "How did Senior know?"
"You said it yourself. Back then, in this very shop, a little girl confidently introduced herself as four and a half years old in front of me, and even took a piece of cake from me..." Shin'yu joked.
"Ah..." Two red blushes crept onto Zhi Li's pretty face, especially when her younger brothers cast curious glances, her face was already flushed.
Tong Ren coughed a few times, taking the lead in breaking the awkward silence, "Speaking of which, it's really emotional. When I first met Senior, Senior said he knew Sister..."
"It should be the second time we met," Shin'yu reminded.
After chatting for a while, Shin'yu suddenly said, "Calculating the time, it should be about right."
Having said that, he stared at Zhi Li in front of him, the magic circle patterns in his pupils spinning quietly, flowing with a soft light.
In an instant, Zhi Li felt her fatigue swept away, and her eyes gained a bit of radiance.
"Take off the eye patch," Shin'yu said softly.
Zhi Li immediately did as she was told, because she also had a peculiar feeling. When her left eye gently opened, the originally hazy pupil miraculously regained its light, and the scarlet shamrock bloomed again.
"This..." she murmured.
"Consider it a meeting gift from me," Shin'yu said casually.
"Senior's great kindness and virtue, Zhi Li will remember it in her heart!"
Zhi Li was full of joy. Sacrificing the light of one eye in exchange for the Uchiha Clan having no more internal strife was the price she had already resolved to pay, and there was nothing wrong with that.
But who wouldn't want to have both eyes intact? This meeting gift from Senior was truly a bit too precious.
Great kindness needs no thanks. She immediately reached into her bosom, took out a vermilion scroll, and solemnly handed it to Shin'yu.
"This is the Eye Technique 'Izanami' that Zhi Li created with painstaking effort. Although it will sacrifice the eyesight of one eye, it can be cast in a non-visual way, forcibly modifying a person's will. It is a technique to control fate. If Senior doesn't mind, I will give it to you as a small token of my appreciation."
Shin'yu was not ambiguous. He was not the kind of person who put on airs, and immediately expressed his appreciation for "Izanami".
"You were able to create this kind of technique, to be honest, is already very remarkable. I like it very much."
"It's good that Senior likes it. Actually, I also understand that this alone is not enough to repay your kindness..." Zhi Li's face flushed red.
Shin'yu thought for a while, and said meaningfully, "If you leave Hidden Leaf Village like this, you will probably be treated as a Rogue Ninja. How about this, I won't take your things for nothing. I can personally come forward and warn those guys."
Nen silently glanced at his Grand Uncle, raised his cup and drank tea, thinking that if you come forward, wouldn't you be regarded as a Rogue Ninja? Maybe it will attract more hostility...
"No need, Senior." Zhi Li hurriedly said, "I was born in this place. Although I didn't inherit the Will of Fire, this place can be considered where I grew up, and I have also been protected by it. I don't want to turn my sword against it."
Shin'yu nodded, expressing his respect for her opinion.
"Actually, before the duel with Naka, I had already written a letter of resignation, and it has now been submitted to the Hokage's desk," Zhi Li said softly.
"Those guys won't let you go so easily."
Shin'yu pondered for a moment, took out two scrolls from his arms, and handed them to Zhi Li.
"'Eight Gates Release Formation', 'Spiritualization Technique', these are the two forbidden techniques I took away from Hidden Leaf Village back then."
Nen was a little surprised. Shin'yu glanced at him and said lightly, "Don't worry, the version you and Kakuzu cultivated is the modified version. These two are the original versions, and the content is exactly the same as the original."
He put them in Zhi Li's hand and instructed, "Keep them safe. If Hidden Leaf Village really dares to make things difficult for you, then you can return these two scrolls to them in exchange for freedom. Of course, you can also keep them for yourself."
Zhi Li stood up with a "Teng", and subconsciously wanted to decline, after all, this kind of scroll transfer represents handing over the inheritance in the Shinobi World, which only happens between masters and disciples.
"But, Senior, these are your things!" Zhi Li said anxiously.
"Didn't you also give me 'Izanami'?" Shin'yu smiled and narrowed his Clear Autumn Eyes.
"That... that's different..."
"What's different?" Shin'yu lightly snorted, his tone revealing an unparalleled arrogance, "The current me no longer needs these things."
Under his insistence, Zhi Li didn't dare refuse, and could only express her gratitude in a soft voice.
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