As the celebration ended, everyone's lives returned to normal, but the nests of certain evil entities remained restless.
"Hand it over."
"What is it?"
Rimuru and Milim looked at Zhong Chen with guilty expressions.
"What do you two think?"
"We don't know."
"Yeah, we don't know anything."
Zhong Chen watched the two, who were so guilty they almost twisted their heads 360 degrees, and a cold sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Alright, alright, refusing to admit it, are we..."
Zhong Chen extended his right hand and lightly snapped his fingers.
A remote control-like object flew out from Rimuru's collar.
Seeing this, Milim immediately took a step away from Rimuru's side.
At the same time, she pointed at Rimuru with her right hand and shouted loudly:
"Wow! Rimuru, you actually stole A Chen's stuff! Now you're caught red-handed, what do you have to say for yourself!"
Rimuru looked at Milim, who was righteously accusing him, with an expression of disbelief.
"Milim, you actually betrayed me!"
"I don't know anything, don't slander me! A Chen, you have to believe me, I've never even seen this thing."
Milim shook her little head so fast it looked like it was flying off, and the grievance on her face was practically overflowing.
"Milim, your acting has improved recently. Should we give you an Oscar?"
Zhong Chen stood by, coldly observing Milim's performance. He didn't believe a single punctuation mark of what she said.
"Huh?"
Milim tilted her little head, her two big, watery eyes wide open, looking at Zhong Chen with an innocent expression.
Seeing Milim like this, Zhong Chen declared that his heart was as hard as iron; trying to melt it with cuteness was a pipe dream.
"Rimuru, it seems this incident has nothing to do with Milim. As the culprit, what is your punishment?"
"Huh? It wasn't me..."
"Enough nonsense, Heavenly Punishment!"
"Ow, stop hitting me, I'm being hit..."
Rimuru squatted on the ground, covering her head, as the abyss above her mercilessly rained down. Feeling guilty, she could only beg for mercy helplessly.
"Hehe, Rimuru, you still need further training, wahahaha."
...Unbeknownst to anyone, ten years had passed in the Shinobi World. With Zhong Chen's departure, Rainbow Ninja Village and Rainbow Country became unusually low-key.
In the first year, other ninja villages were still observing, and in the second year, they realized that the madman seemed to have truly disappeared.
However, because Zhong Chen's lingering prestige remained, and Rainbow Ninja Village was still incredibly strong even without Zhong Chen, the major ninja villages still did not act rashly.
It wasn't until the third year when Kirigakure suddenly declared war on Konoha, causing the entire Shinobi World to instantly fall into chaos.
The major ninja villages, instigated by a certain mastermind, continuously joined the war until it ended two years later.
However, out of fear of Rainbow Ninja Village's strength, no village actively attacked Rainbow Country.
After that, various events from the original story erupted. Because Orochimaru voluntarily gave up the Hokage election, Minato easily became the Fourth Hokage.
The following year, the Nine-Tails attack occurred, Naruto Uzumaki was born, and Minato and his wife died in battle, just as in the original story.
Then Iwagakure went to war with Konoha, and Kabuto became a spy.
The next year, the Crown Princess was kidnapped, and Hiashi Hyuga took the blame.
Then the filial son began to act as a spy, and Shisui committed suicide after his eyes were taken by the Shadow of Blame.
Until Konoha Year 58, on the eve of the Uchiha coup...
"Honestly, this thing is quite fun."
Zhong Chen pushed open the Rainbow Shadow's office door, sat in the chair, and took out the World Flow Regulator, constantly observing it.
Knock knock knock...
"Lord Zhong Chen, this is the latest intelligence acquired by the Anbu."
Nico Robin, dressed in an OL uniform with black stockings on her legs, knocked on the door, entered, and placed a report on the table.
"Let me see..."
Zhong Chen first glanced at her long legs in black stockings, then picked up the intelligence and began to read.
"Uchiha coup?"
"Yes, this is intelligence sent back by Orochimaru, it should be accurate."
"He still hasn't defected? His human experiments haven't been discovered? That's not like him?"
Listening to Zhong Chen's three consecutive questions, Nico Robin explained clearly, one by one:
"First, Orochimaru is a spy infiltrating Konoha and has not defected."
"Second, his parents are currently residing in Rainbow Ninja Village, so he is now researching technology and no longer conducting human experiments."
"Third, his personality is indeed not as gloomy as before."
Upon hearing Nico Robin's explanation, Zhong Chen nodded knowingly.
"I see, it seems Konoha will have something fun again this time."
"I wonder if Konoha would flip out if I took in these 'red-eyed ones.'"
Zhong Chen couldn't help but laugh when he imagined the expressions of Konoha F4 after they found out.
"If there are 'red-eyed ones,' then the 'white-eyed ones' can't be left out either."
"The branch family isn't well-regarded anyway, so let Zhong Chen, the great and just Lord, save you all."
"Robin, Rainbow Country is entrusted to you. I'm going out to play... ahem... to work hard for the growth of Rainbow Ninja Village."
"Gabade (Good luck)!"
Nico Robin stared with a black line on her face at Zhong Chen's chair, which had disappeared after he made a cheering gesture.
If you want to go play, just say so. Why make excuses? Everyone knows what kind of person you are.
In the end, Nico Robin could only shake her head helplessly, then turned and left the Rainbow Shadow's office in her high heels.
On a Konoha night, a blood moon hung high in the sky.
Zhong Chen stood on a lamppost, looking down at the empty street below.
He covered his left eye with his right hand and murmured:
"A sinful clan, the final judgment from the heavens is about to descend."
"Life or death, everything is in the hands of others."
"Let's just say... Ouch!"
Velgrynd, floating beside Zhong Chen, raised her hand and delivered a hard flick to the forehead, interrupting someone's chuunibyou speech.
"Zhong Chen, when did you become so chuunibyou? It must be Veldora who corrupted you."
Zhong Chen nodded frantically without hesitation. "That's right, my lord's behavior is all Veldora's fault."
Seeing Zhong Chen nod, Velgrynd snorted coldly and intended to go back and give Veldora a good beating.
Veldora: "I'm at a convention, and blame comes from the sky, right?"
Just as Zhong Chen was silently mourning for Veldora, a lonely figure in the distance was walking step by step into the street.
"Someone's coming. Oh, it's the filial son."
Uchiha Itachi (Uchiha Itachi), who had arrived under the lamppost, immediately leaped up, and then... *thud*...
"Damn it, are you blind? Didn't you see someone was already up here!"
"If you want to stand on a lamppost, go to the one across the street. This is my sightseeing spot now."
At this moment, Uchiha Itachi, who was lying on the ground, sat up in a daze and looked around, until a furious barrage of words came from above his head.
Startled, Uchiha Itachi instantly appeared on the lamppost directly opposite Zhong Chen.
He drew the long sword from his back, holding it with both hands in front of him, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan fixed intently on Zhong Chen.
"Who are you, and why are you in our Uchiha compound?"
Upon hearing Uchiha Itachi's words, Zhong Chen couldn't hold back and let out a chuckle.
"Hahaha, 'your Uchiha'? Do you still consider yourself a member of the Uchiha clan?"
"Aren't you here to exterminate your clan?"
Hearing Zhong Chen expose his purpose with a single sentence, Uchiha Itachi's eyes were filled with shock...