Land of Fire.
On the way to the Land of Exchange.
"You said we were looking for a Tailed Beast, but you caught another high-bounty guy. Is your intelligence network too poor, or do you just want me to work for free?"
Hidan, carrying his scythe, was bored.
Kakuzu was expressionless: "The Akatsuki Organization also needs funds, and isn't it just right for you to perform that damn ritual?"
"Hey, hey, don't insult the evil god. That's my faith! If you keep this up, I'm not doing it. You can work for the Akatsuki Organization by yourself."
Hidan grumbled, dissatisfied.
"Speaking of which, will we encounter Konoha Ninja on the way?" Hidan's eyes darted around.
"Hmm, isn't that what you want?"
Kakuzu said coldly.
Suddenly.
"They're here."
Drip-drop! "Woo woo" "Dee dee" "Doo doo" and "Da da".
A melodious tune, like a clear spring, came from a flute in the sky, reaching their ears.
Kakuzu gently laid down Chiriku's body and quickly formed hand seals.
Wind Release: Pressure Damage.
A huge swirling storm attacked in all directions.
Puff, puff, puff!
Clatter, clatter, clatter!
Trees were overturned, and the ground was ripped up by the hurricane.
"So fast!"
Hearing the sound, Hidan pulled out his short knife and cut himself a few times.
Sizzle!
Blood flowed from his chest.
"Hehehe, what annoying Genjutsu." He picked up his scythe and charged in one direction.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Two Konoha Ninja appeared, simultaneously releasing Shuriken and attacking Hidan.
Clang, clang!
"Useless."
Hidan easily swept the Shuriken away, and they hit the ground with 'puff, puff, puff' sounds.
"Such powerful Taijutsu."
The two Konoha Ninja were shocked to see his Taijutsu was so strong.
However, thinking that their captain was assisting them, they had no fear.
They went straight for him.
Clang, clang!
Clang!
The two immediately engaged in close combat.
However, Hidan's Taijutsu was clearly stronger. In less than five seconds, he cut their cheeks, and blood splattered out.
Whoosh~
Hidan looked at the blood on the tip of his blade, a wild laugh on his face.
He retreated a distance and began drawing on the ground.
...Kakuzu looked into the distance, standing on the top of the only tree left. A white-haired man was playing a flute.
"Satoru."
He recognized the opponent at first glance, the only opponent in the Ninja World, besides the Kage and Jinchuriki of each village, most worthy of attention.
Two masked, black-threaded monster heads emerged from his shoulders.
"Lightning Release: False Darkness."
"Fire Release: Searing Migraine."
Sizzle!
Boom!
Lightning spears flew.
Blazing flames spewed.
However, the Satoru opposite him seemed not to care about his Ninjutsu and continued to play the flute.
Kakuzu frowned.
Whoosh!
Then he saw that even without blinking, the two Ninjutsu seemed to have navigation, steadily avoiding their target.
He quickly adjusted the direction of the Ninjutsu, sweeping left and right.
What made him frown even more was that no matter how he adjusted, the attacks could not land on the opponent.
"Rogue Ninja Kakuzu of Hidden Waterfall Village, bounty of seventy million, the Akatsuki Organization's professional financial manager. Where did you hide your money? After I deal with you two, I can use it to buy something to eat."
Satoru smiled at Kakuzu below.
Now Kakuzu and Hidan were useless; he could finally stretch his muscles.
He had been getting stronger, but he hadn't had a reference point.
Of course, he didn't intend to use his full power, just to show off some ordinary Genjutsu and demonstrate his achievements.
"If you have the ability, come and get it. Relying solely on Genjutsu won't do anything to me."
When Kakuzu heard about money and that someone wanted to steal his money, he was completely displeased.
He looked at Satoru with extreme cruelty.
"And your teammate is about to die."
He turned to look in Hidan's direction, just in time to see Hidan stab himself in the chest with a black spear.
Ah ha ha ha ha ha!
"evil god, the sacrifice is here."
Hidan let out a wild laugh as the spear plunged into his chest.
Then he looked at the Konoha Ninja opposite him, ready to see their surprised and desperate expressions.
That was the most delicious food for the evil god.
"Uh... what is he doing?"
"It seems to be some kind of ritual. Be careful, we don't know what abilities it has."
The two Konoha Ninja looked at Hidan like an idiot, not understanding.
But they were on high alert.
And the wounds on their faces, which should have been cut by Hidan, now seemed not to exist.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Hidan looked at the two unharmed people, and the wild laugh on his face immediately stopped.
"Again."
Puff!
Puff, puff!
He stabbed himself with the spear again, creating several holes.
But the two people opposite him, though on high alert, showed no signs of injury.
Swish!
While he was stunned, a slightly plump Konoha Ninja appeared behind him and slashed Hidan's neck with a knife.
"Die."
His head flew high.
This time, Hidan saw clearly that there were no ritual patterns on his body after a successful technique.
That is to say, he hadn't obtained the opponent's blood.
"Damn it, it's Genjutsu."
Hidan was furious.
He remembered what the leader had once said: to be careful of that Genjutsu Ninja called Satoru.
He then remembered that the music in his ears had never stopped.
This meant that his attempts to dispel the Genjutsu were immediately overwritten by new Genjutsu.
"Kakuzu, help me quickly."
Then he shouted.
Whoosh, whoosh!
As soon as he spoke, several black threads shot out from the ground, bringing his neck back to his body and reconnecting it.
"Be careful, the opponent is the Satoru that the leader mentioned." Kakuzu looked at Satoru with solemnity.
"You are the most powerful Genjutsu Ninja I have ever seen. That Genjutsu just now, it was a Genjutsu that could deceive visual distance, as well as texture and mass, right?"
Kakuzu recalled the Ninjutsu attack just now, Hidan's abilities, and his previous actions, and he made a deduction.
It was probably not just this much ability; these were just what had been exposed.
The Genjutsu that the leader said could make people lose the will to live, the opponent hadn't used it. Was there some limitation?
Or had he already deduced his information?
His secret technique, Earth Grudge Fear, and the four bodies it created, had no human emotions, so they would not be affected by such emotional attacks.
He wondered if the opponent would use it later.
However, judging from the abilities displayed, it was already very troublesome.
"Can I only split into bodies and attack by instinct?"
If the opponent not only controlled vision but also hearing and other senses, then it would be problematic.
Kakuzu quickly thought of countermeasures in his mind.
"Hey, I want to be careful too, but can you please make him stop the music first?
Otherwise, even if I stab myself a few more times, it will immediately be covered by new Genjutsu.
I can't fight at all!" Hidan yelled.
Then, having regained his head, he stabbed himself in the heart once, temporarily breaking the Genjutsu, and began to swing his Bloody Scythe, sweeping horizontally.
He kept the three Konoha Ninja from getting close.