As far as Hidan was concerned, he had absolutely no goodwill left toward the Akatsuki Organization.
When he joined, everyone had told him he could sacrifice people to the Evil God however he liked, as long as he completed the organization's missions properly.
But after joining the Akatsuki Organization, forget sacrificing people to the Evil God-he felt as though he was fighting a god!
And this lousy organization's leader had nearly sold him out just now. Hidan really felt little attachment to the Akatsuki Organization. Besides, his abilities genuinely weren't very effective against constructs made through ninjutsu, so he slacked off with a clear conscience.
"Wait, the temperature keeps rising!"
"Kakuzu, Sasori, let's go!"
Elsewhere, Konan, who was standing on the Wood Dragon, suddenly noticed something wrong. They were still a long way from the center of the battlefield, yet the temperature around them was clearly climbing!
"That bastard really is greedy!"
"He actually wants to drag us into the battle too-or rather, finish us off as well!"
Kakuzu's expression darkened. So someone like him really was a target for elimination in the eyes of absolute justice?
At Konan's warning, Kakuzu grabbed Sasori and began retreating too.
Although he had guessed that he was someone Uchiha Chisen wanted to eliminate, was he supposed to simply let that happen? Didn't Kakuzu have any pride?
As for Hidan? They barely knew each other. Who cared whether he lived or died?
Hadn't Hidan claimed that the Evil God he worshipped made him immortal? Kakuzu wanted to see just how that immortality worked.
"Uh, huh?"
As a pair of Paper Wings spread behind Konan and Kakuzu grabbed Sasori and fled, Hidan finally realized something was wrong after all his slacking off.
How had everyone left in the blink of an eye, leaving him standing