The time rewound to several hours earlier.
After Hozuki Mangetsu and Biwa Juzo left one after another, only Hidan remained, facing the three Kirigakure Anbu squad captains alone: Chiyo, Ringo Ameyuri, and Zabuza.
Honestly, Hidan did not really want to fight the three of them.
It was not that he feared them. Before actually clashing, with Hidan's personality, he had always relied on his immortality to act like he was the biggest shot in the world around anyone outside the Akatsuki Organization.
It was simply because Pain's earlier wariness toward Kirigakure had made Hidan reluctant to provoke Kirigakure as well.
After all, Hidan might not have been very smart, but that did not mean he could not read the situation!
Even Pain, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization, was wary of that ninja village. Hidan did not want to casually draw Kirigakure's attention at a time like this either!
But there was no helping it. If the Akatsuki Organization wanted to capture Takigakure's Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, it seemed they could only fight these three remaining Kirigakure Anbu first.
Right now, Kakuzu was displaying his might by fighting four opponents alone, Hozuki Mangetsu had gone to "catch up" with his younger brother, and Biwa Juzo had gone to chat with an old friend.
That left only him to capture the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, didn't it?
Thinking that, Hidan stopped hesitating and directly took the Three-Edged Reaper Scythe from his back.
Clang.
Gripping the handle of the Three-Edged Reaper Scythe in one hand, Hidan pointed it at Chiyo and the other two.
"Our organization's target is the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. If you know what's good for you, move aside now. Otherwise, be careful, or I'll use all of you as sacrifices for the Evil God!"
Hidan looked extremely imposing—and extremely arrogant.
Yet as his words