Dispatching Spies

Land of Hot Springs

The place where Shamu had once beaten Hidan into a pulp.

Konan fluttered her wings and hovered in midair.

Below, Kakuzu scanned the area from side to side. Judging from the depth of the grass, no one had been here for at least a year.

"Are you sure it's here? Don't tell me he's already completely rotten."

Konan shook her head. "He won't die that easily. The entrance was here, though it may have shifted."

Kakuzu helplessly released Earth Grudge Fear into the ground. A moment later, he sensed that something was off.

"Here!" Kakuzu stomped his foot, and more Earth Grudge Fear extended out from beneath him.

Pfft... pfft...

The dirt churned, and within a few breaths, they dragged out a headless corpse in tattered clothing.

Kakuzu tossed the corpse onto the ground. When he stepped forward to inspect it, he was greatly surprised.

"It hasn't rotted."

Kakuzu dealt with corpses regularly, so he could naturally tell how long this body had been buried from the state of the clothing.

He had not expected the clothes to have rotted away while the body itself remained intact. Moreover, this body did not seem to have looked like this when it died.

Still, the body was extremely gaunt, with barely any flesh left on it.

Kakuzu sent Earth Grudge Fear into the corpse to investigate. It truly was just a corpse—the kind whose heart did not beat.

There was not even any stench. What kind of power had preserved this corpse?

Konan reminded him, "The head should be nearby. Find the head first."

Now that they had confirmed it was here.

Kakuzu stomped again, and more Earth Grudge Fear burrowed underground like earthworms.

Before long, a head was dragged out.

Its eyes were tightly shut, with only