"Ha ha ha ha ha! How ridiculous! This is too ridiculous!"
Deep in Kirigakure, just as everyone had fallen silent, Hidan suddenly burst into wild laughter.
His voice sounded like an owl screeching in the night!
Hoarse and grating.
He clutched his stomach, laughing so hard he doubled over, tears nearly flying from his eyes!
The Bloody Reaper in his hand almost slipped from his grasp and hit the ground.
The scene immediately drew everyone's attention.
Even Uchiha Jin, who had been getting ready to deal with the Three-Tails, looked over.
"Submit?"
"The candidate for Fifth Mizukage of Kirigakure!"
"A renowned beauty of the Shinobi World!"
"She actually knelt and submitted to a little brat who hasn't even finished growing his hair? And even offered him a rag?!"
Hidan shrieked in an exaggerated tone, pointing as he spoke!
One hand pointed at Mei Terumi, whose face was pale as she knelt at Jin's feet!
The other pointed at Jin, who looked thoroughly impatient. Hidan shook with laughter. "O great and noble Evil God! I, Hidan, have lived this long, and I've never seen anything so hilarious! Ha ha ha ha ha!"
"Woo-hoo! It's one thing if nobody in Kirigakure has any talent, but are there no capable people in the Leaf either? Of all people, you picked a suckling baby to back you up? Ha ha ha ha! Useless! A bunch of useless fools!"
The more he spoke, the more excited he became!
Spit flew from his increasingly pale face!
His eyes began to gleam with a sickening delight. "Hey, brat! Have you even finished growing hair down there? You're already playing at taking on underlings?"
"What was that about unifying the Shinobi World? Turning our weapons on our enemies? Chasing chickens and catching dogs?"
"Don't tell me you really