"Damn!"
Looking at the pale youth who had appeared at the bottom of the abyss, Hidan spat heavily.
Clearly, the landslide on the mountain road had not been accidental. It had been a carefully prepared trap, intended to make them fall into this lightless abyss.
The other party's identity was obvious as well.
There were only a handful of people in the current Shinobi World who dared to ambush the Akatsuki Organization. So although the other party's face was hidden in the shadows and impossible to make out clearly, Hidan had already guessed that he was Muku, their target from Kusagakure!
After dusting himself off, Kakuzu looked around. "Is this the battlefield you chose? Looks like the rumors were true. You've been corrupted by the power of the Upper Rank and can't stand sunlight anymore!"
Hidan muttered, "Why waste time talking to him? Hurry up and finish him so we can go back and report!"
The moment Hidan finished speaking, the pale-faced Muku opposite them slowly raised both hands.
In an instant.
Kakuzu and Hidan's attention was drawn entirely to him.
Muku rapidly formed Hand Seals, then slammed his hand against the ground. "Summoning Jutsu: Box of Paradise!"
Boom.
Amid a surge of white smoke, the war weapon of Grass Country—the Box of Paradise, its four faces carved into twisted expressions representing "joy," "anger," "sorrow," and "pleasure"—appeared in Kakuzu and Hidan's view.
Then, a gigantic claw reached out from the box!
Seeing the sharp, elongated claw, Kakuzu's expression turned grim. "Gō!?"
Hidan asked, "Is that the monster the leader wants?"
"Yeah!"
Kakuzu nodded.
While the two were speaking, the gigantic claw extending from the box suddenly pierced Muku's body. It then fused with Muku, and in the blink of an eye, Muku had transformed into a huge, hideous monster.
Kakuzu