Mom Doesn't Have to Worry About Me Getting Beheaded Anymore

"BOOM!"

A violent explosion reduced the entire cafeteria to ruins.

The Cult Leader, who had just arrived, stood frozen in place, trembling all over with vacant eyes.

Kikuchi Miura was even more incredulous; he glanced at the dazed Cult Leader, seemingly finally understanding why he had become so haggard in just three short months.

A large group of Jashin Cult members looked at the ruined cafeteria with lingering fear.

That was close!

They had almost been buried along with the cafeteria.

"Cough, cough, cough."

Under the gaze of dozens of eyes, a rock was pushed aside, and a charred Hidan crawled out from beneath it.

"Hahahaha, you bastard Simu, I don't believe you can come out unscathed this time!"

Hidan laughed wildly, completely ignoring the horrific burns on his body.

Injuries that would be fatal to anyone else were merely a daily occurrence for Hidan.

Before Hidan could even enjoy his triumph for three seconds, a voice appeared nonchalantly.

"It seems you really are at your wit's end, otherwise you wouldn't have used that sh*t-filled brain of yours to come up with such a boring method."

Simu's voice rang out slowly; he was already standing atop the ruins before anyone noticed.

"What? This is impossible!"

Hidan's face was filled with shock.

Simu adjusted his glasses, and as the charred exoskeleton on his body surface gradually fell away, the crimson Rinkaku: Mantis easily severed Hidan's head once again.

I have to admit, Hidan's attack this time was actually somewhat threatening.

If he hadn't developed a new Kagune—Koukaku: Ant-Man—over these past three months, he might have lost this clone.

The function of Koukaku: Ant-Man is quite simple: it creates a layer of hard exoskeleton on the surface of your body, with enough strength to withstand blades and explosive attacks.

"Simu, Hidan! You two, get over here!"

Our Cult Leader finally reached his limit.

Seeing this, Simu had no choice but to carry Hidan's head over to the Cult Leader.

"Since you two want to fight so much, then go out and carry out a mission!"

This Cult Leader really didn't want these two guys to stay at headquarters anymore, otherwise, they would tear down the temple itself sooner or later!

"Carry out a mission?"

Hidan immediately became interested. He looked up at the Cult Leader and asked excitedly, "Are we going to kill people?"

The Cult Leader nodded, feeling somewhat exhausted.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about using punishment to change Hidan, but the key was that this guy simply wasn't afraid of it!

He couldn't be killed, and the punishments that were cruel to ordinary people in the Jashin Cult only made Hidan let out satisfied groans.

What was the Cult Leader supposed to do?

The only one who could make Hidan listen even a little was Simu, who played with Hidan's severed head every day.

"What is the mission content?"

Relatively speaking, Simu was much more reliable than Hidan.

The Cult Leader looked at Simu seriously: "Your mission is to assassinate a man named Gato. As long as you make good use of Hidan's abilities, I assume it won't be a problem for the two of you now."

"When a fledgling eagle grows up, it must learn to soar on its own," the Cult Leader said with deep meaning. "As for the specific intelligence, your senior, Kikuchi Miura, will tell you on the way to the mission location."

After saying this, Kikuchi Miura, who was standing nearby, stepped forward to introduce himself.

"I am Kikuchi Miura, and I am responsible for guiding you on this mission."

He smoothed back his black pompadour, glanced at Hidan, and continued: "I hope you can cooperate well with my work. After all, only those with firm faith and a brain can become true representatives of Lord Jashin, right?"

Hearing this, Hidan couldn't hold back anymore.

"You bastard, are you questioning my faith in Lord Jashin?"

Simu widened his eyes, rubbed his temples, and said helplessly: "If I'm not mistaken, he's saying you don't have a brain."

Hidan was relieved: "Oh, so he was just saying I don't have a brain."

Only after saying that did he react: "How dare you say I don't have a brain! I'll kill you, you jerk!"

Fortunately, his head was being held by Simu, so he couldn't go anywhere.

The Cult Leader rubbed his head, feeling a massive headache, and said to Kikuchi Miura: "They are in your hands now."

"Yes, Cult Leader."

After the Cult Leader left, Simu spoke first: "Senior Miura, Hidan and I will go pack our things."

Miura nodded: "Mm, hurry up. We depart tonight."

"Understood."

Simu carried Hidan and headed straight toward the temple.

Along the way, Hidan complained with great dissatisfaction, "Damn you, Simu! Why didn't you let me kill that guy!"

Simu smiled faintly, "It's not the right time yet. I'm going to give you something."

"Huh? What are you planning now?"

Hidan frowned; he didn't believe for a second that a guy like Simu would be so kind.

Simu tossed Hidan's body and head directly into the blood pool, then revealed a mysterious smile.

"Don't worry, I'm preparing a major upgrade for you."

"What kind of thing?"

Seeing Simu's smile, Hidan finally started to feel a bit nervous.

Unfortunately, before he could shout or scream, his mouth was plugged by a glob of sticky spider silk from Simu, leaving him only able to make muffled whimpering sounds.

Immediately after, his entire body was submerged into the blood pool.

Simu quickly activated his ability.

At this moment, the bottom of the blood pool had completely transformed into flesh, with a massive network of crimson blood vessels rooting into the ground like tree roots.

Beneath the surface, a vast array of tunnels excavated by Simu's insects crisscrossed the area, and a swarming army of Army Ants raced through these passages to every corner of the mountains, decomposing every creature they captured and transporting the remains into the blood pool in a constant stream.

It could be said that with the temple as the center, every movement within a ten-kilometer radius was firmly under Simu's control.

Under Simu's manipulation, the bottom of the blood pool slowly spat out an insect egg about thirty centimeters long.

This was the core of the Kagune, essentially a parasite capable of living within a human body.

The egg rose slowly, eventually landing on Hidan's back.

Dense, fleshy buds instantly sprouted from the surface of the egg, tearing through Hidan's skin, and the entire egg burrowed violently into his back.

"Mmm~~~"

Feeling the pain, Hidan let out a muffled groan, but since his mouth was plugged, he could only blow a string of bubbles from his nostrils.

The fleshy buds of the egg grew continuously along Hidan's body, then shot out a mass of spider silk from the stump of his neck, connecting to his severed head and pulling it back to stitch it into place!

This was the Kagune Simu had tailor-made for Hidan: Koukaku: Parasitic Spider.

Unlike the standard Koukaku: Spider, the abilities of the Parasitic Spider had been streamlined, losing the ability to eject spider legs from the body for attacks.

However, the silk-spinning ability had been greatly enhanced, allowing him to spin silk from any part of his body. This meant that even if Hidan were hacked to pieces in the future, he could use the power of the Parasitic Spider to recover instantly.

Hidan's reaction: Mom doesn't have to worry about me getting decapitated anymore!