Mom Never Has to Worry About Me Getting Beheaded Again

Boom!

The violent explosion reduced the entire cafeteria to rubble.

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

Kikuchi Miura wore an equally incredulous expression. He glanced at the stunned Cult Leader and seemed to finally understand why the man had become so haggard in just three months.

A large number of Jashin Cult followers stared at the ruined cafeteria with lingering fear.

So close!

They had almost been buried along with the cafeteria.

Cough, cough, cough.

Under dozens of gazes, a rock was overturned, and Hidan, charred black all over, crawled out from beneath it.

"Ha ha ha ha! Damn you, Simu! I refuse to believe you can come out unscathed this time!"

Hidan laughed wildly, paying no heed to the horrific burns covering his body.

Injuries that would have been fatal for anyone else were nothing more than routine for Hidan.

Before Hidan could gloat for three seconds, a voice rang out as casually as ever.

"Looks like you really have run out of tricks. Otherwise, you wouldn't have used that shit-for-brains head of yours to come up with such a boring method."

Simu's voice slowly sounded. At some point, he had already stepped onto the ruins.

"What? That's impossible!"

Hidan's face was filled with shock.

Simu adjusted his glasses. As the charred black exoskeleton on the surface of his body gradually fell away, scarlet [Rinkaku: Mantis] effortlessly severed Hidan's head once more.

It had to be said that Hidan's attack this time had posed a bit of a threat.

If Simu had not developed a new Kagune—[Koukaku: Ant-Man]—over the past three months, he might have lost this clone.

The function of [Koukaku: Ant-Man] was quite simple: it created a hard exoskeleton over the surface of the body, strong enough to withstand blades and explosions.

"Simu, Hidan! Both of you, get over here!"

Their Cult Leader had finally reached the end of his patience.

Seeing this, Simu could only carry Hidan's head over to the Cult Leader.

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

The Cult Leader truly did not want these two staying at headquarters any longer. Otherwise, sooner or later, they would tear down even the Shrine!

"A mission?"

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

The Cult Leader nodded wearily.

It was not as though he had never considered changing Hidan through punishment, but the problem was that this guy simply was not afraid!

He could not be killed, and the Jashin Cult's punishments, cruel beyond measure to ordinary people, only made Hidan let out pleased moans.

What was the Cult Leader supposed to do?

The only person who could make Hidan behave even a little was Simu, who played by chopping off Hidan's head every day.

"What's the mission?"

Compared to Hidan, Simu was much more reliable.

The Cult Leader looked seriously at Simu. "Your mission is to assassinate a man named Gato. As long as you make good use of Hidan's abilities, it should not be a problem for you in your current state."

"A young eagle that has grown up must learn to soar on its own." The Cult Leader spoke meaningfully. "As for the specific intelligence, your senior, Kikuchi Miura, will tell you on the way to the mission site."

With that, Kikuchi Miura stepped forward and introduced himself.

"I am Kikuchi Miura, and I will be responsible for guiding you through this mission."

He smoothed back his black slicked-back hair, glanced at Hidan, and continued, "I hope you will cooperate with my work properly. After all, only those with firm faith and brains can become Lord Jashin's true representatives, isn't that right?"

The moment he heard that, Hidan could no longer hold himself back.

"You bastard! Are you questioning my faith in Lord Jashin?"

Simu's eyes widened. Rubbing his temples, he said helplessly, "If I'm not mistaken, he was saying you have no brain."

Only then did Hidan relax. "Oh, so he was just saying I have no brain."

Only after saying that did he react. "You dare say I have no brain? I'll kill you, bastard!"

Fortunately, his head was in Simu's hand, so he could not go anywhere.

The Cult Leader rubbed his head in frustration and said to Kikuchi Miura, "They're yours."

"Yes, Cult Leader."

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

Miura nodded. "Mm. Hurry up. We leave tonight."

"Yes."

Simu carried Hidan straight toward the Shrine.

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

Simu smiled faintly. "It's not time yet. I have something for you."

"Hm? What are you up to now?"

Hidan frowned. He did not think Simu would be kind enough to give him something for no reason.

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

"Don't worry. I'm going to give you a major makeover."

"What the hell?"

Seeing Simu's smile, Hidan finally began to feel nervous.

Unfortunately, before he could start yelling, Simu sealed his mouth with a glob of sticky spiderweb, leaving him able to make only muffled sounds.

Then his entire body was submerged in the Blood Pool.

Simu swiftly activated his ability.

By now, the bottom of the Blood Pool had completely transformed into flesh and blood. Vast scarlet blood vessels burrowed madly into the ground like tree roots.

Beneath the ground lay countless tunnels excavated by insects under Simu's control. A dark tide of Army Ants raced through these tunnels into every corner of the mountains, breaking down every creature they captured and continuously transporting them into the Blood Pool.

It could be said that, with the Shrine as its 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 roughly thirty centimeters long.

This was the true body of a Kagune. In essence, it was a parasite capable of inhabiting a human body.

The insect egg slowly rose and ultimately landed on Hidan's back.

Dense flesh buds instantly grew across the surface of the egg, viciously tearing open Hidan's skin. Then the entire egg drilled forcefully into Hidan's back.

"Mmm~~~"

Feeling the pain, Hidan let out a muffled groan. Unfortunately, with his mouth stuffed shut, he could only blow out a string of bubbles through his nostrils.

The flesh buds of the insect egg continuously spread along Hidan's body, then shot out large amounts of spider silk from the severed opening at his neck, connecting to his detached head and pulling it back to stitch it together!

This was the Kagune Simu had custom-made for Hidan: [Koukaku: Parasitic Spider].

Unlike an ordinary [Koukaku: Spider], the Parasitic Spider's abilities had been simplified. It could not launch spider legs from the body to attack.

However, its silk-spinning ability had been greatly enhanced. It could even spin silk from any part of the body, meaning that even if Hidan were chopped into eight pieces in the future, he could use the Parasitic Spider's abilities to rapidly restore himself.

Hidan declared: Mom never has to worry about me getting beheaded again!