Don't Let Me Down, Orochimaru

"Say, Simu, where are we going? Can't we just kill someone for fun?" Hidan bent over, swinging his arms as he spoke listlessly.

They had left the Jashin Cult headquarters five days ago and had been wandering through the forest every day.

Whenever they got hungry, Simu had Hidan hunt or catch fish.

Though Hidan had been quite excited at first, running around wildly like a husky, he had lost interest by the second day.

Faced with Hidan's question, Simu adjusted his glasses and said flatly, "Don't worry. You'll soon get to do what you like."

"Really?"

Hidan's eyes immediately lit up.

What he liked doing most?

Wasn't that cutting people down?

Simu slowly stepped forward, then suddenly stopped before a large tree.

"After all, I'm not the kind of pervert who enjoys being followed."

He adjusted his glasses, raising his foot toward the enormous tree before him.

Hidan stared blankly at the scene, his CPU practically burning out from trying to understand what Simu was doing.

Just as Simu's attack was about to land, the ground beneath his feet suddenly turned muddy.

"So you finally showed yourselves?"

The corner of Simu's lips lifted slightly.

The next second, a figure emerged from the muddy soil, wielding a long blade that stabbed precisely toward Simu's heart.

"Huh? There's actually an enemy?"

The instant the unexpected happened, Hidan perked up. With a flick of his Three-Moon Blood Scythe, it immediately stretched out like a long serpent, its sharp crescent blade passing over Simu and piercing through the attacker's back like a tiger's fangs!

Blood rapidly spread across the muddy ground.

"Damn it..."

Several more figures emerged. They all wore plate armor, vaguely surrounding Simu and Hidan.

"This is Lord Orochimaru's base. Trespassers die!"

The leader coldly shouted at Simu and Hidan, seemingly intending to drive them away.

But he was clearly overthinking it. Such a threat could not stir even the slightest ripple in Simu's heart.

"Hidan, I'll leave these people to you."

Simu waved his hand, and his raised foot finally came down.

Boom!

The massive tree and the ground before it shattered together, revealing the hidden entrance within.

Without a second thought, Simu leaped straight inside.

As for Hidan, he rested the Three-Moon Blood Scythe on his shoulder and stuck out his tongue to lick his lips.

"Trespassers die?"

He looked playfully at the six ninjas surrounding him and smiled. "What a coincidence. The thing I fear least is death!"

Seeing Hidan's crazed expression, the six of them immediately turned solemn.

"You deal with this guy. I'll chase the other one. We absolutely cannot let him destroy Lord Orochimaru's things."

The leader swiftly made the arrangements.

"Yes."

After giving the order, the leader immediately moved, using the Body Flicker Technique to rush toward the entrance.

"If I let you get in there, that guy will laugh at me, you know~"

Hidan's teasing voice rang out, followed by a fierce, rapid tearing sound through the air!

The Three-Moon Blood Scythe extended once more, brutally ripping through the air as it slashed toward the enemy.

Orochimaru's subordinate went pale and hurriedly formed hand seals.

"Earth Release, Earth Spear Technique!"

His skin rapidly petrified, becoming as hard as stone.

But even that could not withstand Hidan's terrifying blow. Almost at the instant of contact, the overwhelming force tore him in half at the waist like the bite of some monstrous beast!

Even before his death, the ninja's face was filled with intense unwillingness and disbelief.

With a tug of his hand, Hidan swiftly reeled the extended Three-Moon Blood Scythe back in, and it returned to his grasp.

The Three-Moon Blood Scythe, forged from Koukaku, trembled slightly as it was nourished by blood, as though it were cheering and rejoicing over the fresh blood.

Hidan stuck out his tongue and tasted the blood at the corner of his mouth, smiling faintly. "Next, it's your turn. Are you ready... to be sacrificed to Lord Jashin?!"

The sounds of fighting and wails coming from behind and above did not affect Simu in the slightest.

If that trash Hidan, after gaining the Immortal Body, five elemental ninjutsu, and multiple Kagune, could still be killed by a few of Orochimaru's subordinates, then Simu could only say he deserved it.

But that was clearly impossible.

As Simu descended, the dim passage hidden underground finally revealed itself before him.

The walls and floor of the passage were carved with converging, twisting patterns, while darkness shrouded everything in the unknown.

"Putting on a mysterious act."

Simu's expression did not change at all as he lifted his foot and walked directly into the passage.

At that moment, a gust of cold wind swept past.

"My lord, have you truly decided to become enemies with Lord Orochimaru?"

A woman's voice came from the darkness. There was a trace of timidity in her voice, but even more warning.

"If you leave now, I can plead for you before Lord Orochimaru."

"Heh..."

Hearing that, Simu could not help but laugh.

He had thought he was a professional, someone who would never laugh no matter how amusing something was, but unexpectedly...

"I'm quite interested in Orochimaru's skill at raising dogs."

As soon as he spoke, eight scarlet Rinkaku shot through the darkness like lightning.

Blood splattered.

The woman's voice in the darkness let out a scream. Her hands and feet had already been pierced through by the Rinkaku.

"H-how is this possible..."

She opened her mouth. She had clearly tried to dodge just now, so why had her body not moved?

"If you were trying to dodge, my bugs might not agree."

A faint light cast a cold gleam across Simu's lenses.

Prompted by his words, the woman hurriedly looked beneath herself.

At some point, her feet had become completely covered in densely packed black insects.

The bugs were tiny, like fine grains of Iron Sand, but their combined weight was enough to keep her feet from moving.

And because of the darkness, she had not noticed the bugs that had already blended into it.

"N-no..."

Her eyes widened to the limit in the darkness, then contracted.

A sensation like electric shocks spread upward from beneath her feet until it covered her entire body. Then, the insects burrowed into her body through every opening they could find.

Aah!!!

Her heart-rending scream was cut off before it could travel far, because her open mouth had also been filled with bugs.

"Lady Xianai..."

More figures in the darkness watched this scene, their faces filled with disbelief.

After all, Xianai was almost the strongest among all the test subjects in this base.

Yet even she had no power to resist before this man!

Sensing the presences in the darkness, Simu gently adjusted his glasses and said blandly, "Since you enjoy watching so much, you can experience the pleasure of bugs too."

His gaze was calm as still water, but the darkness suddenly erupted. Countless insects surged like a tsunami, filling and cramming the entire passage almost instantly!

Leaving behind only the desperate, blank faces in the darkness.

The swarm slowly dispersed, and Simu walked straight into the base.

"If Orochimaru's base is only at this level, then I'll be terribly disappointed."

To be honest, Orochimaru was the first and only person Simu had seen in this world so far who possessed the desire to pursue truth.

That was why he had spent several months using Raven and Black Beetles before finally discovering several of Orochimaru's bases.

If his creations amounted to only this much, it would be far too disappointing.

"Don't let me down, Orochimaru."