What Kind of Monsters Are in the Jashin Cult?

"This body is already finished."

Simu tested it. Though he had not yet breathed his last, using it for battle would be far too much of a strain.

As for Hidan?

Simu was already in such a state despite the protection of countless Kagune. Hidan was even worse off, having been slapped straight into the ground, his fate unknown.

Their Lord Jashin was currently doing his utmost to expend energy and snatch someone back from the God of Death.

Pain slowly walked up to Simu and looked down at him. "Can you give me your answer now? Will you choose to join the Akatsuki?"

"What a simple and brutish way to recruit someone."

Simu raised a trembling hand and gently adjusted his glasses.

Pain frowned slightly. Immediately afterward, a sense of foreboding surged wildly from within him.

Dense swarms of Black Beetles poured from Simu's severely wounded body. The terrifying Insect Tide, like a tsunami, shut out every drop of rain and tightly surrounded Pain!

Simu smiled. "All for Lord Jashin!"

"Pain!"

Konan cried out from afar.

The instant the Black Beetles appeared, Pain immediately used the Body Flicker Technique at top speed. He escaped the Insect Tide's range in time and appeared in midair.

Yet when he sensed some sort of insect crawling across the surface of his clothes, an exceedingly ugly expression appeared on his usually impassive face.

"Damn it."

Without hesitation, he tore off his red cloud-patterned robe and hurled it away with all his strength.

The instant the robe left his hand, the insects attached to it suddenly swelled. The chakra within them transformed through a technique into violently raging flames, which exploded with a deafening blast!

Boom!

A massive fireball lit up the sky, vaporizing every raindrop that dared fall upon it.

Pain's silhouette fell