A Cloth on Your Head: Either Terrifying or Rich

Hidan had never been particularly intelligent. After Kabuto sweet-talked him like that, he immediately got carried away.

He instantly became arrogantly full of himself.

"Fine, then. Who told me to be stronger than you?"

"Today, Lord Hidan will show you what I can do, so you'll know just how strong I really am!"

After saying that, Hidan sprinted straight toward Sunagakure.

Kabuto watched Hidan's retreating figure disappear and smiled as he shook his head.

That big fool really was easy to manipulate.

But it was time for him to get to work as well.

Closing his eyes, Kabuto directly activated the power of the Snake Sage Jutsu, expanding his senses dozens of times over in an instant.

The aura of a Tailed Beast was easy enough to find. Near Sunagakure, it was the largest and most evil presence within his senses.

In only a few moments, Kabuto's sensory range covered nearly half the desert, and he found his target for this mission.

"They actually kept the Jinchuriki in the village? Rasa really isn't afraid of the Jinchuriki going berserk, is he?"

Kabuto extended his scarlet forked tongue and licked his lips, his eyes gleaming with the excitement of a predator that had spotted its prey.

Then his entire body transformed into several white snakes, which scattered and burrowed into the scorching earth.

Life in Sunagakure seemed as unchanging as ever.

Wind and sand filled the sky, supplies were scarce, and every face was etched with the exhaustion of struggling to survive.

In a godforsaken place like Sunagakure, the Daimyo often withheld funding as well. These people had to give everything they had just to stay alive.

At times like this, if they had nothing to vent their frustrations on, they really might be driven mad.

Fortunately, Sunagakure had one