That's All Money!!!

The setting sun hung obliquely in the western sky, and the ruined village outside the south wall was eerily quiet.

Where humans once lived, now only the clanging sound of wind breaking windows remains, and a few stray cats rummage through the garbage.

In a dead-end alley, several giants were chewing something with their heads down—their tattered clothes and broken bones made it impossible to tell whether they were "human."

In the distance, a figure suddenly appeared.

"Old man, this place stinks like hell. What's that puddle on the ground, brains?"

Hidan kicked aside a pile of rotting limbs, frowned, and carried his scythe into the alley.

His clothes were still stained with blood, and he walked along brandishing his knife, looking like a butcher who hadn't eaten his fill.

Don't waste your time.

Kakuzu jumped off the roof from the other side, landing on the ground expressionlessly, with four Chakra masks silently floating behind him.

"Clear this area first."

"Let's find the next settlement."

Hidan clicked his tongue. "All you ever do is work, work, work... This isn't one of those missions you used to do, is it? You're doing it even without a bounty?"

Kakuzu stopped in his tracks, turned and stared at him:

"We are not bounty hunters."

"They are the cleaners."

"The Cleaners recognized by the world's will."

Hidan curled his lip and turned to look at the giants:

"That sounds nice, but I'll just treat it as a quick and satisfying killing spree."

Before the words were even finished, the giants seemed to have caught the scent of living people. They slowly turned their heads, opened their mouths, and pounced towards them with heavy steps!

"Hey, even dogs don't have as foul a mouth as you guys."

Hidan's eyes narrowed, and he charged forward!

"Come on—I'm in top form tonight!"

He leaped up suddenly, his entire body soaring into the air, the three-edged scythe drawing a line of blood through the air!

"Whoosh!"

The arm of an eight-meter-tall giant was severed. Hidan used the Hidan to land, swung his sword, turned around, and slid into the giant's abdomen.

"Let's give it a try!"

He suddenly pulled out his dagger and slashed the giant's arm!

Blood splattered everywhere, spilling across the ground!

"Let it begin— Night God, please grant me divine grace!"

Before the giant could react, a rudimentary blood array instantly took shape!

Hidan stood at the center of the formation, a maniacal smile curling at the corner of his mouth!

"I'm injured—you die!"

Having said that, Hidan suddenly plunged his sword into his abdomen!

"Bang!!!"

A huge hole instantly exploded in the giant's abdomen!

"Ahhhhhh"

With a scream, it collapsed to the ground, its head lolling to one side!

Hidan leaped onto his shoulder, looking down at his struggle with a grin that stretched almost to his ears:

"Awesome!!!"

"Next!!!"

He charged toward the second giant like a madman, pulling open his shirt as he ran to reveal old wounds that had long since scabbed over and were now being torn open again.

"Lord Jashin, let's see if I can kill twenty of them tonight!"

Although he called it an "Jashin," he already knew in his heart that the source of this power had now changed its "master."

On the other side, Kakuzu stopped wasting words with him.

He stood on a rooftop, coldly watching as a dozen giants surged in from all directions.

The four Chakra masks—wind, fire, lightning, and earth—spinned rapidly as he formed hand Hand Seals, and black lines plunged into the ground!

"Earth Release - Dungeon Thrust!"

Boom!!

Sharp stone spikes instantly spewed up from the street, pinning the three charging giants to the spot!

They struggled frantically, but they couldn't pull out the stone pillar that was piercing their bodies!

"Thunder."

Kakuzu whispered, turning his left hand over.

Lightning Release: Heart Scream Breaker!

A bolt of lightning struck, as if a divine punishment had descended!

One of the giants' heads exploded!

Kakuzu looked at the giants, a longing for money flashing in his eyes.

He doesn't enjoy spending money; he only enjoys the process of collecting funds.

Every giant who dies now represents a fortune!!!

Hidan laughed heartily, "You seem pretty excited too, old man!"

"How about we have a contest to see who kills the most tonight?"

Kakuzu snorted coldly, "The loser shuts up for a whole day."

"Make a deal!"

Hidan rubbed his hands together, then slashed his own chest with his blade!

"Laugh--"

Blood gushed out like a fountain!

The third blood array is deployed!

Kakuzu's Wind Release mask on his back glowed!

"Wind Release: Heaven-Splitting Strike!"

Suddenly, a wind blade swept through the air, cleaving the ten-meter giant in half!

Blood rained down!

The ground was covered with corpses, steam rose, and the air was filled with the scorching stench of decay.

Just as the two were cleaning the most central area of the village, a loud "boom" suddenly came from a house!

"Attention, there's new activity."

Kakuzu whispered, his Chakra Threads subtly extending.

The next second, the roof exploded, and two giants burst out of the rubble!

It was a full thirteen meters long, with tattered armor skin on its face.

Hidan's eyes lit up:

"Wow, this profile picture is actually pretty good!"

Having said that, he charged forward, stomping through the floor and reaching the giant's knee, where he slashed it open with his sword!

Blood spurting!

He also cut his forehead at the same time!

The blood slid down and landed right in the small array diagram drawn earlier!

"Hahahaha!"

"I'm going to break the record tonight!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!"

The formation lights up!

"Bang!!"

The giant crashed to the ground!

Hidan pounced on its chest, his face beaming with excitement as if he were diving.

"Thirteen meters long is so easy to fry! It's like slicing tofu!"

Kakuzu saying a word, they continued to clear out the remaining four or five low-ranking giants on the outer perimeter.

Fire dragons swept across the rooftops, wind blades swept across the streets, and lightning bolts fell to the ground like rain.

In less than ten minutes, the entire village was wiped out!

Nothing was left except the body!

Hidan crouched atop a giant's corpse, panting heavily, and held a blood-stained scythe.

"This feeling is just like when we returned to our world..."

"We get paid after we finish the work, but unfortunately, nobody pays us wages now."

Kakuzu examined the heart conditions of the four masks and said calmly:

"The feedback from the world's will has begun to strengthen."

"With each giant killed, the passage becomes more stable."

"In other words, it's only a matter of time before Night God 'devours' this world."

Hidan licked his lips:

"I don't care about swallowing or not, I just want to see more of these deformed monsters with missing arms and legs, they're so artistic."

As night fell, the entire village returned to silence.

When the Survey Corps reinforcements arrived, they found only corpses strewn across the open ground.

Levi stood in front of the pile of corpses, looked at them for a while, then turned and left.

They're gone.

Hange gritted her teeth and whispered, "Where did this monster come from...?"

Mikasa didn't speak, only looking down at the long mark left by the scythe, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Meanwhile, in the distance, Kakuzu and Hidan have already embarked on another hunting journey.

They never explain.

There's no obligation for me to explain.

They were just carrying out a mission.

Cleanse the giants and bring the world "submission".