"Ha ha ha! Asking me to do something like that? You might as well kill me outright!"
In the forest, which had become lush and verdant after the recent rain, piercing laughter now rang out.
Before a massive tree hollow, Nagato and the others stared coldly at the crimson mass of writhing flesh before them.
Atop that mass of flesh, Jia Jin's gloomy face was fixed on Aizen and his group with utter disdain.
Yet despite his extreme disgust, Aizen maintained a calm smile as he quietly regarded him.
Perhaps finding it boring to be the only one laughing, Jia Jin slowly reined in his laughter. He stared intently at Aizen and said in a shrill, gloomy voice, "Then... hurry up and kill me!"
In response, Aizen seemed remarkably patient. His deep eyes calmly examined him as he said, "Why would you rather die than do something like changing the world?"
"Are you dissatisfied with joining my ranks? Or do you simply hold deeply rooted views on this matter that cannot be changed?"
Hearing Aizen's words, Jia Jin's expression darkened atop the mass of flesh. He stared at Aizen with a sinister glint in his eyes and rasped, "I believe I've already said this—the gods have abandoned this world!"
"That is why people like you, who cling to the idea of changing the world, are undoubtedly the biggest fools!"
Hearing Jia Jin's insulting words, Nagato and the others could barely suppress the killing intent radiating from them.
Their gazes nearly killed Jia Jin outright, and each of them released an overwhelming aura as they bore down on him in unison!
Feeling the killing intent directed at him, Jia Jin kept a gloomy expression, but he showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he sneered, "Yes... you all really want to kill me,