Li Yu suddenly grabbed Kunai in mid-air, pulled Naruto by the collar, dodged Kakuzu's black tentacles, and carried Naruto back to their original spot.
"Damn it!" Naruto plopped down on the ground.
"And you've been trying to look cool the whole time? Only Naruto would do something like that!" Ino sighed helplessly, closing her eyes.
"What's with the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken? I thought it would just fly out in a flash and I'd have to rush in and attack!" Choji couldn't help but complain.
"What?! If it hits, it's really powerful!" Naruto rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction.
"Please let me have another chance, let's settle this with my newly learned Ninjutsu!"
"Okay, go ahead."
Naruto used the Multi Shadow Clone again, creating five clones, each of whom also unleashed a Wind Release: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken.
This time, Kakuzu boldly concealed his true form within the decoy clones, leaping over the three clones.
After Kakuzu destroyed one of his clones, he was sent flying by the main body's Rasengan.
Wind Release: Wind Style: Rasenshuriken
With a buzzing sound, the Wind Style: Rasenshuriken, carrying Kakuzu's body, flew eight feet into the air.
A dazzling white light burst forth from the ground, unleashing a massive storm.
" Wood Release · Wood Style: Wood Pillar Prison "
Arched wooden blocks rise from the ground, enclosing everyone and protecting them from the storm.
Kakuzu's cells at the center of the Wind Release were directly strangled, so the mask disappeared, and no one had any chance of resurrection.
A huge crater was left in the ground; Naruto's first use of it was incredibly powerful.
"Sharp"
"Amazing!"
Naruto collapsed from exhaustion, and Sakura and Ino immediately began treating him.
"Let me go, let me go, the Lord Jashin will curse you!"
Watching Hidan, who was tightly bound together like a pretzel by the tree trunk, still shouting about Jashin and curses.
"You must be Hidan. I don't see anything special about you, just someone who performed some weird Jashin ritual."
"Put me down, and I'll curse you with Jashin, making you die a painful death, hahaha!"
"I possess an immortal body bestowed by Jashin god; what can you Konoha Ninja do to me?"
"Immortality is indeed useful. I wonder if you could survive being dismembered and buried alive without food or water."
Hidan froze, pondering whether he could survive without food or water, whether he could survive being buried underground and not breathing. The more he thought about it, the more terrified and desperate he became.
Li Yu even had a wicked idea to use human subjects for various experiments. The immortality effect could save a lot of costs, and the development of forbidden Ninjutsu was inseparable from human experimentation. Supporting various research on immortality materials was something that could only be obtained by chance.
" Orochimaru must really like this kind of immortal material," Li Yu thought to himself.
The mission was considered complete; Hidan was brought back to Konoha alive, bound and gagged—this was Li Yu's idea.
Kakuzu's body was also taken back to the village for research.
Hidan may be immortal, but his weaknesses are still too great. He can survive being dismembered, but he cannot reattach his limbs on his own. Without food, he will eventually starve to death. He is a pseudo-immortal, and his weaknesses are quite obvious.
Upon returning to Konoha, he briefly reported the mission and sent Kakuzu's body and Hidan to the Anbu Intelligence Department.
Hidan, who was still alive, was primarily interrogated to extract information, as intelligence from within the Akatsuki was extremely important to Konoha.
Konoha Intelligence Department
" Inoichi, Hidan and Kakuzu have been at the intelligence department for several days now. What useful information have you gotten from the Akatsuki's interrogation?"
Li Yu made a special trip to the intelligence department to inquire about Akatsuki's intelligence. Bringing Hidan back alive would more or less change the plot. Knowing firsthand information as soon as possible would allow him to plan his next move.
"It's in progress. The autopsy team has the results for Kakuzu's body. I'll take you to see them."
Upon entering the Anbu autopsy room, they found Tsunade there, along with Namikaze Minato.
" Nawaki "
"Sister, Minato, you're both here!"
"You're here to see the autopsy results for Kakuzu too?"
"That's right, we mainly want to know information about the Akatsuki."
"Yes, the results of the autopsy on Kakuzu have given us a new understanding of Naruto's Ninjutsu."
"Every meridian system connecting the body's cells has been severed."
"Oh"
"Is that so?" Namikaze Minato and Li Yu were surprised. Although they had long known the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, they still did not fully understand its destructive power.
"Yes"
"This situation is unimaginable."
" The Wind Release: Rasenshuriken has such destructive power!" Namikaze Minato hadn't thought much about the breakdown of the meridian system either.
"It has already exceeded the destructive power of a typical A-level forbidden technique, entering a completely new realm," Li Yu said, stroking his chin.
When Li Yu developed this technique, he didn't think too much about it, and over the years he has hardly used it at all.
"It's less of an attack and more like a poisoning effect, a microscopic attack that damages the cellular level."
"It's probably wind Chakra, through shape transformation, turns into countless small knives to attack the cells throughout the body."
This kind of cellular-level observation requires instruments to detect; it is no longer visible to the naked eye.
"So, Kakuzu's corpse isn't very valuable, and it's difficult to find much more useful information from it. The Earth Grudge Fear can no longer explore its many mysteries."
" Minato, you're right. All the cells under the Wind Release: Shuriken were destroyed; they're practically dead."
"It seems the only way to get information is from Hidan."
"Yes, there's one more thing."
" Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, Naruto is forbidden from using it."
"Ha!" Namikaze Minato and Li Yu were momentarily stunned.
" Naruto's right hand also showed the same symptoms, but it wasn't as severe."
"If Naruto uses this technique, he might become unable to gather Chakra again!"
"Wait a minute, this Ninjutsu seems to be something you taught Naruto. You two seem to know it too, so why haven't I seen you doing anything?" Tsunade suddenly realized something and pointed at Li Yu and Namikaze Minato, saying loudly.
Is it that serious?
"Yeah, I don't feel like Naruto."
"You two, didn't you pay attention to the discomfort in your hands while you were cultivating?"
Namikaze Minato back, carefully recalling his state of mind when he was studying.
"I used this Ninjutsu by creating numerous clones while in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode."
"I used it directly in this state," Li Yu said, forming a hand Hand Seals to create a clone. He then churned up a chakra ball on the spot, infusing the clone with wind-attribute Chakra.
A strong wind swept through the morgue, making the hair of the people inside fly wildly in the small, enclosed room.
" Nawaki, what are you doing? Are you trying to tear this place down?"
"Oh, I understand." With precise control, Li Yu's Wind Release: Rasenshuriken disappeared.
"Such powerful Ninjutsu, what do you understand?" Yamanaka Inoichi wiped the cold sweat from his brow.
" Minato's recovery ability in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is astonishing, and my own recovery ability is also astonishing, successfully offsetting this side effect."
"No wonder I didn't notice that. I'll have Naruto ban that threatening Ninjutsu as soon as I get back," Namikaze Minato immediately understood.
" Minato, there's no need for that. If Naruto learns Sage Mode, he can also use this Ninjutsu. In Sage Mode, his physique is enhanced, and his recovery ability is rapid."
"If that's the case, that would be wonderful."
And so, the tone for Naruto to Mount Myoboku to train in Senjutsu was set here.
"The other one is Hidan, another Akatsuki member. He's currently on a hunger strike, and we're searching his memory."
"We have already gathered a considerable amount of intelligence from it: Akatsuki's strongholds, Akatsuki's contact methods, and Akatsuki's operations."
"Well done, Inoichi. Keep digging deeper into Akatsuki's intelligence. We need more. It wasn't easy to capture one alive, so please keep up the good work."
"Yes, Lord Hokage."
Yamanaka Inoichi immediately turned and left, continuing to extract information from Hidan's memories.
After refusing to eat or drink for seven days, Hidan fell into a coma and was kept alive only by the hospital's medicine, spending his days lying in bed.
A month later, Hidan was emaciated and died; it would have been best for him to remove the life support and end his own life.
The Konoha Anbu finally found a place to bury Hidan and Kakuzu's bodies.