Hidan vanished from this world, his entire body reduced to ash without a trace left behind.
Once every cell in Hidan's body had turned to ash, the immortal ninja was truly dead. So-called immortality merely meant his body could withstand certain injuries.
After dealing with Hidan, Tsunade had a long, heartfelt talk with Uchiha Shunichi.
The gist of it was that Uchiha Shunichi should not abandon his humanity for the sake of experiments and should pay more attention to his relationships with his companions...
Tsunade did not hide her concerns in the slightest.
Orochimaru's defection had wounded Tsunade deeply, so she wanted to avoid Uchiha Shunichi ending up the same way as much as possible.
In truth, Tsunade's concerns were entirely unnecessary. Uchiha Shunichi was not Orochimaru. Although he could not be completely loyal to Konoha, under normal circumstances, he would not defect.
After all, Konoha had money, technology, and plenty of subordinates for him to order around. If he went off on his own, he would only have himself—and would have to face the village's pursuers from time to time...
Having lost Hidan as a research subject, Uchiha Shunichi shifted his attention to White Zetsu. However, the White Zetsu project had reached a bottleneck, leaving Uchiha Shunichi with some free time.
So, he was assigned an old task again: teaching Naruto the advanced forms of the Rasengan...
In fact, Naruto had nearly mastered Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation, but he was having some trouble with the fusion process.
As the only person who had mastered an advanced form of the Rasengan, Uchiha Shunichi was naturally well suited to teach Naruto.
"Brother Shunichi, I passed the clan trial and mastered a new ability. I'm officially back on the team!" Yakumo Kurama appeared on the training ground after a long